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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 6, 2021 20:11:16 GMT -5
MLB needs a salary floor, there should be no way you can allow 1 player to make more money then 3 teams entire payrolls Been saying that for years Teams shouldn't be able to nick and dime their way into a profit because they tanking. You don't need a cap, you just need a floor on what you have to spend $50 mill should do it
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 7, 2021 22:19:07 GMT -5
RIP Pedro Gomez
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 7, 2021 23:49:51 GMT -5
I can't believe Pedro is gone. Dude was one of the voices of baseball for me growing up.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Feb 8, 2021 21:48:38 GMT -5
MLB is apparently keeping 7-inning doubleheaders and the runner on 2B in extra innings gimmick.
No universal DH.
So 2/3 decisions are very not good.
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Post by fw91 on Feb 9, 2021 10:05:47 GMT -5
Mets sign Jonathan Villar to a one year deal.
Love it. Having Major league talent on the bench is very important
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Post by BRV on Feb 9, 2021 14:55:15 GMT -5
PECOTA projections are out for the 2021 MLB season, with the Dodgers forecast to lead all of baseball in wins with a projected 102.9, the Yankees to be the best team in the American League with a projected 97.4 wins, and the worst teams in the two leagues expected to be Colorado in the National League (60.3 projected wins) and Baltimore in the AL (66.3).
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Post by RI Richmark on Feb 10, 2021 21:05:20 GMT -5
Red Sox making moves. First they signed Japanese RHP Hirokazu Sawamura and now apparently they traded Andrew Benintendi to the Royals. No word yet on the return.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 10, 2021 21:07:43 GMT -5
Red Sox making moves. First they signed Japanese RHP Hirokazu Sawamura and now apparently they traded Andrew Benintendi to the Royals. No word yet on the return. Why? Thought Andrew would be a good re-sign and not cost them the bake
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Post by Mecca on Feb 10, 2021 21:20:00 GMT -5
Red Sox making moves. First they signed Japanese RHP Hirokazu Sawamura and now apparently they traded Andrew Benintendi to the Royals. No word yet on the return. Why? Thought Andrew would be a good re-sign and not cost them the bake Benitendi to the Royals..Mets get prospect Khalil Lee, Boston gets Franchy Cordero. Lee is super athletic in the OF but he has some hit tool questions.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 10, 2021 21:25:52 GMT -5
Brett time with the Yankees could be done
Reports are they have had no discussions on a deal
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Post by RI Richmark on Feb 10, 2021 21:33:34 GMT -5
Red Sox making moves. First they signed Japanese RHP Hirokazu Sawamura and now apparently they traded Andrew Benintendi to the Royals. No word yet on the return. Why? Thought Andrew would be a good re-sign and not cost them the bake They’re trying to restock their farm system and Benintendi's contract gives them a better chance to do that then a high priced veteran would. Apparently it's a 3 team deal with the Mets. Red Sox are getting Franchy Cordero and RHP Josh Winchowski in the deal.
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Post by RI Richmark on Feb 11, 2021 7:49:39 GMT -5
Looking at the trade I can't help but feel disappointed. The Royals got the best player, the Mets got the best prospect and the Red Sox got a bunch of lottery tickets. Maybe Cordero turns out to be a late bloomer, maybe one of the PTBNLs surprises us but if this is the return I would have perfered to keep Benintendi.
His production has been on the downswing since 2018 but I felt there was time for him to turn it around. Bloom must have felt differently and tried to get what he could. I just hope he didn't sell low.
There had been some speculation that the Sox were trying to free up money to resign JBJ but some statements I read signal that they don't think they can. It's sad really, Betts, Bradley & Benintendi was the best outfield I've seen in my lifetime. Probably the best this town has seen since Rice, Lynn & Evans. And now I looks like they're all gone.
After the Red Sox got under the luxury tax last season some fans hoped that the team would return to their free spending ways but it's now clear that Bloom is taking the slow and steady approach to rebuilding. It will be interesting to see how much patience the fanbase has for that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2021 13:08:52 GMT -5
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Feb 11, 2021 13:39:06 GMT -5
As always (for the past 4 seasons or so) I think the Giants are a 100-loss team. They’ll probably “surprise” again en-route to 75 or so wins. yayyyy....
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 12, 2021 11:11:50 GMT -5
Mets are not done dealing yet
They have begin talks again on trying to get Kris Bryant. They also want to move either Familia or Betances contract off the books
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Post by S-Chrome on Feb 12, 2021 12:31:43 GMT -5
Mets are not done dealing yet They have begin talks again on trying to get Kris Bryant. They also want to move either Familia or Betances contract off the books Not quite understood on this. Bryant has been injured a few times and inconsistent with the bat heading into his walk year. J.D. Davis has been able to supply similar production with the bat and is under team control for several more years. They're both mediocre defensive third basemen, so I'm not sure what the significance of bringing Bryant in might be.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 12, 2021 12:41:45 GMT -5
Mets are not done dealing yet They have begin talks again on trying to get Kris Bryant. They also want to move either Familia or Betances contract off the books Not quite understood on this. Bryant has been injured a few times and inconsistent with the bat heading into his walk year. J.D. Davis has been able to supply similar production with the bat and is under team control for several more years. They're both mediocre defensive third basemen, so I'm not sure what the significance of bringing Bryant in might be. JD Davis has been a good quality bat but they want that "game changer" assuming Kris gets back to his MVP form The only problem I see with all this is Mets being able to afford all this talent which I can't see. Lindor is already going to cost close to $200 mill if not more. DeGrom is already under a big deal. Syndergaard already looks like he will be a casualty. You got Strowman as well Going for a bat already under a deal would make more sense but maybe they can acquire Bryant for cheap and willing to take the risk
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 13, 2021 11:41:16 GMT -5
Jay Bruce to the Yankees on a minor league deal
Surprising he didn't get a Major League deal for one but it is a good pickup for Yanks and most likely signals end of Gardner time with the Yankkes
OF is crowded enough with Tauchman, Judge, Stanton, Hicks, Frazier and Yankees have a backup 1b in Mike Ford so Bruce has a little ways to make the team but considering injuries of Stanton and Judge he has a chance
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 13, 2021 15:40:16 GMT -5
Matt Harvey and Felix Hernandez to O's on Minor league deals
Matt Harvey really went from the Dark Knight to George Clooney Batman. That WS f***ed him up
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Post by Triangle Lancer on Feb 13, 2021 17:11:53 GMT -5
Things are so slow on the White Sox front, they released each player's walk-up song for this season. All are frickin' nuts, but here's a few:
Yasmani Grandal, "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk". Because he says when he squats, everybody's looking at his bum.
Eloy Jimenez, "Happy Birthday". "You know how excited you get when it's your birthday? I wanna bring that energy to every at-bat! Surprise me! Buy me a PS5!" (This kid is funny.)
Jose Arebu, "Theme To 'Duck Tales'". "You know when Scrooge McDuck dives into the gold? I want the pitcher to picture that, except it's me diving in there. If he does that, I'm in his head and it’s homer time, baby!"
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