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mcmagic posted:I literally have no idea but they have a bazillion injuries every year. I doubt it's JUST bad luck every single year... The Yankees have a policy of hiring guys with injury troubles and hoping to get playing time. That's why they carry a huge IL.
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Popete posted:Damnit I really wanted to see Yoked Nico mashing this season. You will, in approx. 36 days if I recall correctly. Just enough time to work on his defense, play 5-6 games to open the delayed AAA schedule for Iowa and Voilà!
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Chamale posted:The Yankees have a policy of hiring guys with injury troubles and hoping to get playing time. That's why they carry a huge IL. Other than Stanton and Judge who you can say are injury prone at this point, it's been literally everyone on the team getting hurt for at least 3+ years running now though.
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Intruder posted:I assume you're referring to MLB in general if you mean because of service time fuckery no i was referring to the cubs who do more of this nickel dime poo poo than any other big market team because in a year where they are telling the fans that the first half record determines how many beloved players they are going to sell off for nothing at the deadline they would rather go into the year without their best team to save a meaningless amount of money.
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Mar 27, 2021 20:54
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https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1375903187526430723 Wow, Mills squeezed out of the rotation. IMO that's the right call, but I fully expected Mills to get the 5th starter nod because the Cubs FO just cannot contain their raging hardon for low-velo pitchability guys.
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quote:The Braves made a slew of roster moves on Saturday, which included selecting the contracts of infielders Pablo Sandoval and Ehire Adrianza and reliever Nate Jones. The team also optioned pitcher Bryse Wilson, infielder Johan Camargo and catcher William Contreras to the alternate training site.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:The Pirates will absolutely pick Leiter over Rocker for the exact same reason the Cardinals fan base loves Harrison Bader and hated Dexter Fowler. I don’t understand this one. What would you say are some egregiously racist moments from Ben Cherington’s career or in the Pirates draft history?
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finally some Baseball News that isn't depressing https://twitter.com/HagemanParker/status/1375851438279114754?s=20
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Thanks a lot Florida https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/1376189984827396096?s=21
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Troxartas posted:Thanks a lot Florida My girlfriend said the place she's experienced the most racism has been Florida so yup this tracks.
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Mar 28, 2021 17:10
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Well Scott Kingery got optioned to the minors That extension has been a disaster
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GalacticAcid posted:I don’t understand this one. What would you say are some egregiously racist moments from Ben Cherington’s career or in the Pirates draft history? I’m saying that the Pirates’s fan base is made up of old racists and the front office knows this.
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that may be so, when has the current Pirates FO/ownership ever demonstrated they give a poo poo about their fans?
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In case you were wondering who the Number 2 starter is for the Orioles, it was announced last night: Matt Harvey.
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bawfuls posted:that may be so, when has the current Pirates FO/ownership ever demonstrated they give a poo poo about their fans? They give a poo poo about getting more money and Jack Leiter will sell more jerseys than Kumar Rocker will. The Pirates are nothing if not a clothing line with a lovely baseball team attached.
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Trying to get a handle on where the Red Sox are at the moment... Last time I was following them was around the end of the 2019 season - about the same time Mookie Betts got traded to the Dodgers, I happened to move across the country from Maine to a Los Angeles, and wound up staying in a house about 2 miles from Chavez Ravine - so for abbreviated 2020 season I followed the Dodgers and Mookie, which turned out to be a lot more fun than following the Red Sox for that abbreviated 2020 season would've been. Anyway, now I'm living in Colorado again and going back to following the Red Sox for this season, but I gotta say.... am I out of touch, or does this team look especially, um.... spotty and mediocre? I mean... this could be a good team, I guess. But it feels like this 2021 team is gonna be really young, or am I wrong? This really, really looks like the mythical "rebuilding" year, I gotta say. The starting rotation is what truly worries me, I mean who's the goddamn opening day starter? Eduardo Rodriguez is hurt and I guess would be the number 1 starter, but who even knows given that he hasn't pitched since 2019. So that leaves Eovaldi as our opening day starter, who's only ever managed to stay healthy and effective for an entire season like once or twice half a decade ago? And then I guess our #2 starter would be Martin Perez, he of the career 96 ERA+?  The scary thing is those are the most reliable guys in the rotation, loving hell - after that it really drops off. How in hell does a team with the budget of the Red Sox wind up with such a tremendously lovely rotation, or am I missing something? Sale getting TJ surgery didn't much help, I guess we could have a chance at a real rotation in 2022, maybe.
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spanky69 posted:In case you were wondering who the Number 2 starter is for the Orioles, it was announced last night: Remember when the Orioles were good, from like 2012-14? Seems like so long ago... 
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sure the team that has already made Ke'Bryan Hayes the face of the franchise to follow former face of the franchise Andrew McCutchen clearly fears having to market the talents of black players. If they pick Leiter it’s because they think he’s the better pitcher. Take the absurd speculation about racist plots and shove them up your rear end.
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GalacticAcid posted:sure the team that has already made Ke'Bryan Hayes the face of the franchise to follow former face of the franchise Andrew McCutchen clearly fears having to market the talents of black players. Yes, the fan base that goes to games in t-shirts that say “speak English” and deliberately mispronounce Spanish player names aren’t racist at all All things being equal the front office will absolutely draft Leiter over Rocker because it’ll play better with the fans.
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You are being completely ridiculous.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Well Scott Kingery got optioned to the minors I mean, its great for Kingery
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They’ll draft Leiter, mark my words and check back in July.
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and if they it’s because they think he’s the better pitcher. sorry to ruin your sanctimonious musing
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Ben Cherington, former GM of the Red Sox, a team with a famously not-racist fan base, Like I said, check back in July.
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Impressive logical jumps at play here. This is a very powerful brain
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FlamingLiberal posted:Well Scott Kingery got optioned to the minors Contracts like that are so stupid. It puts the player and the team in an impossible situation if he struggles, and could literally ruin a prospect. Give em a year to establish themselves in the bigs before you start talking about arb buyouts, IMO.
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Move the Pirates to Montreal imo
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I actually asked a published writer who writes about baseball prospects as a job and they said the Rocker/Leiter decision for Pittsburgh will essentially come down to money and sign-ability so I'm gonna take their word for it instead of arguing about where ownership thinks the fanbase lands on the racism spectrum
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:They give a poo poo about getting more money and Jack Leiter will sell more jerseys than Kumar Rocker will. I dunno man, a Rocker jersey seems like something racists would buy en masse Johnny Bravo fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Mar 28, 2021 |
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Popete posted:Wow, can't believe they actually are gonna try and do it. This has to be a slam dunk case for his service time fuckery case his lawyers should be working on right this second. I'm super salty the one time the Mariners have an opportunity in the last twenty years to not ruin their premier hitting prospect again by promoting him too early they bungle it. He's had 21 games at AA and is barely able to drink, keeping him in the minors isn't a silly idea. But no. Logan Gilbert has a much better case since he's older, played college ball, and has more games in the minors.
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Its Rinaldo posted:I'm super salty the one time the Mariners have an opportunity in the last twenty years to not ruin their premier hitting prospect again by promoting him too early they bungle it. He's had 21 games at AA and is barely able to drink, keeping him in the minors isn't a silly idea. But no. I started to watch the Mariners late in the Dustin Ackley experience but it is funny to me that the only highlights I can remember from this can't miss infield hitting prospect were 'beard' and some cool looking catches in left field.
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Gerblederp posted:Move the Pirates to Montreal imo The MLB will never let the Pirates move
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TheFlyingLlama posted:If a team is seriously hurt by a Kingery like contract at 4 million a year contract them I don't think anyone said it seriously hurt them.
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kaworu posted:Anyway, now I'm living in Colorado again and going back to following the Red Sox for this season, but I gotta say.... am I out of touch, or does this team look especially, um.... spotty and mediocre? Yeah this team is gonna be bad but not like, entertainingly bad. It would take many, many things breaking right to be competitive. Seems like the only sure bet on offense is Bogaerts and maybe Verdugo, although I suspect both Devers and JD could bounce back pretty well which would make for a thoroughly average offense. There are definitely a few new guys to be excited about, with guys like Jarren Duran and Jeter Downs likely to make their debuts at some point. Personally I'm looking forward to finding out if last year's Tanner Houck was as mirage-y as he seemed and whether or not Franchy Cordero is just a Wily Mo Pena who can actually play in the field. Even with the offense firing on all cylinders tho, the pitching staff is pretty much unsalvagable so I hope we just end up trading off spare pieces at the deadline because Chaim seems at least halfway decent at that.
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The Cubs are hoping that this is the year that by my estimate 12 year veteran dillon maples finally figures out how to throw a strike.
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