Royals @ Tribe- Series Thread

• Laley23

  

  Al Bundy;846988 wrote:I think we have to wait to see on this trade. Very few of our pitching prospects ever do anything at the major league level. Other than Sabathia, who has done anything over the last 20 years? We hear all the time that this guy or that guy will be great MLB pitchers, but it never happens. A very small percent of prospects even last in the majors more than a couple of years.

  
  That we drafted (like White and Pom)??? Only CC I guess. But we have CC, Masterson, and Lee that we have put through our "system"
• Laley23

  

  baseball4;847011 wrote:Apparently we are still in talks with SD for Ludwick.

  
  In deep talks for Ludwick and Bourn. I prefer Bourn, but Ill take either. We are clearly in a win soon mode now, so lets just fucking do it. Time to get behind the moves the FO is making to help win.
• jordo212000

  

  What's your beef with it?

  
  What's there to like about it?

  He's an ace with great stuff and a live arm. He should help you get to the playoffs this year, and once you get there who knows what will happen? I would be excited about this trade
• royal_k

  

  jordo212000;847014 wrote:He's an ace with great stuff and a live arm. He should help you get to the playoffs this year, and once you get there who knows what will happen? I would be excited about this trade

  
  Since starting the season 15-1 last year, he's something like 10-16 with an era over 4.....that's not ace material.
  
  I hope you're right....but right now i don't like it.
• BR1986FB

  royal_k;847018 wrote:Since starting the season 15-1 last year, he's something like 10-16 with an era over 4.....that's not ace material.
  
  I hope you're right....but right now i don't like it.

  
  And he's lost about 6-7 mph, consistently, on his fastball.
• jordo212000

  

  Since starting the season 15-1 last year, he's something like 10-16 with an era over 4.....that's not ace material.
  
  I hope you're right....but right now i don't like it.

  
  And he's lost about 6-7 mph, consistently, on his fastball.

  So he is only throwing 94 or 95 now? Haha
  
  I haven't heard anything like that about Ubaldo. I'll take your word for it though
• BRF

  

  We needed bats, not pitching. I don't like giving up White.
  
  I'm not posting up a Glittering Wahoo because I am pissed about this deal. It won't help us now.
  
  Congrats to LaPorta! Keep us up 2 over .500.
• Al Bundy

  Laley23;847012 wrote:That we drafted (like White and Pom)??? Only CC I guess. But we have CC, Masterson, and Lee that we have put through our "system"

  
  Lee and Masterson only spent a very short amount of time in our system. Before CC, I think you have to go back to Nagy to find a good pitcher that our system developed. Chances are White and Pom won't don much. A very small percentage of prospects ever do much. There is a reason the same organizations are always sellers.
• Mulva

  

  Jesus Christ. I've been drinking rather than watching a horrible team play baseball. Just randomly checking in on the box score. Fuck that trade. Pomeranz and White will both be as good as Ubaldo, if not better. This team is going nowhere for the next 1.5+ years, so fuck that shit.
  
  Jesus Christ. Consider me officially on the fire Antoinetti bandwagon. It would have taken a hell of a lot to take over the 'more inept than Shapiro' train, but he managed it in a single fucking move. I wasn't expecting more than 75 wins this season, but I'm honestly about ready to 100% quit on this franchise after reading that trade. They can move the fuck out of Cleveland, because with moves like that they won't win shit, thus making me not give a shit. Hor-fucking-rific.
• royal_k

  

  Mulva;847045 wrote:Jesus Christ. I've been drinking rather than watching a horrible team play baseball. Just randomly checking in on the box score. Fuck that trade. Pomeranz and White will both be as good as Ubaldo, if not better. This team is going nowhere for the next 1.5+ years, so fuck that shit.
  
  Jesus Christ. Consider me officially on the fire Antoinetti bandwagon. It would have taken a hell of a lot to take over the 'more inept than Shapiro' train, but he managed it in a single fucking move. I wasn't expecting more than 75 wins this season, but I'm honestly about ready to 100% quit on this franchise after reading that trade. They can move the fuck out of Cleveland, because with moves like that they won't win shit, thus making me not give a shit. Hor-fucking-rific.

  pretty much sums it up
• jordo212000

  

  Jayson Stark says that Ubaldo has only lost a few MPH from his fastball. Says he still throws 96-97 on espn news
• Footwedge

  Mulva;847045 wrote:Jesus Christ. I've been drinking rather than watching a horrible team play baseball. Just randomly checking in on the box score. **** that trade. Pomeranz and White will both be as good as Ubaldo, if not better. This team is going nowhere for the next 1.5+ years, so **** that ****.
  
  Jesus Christ. Consider me officially on the fire Antoinetti bandwagon. It would have taken a hell of a lot to take over the 'more inept than Shapiro' train, but he managed it in a single ****ing move. I wasn't expecting more than 75 wins this season, but I'm honestly about ready to 100% quit on this franchise after reading that trade. They can move the **** out of Cleveland, because with moves like that they won't win ****, thus making me not give a ****. Hor-****ing-rific.

  
  This...exactly this. Trade away 2 blue chip studs for Ubaldo? Are they kidding me? Alex White is a better pitcher right now versus Ubaldo. Jesus Lord....please move this franchise away from here.
• lhslep134

  

  UNTIL WHITE OR POMERANZ DO ANYTHING YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE UPSET
  
  
  You guys are hilarious.
• IggyPride00

  

  Heard a good point made on WKNR tonight on the Tribe after show.
  
  Why is it that Colorado arguably got much more from us as far as prospects go than we got for either Lee or Sabathia, when Ubaldo is half of the pitcher either of the other 2 are.
  
  We gave away the organization's top 2 prospects, yet when we made those trades we got prospects generally outside the top 3 from the Brewers and Phillies?
  
  Seems to me we have a very weak front office as far as negotiations go because we get bent over on both sides of trades anymore.
• lhslep134

  

  Footwedge;847059 wrote:Alex White is a better pitcher right now versus Ubaldo.

  
  Literally one of the stupidest things I've ever read.
• The Answer

  Hate this trade......we gave up 2 cy young pitchers in lee and cc and couldn't get there top prospects in return....then give up our 2 top prospects for a struggling pitcher.... Dont understand this move at all
• Al Bundy

  lhslep134;847062 wrote:UNTIL WHITE OR POMERANZ DO ANYTHING YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE UPSET

  
  +1 Very few minor league studs do much at the major league level.
• bases_loaded

  

  Jimenez era at any stadium not called Coors Field is pretty sick
• Commander of Awesome

  

  The Answer;847067 wrote:Hate this trade......we gave up 2 cy young pitchers in lee and cc and couldn't get there top prospects in return....then give up our 2 top prospects for a struggling pitcher.... Dont understand this move at all

  
  Great point, taken behind the woodshed.
• jordo212000

  

  Alex White is a better pitcher right now versus Ubaldo.

  
  Literally one of the stupidest things I've ever read.

  The front office can't win. If they clung to all of the prospects they would get criticized for sitting on their hands.
  
  Everybody wanted Jimenez! He was the top pitcher available
• lhslep134

  

  The Answer;847067 wrote:then give up our 2 top prospects

  
  Yup. Gave up prospects who haven't proven anything yet at the MAJOR LEAGUE LEVEL.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  lhslep134;847062 wrote:UNTIL WHITE OR POMERANZ DO ANYTHING YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE UPSET

  
  Bullshit. STFU. We gave up 2 top prospects for a guy on a downward slope. We have every right to be upset.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  lhslep134;847074 wrote:Yup. Gave up prospects who haven't proven anything yet at the MAJOR LEAGUE LEVEL.

  
  White pitched very well in his few stints. Also gotta start somewhere, I guess we should trade all of our prospects for mediocre players in the majors since they havent proven anything yet? Nice fail joel.
• jordo212000

  

  UNTIL WHITE OR POMERANZ DO ANYTHING YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE UPSET

  
  Bullshit. STFU. We gave up 2 top prospects for a guy on a downward slope. We have every right to be upset.

  You didn't even know who they were before the season
• Commander of Awesome

  

  jordo212000;847073 wrote:The front office can't win. If they clung to all of the prospects they would get criticized for sitting on their hands.
  
  Everybody wanted Jimenez! He was the top pitcher available

  Thats such crap turdo. We want the FO to make good moves. Pitching isn't our issue and trading the teams top prospect/future studs for a questionable pitcher when we need a fucking bat is a joke. Course you jump in any chance you can find to criticize cleveland fans though.