Recent content by Meff Nelton

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    Race and the Red Sox

    I really wanted to go to sleep, but now I have to respond to you... When you play things off as being attributed to the supposed 'race card,' it's representative of the history of white reaction to African Americans struggling for equality, and ignoring the historical legacy of institutional...
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    Race and the Red Sox

    Not just a Yankees fan, but a BLACK Yankees fan. Race card out on the table. Check it with your superior white income, education, home ownership, or employment level card. They all defeat mine.
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    Race and the Red Sox

    Make Baseball Great Again, troll.
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    Only God Can Judge Judge

    SWWOOOOOOOOONNNN!!!! <3 Of substance, the kid has shown a tremendous ability to adapt to levels throughout his career. He's not Bonds, but there's a 50/50 chance he's a genuine superstar.
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    Chapman to Yankees 5/$86

    I don't really see it as an either or situation. I've been calling for the team to tear it down since 2013, and I'm thrilled with the job Cashman has done. I don't have any on-field or budgetary concerns with this move, because it's dead money right now with the Yankees' position in the success...
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    Chapman to Yankees 5/$86

    It's a shame he got the full no-trade for the first three years of the deal. I'd love to eat a third of his contact at the deadline, and pick up another top 10 prospect +. Things like the Holiday signing make me think the Yankees have eyed a new market inefficiency for high-revenue teams - sign...
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    All A-Rod talk here

      Barry Bonds hit MUCH better than A-Rod is now during his walk year in 2007, and was still blackballed out of the league despite never receiving any official sanction from MLB in his career. Nobody is offering a 42 year-old A-Rod a contract to play in 2018, and certainly not for any money he...
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    The 25 Most Important People in Baseball History

    Pity poor Ban Johnson...
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    2014 Yankees - Fiscally Responsible

    Goldman financed the launch of the YES Network, and were alleged to have played a big role in the '07 A-Rod negotiations. Funny thing is if you look at the effect that A-Rod had on ratings and attendance last season upon his return, despite his (relative to contract) lack of production on the...
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    Staying Under $189M: The Impossible Dream

    Is there anybody out there who can explicate anything like an organizational philosophy for the Yankees right now?   I'm not at all upset with the result of the Cano negotiations, and don't really hold out any malice for any of the parties involved. The numbers are shocking, and the idea of...
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    Cashman's Cano Contract Conundrum

    Gardner's a very good player, Soriano will be useful though definitely not as good as he has been in the second half. But giving 800-1000 at bats to these two guys   .237/.285/.354, 70 wRC+ .260/.295/.341, 72 wRC+   would kill the team. Ichiro and Wells are horrible baseball players.Truly awful...
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    Cashman's Cano Contract Conundrum

      This would be the worst outfield in franchise history.   Oops, just saw Ichiro, Gardner and Wells. With Soriano in there it goes from historically bad to just really really bad.
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    Cashman's Cano Contract Conundrum

      And all I'm saying is that there is an AAV premium that would give him the opportunity to make even more money than a long term deal over shorter years if he remains healthy and productive going into FA again. The number is out there, maybe it won't be worth it for the Yankees or Cano in the...
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    Cashman's Cano Contract Conundrum

      10/300 is a fantasy. Nobody is giving it to him, 8/216 is in my view the absolute upper limit of the market for him ($27M AAV.) $66M wouldn't be an insane amount to money to make up over five years at the end of his career, especially considering inflation in the sport. And that's assuming...
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    Cashman's Cano Contract Conundrum

    I'd cut it in half, and offer him 5/$150M. He's one of the top five players in the game, and figures to still be in that range for the next two or three seasons. He deserves something in the $25M range, and the overpay on the AAV is to cover the Yankees' ass on the back end, with the contract...