Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte for four unproved minor leaguers.

I haven't seen a trade this dubious since Joe Mama's Robinson Cano for Brandon Phillips sham.

Paul

Pittsburgh has the money to pay these guys they simply choose not to. You should be directing your venom at those owners. Do you know with revenue sharing every team in baseball can afford to have at the very least a 70 million dollar payroll. Yet teams like Pittsburgh and the Marlins keep their payrolls between 15 and 30 million.


How is that the Yankees fault? Get over yourself and this displaced venom you have towards a team that isn't even a threat for a world series this year.

I'm going to side with PJP here, and not just because Paul is a whiny bitch. While the Marlins seem to have solid scouting to allow their cheapskate owners the ability to skimp on payroll and still field a competitive team, the Pirates have been a fucking disgrace for over a decade. They draft poorly, they sign horrible free agents and overpay for the privilege. From what I've read, they have a great stadium and a good fan base, so they have the money to spend. They just don't. So good job to the Yankees for making the deal and fuck Pittsburgh ownership until they decide that they want to field a competitive team and stop being the laughingstock of baseball.

Also, keep in mind that the Rays have a ridiculously low payroll, and look at what good scouting and smart trades have finally gotten them.

stop blinding mahoney with the actual situation!

this is clearly about the 1980s crazy-eddie, turtle-neck-and-blazer george steinbrenner offering gold bricks for the souls of baseball athletes that guarantee victories!!!!!!

Of course Rob spins out the same strawman argument that he's been using for years.



Yep, totally fair system in place. I can't imagine why Oakland (that's just one example) has to gut their team every year.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/33/biz_baseball08_The-Business-Of-Baseball_Revenue.html

And Dave, let's see how the Rays manage in the next few years. I think someone here was going on about the mighty Indians last year, and look what they had to do with their ace starting pitcher. You know, kind of like how the Sox got Josh Beckett.


I win again.

Oh no! I did it this time!


Rob Kamphausen Administrator cobra kai
15000+ posts 07/27/08 06:09 PM Viewing a user's profile

maybe i was buying you!! the boards system is bullshit!

You don't have the $ to buy my fantasy baseball teams, all four of them.

If you're looking to make some bullshit trades, let me know. I can offer up a shitty Yankees player for one of the best second basemen in baseball.

too bad there isn't a salary cap in fantasy baseball!

It's still more legitimate than MLB, although what isn't?

You mean, how the cheapskate Marlins didn't want to pay Beckett, so they traded him to the Red Sox with a salary dump player (Mike Lowell) for an All-Star shortstop, a potential frontline pitcher who got injured while in a Marlins uniform, and a third prospect? Is that what you're referring to? And you're comparing the Beckett trade to the Indians realizing they're out of it this year and won't be keeping Sabathia, so they traded him to a contender for a package of solid propects? And likening that to the Rays, who have a disgusting amount of talent to the point where they could conceivably compete for years to come? And this refutes what I said...how?

Methinks you may be confused, m'man...



Uh oh...someone woke up on the side of the bed. You could've voided that trade, Mr. Commish, if it was as one-sided as you say. You could've demanded another player be sent over (as I suggested), Mr. Commish. You didn't, so your bitching rights basically go out the window. Checking the standings, I'd say that your broken record of a gripe has less to do with some sense of justice and more to do with who you see when you look above your team's name in the standings. If you like, you can cut my team(s) from your leagues. I won't say a word about it, nor will I cut your team from my league. But this constant whining really is hurting your chances of getting an invite to next year's keeper league.

Ah luvs ye, boyo, but yuir beginnin' tae sound like Wanky Tom...

So you wouldn't do that trade again? And the Marlins didn't dump those players because they knew they couldn't afford them, while the second highest spending team in baseball could?

The MVP of the World Series, and the guy who placed 5th in the AL for MVP is a "salary dump player"?

Geez, man. You're reaching "Yankee Rob" levels of shilling here.







I can't help it. Whenever I see a one-sided trade I'll always think of the snow job you pulled on harley (not that she even logs in after I "unbanned her" from the site, or whatever that was all about)

And the Space Bugs are living on borrow time, motherfucker.

LOL

That was also the one FUCKING league that had vetoed trades carried out by the league members, and not Commissioner Paul. You didn't get enough "no" votes.

You handled that con job very well, I must admit.

I would've done that trade in a heartbeat. Then and now. And, yes, the cheap-ass Marlins definitely traded away a pitcher that they knew they "couldn't afford" in his arbitration years, but Lowell was considered a "throw-in" - basically, the miserly Marlins weren't going to trade Beckett without the team taking Lowell's $9 Million contract as well. The previous year, Lowell had underperformed to the point where he was considered a throw-in. Cute how that worked out for the Marlins. Just like how they traded away Cabrera and Willis, knowing that they "couldn't afford" (didn't want to pay) those players in their arbitration years. It's not shilling if them's the facts, boyo.



I made the offer and kept bugging her to either accept, reject, or counter the offer. I offered her Cano and Joba, among other deals. It's not my fault if she doesn't know how to work a computer to the point where she finally accepted it when I was ignoring Cano. I offered her other players, and told you to pick a player from my team to transfer to hers. No one did anything. Now that Cano's heating up, you're still bitching? Cripes, man.



No shit, huh? By the way, have you seen the Shadows' pitching staff? Got any disabled players to trade away? I seem to be collecting them.

I don't know how to quit you...

Am I the dead one?

If it means you will put up less of a struggle, sure!

oh please. even in an argument with you, he couldn't stop mentioning me. he's clearly my dead cowboy, not yours.

Xavier Nady is fools gold(the 50 point jump in batting average being the primary indicator), and Damaso Marte is a solid 33 year old middle reliever, meaning his hype to actual value ratio is pretty crappy.

Unproven minor leaguers are also potential stars, and Jose Tabata becomes one of the best prospects for Pittsburgh in a system that desperately needs them.

This is no swindle, my friend. If anything, it further exemplifies that despite the team's recent draft success, the Yankees' utilization of talent at the highest level(the majors) is still somewhat behind the curve. Contrast this with the approach of the Flying Epsteins and you see why the shift in balance of power has occurred these last couple of years.

Odds are the trade won't mean much to either team. Nady is a good bet to pumpkinize, and Tabata still has a long way to go developmentally(especially in regard to hitting for power) before he's a finished product.

Rob always goes weak at the knees for guys with names like "Xavier".

yes, professor x was weak at the knees

You're joining the RKMB FF league again this year, right?

I already e-mailed you.

I don't have much access to interweb these days.

Awww...

TOO SOON!