Littleronin Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 8:03 PM, thewhyteboar said: Every single owner has oodles and oodles of money. Blame your cheap-ass owner (looking at you John Stanton), not the Mets. I blame my owner for caring more about his baseball card collection than the team he owns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 @CastlevaniaNut18Devers locked up for 11 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 I can't believe it! Now they need to build around him. I can finally buy that Devers jersey I've wanted for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Bauer officially cut by LA. Wonder what team will want his talents...and controversy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Correa back to the Twins after brief stops in SF and NYC 😂😂😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Red Sox have no middle infield after Story has elbow surgery. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 What is most amusing to me about the Correa situation is the Astros offered him 6 years, $210 million before he finally took the goofy 3 year deal in Minnesota. He’s getting less guaranteed, and to play for an organization that is likely to be far less competitive over the duration of the contract than the Astros. Whoooooops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: What is most amusing to me about the Correa situation is the Astros offered him 6 years, $210 million before he finally took the goofy 3 year deal in Minnesota. He’s getting less guaranteed, and to play for an organization that is likely to be far less competitive over the duration of the contract than the Astros. Whoooooops Only the Braves get players to stay for team friendly contracts. Unless your name is Freddie or Dansby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Just now, Biggie said: Only the Braves get players to stay for team friendly contracts. Unless your name is Freddie or Dansby. Braves aren’t doing that with free agents though, they are betting early, pre arbitration even, that certain players are going to be worth a lot more in the future and enticing them with big pay increases today. The Astros actually did the same thing with Bregman and Alvarez, and have been trying to do that with Tucker too but that dude knows he can get paid paid if he keeps up his trajectory. Dansby is more analogous to Correa, both were feee agents and tested the market. We will see what happens with Max Fried who seems now destined to become a free agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: Braves aren’t doing that with free agents though, they are betting early, pre arbitration even, that certain players are going to be worth a lot more in the future and enticing them with big pay increases today. The Astros actually did the same thing with Bregman and Alvarez, and have been trying to do that with Tucker too but that dude knows he can get paid paid if he keeps up his trajectory. Dansby is more analogous to Correa, both were feee agents and tested the market. We will see what happens with Max Fried who seems now destined to become a free agent. They won't over pay for Fried thats for sure. If they let Freddie and Dansby walk I have no doubt that Alex Anthopoulos will do the same with Fried if the asking price is to high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 6 years for Correa is a pretty good deal for the Twins. You get him at his peak and can offload to the Yanks in a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 I'm actually pretty jealous of what Atlanta has accomplished with their young talent. Ozuna aside, they're an easy team to root for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 35 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I'm actually pretty jealous of what Atlanta has accomplished with their young talent. Ozuna aside, they're an easy team to root for. and the embrace of the rather awful tomahawk chop 😂 But the actual players are indeed quite a good bunch besides Ozuna. They are my favorite NL team to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Sources - All AAA parks to use electronic strike zone in '23 WWW.ESPN.COM The Automatic Balls and Strikes system will be used in all 30 Class AAA parks in 2023, sources told ESPN. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Just made plans to hit up the Astros vs Venezuela spring training game. Maybe also the Astros/Mets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Dana Brown been the GM for 4 minutes and already locking the young fellas up to team friendly deals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Yanks' Frankie Montas having shoulder surgery, may miss season WWW.ESPN.COM Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Frankie Montas will need shoulder surgery on Feb. 21, and could possibly return in the season's second half. great start to 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Pitchers and catchers report day, yayayay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 These new rules seem silly tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Biggie said: These new rules seem silly tbh I like the pitch clock. Too many hitters AND pitchers standing around playing with their hair, playing with their batting gloves, walking around the mound/batters box. The anti-shift stuff I don’t personally like, but I do understand MLB wanting more offense and dynamic action after the Astros took shifting to the extreme 😂 I also love stolen bases, so I’m in favor of the new pickoff rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 10 minutes ago, sblfilms said: I like the pitch clock. Too many hitters AND pitchers standing around playing with their hair, playing with their batting gloves, walking around the mound/batters box. The anti-shift stuff I don’t personally like, but I do understand MLB wanting more offense and dynamic action after the Astros took shifting to the extreme 😂 I also love stolen bases, so I’m in favor of the new pickoff rules. Not a fan of only 2 throws over to first. After that the runner knows for sure he can get a big lead. Also the balk rules seem suspect. Gonna cost teams games just watch. Also with the shift outlawed how long before we see teams bringing in one of their outfielders to have 5 on the dirt and only 2 in the field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 40 minutes ago, Biggie said: Also with the shift outlawed how long before we see teams bringing in one of their outfielders to have 5 on the dirt and only 2 in the field? There is no sensible reason to have five in the dirt, so I would welcome it 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 I think the pitch clock rules are going to be incredible once we all get used to it. I think it will also help bring fans back into the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Nomar Garciaparra would never last in the league these days with the new rules. He took forever with that batting glove (OCD) routine of his 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 I mentioned it in the book thread, and I know @CastlevaniaNut18is picking it up, but I listened to the audiobook of “Winning Fixes Everything” by Evan Drellich. Drellich was an Astros and Redsox beat writer and learned about the sign stealing cheating while the two teams were finishing the 2018 ALCS. It took another year of investigation and the resources of the Athletic, including being paired up with Ken Rosenthal, to eventually deliver the bombshell report in the afterglow of the 2019 WS. The book is interesting as it is less about the particulars of the sign stealing (which the original story, and various video breakdowns pretty much made clear all the way back in 2019), it does a lot to explain how both Jeff Luhnow (GM) and Jim Crane (owner) got into baseball, and how their backgrounds created fertile soil for the players to be willing to go over the line the way they did. One of the other things I think the book does a great job of is dispelling the notion that the Astros got good because they tanked for three years. The idea of tanking as a strategy to build winners just isn’t backed up by any evidence. The best run clubs in baseball the last decade are the Dodgers, Braves, Yankees, Rays, and Astros, and they are still churning out big league players despite picking later in the draft and having less international pool money because they have next level development programs. One of the other things that became clear tk me is that a lot of why people don’t like about baseball this last 10 years can be traced to bringing in firms like McKinsey to do their consultation work. This includes in the commissioner’s office. It is why the game feels like it’s run by people who don’t like baseball, because it sadly is 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 I know a few teams use this machine, but I just heard of it. Trajekt Sports TRAJEKTSPORTS.COM Trajekt Sports uses advanced robotics and AI to recreate any pitch imaginable. It sounds like the coolest thing in the world. I would love to step in and see how terrifying a Matt Brash slider is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 @sblfilms April 10-12th 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 I got my copy in @sblfilms. Since I just finished a nonfiction, I think I'm gonna read this before I start my long Eleanor Roosevelt bio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 41 minutes ago, Chris- said: @sblfilms April 10-12th 👀 Plus the wives? Juanita is definitely down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 14 hours ago, sblfilms said: Plus the wives? Juanita is definitely down. She’s down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 That pitch clock is gonna be a shit show. I can’t fucking wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Biggie said: That pitch clock is gonna be a shit show. I can’t fucking wait! If minor leaguers can handle it, the big boys can too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 25 minutes ago, sblfilms said: If minor leaguers can handle it, the big boys can too We will see. I give it a week before we have a controversy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 32 minutes ago, Biggie said: We will see. I give it a week before we have a controversy Thos is why they are hardcore enforcing it from day one of spring training so everybody is used to it before real games start. People thought it would be a problem in the minors too and now it’s like “how did we play without a clock?” 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Part of me will miss the slow pace but it’s going to be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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