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The real kicker of the Napoli trade was not only did Toronto fleece them into taking the Wells contract but they turned around like two days later and sent him right back to the AL West Actually nah, taking on the Wells contract was still the real kicker
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Man, the Blue Jays traded Napoli for Frank Francisco, a mediocre relief pitcher that they only had for a season. That's a horrible trade.
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Good Dog posted:The Angels traded Mike Napoli for Vernon Wells so they could play Jeff Mathis full time. It might be peak Angels. The Angels only got $5m of the $86m owed to Wells over the last 4 years of his deal in salary relief. Oh wow, the Jays traded for Napoli? That must have really helped them in the upcoming ye... seiferguy posted:Man, the Blue Jays traded Napoli for Frank Francisco, a mediocre relief pitcher that they only had for a season. That's a horrible trade. I think the reason they traded Napoli away was because they had big bad Arencibia behind the plate. Emphasis on the bad part. Also, Jeff Mathis ended up becoming a Jay in 2012 anyways and had his best hitting season of his career: .218/.249/.393
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Twin Cinema posted:Oh wow, the Jays traded for Napoli? That must have really helped them in the upcoming ye... They also wanted the eventual draft pick from Francisco. Looking it up that pick turned into Matt Smoral, who was a potential high pick before breaking his foot pre-draft. At least they had a plan, I guess.
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And wasn’t Mathis eventually part of the Reyes/Dickey trade? Meaning through all this he managed to be the player who provided the most value to the Jays. Jeff Mathis wins again. E: my mistake, Reyes, Buehrle and Johnson: November 19, 2012: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Henderson Alvarez III, Anthony DeSclafani, Yunel Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jake Marisnick and Justin Nicolino to the Miami Marlins for Emilio Bonifacio, John Buck, Mark Buehrle, Josh Johnson, Jose Reyes and cash.
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seiferguy posted:Mid/late 2000s Angels were the posterchilds of SAS hate, mainly because the team was anti-sabermetrics (a team that deployed David Eckstein regularly) and Mike Scioscia was a massive rear end in a top hat despite his tragic illness. Tbf Eckstein put up a respectable 13.1 bWAR for in 4 years with the Angels.
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Hand Knit posted:And wasn’t Mathis eventually part of the Reyes/Dickey trade? Meaning through all this he managed to be the player who provided the most value to the Jays. Jeff Mathis wins again. The Reyes and Dickey trades were two separate trades. But yes, Mathis was one part of the massive deal. Mathis, Alvarez, DeSclafini, Escobar, Hechavarria, Marisinick, and Nicolino for Reyes, Buherle, Buck, Bonifacio, Johnson, and cash. e:b But, this was probably the most excited I have been for a Jays trade. Followed up by the Dickey one.
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Hey nerd, that’s World Series MVP David Eckstein to you!
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Chief McHeath posted:The thing about loving angels is angels are ghosts living in heaven and you can't gently caress an angel unless you accept Jesus as your lord and savior then die and become a ghost living in heaven. Sidebar: Angels are sexless, it’s all the redeemed in heaven who, freed from the constraints of earthly marriage, are loving constantly by interpenetrating* each others’ immaterial bodies * not my word, it’s used by several Church Fathers in their interminable arguments about just how much loving they would get up to in Heaven
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Gorman Thomas posted:Tbf Eckstein put up a respectable 13.1 bWAR for in 4 years with the Angels. Excuse me that's World Series MVP David Eckstein. bawfuls posted:Hey nerd, that’s World Series MVP David Eckstein to you! god dammit
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The 34-75 Diamondbacks have DFA’d Josh Reddick.
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J.R. Richard died.
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Some days, I wonder how the 1980 NLCS would've gone had Richard not had that stroke and I cry a little.
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Forget the NLCS, I wonder how his life would have gone differently if the team had taken his complaints leading up to the stroke seriously and had him checked out by a doctor He probably wouldn't have been found living under an overpass e: for people unfamiliar, the team accused him of faking it because he wanted more money or because he couldn't handle the pressure Intruder fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Aug 5, 2021 |
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Aug 5, 2021 20:33
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salmon your avatar held up very well as it turns out
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Gary Sanchez tested positive for Covid https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/08/gary-sanchez-tests-positive-for-covid-19.html
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Has every Yankees player had Covid multiple times at this point? Seems like it.
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ProperCoochie posted:Gary Sanchez tested positive for Covid lol goddamnit hope my guy is vaccinated.
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bawfuls posted:The 34-75 Diamondbacks have DFA’d Josh Reddick. Somewhere in the distance, a lonely saxophone starts mournfully intoning the first few chords of Careless Whisper
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Popete posted:Has every Yankees player had Covid multiple times at this point? Seems like it. Judge Sanchez DJ (2020) Cole Monty Chapman (2020) Gleyber (twice) Loaisiga Nestor Cortes Phil Nevin Reggie Willits Matt Blake Might be more, I can't remember
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Nodoze posted:Judge Higashioka as the guy they were using to cover for Aaron Judge being unvaccinated. Also Wandy Peralta
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Edward Mass posted:J.R. Richard died. gently caress the Astros. Richard had been ailing for a while and they said he was a malcontent and faking it. He had the stroke while at the ballpark.
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ihatepants posted:Higashioka as the guy they were using to cover for Aaron Judge being unvaccinated. Also Wandy Peralta we sure of this?
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TwoHeadedDeer posted:we sure of this? One of the two of them is, we just don't know which one
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TwoHeadedDeer posted:we sure of this? No, but Judge was asked directly by journalists if he was vaccinated and he replied with “I’m not gonna get into that.” He then also missed a few innings of a game after already came back from COVID IL because he was supposedly waiting on further COVID test results. Pretty sure the team was protecting their star player from scrutiny.
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ihatepants posted:No, but Judge was asked directly by journalists if he was vaccinated and he replied with “I’m not gonna get into that.” He then also missed a few innings of a game after already came back from COVID IL because he was supposedly waiting on further COVID test results. Pretty sure the team was protecting their star player from scrutiny. ah yeah, I never made the connection with the second thing. bummer, hope we're wrong
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Well gently caress. https://twitter.com/athletics/status/1423409453882216449?s=21
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The Yankees also largely got the J&J vaccine early, so its possible that's a factor into why they keep suffering these outbreaks of mostly breakthrough cases. Although Aaron Boone also likes pointing out they keep happening after Florida/Texas road trips. I mean everyone has to make those trips so its still a Yankee thing, but it makes me feel better to say it. https://twitter.com/YankeesWFAN/status/1423378707851485185 STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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Edward Mass posted:J.R. Richard died. That poor bastard could never catch a break.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:gently caress the Astros. Richard had been ailing for a while and they said he was a malcontent and faking it. He had the stroke while at the ballpark. It's something to seriously be angry about. Not just the way he was treated before the stroke but also the way the team completely abandoned him afterwards. Thankfully they finally brought him back in the fold and helped him but he went through some truly difficult times thanks to how he was treated and I don't think there's a good faith way to argue it didn't have to do with race The sad thing is I'd bet the majority of fans would have agreed with the team's handling at the time, and I don't mean just Astros fans
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This kinda fell by the wayside, but frankly I consider the Red Sox to be winners at the trading deadline purely because they ACTUALLY managed to unload Michael Chavis for something other than a bag of balls, which is pretty goddamn amazing. That they got a live human baseball player who might actually be competitive is... shocking. I won't miss the self-righteous virtue-signalling holier-than-thou prick one bit. loving guy would cross himself after every pitch, in addition to wearing his AMERICAN FLAG USA shoulder pad so everyone could see how patriotic he is  I know it's petty to dislike someone for this, but he was also a lovely and useless hitter who struck out 32 times and walked once while putting up a .549 OPS. Beyond useless.
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yankees about to blow it *phew okay nevermind* TwoHeadedDeer fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Aug 6, 2021 |
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Just a reminder for everyone... Next Thursday, exactly one week from tonight, the Yankees and White Sox will play their long-awaited Field of Dreams game at an Iowa cornfield. I put this reminder here because, as a movie buff whose all-time favorite baseball film is probably Field of Dreams (I know it's sappy and silly but the ending still makes me weep every time) I'm actually pretty excited out this, and would feel lovely if I missed it. Another incredibly cool thing about this game is that both teams are going to be wearing awesome early 20th century uniforms from their respective teams that look like this:  Goddamn those are slick, though I could do without the Nike swoosh. I love those early White Sox uniforms especially - I always think of them as "Black Sox" jerseys, though admittedly that's appropriate I guess.
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Gorman Thomas posted:Batting gloves are banned in that game correct? Is this a segue into talking about pissing on their own hands?
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So this just happened in St. Louis https://twitter.com/BravesOnBally/status/1423483974882668544 And that's leaving out the part where the Cardinals had a 4-2 lead with 2 outs before surrendering a 2-run laser by Austin Riley.
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