Where's Ruben Amaro? (Phillies random thread)

by **Wheels Tupay** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:07:04

phdave wrote:
Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell
Ruben Amaro's the guy who loses in Starcraft I but makes you spend 10 extra minutes finding the Battlecruiser he hid in a corner of the map.

This may be the nerdiest nerd thing to have ever been written.

by **Bucky** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:10:19

Wheels Tupay wrote:
phdave wrote:
Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell
Ruben Amaro's the guy who loses in Starcraft I but makes you spend 10 extra minutes finding the Battlecruiser he hid in a corner of the map.

This may be the nerdiest nerd thing to have ever been written.

WHEN GEEKS INSULT

by **momadance** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:17:44

Trent Steele wrote:
momadance wrote:Johnny Ola told me about this place.

winner

Old man Roth would never come here, but Johnny knows these places like the back of his hand.

by **CalvinBall** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:18:52

Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 1m
Sources: Red Sox remain engaged in talks for multiple pitchers, including Cliff Lee and Jake Peavy.

by **Eem** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:24:18

Amaro should try to build a mega package with Lee, MY, and Papelbon. We take on a good deal of money for the option of building a package around Bogaerts

by **slugsrbad** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:28:00

Bucky wrote:
Wheels Tupay wrote:
phdave wrote:
Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell
Ruben Amaro's the guy who loses in Starcraft I but makes you spend 10 extra minutes finding the Battlecruiser he hid in a corner of the map.

This may be the nerdiest nerd thing to have ever been written.

WHEN GEEKS INSULT

It's not even factual. The game is over once you kill all the enemies buildings. Rube is more like the guy who has a sole probe running around building pylons all over the map.

by **Trent Steele** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:43:14

CalvinBall wrote:Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 1m
Sources: Red Sox remain engaged in talks for multiple pitchers, including Cliff Lee and Jake Peavy.

My guess is Red Sox are floating this for purposes of leverage with White Sox on Peavy.

by **joe table** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:56:01

Trent Steele wrote:
CalvinBall wrote:Jon Morosi ‏@jonmorosi 1m
Sources: Red Sox remain engaged in talks for multiple pitchers, including Cliff Lee and Jake Peavy.

My guess is Red Sox are floating this for purposes of leverage with White Sox on Peavy.

would think they'd be trying take on all cash for lee and young and offer a platter of crap

by **smitty** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 16:59:13

Zach Mortimer of BP writes this a good return for Lee:

: Zach Mortimer:

Cardinals: Wong, Wacha, Jenkins
Red Sox: Bradley Jr., Owens, Coyle.

by **joe table** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:05:21

smitty wrote:Wacha

brick squad

by **BigEd76** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:14:11

by **Squire** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:19:43

smitty wrote:Zach Mortimer of BP writes this a good return for Lee:

: Zach Mortimer:

Cardinals: Wong, Wacha, Jenkins
Red Sox: Bradley Jr., Owens, Coyle.

I think I'd be OK with either of those.

by **PSUsarge** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:36:04

Missanelli just reported (?) that Daulton WILL be at CBP for Alumni Weekend

by **Soren** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:41:20

hope he gets a 20 minute standing O

by **Soren** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:43:18

Soren wrote:hope he gets a 20 minute...O

by **phillies** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:48:17

phdave wrote:Why wouldn't they want the other club to take all the $$$ remaining on his contract? That's like wondering why they would want good prospects in return.

because isn't the idea to get the best value for him? obviously, 3/$75MM is no big deal to a team like BOS. but if you have money to burn with this magical TV deal that's coming, entice mid-market teams like OAK and PIT into the mix by picking up some of the contract. i'll reserve judgement till the deadline since it was just one report...but it bothers me that that's even floated out there.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 17:56:18

Squire wrote:
smitty wrote:Zach Mortimer of BP writes this a good return for Lee:

: Zach Mortimer:

Cardinals: Wong, Wacha, Jenkins
Red Sox: Bradley Jr., Owens, Coyle.

I think I'd be OK with either of those.

they're borderline fair. you'd have to move wong for something else of use at some point. realken said earlier that the cards were the only team interested not on his no trade list.

by **pacino** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 18:19:41

Wheels Tupay wrote:
phdave wrote:
Bill Barnwell ‏@billbarnwell
Ruben Amaro's the guy who loses in Starcraft I but makes you spend 10 extra minutes finding the Battlecruiser he hid in a corner of the map.

This may be the nerdiest nerd thing to have ever been written.

I do that with terran!

by **mcare89** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 18:25:46

phillies wrote:
phdave wrote:Why wouldn't they want the other club to take all the $$$ remaining on his contract? That's like wondering why they would want good prospects in return.

because isn't the idea to get the best value for him? obviously, 3/$75MM is no big deal to a team like BOS. but if you have money to burn with this magical TV deal that's coming, entice mid-market teams like OAK and PIT into the mix by picking up some of the contract. i'll reserve judgement till the deadline since it was just one report...but it bothers me that that's even floated out there.

The amount of money needed to entice teams like Oakland and Pittsburgh into the race negates half the point of trading him. To get those teams in, you'd probably need to pick up at least half the tab, and I don't think either of those teams would part with enough of a prospect haul to make it worth carrying around 10-15 mill of dead money around.

The idea isn't to get the best value for him. This isn't an auction where everything must go. You don't have to trade him in the next 3 days unless you're absolutely terrified he's going to get hurt this season and kill his value, which is just no way to run a baseball team. The idea is to get proper value for him. That includes getting a prospect haul that compares to what we're losing in our #1 starter, as well as getting Lee's contract off the books. If you have to kick in a few million, as long as you're getting a prospect haul, so be it. But wanting any buyer to take Lee's full freight isn't an absurd request at all.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 18:34:29

Doubt lee is clamoring to play at the Oakland coliseum anyway.

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