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Well they traded for him with a year and a half left on his deal. He was leaving after 2013 anyway so they got what they could for him. You can blame the bad contracts they have on the books just as much because if not for them they likely would have held on to him and signed him long term.

 

mut- he wanted to stay here long term...

he was a decent commodity and they got peanuts for him. bad business.

the kid they got for papelbon is so-so and bordering average. paps was such a cancer he HAD TO GO no matter what. some times you can get what you can get and sometimes like hamels or pence you must do better.

 

Yankees have an 11 run inning and knock the snot out of the Rangers... 21-5

 

Mets' Mejia fails drug test, gets 162-game ban.

He needs to find something else to do.

 

or some help/rehab !

 

Papelbon is causing distractions in the Nats bullpen already. 1st- he wanted to go to a winner. 2nd- he wanted to be the closer, period. Now Storen is pi$$ed and talking to his agent. Storen was the Nats closer and is from the D.C. area and feels like he is getting screwed......

 

lol, interesting stuff, igloo. seems like money can't buy happiness for many folk.

 

how is that papelbon's fault? his 1 contingent was to close. to me this is on the nationals, not paps. if they didn't feel confident in storen's abilities, then that's on them. storen should be pissed at them, not paps.

 

Papelbon trade -- The move generated some controversy, owing to the fact that the club reportedly promised to use Papelbon as its closer despite the presence of high-performing reliever Drew Storen. The thrice-deposed 9th-inning man declined to say much about the move, but did indicate that he and his agent are having ongoing discussions with GM Mike Rizzo. As Svrluga writes in an even-handed take on the matter, it?s clear that Storen did not deserve to be demoted out of the ninth inning. But the club also had a valid desire to bolster its late-inning relief corps, and adding Papelbon was a good piece for the team to add. As he notes, teams have increasingly recognized the value of filling high-leverage innings with quality arms, regardless of who actually takes the closer role.
Jonah Keri of Grantland writes that the trade checks plenty of boxes for the Nats at a reasonable cost. In spite of the off-field risk involved with replacing Storen, it seems to Keri like a worthwhile gamble.
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports argues that the Nationals have shown a lack of confidence in replacing Storen. He says that the move might be more palatable had the club added a clearly superior pitcher, such as Aroldis Chapman or Craig Kimbrel, but suggests that bringing in a similarly effective reliever was something of a slap in the face to a player that the Nats drafted and developed.
From my perspective, adding Papelbon says less about how the Nationals feel about Storen than it does the club?s desire to maximize the impact of a bullpen addition with a minimal expenditure of resources. As Rosenthal has observed (Twitter link), Washington seemed reluctant to add significant salary obligations to this year?s payroll at the deadline. It likely would have cost more in salary, prospects, or both, to add a different arm that could simply be slotted into a set-up role. And the team may well have ascribed some value to adding a player with Papelbon?s late-inning and big-game experience, whether or not that was tied to Storen?s own spotty track record in very limited postseason innings. It?s true that Storen did not ?deserve? to lose his role, of course, and that he?ll sacrifice some earning capacity through arbitration with the lack of save opportunities. But we see such moves happen all of the time from clubs looking to save money, make upgrades, and otherwise improve their short and long-term position. While the clubhouse aspect and Storen?s feelings certainly should factor in the team?s decisionmaking, then, I?m not sure there?s a compelling fairness point to be considered.

 

I don't think money does buy happiness Lulz. It's like the movie "About Time" (great movie by the way), when the father tells his son he has never known a truly happy rich person. Happiness is a personality trait. It's not on sale, more or less.....

 

Maybe I worded it wrong Fish? But I agree with you, it's on the Nats management and not Papelbon. I have no idea why the Nats would do that? *SCRATCH* Of course, maybe the 2 children could take turns closing?

 

It could buy me a boat.

 

Duda hit 3 HRS in the Mets game yesterday and they still lost. Of course, those were the only 3 runs the Mets scored.....

EDIT: DID EVERYBODY GET THEIR TEAM COLORS UP? THEY ARE NOW AVAILABLE.....Go to Profile, Settings and Pick your team.....

 

igloo--paps trade was for him to close only. no sharing or no deal. storen is the 8th inning man.

 

see ya hamels. thanks for the 08 ring. tell texas i said hola.

 

Right now all i can get is the Pittsburgh Steelers colors the other settings are a black and blue scheme.

Which team did you pick?

 

since no eagles, i picked Irish...

 

Are you seeing the Irish pennant and are the color schemes green & gold?

 

no. i used to but not at this moment. no worries.