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Who's your 2022 MVP? This poll is closed. |
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| Shohei Ohtani |
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50 | 59.52% |
| Aaron Judge |
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19 | 22.62% |
| Hey, the national league has an MVP too you know! |
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15 | 17.86% |
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https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1599971339661869058 https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1599972246084530176 Please for the love of god Cubs loving do a big thing, I am actually dying over here.
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Dec 6, 2022 05:03
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mcmagic posted:Cashman does a great job in sounding like he's terrible at his job. Every quote I ever see from him sounds like they surprised a random guy on the street and told him he was in charge of the Yanks. The man exudes anti-confidence.
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Dec 6, 2022 05:04
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The Rangers book....that's The Book of Smart Moves that Worked Out Good, right...?
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Dec 6, 2022 05:06
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xbilkis posted:The Rangers book....that's The Book of Smart Moves that Worked Out Good, right...? Silently chuckling to myself thinking of Corey Kluber’s single-inning Rangers career
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Dec 6, 2022 05:09
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xbilkis posted:The Rangers book....that's The Book of Smart Moves that Worked Out Good, right...? Lmao [George W voice] don't forget Semien!
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Dec 6, 2022 05:09
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R.D. Mangles posted:i'm sorry to my 'strosposting friends, but banging on cans will never stop being funny to me. i have never cared at all about the cheating, that's whatever, but please let me make cans jokes You can
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Dec 6, 2022 05:09
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mcmagic posted:Cashman does a great job in sounding like he's terrible at his job.
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Dec 6, 2022 05:14
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As the GM of the franchise, I have done zero contingency planning because that would be hard. lol
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Dec 6, 2022 05:16
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Sorry mcmagic https://twitter.com/BryanHoch/status/1599931840663814145?s=20&t=CyHV4J7_mn3VhdiTSrX0Kw Cashman just got that 4 year extension, his fucks given is at zero baby
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Dec 6, 2022 05:21
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Sydin posted:https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1599971339661869058 Why not just keep Contreras??
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Dec 6, 2022 05:31
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Why not just keep Contreras?? I KNOW, RIGHT???????
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Dec 6, 2022 05:33
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I guess they hate his defence?? Or they don't want to pay a free agent catcher which i guess sorta makes sense but yeesh just pay your cool dude.
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Dec 6, 2022 05:36
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:I guess they hate his defence?? It's this, Cubs brought in a new GM to partner with Jed who was the former head of scouting and development for the Guardians, and apparently he's big on the impact of defensive catchers.
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Dec 6, 2022 05:38
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Sydin posted:It's this, Cubs brought in a new GM to partner with Jed who was the former head of scouting and development for the Guardians, and apparently he's big on the impact of defensive catchers. He's got a sweet pickoff move and didn't blow a 3-1 world series lead. Don't see what's the problem with his defense all things considered.
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Dec 6, 2022 05:51
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https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1599949745526824961 Seems like very much a long shot considering their farm and the A's not wanting to help a team in the division
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Dec 6, 2022 05:56
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do not underestimate how committed to not winning and destroying the club the owner is
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Dec 6, 2022 06:30
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maffew buildings posted:do not underestimate how committed to not winning and destroying the club the owner is he seems like a real piece of poo poo and I hope he suffers unspeakable agonies
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Dec 6, 2022 06:37
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Why not just keep Contreras?? I have no clue. For some reason they seem to want to go in another direction. I don't even think Contreras would cost all that much either to keep.
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Dec 6, 2022 06:54
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i feel like i am being gaslighted with all the reports of contreras being horrible at defense, i have watched a bazillion games with him, he catches the ball fine, he's super athletic at blocking balls, he has a loving cannon, we're going to find out that pitch framing is fake like those metrics that convinced all the websites to pivot to video.
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Dec 6, 2022 06:57
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R.D. Mangles posted:i feel like i am being gaslighted with all the reports of contreras being horrible at defense, i have watched a bazillion games with him, he catches the ball fine, he's super athletic at blocking balls, he has a loving cannon, we're going to find out that pitch framing is fake like those metrics that convinced all the websites to pivot to video. Because catcher metrics are dumb.
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Dec 6, 2022 07:00
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Why do the Cubs have to be so bad at all of this.
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Dec 6, 2022 07:10
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Pitch framing is a fake stat that only works because umpires are idiots
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Dec 6, 2022 07:14
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Chief McHeath posted:As the GM of the franchise, I have done zero contingency planning because that would be hard. especially funny about it is that its like the one contingency on which their whole offseason pivots that he's talking about there like a bare minimum thing to do would be to have a plan A for if we sign Judge and a plan B for it we don't and then those should have branching subplans based on who else they do or do not get, and setting this up should take, like, maybe a day if you're doing your job since you'll already have most of the info you need about who's available and what your needs are I assume someone in that front office actually does have such things but it's much funnier to imagine them wandering around the winter meetings stunned going "but re-signing judge was a sure thing!" if it doesn't happen
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Dec 6, 2022 07:41
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I read somewhere that Hal is higher on re-signing Judge than Cashman is. Cashman’s quotes sound a lot like a guy who’s trying to either play hard to get or preempt failure or both.
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Dec 6, 2022 07:50
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R.D. Mangles posted:i feel like i am being gaslighted with all the reports of contreras being horrible at defense, i have watched a bazillion games with him, he catches the ball fine, he's super athletic at blocking balls, he has a loving cannon, we're going to find out that pitch framing is fake like those metrics that convinced all the websites to pivot to video. All the metrics hate his defense and the consensus seems to be that he's a bad game caller and pitcher manager. He also has a really annoying habit of trying to pick pitches in the dirt instead of body block them. He absolutely has a canon but his backpick move is just as likely to sail wide for a free base as it is to nab the runner, Rizzo specifically called it out frustrating because with no warning Contreras would just just chuck it at 100MPH at him. All of which is to say yeah, I wish they'd kept Contreras too because he rules and I think the "bad defense" narrative is way overblown. But unfortunately that narrative has stuck and the Cubs seemed to have no interest in retaining him.
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Dec 6, 2022 08:05
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R.D. Mangles posted:i feel like i am being gaslighted with all the reports of contreras being horrible at defense, i have watched a bazillion games with him, he catches the ball fine, he's super athletic at blocking balls, he has a loving cannon, we're going to find out that pitch framing is fake like those metrics that convinced all the websites to pivot to video. Fake or not, we’re 2 years- three at most from robo ups anyway and with the new “speed up the game without losing any commercials” rule on pickoffs means that canon is even more valuable. Maybe they really still believe in Amaya, who did hit well as a DH coming off of Tommy John but hasn’t caught in a year and a half or so. Even before the injury, I remember FanGraphs and a couple other prospect guys moving him down their lists so who knows.
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Dec 6, 2022 08:10
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I hope we get the tennis challenge system for balls and strikes and it just completely loving destroys pitch framing
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Dec 6, 2022 08:10
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GoatSeeGuy posted:Maybe they really still believe in Amaya The FO adores Amaya to an unhealthy level despite the fact that he's spent essentially his entire minor league career getting injured and not hitting at all.
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Dec 6, 2022 08:16
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IcePhoenix posted:I hope we get the tennis challenge system for balls and strikes and it just completely loving destroys pitch framing Why on earth would you want another stupid challenge system when they could just always use the robots instead
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Dec 6, 2022 15:24
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Because robots use old peoples' medicine for food.
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Dec 6, 2022 15:27
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Hard to put into words how much I hate both the automated strike zone concept and any use of replay review in MLB
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Dec 6, 2022 15:32
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zoux posted:Because robots use old peoples' medicine for food. I would accept Old Glory Robot Insurance ads on the players' uniforms, but only them
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Dec 6, 2022 15:34
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 Love to read the hometown blogs
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Dec 6, 2022 15:39
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pitch framing is cool and robot umps should be destroyed
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Dec 6, 2022 15:56
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lobster shirt posted:pitch framing is cool and robot umps should be destroyed This, but the opposite
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Dec 6, 2022 15:57
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very excited to see the pace of play speed up but also more commercials so the game time is reduced and they still have a 3.25 hr broadcast
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Dec 6, 2022 16:00
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camoseven posted:Why on earth would you want another stupid challenge system when they could just always use the robots instead The tennis system uses robots and also is fast. Also I like the idea of a graphic going up on the big screen showing how wrong the call is.
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Dec 6, 2022 16:01
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Good summary of some quasi interesting rule 5-eligible players. It’s Pirates-focused but I think has relevance to other teams. Who Might the Pirates Select in the Rule 5 Draft?
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Dec 6, 2022 16:40
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quote:The Phillies now have six players on the payroll who will make at least $20 million next year. That’s twice as many as the Yankees! Those six: Turner, Harper, Zack Wheeler ($24.5 million), J.T. Realmuto ($23.88 million), Nick Castellanos ($20 million) and Kyle Schwarber ($20 million). lol, lmao
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Dec 6, 2022 16:54
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The worst possible implementation of a robo strike zone is to allow challenges on ball/strike calls. Then you get into the bullshit meta game of which pitches to challenge, how many challenges do you get, etc. All a dumb waste of time. The objective is to get calls right all the time, not introduce a dumb mini game. If the system is fast and accurate enough to make the calls in real time, then just use the robot for every pitch. If it’s not fast or accurate enough, then it’s not ready for prime time yet. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Dec 6, 2022 |
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