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

Sydin posted:

Whatever happened to Puig? I know he caught the rona near the start of the season, but presumably he's long since over it? I'm surprised zero teams tried to roll the dice on him.

Nobody touched him after the Covid thing. I still haven't heard anything but I wonder if this might be it for him in the majors.

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 02:26

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

GalacticAcid posted:

https://twitter.com/ken_rosenthal/status/1310729656027541504?s=21

From what I have been hearing, a lot of player dev positions at the MLB level are getting axed this year

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 01:30

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

Bird in a Blender posted:

Teams gotta pretend they're broke somehow.

Yes and they are cutting multiple MiLB levels going into 2021 so that's more money they don't have to pay between the coaches and the players

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 03:12

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

R.D. Mangles posted:

the money for an entire minor league team is less than they play like a slightly above replacement veteran

Yes especially at the short-season level which was a season that lasted from like June 28th-September 1st

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 04:55

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

I don�t want the Cubs to win because the Ricketts family are a bunch of Trump mega donors with the exception of I think one of them

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 15:00

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

There are now three players who could make their MLB debut in the postseason. Only two have ever previously done that in the history of baseball.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 17:10

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

The Twins are starting Alex Kirilloff in RF today for his debut

# ¿ Sep 30, 2020 16:19

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

Let's Go The Marlins Bitch

# ¿ Sep 30, 2020 23:11

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

https://twitter.com/gfstarr1/status/1311490992491692033?s=21

:drat:

# ¿ Oct 1, 2020 15:20

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

I did not expect the White Sox to lose this round, but the A's are kind of a sneaky team

# ¿ Oct 2, 2020 03:20

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

I don't see the Astros beating the A's, but I guess you never know

# ¿ Oct 2, 2020 03:43

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

R.D. Mangles posted:

who is the marlins' third starter

Pablo Lopez

# ¿ Oct 5, 2020 02:14

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

The Marlins' first three starters are some combo of Lopez, Sixto, and Sandy.

Lopez has been pretty good overall. Just not very flashy like Sixto.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2020 02:39

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

I�m not optimistic with this court but at least it�s getting review

https://twitter.com/broshuis/status/1313119859417526273?s=21

# ¿ Oct 5, 2020 16:05

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

Well if the Braves continue to hit like today this is going to be a short series

# ¿ Oct 6, 2020 22:31

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

IcePhoenix posted:

Marlins have good pitching

Our #1 starter had a great game but the bullpen just fell apart

# ¿ Oct 6, 2020 22:50

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

I�m just amazed by the amount of A ball guys making their debuts this year

Weathers in particular, because the last time he saw live hitters was a year ago in Low A

# ¿ Oct 7, 2020 15:18

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

So the year is not over and we have already lost Al Kaline, Lou Brock, Tom Seaver, Bob Gibson, and now Ford.

# ¿ Oct 9, 2020 17:27

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

elentar posted:

We are truly free now that the Yankees are dead.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2020 05:27

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

How in the world would you hate the Rays

There are no good MLB owners so I'm not sure why Sternberg is any different.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2020 01:55

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

alpha_destroy posted:

In all this talk of the Rays being the real bad guys for being penny pinchers, i think we lost track of the fact that the Astros are such pinchers themselves they lobbied the league to effectively kill minor league baseball. You wanna talk about what economic choices are being made that are ultimately bad for the game long term look no further.

Yes and they have been pushing not just the minor league contraction scheme (which succeeded), but have also been pushing the cuts to scouts in favor of analytical departments

# ¿ Oct 12, 2020 04:54

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

It�s anecdotal, but I have heard Don Sutton is not doing well

# ¿ Oct 12, 2020 15:55

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

https://twitter.com/cdgoldstein/status/1315787004106485760?s=20

# ¿ Oct 12, 2020 23:54

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

Yeah the Astros are in serious trouble and I don't see that changing

# ¿ Oct 13, 2020 01:10

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

Intruder posted:

The Astros never had much of a chance. The Rays are more talented than them in basically every facet. You could maybe give the Astros the slight edge in lineup but it's more of a push really

The Rays don't have the household names in the lineup like Altuve, Springer, etc. but those guys are actually the ones hitting now

# ¿ Oct 13, 2020 01:21