general 2021 MLB discussion thread

One of my favorite team in sports are called the Raptors so really my bar is pretty low.

I just don’t like the ‘Cleveland’ font, looks like ‘Cleueland’. The rest I think it’s dope.

The mighty ducks

the context is cool but the name itself is arena football-level militaristic garbage

also the font sucks. if they were really tying into the statues they’d have done something different than using warmed-over chief wahoo lettering

i mean

https://xflnewshub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-XFL-logo-final.png

I don’t hear militaristic overtones with the word ‘Guardian’ but maybe it’s an americanism I’m missing.

were the new york guardians also named after traffic monuments?

combined with the team colors I think it's meant as a reference to the Red Guards

the cleveland redguards vs the cincinnati khajiit

Cleveland Tire Fires (nb, I like Cleveland).

fans and newspapers should immediately start calling them the G’s obv

https://defector.com/cleveland-guardians-is-a-fine-name-and-the-backstory-is-even-better/

Everyone hated the Nationals when they were named

not at all how I recall it

everyone hated the W logo iirc, nevermind the Expos->miami->loria shellgame

Apparently Jacobs Field will henceforth be referred to as The G Spot.

hell yeah

I love the isometric look of the baseball logo

I vaguely remembered today that the start of Major League is a scene setting montage of Cleveland landmarks.
I wondered if these Guardian statues were in that sequence.
It turns out that the very first shot of the film is a pan down one of the statues.

rangers in eight games since the all-star break:

0-8

.160/.227/.244 with 13 runs in 260 PA (this OPS is 40 points lower than any single hitter with a minimum of 200 PA)

9.00 ERA, 61 runs allowed (60 earned), .304/.357/.596 against in 60 IP/277 PA (this OPS against is higher than all but eight single hitters with 200+ PA)

After failing to score in the 2nd inning of today’s game against the Astros, the Rangers have gone 97 innings without leading their opponent. They have just surpassed the 1977 Atlanta Braves who went 96 innings without a lead.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ocregister.com/2021/07/26/angels-still-have-no-timeline-for-mike-trouts-return/amp/

trout’s return still up in the air

this trout business feels to me like it's an achilles thing and he/they're scared he's going to tear it if he comes back

uh, can this even be possible

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Dodgers are making significant progress on a deal that would send them star right-hander Max Scherzer and star shortstop Trea Turner from the Washington Nationals for a prospect-laden return, sources tell ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 30, 2021

i guess it can

BREAKING: The Dodgers are finalizing a deal to acquire star right-hander Max Scherzer and star shortstop Trea Turner from the Washington Nationals for a massive prospect haul, sources tell ESPN. The blockbuster of blockbusters is going to happen.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 30, 2021

Are the Dodgers that embarrassed that they might lose the division for the first time in nearly a decade? They've only been 20 games over .500 since 2013.

they've got money and they're fuckin spending it -- and this time, at least, on non-sex offenders

also they have nice uniforms

middle finger

not to you mookie, lol

Scherzer, Buehler, and Kershaw. that will be formidable in the playoffs

Dodgers acting like they're in our fantasy league this year! this is nuts

More trades happening.

holy shit, nick madrigal for a year and 2 months of craig kimbrel

very consistent pattern this deadline of teams willing to give up touted prospects w/ many years of control for less than a few seasons of a high level player in order to try and win it this year. maybe a one year blip or perhaps a shifting in valuation a bit of what a push for a title is worth vs the allure of prospects w/ only a handful or so of teams really even trying to go for it

jesus luzardo for starling marte
josiah gray & kiebert ruiz for scherzer/turner
nick madrigal for craig kimbrel
austin martin & simeon woods richardson for jose berrios
spencer howard for kyle gibson/ian kennedy

pretty much all current or ex top 100 prospects & a few of them much higher than that

Orioles said to be demanding very high price for Tanner Scott and Paul Fry and at this rate, who knows, maybe they'll get it

Goddamn Ricketts family. I expected two of the big three (Rizzo, Bryant and Baez) to be traded, but I never thought they'd blow all three. If I had any confidence that these cheapskates would be opening their wallets for free agents I'd feel a little better... but this fucking sucks.

While I'm glad I never subscribed to their bullshit Marquee platform, I kinda wish I did only to cancel it now.

Giants do a move afterall and get Kris Bryant.

MLB Network has been the greatest thing today, this trading deadline has been the best since i became a MLB fan.

I was feeling a (very) tiny bit of solace in seeing that we might have at least gotten Bart out of the SF deal, but apparently not? Terrible trade.

RIP Chicago Cubes. it was a fun dynasty

seems better to get something for the dudes now and then possibly re-sign them. i'll miss baez the most, he was my favorite. but also maybe this is the push i need to stop paying attention to the cubs and being mixed up with the ricketts.

also the white sox are looking pretty good so who cares

yeah the sox look great. annoying to see Baez go for a currently injured prospect to go.

i just have such little faith in the Ricketts opening the wallets for them again later. maybe i'll be pleasantly surprised. just harder to watch through the eyes of my 9 year-old, who literally cried when he heard the Rizzo news.

awe, that sucks for kids. when i first heard it was Bart i was thinking Zaidi lost it and made no sense. of course the Giants were not giving up Bart for a rental.

baez is a super-fun player but he also has a career 102 wRC+ and .303 OBP. a *lot* of his value depends on his defense. i'd be leery of signing him long-term.

it made sense for the cubs to trade those guys today; the real capitulation was when they dumped darvish.

i wonder if impending labor strife had any impact on all this? probably not much, because i don't think anyone knows what's going to happen

cannot remember a crazier deadline than that, i still can't keep everything straight

Cubs vs Nats starts in a hour and half and will be the saddest game of the season.

Really hate the Berrios deal. A lot to cough up considering the Jays have three teams ahead of them for the last wildcard spot.

- why did the cardinals acquire jon lester and j.a. happ?
- did the rockies do nothing?

so, like, who's on the cubs now

jason heyward toils on

willson contreras is still a cub, i am surprised to learn

rockies traded mychal givens

Jon fucking Lester, maaaaaan