OnlyBucs

<t>I am curious to see how Cole continues to pitch outside of Houston. Verlander, Cole and Morton certainly blossomed there and it looks like Morton continued pitching pretty well when he left. I would worry a little bit how well Cole can handle NYC and if he regresses from Houston. That is a lot of...

I appreciate the effort and like the poll. I missed a few votes last year and admit when it gets past about 10 or so I am basing my vote on very little but I do enjoy seeing it and it is informative to me.

<t>I saw this on ESPN listing a blockbuster move for all 30 teams: <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Pittsburgh Pirates trade OF Starling Marte, RHP Chris Archer and RHP Keone Kela to the New York Mets for 1B/LF Dominic Smith, LHP David Peterson and RHP Stephen Nogosek. I honestly don't know enough about the ...

<t>Is Polanco's arm expected to come back? I thought I remembered it being reported that he could play last year but it would take longer for the arm to come back to normal. My assumption was that they did expect that his arm would return but I could me mistaken. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I agree with...

The Cubs non-tendered Addison Russell. Not sure I want him with his baggage and I don't know how much he would cost but he is a talented player.

<t>In the words of Blood Sweat and tears, "I've been down so long, bottom looked like up." I think there is room for optimism in player development, I think Hurdle had run his course and there were a lot of lack of focus issues for the players. However, unless they really agree to up the salary of p...

There is nothing wrong with looking forward to a big payday. I would be but there is something terribly wrong with what he said and his whole attitude. It also means he is a terrible teammate.

<t>Cole is an amazing talent and hasn't gotten into any trouble but doing that immediately after losing the world series lost me as someone who could ever root for him. Houston traded for him and paid him pretty well. He is about to make a lot of money and he couldn't simply meet the press one last ...

<t>Funny, before the TV deal came out, I was going to post earlier in this thread that a $40m increase in the budget would still leave the pirates at about 21st in payroll for the league. Say, the Pirates blow almost all of that on two starters, how much does that improve the team? I don't think it ...

For me, i follow the Twins. Small market but has had a lot of success over the years. I like their stadium, too. And, like the Pirates, Minneapolis is more of a football town than a baseball town.