Skimming now a federal case for baseball - Los Angeles Times

An article on the shady goings on the DR, including the following nuggets:

Several baseball sources, all of whom said their jobs would be jeopardized if they spoke on the record about a federal investigation, say at least one general manager has already come under suspicion.

One National League executive, who insisted on anonymity, said he offered a $60,000 bonus to a prospect a couple of years ago only to have the buscon demand 10 times that much. Three months later, the executive said, the player signed with another team for more than $1.5 million."

"You think in three months a guy can improve by $1 million?" he said. "Something funny must have happened there. It's not only the buscones. The first case was the Chicago White Sox. And you will see in the future, other names are going to be coming out.

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That was a pretty underwhelming read

A couple execs and GMs get to gripe about either paying what the market demands or refusing to pay it and losing out on prospects. Considering nothing else was substantiated in the article outside of Wilder and they managed, somehow, to not even mention how much players get paid in the draft and that this is supposedly a paper of high repute, I really doubt I’m missing anything by cutting the sports section out of my diet.

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 6:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Brewers Acquire C.C. Sabathia

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/07/rosenthal-dodge.html

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 6:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

All I know so far is that top prospect Matt LaPorta is in the deal. I was told two lower-level minor leaguers also are included. The Brewers refused to include another top prospect such as Alcides Escobar or Mat Gamel.

http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/07/06/brewers-indians-agree-on-sabathia.aspx

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by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Saturday the team is trying to close a deal that could package top prospect Matt LaPorta, Minor League third baseman Taylor Green and perhaps one more Minor Leaguer in return for Sabathia.
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LaPorta and Green are both highly regarded prospects in the Brewers’ farm system. Entering play Saturday, LaPorta was batting .291 with 20 homers and 66 runs batted in at Double-A Huntsville. Green has batted .297 with a .381 on-base percentage so far this season in the Class A Florida State League.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080705&content_id=428225&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

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by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

hey i called one of them!

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

A few possibilities based on skimming the MiLB DTs:

From A+: Taylor Green, Lorenzo Cain, Jeremy Jeffress perhaps. The latter is dominating A+ (minus a few gopher ball issues) and is a 2006 first rounder, so I doubt he’ll be one of them.

From A: Eric Fryer, Caleb Gindl and no real pitchers.

On that list, only Jeffress could maybe make me go “Oh shit, him for 5 years.” LaPorta is going to be really really good though. If Corey Hart isn’t a real CF, I’m kind of surprised they gave up LaPorta.

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LaPorta doesn't play CF, no?

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by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm saying I'd rather ditch Hart and take LaPorta

I don’t really know though. I’m not that familiar with the Brewers’ 3 year outlook. I don’t know what Sabathia’s value is to them, really.

They did likely guarantee 2 first rounders and a compensatory pick though. It’ll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is GREAT

Get him out of the AL.

by madvillian on Jul 6, 2008 6:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

we will have to face this though

http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=32457

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by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Peak Translation (aka what he'll put up from, say, age 25-27 if he stays as good as he's been):

.285/.377/.557

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

depressing...

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by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

they just added their own Q.

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice to know we wont have to face face no mo.

But we will have to this gruesome fuck down the line.

How do you fuck a nut?!

by omnipotent grab on Jul 6, 2008 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Face CC*

How do you fuck a nut?!

by omnipotent grab on Jul 6, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

reminds me something

LaPorta, a right-handed slugger who is below-average defensively, would be a better fit for the American League. He was the Brewers’ first-round pick in 2007, and played first base at Florida, but the Brewers converted him to left field — a position occupied by Ryan Braun, who is signed through 2015.

http://foxsports.com/mlb/story/8318218

surprise, a college first baseman!

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by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 7:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

HOF.

How do you fuck a nut?!

by omnipotent grab on Jul 6, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How do you create a poll?

What move will the Sox make to bring Paulie Kornerko back from the D.L. on Tuesday?

Designate Pablo Ozuna for assignment.
Place Bobby Jenks on the D.L.
Send Adam Russell to AAA.
Send Brian Anderson to AAA.
Send DeWayne Wise to AAA.
Trade Juan Uribe.

by SSH2005 on Jul 6, 2008 8:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Go to "create fanpost"

then “attach poll”

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

but I'm pretty sure we'd all answer "DFA Pablo"

though “Send Adam Russell to AAA” would be a good answer too.

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

False

The question that SSH poses is not what should the White Sox do, but rather what will they do.

by reardenmettle on Jul 6, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

shhh, colin is still sleeping

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by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

touché

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by colintj on Jul 6, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you can't send down nessie!

plus he hasn’t lost a game, best pitcha evah, period.

The greatest trick the White Sox ever pulled was convincing their fan base that "Ozzieball" ever existed.

by The Wizard on Jul 6, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

but

ah, shit. you said period. that means no one else can argue.

If there's a baseball equivalent to "never fight a land war in Asia," Vizzini might tell us "never buy the decline years of a player."

by larry on Jul 6, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The article in the post

is what the Wilder case is all about. Not what that clown on Soxtalk said about HGH and other stuff. Wilder was lying to the club and the players about bonus money and skimming off the top. Rumor is he only got busted when he tried to pass a duffel bag full of cash through airport security in DR and they thought it might be drug money.

by Bull Pain on Jul 7, 2008 12:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs