2023 MLB Thread: Texas Rangers World Series Champions

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Jul 30, 2023 19:17:59 GMT -5 horsemen4ever said:

Jul 30, 2023 19:11:41 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Ad a 40 year old starter with big money on the books this year and next

No thank you

He is better than Sevy.

By how much? That’s a waste of money and assets

[horsemen4ever]

Jul 30, 2023 19:19:08 GMT -5 Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) said:

Jul 30, 2023 19:17:59 GMT -5 horsemen4ever said:

He is better than Sevy.

By how much? That’s a waste of money and assets

Well look at our roster, a lot of older guys, we have to win now.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

They have to win but they do not have the roster to win

It is idiocy to force shit when your best two players (Judge and Cole) still have years in their contract

Acquiring Justin Verlander does not make you a winner. Acquiring Ohtani would not have made them a contender. Yankees have a FO and philosophy problem and no matter who you bring in the results will be the same

[DragonMasterP]

Orioles beating that Yankee ass, hopefully they don’t blow it like yesterday.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Angels have acquired Cron and Grichuk from Angels

[sfvega]

The Cardinals are open for business. There better be more to come.

[Deleted]

The Yankees can't sell much because they have next to no sellable assets. The only ones I can think of are Gleyber and Bader, both can be replaced by prospects (Peraza and Pereira), but will they get much back?

I think the Blue Jays low key made a great move today. They add Hicks to the back of the pen, and are getting Chad Green back from the IL soon. They might have one of the best pens in baseball. I don't trust their offense, so they'll need to add to that, but pitching wise they look good.

[S-Chrome]

Jul 30, 2023 21:41:12 GMT -5 @ghost said:

The Yankees can't sell much because they have next to no sellable assets. The only ones I can think of are Gleyber and Bader, both can be replaced by prospects (Peraza and Pereira), but will they get much back?

I think the Blue Jays low key made a great move today. They add Hicks to the back of the pen, and are getting Chad Green back from the IL soon. They might have one of the best pens in baseball. I don't trust their offense, so they'll need to add to that, but pitching wise they look good.

They may as well. Get the youth movement started because the team is far too fundamentally flawed to make any kind of waves in the postseason. Starting pitching was supposed to be a strength. It's Cole and four question marks. The bullpen has faltered as well. The defense is bad, and the outfield defense is extra-trash. The less said about the offense, the better. Also, since Judge is going to be in and out of the lineup while he's on the mend, it really doesn't make much sense to go any further.

I really wouldn't be adverse to dealing German, Schmidt, or Cortes. I think Cortes' fairy dust is about finished. Had a hell of a run as a crafty lefty, but I don't think he's that dude to dominate opposing lineups with the stuff he has. Severino could be dealt for a bag of chips and I wouldn't mind at all. Wherever he is next year, you'll likely see him coming out of the bullpen.

Would any of those starting pitchers fetch lofty returns? No. But hell, get what you can for them. Heck, maybe their next pitching coach can show them how to pitch effectively.

Of course, Cashman is likely going to do something stupid at the deadline, because that's what does. Knowing him, he'll likely swing a trade for one of the Cardinals hitters, a bullpen arm, or go dumpster diving trying to prove his shitty formula works.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Jul 30, 2023 21:14:25 GMT -5 sfvega said:

The Cardinals are open for business. There better be more to come.

Getting rid of Hicks is a bad move. They don't have a lot of hard throwers who can get strikeouts, so they traded their hardest thrower who can get strikeouts. But he's a free agent after this season, so the Cards threw in the towel on getting him back.

[sfvega]

Jul 30, 2023 22:51:37 GMT -5 Jedi-El of Tomorrow said:

Jul 30, 2023 21:14:25 GMT -5 sfvega said:

The Cardinals are open for business. There better be more to come.

Getting rid of Hicks is a bad move. They don't have a lot of hard throwers who can get strikeouts, so they traded their hardest thrower who can get strikeouts. But he's a free agent after this season, so the Cards threw in the towel on getting him back.

Eh, this is the best he's thrown in a while. Maybe ever. They sold high on a guy who maybe would have left in FA anyway. He's always thrown hard as hell, but been hit around. A lot like Rosenthal. Very fast, but pretty flat. The biggest issue we have is guys never have good years back to back here. Gallegos was amazing then kinda meh. Helsley was unhittable, now hittable. Hicks would have probably come back to earth as well had he stayed. Might be the workload.

[Renslayer]

NY baseball is cooked, friends

[fw91]

Jul 31, 2023 19:22:55 GMT -5 Renslayer said:

NY baseball is cooked, friends

NY can't handle two baseball rebuilds. Tough times ahead.

[Heart of fools gold]

Jul 31, 2023 20:58:40 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Jul 31, 2023 19:22:55 GMT -5 Renslayer said:

NY baseball is cooked, friends

NY can't handle two baseball rebuilds. Tough times ahead.

Thank God football is almost here to distract us from this baseball season.

[sfvega]

Hope Bo Bichette is ok, tweaking a knee like that is rarely a simple injury. Jays fans praying for a sprain.

[fw91]

Jul 31, 2023 21:05:50 GMT -5 Heart of fools gold said:

Jul 31, 2023 20:58:40 GMT -5 fw91 said:

NY can't handle two baseball rebuilds. Tough times ahead.

Thank God football is almost here to distract us from this baseball season.

Feel bad for the Giants. Because of last year's success, they have a tough schedule this season that I don't think their ready for just yet. They're going to get an unfair wrap of regression due to an expected worse record, even if they play well.

[Heart of fools gold]

Jul 31, 2023 22:10:26 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Jul 31, 2023 21:05:50 GMT -5 Heart of fools gold said:

Thank God football is almost here to distract us from this baseball season.

Feel bad for the Giants. Because of last year's success, they have a tough schedule this season that I don't think their ready for just yet. They're going to get an unfair wrap of regression due to an expected worse record, even if they play well.

At least if the Giants do regress they just have to hope the Jets implode cause we all know that's all the media will talk about is if the Jets still suck

[hashtagdaley/JudasDay]

So cool for Farhan to get the corpse of AJ Pollack and another shitty AAAA level infielder from the Mariners.

I swear, Farhan is actively the most boring GM ever. He does things that are exactly fine and Kapler works magic with it.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Really need The Phillies to pull the trigger today, I feel like they need to make multiple moves, need at least one bat if not two to change up this offense, and then maybe consider pitching.

They've been linked to a few guys, definitely need to get this done in a currently crowded Wildcard.

[BRV]

The Red Sox picked just about the worst possible time for a three-game losing streak. They now sit at 56-50, 2.5 games behind Toronto for the third Wild Card, with the Angels, Yankees, and Mariners nipping at their heels. They've given Chaim Bloom all the justification he needs to stand pat, make only a minor transaction, or sell at the deadline.

Sadly, I fully expect an uneventful trade deadline for Boston. The team has given it everything they have through the first four months of the season, somehow contending for the playoffs despite using an opener two out of every five days, relying on 24-year-old Brayan Bello to be the staff ace, significant injuries to their best pitcher (Chris Sale), starting second baseman (Trevor Story), two young starting pitchers (Garrett Whitlock and Tanner Houck), and starting centerfielder (Adam Duvall).

Rafael Devers said it best when he told The Boston Globe, "We've been killing ourselves to be in the position we are in now." They should be rewarded with some transactions that signal the front office and ownership is willing to invest in this year's club and see if they can make a little noise in October.

Instead, I think Bloom and ownership will look at this three-game skid, see that every team above them in the standings has made significant acquisitions, and say to themselves, "It's not our year, it's not worth it."

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

I'm telling you, Verlander + Orioles = World Series, Super Bowl, and World Cup.