<p>I'll take Miley and Karns over Happ and Elias. Felix and Kuma at the top with four very strong pitchers and plenty of innings for all six to share. It just changes the pitching staff outlook so completely bumping everyone down a notch and getting that depth back and having Nuno down to number seven. Do we have a top 5 AL rotation now?</p>
<p>The hitting and defense already looked better to me than the 14-15 teams so this is just great, great #News and makes us a playoff contender if the bullpen can hold it together (a big scary if).</p>
<p>@NY We usually have a nice dinner and try to stream some #News channel for coverage of the ball dropping. The boys get to stay up and we toast with champagne at midnight...the boys get sprite.</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - Xtreme19 - 12/18/15 11:24am<br><p>that sounds so nice!</p>
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<p>Interesting note from the TNT about our original offer to Kuma. Might not be #News to everyone, but I hadn't heard it before:</p>
<p>"The Mariners sought to retain Iwakuma by, first, extending a qualifying offer of $15.8 million. When he chose instead to become a free agent, the Mariners proposed a two-year deal that included a vesting option for 2018.</p>
<p>Had Iwakuma triggered the vesting option, the contract’s value would have been roughly equivalent of the Dodgers’ three-year guaranteed offer.</p>
<p>the publication where my husband works (a #Newspaper) is being sold....hoping for best case #News tonight while i eat churros</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - Tarre - 12/16/15 2:52pm<br><p>I used to work for a newspaper - years ago. Watching the newspapers evolve is interesting.</p>
</div><div class="indented">Reply - Tarre - 12/16/15 2:53pm<br><p>I hope your husband lands on his feet okay.</p>
<p>If Cishek is the closer, and Benoit is on his game, then that would be good #News for us. But maybe not necessarily. it seems to me looking back with my imperfect memory that the Angels at times had their best relievers pitching the 7th and 8th, pitching lights out, and the closer was kind of a mess.</p>
<p>I like watching the NHL awards in June. But I do know that some of the awards where the #Hockey Writers Association selects the winner has to be taken with a grain of salt. If the Association does not really care for a player or their #Style of play, then they will probably be overlooked for an award. That is why I will be surprised if Kane gets the Hart unless a bigger #News story comes along during the season that takes the spotlight off of Kane.</p>
