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50 | 59.52% |
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LobsterMobster posted:Cutch is gonna tear it up in the summer. Why? FURRIES lol. I got recommended that video earlier today by my not-logged-in-to-any-account-but-watch-a-lot-of-baseball-vids PS4 youtube algorithm. Excellent vid, Foolish Bailey FTW. Can't wait to see how much he mashes during those 2 series this summer while Anthrocon is going on across the river from the ballpark! Intruder posted:The Astros are being similarly stingy with a guy who started a world series nono Yeah... well, at least they did settle with the others so quickly. So 3.5 vs. 3.0... if this had been any of the other players, both sides woulda just... come together at 3.25, presumably? Now the arbitrator has to pick between the high # and the low #, IIRC? What they should be doing is locking that man up to a multi-year deal posthaste. Framber as well. Guess we'll have to wait till the next offseason to see if either (hopefully both) happens...
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Kirios posted:Montas is missing the first month of the year due to shoulder inflammation and is behind on his rehab. That trade is looking worse and worse by the day: Good thing the Yankees will lose nothing by having Schmidt or German or Gil take those starts.
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Jan 15, 2023 02:55
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LongTimeFirstTime posted:So 3.5 vs. 3.0... if this had been any of the other players, both sides woulda just... come together at 3.25, presumably? Yes, the arbriter has to pick one of the two numbers and can't force a compromise I guess it's possible the reason they're playing hardball is to try to push Javier toward a multi year deal but I hate going about it this way
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Jan 15, 2023 03:08
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Intruder posted:Yes, the arbriter has to pick one of the two numbers and can't force a compromise It's also worth remembering that arbitration hearings are infamous for poisoning a player's relationship with a team, as the team's job is to basically say to the arbitrator, "No, this guy is not worth the money he wants, and here's a 90-slide PowerPoint deck explaining why."
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Jan 15, 2023 03:40
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camoseven posted:
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Jan 15, 2023 03:41
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Yeah Atlanta ($13.5m) is going to arbitration with Max Fried ($15m) and I feel like not pissing off the NLCY-2 in his contract year is probably worth $1.5 million. Do the numbers at the conclusion of arbitration count towards the tax or is it some related formula the way I think long-term contracts use AAV rather than the actual pay for a given year?
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Jan 15, 2023 03:45
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Since arbitration is basically agreeing to a one year contract it counts toward the tax in full I think
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Jan 15, 2023 03:50
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:All those arbitration-avoiding agreements announced today made me realize how much turnover there is in Atlanta's bullpen... I think I remember the announcers saying "Litchy," maybe more J sound like "lit-jee" but something along those lines. Also, don't have a twitter, but to complete the Astros arbitration rounds, they're 2.5 mil apart on Kyle Tucker (7.5 to 5), which doesn't seem good. I was hoping they'd be looking at giving him a 6-7 year deal, not pushing him to FA in a few years. You're ok paying Rafael Montero 11 mil a year, but can't give Tucker 7.5?
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Jan 15, 2023 04:14
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https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1614461836543361024 Thanks for that one heads up play Trey, enjoy Chicago. I was kinda hoping the Os would bring him back on a nice deal
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Jan 15, 2023 04:20
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Hey a thing! Trey Mancini seems cool I guess he'll split time with Hosmer at 1b and maybe play some outfield?
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Jan 15, 2023 04:25
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1614461836543361024 That one had to be painful for Schwarber. He hit that on the screws, even with a man being held on first that feels like a go-ahead double most of the time
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Jan 15, 2023 04:28
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I like Mancini but Mervis should be their starting 1B and it sounds like he is going to be stuck in AAA for reasons.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:29
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I wanted to bring Mancini back but once the Astros declined his option it seems extremely unlikely
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Jan 15, 2023 04:30
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Niwrad posted:I like Mancini but Mervis should be their starting 1B and it sounds like he is going to be stuck in AAA for reasons. Mervis had a breakout season in the minors the Cubs are probably going to at the very least see if he can continue that to start the minor league season before calling him up. Dropping him in as the everyday 1b on starting day doesn't buy the Cubs anything.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:33
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Mancini for 2 with an opt out is awesome if Mervis works out.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:35
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Hell yes now Hosmer can DH
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Jan 15, 2023 04:35
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Mancini is an S-tier Good Guy that even Cards fans must begrudgingly admire.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:35
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1614461836543361024 Better than Hosmer, still pretty dumb but w/e I guess.Hopefully we get something closer to pre-trade Mancini but dear lord did he stink it up at the plate with the Astros.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:38
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It's funny because even though he was only on the team for half a season and didn't really contribute (except once and it's hard to overstate how clutch that play was, game saving imo), he's going to be in every Astros team highlight package from now until the end of time because he almost tackled Kyle Tucker after he caught the last out of the WS.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:41
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Popete posted:Mervis had a breakout season in the minors the Cubs are probably going to at the very least see if he can continue that to start the minor league season before calling him up. Dropping him in as the everyday 1b on starting day doesn't buy the Cubs anything. It's a rebuilding team. Play the young guys instead of a washed Hosmer. Like how does Hosmer getting 400 at bats helps the Cubs in a couple years when they may be competitive?
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Jan 15, 2023 04:50
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Niwrad posted:Like how does Hosmer getting 400 at bats helps the Cubs in a couple years when they may be competitive? It doesn't at all, which is why the Hosmer signing was categorically stupid.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:53
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Sydin posted:It doesn't at all, which is why the Hosmer signing was categorically stupid. Jed is a really bad GM but at least he didn't spend millions on his annual washed up free agent signing this year.
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Jan 15, 2023 04:57
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Because what if you call up Mervis and he struggles? You probably want to send him down if it's bad enough or at least take some of the pressure off of him by having another 1b instead of handing an unproven rookie the full time 1b job because he had a single breakout season in the minors. You don't wanna go into a season hinging 1b on a guy who you don't even know will make the team out of spring training. The Cubs had 0 first basemen going into this season, that's not really workable.
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Jan 15, 2023 05:16
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zoux posted:It's funny because even though he was only on the team for half a season and didn't really contribute (except once and it's hard to overstate how clutch that play was, game saving imo), he's going to be in every Astros team highlight package from now until the end of time because he almost tackled Kyle Tucker after he caught the last out of the WS. hey now he hit like 4 hr in his first weekend here
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Jan 15, 2023 05:16
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https://twitter.com/MLBBruceLevine/status/1614476301381033984 More than I expected honestly. Popete posted:Because what if you call up Mervis and he struggles? Then you let him keep trying to figure it out at the MLB level? This isn't some Adell or Kelenic situation where it's a really young guy getting rushed up: Mervis is 25 and there's really no point in holding him back in AAA. And it's not like the Cubs are going to be competitive this year, like yeah you could squint and see a scenario where everything goes right and everybody takes a step forward and the Cubs surprise ala 2015 but that's an extreme fringe case. Might as well use another probably meaningless year to let some of the rookies eat a bit.
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Jan 15, 2023 06:00
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Popete posted:Because what if you call up Mervis and he struggles? You win 75 games instead of 77? He will be 25 in April. Give him 500 at-bats and see if he can be your future 1B. What is to gain having him in AAA while a washed up guy who won't be here in a year gets at bats at the major league level?
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Jan 15, 2023 06:02
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I don't think any team is very keen on dumping a rookie coming off of a single good year in the minor leagues as the full time 1b with no backup. Cubs won't be competitive this year, it's fine to take a slower approach instead of thrusting a young guy into that situation. I want to see Mervis, I hope he makes it up this year and can stick but I'm not going to be upset about getting Hosmer to fill the hole for essentially nothing and Mancini can at least play outfield.
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Jan 15, 2023 06:07
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the cubs can dump hosmer whenever the gently caress they want for almost nothing.
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Jan 15, 2023 06:22
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here's the more important question: did they turn off all the lights at the Cubs Convention and then have Pat Hughes scream "what's that? that's trey mancini's music! what the hell is he doing here?????" while all the cubs stood around slack-jawed and mancini comes in in a cub jersey.
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Jan 15, 2023 06:25
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Reading the interview with Correa on the Athletic and the Mets used the same ankle specialist as the Giants who had already failed him, seems kind of weirdquote:Correa: The Giants used an ankle specialist who didn’t pass me. Then the Mets used the same specialist, who obviously wasn’t going to pass me. He had already given an opinion to another team about my ankle. He was not going to change that. He was going to stand by what he was saying, of course, because that is what he believed.
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Jan 15, 2023 07:39
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Intruder posted:Reading the interview with Correa on the Athletic and the Mets used the same ankle specialist as the Giants who had already failed him, seems kind of weird
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Jan 15, 2023 07:47
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Crazy Ted posted:Kind of? That seems really weird. For me the uncharitable take is that the Mets wanted to use his failing physicals with two different teams to drive his price down because now he'd be damaged good on the market But it's also entirely possible they just didn't have the details of the report until they did their own physical because HIPAA prevents his medical details from being shared so they wanted to know why exactly the Giants changed their minds and didn't like what they saw e: or he's lying
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Jan 15, 2023 07:56
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Sydin posted:It doesn't at all, which is why the Hosmer signing was categorically stupid. No it wasn't. We have him for league minimum and if he's any sort of productive we flip him at the deadline, or if he sucks we cut him for basically nothing. He won't hold Mervis back. BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Jan 15, 2023 |
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Jan 15, 2023 15:32
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Mervis started the 2022 season in high-A. I'm not sure why everyone is expecting him to be the permanent starter at first in the majors in 2023.
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Jan 15, 2023 15:56
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When you can get the preeminent hard contact ground ball hitter for league minimum you don't pass on that
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Jan 15, 2023 16:00
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who's hozzin'
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maffew buildings posted:When you can get the preeminent hard contact ground ball hitter for league minimum you don't pass on that This guy gets it
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maffew buildings posted:When you can get the preeminent hard contact ground ball hitter for league minimum you don't pass on that Those hard grounders are gonna find more holes without the shift 
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Jan 15, 2023 16:27
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Niwrad posted:I like Mancini but Mervis should be their starting 1B and it sounds like he is going to be stuck in AAA for reasons. I get it, though. He was a undrafted free agent who didn't exactly set the world on fire in his first season of pro baseball.
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The Cubs roster makes no sense and the only strategy I can see they are pursuing is to be middling instead of complete garbage to maintain attendance. The team is shockingly old but not in a we signed guys who had down years but could easily flip in trades if they rebound way. Why sign Swanson and Taillon if this is what you are going to be?
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