Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
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RichRed
With regards to the maturity concerns, how many 22-year-olds DON'T have maturity issues? Hell, I'm 40 and I have some of my own.
I hardly pay attention to such statements anymore. Justin Lehr is very mature. Which one do you want to try to lead the Reds out of the wilderness?
BTW, I still think it is the team nickname and the C on the hat that sold him. It will make the transition so much easier ;)
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
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IslandRed
TOR is an acronym for "Top Of Rotation," a #1 or #2 type.
I was just being a smart :mooner:
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
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Jpup
I wonder if this is part of the reason the Reds took a signability guy like Leake last June instead of a higher priced guy. I wonder if they had that much forethought.
Was Leake really a signability guy, though? IIRC, he was a top 10 guy.
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
Uh oh, Keith Law likes this move. He never agrees with anything the Reds do. This is premium material but this part was free:
Chapman deal Cincy's gain, MLB's blunder
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Aroldis Chapman is an outstanding addition to an already-improving Cincinnati pipeline of young players, and sets them up to potentially have one of the NL's best rotations in 2012 if more than a few of their young arms develop as hoped.
http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog...me%3dlaw_keith
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
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OnBaseMachine
Uh oh, Keith Law likes this move. He never agrees with anything the Reds do. This is premium material but this part was free:
Chapman deal Cincy's gain, MLB's blunder
Monday, January 11, 2010 | Feedback | Print Entry
Aroldis Chapman is an outstanding addition to an already-improving Cincinnati pipeline of young players, and sets them up to potentially have one of the NL's best rotations in 2012 if more than a few of their young arms develop as hoped.
http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog...me%3dlaw_keith
What are we supposed to do in 2010 and 2011?
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
After so many downs, it's nice to have an up. As stated before, even if this moves fails it's a risk worth taking and the kind of move this organization needs to make in order for fans to get interested ($$$$). If only they would make Baker go far far away
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
And it seems that the Rolen restructure may have been related to this move to fit the current money into the budget.
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
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MikeS21
Anybody know where the noon press conference can ben heard/seen?
From Mark Sheldon's twitter:
I've been told we're trying to carry the press conf. on the web site. (Reds.com).
http://twitter.com/m_sheldon
CincinnatiReds You can watch today's major announcement LIVE on reds.com at noon EST.
http://twitter.com/home
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
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RichRed
Dave Parker was a pretty big deal.
Parker was seen as damaged goods after the cocaine business in Pittsburgh. It certainly worked out well for the reds. It's probably the still the biggest free agent signing the reds ever made, but it wasn't huge.
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
John Smiley was a pretty big signing after the 92 season.
Francisco Cordero wasn't an insignificant signing, either.
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
Don't forget about the Milton signing (although I bet all of us wish we could).
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
Cordero was the richest.
Most people on RZ were in favor of the Milton signing.
Did the Reds ever sign Kevin Mitchell?
How about Ron Gant?
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
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bucksfan2
Cordero was the richest.
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bucksfan2
Most people on RZ were in favor of the Milton signing.
That's not true...check the archives.
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bucksfan2
Did the Reds ever sign Kevin Mitchell?
No, they acquired him for Norm Charlton.
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bucksfan2
How about Ron Gant?
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
Anybody having trouble accessing the press conference through the Reds' website? Anywehre else we can get it?
Re: Jeff Passan: Reds sign Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman to five-year, $25 million cont
MLB Network is showing the press conference.
