SPRING TRAINING 2019

icymi

https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2019/2/7/18215806/zach-britton-name-change-zack-yankees

If anyone's curious as to why the FA market is dead quiet, look no further than the Phillies getting Nola's first two FA years for 2/31 https://t.co/mau8PM60HS

— Beyond the Box Score (@BtBScore) February 13, 2019

While the chart at the top of this thread shows Nola's projected value compared to what he'd earn on the open market, this chart takes looks at his salary versus projected arbitration salaries.

Year 1 arb projection is from MLB Trade Rumors.
Years 2 and 3 are my estimates. pic.twitter.com/jNuP7h4d71

— Devan Fink (@DevanFink) February 13, 2019

Here is some PFP with Triple-A manager Mickey Storey and new 1B coach Don Kelly covering the bag. pic.twitter.com/gFyui3aF8y

— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) February 17, 2019

When Bauer meets a potential romantic partner, he outlines for her the parameters of any possible relationship on their very first date. “I have three rules,” he says. “One: no feelings. As soon as I sense you’re developing feelings, I’m going to cut it off, because I’m not interested in a relationship and I’m emotionally unavailable. Two: no social media posts about me while we’re together, because private life stays private. Three: I sleep with other people. I’m going to continue to sleep with other people. If you’re not O.K. with that, we won’t sleep together, and that’s perfectly fine. We can just be perfectly polite platonic friends.”

It’s his way of being considerate. “I imagine if I was married at this point, I would be a very bad husband,” he says. He does want a family in the future, when he can be as all in on it as he currently is on his career, maybe in a decade or so.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/02/19/trevor-bauer-cleveland-indians-training-tools-twitter-controversy-cy-young

he's dark universe greinke somehow

Await baseball and divert yourself from the current blizzard by listening to Richard Nixon inquire about Harmon Killebrew’s foot. ⚾️

August 11, 1971
11:10 - 11:15 am
White House Telephone

⁦@Twins⁩ ⁦@dick_nixon⁩
https://t.co/1xTSHAGZga

— Gary Hornseth (@GaryHornseth) February 20, 2019

“I will be retiring after the season.” —@BruceBochy #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/MeuqlZdSSl

— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiants) February 18, 2019

“We’re still brothers in a way,” Brady Feigl of the Texas Rangers club said, to which Brady Feigl of the Oakland A’s affiliate replied: “And we’re always going to be Brady Feigl.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baseball-players-dna-twins-brady-feigl_n_5c6db034e4b0e37a1ed44c2e

.@kikehndez called game. #DodgersST pic.twitter.com/i1rFO9bnlj

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) February 21, 2019

Southeastern University is nicknamed the Fire. They brought over the mascot. pic.twitter.com/nuxOkqyH16

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) February 22, 2019

tulo homers in his first at-bat in pinstripes

against the jays lol

only a matter of time until he runs into a wall and breaks his collarbone or something

Byron Buxton is 5-for-5 with 2 home runs and 10 RBIs this spring. #MNTwins

— Dan Hayes (@DanHayesMLB) February 25, 2019

i'm listening to this padres/cubs spring training game and there's an ad that has made "go cubs go" somehow even more annoying by playing it on steel drums

half-listening to CIN-SEA and I heard someone say Yusei Kikuchi's name which sent me into a pun spiral where I started saying things like

- Yusei I only hear what I want to
- Yusei Party! We say die!
- if the new seattle pitcher became friends with garfunkel & oates he'd be Kate Micucci's Mate Kikuchi

send help

jon lester: not too bright

Jon Lester on openers:“You’re not going to not start LeBron James because you want him at the end of the https://t.co/QCPa1aMnlo’re going put him in to start the game and you’re going to put him in at the end of the game."

— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) February 25, 2019

^why i am generally against athlete interviews

To his credit, he's lobbying for his own job security.

new proposed baseball rule - you can take out jon lester and put him back in whenever you want, as many times as you want

e.g. any time your pitcher is required to throw to first

not sure where to post this, but FYI fangraphs released a new version of their scouting/prospects/stats boards:

https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board-scouting-and-stats

very handy to get a big summary view of prospects, both league-wide or one of your favorite teams (by applying the team filter, of course)

mets v cardinals, 1 pm Eastern, i have the day off and the afternoon is free, ready to watch a man with a wheel battle the apocryphal home turf of the seeker of the fountain of youth

you have to imagine the last half of that sentence rewritten in a way that makes sense, with incredibly loud fox sports music blaring in the background

Luis Severino was scratched from today's start with right shoulder discomfort. He will undergo further evaluation and examination this afternoon.

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 5, 2019

christ

According to Scottsdale police report, Cameron Maybin was arrested for DUI at 2:43 a.m. Friday morning, just hours before the Larry Baer incident was caught on video.

March 1 was an especially rough day for the #SFGiants.

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) March 5, 2019

Amazing San Diego TV news segment on 1979 @Padres spring training in Yuma, featuring Gaylord Perry, Doug Rader, John D'Acquisto's Trans-Am and some killer 70s bar and restaurant signage. https://t.co/NQMNo3v5Qm via @YouTube

— Dan Epstein (@BigHairPlasGras) March 6, 2019

ha, doug rader. what a guy.

tucson, aside from it being a college town, last time i was there, has parts that feel like yuma. i think there’s probably one main drag and it’s a very short one. but it’s the same thing. fast food and dive bars.

Wow, Ted Leitner is super young there.

I've always loved his quirk of calling them "my padres" after a win and "your padres" after a loss.

🚨 HIDDEN BALL TRICK 🚨 pic.twitter.com/XNRiEmj8MV

— MLB (@MLB) March 11, 2019

breaking that out in ST seems kinda dumb. Keep it your hip pocket!

Who was the victim? Maybe it was one of those lessons that veterans enjoy teach to rookies

that's a lesson rarely learned twice...teach him in September imo

the oldest trick from elementary school

Michael Lorenzen getting some innings in CF for the Reds today against the Tribe.

https://i.imgur.com/369AWj7.jpg

I mean, tbf, Alex Reyes was scheduled to pitch a few innings

partial Disney World ticket included?

mets have allowed seven homers in four innings (matz gave up four of them)

Ouch.

Bryce Harper exits today's game after being hit in his right ankle. pic.twitter.com/RIZHGluHQM

— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) March 15, 2019

that's a rough start.

stick to hockey, canada.

A.J. Hinch was ejected one pitch into tonight's game. Unclear why (no TV feed in here). He barked in the face of the HP umpire, spent minutes arguing, had to be restrained by a coach and George Springer, got tossed, then slowly walked to the left field exit to make a spectacle

— Hunter Atkins (@HunterAtkins35) March 15, 2019

shockingly, that umpire was . . . angel hernandez

https://sports.yahoo.com/angel-hernandez-ejects-aj-hinch-one-pitch-into-bottom-of-first-in-spring-training-game-002233917.html

can angel hernandez write well? he's an awful ump but i bet he has some good stories

lol, i love that according to the aj hinch interview, angel hernandez says that he gets 4 calls (balls and strikes) wrong per game

I think he alone should be replaced by a robo-ump.

Tigers ran a video montage of Don Kelly highlights between innings. A.J. Hinch made him stand at top of dugout for an ovation.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) March 21, 2019