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Kirios posted:It’s almost halfway through August and I demand to know why the Cubs haven’t extended Belinger yet. Thw upcoming FA market is dire and Bellinger is set to cash in bigly
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So all it took to fix Lance Lynn was to get him away from the CWS' bad vibes
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Traxis posted:So all it took to fix Lance Lynn was to get him away from the CWS' bad vibes I said this last month: No Safe Word posted:I found the problem with Lance Lynn, it's Seby Zavala:
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Traxis posted:Is Wainwright a HoFer? My gut says no but he was better than Jack Morris so it's hard to say no. Wainwright has worse numbers than Tim Hudson who was one-and-done
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Aug 12, 2023 13:03
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mcmagic posted:I should go back to like 2015 posts back when the Astros were tanking and see if you had Yankees posters posting every little piece of Astros news. Lol Jesus Christ dude. We all know it was still just a bunch of cubsposters repeating the name Junior Lake as a mantra or something.
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Aug 12, 2023 13:21
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In 10 years...Bismack Billabongo posted:Lol Jesus Christ dude. We all know it was still just a bunch of cubsposters repeating the name Matt Mervis as a mantra or something.
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Aug 12, 2023 13:22
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Anyway I’m choosing to ignore what happened last night because it is too upsetting to contemplate. Big homie should have gone out with the other olds last year
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Aug 12, 2023 13:24
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Incitatus posted:Yadi is a shoe-in though, right numbers-wise, absolutely not depends how many people buy into the “best defensive catcher of all time” narrative
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Aug 12, 2023 13:37
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Julio Cruz posted:numbers-wise, absolutely not He has lower dWAR than Pudge and slightly above half the oWAR Yadi is going to absolutely make it in because he played for the Cardinals and won multiple WS with them 9 gold gloves and 4 platinum gloves at a premium defensive position. He's like a much less exciting Ozzie Smith but he played for one team and that one team has the most insufferable impact on baseball writing lol
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Bismack Billabongo posted:Lol Jesus Christ dude. We all know it was still just a bunch of cubsposters repeating the name Junior Lake as a mantra or something. I'll never get rid of my signed Junior Lake baseball. One day you'll all see
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Good morning folks. Everyone see Jon Singelton, Astros can't miss prospect, hit 2 bombs last night?
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Aug 12, 2023 13:59
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If Ichiro isn't unanimous, disband the BBWA.
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Sab0921 posted:Good morning folks. Everyone see Jon Singelton, Astros can't miss prospect, hit 2 bombs last night? Dude was out of organized baseball for three years too, wasn't like he's been journeymanning. Great story. Did MLB relax it's weed testing rules in the most recent CBA
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zoux posted:Dude was out of organized baseball for three years too, wasn't like he's been journeymanning. Great story. It was removed from the banned substances list before the 2020 season I believe. Its dumb as hell that it took the leagues that long because its really good for pain management, which is a constant in sports obviously. The NFL dropping it saved Randy Gregory's career directly.
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Forrest on Fire posted:He has lower dWAR than Pudge and slightly above half the oWAR I just looked up the WAR leaders among catchers and was shocked to find him below Jorge Posada on the list.
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Bandire posted:It was removed from the banned substances list before the 2020 season I believe. Its dumb as hell that it took the leagues that long because its really good for pain management, which is a constant in sports obviously. The NFL dropping it saved Randy Gregory's career directly. Ricky ;_;
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The lovely thing is they never tested for weed in the bigs IIRC, only in the minors. So if he'd been on the big league team it wouldn't have been a problem. In fact, didn't they call him up to avoid a weed suspension at one point?
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Incitatus posted:If Ichiro isn't unanimous, disband the BBWA. Rivera paved the way and the only reason Jeter wasn’t unanimous is that one voter thought it would be funny, which it was.
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Beltre won't be unanimous, only in our hearts
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I still laugh about Mariano being unanimous. Not only a stick in the eye of the "HURRR NO ONE CAN BE UNANIMOUS" old timers but also a closer which makes them even angrier I'm sure I thought it would be Rickey, Jeter or Griffey but I'm just glad they broke the seal finally
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I just looked up the WAR leaders among catchers and was shocked to find him below Jorge Posada on the list.
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Poque posted:Beltre won't be unanimous, only in our hearts
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This may be a terrible poop season for the cardinals but at least now I can focus on talking about what really matters: Yadier molinas intangibles
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Beltre kinda sucked as a Mariner?, IIRC. Could see a spite vote go against him there
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He looked bad compared to his last year in LA but Beltre still put up 21 WAR in five years with the Mariners
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Beltre as a Mariner 2005: 3.2 bWAR 2006: 5.4 bWAR 2007: 3.8 bWAR 2008: 5.6 bWAR 2009: 3.3 bWAR I recently watched a video about which big signings in the last 25ish years produced the most WAR/$ and both Beltre's Rangers and Mariners contracts were on that list
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Speaking of Cubs legends: https://twitter.com/CubsZone/status/1690376201691410432?t=XvPiz7ebjfGg0Tia_5Zo4w&s=19
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Intruder posted:Beltre as a Mariner Is this a case where since WAR wasn't super popular at the time, his defensive impact wasn't fully known? I vaguely remember criticism towards his time in Seattle, which is funny in retrospect.
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I feel like the case for Molina’s impact is aided by the Cardinals’ pitching staff/game planning going up in flames the year after he retires.
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Twin Cinema posted:Is this a case where since WAR wasn't super popular at the time, his defensive impact wasn't fully known? I vaguely remember criticism towards his time in Seattle, which is funny in retrospect. He went from an MVP level player in his final year in LA to an all star level player in Seattle, that's the main thing His OPS+ other than his walk year was pretty consistent across his Dodgers and Mariners years Then as a Ranger his bat was way better
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lmao https://twitter.com/MandyBell02/status/1690397363360485377
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Mustached Demon posted:Speaking of Cubs legends: Haven't heard much from Bote since he was sent back to Iowa 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Haven't heard much from Bote since he was sent back to Iowa His stats aren't terrible it looks like. Probably would get a replacement type call if the Cubs didn't have a whole lot of talent around the AAA/call up level.
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Beltre never won a ring so he's not a winner. He won't be unanimous.
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Beltre should be unanimous for this alone https://youtu.be/SWBCQBO-DO0
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Twin Cinema posted:Is this a case where since WAR wasn't super popular at the time, his defensive impact wasn't fully known? I vaguely remember criticism towards his time in Seattle, which is funny in retrospect.
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With all due respect to Adrian and his continued excellence, if Griffey Jr wasn't unanimous, Beltre won't be
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