somehow when you sign a big free agent contract you immediately become half as good as you were for your previous team, somebody should look into this and see what the deal is
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 30 November 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
btw roberto perez just became the pirates’ highest-paid player (1 yr/$5m)
he is a career .206 hitter heading into his age-33 season
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
^^^which is another reason i can't complain about these signings. because i'm bitter
javy baez is a fun, exciting player. he will, when he's not actively berating his own fans, make detroit a more interesting team to watch. will he lead them to a championship? probably not; they only give out one a year.
the pirates aren't just cheap and stupid, they don't even care about being vaguely competitive. the biggest contract they've ever given out was six years/$60m to jason kendall 21 years ago. there are no reasons to watch a pirates game.
the blue jays didn't make the playoffs this year but i don't think any of their fans would call the season a disappointment? the rangers just became much more interesting, even if they never win a pennant. i think there's a lot of value in that for fans
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
i just watched the Kevin Gausman press conference. reading between the lines it seems like the Giants would not give him more than four years and i'm ok with that even though the Giants are losing an ace. Gausman only has two pitches and it did catch up to him in the second half of last year. all these NL West teams did was lay off of his spiller and then he had to adjust. he was not the same guy as they started to figure him out but still would have liked to have him back. he found a better deal and as a fan i can live with that.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
jackie bradley jr is back patrolling the quirky fastnesses of fenway!! my dad is so happy
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 2 December 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
javy baez is a fun, exciting player. he will, when he's not actively berating his own fans
tbf he only ever did this to mets fans, which is excusable
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 December 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link
btw puig signed in korea
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 December 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
Justin Verlander’s two-year, $50 million agreement for '22-'23 with Houston has been given formal approval by Major League Baseball, even at a time when the owners have locked out the players in the on-going labor battle. MLB and the union have worked through the final details.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) December 13, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 13 December 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
hmm
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 13 December 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
It might just be because there is no mlb news, but it feelsLike there are more players than usual signing with the foreign leagues.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 16 December 2021 13:12 (two years ago) link
You see, you're wrong there. There's lots of MLB news--did you not hear that Old Hoss Radbourn pitched 73 complete games in one year!
― clemenza, Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:02 (two years ago) link
what is the union membership status of erstwhile major leaguers who go to japan?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure ppl not under contract are allowed to seek employment overseas. Its how u get dudes playing winter ball
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 16 December 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
buck to the mets
good manager, let’s hope he’s learned something about using his closer
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 December 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
buck !
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 18 December 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
"Well, all of a sudden there's a problem with Alonso's swing..."
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z-9ls-ugums/hqdefault.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 December 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
he was one of the best baseball guys on seinfeld, as an actor. he knew how to not say or do anything and was effective for that
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 18 December 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
65 isn’t young, but it nevertheless feels like he should be older
― mookieproof, Sunday, 19 December 2021 00:20 (two years ago) link
I like it.
― ma dmac's fury road (PBKR), Sunday, 19 December 2021 03:34 (two years ago) link
prince fielder is 37 years old. isn't that weird?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 22 December 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
Yes--and Andruw Jones is only 44.
― clemenza, Thursday, 23 December 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
is this hot stove material? never know where to put ye olde general baseball news during the offseason
Camden Yards is being reconfigured to make it less of a launching pad, particularly for right-handed hitters. The Orioles are moving the left field fence back by nearly 30 feet feet (losing approximately 1,000 seats in the process) and also raising its height. According to MLB.com’s Zachary Silver, the distance to “true left field” will henceforth be 384 feet — in the words of GM Mike Elias, “very similar to PNC Park, in Pittsburgh.” According to Elias and assistant GM Sig Mejdal, the objective is increased neutrality. It’s no secret that pitchers haven’t been particularly enamored with taking the mound in Baltimore.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 January 2022 17:36 (two years ago) link
goodmove the fences back, and move the rubber back, then we can #playball
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 16 January 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link
i thought camden was always pretty neutral tho!
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 16 January 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
according to this, it had a park factor of 115 for 2010-2016:
This means that in the years 2010-2016, Camden Yards produced 108 runs for every 100 runs produced in the average MLB park, and 122 HRs for every 100 homers, for a mean Park Factor of 115.This is an extreme hitter's park.
This is an extreme hitter's park.
http://www.parkfactors.com/BAL
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 January 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
well shit
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 16 January 2022 18:30 (two years ago) link
whoa, actual hot stove action
https://stlsportspage.com/2022/01/15/cardinals-add-surprise-to-international-signing-day-with-deal-for-outfielder-from-south-korea/
Won-Bin Cho, a power-hitting outfielder from South Korea, was one of 12 players signed by the Cardinals and immediately becomes one of the organization’s most-intriguing prospects.Cho, 18, is a left-handed hitter who played center field for his high school team in South Korea. He has appeared on the international showcase circuit in front of scouts, including winning home run derby contests.Cho announced last August that he was withdrawing his name from the Korea Baseball Organization draft so he could pursue signing with a major-league organization.Cho, 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, was considered by some scouts as a five-tool prospect and had been projected as a top pick had he remained in the KBO draft. He is the first Asian amateur player signed by the Cardinals.
Cho, 18, is a left-handed hitter who played center field for his high school team in South Korea. He has appeared on the international showcase circuit in front of scouts, including winning home run derby contests.
Cho announced last August that he was withdrawing his name from the Korea Baseball Organization draft so he could pursue signing with a major-league organization.
Cho, 6-foot-2 and 200 pounds, was considered by some scouts as a five-tool prospect and had been projected as a top pick had he remained in the KBO draft. He is the first Asian amateur player signed by the Cardinals.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 16 January 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
sure
Rays owner Stuart Sternberg: MLB executive council killed Tampa/Montreal plan. He says sister city plans will be in the future for all sports and says MLB wasn't prepared to go first.— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) January 20, 2022
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 January 2022 19:48 (two years ago) link
Automated strike zone coming to Triple-A in 2022 https://t.co/NvpohxWiqH— NBC Sports EDGE Baseball (@NBCSEdgeBB) January 20, 2022
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 January 2022 22:38 (two years ago) link
booooo (to Montreal getting nixed)
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 21 January 2022 00:18 (two years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJ4C-vzWQA4QnTJ?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Monday, 24 January 2022 20:30 (two years ago) link
i think it's the cardinal way that stands out to me. doing things the right way. having the best record of any non-NY/LA team with infinite money, through hard work and dedication - and maybe a couple tricks from Mr. George Kissell!!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 24 January 2022 20:31 (two years ago) link
it also stands out to me that the angels have the second best record in the AL west over that period of time, but yet never seem like serious playoff threats
― Karl Malone, Monday, 24 January 2022 20:32 (two years ago) link
also that the astros are still under .500 for that period. a lot of things standing out here
― Karl Malone, Monday, 24 January 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
Angels surprised me the most
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 05:05 (two years ago) link
if you think about it, they're 8 games over .500 over a 10 year span and whereas some other teams might have had some great seasons and some bad ones to get them to that place -- i.e. the rangers -- i feel like the angels are just constantly mediocre. it sorta scans to me even tho i agree it's a bit weird to see them second over that time period. at some point there will be a reckoning over the longterm damage to baseball by having it's best player in 70 years basically never make the playoffs
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 25 January 2022 05:33 (two years ago) link
It's not ideal, but what long-term damage would there be? A Google search turns up twelve HOF'ers who never played in the World Series, including Frank Thomas, Ryne Sandberg, Rod Carew, George Sisler, and Ernie Banks (as often pointed out, not even a playoff game). Trout's missed a lot of time the past few seasons; doesn't make him any less great of a player, but that hasn't helped L.A.'s postseason chances. It just seems like a weird statement to me, like the rest of the division owes Trout an apology or something.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 22:36 (two years ago) link
Arte moreno owes trout an apology really
Idk if it's damaging the game now that we have acuna and tatis and vlad but it definitely sucks that trout and now ohtani don't get the national spotlight of the postseason
― ✖, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 22:55 (two years ago) link
arte moreno sucks but tbf he's been more than willing to spend money -- he's just spent it poorly. certainly he doesn't owe trout or pujols or rendon any apologies
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 00:41 (two years ago) link
The AL Central owes everyone an apology.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 01:44 (two years ago) link
god, i miss baseball. this is always the time of year when i reinstall out of the park baseball 201x and get really into it for 2 and a half days.
i missed this from last year:
Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly, whose mother is Mexican-American, wore a mariachi jacket to the White House on Friday.He got the jacket earlier in the week after asking a musician from a mariachi band if he’d trade for a jersey.(Via @redturn2, @mgarijc, @ashleynicokelly) pic.twitter.com/iuvB4BkWxa— ESPN (@espn) July 3, 2021
i know signing expensive relievers as free agents is a bad idea, yet i highly desire a joe kelly return to stl
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Saturday, 12 February 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
joe kelly gives me life
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 12 February 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
I made the mistake of undertaking a league build in ootp that has gotten so daunting, I’m scarred to open it again
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 12 February 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
i'd like to think that they wouldn't go ahead and charge people during a lockout, but if you have mlb.tv you might want to stop it from automatically renewing on march 1: https://www.mlb.com/account/subscriptions
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 23:34 (two years ago) link
i'd like to think that they wouldn't go ahead and charge people during a lockout
aha! ahahahahahahahahahahaha!
*breathes*
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 01:10 (two years ago) link
good call, i canceled that shit
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 01:50 (two years ago) link
thank you for this reminder, you have done the lord's work today mookie
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
this is probably the only way to nudge mlb into resolving this. i'd imagine not a lot of money comes in over spring training, but if they see a bunch of people unsubscribing it might spur a little action.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 03:07 (two years ago) link
Jeter: not a true Marlin
― Andy K, Monday, 28 February 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link
". . . the vision for the future of the franchise is different than the one I signed up to lead."
they must be bringing back the sculpture
― mookieproof, Monday, 28 February 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link