i haven't watched the movie either, but i've seen jonah_hill.gif so many fucking times that it feels like i have
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 January 2021 22:46 (three years ago) link
Ron Washington is played by one of the leads in Lodge 49 (Brent Jennings).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 8 January 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
I thought the movie was pretty good!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 8 January 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
WARNING: Do not watch if you hate twee pop!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 8 January 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
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
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 January 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
Kyle Schwarber feels like a waste of 10 million dollars.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 9 January 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
the money ball book is great but for the love of god don’t watch the movie!
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 January 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
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)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link
did not expect DJLM to get a 6 year deal... i think he'll be 38 when it ends?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
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
― Karl Malone, Friday, 15 January 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
that's only a $3m/yr raise over his last contract -- guess he really wanted the length
― mookieproof, Friday, 15 January 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
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.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
says to me NYY are intent on keeping under the cap
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
they dumped 30M on a supremely washed brett gardner 2 years ago so this is a steal tbh
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
Gardener is more like a mascot at this point tho, inhe?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
the only mascot worth 15m is gritty but yes you're right
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 15 January 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
Kluber to the frigging Yankees. 1 year, $11M apparently.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 16 January 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
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
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:59 (three years ago) link
A year and $20M more than I expected - but I am pumped. They landed Kirby Yates today too.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 05:34 (three years ago) link
Biggest free agent signing in Jays history -- by far!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 06:40 (three years ago) link
wow
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 10:49 (three years ago) link
i'm guessing this means jbj stays with the boxsox
bosox
michael brantley also to the jays
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
... 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.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
sounds like he is instead re-signing with houston
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
former pirate great j.a. happ to minnesota
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
looks like brantley back to astros?
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
Ya that makes much more sense.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
Astros steal another sign(ing)
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:43 (three years ago) link
Some speculation on (30-year-old) George Springer:
https://www.billjamesonline.com/a_connecticut_astro_in_queen_elizabeths_colony/
(Not James, Dave Fleming.)
― clemenza, Friday, 22 January 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
jbj to stros?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 January 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
profar returns to SD, 3/$21m
ryan zimmerman returns to WAS, 1/$1m
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 January 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
Quintana is an Angel for $8M
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 23 January 2021 01:21 (three years ago) link
pirates are expected to trade jameson taillon -- their only remaining player that means anything at all to me -- in the next couple days
might as well trade ke'bryan hayes too -- sure, he's only played 24 MLB games, but his stock will never be higher
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 January 2021 23:06 (three years ago) link
Craig Mish@CraigMishThe Philadelphia Phillies and JT Realmuto are in agreement on a 5 year $115.5 million dollar contract. Pending physical. Per source.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
Semiens to the Jays!
What an offseason for the Jays (still think a mid-rotation pitcher would do wonders).
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
Infielder run!!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 02:32 (three years ago) link
Also love the Semiens signing for the jays. I was hoping they’d land him.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 02:34 (three years ago) link
it's semien singular
but what does this mean for bo and/or cavan?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link
Tommy La Stella has never had 400 plate appearances in a season, but he just got a three-year contract a few days before his 32nd birthday. My latest on a truly unique player: https://t.co/R9L28BwTTI— Tony Wolfe (@_TonyWolfe_) January 27, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
love that dude
― na (NA), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
remember when the cubs tried to option him to the minors and he just refused (for a couple of weeks)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/09/cubs-la-stella-refuses-to-report-to-minors/88494048/
― na (NA), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
Semien playing 2B and I guess Cavin or Vlad at 3B depending how spring training goes. I imagine Biggio could gain a lot of at bats just filling in at LF/1B/2B to let guys rotate into DH or sit for a day. Could see Marcus moving to the left side at some point of Bo/Biggio/Vlad really stink it up.
And the Jays just shipped three slapdicks to the Mets for Matz. Not really sure he’s an improvement over any of their borderline AAAA starters, but what do I know.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 28 January 2021 06:26 (three years ago) link
Matz had so much promise 96 mph lefty and local kid but he's gotten progressively worse.
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Thursday, 28 January 2021 13:09 (three years ago) link
I haven't paid attention too closely, but why did the Jays give up on Sean Reid-Foley? He was such a big deal a couple of years ago. I see look at this stats and see control issues and the possibility he's coming off an injury, but also a lot of strikeouts and he's only 24.
― clemenza, Thursday, 28 January 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
Matz is super streaky. He'll have a few great starts and just when you think he's an ace the wheels will come off and he'll lose his starting role and then he builds it back up and sucks you in...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
why did the Jays give up on Sean Reid-Foley? He was such a big deal a couple of years ago.
i don't think he was ever a "big deal" – he was rounding out some of our top prospect list before Bo and Vlad etc came along because of a lack of depth at the time and his high draft level. i never had big hopes for the guy, his stuff never seem to develop and his control was all over the place. of all the guys who came up as a starter on the Jays right now, i liked him the least even out of the pen because he didn't seem to have any pitches that could blow anyone away. i'd rather see what guys like Zeuch or Merryweather or Borucki could do in our rotation. losing Josh Winckowski is the only thing that will keep me up at night about this deal (tho, i thought Diaz had some closer potential).
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
In the coming days, we’ll presumably learn more about other offers on the table. For now, it’s remarkable that nobody valued Tanaka’s durability and track record enough to pony up. A model of consistency, Tanaka had posted 2.5 WAR or better in each of the past four full seasons, and if you prorate his 2020 numbers to a normal innings total, he’d have cleared that bar again last year as well. You can even dream a little bit on the velocity uptick he saw in 2020, and corresponding increase in swinging strike rate from 2019. Steamer had him as a three-win player in 2021, and while ZiPS is a little more pessimistic, we’re still talking about a good mid-rotation arm here. It boggles the mind that 30 MLB teams effectively passed on him.Look, it’s no fun at all poking at MLB and its many problems these days. I don’t want to write about all of the ways the league is failing its customers any more than you want to read it. But we can’t take the Tanaka signing, or non-signing depending on your perspective, in a vacuum. Three of the last four free agent markets have been ice cold. For all intents and purposes, the league has a salary cap, and there aren’t many teams at risk of reaching it. A bitter collective bargaining dispute looms. Amidst that landscape, one of the world’s best pitchers is leaving the country in part because nobody in the world’s best league made it a priority to sign him.That’s a choice, as much a collective one as a series of individual decisions. What that says about the state of the league, and MLB’s place in the broader sport and entertainment industry isn’t entirely clear just yet. But whatever it is, it can’t be anything good.
Look, it’s no fun at all poking at MLB and its many problems these days. I don’t want to write about all of the ways the league is failing its customers any more than you want to read it. But we can’t take the Tanaka signing, or non-signing depending on your perspective, in a vacuum. Three of the last four free agent markets have been ice cold. For all intents and purposes, the league has a salary cap, and there aren’t many teams at risk of reaching it. A bitter collective bargaining dispute looms. Amidst that landscape, one of the world’s best pitchers is leaving the country in part because nobody in the world’s best league made it a priority to sign him.
That’s a choice, as much a collective one as a series of individual decisions. What that says about the state of the league, and MLB’s place in the broader sport and entertainment industry isn’t entirely clear just yet. But whatever it is, it can’t be anything good.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
link to the full piece?
I ask because I wonder if he was truly "passed" on or rather that his agent wouldn't accept an offer under "$x" as Tanaka could make that in Japan.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link