Comments on: Participants in the Dominican Republic Winter League

By: Participants in the Venezuelan Winter League « It's Pronounced "Lajaway"

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:01:35 +0000

[...] winter baseball. I’ve already talked about the players in the Arizona Fall League and the Dominican Winter League. Next up is the Venezuelan Winter League, which started almost two weeks [...]

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:02:29 +0000

HA! They sure have fleeced Seattle over the years. Weren’t the Mariners the first $100 million, 100-loss team? You don’t get to that point without some practice.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:01:18 +0000

This is why a team that had Ichiro, has King Felix, is in last place.

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:48:02 +0000

The key is to trade only with Seattle. Look at the deals we’ve made with them: Branyan for Diaz and Zeke; Broussard and Perez for Choo and A-Cab. You can go all the way back to Fermin and Jefferson for Omar Vizquel!!! I think the problem with the high-profile trades is that the team tries too hard. They think they have to get 3 or 4 prospects in the deal instead of focusing on getting one or two guys they really like. It becomes quantity over quality, sort of like their minor league free agent binge as an offseason strategy.

By: Stephanie Liscio

Stephanie Liscio — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:34:52 +0000

Ugh. I completely forgot he was making that much money.

I like Diaz too…that could turn out to be a pretty good trade. That’s what so bizarre about the Indians – these small, seemingly insignificant deals they hit out of the park. High-profile ones are complete disasters.

By: Steve Alex

Steve Alex — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:09:01 +0000

The Slowey trade was definitely a moment of panic. He hasn’t done anything in two years, made $2.7M last year and is arbitration eligible again. He needs to show something quick to avoid being non-tendered. I have high hopes for Diaz.