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FlamingLiberal posted:Overpaying for relievers is the new market inefficiency I guess One year 10.5 is fine for a guy who's at worst a one year bust and could be a trade chip at the deadline The only problem with that is that now they have an unapologetic POS on their roster
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Paying an old reliever like Chapman is a classic "we tried" kind of bad team move. He's a recognizable name, he's not actually expensive, they can flip him later if need be, it doesn't take an expensive baseball ops department to decide on him, and it's not a multi-year commitment. It lets an owner like Nutting pretend he's sorta kinda investing in the roster.
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Intruder posted:One year 10.5 is fine for a guy who's at worst a one year bust and could be a trade chip at the deadline Now imagine this situation I have for you
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Was going through some stuff this afternoon and found my youth glove: Spalding Frank Viola model. It was the only glove for lefties at the Pic-N-Save, so that's what my parents bought.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Was going through some stuff this afternoon and found my youth glove: Spalding Frank Viola model.  ing at this avatar in light of the recent convo
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So out of curiosity, is there anything to the Hader being an awful human being besides the tweets? Yeah, those were horrible comments to make (regardless of age imo - I wasn't saying that stuff when I was 16 or 17) and if you want to judge him purely on that I totally understand, but is there anything recent?
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The only Hader drama I'm aware of is the really lovely tweets he made (which he did apologize for, I'm not saying this makes it all okay but it is at least better than some other players for whatever that is worth to you) and that last year he essentially refused to give the Padres more than three outs per game, something Bob Melvin was kind of passive aggressive about a couple times where he clearly would have liked to use Hader for a 4+ out save. You could argue this was more about Hader protecting himself as he was set to enter FA - and the Padres didn't end up making the postseason so who knows if he'd kept this policy up into October games - but imo it was still kind of a bad look, particularly down the stretch when the Padres were surging to the point they were actually entertaining a shot at the WC and Hader apparently still wouldn't budge an inch.
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FlamingLiberal posted:They have a lot of other needs besides relievers The Pirates have a plan for 2024 and it is absolutely to be The Guys With All The Bullpen Arms At The Deadline. 
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Presumably if you’re negotiating seriously with Hader you know the usage patterns he’s going to agree to So you’re either signing him knowing he’s never going to be more than a last-three-outs guy, or he’s told you he’s willing to be more flexible now that he’s got the bag I have to assume it’s the latter
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bravesword posted:Presumably if you’re negotiating seriously with Hader you know the usage patterns he’s going to agree to This is probably something that gets written into his contract, or at least I'd be doing that if I was a GM.
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The HOF results come out tonight. It looks like as of now that Wagner falls just short again, but that Mauer, Beltre, and Helton get in. This is based on public ballots.
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Yankees are updating the road uniform for the first time in 50 years 
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shyduck posted:Yankees are updating the road uniform for the first time in 50 years Wow, they're taking the away uniform and making it even blander? I'm impressed.
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bravesword posted:Presumably if you’re negotiating seriously with Hader you know the usage patterns he’s going to agree to I disagree 100% - they paid him like a single inning closer
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Lighter colors on the lettering ? Is that it
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euphronius posted:Lighter colors on the lettering ? Is that it No trim on the letters and no stripes on the sleeves. It's more like what they used to look like back in the flannel era. I really can't wait for the Yankees City Connects, they're either going to be absolutely insane or insanely boring.
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FlamingLiberal posted:The HOF results come out tonight. It looks like as of now that Wagner falls just short again, but that Mauer, Beltre, and Helton get in. This is based on public ballots. Helton and Mauer are both gonna be super close. I'd hedge that Helton won't get in but Mauer will.
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shyduck posted:Yankees are updating the road uniform for the first time in 50 years i like it
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Put names on the jerseys you cowards 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Put names on the jerseys you cowards fuc no
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Put names on the jerseys you cowards How can they not put names on the away jerseys at least? I can piss and moan about home jerseys not having them forever, but the away ones it should be a requirement.
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Anyone want a free ticket to the Tigers @ Mets game on April 1st? Bought two by accident and haven't found a way to cancel one of them, so might as well go to someone who will use it. Section 313 which I think is decent? Pros: Free Cons: It's the Mets and Tigers You'll be sitting next to me. One restriction - if you take it you can't sell it on, you have to give it away.
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why would I care about the names of players on a fourth place team?
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Explosionface posted:How can they not put names on the away jerseys at least? I can piss and moan about home jerseys not having them forever, but the away ones it should be a requirement. no names on the jerseys is legitimately the best thing the yankees do.
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mcmagic posted:no names on the jerseys is legitimately the best thing the yankees do. Wrong. The best thing they do is not win.
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The team I root for, Whoever's Playing The Yankees Today, is coming off its best season since I was a kid. This is cool and good.
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mcmagic posted:no names on the jerseys is legitimately the best thing the yankees do. For me it's whenever they get bounced from the post season by our hometown Houston Astros
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the Yankees and Astros are proof that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is horseshit for idiot babies
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mcmagic posted:no names on the jerseys is legitimately the best thing the yankees do. Yep no names are awesome. anyway don't look at the advertising patch!!!!
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Poque and I were having lunch in Cleveland before game 2 in 2016 when Ryne Sandberg came in with his family and sat at the table next to ours. I happened to be wearing my Sandberg shirsey at the time. A few minutes later, the waitress came up to me and was like "those gentlemen at the table over there would like to buy your meal" as she pointed to some random table behind us. Another table was trying to pay for Ryno's food, but we were in Cleveland, so the waitress isn't gonna know who Ryne Sandberg is. She went up to the person who was wearing the Sandberg shirsey instead. I pointed her to the real Ryno. i love the idea of a retired baseball player who routinely goes out just on normal days in merch with their name on it
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Eric the Mauve posted:The team I root for, Whoever's Playing The Yankees Today, is coming off its best season since I was a kid. This is cool and good. 
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I've been so focused on how angry I'll get if Billy Wagner doesn't get in the Hall that I forgot how angry I will be if Sheffield doesn't get in. Vote for me for President I will declare the BBWAA a terrorist organization, make Bobby Bonilla Day a national holiday, and names on the back of away jerseys will be codified into law
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Sheffield is definitely not getting in, he'd have to buck the trend of guys getting less support on anonymous ballots than on the tracker. Only the darlings of morons like Jack Morris get the reverse.
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Morris was committee, are committee votes even known before announcement? I agree though, only morons like Jack Morris.
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Morris got in on committee but he also would get higher support on non-revealed ballots than on revealed ones back when he was on the writers ballot. Here's his final year, 2014:  Morris got 58.6% on known ballots, and 64.7% on unknown ballots. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Jan 23, 2024 |
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Forrest on Fire posted:Yep no names are awesome. anyway don't look at the advertising patch!!!! no one is defending that
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maffew buildings posted:Morris was committee, are committee votes even known before announcement? I agree though, only morons like Jack Morris.
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shyduck posted:Yankees are updating the road uniform for the first time in 50 years Looks like Boston's 2010ish road unis. Sydin posted:The only Hader drama I'm aware of is the really lovely tweets he made (which he did apologize for, I'm not saying this makes it all okay but it is at least better than some other players for whatever that is worth to you) and that last year he essentially refused to give the Padres more than three outs per game, something Bob Melvin was kind of passive aggressive about a couple times where he clearly would have liked to use Hader for a 4+ out save. You could argue this was more about Hader protecting himself as he was set to enter FA - and the Padres didn't end up making the postseason so who knows if he'd kept this policy up into October games - but imo it was still kind of a bad look, particularly down the stretch when the Padres were surging to the point they were actually entertaining a shot at the WC and Hader apparently still wouldn't budge an inch. And when asked why he wasn't available, he said "Are we in the playoff race?". The Padres ended up missing the playoffs by two games. live with fruit fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jan 23, 2024 |
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