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7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:21 pm
by fjk090852-7
If they just dump Locke he will be picked up. The Orioles need pitching and I am sure they would grab him and give him some starts
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:25 pm
by PMike
How did this game thread, after a great game, turn into a thread about Jeff Locke? Especially ironic because everybody thinks the same thing about him.
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:26 pm
by Bobster21
58535B575253480D0B7C455D545353125F533C0 wrote: My thinking is that he has been in the league for six years and he is left handed. He has made an All Star team and has some very good outings this year.
You may be right. I wouldn't care if they just dumped him, but don't you think he will get picked up pretty quickly with his experience and left arm? That always sucks when you release a player and they are scooped up as you know they had "some" value. I assume that is the Pirates' thinking.
Two of those 6 years were just a cup of coffee. There's a always market for LHP. But at this point, no one cares that he made the All-Star team for a good first half in his first full season in 2013 and has sucked ever since (including the second half of that season) except for a few good games sprinkled in here and there. I'm sure someone would take a flyer on him if he was waived. But that's different from trading someone to obtain him.
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 3:48 pm
by ScottinMass
757978232A232B26213E24130 wrote: If they just dump Locke he will be picked up. The Orioles need pitching and I am sure they would grab him and give him some starts
So?
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 4:10 pm
by dogknot17@yahoo.co
03333F2424393E1D312323500 wrote: If they just dump Locke he will be picked up. The Orioles need pitching and I am sure they would grab him and give him some starts
So?
I get that reaction by the fans, just not sure if the Pirates feel that way.
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:36 pm
by dmetz
39323A363332296C6A1D243C353232733E325D0 wrote: If they just dump Locke he will be picked up. The Orioles need pitching and I am sure they would grab him and give him some starts
So?
I get that reaction by the fans, just not sure if the Pirates feel that way.
how should they feel?
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:46 pm
by dogknot17@yahoo.co
Should feel?
They should feel like us and get rid of him. But they obviously aren't at that point because he is still getting run out there.
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:20 pm
by PMike
757E767A7F7E652026516870797E7E3F727E110 wrote: Should feel?
They should feel like us and get rid of him. But they obviously aren't at that point because he is still getting run out there.
They should feel like they have a limited amount of assets and need to maximize the value of every one of them.
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:07 pm
by dmetz
120F2B2927420 wrote: Should feel?
They should feel like us and get rid of him. But they obviously aren't at that point because he is still getting run out there.
They should feel like they have a limited amount of assets and need to maximize the value of every one of them.
Ouch. Trying to maximize individual value at the cost of team wins sounds like a surefire way to always be very profitable, and perhaps never win a championship while doing so.
7/21 Game Thread - Liriano Dominates
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 1:22 pm
by PMike
737A72636D170 wrote: Should feel?
They should feel like us and get rid of him. But they obviously aren't at that point because he is still getting run out there.
They should feel like they have a limited amount of assets and need to maximize the value of every one of them.
Ouch. Trying to maximize individual value at the cost of team wins sounds like a surefire way to always be very profitable, and perhaps never win a championship while doing so.
Of course I didn't imply anything like that.