View Poll Results: Who was the biggest free agent bust of 2010?

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  • Chone Figgins

    3 21.43%
  • John Lackey

    5 35.71%
  • Jason Bay

    4 28.57%
  • Mike Cameron

    0 0%
  • Rich Harden

    0 0%
  • Ben Sheets

    0 0%
  • Jason Marquis

    0 0%
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Thread: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    I know it was a trade. What part of "Yankees really didn't give up much for Vazquez so I can't call that a bust." didn't you get? Maybe if the Braves got a steal from it you could call it a bust but they didn't.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Sure, the Yankees got him for next to nothing, but it's to my understanding that any acquired asset that tanks = a bust. Besides, if you're going swear by your definition of a bust, none of the free agents would be in the conversation.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Why is that mofo? A free agent acquisition and a trade are not even close to being the same. Nolan Ryan for Jim Fregosi is a bust. Melky Cabrera for Javier Vazquez isn't.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    I say it was ManRam. First, he sucked in Los Angeles, then he sucked in Chicago. Given that he was still one of the premier hitters in the league, its hard not to think he was a bust.
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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Manny wasn't a 2010 free agent pickup.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Quote Originally Posted by realmofotalk View Post
    Sure, the Yankees got him for next to nothing, but it's to my understanding that any acquired asset that tanks = a bust. Besides, if you're going swear by your definition of a bust, none of the free agents would be in the conversation.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    I suppose I need to read the polls better before I vote. Free agent bust, IMO, is Chone Figgins, I guess.

    Overall bust, Aaron Hill. .829 OPS to .664. Ugh. .270 OBP? Even worse.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Quote Originally Posted by love_that_reefer View Post
    Yankees really didn't give up much for Vazquez so I can't call that a bust. I'm really surprised no one has voted for Ben Sheets.
    Eh, I don't think anyone really expected him to have the impact that Figgins, Bay, and Lackey were supposed to have. He only signed a 1 year deal, too. Yes, it was $10 mil, but he's already off the books and these other guys are still locked up for years.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Still, if the A's spent that $10 million wiser, we might be talking about a different picture in the AL West.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    It's pointless to argue with a Billy Beane apologist.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    I never said he wasn't a bust. I said the guys that are signed to longer deals are bigger busts. The poll is for the biggest bust. Sheets is not the biggest bust. No one was arguing to begin with. Reading is fundamental. Try it sometime before trying to start an argument. Shouldn't you be baiting Leo anyway?

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Sheets may or may not be the biggest bust, but keep in mind that we're only talking about the 2010 season. He's definitely in the conversation for 2010 alone.

    BTW, it's pointless to argue with a Padres fan. Since the Padres don't have the revenue to gamble $10 million on one player, it's easy for their fans to make excuses like, "We only owed Jim Edmonds $5.7 million!" and "At least he's not Andruw Jones!"

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    the Padres gave Maddux 10 mil

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    Wouldn't really call Maddux a gamble.

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    Re: BS Awards: Biggest Bust of 2010

    I guess we agree to disagree then. I acknowledge (never disagreed) that Sheets was a bust. To me the others are a bigger bust because they're still owed money for multiple years. Lackey performed the best out of Bay, Figgins, and Lackey. I voted for Figgins, but Bay and Figgins are real close in my mind.

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