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bawfuls posted:Managers of the year are Kevin Cash and Don Mattingly. By far the silliest award MLB gives out, seems appropriate they'd give one to the manager who's team experienced the largest COVID outbreak. At least the Marlins made it to the playoffs with a winning record.
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bawfuls posted:Managers of the year are Kevin Cash and Don Mattingly. By far the silliest award MLB gives out, seems appropriate they'd give one to the manager who's team experienced the largest COVID outbreak. Also I realize it's voted on before the postseason but pretty funny that Cash wins MotY after making easily the most high profile bad managing decision of the year.
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bawfuls posted:Managers of the year are Kevin Cash and Don Mattingly. By far the silliest award MLB gives out, seems appropriate they'd give one to the manager who's team experienced the largest COVID outbreak. Managing a team to the playoffs despite a bunch of sick players and a long layoff followed by a million games in a row, seems pretty impressive to me. Especially a young team without any stars.
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Nov 11, 2020 02:06
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We have a Free Agent signing! https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/1326330162917515265 A Zaidi Special. This guy's either going to be great, or he's not.
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Nov 11, 2020 04:13
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Oh hey I remember Vosler, he seemed to finally figure out his power stroke a couple years ago but his numbers were never super impressive for the PCL, and the Cubs just didn't have room for him on the roster. Looks like he hit pretty well for El Paso last year, hope he does well.
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Well we did mention managers of the year being fired earlier, could Cash pull it off if Snell is pissed enough and tries to force it?
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Intruder posted:Well we did mention managers of the year being fired earlier, could Cash pull it off if Snell is pissed enough and tries to force it? Most likely it'll happen like Matt Williams after he won 2014 MoY. After his bonehead moves cost the Nationals in the 2014 playoffs he lost the clubhouse, the team collapsed, and he was fired at the end of 2015.
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Nov 11, 2020 05:42
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Jomboy breaks down the Twins winning an actual postseason game. Well... kinda. 
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I am somewhat fond of the white sox so I don’t feel any schadenfreude or anything but the La Russa situation is really funny. Reinsdorf is such a piece of poo poo
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Nov 11, 2020 16:12
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Oh wow, good for the Mets https://twitter.com/metsmerized/status/1326555257212706816?s=21
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GalacticAcid posted:Oh wow, good for the Mets https://twitter.com/metsmerized/status/1326555257212706816?s=21
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GalacticAcid posted:Oh wow, good for the Mets https://twitter.com/metsmerized/status/1326555257212706816?s=21 Jeez, how dire were the offers for that QO to be more appealing than a longer deal. I know owners are crying poor so no deal would approach a 19M AAV, but still a risky gambit. Perhaps a reluctance to relocate during covid uncertainty, and mild faith in the new ownership were the deciding factors?
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Nov 11, 2020 17:27
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kalensc posted:Jeez, how dire were the offers for that QO to be more appealing than a longer deal. Sounds like Cohen's presser did impress him. I would imagine it’s more the weak market than relocation fears but maybe not, I think his family still lives in Long Island (where he grew up) https://twitter.com/str0/status/1326556894807224323?s=21
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Nov 11, 2020 17:30
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gently caress yeah Stro another starter and some bullpen help and I might start to feel optimistic about next year
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Wonder if they trade for Musgrove I would bet on the Braves as the most likely destination though
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kalensc posted:Jeez, how dire were the offers for that QO to be more appealing than a longer deal. I know owners are crying poor so no deal would approach a 19M AAV, but still a risky gambit. Stroman also sat out the bubble season, which almost certainly affected what teams were willing to offer him.
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I'm fine with Gausman accepting the QO, but if someone wants to give him a three year deal, we should let him walk and take the draft pick. He had a nice year but I don't buy the idea that it was some late career breakout.
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*bursts into thread panting out of breath* I have the most important news of the winter right here https://twitter.com/THR/status/1326555376289001472
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GalacticAcid posted:Wonder if they trade for Musgrove you'd mentioned this before and it seems like it could be a good match personnel-wise but why the Braves specifically? he doesn't seem to have any connections to the Atlanta area davecrazy posted:Very excited about the Mets future. the bat of Damocles, just suspended overhead
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Nov 11, 2020 18:51
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FlamingLiberal posted:The market is going to be poo poo this year so yeah, taking almost $19 mil is probably a good idea Is he even worth 19 million? He isn't very good and he didn't pitch last year.
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GalacticAcid posted:Oh wow, good for the Mets https://twitter.com/metsmerized/status/1326555257212706816?s=21 Yeah I expected that, Stroman didn't pitch at all this year and the market isn't looking like it's going to be the best. He'll also still get to hit the FA market at 29 next year too.
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This really isint about Stromans market value or whatever. Cohen isint going to be put off by over paying a guy on a one year deal if the baseball ops guys think its worth doing. The Wilpons never in a million years would of gone in for 19 mil on a guy who will be the 3rd or 4th starter. And if they did that would be the limit of their major off season moves. For Cohen it’s just getting started. The Mets are flush with cash and looking to add while the rest of the sport is going to be looking to cut costs due to the revenue decline. Plus they have a smart baseball guy in Alderson calling the shots without Jeff loving Wilpon loving everything up like the failson he is. lolMets casts a long shadow but their really is a new dynamic at play here.
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davecrazy you need a new avatar for this bold new MetsWorld
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mcmagic posted:Is he even worth 19 million? He isn't very good and he didn't pitch last year. Stroman is actually good what the hell
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bawfuls posted:davecrazy you need a new avatar for this bold new MetsWorld
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There are two great SAS debates that haunt me because I was on the wrong side of them. One is thinking that Mike Trout was overhyped (loving oops) and the second was thinking davecrazy was wrong and unfounded in his hatred of Matt Harvey
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alpha_destroy posted:There are two great SAS debates that haunt me because I was on the wrong side of them. One is thinking that Mike Trout was overhyped (loving oops) and the second was thinking davecrazy was wrong and unfounded in his hatred of Matt Harvey was that the epilogue on the jeffersonlives posting career?
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alpha_destroy posted:There are two great SAS debates that haunt me because I was on the wrong side of them. One is thinking that Mike Trout was overhyped (loving oops) and the second was thinking davecrazy was wrong and unfounded in his hatred of Matt Harvey Who was the "Mike Trout has a Mickey Mantle floor" poster (which was absurd like 3 months into trouts career) but basically a spot on comparison.
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https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-gm-search-narrows-candidates ok someone tell me who to hope for, or not
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elentar posted:you'd mentioned this before and it seems like it could be a good match personnel-wise but why the Braves specifically? he doesn't seem to have any connections to the Atlanta area Partially a hunch but mainly just I think the Braves really want a mid-rotation guy with upside and have the prospects to make it happen. We'll see though
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Hooray for eating innings at a league-average or slightly worse level. Apparently is a good clubhouse presence? I dunno, when the official site has to reach for off-the-field stuff like that it's usually an admission that there's no on-the-field reason to celebrate.
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bees x1000 posted:https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-gm-search-narrows-candidates Jason McLeod spent the better part of a decade running the Cubs pitching development into the center of the Earth and refusing to draft anybody with anything resembling decent velo in his lust for ~pitchability~ Honestly didn't have that great a track record of hitter drafting/development either, outside of absolute slam dunk picks like Bryant. Pretty much as soon as Theo kicked him upstairs into a do-nothing advisor role and gave the farm director gig to somebody else our farm began to rebound and the pitchers we've drafted the last couple years have quickly rocketed up into our top 30 prospects list. So what I'm saying is please for the love of god sign him away to be your GM because he loving sucks poo poo and I'm sick of him being coddled and kept around by Theo.
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Another QO accepted: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1326643725657894914
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elentar posted:Hooray for eating innings at a league-average or slightly worse level. When Tomlin was in Cleveland, I heard a lot about how he was a good clubhouse guy and mentor for the young pitchers. The Braves staff is mostly younger guys, right?
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Shiroc posted:When Tomlin was in Cleveland, I heard a lot about how he was a good clubhouse guy and mentor for the young pitchers. The Braves staff is mostly younger guys, right? I will tell you he’s one of the nicest guys in the world and a great clubhouse guy. One of my favorite memories was being in the Indians clubhouse the night he made his major league debut. I had season tickets and it was a baaaaad year, and my daughter and I moved down a bunch of rows - ended up sitting with his mom and brothers. Tomlin pitched a gem - 6+ shutout innings against the Yankees. His dad came down from the owners box after he was taken out of the game and sat with everyone, and ended up inviting me and my kid to come down on the field to meet Josh. Plans changed and ESPN wanted an interview in the clubhouse, so we ended up going down there with the family. Sat there in the player’s family waiting room - my daughter played with CC sabathia’s kid and we watched nearly every player on both teams come through. When it was all done, we went in the clubhouse to meet him - he hugged his mom and dad, hugged his brothers, and then came to me and my daughter with a weird look on his face. We explained the situation, and he shook our hands and signed my daughters hat and chatted with us for a while. We finally left with the family - his dad gave me his email address and told me I was a friend of the family now  Funny postscript - about 3 years later we were at a season ticket holders event, and ended up in line to get Josh’s autograph. We got to the line, and I said “man, you may not remember me but”. He cut me off and said “oh yeah, you’re the guy who was there with my family when I made my debut. We still joke about how it was closest family and 2 complete strangers 😂”
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