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I think Isaiah tried the product and has been watching Cheech and Chong movies and eating pizza ever since.
Disagree on Lynn. That's waayy too much for a guy his age and ERA. Cards gotta win now, before Goldie and arenado lose more of their pop. They need lots of pitching, and in spite of all that's been written about this being the FA year for starting pitching, everyone of the top names is a total gamble IMO.
Burnes is the best arm going followed by Woodruff, but neither will come cheaply. Snell? Good luck there.
Pick: SASI
Mets gotta clear some space for Severino.
Counsell screwed again for MOY in the NL. Maybe the voters knew he was going to the Cubs!
Cashman really knows how to make his players feel supported:
https://www.espn.com.au/mlb/story/_/id/38897151/giancarlo-stanton-agent-responds-brian-cashman-warns-free-agents
No GM should be making derogatory comments about anyone on the roster in public. Ever. This seems to be Cashman's MO to rationalize long-term, $$ wasting signings instead of admitting it didn't work out, or even more honestly, admitting that he screwed up.
Love this quote about the new Mets skipper: "Carlos has a brilliant baseball mind and a finely honed ability to collaborate with others," Stearns said in a statement.
Read: he'll trot out the lineup the front office sends down every night.
Joey Ego isn't the first guy to stay too long at the party and he won't be the last.
The sentimental journey is clearly done in Cincinnati. Had he contributed in a more meaningful way,they may have found some pine for him in 2024. The Reds were in the thick of a playoff run when he returned. After a one game tease, be reverted to the norm. Bye bye time.
I can't believe the Jays actually think this guy is going to put any bums on seats, so the "let's cheer on Mr Canada" card has no currency IMO.
Perhaps the only idiot willing to sign Votto is Cashman. He certainly bucks the trend of what you alluded to in your last message, mainly that GMs are wising up to the lunacy of acquiring washed up veterans.
It's unavoidable! Luckily there's been very little Yankee gloating to endure for the past many years....a couple of individual accolades, which is in order for a payroll of the Yankee's magnitude, but mostly it's been bitterness and tears!
I suspect next year will be the same.
On to baseball talk: with teams locking up their young talent early by signing them to more long term contracts, free agency has become a bit boring. Sure, someone will dramatically overpay for Ohtani, but there's not the same depth of superstars, both batting and pitching, that we used to regularly see. The big fish are players from overseas, fantasy signings with no MLB experience. Bellinger? Nola? Good luck there wringing value for money.
Man, I just cannot read this enough!!!
It has been one week since the Texas Rangers won the first World Series in franchise history
Crazy feeling that I've only been waiting 50 years for.
I'm really happy for you. Though I'm no Rangers fan and never cared much for Nolan and the Crackers, it's great when any team can break the bubble and win it all for the first time. In the Rangers case, being so close against the Cards before losing in 2011 was a load of pain that's now exorcised. There's no reason you can't repeat with that line up, especially if Degrom can hit 80% of his former ability by the end of the 2024 season. Seager, Semien, Garcia and the kid are as good a core as there is in MLB.... and most teams would see significant improvement with any of the other 5 bats in that line up. The rumour mill has you picking up Hader, too, which is a huge upgrade.
I saw that. No doubt the Yanks were a mere few bunts away from being pennant contenders!!
As Monty Python might say about Boone: "what a silly bunt"
"The Yankees brought in an outside company called Zelus Analytics to evaluate how New York operates its analytics department."
This is getting Orwellian!
That's the possibility we're all hoping for, because the other possibility is that the outsized dump is because someone knows something about the upcoming results.
Yup. The Mets have shown they need a veteran presence with a firm hand in the dugout. Maybe this Mendoza is that guy, but there's a difference between the manager you hire to work with your young, developing players and the manager you hire to work with your veterans.
On the surface, it would seem the Mets got a good, cheap yes-man.
This is the worst news possible. Not that I think Counsell is a magic ticket to the world series, but there are 2 uniforms I never thought I'd see him in, the Cubs and Cards.
Disaster in Milwaukee.
Exactly what I was thinking! Nothing too risky....maybe only 3 years with club options for 4&5. Kluber's available as well.
....and Aroldis Chapman, mid-season additions that proved instrumental in the Rangers’ playoff push.
Talk about clutching for a storyline!
Let him go. Woodruff is out for all of 2024 and won't be back with the team in 2025. Burnes is going to be traded as he's in his last year before becoming an FA.
The Brewers have enjoyed a decent regular season run for better than 5 years. It's done.
Big Game Nate got it done again. Well, I can't say that this was the most captivating world series, but the better team definitely won.
When does spring training start?
Keep an eye on JAGX. News coming today.
Bochy stuck with him. And while it wasn't pretty, Chapman did the job. His slider to strike out Carroll was a throwback to 2015. He still brings it at 100 mph, which is faster than most.
Total dog of an outfit. It's faster to put a man on the moon than it is for Isaiah to sell a dime bag of weed. Probably cheaper too.
Could easily set the record for lowest tv ratings in WS history. Snakes couldn't even fill their stadium with their own fans for game 5.
Balco bloop! If you're lucky they'll toss in Womack's double.
Wonder how times they paid that one out. Throwing darts....
Tough series to watch, but Bochy has an amazing record in the playoffs. And Texas thumps that ball.
Sure didn't see this one coming.
Bochy going to Monty early....on about 2 days rest!
I'll go with Yankees fan thinking about all those years of Rodon!
Add Kimbrel Byung-hyun Kim- guys you never want out their with the game on the line. In a best of 7 series, if a pitcher blows 3 games, that's on the manager.
and are waiting FDA decision by next June.
Bio plays are getting crushed across the board. GERN's time will come, but with a June approval date, expeacting a run-up at this time is a bit over optimistic IMO.
This is baseball bullying at its finest. Wheeler and Nola have been unbelievavble. Gallen and Kelly have also been quite decent, but their margin for error against the Phillies lineup is nil; the Phillies are crushing anything even close to over the plate. And who does Arizona start in games 3&4?
Let's see what happens in Texas tomorrow. I think Scherzer get shelled in game 3, and Houston finds their way back. The Stros are too good a team to rollover in 4 or 5.
But make no mistake, if you can hit they will find a place for you and if you pitch and hit, you can overcome the occasional deficiency on defense in my opinion.
So far so good for Philly. But did you watch game 1 against the snakes? That was a game Philly dominated from the first pitch. Their 5-0 lead should have been 10-0, but they let the snakes hang around. When Dominquez botched that easy DP ball and threw it into CF, Arizona was right where they never should have been: batting with a chance to tie or take the lead. It didn't work out for Arizona in game 1, but Houston or Texas have line ups that are much more capable of making opponenets pay when given 4-5 outs per inning.
Absolutely crushed, both of them. Phillies have the swagger, for sure.
Nice to see Chapman hasn't lost his late inning touch. Alavarez crushed that ball!
Big Game Nate just put up an awesome 5th innning. Bags loaded nobody out: K, K groundout to 3rd. Huge.
It was Heim who might have given Montgomery a new moniker, calling him "Big Guy" as he threw his arms around the clutch lefty in the clubhouse. "That was the first time (calling him that)," Heim said. "I don't know where that came from. But it's a good one."
Heim should consider some creative writing classes in the off-season...
Montgomery has certainly been nothing if not under appreciated. At the time, the Yanks deal for Bader didn't look horrible, but nobody makes a trade thinking it's not going to work out. Guess the proof is in the results, which over time, prove the difference between a quality GM and a chattering bonehead.
Chapman goes from a first pitch game tying home run to a double play in a matter of inches.
Monty with yet another dominant outing in game 1. The guy gets no respect.
Damn, that's scary action! Happy you're home and recovering. Hope you're back to 100% before the World Series.