9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

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9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by RonCo » Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:43 pm

FUTURE LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE PAST: FANS REACT


It’s no great secret that heading into the Winter Meetings, the Yellow Springs Nine are on what has turned into a perpetual vision quest for a real live starting pitcher. At one point, they had Juan Guerrero in the mix to at least make a 4th with Carlos Valle, Ernesto Ramos, and Luis Colón, but Guerrero went away in the expansion draft, and the Nine were left with a bag of stale Doritos and a slate of fading dreams.

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Now it appears things are only getting worse, as the biggest Free Agent fish Mauro Flores spurned offers to even talk to the Nine to sign a $44M deal with Edmonton, and the Jimmies in Charm City won a battle for journeyman starter Maxime Manceau, who the Nine front office are rumored to have coveted. Manceau signed a deal that will pay him $8M this year, and give both the Jimmies and the player the ability to cut bait.

“We thought we had a better offer on the table,” said an anonymous member of the club’s staff. “But it was for only one year.”

The Nine deal was rumored to be in the range of $11M and have a few incentives that could have bumped that to a degree.


UNHAPPY FANS SCHEDULE PROTEST

Taking these two events, and matching them with a sudden flurry of news notes coming from the team about their minor league pitchers, Nine fans are getting antsy. “We want a real rotation,” said Bleed Nine Red fan chairman Kal Freedman. “If the front office doesn’t make something happen, we will. Someone has to tell these guys that this chicken-shit patching of a two-man job isn’t going to cut the mustard.”

The group has scheduled a sit-in at the team’s executive offices for this coming Tuesday in order to make their point more clear.
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Re: 9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by jleddy » Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:06 pm

"We totally low-balled Manceau," said a not-so-anonymous member of the Boise staff...

I should have tried to acquire him last off-season so I could have thrown out a rotation with Maxence Mace, Maxim Makin and Maxime Manceau.

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Re: 9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by ae37jr » Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:41 pm

Same situation here. I really wanted Flores back. He didn't like my manager. Threw what I thought was an overpay at Manceau and he didn't bite. Looks like another season of piecing a rotation together.
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Re: 9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by HoosierVic » Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:35 pm

We came up way short on Flores - I thought we were overpaying, and ended up getting outbid by more than 1.5 million per. Shows what I know ...

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Post by shoeless.db » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:50 am

I didn't offer any of these guys anything, but I wanted to be part of the conversation.
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Re: 9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by nerfHerder » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:17 am

I’ve been throwing money at these guys too. Looks like a rag tag bunch for me again.
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Re: 9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by HoosierVic » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:07 am

shoeless.db wrote:
Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:50 am
I didn't offer any of these guys anything, but I wanted to be part of the conversation.
That's just sad, Doug. Maybe a pen pal?

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Re: 9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by 7teen » Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:17 pm

"YS GM Ron Collins admits to shooting blanks for years"
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Re: 9-News: 40.010 – Nine Shooting Off-season Blanks Again?

Post by RonCo » Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:22 pm

The truth can be painful, I suppose.
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