The Cubs are so awful.
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Eww. Fuck that.I don't think the Giants will repeat. I'm thinking Nationals win it or Dodgers.
I really like how the Diamondbacks rounded out their roster. Good depth top to bottom, pitching and field. Kennedy, Miley, McCarthy, Skaggs, Cahill, Corbin, D. Hudson, Randall Delgado... fuark.
Still would have loved to see Eaton up on the big league roster. Maybe that will happen someday, though it doesn't look imminent anymore with the signing of Ross.
I'm actually in mild disagreement with both of you. I think many of the Diamondbacks' moves this offseason were almost downright inexplicable. I'll never know why Towers hates Justin Upton, but at least they did get Prado out of the deal. Apparently, Towers and his cadre want all of the "gritty infielders" there are, most of whom (Cliff Pennington from Oakland, Didi Gregorious from Cleveland, for starters) have very weak bats.Trading Bauer just seems like a bad misstep, though. We'll see in due time.
I'm in disagreement with you. They did well. You're not getting the Justin Upton MVP, you're getting a guy who is widely regarded as overweight and not fully committed. Anytime you can get rid of a guy who has become cancerous to a ball club, you do it. Still need a SS, but Prado is an upgrade to Johnson. Montero, Goldschmidt, Kubel, Prado, Hill, Para... not a bad nucleus.Eww. Fuck that.
The odds of repeating, in truth, are always fairly remote. But not impossible.
One thing's for sure, if we aren't going to make it, I hope one of our fallback priorities is to, if nothing else, block the Dodgers from making it. They can't be allowed to even sniff a World Championship. And it's only good for baseball. Don't want people thinking you can buy the World Series.
I'm actually in mild disagreement with both of you. I think many of the Diamondbacks' moves this offseason were almost downright inexplicable. I'll never know why Towers hates Justin Upton, but at least they did get Prado out of the deal. Apparently, Towers and his cadre want all of the "gritty infielders" there are, most of whom (Cliff Pennington from Oakland, Didi Gregorious from Cleveland, for starters) have very weak bats.
Having said that, I don't think Bauer is going to end up as anything significant. He's a Tim Lincecum wannabe who puts together a very complex motion but has next to no velocity. He'll never, ever, be the pitcher Lincecum was from 2008-2011 if he can't establish a fastball that dominates and makes everything else work. My big beef with the trade for the D-Bags is that they got very, very little in return. And even with Justin Upton, Towers and co. fucked up the market by always waving him around and belittling him (if you read between any lines at all) to anyone who would listen. They could have theoretically made out like bandits, and instead they made very modest-at-best improvements.
That is a thoroughly decent, solid starting rotation, though. Giants have had loads of trouble with several of those guys in the past.
Anyway... Off to GIANTS FanFest! Whoohoo!