SteveJRogers

Funny, I would have expected that to come from Off Topic Genious.

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At 9:03 on August 26th, while watching the Democratic Convention, instead of the Mets-Phillies game, ambler said this in his defense for posting a thread about said convention:

The Phillies came all the way back to tie the Mets at 7all, and win it 8-7 in 13 innings.

The_Kings_of_Quit

I thought it had to do with record first and foremost, actually. If I'm wrong on that, fine. But this transaction still pretty much proves that decent relievers are getting traded right now. Phillies picked up another arm today, too.

I don't know that Omar's plan of waiting on AA players to save the season is going to work, but if you think it is, great. We'll see. But this bullpen is a f*cking nightmare, with or without Mr. Kunz.

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freakzilla11

The 'same league' rule applied to Bradford.

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Gregory Gewirtz

1. Didn't they change the waiver rules a few years ago so that the player is not offered first within his own league and then to the other league? Since the Mets have a worse record than TB, I think they would take priority in the waiver contest. [On edit: I see this has just been discussed.]

2. Bradford being available is a symbol that other relievers have probably been available as well since before the deadline that Omar failed to get. Moreover, if Bradford was available now, it seems improbable that he was untouchable a week ago. While agree that it could be unfair to criticize Omar for the specific crime of "not trading for Chad Bradford on August 7th," with his shaky bullpen, with roster space to improve it before the deadline (Muniz is a waste), and seeing how cheaply some of the relievers have cost (Bradford, Rhodes, etc.), Omar definitely deserves criticism for doing nothing when any arm, even a lesser one would have been an improvement.

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METSSC

Rhodes Bradford, a pile of sh!t. Who cares

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dak11

I think you're confusing it with the draft which changed. Used to flip flop AL/NL now just based on record.

Gregory Gewirtz

No, but I might be confusing it with one of those ESPN articles on a slow day where executives propose improvements to baseball's transactional rules.

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