FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 December 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21717080/new-york-yankees-miami-marlins-giancarlo-stanton-trade-talks
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 December 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link
Stanton had a killer year, but I don't think I would want that contract especially considering he has been injury prone. I also remember watching the Marlins play the Reds a few years ago and the dude seemed to be bored in the outfield and played into like three errors in a series. Kinda soured me on Stanton being all that in my eye.
I'd say this would take the Yanks out of being able to go big after Bryce Harper and really which of those two guys would you rather have for a decade? I'd bet on Harper myself. And this move probably means Harper could end up on the Red Sox.
― earlnash, Saturday, 9 December 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
centuries from now scientists will come to discover that the sixth extinction was inadvertently caused by an Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton high-five— Jeff Sullivan (@based_ball) December 9, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 December 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
Harper has been injury prone too!
The marketing possibilities for Judge and Stanton as the 21st century Bash Brothers are limitless, that should pay for Stanton's contract by itself.
I'm seriously starting to believe in the Jeter collusion theory though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 9 December 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
10:56am: Jon Heyman of FanRag reports that the Yankees will receive about $35MM from the Marlins in the deal, and confirms that they’ll send back Castro and prospects.10:35am: A source close to Morosi confirms Rosenthal’s report that Stanton is expected to approve the trade.
10:35am: A source close to Morosi confirms Rosenthal’s report that Stanton is expected to approve the trade.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
once it was down to dodgers, cubs, yankees, or red sox, the result was going to make barf, so
barf
sorry, that should be the astros instead of the red sox. i wouldn't have barfed so hard at that, actually
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
In what universe do the Marlins have to square things up by giving money to the Yankees?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
yeah i thought the yanks would have to eat some salary there, no top prospects afaict
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
the marlins lost all their leverage and then boldly persevered
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
The Marlin Way
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 December 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
it's a good weekend to be a Mariners/Orioles fan. there's always 2027.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 9 December 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
:)
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 December 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/wDlQUVJNiN— Jim Weber (@JimMWeber) December 9, 2017
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 December 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
uuuggggghhhjhhhhhh congrats K3vin k
― brimstead, Saturday, 9 December 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
this is everyone’s fault for finding the 2017 yankees “kinda likable”— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) December 9, 2017
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 December 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
i will admit that i'm not all that excited about this/the circumstances are kind of lame/i'd much rather have ohtani
― k3vin k., Saturday, 9 December 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
I suppose Judge is sliding to CF? Or Stanton will be the 1B?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 9 December 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
Early rumors are that Judge, Stanton and Gardner will be in a sort of 3-way rotation between LF, RF, and DH.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 9 December 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link
Filler junk, but still--kind of premature.
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/12/09/263177528/help-us-rank-giancarlo-stanton-and-aaron-judge-among-the-greatest-home-run-duos-of-all-time
Somehow Aaron-Matthews aren't there (or Mays-McCovey).
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 December 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
Gardner rated pretty well in defence at LF last season, dunno if he can replicate it.
But yeah Yankees going hard on the super bullpens/home runs baseball trend. It won't be pretty.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 10 December 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
that Baumann guy on the Ringer podcast tot nailed the coming Likable Yankees payback in October
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 December 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
just hoping for some broken legs and failed drug tests in NYY's future
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 December 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
Cameron:
Not every one of [the marginal AL] teams is going to hold a fire sale, but the incentive to hang around and try to win 86 games just got less enticing. There’s a good chance that, by spring training, there will be five clear-cut favorites in the AL for the postseason spots. A few teams will almost certainly keep pushing in on the short-term, but the days of the AL Wild Card contest being a race to 88 wins are probably over.
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-american-league-is-becoming-the-national-league/
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 December 2017 02:44 (six years ago) link
Yanks probably will need to trade for another pitcher and figure out if they are going to sign Frazier or not. I'd think if you wanted to Madden swap around their lineup Frazier would be handy as you could move him between third, first and start him in left if you wanted.
Cubs are the cash team that will be interesting to see what they do. I'd figure they would be looking for a power arm for the bullpen now that they got someone to take some starts. Does Schwarber really have a place on this team? They might want to use him and maybe try to build value to deal him during the season, but the guy would be a better match to dh or play first.
I'm also curious to see what KC does as they are going to have a pretty big generational turnover on their roster. Their free agents will end up somewhere and I'd figure they would be a team that might deal to get a bat as it seems like they could have some pitching to deal.
The Royals look like a team to me that the Reds might be able to work out a deal. I'd think Adam Duvall's bat would be a nice affordable player for them. I'd think the Twins might be interested in getting someone like Duvall too.
White Sox also got Jose Abreu to deal. I'd figure the Red Sox would be interested.
― earlnash, Sunday, 10 December 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
Baumann in a rage
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2017/12/9/16756778/giancarlo-stanton-trade-miami-marlins-new-york-yankees-bruce-sherman
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
I heard the Yankees are going to retire Stanton’s number at the beginning of the season.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
lol
― k3vin k., Sunday, 10 December 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
cardinals get so incredibly hot they can't contain themselves, sign luke gregerson and collapse in a pool of sweat; smoking cigarette now
2 years, $11 million, option for 2020
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 December 2017 23:23 (six years ago) link
Considering how good the Marlins have been, even with changes in their front office, in developing players, how good they have won if they had a budget to pay them.
The list of good players down through this now third extinct level event of their 40 man roster is really adding up.
Then again, maybe the Marlins want to be the AAAA franchise team for the Yankees like the Kansas City A's were in the 50s and 60.
― earlnash, Monday, 11 December 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
cubs signed brandon morrow
― na (NA), Monday, 11 December 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
lolol
The Baltimore Orioles did not try to get Shohei Ohtani . . . out of principle https://t.co/9trDZTBRkE— HardballTalk (@HardballTalk) December 11, 2017
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 December 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
a good follow-up on that: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-orioles-may-have-a-good-reason-for-not-pursuing-ohtani/
― na (NA), Monday, 11 December 2017 18:07 (six years ago) link
very interesting, thanks
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 December 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link
it was nice little moment of likability for the yankees, but it feels kinda good to be hated again. at least one thing is back to normal in this crazy world.
― voodoo chili, Monday, 11 December 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
yep lol
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 December 2017 19:28 (six years ago) link
Remember when people said the Yankees were a blue collar team?
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 11 December 2017 20:16 (six years ago) link
i think those were mostly the Sopranos saying that
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
teams can be fun one year and lame the next guys
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 December 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
i don't really get why people are mad at the yankees about this when they could be mad at the marlins
― na (NA), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:19 (six years ago) link
in my mind, fun team + giancarlo stanton = more fun team, but whatever
almost anything becomes more fun in joe girardi's absence
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 December 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
if the Yankees are fated to win a WS, I hope it's a sweep of the Cubs for NA's sake
(and i won't need to watch that one)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 December 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
Matt Harvey for Jurickson Profar has been discussed. Nothing firm.— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 11, 2017
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 December 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
well yea the Marlins are terrible for this league and anyone who pays money to see them should be pissed. I'm just upset that the farfetched Double Agent Derek Jeter plan actually worked
― frogbs, Monday, 11 December 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
I hear #Yankees have traded Mitchell and Chase Headley to the #Padres— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 12, 2017
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
don't really get why the padres would want to pay $13m for a 34yo 3B with no power (or acquire a below-replacement level reliever)
brian cashman is a fucking hypnotist
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
https://theathletic.com/182268/2017/12/12/rosenthal-orioles-shopping-manny-machado-but-the-star-also-wants-to-change-position/
Machado on the block, he wants to play SS, Orioles want two starting pitchers in return.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
crap, sorry bout the paywall.
anyway, i can't think of anyone who would give up that sort of haul for one year of manny, unless they're gonna sign him long-term.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link