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Poque posted:That Strop timeline is mind-boggling. I was kind of hoping Joe Smith would be banished to the land of wind and ghosts like Jason Motte was at the end of last season, though. I don't think Joe Smith is a fair comparison to Jason Motte. Motte was a very good cheerleader for the team and I'm pretty sure Smith isn't.
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Cruel and Unusual posted:Eat poo poo, Twins. Way ahead of you, buddy.
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Explosionface posted:I don't think Joe Smith is a fair comparison to Jason Motte. Motte was a very good cheerleader for the team and I'm pretty sure Smith isn't. Plus Jason Motte's beard can serve as a convenient location for storing snacks, toys, pets, etc.
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Kyle Hendricks now leads the Cubs starting rotation in fWAR, which is impressive given how invested fWAR is in FIP.Poque posted:That Strop timeline is mind-boggling. Obviously some of it is age/athleticism, but my dad (54) had the same surgery and he wasn't even able to break into a brisk walk for a month. Strop is already jogging and throwing from the mound and it hasn't even been three weeks since the surgery. 
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I don't know too much about the management and contracts side of baseball. Can someone explain to me how a guy (Puig) can be put on waivers, and then after he gets claimed the team just says "Oh, nevermind"?
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FrenzyTheKillbot posted:I don't know too much about the management and contracts side of baseball. Can someone explain to me how a guy (Puig) can be put on waivers, and then after he gets claimed the team just says "Oh, nevermind"? That's basically how waivers work. Wikipedia explains it pretty well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_transactions#Waivers
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They're called revocable waivers. Basically it's a way just to test the water and see if anyone's stupid and/or desperate enough to vastly overpay for whatever you're offering. A lot of players get put on waivers and most of the time no-one really cares since either a) they're not famous enough or b) they're never going to actually be traded. Puig being waived was news because he's a big name who looks like he's on his way out of LA sooner rather than later. The timeline goes: you place a player on waivers. Each other team gets an opportunity to claim him (the order is based on team records worst-to-best in first your league then the other - for Puig it would go from Atlanta through to the Cubs, then the Twins through to Texas). Once the player's been claimed you can either agree on a trade with the team who claimed him or you take him back off waivers if you can't get the deal done. Julio Cruz fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Sep 1, 2016 |
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Also it's worth noting that if you claim someone on those waivers, the waiving team can be like "okay he's yours" and put you on the hook for the rest of the player's deal and there's nothing you can do about it. Hence a player clearing waivers in August means nobody was willing to risk having that player dumped on them
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TheIncredulousHulk posted:Also it's worth noting that if you claim someone on those waivers, the waiving team can be like "okay he's yours" and put you on the hook for the rest of the player's deal and there's nothing you can do about it. Hence a player clearing waivers in August means nobody was willing to risk having that player dumped on them
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This is what we get for saying nice things about Strop's rapid recovery. https://twitter.com/chicagopixels/status/771464755626307584
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Sydin posted:This is what we get for saying nice things about Strop's rapid recovery. So he was going to be out 4-6 weeks, he was going to come back right at the 4 week mark and now he'll probably be back at the 6 week mark. Also surprising nobody, Joe Smith is off the DL. Chris Coghlan is also off the DL (and is starting tonight) and the Cubs have filled roster spot #40 with Jake Buchanan. Released by the Astros in ST, the Cubs picked him up and shoved him in AAA. Here's his line: 12-8, 4.34 ERA, 141 IP, 154 H, 6 HR against, 38 BB, 105 K, 1.362 WHIP, 2.76 K/BB ratio. Looks like a decent enough long relief guy/spot starter once the #1 seed is wrapped up.
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Julio Cruz posted:They're called revocable waivers. Basically it's a way just to test the water and see if anyone's stupid and/or desperate enough to vastly overpay for whatever you're offering. A lot of players get put on waivers and most of the time no-one really cares since either a) they're not famous enough or b) they're never going to actually be traded. Puig being waived was news because he's a big name who looks like he's on his way out of LA sooner rather than later. How long does a team have to put in a claim for a player before the next team has a chance?
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Retail Slave posted:How long does a team have to put in a claim for a player before the next team has a chance? I think everyone just puts in a claim or doesn't, and whichever team has first dibs that claims a guy gets him after 24 hours. Unless it's revoked of course. I vaguely remember reading an article about post-waiver trades and how they almost never happened back in the day (when contracts were a lot smaller of course). One GM got credit for letting people go through, although I can't remember who at all.
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DoctaFun posted:DJ LeMahieu is batting .345? Holy crap.  Retail Slave posted:I wish we had that guy back. LeftistMuslimObama posted:Wtf are the Rockies doing to have an offense like that and still be so bad? bawfuls posted:Hi have you heard of a place called Coors Field?  it's not the ballpark's faultCubsWoo posted:4.89 team ERA (27th,) 4.32 FIP (18th,) 638 RA (27th,) 22 blown saves (27th,) we can go on The Rockies are the only team with a positive run differential and a sub .500 record. will_colorado fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Sep 2, 2016 |
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Retail Slave posted:How long does a team have to put in a claim for a player before the next team has a chance? There is no next team. Everyone claims and it goes off of reverse record in the original team's league, then the opposite league. Whomever wins the claim is the only team that can trade for (or just get) the player if the original team doesn't pull him back. That's why you hear about teams "blocking" waiver trades sometimes.
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N: He's coming back https://twitter.com/McCulloughTimes/status/771538484033036289 V: This season is going to make for a great story if he has a hot month or so. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Sep 2, 2016 |
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this terrible baseball man is never going to play for our team again. let's trade for hot garbage and demote him and publicly bash him only to have the hot garbage flame out. then we can just call him back up a couple weeks later. -- something people paid millions of dollars thought up
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Spoeank posted:These same people actively sought out and acquired already-injured and oft-injured pitchers then wonder why their pitchers are always hurt though, so
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I think two of the funnier waiver deals were the Padres blocking the Braves from getting Randy Myers, even though the Braves said they were never interested in claiming Myers. And the Yankees claiming Canseco from the Devil Rays and the Devil Rays saying, "Okay, you keep him." Haha.
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bawfuls posted:Also this is happening Can you imagine being some A ball dude trying to grind your way to the majors and you show up to your next game and see that you'll be batting against Clayton Kershaw?
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bawfuls posted:And the pitchers they did this with, collectively have been quite effective. So effective that the Dodgers are in first place! Only needed like 15 starting pitchers too!
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bawfuls posted:And the pitchers they did this with, collectively have been quite effective. So effective that the Dodgers are in first place! Quite mediocre you mean
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DoctaFun posted:Can you imagine being some A ball dude trying to grind your way to the majors and you show up to your next game and see that you'll be batting against Clayton Kershaw? Honestly I'd be too distracted by trying to figure out how to stave off the soul-crushing depression stemming from being a few weeks away from starting my off season job laying shingles or whatever to get too worked up over it
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Well I guess I'll know within the next two weeks whether or not the Astros can pack in their season. 3@Tex, 4@Cle, 3vsCubs, 3vsTex Ooof If they can get through that and stay in striking distance of the wild card they have a shot since the rest of the season is Seattle, Oakland and Anaheim, but I could easily see them coming out of that stretch something like 5-8 or 4-9 and their season being over
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A lot of LA doesn't get the Dodgers' channel so this is nice https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/771719019002945536
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The Cincinnati Reds were mathematically eliminated from the NL Central last night for the first elimination of the season.
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Explosionface posted:The Cincinnati Reds were mathematically eliminated from the NL Central last night for the first elimination of the season. Twins and Braves were eliminated from their divisions in August. e: well, the Twins were at least. Not sure about the Braves. IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Sep 2, 2016 |
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Poque posted:I can't believe Pear Baby didn't make the 40 man roster Pear Baby is probably around the same age as Addison Russell
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IcePhoenix posted:Twins and Braves were eliminated from their divisions in August. e: well, the Twins were at least. Not sure about the Braves. Twins are out because the Indians and Tigers have too many games remaining against each other, right? I think the Braves are still barely in contention in the slimmest mathematical sense, but it's all weirdo scenarios where the Nats have to lose all their remaining games to the Mets and Marlins and then the Mets and Marlins have to split their remaining games.
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Poque posted:Twins are out because the Indians and Tigers have too many games remaining against each other, right? I think the Braves are still barely in contention in the slimmest mathematical sense, but it's all weirdo scenarios where the Nats have to lose all their remaining games to the Mets and Marlins and then the Mets and Marlins have to split their remaining games. Someone on reddit did the math but yeah, due to the division games remaining the AL Central will be won with a minimum of 79 games and the Twins have 84 losses, meaning a max of 78 wins.
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Hawk Harrelson: Kris Bryant is no Todd Frazier https://twitter.com/laurencomitor/status/771547853147602946 Here's the transcript if the audio on this is too low quote:Hawk Harrelson: “You know, we talk about batting average being one of the most misleading statistics in baseball. Kris Bryant, gunning for MVP, probably got a leg up on most guys over there.” Note: Todd Frazier has a UZR of -4.7 this year compared to Bryant's +3.2 (not to mention Bryant's positive UZR at 1B and all three OF positions)
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