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Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/798303937791225858

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Ice To Meet You
Mar 5, 2007

mcmagic posted:

Sanchez was the best hitter in baseball for the last 2 months. He got robbed.

Congratulations to Gary Sanchez for winning the Rookie Of Some Of The Year award.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

Fulmer was one of the best pitchers in the AL for all of the year, not just two months

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

mcmagic posted:

Sanchez was the best hitter in baseball for the last 2 months. He got robbed.

lol

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
https://twitter.com/DetroitTigersPR/status/798314973483016192

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"
I love you, Justin Verlander. Please don't get traded. Never leave.

https://twitter.com/JustinVerlander/status/798318634246565888

https://twitter.com/MFulmer12/status/798319259013115905

https://twitter.com/JustinVerlander/status/798319694264418304

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

mcmagic posted:

Sanchez was the best hitter in baseball for the last 2 months. He got robbed.

No he wasn't and no he wasn't.

Ice To Meet You
Mar 5, 2007

Let's give the award to the guy who had the best 2-month stretch.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
Actually Gary Sanchez is the greatest and gently caress all of you.

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Gary Sanchez is going to put up a .750 OPS next year and strike out 175 times.

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
Michael Fulmer was probably elbow deep in a septic tank when he got the phone call.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
There's an article on ESPN today that posits Hendricks will win the Cy Young even though Scherzer deserves it, because voters will care more about ERA + working to limit hard contact over strikeouts. It's funny because I think Scherzer will win the Cy Young even though Hendricks deserves it, because voters will care more about strikeouts over ERA + working to limit hard contact :v:

TheChaosPath
Jul 22, 2005

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

Gary Sanchez is going to put up a .750 OPS next year and strike out 175 times.

I'll take four

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


i normally stand for Baseball Justice but nothing in the world would make me happier than Kyle loving Hendricks winning a Cy Young in Real Life.

Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer

R.D. Mangles posted:

i normally stand for Baseball Justice but nothing in the world would make me happier than Kyle loving Hendricks winning a Cy Young in Real Life.

Scrappy Ivy Leaguer clowning the leagues best hitters with an 89 MPH fastball. Yes please.

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

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R.D. Mangles posted:

i normally stand for Baseball Justice but nothing in the world would make me happier than Kyle loving Hendricks winning a Cy Young in Real Life.

I can't wait to see how miserable he looks when he accepts the award. :unsmith:

Canned Sunshine
Nov 20, 2005

CAUTION: POST QUALITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION



R.D. Mangles posted:

i normally stand for Baseball Justice but nothing in the world would make me happier than Kyle loving Hendricks winning a Cy Young in Real Life.

Yeah, I want Hendricks to win it because Hendricks is an ice cold robot who is awesome.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


i mean, it would be ridiculous if anyone but scherzer won it

MichiganCubbie
Dec 11, 2008

I love that I have an erection...

...that doesn't involve homeless people.

I want Hendricks to win, followed by Bryant for MVP, Maddon for manager, and go back and take Seager's ROY award away and give it to Contreras because I'm a crazy Cubs fan who wants everything.

Poque
Sep 11, 2003

=^-^=

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

I can't wait to see how miserable he looks when he accepts the award. :unsmith:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

I can't wait to see how miserable he looks when he accepts the award. :unsmith:

He got interviewed when he won the MLBPA's NL Oustanding Pitcher of the Year award and he might as well have just won $5 from a lotto scratch off ticket for all the joy he showed :allears:

CubsWoo
Aug 17, 2005

Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU
Hellickson took the QO from the Phillies, apparently because the teams interested in him didn't want to give up a draft pick on top of signing him. He'll make 17.2 million next year.

JeterianGiftBasket
Jul 9, 2016

#re2pect

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

Gary Sanchez is going to put up a .750 OPS next year and strike out 175 times.

Going by Fangraphs, there were 24 catchers last season who got 300 or more plate appearances. 10 of them managed a .750 OPS or better. So... yeah, I'll take an average-hitting catcher with a cannon arm like Sanchez's any day of the week.

patonthebach
Aug 22, 2016

by R. Guyovich
So the Jays offered 4/80 to Eddie. I love this new cheap rear end management jays. Smoak as full time 1st baseman. Outfield of Carrera/Pillar/Upton Jr. 2 or 3 good relievers. This season is going to be rough.

patonthebach fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Nov 15, 2016

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
All I want for hot stove season-mas is a LF, DH or 1B who can OPS over 700

So yeah I'd take a catcher OPSing 750

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

I never said that it was a bad thing it's just what he's gonna be next year.

LonesomeCrowdedWest
May 8, 2008

patonthebach posted:

So the Jays offered 4/80 to Eddie. I love this new cheap rear end management jays. Smoak as full time 1st baseman. Outfield of Carrera/Pillar/Upton Jr. 2 or 3 good relievers. This season is going to be rough.

Ugh. He's gonna end up in Boston isnt he :(

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo

Intruder posted:

All I want for hot stove season-mas is a LF, DH or 1B who can OPS over 700

So yeah I'd take a catcher OPSing 750

You want this JD Martinez back?

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!
Important offseason news:

https://twitter.com/peterhartlaub/status/798370515773628417

https://twitter.com/peterhartlaub/status/798407627227222016

https://twitter.com/peterhartlaub/status/798415295794806785

https://twitter.com/peterhartlaub/status/798416101927518208

https://twitter.com/peterhartlaub/status/798417952919920642

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it
Hunter you're such a goddamned weirdo I wouldn't doubt it was a wand

Pancakes
May 21, 2001

Crypto-Rump Roast

JeterianGiftBasket posted:

Going by Fangraphs, there were 24 catchers last season who got 300 or more plate appearances. 10 of them managed a .750 OPS or better. So... yeah, I'll take an average-hitting catcher with a cannon arm like Sanchez's any day of the week.

One of those 10? Yadier "gently caress the aging process" Molina. :allears:

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Someone needs to do a Michael Fulmer/Daniel Norris odd jobs show

The Pussy Boss
Nov 2, 2004

Passan is reporting that free agent compensation might change in the new CBA.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/798242553124573184

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/798244640424071168

Pancakes
May 21, 2001

Crypto-Rump Roast
Sorry for the low-content phone post, but all you Cubs fans should check out the Times crossword today. It's Cubs-themed and it's only a Tuesday puzzle, so it's easy as hell even for people who rarely do puzzles.

TMMadman
Sep 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

Pancakes posted:

Sorry for the low-content phone post, but all you Cubs fans should check out the Times crossword today. It's Cubs-themed and it's only a Tuesday puzzle, so it's easy as hell even for people who rarely do puzzles.

But it's behind a paywall :(

Edit - wait, you probably meant the sun times. When I hear times and crossword I immediately think of the NY Times.

TMMadman fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Nov 15, 2016

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Would make more sense to me to remove the QO and basically assign compensation picks to teams that lose FAs, but these would not be actual assigned 1st round picks.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Intruder posted:

All I want for hot stove season-mas is a LF, DH or 1B who can OPS over 700

So yeah I'd take a catcher OPSing 750

I hear you have some pitchers...

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011


Id imagine they would simply insert a compensatory pick round between 1 and 2. This move makes sense, it was really dumb to punish middling clubs for signing players.

Thom P. Tiers
May 29, 2008

Red Birds
Red Ass
Red Text

Paul Zuvella posted:

Very surprised that Hellickson took the QO. He may not really be good, but the pitching market this offseason sucked, and someone probably would have thrown 5/85 at him

I thought this same thing too but then I remembered teams probably wouldn't give up a draft pick for a 3/4 starter while also paying that same 3/4 starter 15m+ a year for an extended period. If there was no draft pick attached he could certainly have gotten 60m guaranteed from some team.

Didn't Dexter have this problem too?

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Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

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TMMadman posted:

But it's behind a paywall :(

Edit - wait, you probably meant the sun times. When I hear times and crossword I immediately think of the NY Times.

It's definitely NY Times. No one gives a poo poo about any other paper's crossword puzzle.

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