The Dr. Morbius Memorial 2020-2021 MLB Hot Stove Thread

Not bad, Mets! Who's going to play 3B? Davis?

Ugh. Goddamn this sucks. We all knew it was coming but it still sucks. Can Dan Gilbert please buy the Indians ffs? Poor people should not be allowed to own professional sports teams.

Sorry :(

We've been there though.

MLB managing to ruin francisco lindor... is nothing sacred

sweet jesus!

Also, I thought we were done with that franchise name.

― Van Horn Street, Thursday, January 7, 2021 1:01 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

it has a lot of unfortunate connotations, but I think they should stick with it at least until they leave Queens

Sad to see Gimenez go, but seems like a good deal! At least not as risky as the Brodie blockbusters.

Not bad, Mets! Who's going to play 3B? Davis?

they were trying for Bryant too. not sure if landing Lindor means they're out now or not.

I was talking with my nephew (Yankees fan) and he just reminded me that LaMahieu is still out there. Maybe Springer is asking too much and they go for the upgrade at 3B instead of CF.

rumour is LaMahieu is asking a lot, but since his bat is uniquely ideal for yankees stadium, there isn't a tonne of interest. i'm hoping the Jays can land Springer.

Hoping for that too, but I'm not optimistic.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Category:Slang

1-2-3
A
Ace
Americas
Around the horn
Away game
B
Bad ball hitter
Bag
Bandbox
Banjo hitter
Bases loaded
Bat around
Bean ball
Bench warmer
Big Three
Blowser
Bonus baby
Bronx Cheer
Brushback pitch
Bush league
C
Can O' Corn
Caught stretching
Cellar
Chin music
Choke up
Clean up
Closer
Clutch hitter
Crank
Cup of coffee
D
Dinger
E
Eephus pitch
Excuse-me single
F
Fall classic
Fireman
Five-tool player
Flash in the pan
Four-bagger
G
Gap
Go yard
Golden Sombrero
Good morning, good afternoon, good night
Gopher ball
Green light
H
Heat
Hitting on the Interstate
Hold the runner
Hot corner
Hot stove league
Hung
I
Iron Man
J
Jam
Junkballer
L
Lead
Little League homer
M
Mason Dixon Line
Mendoza Line
Mystery pitcher
N
Nichols Law Of Catcher Defense
O
Ofer
On the road
P
Pickle
Pull
R
Ribbie
Road game
Rope
Royal Rooters
S
Sayonara
Second division
Set the table
Set-up man
Strikeout Single
Striking out the side
T
Taking the collar
Texas leaguer
The show
Tools of ignorance
W
Wheels
Johnny Wholestaff
Workhorse
Y
Yankee Fan
Yips

i am really glad that tater isn't on there

otherwise, though, i think that covers all the baseball slang

never heard anyone use 'strikeout single'

seems like more of a little league occurrence

i don't think you can take first on a dropped third strike in little league?

i mean, that would happen on a majority of strikeouts, and you'd no longer be able to stash your second-worst player at catcher

I can think of at least one famous bit of slang from Ball Four not on that list.

Looking forward to reading that book in a few days.

tangent - should i watch moneyball? somehow i've managed to dodge reading or watching it, although i feel like i already know how the movie is gonna go

it ends with the #2 hitter sacrifice bunting to get the leadoff man into scoring position and brad pitt blows his lid

Read the book.

conversely, just read this thread:

Moneyball

oh shit, forgot about the thread! i will check that out

i haven't watched the movie either, but i've seen jonah_hill.gif so many fucking times that it feels like i have

Ron Washington is played by one of the leads in Lodge 49 (Brent Jennings).

I thought the movie was pretty good!

WARNING: Do not watch if you hate twee pop!

Outfielder Kyle Schwarber and the Washington Nationals are in agreement on a one-year, $10 million deal, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN. First with the deal: @dougherty_jesse.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 9, 2021

Kyle Schwarber feels like a waste of 10 million dollars.

the money ball book is great but for the love of god don’t watch the movie!

liam hendricks to the white sox for quite a lot of money! (not official yet and supposedly structured a bit oddly, so idk what the exact $ is)

did not expect DJLM to get a 6 year deal... i think he'll be 38 when it ends?!

i keep forgetting that DJ LeMahieu is supposed to be a good baseball player. i only really saw his colorado rockies version, which of course always comes with asterisks

that's only a $3m/yr raise over his last contract -- guess he really wanted the length

i guess with an avg of $15 mil it's a way for the Yanks to keep the costs down yearly, while still offering the most money. as always looks like the Jays came in second with a 4-year offer averaging around $19M.

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if i'm DJLM, i'm taking the biggest total offer too.

says to me NYY are intent on keeping under the cap

they dumped 30M on a supremely washed brett gardner 2 years ago so this is a steal tbh

Gardener is more like a mascot at this point tho, inhe?

the only mascot worth 15m is gritty but yes you're right

Kluber to the frigging Yankees. 1 year, $11M apparently.

Source confirms: Blue Jays in agreement with free-agent outfielder George Springer. Per @JonHeyman, six years, $150M. Pending physical.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 20, 2021

A year and $20M more than I expected - but I am pumped.
They landed Kirby Yates today too.

Biggest free agent signing in Jays history -- by far!

wow

i'm guessing this means jbj stays with the boxsox

bosox

michael brantley also to the jays

... maybe. Or maybe not.
If it winds up happening, the have a logjam of corner OF/DH hitters. So the thinking is that if they do sign him, they’ll quickly deal Lourdes Gurriel for a starter.

sounds like he is instead re-signing with houston