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The NL East winner will be (votes close 9/1):

Barves
15 (46.9%)
Phillies
6 (18.8%)
Nats
5 (15.6%)
Mets
2 (6.3%)
do the Marlins still count?
4 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 32

Voting closed: September 01, 2018, 02:36:33 pm

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Offline HalfSmokes

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #225 on: May 04, 2018, 05:36:37 pm »
Oh come on he's had plenty of time to recover from that, maybe he just kind of sucks now?

If you push after a major surgery, you risk permanent damage- that’s why Strasburg was slow walked

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #226 on: May 04, 2018, 06:20:52 pm »
Somebody will pick him up.
Not at 5.5 mil. After 7 days he becomes a free agent with a new contract from someone according to his agent S. Boreass.

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #227 on: May 04, 2018, 06:35:38 pm »
Dansby Swanson to the DL with a wrist issue.

Offline mitlen

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« Reply #228 on: May 04, 2018, 06:49:20 pm »
Not at 5.5 mil. After 7 days he becomes a free agent with a new contract.

I was wonderin' how that worked.    Thanks Bubba.

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« Reply #229 on: May 04, 2018, 09:54:05 pm »
I can see signing a free agent Harvey was Rizzo's plan all along. Get him cheap and put him in the pen. Not like we have much competence there (written as I see Alfaro crush a ball off Suero that luckily Taylor got a glove up for).

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #230 on: May 05, 2018, 12:23:09 pm »
Somebody will pick him up.
probably the same person who picked up Dave Stewart one time.

Offline UMDNats

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #231 on: May 05, 2018, 12:25:15 pm »
I can see signing a free agent Harvey was Rizzo's plan all along. Get him cheap and put him in the pen. Not like we have much competence there (written as I see Alfaro crush a ball off Suero that luckily Taylor got a glove up for).

Boras says Harvey sees himself as a SP. Not worth dealing with his ego to maybe fix him in a new organization.

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« Reply #232 on: May 05, 2018, 02:04:48 pm »
If he sees himself as a started, I see him as a long island duck

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #233 on: May 05, 2018, 02:39:17 pm »
Trade a minor league backup infielder for Harvey, with Boras's understanding that he spends a month in AAA. If he recovers enough to be a 5th starter, that's fine for half of 2018.

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« Reply #234 on: May 05, 2018, 02:43:58 pm »
Trade a minor league backup infielder for Harvey, with Boras's understanding that he spends a month in AAA. If he recovers enough to be a 5th starter, that's fine for half of 2018.

I don't want him anywhere near the Nats.     Too many movin' parts.     However, I'm afraid the Lerners may agree to something like this just to get Bryce points with Boras.

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« Reply #235 on: May 05, 2018, 03:01:07 pm »
It’s kind of a moot point; if the Nats were to work a trade for Harvey, they’d have to put him on the roster and there’s not room on the current roster for a major reclamation project;  and if he actually clears waivers and is released, he’ll be able to find someone that gives him an opportunity to start possibly later this year, meaning he’s not going to settle on an AAA offer with us if he’s behind EJax, Fedde and maybe even Milone. I could see him going to the Pirates, Padres or Cardinals — teams who probably won’t contend this year but aren’t in rebuild mode, have a good track record with fixing broken  pitchers, and don’t have settled rotations, so there might be an opportunity for him if he recovers something resembling his former form.

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #236 on: May 05, 2018, 10:14:18 pm »
Mutts and Barves lose. 

Offline Slateman

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #237 on: May 05, 2018, 10:43:31 pm »
Only way I'd want Harvey is on a minor league deal. Between the "misunderstanding" about the innings limits, to his arguements with management, to his alleged cocaine use ..... no thank you.

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« Reply #238 on: May 06, 2018, 11:32:18 am »
The only reason to sign Harvey is to piss off Mets fans if he somehow learns to pitch again.  While that would be nice, I don't think it's worth the effort. 

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« Reply #239 on: May 06, 2018, 11:45:26 am »
Mets change their minds and will put deGrom on the DL after all.

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« Reply #240 on: May 06, 2018, 11:53:44 am »
Mets change their minds and will put deGrom on the DL after all.
When will Syndegaard go down t0 an injury?

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #241 on: May 06, 2018, 12:03:14 pm »
True, particularly since Bryce Points, when redeemed with a dollar, are worth exactly that dollar.
 
I don't want him anywhere near the Nats.     Too many movin' parts.     However, I'm afraid the Lerners may agree to something like this just to get Bryce points with Boras.

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #242 on: May 06, 2018, 12:15:24 pm »
When will Syndegaard go down t0 an injury?

I don’t know,  but maybe this time he’ll get the MRI.

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« Reply #243 on: May 06, 2018, 12:33:58 pm »
True, particularly since Bryce Points, when redeemed with a dollar, are worth exactly that dollar.

Truth...  ;)

Offline aBaltoNat

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #244 on: May 06, 2018, 01:04:08 pm »
Although somewhat unrelated, my fantasy catcher took a 102mph deflected fastball off his dick...had emergency surgery and will miss at least a month.

If we played Severino every day like we should, he would be my pickup.

Offline Optics

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« Reply #245 on: May 06, 2018, 06:36:58 pm »
We have a pretty good track record with pitchers coming off injuries. I'd give Harvey a shot if Rizzo can sit down with him and they can figure something out. Rizzo seems like the type of GM that players respect and will play for.

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #246 on: May 06, 2018, 06:44:24 pm »
We have a pretty good track record with pitchers coming off injuries. I'd give Harvey a shot if Rizzo can sit down with him and they can figure something out. Rizzo seems like the type of GM that players respect and will play for.

We do?

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« Reply #247 on: May 06, 2018, 07:00:05 pm »

Offline HalfSmokes

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« Reply #248 on: May 06, 2018, 08:03:37 pm »
Stras thinks so for sure.

Hill probably disagrees

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #249 on: May 06, 2018, 08:38:24 pm »
Hill probably disagrees

Shawn Hill?  How many people in this org were around and had any real power when Shawn Hill was returning from one of his thousands of injuries?

You might as well say the Redskins are good at drafting because of some picks Beathard made in the 80s.