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I forget is Mr. HGH still suspended or is he good to go for this upcoming season?
Also what are your thoughts on that Rule 5 draft pick, Wang? Think he'll crack the 25 man roster?
Braun's suspension is up, he moved to RF for us, which imo is great. Wang i dont think he has a great chance but it cost us next to nothing. Apparently he is 22? and has experience in the Taiwanese leagues which I guess help. IDK man, i haven't seen much of his stuff but I have a lot of faith in Doug Melvin with those kind of moves. Honestly IDGAF if he does, he would have to beat out Duke most likely, and I have a lot of high hopes for Smith that we got from KC.

It really depends on our 1b situation, gotta hope Overbay (lmao) hits decent without leaving many stranded, and it doesnt take 4 months for A-ram to heat up. On paper the brewers look pretty damn decent at this point, .500 ball at the worst.
 

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Braun's suspension is up, he moved to RF for us, which imo is great. Wang i dont think he has a great chance but it cost us next to nothing. Apparently he is 22? and has experience in the Taiwanese leagues which I guess help. IDK man, i haven't seen much of his stuff but I have a lot of faith in Doug Melvin with those kind of moves. Honestly IDGAF if he does, he would have to beat out Duke most likely, and I have a lot of high hopes for Smith that we got from KC.

It really depends on our 1b situation, gotta hope Overbay (lmao) hits decent without leaving many stranded, and it doesnt take 4 months for A-ram to heat up. On paper the brewers look pretty damn decent at this point, .500 ball at the worst.
Damn a 35 yr old at 3rd and a 37 yr old at 1st, you guys getting old :)

Two questions for you about Braun.
1) Will Ryan Braun be the same player he once was?
2) Will Braun find himself banned again for HGH?
 

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Blech, we (the Phillies) signed AJ Burnett to a 1 yr/ 16 million dollar contract..
Granted the dude played well last season for the Pirates and pitched a decent playoff but stilllllll definitely not what we need in Philly..
#FireAmaro and #Rethefuckbuild!
I hate reading about baseball contracts. "Hey guys I was a really good pitcher 10 years ago, sucked for a long stretch but was OK last year! Can I have 16 million dollars???"

Team: ABSOLUTELY!
 

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Damn a 35 yr old at 3rd and a 37 yr old at 1st, you guys getting old :)

Two questions for you about Braun.
1) Will Ryan Braun be the same player he once was?
2) Will Braun find himself banned again for HGH?
lmao A-ram for one more year, and Overbay because we have a dank prospect who will be up by Sept callups.

Look at the rest of our team, Braun is our oldest outfielder, our SS is 23, our 2nd baseman is 23, our catchers are 25 and 23....

1. yes, not as many hr's but his contact will still be there.
2. Dont ask me questions i dont want to/cant answer. I fucking hope not.
 

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I hate reading about baseball contracts. "Hey guys I was a really good pitcher 10 years ago, sucked for a long stretch but was OK last year! Can I have 16 million dollars???"

Team: ABSOLUTELY!
especially this late in the offseason. He was still around for a good reason, let dude retire or offer him 6+incentives.
 

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lmao A-ram for one more year, and Overbay because we have a dank prospect who will be up by Sept callups.

Look at the rest of our team, Braun is our oldest outfielder, our SS is 23, our 2nd baseman is 23, our catchers are 25 and 23....

1. yes, not as many hr's but his contact will still be there.
2. Dont ask me questions i dont want to/cant answer. I fucking hope not.


Weeks doesn't play 2nd base anymore?

Honestly I'm going to have to say he's going to find himself banned..
 

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Weeks doesn't play 2nd base anymore?

Honestly I'm going to have to say he's going to find himself banned..
He is eating up about 13 mil of our payroll but no, Scooter has performed well and is our future at 2nd. Fuck Rickie, i wish we could dump him on a team and get half the money back from him.

I sure hope not, we have dude until at least 2020.
 

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He is eating up about 13 mil of our payroll but no, Scooter has performed well and is our future at 2nd. Fuck Rickie, i wish we could dump him on a team and get half the money back from him.

I sure hope not, we have dude until at least 2020.
Lol damn I was gonna say I thought Rickie was older than 23.
I didn't watch much MLB last season, that's good you guys found yourself a replacement but yeah if that's the case then good luck finding a place to dump him. I would say the Phillies would be a strong candidate to take a dumping like that lol if they didnt have Utley already.
 

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Lol damn I was gonna say I thought Rickie was older than 23.
I didn't watch much MLB last season, that's good you guys found yourself a replacement but yeah if that's the case then good luck finding a place to dump him. I would say the Phillies would be a strong candidate to take a dumping like that lol if they didnt have Utley already.
Our farm team isnt great but DM did a great job snagging people like Segura (trade from LA for Greinke before his monster contract) to fill in the extra spots. I have high hopes for our futures, and yeah the issue with Weeks is he is expensive as hell, and teams like the Phils and Yanks (who love spending a shitload of money on dogshit) already have their 2nd base covered.

I dont care tbh, at this point i would be down if we dumped him for 2-3 mil of his contract, just so I dont have to see dude taking up Scooters playing time. He is a great deal with Aoki gone, as he hits for contact and can get on 1st often.
 

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Rickie Weeks doing great in Spring Training, hopefully we dump his bitch ass to a team before the season starts, or he continues into july. Either way, Weeks is gone by the trade deadline.
 

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damn, season in 2 weeks? Baseball needs a shorter season lol. Who can possibly care about a sport from fucking april to november.
 

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I've tried to hard to become a full fledged baseball fan. Just can't. I can barely even pass as a half ass fan. I'm like a 1/4 ass fan of baseball