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
Dombrowski to become President of Baseball Operations at Phillies.
A match made in heaven if you ask me.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 11 December 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
bizarre -- he's the kind of guy this iteration of the phillies fire, not hire
also where the hell is andy with dombrowski.jpg
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 December 2020 03:56 (three years ago) link
Yeah first thing he’ll do is trade Sixto Sanchez for two years of Realmuto.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 11 December 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
can't fire 'em if you don't hire 'em!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 11 December 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
Ugh. This off season is moving so slow.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 13 December 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
Among the players who qualified for arbitration by reaching Super Two status, per source: Yankees’ Clint Frazier, Gleyber Torres and Luke Voit; Braves’ Max Fried and Mike Soroka; Dodgers’ Walker Buehler; Mets’ Dom Smith; Nationals’ Juan Soto; Brewers’ Brandon Woodruff.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 15, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
McCann deal with #Mets is 4 yrs, $40.6M. The $10.15M avg is the 14th largest ever given on multi-yr deal to a catcher. Incredible when you consider the #Tigers non-tendered him after the 2018 season.— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 15, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/padres-sign-nabil-crismatt.html
"Nabil Crismatt" is a hell of a name
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 19 December 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
Refuse to believe he’s real. MLBTR is so desperate for news they’re reporting on their OOTP league.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:06 (three years ago) link
total mandalorian-ass name
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:31 (three years ago) link
anagrams for NABIL CRISMATT:
Militant Crabs Albinism TractA Transit Climb
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 20 December 2020 05:49 (three years ago) link
you had me at militant crabs.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 20 December 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
sam fuld is the new phillies GM
― na (NA), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
even when he was a player on the cubs i remember all the talk was about him being really smart and a big stats geek
― na (NA), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
(almost) too much time on ilb
The New York Mets are hiring Zack Scott to be their new assistant GM and senior VP, a source tells ESPN. He was a finalist for their GM job.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 23, 2020
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
who is this joker
shitty last name too
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
He’ll go into the hall with an asterisk on his name
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:45 (three 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