I guess I mean details from beat writers on what kind of smart sports medicine as well as pissing-on-hands quackery goes on in training rooms, and how it varies from team to team. Whenever I've gone to games it's been interesting how some players stroll around the field and throw a few balls, and some players go in for 30 minutes of intense stretching and being rolfed by an assistant.
― WmC, Thursday, 29 November 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
So how long until the Cardinal front office dampens the dreams of some Reds fans who think they might actually have a chance of signing Dallas Keuchel. That guy is from Arkansas, I would figure good chance ole' Dallas might have grew up a St. Louis fan.
― earlnash, Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
He went to college in Arkansas but he's from 2 hours west in Tulsa, OK, not sure if that changes affiliations?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 30 November 2018 01:11 (five years ago) link
Mariners send Alex Colomé to White Sox for Omar Narváez
― na (NA), Friday, 30 November 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
reds are non-tendering billy hamilton
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 November 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
who needs a .290 obp burner?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 November 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
terrance gore 2.0
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 November 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
hamilton kills the pirates tho -- only .280/.327/.360, but 54 runs and 56 SB (8 CS) in 78 games
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 November 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-cubs-addison-russell-tender-contract-theo-epstein-501656801.html
ugh
― na (NA), Friday, 30 November 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
http://mlb.mlb.com/images/5/4/0/139598540/072915_nym_flores_eyes_med_z0aylbg3.gif
non-tendered ;_;
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 November 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
I've thought about where Billy Hamilton could fit in. I think for the huge bat/big money teams, Hamilton is a potentially great super sub type. The guy can cover just huge amounts of ground in CF. Some people think the best way to use him might be to have him come in PR for a hitter on base, then switch to defensive replacement. Even though he hasn't been quite as successful at stealing bases, the guy can score first to home on really minimal hits at times.
Don't know their roster, but I could see Hamilton having some value for the Colorado Rockies. Blackmond I believe is supposed to be kind out of place playing center field and Hamilton could go run and get some outs playing in that huge yard.
― earlnash, Saturday, 1 December 2018 01:23 (five years ago) link
Yan Gomes is being acquired by the #Nats. Gives them a nice catching combo with Suzuki. Minor League RF Daniel Johnson going the other way to #Indians . (sorry if you saw earlier that mentioned Michael Taylor; he's not involved)— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 30, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 1 December 2018 04:19 (five years ago) link
This is a pretty crazy deal brewing between the Mets and Mariners.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 2 December 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link
So this is a chips in the middle trade (they are giving away two of their top 10 prospects if I understand correctly) but they are also shopping a trade with Noah?
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 2 December 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
I doubt the Noah thing is going to happen now after this move; unless they deal him for established mlb talent at some other position.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 2 December 2018 05:47 (five years ago) link
after cano deal is wrapped up, word on the street from my man ken rosenthal is that mariners are looking to send jean segura to phillies, perhaps for JP Crawford
― Karl Malone, Monday, 3 December 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
Seeing they might send Santana along too - which seems like an insane thing for the Mariners to agree to. Crawford isn’t going to be enough on his own (nor does adding Santana imho).
What happened between Segura and Gordon btw? I’ve seen it mentioned Ina few places but never explained.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 3 December 2018 06:03 (five years ago) link
Is it tho? The EW podcast went over it extensively the other day and wound up at "Yep, yet another trade that makes sense for both teams."
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 December 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
Ya, true. Tho when I first read about it, there were more prospects and money reportedly involved.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 3 December 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
This deal for Santana, however...
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 00:35 (five years ago) link
i assumed there was probably almost nothing left on the santana contract but then i looked and uhhh that's... well actually the last season is a team option so it's only $40m/2y. still yikes
i guess i get to watch my team do the whole fun tear down/build up now, which is... well. i hope kyle seager gets out, he deserves slightly better than this. did mallex not go in the cano deal after all? i guess that's cool. poor dee gordon, finally gets out of miami...
― teen heartthrob Pacey Winger (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
santana is overpaid, but not by *that* much. you could do a lot worse than 25 homers and a ton of walks for $20m. the two years of jay bruce at $14m each seems riper for disaster -- he's been worth 2.6 bWAR over the past five seasons, and all of that was in 2017
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
#STLCards and #DBacks have discussed a trade that would send Paul Goldschmidt to St. Louis, source confirms @dgoold report. @MLB @MLBNetwork— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) December 4, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:53 (five years ago) link
i guess if they get a genuine youth movement going, all of that money is available again in 2021 is the idea?
― teen heartthrob Pacey Winger (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
corbin to the nationals, six years/unknown $
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
seeing $140 million.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
he had a great year, but it also seems like quite an outlier -- K/9IP jumping from 8 to 11, etc.
the projections are solid enough, tho: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/nationals-get-another-ace-in-monster-deal-with-patrick-corbin
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
By May/June fantasy *ahem* "experts" were encouraging owners to sell high on Corbin due to some of his peripherals (pls don't ask) which had showed he was luckier than average.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
i don't see him making those projections.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
it kind of bothers me that patrick corbin will make more in his career than jacob degrom will (not that they won't both be fine, of course). timing is everything
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
marlins like rosario, nimmo and/or conforto in Realmuto talks. talks are real, but mets seem resistant on rosario— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 5, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
mets and marlins haggling over a once hyped prospect who has never been good, sure why not
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:28 (five years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, December 5, 2018 11:58 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark
well his agent is the mets GM now so he might just get that payday after all
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 5 December 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
Stlcards will be getting Goldy— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 5, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
between this and the pirates' signing of lonnie chisenhall, the NL central arms race has really escalated
The #STLCards have acquired six-time NL All-Star 1B Paul Goldschmidt from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for C Carson Kelly, RHP Luke Weaver, INF Andy Young and the club's Compensation Round B selection in the 2019 MLB Draft. #TimeToFly pic.twitter.com/65SThIrDli— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) December 5, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
damn, i like weaver a lot. tough price.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
"i read it first on ILB"
wow!
kind of excited to have a "star" on the team for the first time in a while, even though there have been flashes of brilliance with matt carpenter and tommy pham recently.
andy young won't be talked about much, maybe, but i was excited about him. he shot up all the internal prospect lists last year, a 24 year old 2B who has hit with power at every level so far.
it was either going to be carson kelly or andrew knizner, and although i've been a supporter of getting kelly more playing time the last year or so (backups to molina don't play), knizner has more upside. kelly's upside is average to meh offensively, .250/.350/.400 in a good year, with solid defense. a valuable catcher! but kelly's offensive ceiling is more like knizner's floor, and his defense is decent, too.
weaver might be good or might be a #4 starter. it was hard to tell, based off of the first two seasons.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
imo arizona did pretty well considering goldy only has one year left, but st. louis didn't need any of those guys (and weaver was pretty bad last year)
also they're apparently confident they can re-sign goldy, since everyone who comes to STL falls in love with it and the bfib (which might be true)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
if they don't resign him at least they'll get an extra draft pick (right?)
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:24 (five years ago) link
assuming they issue a QO
Goldsmith had such an incredibly streaky year in '18... not sure if that was symptomatic of something negative or what.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
Immediate reaction from rival exec on #DBacks’ return for Goldschmidt: “A boatload” (Only he didn’t say boat). Five years control on Weaver, six on Kelly, plus pick in 70 to 75 range; Young fringy. #STLCards will call it a win, too. Kept Dakota Hudson, Kelly blocked by Yadi.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 5, 2018
Front office exec on the Cards-D'Backs trade: It's just a fair trade all the way around. Makes sense for both teams. Cardinals get better for 2019. D-Backs get a solid (but not spectacular) return.— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) December 5, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
PG 2018
home: 238/.363/.420away: .339/.415/.638
May: .144/.252/.278
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:40 (five years ago) link
vs Career .943 OPS in May.
Basically getting him out of the nu-humidor and into Busch could be the answer:
Career @ Busch:.302/.402/.488
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link
PG BABIP in may: .186 (up around .400 the rest of the year)
PG from june 1 forward: .330/.420/.602; 1.022 ops was fourth in MLB behind trout, yelich and jd martinez
not too worried about him
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
only stole seven bases last year tho
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 December 2018 22:51 (five years ago) link
Eovaldi back with the BoSox for four years, $67.5MM.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
Jesus
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 6 December 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
TINSTAAPP
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
That sure is a lot of money for a good postseason (I can't see much else in his career that's very distinguished).
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 December 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link