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(40,168 posts)The Truth Is Here
(354 posts)Machado won't even lift a finger. He just got paid.
Go Rockies!
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)sdfernando
(4,935 posts)and I live in San Diego.
Plus that stupid downtown ball park wrecks havoc when there are games...congested traffic, major roads closed during the games....Parking is non-existent.
underpants
(182,799 posts)I thought hed go to a perennial winner.
Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)Similar to where the Astros were a few years ago. They probably won't be contenders this year, but they're going to be good for a while.
underpants
(182,799 posts)Seems like farm systems hit gold every few years. First it was the Royals and then the Astros. Apparently the Braves system leaped agead of schedule last year.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Of course, if Mark Appel hadn't been a bust....who knows what might have been.
Ohiogal
(31,996 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Ugh. SD can keep him.
Bleacher Creature
(11,256 posts)I wonder if the Nationals' 10 year/$300 million is still on the table.
underpants
(182,799 posts)But that was last week.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)If Machado is getting 300, Harper will get more.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The New England Patriots and San Antonio Spurs should be models. Both have coaching legends, neither have anything close to the highest paid player at ANY position. Yet, year in and year out, they are among the last standing and almost always make the modern era (salary cap era) playoffs.