One more year for Waino!We have agreed to terms with free-agent pitcher Adam Wainwright on a one-year contract for 2020. pic.twitter.com/ZzKnVUKly1— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) November 12, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
he is DEFINITELY going to repeat his age-37 performance in 2020!
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
just being whiny. i don't think he'll do quite as well next year (i would guess an injury will intervene), but it will be pretty cool to watch him go out with yadi (if molina ends up retiring at the end of 2020).
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
astros are cheating cheaters
The #Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 - part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball. Story with @EvanDrellich. https://t.co/VyS35fDT5D— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 12, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:40 (four years ago) link
haaaa fuckers
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
I think this is the game that Farquhar is talking about (video at a little after 2:58:30). The changeup sign is put down, then you can hear two bangs (even on the broadcast!), and then Farquhar steps off to switch the signs.https://t.co/dmKADpJQdA https://t.co/D3jFJKZKny pic.twitter.com/PyPMMR8DZl— Lucas Apostoleris (@DBITLefty) November 12, 2019
― na (NA), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Astros using cameras to steal signs, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/rncm6qzXxw— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) November 12, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
Great topic but has nothing to do with the hot stove? Start a new thread you n00bz.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
I thought hotstove was a catchall for “off-season things”.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
bee ok's new favorite manager: gabe kapler
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
Gabe Kapler will be hugely popular in SF— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) November 13, 2019
― Andy K, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
this took me a bit - but is it because he's hot af?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
He just knows how to run a clubhouse. Once you’ve handled a Brooklyn classroom full of Sweathogs you can handle anything.
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:17 (four years ago) link
Signed,Epstein’s Mother
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link
40 years ago it woulda been just the Castro
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
LaRussa to Angels as baseball ops adviser
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
Will Smith to Braves
Ben Cherington is new Pirates GM
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 November 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
Kind of surprised Abreu and Odorizzi took the QO. I guess last off-season has them spooked?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 16 November 2019 04:27 (four years ago) link
abreu strikes me as a guy who would get a decent two, maybe three year deal, but he also feels like a guy who could drop off a cliff any season now.
― omar little, Saturday, 16 November 2019 04:32 (four years ago) link
1b is really shallow this offseason too.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 16 November 2019 08:23 (four years ago) link
everything sounds great at the owners meetings in arlington
Astros owner Jim Crane is sitting about 30 feet away. We're not allowed to approach him and a sherriff and constable are standing in between the media and the owner. He'll get to decide whether he wants to speak about the cheating investigation. Stay tuned...— Laura Albanese (@AlbaneseLaura) November 20, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
Jacoby Ellsbury Poly has been released.
― Andy K, Thursday, 21 November 2019 02:00 (four years ago) link
Way to mess up my vanity search results
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 21 November 2019 02:07 (four years ago) link
lol it took me a second to get that
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 21 November 2019 02:59 (four years ago) link
Sorry, Poly.
― Andy K, Thursday, 21 November 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
OFFICIAL: The #WhiteSox have agreed to terms on a four-year, $73-million contract with free agent All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal (@YazmanianDVL08). Under terms of the agreement, Grandal will receive $18.25 million per year from 2020-2023. pic.twitter.com/dczzZo8UTE— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) November 21, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:01 (four years ago) link
nice signing imo
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
dude had a low-key Tettleton-esque season last year
― omar little, Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
oh wow
― na (NA), Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
although i guess the perception of grandal depends on how much stock you put in pitch framing value stats
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
only thing that worries me is that he's 31 and caught a *lot* of games over the last couple seasons (137 last year, 135 in 2018)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 21 November 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
surprised the Brewers didn't try to match that offer. their backup is not exactly someone you'd want in the lineup every day and I don't think they have anyone on the horizon. maybe they're saving up for a monster offer to Yelich.
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 November 2019 22:55 (four years ago) link
are the brewers in a good position to offer a massive contract to someone like yelich without hurting the rest of their team?
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 21 November 2019 23:16 (four years ago) link
(hurting the rest of the team by not having much extra money to sign/extend other players, i mean)
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 21 November 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
They don't have a whole lot on the books right now. Actually the Stearns era is the first time I can remember us not having some 35 year old starter signed who absolutely sucks but is still getting paid $15 million so he gets to stay in the opening day rotation, then eventually mop up duty by early June. 2 more years for Braun, 3 for Cain, combined $30m, plus Yelich. I'm not sure who else on that roster they'd want to give a significant extension to. Houser, Woodruff, and Hiura aren't free agents for a long time. They'll probably keep a ton of players through arbitration but some of the potential big money guys like Shaw & Jimmy Nelson basically tumbled off a cliff last year. Hader & Knebel might be kinda expensive I guess. They're gonna have to field some sort of rotation next year but there are a lot of options for them there.
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 November 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
Steve Stone was on the Russo's show and was saying since rosters are going to 26, the White Sox will most likely carry three catchers with Zack Collins and James McCann then use them also at DH. Grandal's switch hitting fills having a lefty for the lineup to split things up. Seems plausible.
So which starter would you give the long term deal to, Cole or Strasburg?
― earlnash, Friday, 22 November 2019 06:13 (four years ago) link
I’m going with the + 2 years of prime Cole offers.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 22 November 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
Abreu resigned with the Sox, 3 years, 50 millions.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 22 November 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
like to see a stalwart get re-signed, but i'm not sure that was a great idea
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 November 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
White Sox love their lumbering long time first basemen. Idk how much Adam “Sports Dad” Laroche counts, not much imo, but it’s been Thomas/Konerko/Abreu going back to 1991.
― omar little, Friday, 22 November 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
they took a (college) first baseman with the third overall pick in june; would probably expect him to arrive by 2021
eh, whatever -- they can afford it
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 November 2019 21:46 (four years ago) link
seems like he's also seen as an important mentor for their younger players, especially fellow cubans yoan moncada and luis robert
― na (NA), Friday, 22 November 2019 21:51 (four years ago) link
tru
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 November 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
so apparently the yankees are going to try to get out of paying the rest of Ellsbury's contract. i guess they think that him seeing an outside trainer has negated the thing?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 23 November 2019 06:45 (four years ago) link
lols all around
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 November 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
cubs acquire jharel cotton from the a’s for $$
― na (NA), Saturday, 23 November 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link
Gerardo Parra to Yomiuri Giants
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 24 November 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
Travis d'Arnaud signs a two-year, $16 million deal with the Braves
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 November 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
BLUE JAYS SIGN COLE https://t.co/gS73gw2oSp— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) November 25, 2019
― mookieproof, Monday, 25 November 2019 19:18 (four years ago) link
cheap
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 November 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
that made me think of refrigerator perry. jeez, that guy has a really sad "personal life" section on wikipedia. :(
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Saturday, 29 August 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
siri, tell me about the personal life of another public figure
Well, now I’m sad.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 29 August 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
rick renteria fired as white sox manager - not sure why since it felt like they overperformed or at least met expectations this season
― na (NA), Monday, 12 October 2020 16:03 (three years ago) link
that is weird
what team dares hire aj hinch/alex cora
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 October 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
they fired don cooper too
― na (NA), Monday, 12 October 2020 23:19 (three years ago) link
i have no particular opinion on how good a manager rick renteria is, but the way front offices value field managers is just bizarre
if you get hired to manage shitty teams -- which is usually where the openings are! -- you apparently get pegged as a guy who can only manage shitty teams
also ~curious~ which managers get multiple chances and which are never heard from again, e.g. gabe kapler vs. bo porter or willie randolph
also, lol
Huh pic.twitter.com/olaxPlvrll— B-Mad (@brianm731) October 12, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
i mean joe torre was a terrible manager for three different teams before lucking into being hired by a rich juggernaut in 1996. even then he was notorious for killing relievers (where are u now, scott proctor) although i give him credit for keeping all the egos more or less in check
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
wtf
Can confirm Angels granted White Sox permission to interview Tony La Russa for managerial opening, as @BNightengale said. I don’t know if he has desire to manage again, but he was apparently very invested/involved as a special advisor this year. Still seemingly has that itch.— Alden Gonzalez (@Alden_Gonzalez) October 14, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
please no
― na (NA), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
he would be a fun new role model for the young, exciting team they have
so much fun in the clubhouse
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
make abreu player-manager imo
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:12 (three years ago) link
LaRussa would ragequit once he finds out about the "Relievers must face 3 batters" rule.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
he'd be right to it's dumb
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link