general 2021 MLB discussion thread

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

I thought he wasn’t allowed to pitch without David Ross?

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

apparently they didn't

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

― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, July 30, 2021 5:41 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

He'll be a Blue Jay next season if I understand correctly.

He will (assuming no work stoppage)

hey everyone, check out the Cleveland Guardians website at https://www.clevelandguardians.com/

sick

Big match against the Beekeepers on Sept. 1st.

I'm glad Rickett's f'ed up the Cubs. They can lose for another 100 years while those a'holes own the club.

I grew up watching the Cubs on WGN back in the 80s, but the Ricketts are scum. They make the McCaskey's seem lovable by comparison.

it’s the end of an era but nick madrigal is good! codi heuer is good! pete crow-armstrong is good!

with Hader on the Covid-19 list, the Brewers signed John Axford, one of the most beloved closers in Brewers history. 38 years old and now sporting a mostly-white beard, he came in with a 6-0 lead and went hit batter, flyout, single, single, RBI walk, exiting the game on what appears to be a torn UCL. it's, uh...what's the opposite of a fairy tale?

that's the john axford i know

well I guess they got what they paid for (he was traded for a buck)

in the meantime enjoy this

Victor Robles lets his praying mantis friend know there's one out. pic.twitter.com/7xHkgOtatP

— Major League GIFs (@MajorLeagueGIFs) August 3, 2021

well I guess they got what they paid for (he was traded for a buck)

― frogbs, Tuesday, August 3, 2021 3:31 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

which one?

Very nice eephus thrown by Brock Holt, I am proud to say

ffs

MLB, Barstool Sports in significant talks to broadcast games

MLB and Barstool potentially could team up to create a new type of broadcast with a focus on in-game gambling.

This doesn't mean I have to find out what that is, right? I feel like I just have some general miasmic sense that it's an annoying site that likes crypto and broiness.

An update from the Colorado Rockies regarding the incident at the end of yesterday's game: pic.twitter.com/4cCS8peKnU

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 9, 2021

the yankees blew four saves last night — and won

man congrats to Jake Arrieta for signing that contract when he did

Corbin Burnes just struck out 10 in a row, which ties an MLB record

wainwright threw a Maddux last night, a 2-hit shutout against the pirates. on 88 pitches!!

daaamn

arrieta placed on unconditional release waivers

I didn’t know about this, but he’s apparently a bit of an asshole.

morbs was willing to overlook it

but yeah the cubs seem to be getting to 85% by cutting/trading away vaxxholes like arrieta and rizzo

ps i have never seen 'field of dreams' and also fuck this entire exercise

I loved it lol