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| Shohei Ohtani |
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50 | 59.52% |
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19 | 22.62% |
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The Cards are calling up Walker this season for sure, right? I can’t wait for that.
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Jan 30, 2023 18:00
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Paracaidas posted:Keith Law out with his Top 100. As usual, he has his own thoughts on prospect peccadillos and often diverges heavily from the prospect industrial complex's hivemind. I liked his write up on Marcelo Mayer quote:Mayer had a tough full-season debut in 2022, as he missed a month with a sprained wrist in the first half and struggled to drive the ball for four or five weeks after he returned, and then fought through some back tightness in July that may also have hurt his power. (I saw him twice, once when he first tried to come back from the wrist sprain and wasn’t ready, and the other in the game when his back tightened up on him. Perhaps I should never try to see him again.) The good news is despite the injury troubles, he still showed an extremely advanced approach at the plate, even when he wasn’t at full strength, and finished strongly in Low A and after an early August promotion to High A, hitting .287/.435/.492 from July 1 through the end of the season. Mayer has a smooth left-handed swing that should get him to plus power when he fills out, with loft in his finish and evident hand strength already. I haven’t seen great bat speed from him, bearing in mind I am putting a rare Sicilian curse on him any time I’m in the ballpark, and he might be a high-OBP, 25+ homer guy who doesn’t hit for high averages if that’s the case. He’s a no-doubt shortstop with great actions and quick hands — at least, when I haven’t graced him with my presence and caused his vestigial organs to turn necrotic mid-play — and a plus arm. I know I haven’t seen his best, and I take responsibility for my actions. I still think he’s going to be a star. Stay away from our shortstop of the future KLaw 
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Jan 30, 2023 18:22
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https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1620115007269920770 RIP one of the most annoying fans in america.
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Jan 30, 2023 18:44
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Can’t believe the name change killed him, now who will bang a stupid drum incessantly for four hours
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Jan 30, 2023 18:48
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Hang on, lets wait for non-Bob confimation
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Jan 30, 2023 18:52
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Can’t believe the name change killed him, now who will bang a stupid drum incessantly for four hours Or maybe I’m just getting hit with a wave of nostalgia.
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Jan 30, 2023 19:17
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In random trade news the Marlins and Red Sox swapped Matt Barnes and Richard Bleier
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Jan 30, 2023 20:29
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Kinda surprised that Alvarez has dropped from "Best prospect still rookie eligible with Adley Rutschman graduating to the majors" at the end of last year to "3rd-10th best prospect" now. He had a .383 OBP at AAA! As a 20 year old! He plays catcher and will probably stick there! Also, drat, last year was great year for rookies in the AL. Rutschman was great and would have been a deserving winner in almost any other year even though he wasn't called up until late May. But Julio was even better! And but for those two, poor Steve Kwan would have been the best AL rookie by bWAR since Aaron Judge in 2017. Jeremy Peña won a gold glove at shortstop and put up nearly 5 bWAR, and only got two ROY votes because of how strong the top 3 were. The NL side was also good - you've got Michael Harris with more than 5 bWAR and three other senior circuit rookies with more than 3 WAR themselves - but not nearly as good as 2019 when you had Alonso, Tatis Jr., Soroka (RIP), and Victor Robles (also RIP).
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Jan 30, 2023 20:34
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As the Phillies sign Josh Harrison, Sam Coonrod get's DFA'd to make room. One of the comments to a news item about this goes "No, not maga sam". Naturally, the rabbit hole finds: https://twitter.com/flyonmikeypence/status/1286482975404695552 So gently caress him, I guess
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Jan 30, 2023 20:45
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Tons of baseball players I knew in HS and college were proto-MAGA as hell, dippin', KA-rushing, dog-murdering racists. So I'm more surprised when one of them turns out not to be a dickhead.
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Jan 30, 2023 20:53
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zoux posted:Tons of baseball players I knew in HS and college were proto-MAGA as hell, dippin', KA-rushing, dog-murdering racists. So I'm more surprised when one of them turns out not to be a dickhead. Baseball really attracts a certain type.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:04
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Yeah when the Cubs traded for Wesneski last year fans went to his twitter and found out he was some insane Qanon guy, and I didn't even blink. I just kind of expect MLB players to be chuds and am pleasantly surprised when they're not, the bar is so low.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:06
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Kurt Suzuki sporting the MAGA hat at the WH in '19. Dude your are from Hawaii how did you become a right wing reactionary in Hawaii
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Jan 30, 2023 21:07
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zoux posted:Kurt Suzuki sporting the MAGA hat at the WH in '19. Dude your are from Hawaii how did you become a right wing reactionary in Hawaii by getting money
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Jan 30, 2023 21:08
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mcmagic posted:by getting money 
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Jan 30, 2023 21:09
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Rosenthal reports Greinke is going back to the Royals. They may only win 65 games but at least we'll get another year of Greinke Stories.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:10
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live with fruit posted:Baseball really attracts a certain type. for a US player to make it to the majors they're generally white, from the south, and pretty well off, so yeah lots of MAGA
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Jan 30, 2023 21:11
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Exodor posted:Rosenthal reports Greinke is going back to the Royals. May he pitch forever
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Jan 30, 2023 21:12
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Wisely maintaining my serenity by never learning anything about professional athlete’s opinions or personal lives.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:16
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zoux posted:Kurt Suzuki sporting the MAGA hat at the WH in '19. Dude your are from Hawaii how did you become a right wing reactionary in Hawaii mcmagic is right but also the military. it has an influence on your politics, regardless of whether you and your family were a part of it or not.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:17
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Jazz Chisholm is the MLB The Show 23 cover athlete
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Jan 30, 2023 21:23
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That owns, good pick.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:24
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Julio Cruz posted:for a US player to make it to the majors they're generally white, from the south, and pretty well off, so yeah lots of MAGA I may be a Phillies fan, but I can't help but love Spencer Strider for so many reasons, including him being a Bernie bro
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Jan 30, 2023 21:28
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ihatepants posted:Jazz Chisholm is the MLB The Show 23 cover athlete
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Jan 30, 2023 21:31
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John Adams, the guy who drummed at Cleveland games, died: https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-texas-rangers-cleveland-6d9a15c1208feaf5bb2173d58e0db98c He was a really big part of the vibe of games my entire life. I met him once at the 2019 ASG stuff. He was super nice and let me get a picture with him. I hope the team does something to recognize him.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:32
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ihatepants posted:Jazz Chisholm is the MLB The Show 23 cover athlete Picking a guy who hasn't even wracked up 5 career WAR yet and only played 60 games last year is an interesting one. He is fun at least though.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:34
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Sometimes there are subtle character tells, like when pieces are set out on a chess board by someone who only plays checkers.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:34
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Sydin posted:Picking a guy who hasn't even wracked up 5 career WAR yet and only played 60 games last year is an interesting one. He is fun at least though. It's about the game he does play
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Jan 30, 2023 21:36
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Hand Knit posted:Sometimes there are subtle character tells, like when pieces are set out on a chess board by someone who only plays checkers. Don Nelson smokes an insane amount of weed
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Jan 30, 2023 21:41
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Shiroc posted:John Adams, the guy who drummed at Cleveland games, died: https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-texas-rangers-cleveland-6d9a15c1208feaf5bb2173d58e0db98c this is more embarrassing than my pic with fireman ed.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:44
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Jazz is cool as hell and has a ton of personality, good pick.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:48
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jazz chisolm is a fine pick for the cover but julio rodriguez should have been a no brainer
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Jan 30, 2023 21:52
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Is there a The Show Cover Curse.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:54
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Johnny Bravo posted:jazz chisolm is a fine pick for the cover but julio rodriguez should have been a no brainer Maybe he didn’t want to do it? There’s also east coast/west coast stuff going on where Miami needs marketing and eyeballs and Seattle doesn’t bring the same juice. It’d have been cool to have Julio on it but I can’t get that mad about it.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:55
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Johnny Bravo posted:jazz chisolm is a fine pick for the cover but julio rodriguez should have been a no brainer Pretty much this yeah
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Jan 30, 2023 21:55
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Gerblederp posted:Wisely maintaining my serenity by never learning anything about professional athlete’s opinions or personal lives.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:55
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zoux posted:Is there a The Show Cover Curse. If there was Ohtani broke it. Or I guess you could argue him being snubbed for the MVP was a curse. In light of MLBs obvious bias and manipulation towards Judge it should be retroactively awarded to Ohtani and Altuve's 2017 MVP retroactively awarded to Judge.
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Jan 30, 2023 21:57
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if anything altuve should be given more mvps
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Jan 30, 2023 22:29
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Looking at their stat sheets, I have no idea why Altuve got it over Judge. Not wanting to give it to a rookie? All baseball writers are short?   The HR total gives it away but absent that you'd assume the top stat line was the MVP winner. Oooh it's the BA isn't it...
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shut the hell up zoux, you’re only making mcmagic more powerful!!!
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