Alex Cora new manager of the Red Sox.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 6 November 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
Every big/risky trade Brodie made flopped big time. Even if no one could have predicted Diaz would have such a bad year, and that Stroman would opt out for the entire 2nd year, he probably should have held back a bit. Things will be worse if any of the traded prospects become stars. (That said, JD Davis was a great pickup and now one of my faves.)
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 November 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
i appreciate that brodie didn't fuck around with alonso's service time and let him start on opening day last year. and that he got degrom re-signed despite the wilpons' cheapness. but yeah
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 November 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
jeff luhnow has sued the astros for breach of contract
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 November 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in February and charged with DUI a day before the team hired him, according to court records obtained by ESPN.News with @pinepaula and @MoynihanCharles: https://t.co/C1lHlik4Zl— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 10, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
Just mind boggling.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
How many DUIs does he have (or do we know about?)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 03:05 (three years ago) link
Only two I think
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 03:34 (three years ago) link
Here is the full Stroman thread... pic.twitter.com/8nxWzLYRsl— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 10, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
ESPN obtained the full arrest report for Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa's DUI charge. "Do you see my ring?" La Russa said to the arresting officer. "I'm a Hall of Famer baseball person. I'm legit. I'm a Hall of Famer, brother."News at ESPN: https://t.co/C1lHlik4Zl pic.twitter.com/GnqS5k7V9e— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 10, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 18:57 (three years ago) link
nice of him to use the non-gendered "person" rather than "man"
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
looooool
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
Marcus Stroman tweets that he has accepted the Mets' $18.9 million qualifying offer. He'll be back in the rotation in 2021.— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) November 11, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 16:21 (three years ago) link
!
Making history by bringing a lifetime of excellence, Kim Ng steps to the helm as GM. #JuntosMiami pic.twitter.com/UrYESbjTHe— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) November 13, 2020
― Andy K, Friday, 13 November 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
Tight
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 13 November 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure either I or Morbs linked to this 2003 interview somewhere on this board, worth a rescreen imho:
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/2460/prospectus-qa-kim-ng/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 November 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
She was mentioned as a candidate for several GM jobs this off-season.
Only took 18 seasons...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 November 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
Miami #Marlins GM Kim Ng also believed to be the first GM of any North American men’s sports league in history.— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) November 13, 2020
― Andy K, Friday, 13 November 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
(tbf there are more than a few female minor league GMs, but the job is very different)
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 November 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
How overdue is the hiring of Kim Ng? I blogged about her as my candidate of choice for the Dodgers' GM opening that went to... Ned Colletti, in November 2005. 15 years ago today https://t.co/oDlobxGVEs— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) November 13, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 November 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
Theo Epstein has resigned as president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs. Jed Hoyer is the new president of baseball operations.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) November 17, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
whoa
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
Ground Chuck back to ATL, 1/15.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 November 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
excited to see half the league get non-tendered this evening
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link
Rosario going on waivers (and clearing them) surprised me. I hadn’t realized how overall mediocre he’d been.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 December 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
i can understand why the twins are dumping him -- alex kirilloff can fill that role for a lot less money -- but in a regular 2020 season rosario would have been worth like 2.5 WAR, which should honestly be plenty sufficient for someone to pay him the $9 or $10 million he'd have made in his final year of arbitration. i mean he finished 17th in the AL MVP voting!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2020 00:05 (three years ago) link
cubs non-tendered schwarber and almora
love how the teams always say they're keeping the door open to bring people back (for less money) -- can anyone think of examples of that actually happening?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
Charlie Culberson?
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Thursday, 3 December 2020 03:14 (three years ago) link
i think so! also kyle farmer was non-tendered by the reds last night and has already signed a one-year deal to return, so i guess i am Wrong
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 December 2020 07:32 (three years ago) link
so Chris Young (the pitcher, not the outfielder) is the new, out-of-nowhere GM for Texas.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 4 December 2020 22:36 (three years ago) link
gotta be the tallest gm ever
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 4 December 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
i'm sure most people are feeling this way about their favored teams right now, but...STL is a mess. they look like a 4th place team, as it stands, they don't want to spend any money, and there's a lot of pressure to use anything that's left on bringing both yadi and wainwright back (they're both free agents now). it's easy to see a very disappointing spending where that happens and STL gets to do the Angels-Pujols-endless-retirement-celebration-and-losing-tour for a 2021 season, this time in front of selected groups of non-masked idiots
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 December 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
i feel like you kinda have to bring them back tbh. Molina might be above replacement level at best, but he's got to be done after 2021 (if they don't want to spend, they're not getting Realmuto anyways), and Waino looked alright last year. i'd expect a home-town team-for-life discount, or am i being naive?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 5 December 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
they do have to bring them back, it's true. that's the problem. I mean, I want that too. sigh. fwiw, yadi has been saying he's seeking a 2-year deal (and has interest from at least 5 different clubs).
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
I know of a young A.L. catcher with great untapped potential you can please take.
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
gary sanchez is 28, so i know you don't mean him
― mookieproof, Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
he’s just 17 in “high ceiling” years!
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
I'd get rid of Molina and Wainwright and lean into a rebuild.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
i'd happily give waino a one-year deal
― mookieproof, Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
no way he wants one year tho. surprised Molina is asking for two tho. guess he wants to make it to 40.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 5 December 2020 21:17 (three years ago) link
white sox reportedly acquiring lance lynn from texas
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
for dane dunning and pitching prospect avery weems
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 16:13 (three years ago) link
adam eaton back to white sox, 1yr/$7m + club option
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
nice. i hope we get a real baseball season in 2021 so i can enjoy this white sox team.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
eaton was pretty awful this year but seems like a decent bounce-back candidate
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
Adam Eaton just hung up on Carmen and Jurko on @ESPN1000 after they asked him if Tony La Russa would have trouble relating to younger players.Yikes.— Sox Takes (@sox_takes) December 8, 2020
― na (NA), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
Carlos Santana agrees with Royals: $17M, two years— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 8, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
seems like a lot for a 35yo who just hit .199/.349/.350
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
I’m not gonna put too much weight behind people’s 2020 season. And his 2019 might have been his best season. He’s a discipline/power hitter and he’ll probably delivery decent value over the next two years.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
I appreciate KCR's determination to resist tanking and strive for at most 75 wins over the next decade
― ✖, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 20:24 (three years ago) link
Lindor extended w/Mets. Just before April fools.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 1 April 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link
Boy is it gonna be awesome reliving the Manny Ramirez betrayal all over again.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:30 (three years ago) link
only ‘betrayal’ here was by cleveland ownership
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:38 (three years ago) link
what was the betrayal?! i was not following baseball in the early Manny years.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:19 (three years ago) link
afaict the betrayal is "chose to sign with a different team in free agency"?
which i guess is worse than "was offered nothing by a team that has been crying poor for years, got traded to a different team where he was offered one of the biggest contracts of all time and accepted it instead of going back to the first team in free agency for some reason"
but not by much
― ✖, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
Manny signed with the fucking Red Sox and won a goddamn World Series and Cleveland didn’t.
Yes of course it’s the owners I’m mad at. And at the MLB for not having a salary cap.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
Poor people should not be allowed to own professional sports teams.
tbf he won two world series with the red sox
and larry dolan is worth $4.6 billion, fourth-most among mlb owners
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
aren't even small market teams fairly profitable? i think the issue might be too many, let's say, "wealth oriented" groups owning teams!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
ALSO: OPENEING DAY!!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
thank you all for honoring dr. morbius properly by arguing about something that happened in baseball like 100 years ago
― na (NA), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
bosox/orioles postponed :(
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
"And at the MLB for not having a salary cap."
wait what
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
A couple days late, but Mets opening day. I knew they had a good opening day record, but this is amazing:
The Mets begin the 2021 season with the best Opening Day record ever -- a 39-20 (.661) mark that ought to be the envy of every other club. It’s all the more remarkable considering that the Mets, born in 1962, did not win the first game of any season until 1970. They are 39-12 (.765) since then.
― the last unvaccinated motherfucker on earth (PBKR), Monday, 5 April 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link
Back of the napkin calculations but the Cleveland Neo-Naps could give Lindor the same contract as the Mets and they would still be 112 millions under luxury tax threshold.
Their revenue in 2019 was 290 millions.
There is no excuses.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 5 April 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
rich hill to the mets
why are the rays trading away pieces if they're trying to contend by signing nelson cruz
in any case, it's fun that the first two big names to move in this trading deadline are both 41 years old
― na (NA), Friday, 23 July 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
why are the mets trading for rich hill when he's been absolute garbage since the goop got banned
― ✖, Friday, 23 July 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
i think the Rays want Patino to replace Hill, so their math is they're better off with the relievers they're getting back and Patino in the rotation.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 23 July 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
why are the rays trading away pieces if they're trying to contend
it’s the only way they know how to live
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 July 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link
really curious what ends up happening with him -- god-tier defense and occasional flashes of offensive brilliance but he'll be 28 this winter and he's fucking hurt all the time. once in seven seasons has he played 100 games! anyway he has one more year of arb before free agency in 2023
Byron Buxton has rejected a contract extension from the Twins, sources tell me and @DanHayesMLB. Story coming.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 25, 2021
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
Some team is going to pay a lot of money to get one serviceable season out of the guy.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 25 July 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
jesus luzardo has been terrible this year but he still seems like a lot for the a's to give up for two months of starling marte
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
porntipslizardo
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
Oh god, Gallo in pin stripes.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 July 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
some large adult outfielders in the bronx
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 July 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
free agents
yasiel puigryan braunzack cozartjedd gyorkosean rodriguezedwin encarnacionmatt wietersmatt kempyoenis cespedesrick porcelloandrew cashner
i was surprised to see a few of these names
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 4 September 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
You’d think if Pujols could find a team that can make room for him, a few of those dudes on the list could too.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 4 September 2021 18:33 (two years ago) link
i am assume some of them are holding out for a better deal, and then it just got too far into the season? i remember reading a few articles recently advocating for one team or another to pick up rick porcello as an innings eater. and maybe covid was a concern for some of them, i don't know.
puig appears to be keeping busy in the Mexican League
Golpe a Yasiel Puig, discusión y se vaciaron las bancas entre Pericos de Puebla y El Águila de Veracruz. pic.twitter.com/cBL1kzqv8v— Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (@LigaMexBeis) July 23, 2021
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 4 September 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link