tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post8637492712709213058..comments2024-02-15T05:42:18.307-05:00Comments on Nats Insider: World Series Game 3: Cardinals at RangersMark Zuckermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525315258889435961noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-69800177441681795512011-10-23T17:39:17.602-04:002011-10-23T17:39:17.602-04:00Yu Darvish. Sign him.Yu Darvish. Sign him.Get Some Playersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-9825232508785699972011-10-23T16:27:13.486-04:002011-10-23T16:27:13.486-04:00Pujols is the only really big free agent signing t...Pujols is the only really big free agent signing that would make sense for this team. Perhaps an Oswalt or Wilson as mentors for the young starters ... but Pujols is definitely a major unique chance at an upgrade much like drafting a Strasburg.<br /><br />Sure it makes sense to go after him ... but will he leave St. Louis? <br /><br /><br />Otherwise, there best chance may be through the right trades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-56589343791422692962011-10-23T16:23:54.485-04:002011-10-23T16:23:54.485-04:00"CJ Wilson + Ryan Madson + Coco Crisp for sai..."CJ Wilson + Ryan Madson + Coco Crisp for said $30 million."<br /><br />CJ Wilson - born 1980 a tad old.<br />Crisp - Morgan redux 2.2 WAR really?<br />Madson : born 1980 right handed pitcher. Planning on trading Clippard?<br />Storen? H-Rod? Mattheus? Stammen? All younger all under team control? <br /><br />Seems to me like a complete and total waste of 30 million. Not a GM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-68908079176505509522011-10-23T15:28:24.957-04:002011-10-23T15:28:24.957-04:00It just seems that when someone rips Albert(a) -- ...It just seems that when someone rips Albert(a) -- that just provokes him. What a performance.gonatsgonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-92137165414541204892011-10-23T13:56:41.368-04:002011-10-23T13:56:41.368-04:00Late on this but... clapclapclapclap :-)
where th...Late on this but... clapclapclapclap :-)<br /><br /><i>where the stars tonight will be big and bright</i>natsfan1anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-74382396151033292272011-10-23T13:53:21.156-04:002011-10-23T13:53:21.156-04:00If I'm spending $30 million a season I get CJ ...If I'm spending $30 million a season I get CJ Wilson + Ryan Madson + Coco Crisp for said $30 million. $17 + $8 + $5Mark'dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-6676264507382564002011-10-23T12:11:21.731-04:002011-10-23T12:11:21.731-04:00http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/albert-pujols-b...http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/albert-pujols-big-world-series-game-3-proves-somebody-will-pay-him-big-money-as-free-agent-this-offseason-102311<br /><br />He's saying Pujols for 9 years at $25 million a year which is $225,000,000.<br /><br />You are better off going higher per year for less years and adding option years. If you do $30,000,000 a year for 5 years at $150,000,000 then you are getting the rest of his best remaining years. Can't imagine he will be worth even $20,000,000 a year in 6 years in comparable WAR.<br /><br />Look no further than 36 year old Alex Rodriguez and also ask what many have asked when Pujols was drafted, was he really 19 then and 31 now?Anonymous8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-1379459163051465082011-10-23T11:54:05.876-04:002011-10-23T11:54:05.876-04:00Big Cat,
No bashing from me. But I think the rea...Big Cat,<br /><br />No bashing from me. But I think the real question is whether Pujols will ever really leave the Cardinals. My expectation is that the Cards make some sort of 'lifetime' offer that keeps him in uniform (and very well compensated) for the next five to seven years, then segues into some sort of management (perhaps even part-ownership) arrangement. I'm sure there are some very creative ways you could structure such a deal. As much as I'd love to see Pujols in a Nats uniform, I expect him to be a Cardinals lifer.Eugene in Oregonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-35333086614880071712011-10-23T10:27:55.939-04:002011-10-23T10:27:55.939-04:00While the Nats don't HAVE to make that big spl...While the Nats don't HAVE to make that big splash signing this off season, they most certainly have to continue to be players..... and if they get lucky... sign a Pujols, Fielder, Reyes, or Wilson if it so works out.<br /><br />And I don't mind Pujols for NO MORE than 5 years.<br /><br />On another note, the Matt Purke I watched in two separate outings in the Fall Florida Instructional League didn't look like a guy ready for the Arizona Fall League, and by his latest performance, I'm afraid I was right.NatsJack in Floridanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-28709546755426476322011-10-23T09:30:43.263-04:002011-10-23T09:30:43.263-04:00Big Cat: I love spending the Lerners money and yo...Big Cat: I love spending the Lerners money and your plan actually works for me. Its early but I have not seen any bashing yet.sjm308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-74205434344586720082011-10-23T08:54:08.069-04:002011-10-23T08:54:08.069-04:00Quotes from Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire. ...Quotes from Cardinals hitting coach Mark McGwire. He stresses see the ball, know your situation, work your pitch, see it, hit it and always have a plan.<br /><br /><br />"I would have to assume he saw the ball obviously pretty well tonight," McGwire said outside the Cardinals clubhouse. "And what I liked tonight [was] he was working the counts really good. He was working getting pitches to hit. We were talking earlier in the cage before the game and he said his swing felt so good. I said. 'Albert, it just comes down to getting pitches to hit -- patience and getting pitches to hit."Gonatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-49070503300228165702011-10-23T08:42:49.937-04:002011-10-23T08:42:49.937-04:00Big Cat, that is a good strategy. Less years and m...Big Cat, that is a good strategy. Less years and more money. While his production is great, he has dropped off. We can get excited about this game #3 of what he did and keep in mind he was 0-fer in Games #1 and #2.<br /><br />I don't want it to feel like we all felt with Michael Jordan where his 2 years in Washington were sort of written off in his career.<br /><br />I guess if you had Pujols for 5 years that's a long time in baseball years.<br /><br />Its not my money, so why not!Anonymous8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-52309643685023833812011-10-23T07:57:17.151-04:002011-10-23T07:57:17.151-04:00Yeah they say the Lerners are billionaires. Lets ...Yeah they say the Lerners are billionaires. Lets get in their pockets a little bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-54201241013270022812011-10-23T07:42:44.955-04:002011-10-23T07:42:44.955-04:00If I'm Rizzo I throw out the first offer to ge...If I'm Rizzo I throw out the first offer to get the bidding started : 5 years at 150 mil. We get Pujols for 5 years and the Nats will win 2 World Series in those 5 years<br /><br />Now everyone is gonna get on here and bash me. I don't care. Its only money. Lets go for the moonBig Catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-597742048842718992011-10-23T07:41:33.960-04:002011-10-23T07:41:33.960-04:00I left this game around 10pm and missed a bunch of...I left this game around 10pm and missed a bunch of hitting. Funny how a well pitched game keeps my attention but a slugfest just puts me to sleep.<br /><br />Agree that this performance did nothing to affect Albert's new contract. It is going to be right up there with ARod and he truly is an amazing hitter. What I really like about him is his charity work and he seems to not be that self-centered for a great athlete.sjm308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-24060687137038885702011-10-23T07:20:15.083-04:002011-10-23T07:20:15.083-04:00I can't believe I watched the whole thing. I g...I can't believe I watched the whole thing. I guess that's what happens when folks rip the big guy. Wow.natsfan1anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-22336157380611359842011-10-23T03:13:45.086-04:002011-10-23T03:13:45.086-04:00You guys are kidding yourselves if you think this ...You guys are kidding yourselves if you think this will affect his price one iota. It was already sky-high, because every GM in the game knows he can explode like this on any given night. This performance was built into the rumors of $200 or $300 million contracts, it won't increase them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-24506539728998272752011-10-23T00:08:03.808-04:002011-10-23T00:08:03.808-04:00This is ridiculous - like Pujols' price wasn&#...This is ridiculous - like Pujols' price wasn't high enough before tonight - I hear "ka-ching" in his future.baseballswaminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-52598110391966622502011-10-22T23:11:01.695-04:002011-10-22T23:11:01.695-04:00Old guys on East Coast appeal for Fat Lady to sing...Old guys on East Coast appeal for Fat Lady to sing. Getting too late. Go Cards.Jim Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118806861264253607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-1086339303158403182011-10-22T22:40:58.620-04:002011-10-22T22:40:58.620-04:00this is insane. I am going to bed.this is insane. I am going to bed.FSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-13721348441195921622011-10-22T22:13:16.779-04:002011-10-22T22:13:16.779-04:00It ain't over yet. Lotta runs in this park. ...It ain't over yet. Lotta runs in this park. Go Cards.NatsLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814911056080758503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-5375551883626541702011-10-22T21:44:18.394-04:002011-10-22T21:44:18.394-04:00I don't know Lohse' numbers but I totally ...I don't know Lohse' numbers but I totally expected him to serve up home runs in this park.FSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-51530778084955743572011-10-22T21:27:52.918-04:002011-10-22T21:27:52.918-04:00So the baseball gods continue to punish Bob Short ...So the baseball gods continue to punish Bob Short and his woebegotten successors. Let them continue to do so.Jim Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118806861264253607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-37176623961687396062011-10-22T21:27:31.227-04:002011-10-22T21:27:31.227-04:00awesome Cards leading 5-0 in 4th. mainly thanks to...awesome Cards leading 5-0 in 4th. mainly thanks to 1st base umpire, but Cards did not let up either and Napoli contributed with an error.FSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442809928829881676.post-40143046621701174492011-10-22T19:55:19.962-04:002011-10-22T19:55:19.962-04:00mlbtraderumors.com has a link to an interesting ar...mlbtraderumors.com has a link to an interesting article on the Michael Bourn trade from, of all places, Business Week:<br /><br />http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/anatomy-of-a-baseball-trade-10202011.html<br /><br />Although I doubt it was the Nats, I wonder who the last-minute suitor was.Eugene in Oregonnoreply@blogger.com