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
longtime replacement-level tigers reliever drew verhagen is off to japan to fight ham
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
Mets:
Jeremy Hefner - pitching coachHensley Meulens - bench coachChili Davis returns as hitting coach
https://www.amazinavenue.com/2019/11/26/20983870/mets-news-jeremy-hefner-bench-coach-carlos-beltran-coaching-staff-new-york
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
BAMBAM
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
kyle gibson to texas
i guess someone has to eat the innings
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:58 (four years ago) link
the gibson family thanksgiving dinner, 2054
Kyle Gibson Jr III: "was grandpa good at baseball?"*uncomfortable silence*
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
brewers trade trent grisham and zach davies to the padres for luis urias and eric lauer
― na (NA), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
*four glasses of wine later*
"...which brings us to the concept of the "replacement value" player, by which your grandpa did provide positive value, to an extent..."
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
former red sox great drew pomeranz to san diego
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
xp wow, that trade!
grisham, urias, and lauer all seem like high ceiling players/prospects. seems likely that one team or the other will "win" the trade, but it's not clear which team that is..
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:25 (four 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