Popete posted:

This all happened because the Padres decided to let a guy may his MLB debut in the 9th inning of a 2 run game where he proceeded to walk 3 guys in a row.

euphronius posted:

225 but how much guaranteed I wonder

GoatSeeGuy posted:

First of all: gently caress the owners, but yeah- 9 years on the wrong side of 30 isn't going to happen unless Dick Monfort decides Kris Bryant needs a friend.

Well Played Mauer posted:

Didn’t we all agree that Trout’s deal was undervaluing him? I don’t think the AAV Judge was asking for is unreasonable. The years are a stretch for sure but it’s also a negotiation.

Would have ruled if he went in and demanded $250/5 though.

Popete posted:

No Padres starter has given up a hit this year.

IcePhoenix posted:

It was cool having hope for about three minutes though, at least

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April 9, 2022, vs. Mariners: +45.2% WPA

Down one run with none out in the bottom of the eighth inning, Buxton hit a go-ahead two-run homer off Muńoz. Duffey blew the save and took the loss in the next half-inning.

June 12, 2019, vs. Mariners: +44.9% WPA

Down two runs with none out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Buxton hit a game-tying two-run homer against Anthony Bass, sending the game to extras. In the next half-inning, errors by first baseman C.J. Cron and third baseman Miguel Sanó led to Duffey allowing three unearned runs to take the loss.

April 21, 2021, vs. A’s: +40.4% WPA

In a chaotic, up-and-down game tied 10-10 in the top of the 10th, Buxton hit a two-run homer against Lou Trivino. Alex Colomé got two outs in the bottom of the inning, but back-to-back errors on possible game-ending plays by second baseman Travis Blankenhorn and third baseman Luis Arraez let in three unearned runs for a walk-off, 13-12 loss.

Sept. 17, 2016, vs. Mets: +34.4% WPA

With the score tied 1-1 in the top of the 11th inning, Buxton hit a solo homer against Hansel Robles. Curtis Granderson hit a game-tying homer off Brandon Kintzler in the bottom of the 11th and a walk-off homer versus Ryan O’Rourke in the 12th.

Aug. 8, 2020, vs. Royals: +31.2% WPA

Down a run in the fourth inning, Buxton hit a three-run homer against Danny Duffey to put the Twins up 4-2. They lost 9-6, as relievers Cody Stashak, Sean Poppen and Lewis Thorpe combined to allow seven runs and got nine outs.

Sept. 4, 2016, vs. White Sox: +30.8% WPA

Down four runs in the second inning, Buxton hit a game-tying grand slam off Anthony Ranaudo. They lost 13-11 in 12 innings.

Sept. 3, 2017, vs. Royals: +30.6% WPA

Down a run with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, Buxton hit a two-run single versus Ian Kennedy to put the Twins up 4-3. In the next half-inning, Alan Busenitz allowed a two-run triple to Lorenzo Cain. They lost 5-4.

FlamingLiberal posted:

https://twitter.com/mikedeportes/status/1513692972315029510?s=21&t=kmYGeyt5lcBU4Dttm2NOZQ

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Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was drunk — three times above Michigan’s legal limit for driving, according to police — between two key games over the weekend as his team was trying to win the American League Central title.

The 26-year-old Venezuelan first baseman was taken to a police station Saturday after arriving at his suburban Detroit home at 5 a.m. and getting into a fight with his wife, Birmingham Police Chief Richard Patterson said.

Cabrera was administered a breath test by police and registered a 0.26 blood-alcohol reading, the chief said. The legal limit for Michigan drivers is 0.08.
[...]
“We determined that they both contributed to the domestic assault,” the chief said. “It was minor in nature. They did have some marks on their faces. We could not determine who the aggressor was.”

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According to Florida court documents obtained by the Free Press, the Detroit slugger must pay for health care, private tuition, day care, extra-curricular activities, vacations and $5-million life insurance policies for the two children.This is on top of the $20,000 a month he will pay their mother, Belkis Rodriguez, who lives in a gated community in Orlando with the children. Cabrera must also pay for the woman's attorney fees.
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Rodriguez sued Cabrera in August 2017, claiming he left her and their two kids high and dry after his wife discovered the affair. She argued that given his $30-million annual salary, which equals $2.5 million a month, she was entitled to $100,000 a month under Florida's child support guidelines.

Cabrera's lawyer, however, argued that what Rodriguez was really upset about was that Cabrera wouldn't leave his wife.

According to court documents, Cabrera had been paying Rodriguez $20,000 a month in child support without any court order, but cut the amount by $5,000 in the summer of 2017. Rodriguez argued this was only done by Cabrera to appease his wife, who discovered the affair and filed for divorce. Cabrera cut his payments, the woman's lawyer argued, because he wanted to stop the divorce proceedings, which ultimately did happen as his wife changed her mind.

Cabrera's wife, Rosangel, filed for divorce in April 2017. At about the same time, his then-mistress closed on a $1 million house that Cabrera helped her buy. Later that summer, Cabrera stopped paying Rodriguez the additional $5,000 a month in child support that he had agreed to pay when she bought the house, records show.

In court filings, Cabrera's lawyer has portrayed Rodriguez as a shakedown artist who is is trying to extort alimony from him, even though they were never married.

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Not long before Miguel Cabrera was arrested Feb. 16, police were called to a steakhouse because Cabrera allegedly threatened the manager and an off-duty wildlife officer.

The manager and officer told police that Cabrera, the Detroit Tigers’ All-Star first baseman, smelled of alcohol, insinuated he had a gun in a shoulder bag and said, “I know all of you, and I will kill all of you and blow this place up.”

The Florida state attorney’s office Wednesday released a 41-page report, a police video and 911 audio in Cabrera’s case. They provided the first details of the events that preceded Cabrera’s arrest for suspicion of driving under the influence and two counts of resisting an officer without violence. Cabrera faces no charges from the steakhouse incident.

In the report, Cabrera walked into Cowboys Bar-B-Q & Steak Co. around 10:15 p.m. The off-duty officer, Kyle Patterson, was talking to the manager, Fletcher Nail. The manager said he told Cabrera the restaurant was closing, and Cabrera continued inside but eventually was convinced to leave.

The manager said Cabrera, after saying for a second time, “you don’t know me,” leaned near his face “and stated, ‘I will kill you,’ again patting his shoulder bag.”

IcePhoenix posted:

N: Byron Buxton

V: Byron Buxton

KICK BAMA KICK posted:

gently caress that is longer than I was thinking
https://twitter.com/mlbbowman/status/1518979013087313921

mcmagic posted:

Give the Yankees credit.

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Joe Ryan had great numbers coming up through the Rays’ farm system, posting a 2.70 ERA and 309 strikeouts in 217 innings. Despite dominating every level, many national prospect lists and public scouting reports pointed to his fastball-heavy approach and modest velocity as reasons to be skeptical of his upside as a starter, with some even projecting Ryan as a future reliever. Ryan’s fastball averaged just 91-92 mph, yet he regularly threw it more than 75 percent of the time in the minors. He racked up 13 strikeouts per nine innings, but would that one-note approach work against big-league hitters?
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Ryan joined the Twins’ rotation just 40 days after last season’s trade and had immediate success in five September starts, striking out 30 versus five walks in 26 2/3 innings and holding opponents to a .168 batting average. As expected, he was exceedingly fastball reliant, throwing it 65.8 percent of the time to rank among the league leaders for starters.

In their first look at Ryan, major leaguers hit just .172 off his fastball, whiffing on more than 20 percent of their swings despite an average velocity of just 91.2 mph. It was early, but the Twins’ belief in the pitch’s uncommon characteristics appeared to be correct, as Ryan missed lots of bats up in the zone. And his off-speed pitches were surprisingly effective as well.

Ryan used his slider (16.0 percent), changeup (10.4) and curveball (7.8) sparingly in last season’s five-start debut, but he threw them all for strikes while avoiding big damage and missing bats.
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He’s thrown just 52.0 percent fastballs this season and nearly doubled his slider usage from 16.0 to 30.3 percent, with very encouraging results. Ryan’s slider has held opponents to a .185 batting average and zero homers, and they’ve whiffed on 42.6 percent of swings against the pitch, sandwiched between Max Scherzer (43.6 percent) and Gerrit Cole (42.4) on the MLB leaderboard.

In addition to coaches, Ryan also credits veteran right-hander Chris Archer as playing a big role in his slider development. Archer and Ryan were in the Rays organization together, and when Archer signed with the Twins late in spring training they reconnected as rotation mates. Archer, a two-time All-Star and the owner of one of MLB’s best sliders, has become a go-to resource for Ryan.
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“Adding the changeup and having the mix a little bit more will be good,” Ryan said. “That was a huge pitch for me last year and it makes such a difference. As needed, I’ll throw it more. I pitch pretty situationally. Find out which guys it’s going to work the best to. I don’t really look at it as righty or lefty necessarily. I look at it as this hitter and this hitter. And also a lot to do with situations.”

Sure enough, in his fourth start, Wednesday against the Tigers, facing a lineup with four left-handed hitters, Ryan used a pitch mix of 48 fastballs, 25 sliders and a season-high 12 changeups. It was his best start yet, with seven innings of shutout, one-hit ball featuring nine strikeouts and one walk, causing manager Rocco Baldelli to say afterward Ryan “has pitched like an ace to this point.”

Ryan has a sparkling 2.72 ERA, .152 opponents’ batting average and 55-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio through nine big-league starts

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perhaps even more impressively he’s already changed the lens through which his upside, approach and pitch mix should be viewed. His unique fastball keeps baffling hitters, his slider now looks like a swing-and-miss weapon and his changeup may be next.

“It’s always fun to learn from other people,” Ryan said.

mcmagic posted:

I just don't think he did anything that he should've been suspended for period.

Popete posted:

I remember going to a Cubs game and booing Addison Russell after he got a hit. Cheer for your team hope the lovely players get bounced out of the league.

Johnny Bravo posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ctrent/status/1530605485224873984

lol

HamAdams posted:

he’s genuinely my favorite player right now, so fun to watch even if he’s not the type of guy to blast homers

elentar posted:

Willians Astudillo stole a base

https://twitter.com/fishstripes/status/1530662353091567616?s=20&t=CsySR1_HIuICiCSPyF4QuQ

FlamingLiberal posted:

The Twins are bringing Royce Lewis back up again

Paracaidas posted:

And in the third inning he crashes into the fence and gets up slowly.

No more Twins Prospects in CF? Stop building the CF wall out of spiked concrete? idk. Open to ideas.

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Through 47 games, the Padres have hit fewer homers (35) than all but four teams. They rank 26th in slugging percentage (.356). Remove Machado’s voluminous offensive output, and San Diego would be slugging .328. Only the 17-29 Tigers (.320) are slugging worse than that.

Now, Machado is dealing with what the Padres are describing as tennis elbow; the early NL MVP favorite is expected back in the lineup Monday after missing the last two games, which San Diego split with the dreadful Pirates. Fernando Tatis Jr. might be able to return from wrist surgery in late June, but the team should not bank on the shortstop, with his injury history, as a slugging savior. The offense could use more than one additional big bat. The outfield has been particularly anemic: Until Jurickson Profar and Trent Grisham homered in Sunday’s walk-off win against Pittsburgh, Padres outfielders had homered just once since April 27.

Maybe some of the team’s underperformers will experience positive regressions. Maybe the Padres, slugging .338 at home, will enjoy a natural uptick as the weather warms. Maybe the recent introduction of a humidor at Petco Park, combined with the area’s relative humidity, will eventually lead to a surge in home runs. For now, the data has not been good: The Padres have been easily out-homered in their own ballpark (24 to 18). Overall, they rank last in the majors in barrel percentage and near the bottom in hard-hit rate.

IcePhoenix posted:

There's not many players that would legitimately disappoint me on the team so I expect more than one of them on the list

IcePhoenix posted:

Sorry what exactly are you basing this off of? His career minor league splits are .270/.339/.422. His 2019 was bad but then he tore up the Fall League.

Paracaidas posted:

Luckily, former #1 overall draft pick Royce Lewis comes back from multiple years of dreadful performance and seasonending injuries

Milovan Drecun posted:

The Twins didn't cave to pressure lmao. They sent him down to minimize him learning new positions on the fly in the majors (some of which he had never played at any level), with every expectation they would be calling him up as soon as there was a need. The script went exactly as predicted, with the exception being he immediately hit a wall.

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“He hasn’t really done it at multiple positions,” Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey said. “We’re excited by what he has shown already. He’s handled himself exceptionally well for a young kid who hasn’t played baseball for a while. That’s a huge step in the right direction. We still want him to be a shortstop. We still want that skill to continue to be developed. But we also recognize: Let’s put him in Triple A for a period of time to get him some exposure to some other spots, move him around some, so he can be ready to contribute in multiple places this year for us, maybe in the short to the medium term.”

Milovan Drecun posted:

Twins fans want to find ways to complain about their first place team, presumably to pre-empt the inevitable pain of a playoff sweep.

Hand Knit posted:

Their 15-7 record in 1-run games is a reflection of moral virtue.

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“I think that was tough to hear, for sure, just for the simple fact that I pride myself on being a good teammate, and everywhere I’ve went, every organization that I’ve been a part of, minus Oakland, has offered me extensions, has wanted me to stay back,” Donaldson said during batting practice Wednesday, hours before a night game against the Angels was rained out.

HamAdams posted:

bummer, i kinda liked kepler.

Sydin posted:

Which you know, should be the default, but hey. Gotta make up for those biblical losses.

camoseven posted:

I just found out the Tigers demoted Akil Baddoo after 17 games this season He was a legit major leaguer last year, and his stats this year were bad but not comically so. He doesn't have anything to work on in AAA and you're not competing this year, what a stupid thing to do

IcePhoenix posted:

A Twins rep sends me emails still because I bought tickets for a work outing once and I'm looking forward to responding and citing this as the specific reason I'm refusing to come to a game this year

GrumpyGoesWest posted:

The guest services person can stamp it if you don't want to.

camoseven posted:

IcePhoenix posted:

e: I guess my main point is refocus your love and embrace Arraez because he rules in similar ways but is actually good at baseball

mcmagic posted:

I think if Judge leaves the Yankees it will be for a california team. There was an article in the Post about how Cohen and Hal have a good relationship because the Yankees didn't oppose him buying the team and that Cohen wouldn't want to spit in the Yankees face by poaching Judge.

Poque posted:

Excited for the Padres/Blue Jays world series before I wake up from my coma and return to hellworld

Mellow Seas posted:

Get off your soap box, everybody knows it's bullshit. We just recognize that our teams are run by misers and know that they do have budgets, even if those budgets are artificially low. I know that $40 million for a guy putting up a .750 OPS in 90 games will absolutely gently caress up my 2031 Yankees viewing experience. I'm not gonna fuckin' boycott over it.

KICK BAMA KICK posted:

Paid at the lower rate iirc, paid the difference if the player wins

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MLB and the MLBPA worked out a deal where the players would be paid at the salary the club filed at ($17 million), and his pay will be adjusted if the arbitrator sides with the player ($21 million).

STAC Goat posted:

I have no idea if Judge will be gone. I don’t think he will. I feel like the Yankees won’t lose him over a relative amount of bookkeeping or a fear of him not being worth him clogging DH in 2030 and he won’t ditch being the most beloved Yankee since Jeter and being talked about next to Babe and Mantle so he can risk being one of those dudes who signs a massive deal elsewhere and just ends up running out his career as an albatross and bad contract story.

Admiral Joeslop posted:

Do the stadium owners own the concession stands/restaurants and decide what to put there themselves, or do they take bids or just offers from chefs/businesses?

Are all the workers seasonal or do they have things to do the rest of the year?

Admiral Joeslop posted:

I could see some of the better stadiums opening for lunch or something if the weather isn't bad or they have doors. I would say with reduced costs on the menu but yeah right.