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Popete posted:It's slowly dawning on me that there is no more baseball and it is poo poo. In Atlanta I hear as much about the Falcons as the Braves before the NFL preseason practices even start.
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I'm too busy to oversee this very closely but would anybody be interested in a Be A GM thread where everybody just makes a plan for their team's off-season so we can laugh at everyone's terrible trade ideas and absurd free agent contracts?
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Cubs payroll is $200M with arb estimates included? Time to rebuild!
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Nov 2, 2018 19:05
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NiceGuy posted:Don't the Jays have Jeff Conine's kid now too? I hope they acquire DeShields, even if he is a little older.
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Nov 4, 2018 19:07
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Freddie tied with Rizzo! Ender won his third in a row! LOL Nick Markakis is a statue. That's just loving awful. I don't really get too hung up on gold gloves but that's Jeter-level bad. On the flip side, I'm impressed they gave an award to Nick Ahmed since the DBacks usually fly under the radar and he can't hit and you have to really impress the hell out of the voters to win a gold glove if you can't hit.
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Nov 5, 2018 15:34
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The owners have the players in the palm of their hand, lately. They just have so many variables to play with that, when the players want anything, the owners have like 5 other things to bring up. They also successfully vilified the players over the last several work stoppages. Everything in baseball is "the players' fault" in the eyes of 90% of fans and the owners know it. Local beat writers owe their jobs to the teams and not the players and it shows. I think the players should do everything they can to vilify the teams' roles in human trafficking, while they have the chance. The problem is that this may dovetail into immigration debates and, for gently caress's sake, that's going to open an enormous Pandora's box. You just don't know where that would lead. tadashi fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Nov 5, 2018 |
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Nov 5, 2018 20:31
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New Concept Hole posted:It's hard to bring up how lovely and exploitative baseball is when you ultimately have no plans to fight to fix it, as the MLBPA will most likely choose to (not) do The problem is that neither side has an incentive to "fix it". MLB isn't run like a corporation with lots of branch offices. The owners are supposed to tell the commissioner what to do and he's supposed to make it happen. The MLBPA exists solely to get more money into players' pockets. MLB is basically a confederation of teams, not a single entity with a central mission. It feels like the NBA and NFL commissioners have, for some time now, had more power and more leadership trust vested in them than you see with MLB. It feel like Silver and Goodell are like the CEOs of their leagues. The MLB commissioner, even under Selig, was still just a facilitator. Maybe that's just because I don't follow the issues facing those sports very closely.
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The Pussy Boss posted:OK guys, who's signing Bryce Harper and Manny Machado??? My best guesses for Harper: Phillies - Hoskins in left and Harper in right... I think they're going to end up with Harper... Cubs - They love the beefy lad but, if they're committed to playing people as little as possible like they did in 2018, then this could make sense Astros? - It looks like they have room in the OF for him? Does their payroll allow it? tadashi fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Nov 5, 2018 |
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Nov 5, 2018 21:05
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Not just breaking Giancarlo's record but obliterating it. So which teams would even consider a contract like that?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Why would the Astros want an incredibly expensive SS/3B when they already have Bregman/Correa? Springer is the only player in that outfield anybody should really fight to keep around. Kemp is a AAAA player and Reddick and Marisnick make a decent platoon. I hate to sound cruel but the idea of passing on a player who's 26 and capable of what Harper is to keep Kemp, Reddick, or Marisnick around doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Nov 5, 2018 21:16
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Robinson Cano only has 5 years left on that deal.
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Spoeank posted:there's a new offseason champ in town, baby He should try to recruit Logan White, who drafted all the homegrown Dodgers stars, away from the Padres if he really wants to drive the Dodgers crazy.
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Nov 7, 2018 15:57
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The Braves didn't steal anything from the Astros, just so we're clear. He quit at the end of September without a parachute and it looks like other places wanted him.
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Nov 8, 2018 18:43
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iospace posted:Friendly reminder: the last time a big 4 sports team folded was The Seattle Pilots folded, in a sense (actually that was the early 70s). I thought the A's had really awful financial issues, too, but I can't seem to dig up anything about it. I seem to remember there's a lot about the A's in Lords of the Realm.
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Nov 8, 2018 20:32
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Tom Gorman posted:If someone gets Corbin for 5/100 that'll be an insane coup He's had a really good career. I hope he'll go to a team that people pay attention to outside of their own market. On a semi-related note, there were like 30,000 people at the DBacks kick-off event last year so I hope they aren't going to have to completely rebuild or some dumb thing because it looked like they were really making progress locally.
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Nov 9, 2018 14:44
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According to StatCast, Pujols is actually a little faster in running to first base than Brian McCann. How is Pujols faster than anyone at this point? https://twitter.com/darenw/status/1060653851198545921 He says in the subtweets that this is based on 5 ft splits, whatever that is.
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Nov 9, 2018 19:22
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Bryant for Appel Just a little worse than Bryant for Carlos Rodon, the guy people thought they regretted that the Cubs passed on. tadashi fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Nov 9, 2018 |
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2018 Team pitching fWAR Astros Yakees Indians 2018 Team batter fWAR Dodgers A's Red Sox Yankees Cubs Indians V: gently caress the Indians.
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If the Twins had drafted Prior instead of Mauer, would anything have changed about their careers, other than the jerseys? If Mauer had played for the Cubs, I wonder if he would have left for free agency during the Tribune-> Ricketts transition? I'm thinking the Cubs were so loaded with overpriced veterans and the franchise had a well-known debt issue and the combination of the two might have prevented them from offering a free-agent level deal to Mauer like he got from the Twins. Otherwise, the Twins probably would have run Prior into the ground the same way the Cubs did (or the Cubs did nothing wrong and he would have all the same injury issues). Likewise, there's no telling how many innings Mauer would have played for the Cubs. I'm guessing concussions might have caught up to Mauer, anyway. When you spend that much time at catcher, the risk is pretty high.
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Grittybeard posted:Huh, I had no clue Prior was drafted the same year Mauer was. Also I'd forgotten how incredibly short his career was, I knew it was cut short obviously but the legend he built in like 2 years before the injuries killed everything and he was a shadow of himself is pretty impressive. The big stink was that Prior had told the Twins not to bother. He wanted a lot more money than they could give him upfront. In addition, the Twins were rumored to be on the block for contraction but I'm not sure if that weighed in his decisions. The Twins obviously had motivation to draft Mauer, anyway, lest the let the next Dave Winfield (local guy with MVP upside) slip through their hands. The only thing I can come up with for why the Twins would have dared to draft Prior was that they might have feared that they needed to win as much as possible as quickly as possible (due to the contraction fears) and Prior was the safer bet in that regard.
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bewbies posted:semi related but apparently Patrick Mahomes is the most gifted person ever at throwing things The description of that first throw reminds me of Baron Davis from 89 feet (a Jon Bois joint). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmBCqds_gc lukess1 posted:Anything is better than the trash they have now. The logos are beautiful. The Dinger machine is beautiful and too good for this world. Does anyone know of a GoFundMe to save The Dinger Machine or at least buy it so it doesn't get destroyed?
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Thom P. Tiers posted:Oh boy it must be the offseason. It's me! I'm the 69 inch guy in the article!
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Luigi Thirty posted:According to Cot’s, these are the only players left on the Rays not making league minimum in 2019: They were just saving money for Bryce Harper. They actually have a nice team. There isn't a clear star in their lineup but every single guy in their lineup has a chance to be an above average player which is how they finished 6th in wRC+ last season. Their best pitcher won the CY Young last season and Honeywell should be really good. They also will get Jose de Leon back at some point in 2019, who should also be good. What's amazing is they have pretty good team and they haven't really tanked at all in the last decade. They sign some free agents, not for a lot of money, but they do sign them. And they make a fair number of trades. I really don't have a problem with the Rays having a cheap roster because it wasn't like they got here through some sort of nefarious means. It's going to be tough to compete with the Red Sox and Yankees but any team in baseball would have a hard time competing with them. Their worst season was 2016 and that was practically the same team that had almost a .500 record in 2017. By baseruns, I think they normally finish higher than their actual W-L record and I think projections are usually sunnier on the Rays than most people would think. tadashi fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Nov 21, 2018 |
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Whatever happens with the Segura rumors, I have a feeling DiPoto will cobble together another band of misfits and go back to winning 75 games per year. I have a hard time believing that DiPoto would let a team straight-up tank just because he has such an easy time adding a little value in every trade he makes.
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I think I forgot Freddy Garcia existed. Like I have this vague recognition of him when I look at the teams he played for and his picture. But, when I saw his name, I immediately thought of Freddy Galvis and wondered how he got on the ballot.
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Vernacular posted:I'm having a hard time believing that Cleveland is actually going to tear it down. Like why would you trade your very affordable stars when you're in such an eminently winnable division. I hope Thad and co are on the phone with the Indians every day, just daring them to trade players to the Twins in their effort to cut payroll. The Twins don't have a good DH or 1B right now, and they just let a whole lot of money slip off their boods.
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Pancakes posted:On the one hand, $23M for one year of Donaldson is a good deal for the Braves. On the other, that noise you hear is all the rest of the owners kicking the Braves’ owners under the table for signing a deal that pays $23M a year while they’re trying to starve out the FA class again. This is AA's revenge for Toronto running him out of town. The Braves currently only have 2 starting outfielders. There's plenty of spots for people to play. E: Donaldson is a great signing because, prior to injury-riddled 2018, he was still playing at a very high level. E2: He had a 117 wRC+ in the injury-riddled 2018. He's now the Braves 3rd best hitter, just by his 2018 wRC+. tadashi fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Nov 26, 2018 |
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Carlosologist posted:The Yanks should get Trevor Bauer, but that might actually make the team unlikeable The articles about the Yankees and the way they hosed over everybody on playoff shares has permanently ruined my ability to root for the current roster, so they can sign anyone they want and my opinion wouldn't get much worse.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I saw a fake trade for some Seattle dudes that included Cano as a throw-in Nevermind... math is hard I was trying to find the WAR/$ for veteran 2nd basemen (beyond 6 years of service) with at least 2 WAR last year and it actually came out to $4MM per WAR. That means Cano would need to be worth 6 WAR per season to be "worth" his salary. I don't really agree with that thinking. When you sign guys like Cano, you are signing for the stability that they should be worth something like 3-6 WAR per season. That premium is to avoid the lottery with someone like Starlin Castro who might be "worth" their money but they're never going to give you that 6 WAR season you need from your better players in order to get to the playoffs. tadashi fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Nov 29, 2018 |
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Yeah, I hate to be this guy but Player A  Player B  Schoop has some serious upside. It's dumb of them to do this. Would you non-tender Javier Baez if he didn't have as good of a year in 2019 as 2018?
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ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:LaStella to the Angels. That's a light return for Ohtani.
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GoatSeeGuy posted:Which of course led to this... https://www.cubsinsider.com/2018/03/23/watch-cubs-front-office-hilariously-trolls-tommy-la-stella-with-dating-video/ Holy poo poo the *not in Des Moines part 
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Sydin posted:I knew it was coming and I can still feel myself getting physically tense. May need to take my lunch early so I can go on a run or something: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK Why even keep him? He's not good. Stop treating him like some sort of hidden jewel. He's the backup shortstop at this point. I'm sure he can play other positions since he's so good at short but he doesn't actually do that? They can't get someone with his value for that kind of money? They think that he's going to come off a 1 month suspension after an awful season like last year and that's going to help him finally reach his potential?
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I will give Addison credit that his apology, offer to be "part of the solution", explanation that he is still working on his personal issues, etc, are the kind of full-on apology and penance that you rarely see from athletes, in MLB or other sports.
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Tom Gorman posted:"We traded for Addison when he was a 20-year-old Double-A player, helped him develop into a world champion and welcomed the praise that came along with his triumphs. Yeah, that didn't really fly with me, either. They could have phrased that a lot better if they mean "we feel responsible for treating him like property instead of like a human being whose brain was still developing".
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White Sox to non-tender Matt Davidson? Is anybody else going to pick up the Matt Davidson experiment? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/11/white-sox-to-non-tender-matt-davidson.html
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Shoulda had LeBron at the meeting since he's the biggest start to appear in a baseball related commercial in the last year. Paul Zuvella posted:Give Portland and Montreal a team. I know it's a typo but I like the AL East being an 8 team super division.
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GalacticAcid posted:I would hope the Nationals would allow a hypothetical Montreal team to reclaim the Expos trademarks. I think MLB would be involved. Maybe they would allow the new ownership to pay a small fee to Lerner as compensation. I don't think the Lerners should be forced to give it up, if they are actively using it (well ahead of an announcement of a Montreal team), without compensation.
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GalacticAcid posted:I am all for expropriating any and all private property from the wealthy without compensation, so I have to disagree with you here. My sense of ethics has been corrupted by being conditioned over the course of 38 years to ignore institutionalized racism/classicism/sexism/etc, so you are probably correct.
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The Canadiens own the rights to Youppi!, even if the Expos come back. That's gonna be a weird one to settle? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youppi!
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DLC Inc posted:please stop talking as if Harper on the Mets is a possibility, there is no way this is happening I feel like Markakis would be a sure thing as a Mets signing under previous front offices but I have no idea what Brodie's going to do.
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