2013 MLB Season Game Thread: June

[Todd]

Really apples and oranges, really, considering my point was about signing Cuban defectors as free agents.

[Bobbob1313]

But, they got a cuban defector?

[emkayseven]

Not the right way moran!!!!

[Nick]

I won't be happy until David Samson literally swims to Cuba and brings back an awesome Cuban Catcher. (or stays in Cuba, preferably)

[Todd]

Just not what I was meaning, really.

Yes Fernandez very well could be a draw but he was a drafted player who joined the organization with little fanfare in general to the average fan from the Cuban community. Its quite a bit different from signing a recent defector who is all over the media as it is happening.

You can be a douchebag and argue semantics all you want, but there is a difference.

[emkayseven]

It was a pretty big deal. A lot was made about the story of him trying to defect three times, his mother almost drowning, etc
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.245/.312/.510 is Cespedes' line right now with 2 steals and 5 caught stealings. We'd all hate him if he were here

[HUGG]

We're never gonna do 7yr/$42 million on a free agent who's never played in the majors and we never should.

Puig may turn out to be a superstar, but we can't take risks like that.

[nny]

Cespedes would easily be the best position player on our 25 man right now and second best once Stanton comes back. Why would we hate him?

[emkayseven]

Because he doesn't do anything but hit home runs

I mean people on this forum love Adeiny sooooooo

[nny]

Fair enough

[HUGG]

Those 2 sentences are not even related to each other.

[emkayseven]

Chris Perez had a third of a pound of pot mailed to his house, not steroids

I don't smoke but that's like a FUCK ton of pot, right? Ramp?

[nny]

We're never gonna do 7yr/$42 million on a free agent who's never played in the majors and we never should.

Puig may turn out to be a superstar, but we can't take risks like that.

I'm not sure if I agree.

I think risking signing a player in his 21-27 aged years is fine. If he puts up a total WAR of 7 (1 war per year), his contract would be market value. So if he's an average player, his contract is below market value and a good deal. And if he turns out great you have a bargain for 7 years.

There is obviously the counter argument of paying 7 years to a guy who can easily bust though.
Japanese contracts are a lost worse though (Paying 100m+ total for 6/7 years of service)

For as much as I was behind it at the time, something like an Albert Pujols contract is more of the risk we can't afford to take (One of a player continuing production into his mid-to-late 30's).

[Mainge]

Because he doesn't do anything but hit home runs

I mean people on this forum love Adeiny sooooooo

What?

[Ramp]

Chris Perez had a third of a pound of pot mailed to his house, not steroids

I don't smoke but that's like a FUCK ton of pot, right? Ramp?

that is a ridiculous amount of weed, yes