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Thread: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by HoustonGM View Post
    Signing 30 year olds to round out the AAA roster isn't what anybody means by "depth."
    Well what is "depth" then? Do we need veritable all-stars waiting in AAA?
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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by metsguy234 View Post
    Well what is "depth" then? Do we need veritable all-stars waiting in AAA?
    Yep. That's what I said.

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by HoustonGM View Post
    Yep. That's what I said.
    You said 30 year-old players in AAA don't count as true "depth". What does count as depth then?
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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by metsguy234 View Post
    You said 30 year-old players in AAA don't count as true "depth". What does count as depth then?
    I should've said "crappy 30+ year old players."

    Having decent backups and upside plays is depth.

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by HoustonGM View Post
    I should've said "crappy 30+ year old players."

    Having decent backups and upside plays is depth.
    What is an upside play?
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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Catalanotto is 10 LBS of suck stuffed into a 5LB sack...
    Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by metsguy234 View Post
    What is an upside play?
    A guy that has upside.

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by HoustonGM View Post
    A guy that has upside.
    lol

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by HoustonGM View Post
    A guy that has upside.
    So signing veterans to minor league deals is a bad thing?
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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Quote Originally Posted by metsguy234 View Post
    So signing veterans to minor league deals is a bad thing?
    This is what I mean by reading comprehension.

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    This is classic.

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    I'd like to state for the record that I absolutely LOVE the job Omar has done with the club.

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    Ryan Garko signs with Seattle for half a million dollars.

    Yep.

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    So...you're saying a career OPS+ of 109 for 550K is better then Gary Matthews, Jr???????

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    Re: Required reading (Re: The Contest)

    http://ussmariner.com/2010/02/01/ms-sign-garko/
    Well, we finally know who was the long rumored right-handed 1B/DH type the Mariners were after – Ryan Garko, who they have now signed. He gets a 1 year, $550,000 deal, which is quite frankly a massive bargain. To get a quality platoon player in his prime for barely more than the league minimum… for comparison, he’s basically the equal of Garrett Atkins, who signed for $4.5 million earlier this winter.

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