2013 Miami Marlins Thread: Looking Forward

[Namaste]

I will definitely go to Opening Day, Arizona's first game in Miami and the last game of the year.

[oakelmpine]

I will still go a few times, but I won't be buying season tickets this year.

But let's face it, the people posting to this board are not your typical South Florida sports fans. So any poll among us is skewed.

[Miamarlin21]

Buster Olney thinks that the Royals would trade one of Gordon, Moustakas, Hosmer or Butler for a pitcher.

What about JJ for Moustakas and a pitcher?

[Valid]

Not sure the Royals would give that up for Johnson right now, to be honest.

[Beef]

LeBatard did that thing that LeBatard does

The first round is where you eliminate some of the guesswork in the innately unscientific drafting process — half the players in this year’s All-Star Game were first-round picks — but the best the Marlins have to show so far for a decade’s worth of first-round selections are Jeremy Hermida and Chris Volstad.

That is staggering in its incompetence, even if evaluation is inherently unscientific, even if 24 teams passed on Mike Trout and three rounds went by before anyone took Stanton, and it is the biggest reason the Marlins failed last year even though they hit on two of their big three free agents (Jose Reyes and Mark Buehrle).

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/2...#storylink=cpy

[Bobbob1313]

Copy editors are supposed to catch stuff like that. I feel like they don't care about it, which is an issue...

[Beef]

Yeah, I wonder about editors every day, but still, LeBatard did that thing, ya know?

[Mainge]

Right but that takes literally 10 seconds to research yourself.

[Beef]

LeBatard ought not be the guy that just says things without really knowing what the hell he's talking about since that's the kind of thing he likes to make fun of

[Bobbob1313]

Yeah, it's on both.

But, speaking from experience, it's easy to get facts wrong when you're writing 2,000-plus words, even if you take care.

But I'm guessing he just doesn't give a shit.

[Mainge]

My post was in response to Bobz copy editor post.

[Beef]

I know it - I was piggybacking on yours

[Mainge]

Oh good.

[Beef]

yep

[Namaste]

Good work,boys