The Red Sox developed reservations about Graterol after examining his medicals, and were denied when they asked the Twins to include another high-quality prospect in return. It's unclear what caught the Red Sox off guard, as Graterol has a known injury history that includes Tommy John surgery and a shoulder impingement. It's also unclear why the Red Sox asked the Twins for more, considering the Red Sox weren't sending any players to Minnesota in the swap.
― omar little, Sunday, 9 February 2020 04:28 (four years ago) link
Just read that Bloom was literally the only external candidate for the GM job - didn't know that. Makes sense though
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 February 2020 10:17 (four years ago) link
Bottom line: #RedSox and #Dodgers should be motivated to complete deal. BOS could be left with Betts, Price and all their previous financial concerns, valid or not. LAD would be left with Maeda and Pederson unsettled - and once again they would be shut out on a star.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) February 8, 2020
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 February 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
"valid or not"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 February 2020 15:12 (four years ago) link
"BOS could be left with Betts" oh no how awful!!!
― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 9 February 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
Saddam Hussein might remain President of Iraq, along with all the concerns about his weapons of mass destruction, valid or not.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 9 February 2020 21:07 (four years ago) link
wouldn't you rather be rid of him now though?
seems it would be rough going for both of these guys coming back knowing the club preferred them gone
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 9 February 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
Guess it’s back on?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 9 February 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
no
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 10 February 2020 02:25 (four years ago) link
I guess I meant me. I would rather you be rid of him
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 10 February 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
so in the last week joc pederson learned he was being traded, lost his arbitration case with the team that no longer wanted him, and then found out the trade was off. great system
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 February 2020 02:49 (four years ago) link
lmao
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 10 February 2020 05:06 (four years ago) link
boston trades mookie, price and more money to LAD for verdugo and jeter downsLAD trades maeda to twins for brusdarLAD/LAA deal is completely off for unknown reasons
LAA is never going to get another pitcher
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Monday, 10 February 2020 05:07 (four years ago) link
LAD/LAA deal is completely off for unknown reasons
I don't get it either, this makes no sense at all.
There was no chance of the Betts trade falling through and everyone losing face over it.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 10 February 2020 09:15 (four years ago) link
did Boston just want to get a guy named "Jeter"?
― omar little, Monday, 10 February 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
sounds kinda like the LAD/LAA deal is off because . . . arte moreno was upset about the delay
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 February 2020 18:03 (four years ago) link
Puig homeless
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/yasiel-puig-is-still-seeking-a-home/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 12:54 (four years ago) link
pirates fill their center field hole with . . . 35-year-old jarrod dyson, who has hit .216/.302/.299 over the last two seasons. good fielder tho!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
cameron maybin: once, twice, three times a tiger
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 16:56 (four years ago) link
bravo indians and cubs
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERKF4TqXYAA-ZGh?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 February 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
Lindor for $500 mil let’s do this!!!
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 21 February 2020 12:06 (four years ago) link
White Sox signed a reliever named Bummer on a 5 year contract. I got a chuckle out of that one.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-aaron-bummer-signings-20200222-gnxat5rx4rhdda3hgoauvzebve-story.html
― earlnash, Sunday, 23 February 2020 04:10 (four years ago) link
His name shows up as "A. Bummer" on some programs/jumbotrons.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 23 February 2020 04:13 (four years ago) link
I know it’s not a ton of money, but seems weird to lock a reliever up like that after one good season.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 23 February 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
it looks like they just bought out his arbitration years and then added a couple club option years after that, in case he's still good by then.
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 23 February 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
(i could be totally wrong on that. after all these years i still don't have a reliable go-to for contract information. every source i find presents the information in a slightly confusing or misleading way)
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 23 February 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
((or i r become dum dum))
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Sunday, 23 February 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
That name is fantastic, automatically a name I will start looking up in box scores.
It is a good deal for the player, lots of players take those kind of deals as it sets up their family financially, even often with on the field results stating they could have made more on an open market.
― earlnash, Monday, 24 February 2020 00:33 (four years ago) link
Signing any reliever to a five year deal is almost automatically asking to pay for 2 years of Tommy John surgery recovery. Bound to happen.
― earlnash, Monday, 24 February 2020 00:34 (four years ago) link
yoan moncada signs 5-year, $90 million extension with white sox
― na (NA), Thursday, 5 March 2020 22:29 (four years ago) link
so... baseball is on hold.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:46 (four years ago) link
so is life
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
i feel like if baseball is cancelled i should be able to lie face down on my bed until it returns with no repercussions (like getting fired and my children starving)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 March 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
lol this could make mookie a free agent without ever playing a game for the dodgers
Latest MLB proposal includes draft in 2020, likely later than current June dates, sources tell The Athletic. Also includes service time for players if season is canceled; players would get same service for ‘20 they earned in ‘19. Parties earlier had discussed tabling that issue.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) March 25, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 21:34 (four years ago) link
speaking of...would players get paid for seasons where they don't play?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 21:45 (four years ago) link
Neil deMause:
http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2020/04/02/16013/sports-leagues-plans-for-resuming-play-and-why-probably-none-of-them-make-sense/
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 April 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
Similar:
http://theathletic.com/1723090/2020/04/03/rosenthal-mlb-pondering-games-in-empty-spring-parks-but-many-obstacles-remain/?source=weeklyemail
I can't see that this will get much past "pondering."
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 April 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
This is insane. https://t.co/qKtVXvjjg3 pic.twitter.com/3wDR2j34BN— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) April 7, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 05:49 (three years ago) link
who sources expect to be skeptical of separating from their families for an indefinite amount of time—perhaps as long as 4 1/2 months
scoop!
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
ACTUAL HOT STOVE CONTENT: puig to the braves
― na (NA), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
Royals acquire OF Franchy Cordero and pitcher Ronald Bolanos from Padres for pitcher Tim Hill— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 17, 2020
― na (NA), Friday, 17 July 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
#Rockies have informed OF Matt Kemp, UTL Chris Owings and RHP Daniel Bard -- who last pitched for the #RedSox in '13 -- that they have made the 2020 Opening Day roster, GM Jeff Bridich said.— Thomas Harding (@harding_at_mlb) July 17, 2020
Nice to see Daniel Bard back at it after 7 years out
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 17 July 2020 22:49 (three years ago) link
crazy!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 July 2020 23:24 (three years ago) link
Saw bard in a late September Nyy/Bos game during his rookie season and he was incredible
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 18 July 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
betts extension with dodgers rumored to be 13 years at $380+ million
― na (NA), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
! are there even gonna be people in 13 years?
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
He’s really good and all, but that will pay him until he’s 40! How’s that Albert Pujols contract working out??
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
i am . . . pretty surprised. given the financial losses this season and uncertainty about the future, i didn't think anyone would offer him anywhere near that. (also i wonder what sort of pandemic clauses now figure in new contracts)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
How’s that Albert Pujols contract working out??
to be fair, betts is five yrs younger than pujols was. though i do appreciate this from espn's sam miller today:
As good as he is, and even as relatively young (27) as he is, he's quite likely already entered his (graceful, gradual) decline, as most players in the majors are.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
(and as a red sox fan, if you had given me the choice of paying betts $30m/yr for the last five years of that contract knowing he was going to be dead weight versus paying nathan eovaldi $17m/yr for the next three years, i'd choose betts 100 times out of 100)
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link