MLB Offseason N/V- Rum, Sodomy, and Living in the Minor Leagues

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will_colorado: Jun 30, 2007

Todd Helton took a job as director of player development for the University of Tennessee baseball program.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 03:55

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# ? May 30, 2024 08:09

tadashi: Feb 20, 2006

Good Dog posted:

It is no accident that they rhyme.

Also how is Bourjos 30 years old he still looks 20. I remember his 2011 season and thinking he'd be our CF of the future but then he very quickly got replaced after he stunk it up.

Good Dog posted:

It is no accident that they rhyme.

Also how is Bourjos 30 years old he still looks 20. I remember his 2011 season and thinking he'd be our CF of the future but then he very quickly got replaced after he stunk it up.

I remember the Bourjos/Grichuk for Freese/Salas deal got way too much attention around here.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 05:23

Senf: Nov 12, 2006

Good Dog posted:

They're stress testing their plumbing, no doubt.

It's not being held at the Coliseum :colbert:

# ? Jan 28, 2017 05:54

Chief McHeath: Apr 23, 2002; Can't post for 28 hours!

It'd be better if it was pronounced Au Jus.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 07:53

Twenty Four: Dec 21, 2008

tadashi posted:

This is how Micah Johnson learned he was traded

lmao can you immagine learning you were fired via a third person on something like twitter? This world we live in...

# ? Jan 28, 2017 17:25

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

More like your job was transferred to a new plant cross country and you're obligated to make the move.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 20:14

CubsWoo: Aug 17, 2005; Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU

This was mentioned on Reddit and it's infuriating even years later. Guess the player!

9/1 vs. STL: 8.0 IP, 131 pitches, W 7-0
9/6 @MIL: 7.0 IP, 129 pitches, W 8-4
9/11 @MON: 5.2 IP, 110 pitches, L 2-3
9/21 @PIT: 8.2 IP, 131 pitches, W 4-1
9/27 vs. PIT: 7.2 IP, 133 pitches, W 4-2
10/3 vs. ATL: CG, 133 pitches, W 3-1
10/8 vs. FLA: 7.0 IP, 116 pitches, W 12-3
10/14 vs. FLA: 7.1 IP, 119 pitches, L 8-3

# ? Jan 28, 2017 20:48

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

Prior circa 2003. Not even hard :colbert:

Those pitch counts though. Thanks Dusty!

# ? Jan 28, 2017 21:11

Ungratek: Aug 2, 2005

I'm glad Cubs fans are using this as evidence that Dusty is still bad 14 years later

# ? Jan 28, 2017 21:38

Kevlar v2.0: Dec 25, 2003; =^�⩊�^=

I imagine the 2003 Cubs now feel a lot like the 1986 Red Sox to their fans in 2005. Who cares we won the World Series. :cool:

# ? Jan 28, 2017 21:39

CubsWoo: Aug 17, 2005; Where the big boys RAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH FUCK YOU

Ungratek posted:

Dusty is still bad

# ? Jan 28, 2017 22:06

Salvor_Hardin: Sep 13, 2005; I want to go protest.; Nap Ghost

From D&D,

Vertical Lime posted:

https://twitter.com/Evan_P_Grant/status/825451715344334850

gently caress this stupid country.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 02:39

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

CubsWoo posted:

This was mentioned on Reddit and it's infuriating even years later. Guess the player!

9/1 vs. STL: 8.0 IP, 131 pitches, W 7-0
9/6 @MIL: 7.0 IP, 129 pitches, W 8-4
9/11 @MON: 5.2 IP, 110 pitches, L 2-3
9/21 @PIT: 8.2 IP, 131 pitches, W 4-1
9/27 vs. PIT: 7.2 IP, 133 pitches, W 4-2
10/3 vs. ATL: CG, 133 pitches, W 3-1
10/8 vs. FLA: 7.0 IP, 116 pitches, W 12-3
10/14 vs. FLA: 7.1 IP, 119 pitches, L 8-3

Thanks, Dusty!!

# ? Jan 29, 2017 03:20

Rand alPaul: Feb 3, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

Apparently Manfred is ready to impose penalties on the Cardinals.

I hope they're forced to take back Albert Pujols at full salary.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 03:27

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Rand alPaul posted:

Apparently Manfred is ready to impose penalties on the Cardinals.

I hope they're forced to take back Albert Pujols at full salary.

The only just punishment is contraction and Busch Stadium is burned to the ground.

BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Jan 29, 2017

# ? Jan 29, 2017 03:35

AsInHowe: Jan 11, 2007; red winged angel

Bienvenue, les Cardinaux de Montreal!

# ? Jan 29, 2017 03:57

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Rand alPaul posted:

Apparently Manfred is ready to impose penalties on the Cardinals.

I hope they're forced to take back Albert Pujols at full salary.

For what? I must have missed something.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 04:51

Kevlar v2.0: Dec 25, 2003; =^�⩊�^=

LeftistMuslimObama posted:

For what? I must have missed something.

For corporate espionage "the right way".

# ? Jan 29, 2017 05:02

R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

the fact that the password was "eckstein123" is still incredibly funny, to me

# ? Jan 29, 2017 05:09

Tender Bender: Sep 17, 2004

CubsWoo posted:

This was mentioned on Reddit and it's infuriating even years later. Guess the player!

9/1 vs. STL: 8.0 IP, 131 pitches, W 7-0
9/6 @MIL: 7.0 IP, 129 pitches, W 8-4
9/11 @MON: 5.2 IP, 110 pitches, L 2-3
9/21 @PIT: 8.2 IP, 131 pitches, W 4-1
9/27 vs. PIT: 7.2 IP, 133 pitches, W 4-2
10/3 vs. ATL: CG, 133 pitches, W 3-1
10/8 vs. FLA: 7.0 IP, 116 pitches, W 12-3
10/14 vs. FLA: 7.1 IP, 119 pitches, L 8-3

Maybe he should've learned an out pitch, geez.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 05:18

Jen X: Sep 29, 2014; To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

R.D. Mangles posted:

the fact that the password was "eckstein123" is still incredibly funny, to me

It's funny objectively

# ? Jan 29, 2017 06:06

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

For corporate espionage "the right way".

Oh right. I forgot about that.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 06:09

Rand alPaul: Feb 3, 2010; by Nyc_Tattoo

R.D. Mangles posted:

the fact that the password was "eckstein123" is still incredibly funny, to me

It has since been changed to eckstein6969.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 07:03

Canned Sunshine: Nov 20, 2005; CAUTION: POST QUALITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Our Beefy Lad is the best in many ways!

# ? Jan 29, 2017 07:43

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

R.D. Mangles posted:

the fact that the password was "eckstein123" is still incredibly funny, to me

Are you being serious? That's hilarious.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 17:39

Mr. Meagles: Apr 30, 2004; Out here, everything hurts

The password is so ridiculous because it's one that I would literally GUESS if I were just trying random passwords.

Like I'd have gotten it in the first 20 tries.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 18:08

Some Numbers: Sep 28, 2006; "LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"

My best friend and I got a 20 game pack of Mariners' tickets.

I am so ready to be disappointed by my team for the 16th year in a row.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 21:57

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

When do we start talking about MLB.tv shares?

# ? Jan 29, 2017 22:58

The Pussy Boss: Nov 2, 2004

MLB.com put out their top 100 prospects list yesterday: http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017?list=prospects

Top 10:
1. Andrew Benintendi, OF, Red Sox
2. Yoan Moncada, 2B, White Sox
3. Gleyber Torres, SS, Yankees
4. Dansby Swanson, SS, Braves
5. Amed Rosario, SS, Mets
6. Alex Reyes, RHP, Cardinals
7. J.P. Crawford, SS, Phillies
8. Victor Robles, OF, Nationals
9. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, Pirates
10. Austin Meadows, OF, Pirates

Notable:
Benintendi over Moncada. Hard to argue with this after Benintendi hit in the majors and Moncada didn't.
They have Reyes as the top pitching prospect. Giolito falls to 3rd behind him and Glasnow.
Braves and Yankees with 7 prospects on this list. Angels, Royals and DBacks have none.
Kevin Maitan 32nd despite not playing a game in the minors yet, and being 16 years old. Scouts were comparing this dude to Miguel Cabrera when he was 14. No pressure, kid.

# ? Jan 29, 2017 23:48

Carlosologist: Oct 13, 2013; Revelry in the Dark

the top 100 list has so many kids born in 98, 99, and one in 2000 that make me feel like an old man

# ? Jan 30, 2017 02:21

Mr. Meagles: Apr 30, 2004; Out here, everything hurts

Benintendi over Moncada I agree with.

I expected Bellinger to be in the top 10.

Reyes I think deserves the spot as the top pitching prospect.

Kind of surprised Swanson is a notch behind Torres.

Overall the top 20 looks pretty solid.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 02:56

Pancakes: May 21, 2001; Crypto-Rump Roast

I'm okay with the Cardinals having the top pitching prospect and top catching prospect on the list. Hopefully the winding down of the Wainwright/Yadi era (if Yadi ever slows down, that is) can be complemented by the rise of Reyes/Kelly.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 02:59

Mr. Meagles: Apr 30, 2004; Out here, everything hurts

Pancakes posted:

I'm okay with the Cardinals having the top pitching prospect and top catching prospect on the list. Hopefully the winding down of the Wainwright/Yadi era (if Yadi ever slows down, that is) can be complemented by the rise of Reyes/Kelly.

What is Kelly's deal, I know nothing about him. Nothing jumps out at all about his stats in the minors.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 03:08

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.: Oct 9, 2003; I've got a case of malt liquor stashed in the trunk, Mr. Marvin Gaye on the CD. We are gonna get all the way down.

Tom Gorman posted:

What is Kelly's deal, I know nothing about him. Nothing jumps out at all about his stats in the minors.

He has a good all around game, Gold glove catcher in the minors (they only give one out too ALL of the minor leagues) and solid bat.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 03:13

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

https://twitter.com/ProspectsBraves/status/825877771155079168
Poor Sean Rod :ohdear:

# ? Jan 30, 2017 03:26

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

These kinds of comments annoy me because there has never been any evidence that Bagwell ever used, or really with Pudge beyond the Canseco claim that he told him how to use. It's also a wee bit hypocritical when Thomas admits that he used greenies which are absolutely performance enhancing. Just like we can't prove Bagwell used, we can't prove either that Thomas DIDN'T use. It's just a dumb road to go down.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18577428/hall-famer-frank-thomas-says-barry-bonds-roger-clemens-hall-ped-users-get-in

# ? Jan 30, 2017 03:35

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

The Pussy Boss posted:

MLB.com put out their top 100 prospects list yesterday: http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017?list=prospects

Top 10:
1. Andrew Benintendi, OF, Red Sox
2. Yoan Moncada, 2B, White Sox
3. Gleyber Torres, SS, Yankees
4. Dansby Swanson, SS, Braves
5. Amed Rosario, SS, Mets
6. Alex Reyes, RHP, Cardinals
7. J.P. Crawford, SS, Phillies
8. Victor Robles, OF, Nationals
9. Tyler Glasnow, RHP, Pirates
10. Austin Meadows, OF, Pirates

Notable:
Benintendi over Moncada. Hard to argue with this after Benintendi hit in the majors and Moncada didn't.
They have Reyes as the top pitching prospect. Giolito falls to 3rd behind him and Glasnow.
Braves and Yankees with 7 prospects on this list. Angels, Royals and DBacks have none.
Kevin Maitan 32nd despite not playing a game in the minors yet, and being 16 years old. Scouts were comparing this dude to Miguel Cabrera when he was 14. No pressure, kid.

1. Benitendi above Moncada makes sense yeah.
2. I legitimately hope Torres goes on to reach his ceiling and be fantastic for the Yankees, because the Cubs won the world series. That said I think ranking him over Swanson is a bit premature.
3. Reyes being the top pitching prospect feels about right, but I'm not sure about Glasnow over Giolito. I get Giolito got dinged for being pretty not good during his call up, but Glasnow got toasted during his brief major league stint as well and I think Giolito ultimately has better stuff.
4. It's not in the top 10 but Jimenez is listed at 14 which I think may be a bit high. I'm excited as hell about the kid but he's still in A ball and only recently broke out, so I'm not sure how much I'm buying into "This guy is the next Giancarlo Stanton" stuff from the report.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 03:44

Craptacular!: Jul 9, 2001; Fuck the DH

Timby posted:

When do we start talking about MLB.tv shares?

They crushed the hell out of that last year, because they began selling family plans that offer almost no savings at all. They also stepped up their VPN detection game, but probably 70% of the huge banwave last season was specifically for account sharing, the other 30 for blackout circumventing.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 04:14