OT: Blues Forum Lounge (Home of All Things OT) - Part XIII

[TheDizee]

time to go after Ozuna

 

[Alklha]

I'm not too fussed about missing out on Stanton, but the fact that a player is refusing to waive his NTC to come to St. Louis should really make management ask serious questions about why that is.

Hopefully we can get Yelich now.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Yelich, and I'm also open to the idea of a Colome/Longoria trade. While Longoria isn't what he used to be, and at some point will fall off and become like a Peralta for us, we have to find more smaller upgrades now that we aren't getting a huge upgrade.

 

[Note Worthy]

Listening to Kevin Wheeler today; he thinks the Marlins won't trade Yelich due to his team friendly contract.

 

[Bye Felicia]

Listening to Kevin Wheeler today; he thinks the Marlins won't trade Yelich due to his team friendly contract.

They shouldn't. And if they do, they should demand an Eaton-level return. But one can hope.

 

[PiggySmalls]

San Francisco announced they are out of the Stanton sweepstakes.

 

[WeWantTacos]

Now they'll probably have to trade Stanton for a poor return and eat a larger share of his contract, or dismantle the team around him. I'd imagine they're regretting giving him that NTC right about now.

There's still plenty of fish in the sea for the Cardinals.

 

[Bye Felicia]

San Francisco announced they are out of the Stanton sweepstakes.

Miami is really in trouble now. They're probably going to have to take on bad short-term contracts (which is exactly what they were trying to avoid) if they want to move Stanton to one of the teams he'll waive his NTC for.

Or I guess they can keep him, dump everybody else, field a AAAA roster, and watch Stanton get walked 200 times next year.

 

[David Dennison]

San Francisco announced they are out of the Stanton sweepstakes.

Marlins are a disaster, they are going to have to gift the MVP to one of a handful of contenders.

 

[elkranio]

Is there any way to remove this ugly rainbow?

 

[EastonBlues22]

Is there any way to remove this ugly rainbow?

It's an unexpected byproduct of the prefix add-on that was installed for other reasons. There is no option for collapsing the box, moving it, or removing it in our admin tools. The tech guys might be able to work some CSS wizardry to make it collapsible, or at least move it to the bottom of the page (probably much easier), but I honestly don't know if they have the time or ability to do so.

The only workaround that I know of in the software is going into your profile preferences (select "preferences" from the menu drop down menu that appears when you hover over your name in the top right of the screen) and manually checking all the prefixes that you wish to ignore. The box up top will disappear if all the prefixes within it are selected, or you can pare it down to something more manageable to the eye. The downside is that you will no longer be able to sort or see the ignored thread prefixes next to topics.

Maybe there's a way to block the element or filter it out using some other browser tool or add-on, but I haven't had time to experiment with it yet.

 

[elkranio]

It's an unexpected byproduct of the prefix add-on that was installed for other reasons. There is no option for collapsing the box, moving it, or removing it in our admin tools. The tech guys might be able to work some CSS wizardry to make it collapsible, or at least move it to the bottom of the page (probably much easier), but I honestly don't know if they have the time or ability to do so.

The only workaround that I know of in the software is going into your profile preferences (select "preferences" from the menu drop down menu that appears when you hover over your name in the top right of the screen) and manually checking all the prefixes that you wish to ignore. The box up top will disappear if all the prefixes within it are selected, or you can pare it down to something more manageable to the eye. The downside is that you will no longer be able to sort or see the ignored thread prefixes next to topics.

Maybe there's a way to block the element or filter it out using some other browser tool or add-on, but I haven't had time to experiment with it yet.

Oh well, uBlock it is then.

 

[Note Worthy]

Stanton to New York Yankees.

Member when Cardinals attracted the bigest free agents? I member....

 

[Bye Felicia]

I always thought the Yankees would end up with Harper after next year. I wonder where Bryce signs now?

 

[David Dennison]

Stanton to New York Yankees.

Member when Cardinals attracted the bigest free agents? I member....

I dont. The Cardinals have never attracted the biggest $$$ free agents, at least when acquiring from other teams, not re-signing their own guys (like Holliday). Avoiding those contracts is why we were able to offer to eat Stanton's contract.

 

[Note Worthy]

I dont. The Cardinals have never attracted the biggest $$$ free agents, at least when acquiring from other teams, not re-signing their own guys (like Holliday). Avoiding those contracts is why we were able to offer to eat Stanton's contract.

I more meant that people wanted to play here. Like a Scott Rolen.

It was a destination place for players.

 

[bleedblue1223]

I more meant that people wanted to play here. Like a Scott Rolen.

It was a destination place for players.

He and Holliday were Midwest blue-collar guys. I still think we can attract those types. We had Price until Boston went crazy.

 

[yogintheaveragebears]

just watched your name the hype is real

 

[Em etah Eh]

Stanton to the Yankees for Castro and a couple prospects. Go figure...

 

[Vladys Gumption]

I'm not surprised on the return. Miami had exactly zero leverage once it came out that Stanton turned down the Giants and Cardinals. The Marlins desperately needed to get out from under his contract so Stanton held all of the cards with his NTC. He forced their hand.

 

[Bye Felicia]

Jeffrey Loria continues to screw over the Marlins even after he is gone. Perfect.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

When is Giancarlo Tavares joining the team?

 

[Vladys Gumption]

Stanton has some stones, I'll give him that. The Marlins apparently tried to strong arm him into going to the Giants or Cardinals by telling him to waive for one of those two or remain a Marlin forever. I guess they forgot he has an out clause in three years? He called their bluff and they had to take a crap return. What a joke of a franchise.

 

[wannabebluesplayer]

If he's available, he should now be the Cardinals #1 priority. Him and Britton from Orioles would be an AWESOME package. I could also see him re-signing if the Cardinals went 10 years, $350 mil. That's a lot of jack but this is one of the greatest players in MLB.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Send a blank check to Baltimore. Put DeJong at 3rd.