OT - I'm bored

[naslundfan19]

If he's in AA, you won't. If he's in AAA, you'll see him for no more than a cup of coffee in September. It's very important to a rebuilding team to avoid its players gaining Super Two status.

He's in AAA. And what's Super Two status?

 

[Darkstone42]

my biggest worry right now is that this awesome core we have right now will be wasted and broken up by the time we get our pitchers primed and ready.

I'm not so worried about that, to be honest. Huntington's done a great job of avoiding Super Two status and making sure his guys are under control for as long as possible. We've got four more of McCutchen and Jones, five of Alvarez, Tabata, and Walker. If the Pirates want to keep Milledge, they will. Same with Young. We're going to have at least Morris , Locke, Adcock, Owens, and Wilson up well before those guys get pricey.

 

[Darkstone42]

Haha, no, I think that's SuperFlyer. And you were buggered back on, but the fact that you got me confused with that sieve means you have been buggered back off.

Oh, that's right, you're the Miley fan.

I'll remain buggered off, thank you.

=)

 

[naslundfan19]

Some mammal's lurking...

 

[GagneFire12]

Oh, that's right, you're the Miley fan.

I'll remain buggered off, thank you.

=)

Yeah, the Miley/Gagne fan. If you ask me, I've been buggered off permanently. So my buggering off, has you buggered back on.

 

[naslundfan19]

Into the garbage chute, flyboy!

 

[IPostedWhat]

When you make love, do you look in the mirror?
Who do you think of?
Does he look like me?
Do you tell lies?
And say that it's forever?
Do you think twice, or just touch and see?
Ooh babe
Oh yeah
When you're alone, do you let go?
Are you wild and willin', or is it just for show?
Ooh C'mon

 

[ritari330]

Some mammal's lurking...

we are all mammals thank you very much

 

[GagneFire12]

I'm not so worried about that, to be honest. Huntington's done a great job of avoiding Super Two status and making sure his guys are under control for as long as possible. We've got four more of McCutchen and Jones, five of Alvarez, Tabata, and Walker. If the Pirates want to keep Milledge, they will. Same with Young. We're going to have at least Morris , Locke, Adcock, Owens, and Wilson up well before those guys get pricey.

I got a turkey sub the other day on Tabata bread. Pretty solid.

 

[IPostedWhat]

7300!

 

[naslundfan19]

we are all mammals thank you very much

You know who I meant

 

[IPostedWhat]

Boom!

 

[ritari330]

7300!

FAILURE

 

[GagneFire12]

You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals...

 

[GagneFire12]

Boom!

Goes the dynamite!

 

[ritari330]

You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals...

so let's do it like they do it on the Discovery Channel?

 

[IPostedWhat]

FAILURE

I'm going for the post before and after the one everyone fights for.

I'd say I was successful this time.

 

[Darkstone42]

He's in AAA. And what's Super Two status?

It's really difficult to explain, but essentially most players when they get up to the MLB are under the team's control for six years - three at an entry level salary, and three of arbitration. If a player has a certain number of days of service time before his first full MLB season, he will earn Super Two status, which is 2 years at entry level and 4 of arbitration.

This does threethings to the team. One, they have to pay arbitration price for an extra year, which is always significantly higher than entry level, and, two, it drives up the price on the fourth year of arbitration. The third thing it can do is make it significantly more difficult for teams to extend their young players and buy out the arbitration years.

The idea of avoiding Super Two status is essentially to get young talent under the team's control for as long as possible for as cheap as possible, and as far into the player's prime as possible. And that's why you likely won't see Ackley this season.

 

[GagneFire12]

so let's do it like they do it on the Discovery Channel?

Nailed it.

 

[ritari330]

I'm not going for the post before and after the one everyone fights for.

I'd say I was successful this time.

mmhmm sure