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Luigi Thirty posted:A .150 hitting catcher is not worth $4.5 million so Zunino I can understand at least. Morton though Charlie had a bad year by traditional stats but it's such a small sample size and he got unlucky (4.74 ERA vs 3.45 FIP) and still had a 9.9 K/9 with a K/BB ratio that was basically identical to 2019 when he finished third for Cy Young Look at how Charlie sat the Astros the gently caress down in game 7 of the ALCS
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howe_sam posted:Cora resigned iirc which is why he's considered the favorite for the Boston job now. I did not know this and it amused me very much.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 19:26 |
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You'd think baseball would at least act like they give a single gently caress about the cans.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 19:27 |
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Hizzoner had his ego stroked to completion and now the rest of the world can carry on.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 19:30 |
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Kirios posted:You'd think baseball would at least act like they give a single gently caress about the cans. Why start now?
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 19:31 |
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STAC Goat posted:I did not know this and it amused me very much. At the press conference where Cora announced he was stepping down, Sox ownership fell over each other praising him. I don't doubt for a moment that Henry, Kennedy and the other owners want him back, and the fact that they haven't hired him already says that Bloom really is getting to hire "his" guy.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 19:53 |
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https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1322237089338064896 He sucked a lot so this is good.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 19:56 |
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Lol https://twitter.com/nypost_mets/status/1322253210950815746?s=21
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:06 |
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:chefkiss:
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:08 |
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I'm not even sure what to do with a Mets ownership that doesn't treat its players like inconveniently sentient livestock.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:17 |
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glad to see the Mets toxic ownership about to be replaced by a hopefully-not-quite-as-toxic one all of our FAs are gone with the possible exception of Stroman I think they'll buy Ramos out for $1.5M rather than giving him $10M for his age-34 season, and I assume Betances is going to invoke his player option for $6.8M rather than test the market we really, really need pitching so I'd expect Cohen to make a strong effort towards retaining Stroman and probably also go after a high-upside FA like Walker or Paxton (please not Bauer though)
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:22 |
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Julio Cruz posted:glad to see the Mets toxic ownership about to be replaced by a hopefully-not-quite-as-toxic one Why don't you want the best pitcher in the league? Cause he's a dipshit on twitter? meh
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:25 |
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He is not the best pitcher in the league lol. I’m not gonna argue with you but we can revisit that claim after this season.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:29 |
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Booooooooo I wanted a slapfight
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:31 |
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lol at believing the Mets don't already have the best pitcher in the league Bauer is at best like #4 and yes the reason I don't want him is cause he's a toxic rear end in a top hat and I don't want to have to support people like that
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:31 |
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mcmagic posted:Why don't you want the best pitcher in the league? Cause he's a dipshit on twitter? meh Its fun to cheer for people you might like versus people you don't like.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:35 |
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Bauer is clubhouse cancer too but nobody wants to talk about that for some reason.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:49 |
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Intruder posted:Charlie had a bad year by traditional stats but it's such a small sample size and he got unlucky (4.74 ERA vs 3.45 FIP) and still had a 9.9 K/9 with a K/BB ratio that was basically identical to 2019 when he finished third for Cy Young Oh yeah, I think he has another year in him to try for a ring with the Rays. I’m disappointed they didn’t pick up his option.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:53 |
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Bauer has had one full season with an ERA under 4 and is a big enough rear end in a top hat that he has been traded in part because of it more than once. He also has all these crazy ideas about starting every game on one less day of rest and doing a one year contract every year. Just absolutely loaded with red flags.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 20:57 |
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Inspector_666 posted:Bauer is clubhouse cancer too but nobody wants to talk about that for some reason. I don't think this is true. Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Its fun to cheer for people you might like versus people you don't like. 99.999999999% of players are chuds. They just talk about it less than he does. There are way worse people to cheer for than him. GalacticAcid posted:He is not the best pitcher in the league lol. Im not gonna argue with you but we can revisit that claim after this season. Strasburgs UCL posted:Bauer has had one full season with an ERA under 4 and is a big enough rear end in a top hat that he has been traded in part because of it more than once. He also has all these crazy ideas about starting every game on one less day of rest and doing a one year contract every year. Just absolutely loaded with red flags. Teams should love his 1 year deal thing.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:00 |
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Orioles claim Yolmer Sanchez off the White Sox, glove first second baseman from what it appears? Hope this doesn't lead to them doing something really loving stupid like not picking up Iglesias' option, considering it's like 3M and we don't really have anyone in the wings for SS. E: What it does hopefully mean is banishing Andrew Velazquez off to the great DFA in the sky because good lord his bat was a black hole.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:01 |
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deGrom was better than Bauer in every way that's not based on a .215 BABIP
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:13 |
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Julio Cruz posted:deGrom was better than Bauer in every way that's not based on a .215 BABIP Yeah I think this is a fine point. So he was the 2nd best pitcher in the league. He's still a guy you should want on your team. Especially on a 1 year deal. It's a no brainer.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:15 |
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mcmagic posted:He was this year. Three good months against the league’s worst lineups lol In other news https://twitter.com/robbiertempfel/status/1322267134794244102?s=21 Waddell is a depth arm but imo Tropeano looked pretty good at times this year, might turn out to be a good pickup for the Mets
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:16 |
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I mean was Ozzie not available for the white Sox manager spot?
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:23 |
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Not wanting Bauer on a one year deal is stupid, that's every teams dream. Good asset on a cost certain team safe deal because there is no long term risk
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:24 |
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mcmagic posted:99.999999999% of players are chuds. They just talk about it less than he does. There are way worse people to cheer for than him. Just cause you need to find reasons to make it ok to cheer for the evil Yankees doesn't mean we all want to find similar ones for our own teams. My favorite player growing up was Carlos Delgado and since then is Jose Bautista. Neither is a chud and are genuinely good people that do good things but keep pretending who you cheer for doesn't matter.
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People don't like cheering for assholes, it's not that complicated.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:34 |
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bewbies posted:speaking of historical dodgers This is pretty cool! I think you're probably pretty close on your WAR guess.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:39 |
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dismissing Bauer as just a chud is to ignore his rampant misogyny and love for harassing random women on Twitter
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:39 |
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Popete posted:People don't like cheering for assholes, it's not that complicated. A significant portion of my frustration with the Mookie trade was that Mookie has a history of good works and Verdugo...doesn't.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:41 |
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The problem with Bauer is that he’s cringe.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 21:42 |
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mcmagic posted:I don't think this is true. Well if there's one thing hedge fund billionaires are known for, it's NOT treating laborers like expendable commodities! bawfuls fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Oct 30, 2020 |
# ? Oct 30, 2020 22:09 |
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so is there any juicy drama other than the center wall fiasco that i should know about pre-2020? sorry i'm a new baseball fan
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 22:15 |
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bawfuls posted:There were some pretty strong signals that he was clubhouse cancer in Cleveland, based on what people said when he left. I mean, didn't Bauer himself tell a story about how nobody liked him on one team so he went up to everybody in the clubhouse and asked them to their face why they didn't like him and his main takeaway was that he was just too smart and they were all jealous? There's nothing about him that doesn't seem insufferable. EDIT: From his SI profile "I don’t know if I’m not afraid of sticking middle fingers in people’s faces, or if I enjoy it. But I end up doing that a lot." EDIT2: I mean I'm not gonna root against him or switch teams if he was on the Yankees (Cole existing should preclude this from even being an issue) but it's like how I need to root for Chapman to get saves: It sucks. Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Oct 30, 2020 |
# ? Oct 30, 2020 22:19 |
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The Angels just refuse to improve. https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1322271829667373057
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 22:19 |
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Ammat The Ankh posted:The Angels just refuse to improve. There were some rumors about Tony La Russia moving from Arte Moreno's Special Advisor to GM after Eppler got canned so they already have improved in a sense. Kind of. But yeah, every GM they are looking at seems to be terrible and mostly against ~analytics~ last I had read Johnny Bravo fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Oct 30, 2020 |
# ? Oct 30, 2020 22:40 |
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I am surprised hand cleared waivers, as this report indicates https://twitter.com/mandybell02/status/1322297235833556995?s=21
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 23:06 |
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Hand clearing waivers is a *really* bad sign for FA's this offseason.Ammat The Ankh posted:The Angels just refuse to improve. That's not even the worse candidate they're considering: https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1322024806821355522 If you're not aware McLeod is the guy who ran the pitching side of our farm into the ground for almost a decade, before being shunted sideways into a do nothing advisor position for somebody who (hopefully) actually knows how to draft and develop pitching.
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# ? Oct 30, 2020 23:17 |
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Not only is Osuna gone, but the Astros are also done playing the Devo game now. https://twitter.com/jakemkaplan/status/1322282922246885376?s=21 A good day.
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