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Its not ideal but I think its workeable if the overall performabce is good. We have Vlad and Bo on the right side right now and some are giving us a ton of praise.

It wasnt a great list but coming...

Pretty sure beeston wouldve gone over 5 uears. Maybe notnoffer as much years as everyone though

Over Gillick? Ballsy.

Well yea but most players judged based on WAR. Everyone knew Reyes defense was bad.

i wouldnt have made the dickey deal (i wanted shields at the time) but was just saying that to show you could...

I didnt like that he couldnt sign 1st round oitcks but we were a top 10 farm in 2015 and added JD (trading prospects) and martin (losig a pick) that offseason.

Thats only 1 metric abiut his defense. He was still a top 5 SS overall in 2014.

That would only be if people tried to make it AA vs Atkins, which is no different than when Americans always make it left/right. You can like both and like both approaches despite them differing.

Well what does his physical say?

If his physical says he wont pitch well ever again, of course not. If his physical says he has underlying issue, then I may take the deal depending on the...

No one coulda predicted that right much. Even with the bust 2013, during 2014 Reyes was a top 5 SS in terms of WAR and Mark was an all star. Dickey had a 3.6 ERA too even though that was a bad deal.

Sure, it depends what it cost me. I think we need pitchers right now but if the price is right, I may gamble walking into the season with Paxton, Kluber, etc. If they dont work out but we used...

Yea but that now makes it sound like we took on salary as if the players we took didnt provide value. It changes the narrative quickly.

Kawhis injury is tricky because Spurs doctors said he was...

Of course he did. I said that multiple times. What I have been saying is physicals flag specific things based on indicators/metrics you set. Hence why teams have different physical results.

Suppose its possible though without reviewing the medical records we obviously cant know what the specific details are. Though as Ive mentioned before, failing a physical doesnt always mean you are...

If you can find a post where I said outright he didnt fail his physical, Im glad to review it with you.

You make it into slippery slope. Anyone can look good or bad after the fact.

Thats like saying Masai's trade was bad if Kawhi didnt play much due to his injury/leaving but looking like a genius...

Well no one would deny he failed his physical. It just matters if you understand physicals or not.

Im kinda just wondering when he got injured. I recall back when the deal was made specifically looking at this stats and seeing he started 30 games almost 200 innings and was like a 5 war pitcher the...

So he was unhealthy most of his career, healthy in 2011 but his failed physical is because of an injury he incurred during the offseason?

I supposed thats possible.

Well yea thats in hindsight. If you told me thats the case then yea you dont do that. No one woulda predicted that we would only improve by one win. Vegas had us as faves to make the WS.

If you...

IIRC, hes had elbow issues his entire career but started 30 games in 2012.

If he failed a physical, that wouldnt auto mean he was injured when the deal was done. Not like he just started having...

Yea but the praise of that deal was the potential current impact would outweigh the future long term damage to the farm.

After that deal, we kept the 2 better Lansing trio, Stroman and Darnaud...

Well thats because you dont understand a physical lol. A physical actually doesnt indicate a player is injured at that specific point in time. In the EXACT same deal, Alvarez failed his physical...

If you can tell me where I said that it was Rogers explicitly, Im happy to review it.

I try not to speak in absolutes like that so I would be surprised if I said that. I would have to think I...

The physical told him the guy had concerns. Not that he would be bad. If I knew a guy had concerns and it wouldnt cost me much, thats called risk and reward.

If a player has concerns, you adjust...

That would imply premeditation. I dont think his intention was to take on Tulo and Price at the deadline until the opportunities presented themselves.

I think he made the moves that he felt (and...