No matter what spin MacPhail puts on this nightmare, the fact is that only the Orioles could have blown this. Rios got 7/70; Hanley got 6/70. So if the...
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Dec 2, 2008 11:10 pm
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He's locked in and not going anywhere.... Who initiated the extension talks? Why now with 3 years remaining? Lots can happen to him physically within 3 years...
The difference was their young pitchers. The guys who had ERA's in the 5's a year or two ago, like Edwin Jackson, Andy Sonnanstine, etc got it turned around....
Tom Stewart
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Dec 2, 2008 11:52 pm
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I'll give to the end of this offseason. If nothing is done, then I'm slowly going to be a Tampa Bay fan. You guys old me on them. ... From: Matt Jergensen...
I'm with Matt, plain and simple. If the O's blow the Markakis thing, I'm through and won't be back. It's a freebie - we know he will sign and we know the...
Well we don't know what parameters he will sign for. No idea if he even wants to stay here. All assumptions on our part. ... [Non-text portions of this...
Tom Stewart
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2:43 am
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Toronto's Alex Rios (not as good as Markakis) and Atlanta's Hanley Ramirez (better than Markakis) each signed for $70M. One was for six years, the other...
My gut feeling is he wants to stay and angelos wants him to stay. It will get done at some point. I'm going to have to look up rios's stats compared to...
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3:30 am
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Think about this if you're Markakis and his agent.... He has 3 years left on his current contract.... The going rate NOW is about $10-$11 million/year. With...
What a surprise McPhail punted this 6 weeks down the line.If the O's don't keep their own players why would anyone else want to come here. ... that ... ...
The problem is this is a signal for the direction of the franchise.If McPhail creates bad will among the players by nickling and diming the team stars like...
This has more to do with McPhail's lack of decisiveness more than anything else.He's said many many times he doesn't want to make decisions until it's...
Kakes has another 3 years so bolting is a ways off yet. I believe the market has turned sour and we will see in the next few days the impact of todays economy...
It's not nickling and diming stars at all. That's the way the system is. Team control for 5-6 years, or whatever it is, and then you lock them up. The idea of...
Tom Stewart
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1:19 pm
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Sure. I think the feeling from some similiar to the basketball axiom, "You can't teach 6'10"." That as long as a player has atheltic talent then the...
It has more to do with Markakis pulling away from negotiations and wanting to see how free agency playsout. And have salaries escalated that much the past few...
Tom Stewart
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1:25 pm
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At the end of the 2007 season, Markakis could not agree a contract extension with the Orioles so his contract was automatically renewed for another year at the...
Ryan Howard got 10 mil, he was a former MVP. Miguel Cabrera around 7 mil. Chien Ming Wang was around 4.5 mil. NOw if you want to say they should have just...
Tom Stewart
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4:07 pm
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I think it's a kind of rubberband effect. A-Rod broke that 20 Million, and few others have gotten there, but I think more "averagely" good players are ...
How is it that an organization once lauded for its ability to draft and develop players of immense talent suddenly falls off a cliff when it moves, and is...
The overall problem is. Results of the draft can't be seen for 5-6 years most of the time. So even if Nats are drafting well now, we won't know until like...
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5:26 pm
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I think that you have to look at the economic uncertainty we're in and give Angelos a break here... It's a business and it takes at least two parties to agree...
... and is worse at it then the Orioles? (Montreal-DC) << I always felt that the brains behind the Expo's ability to draft and develop good major league...
I agree with Tom and Scott on this. Cleveland was one of the first in my memory to lock young stars up early - Belle, Manny, Lofton, Alomar, Jr., Thome, and...
The other thing to consider...And the Indians was a good example. This teams that sign players when they're young, aren't necessarily known for keeping their...
Tom Stewart
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6:09 pm
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I do hear what you're saying. From management's point of view you already have a good player under contract until 2011 so why negotiate now? The option of...
Here's the other wildcard in all this speculation (albeit maybe a 1% chance).... Could be a blockbuster trade in the works and the trade for Markakis is...
Again, it's business! When was the last time that fans took precidence over egos and economics in regards to owners and players? If they ever did in recent...
