waivers?
by TS BOBCAT on Aug 2, 2010 2:05 PM EDT
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im very new to watching MLB i started at the beginning of this year
so i was just wondering iv heard alot about these waivers and i was wondering if the Braves could make anymre moves like ik Manny Ramirez is being mentioned and a couple of other good players but idk if Braves are even the least bit interested in anything else. and im srry if this was a dumb thread like i said still have some learning haha
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Manny Ramirez?
HECK. NO! We just got rid of Yunel for his “bad attitude”, we don’t need Manny.
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
Very doubtful.
The only good players who clear waivers are the ones with bad contracts, and I doubt we have the financial flexibility to take on any of those guys.
There's a couple of difficulties with the Waiver-Trade procedure
1. The Braves’ position at/near the top of the NL standings means that they are at/near the bottom of the waiver claim priority order. Even if something were to manifest itself, there is a decent likelihood that any player of serious impact would be claimed by another team, which would block Atlanta from being able to make any deal for that player.
Furthermore, if you want to trade a ML player for another ML player, both have to clear waivers.
2. Anybody that teams truly wanted to move, pretty well were traded last week, leaving few real impact players available… at least few without excess contract issues (as was pointed out) or other baggage.
This is why a slew of deals were completed last weekend – the difference between the unrestricted non-waiver deadline and our current trade-by-waivers-only situation is like night and day.
[Mets] GM Omar Minaya confirmed to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News that the Mets aren't going to fire any coaches today. July 26, 2010.
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"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
That’s the most polite, coherent way of asking someone to use the reply button I’ve ever seen. Good job.
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haha thanks
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
Winnar!
for irony.
And what is with the, I guess it’s text talk, going on around here lately. Is it really that hard to spell a word in full and use, or at least try to use, proper english? Spelling and grammar errors happen, but this stuff gets near unreadable.
whats wrng w/ txt tlk. u shuld use it 2. its so mch easier. go atl
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 2, 2010 3:38 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Some of us old guys have to read through your lingo at least twice to make sure we understand your meaning.
[Mets] GM Omar Minaya confirmed to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News that the Mets aren't going to fire any coaches today. July 26, 2010.
That, and it just comes across as lazy.
Not to mention, it is annoying as hell.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Aug 3, 2010 7:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I dnt hve time 2 pst full wrds. I’m a vry bzy & impnt man. Each lttr svd is like $ in my pckts.
rspct btchs.
by BrockSamson on Aug 2, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
vowels hurt my fingers.
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Aug 3, 2010 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions
use the reply button, please.
when is Frank Wren going to wake his Ass up and see the Braves needs a Batter? This game Against Washington is Showing the team is not hitting. Get some help are philadelphia is going bnack to First? If you can’t see this maybe john scherhous should replace your stupid ass.
by jayball on Jul 27, 2010 5:41 PM MST
by Scott Coleman on Aug 2, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions
it's been increasinly common in new posters lately...
not just you. But for those who aren’t fully acclimated as some of the kids these days are, it takes some deciphering.
And again, see just below vvvvvvvvvvvv is “up”, “reply”, and “actions”. “up” can be clicked on to know what a post is replying to, and “reply” puts the reply directly under the post for easier reading of the discussion.
we like to haze the NEWBZ
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 2, 2010 4:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i get it
but i knew about the reply button i comment on other SB Nation stuff just first time on here
im not here to get a typing lesson i was here to talk baseball
We need some kind of Superman 3 computer collection system to get a dollar every time somebody posts this. I swear by now we could buyout the Ted and have a TC night.
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oooh, that’d be fun. TCers invading the ted, stealing food, running on the field and hugging JHey and screaming “I LOVE YOU!” at him….lets make that money collection system now!
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 2, 2010 4:54 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I so totally would fly down for that. We’d have to all be on our laptops though, so we could maintain an OT during the game.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
and show the OT on the scoreboard
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 3, 2010 3:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Relevant to this thread, in case anyone is interested
The only possible name I can think of
is Chone Figgins. There was talk about him before the deadline, and he could possibly get through waivers. If we got him I wouldn’t know where to use him though
Carpe Diaz
Manny, Vernon Wells,...
I can think of a few players who profile wise fit our need (productive bat, capable of playing in the OF). Doesn’t mean their personality or contracts fit, but there could be quite a few that fit what we’re looking for depending on how things go with internal options and what Wren is allowed to spend.
Holy smokes – I knew that Wells had a “bad contract”, but didn’t realize he’s still owed about $86m over the next four years. I would on his bandwagon except for that.
[Mets] GM Omar Minaya confirmed to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News that the Mets aren't going to fire any coaches today. July 26, 2010.
Yeah, Wells is pretty much untouchable...
…even if they agreed to take Lowe’s full contract. That one is just brutally bad.
I don’t see anything major happening—-the Dodgers won’t move Manny, Vernon Wells is untouchable, and I don’t think the Mariners move Figgins, either.
But, can we move Lowe or KK?
This guy wants to suck all the cubs dick can he not have an unbias some what partition reguards
by RWH2 on Apr 5, 2010 10:20 AM CDT
by justincredubil02 on Aug 3, 2010 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions
I'll expand on your thought.
This is an odd case to me… here’s why:
1. Apparently ATL inquired about him and Seattle said “no” to whatever we offered.
2. All the talk I see since then is how he isn’t fitting well in Seattle, his production is way down, and has had some confrontations with the coaches.
3. Given #2, why didn’t they take Frank Wren seriously?
4. Also given #2, is this the kinda guy we might really want? And where would he play? I know we’d like to have a “true leadoff guy”, he’s an infielder. So maybe if he could play at 2nd and Prado LF, but otherwise…. and he’s expensive at $9m a year for 3 more years.
So this is puzzling to me.
[Mets] GM Omar Minaya confirmed to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News that the Mets aren't going to fire any coaches today. July 26, 2010.
There are conflicting reports...
One says we approached them, the other that they approached us.
As for the salary, the consensus is that we’d actually be getting Figgins and salary relief from the M’s. That’s right, get rid of Lowe AND make some money in the deal…
It makes sense in that the Mariners, for whatever reason, truly believed they could take a shot at the playoffs this season, went all in early, and got absolutely mauled. They’re nowhere near where they thought they were, and Figgins won’t fit well into any future plans. Super albatross status…
He also has a vesting option for 2014 that could add another $9MM onto the end, which is yet another monkey wrench that really hurts the M’s in figuring out what future payroll will consist of. Basically, this contract is looking very bad at the moment…if his production doesn’t improve, it’s going to keep looking worse. It doesn’t help when you figure that he’s going to be 35 or 36 at the end of the contract.
To be brutally honest, I wouldn’t be over-inclined to do this without a very significant portion of his contract being picked up by the M’s, even with Lowe coming off the books. FWIW, Figgins was born in GA and played HS ball in FL…
-C
One problem: Where does he play? If you stick him at 2B, move Prado to LF, that leaves us with an outfield of:
Diaz/Hinske/Prado/Melky/Ankiel/Heyward/poss McOut in Sept.
We don’t need 6 people for 3 OF spots. Someone else either has to go in the deal, or 1B becomes a platoon with Hinske.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Jose Guillen?
…but not until figuring out how Ankiel works out. I see them as essentially equivalent.
[Mets] GM Omar Minaya confirmed to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News that the Mets aren't going to fire any coaches today. July 26, 2010.
Ty Wiggington
was mentioned in the above^article concerning waivers. Ty could help multiple teams that are in need of a utility type player.
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