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Kirios posted:He immediately becomes your closer yeah? I'd think so, with Adbert as setup. Not sure if they start out reversed, but Adbert wasn't really closing by the end of the season. I missed that Merryweather avoided arb, that's a pretty good 7-8-9.
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The Cubs bullpen was a mess last year as we never really had a reliable closer, Neris is a nice pick up.
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It looks like Nerris punched way above his peripherals last year and otherwise has been a mostly good-to-very-good but not exactly elite reliever prior? I'm not seeing anything in his pitch usage after coming to the Astros that would point to why he suddenly became unhittable, particularly as he posted his worst K rate since 2015 and the second worst BB rate of his career. This combined with age is presumably why he could only swing a one year, $9M deal despite being one of the more dominant relievers in baseball last year. idk I guess it's fine, he probably slots in as the closer at least initially but I hope that if he regresses the Cubs are quick to adjust him into lower leverage role.
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Sydin posted:It looks like Nerris punched way above his peripherals last year and otherwise has been a mostly good-to-very-good but not exactly elite reliever prior? I'm not seeing anything in his pitch usage after coming to the Astros that would point to why he suddenly became unhittable, particularly as he posted his worst K rate since 2015 and the second worst BB rate of his career. This combined with age is presumably why he could only swing a one year, $9M deal despite being one of the more dominant relievers in baseball last year. If he can keep up his reverse splits from the past couple seasons, he'll more than fulfill on this contract. There's def some potential downside but at this price, it feels very low-risk, high-reward. Hoping that Counsell as manager fixes the potential issue in your last sentence. He seems smart enough to be able to separate the guy from the Guy.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Considering that report saying that Neris wanted 50+ mil, getting him for 9 plus incentives seems like a major win A 34 year old career setup man couldn't gert 50+ million? I assume Cubs fans hate this signing because of his supposed use of a slur Poque posted:If he can keep up his reverse splits from the past couple seasons, he'll more than fulfill on this contract. There's def some potential downside but at this price, it feels very low-risk, high-reward. 9 million on a one year deal during the Dodgers era of dominance? Very little downside If he's poo poo he's not going to make his 60 appearances Intruder fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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Posting the gif one last time in honor of Dr James Andrews who is retiring.
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General Bullshit posted:Posting the gif one last time in honor of Dr James Andrews who is retiring. Can someone add him to the end of his own gif?
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General Bullshit posted:Posting the gif one last time in honor of Dr James Andrews who is retiring. He should absolutely be elected to the MLB Hall of Fame in the Contributors wing. He has changed baseball medicine in so many different ways.
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I enjoyed Dirk Hayhurst's account of how Andrews bullied the gently caress out of him and many others by whaling on their heads as hard as he could with one of his championship rings
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What if it turns out he's the only one who knows how to do TJ and it's a career ender from now on
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My friend who's an orthopedic surgeon (and despicable Braves fan) says that Dr Andrews hasn't really performed any surgeries in years, instead he watches his associates do it remotely and tells them when they're screwing up. He says Dr ElAttrache is the TJ surgeon who's actually banging them out himself these days.Intruder posted:What if it turns out he's the only one who knows how to do TJ and it's a career ender from now on bawfuls fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Jan 28, 2024 |
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So the Yankees said they were priced out of Nerris and he got 1x9? lol
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It's actually apparently $9M with another 2025 club option for $9M that automatically vests if he has 60 or more appearances this year.
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This Adam Ottavino situation is weird. He had a $6.75 mil player option that he declined with the Mets, but he ended up going back to the Mets for less money. Guy needs to fire his agent
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Don't know the full details of the new deal but the old option had $4 million of the $6.75 million deferred, so if this is all paid this season its probably even.
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bawfuls posted:My friend who's an orthopedic surgeon (and despicable Braves fan) says that Dr Andrews hasn't really performed any surgeries in years, instead he watches his associates do it remotely and tells them when they're screwing up. He says Dr ElAttrache is the TJ surgeon who's actually banging them out himself these days. Makes sense. Dude's 81. GOAT or not, I don't think I'd want a 75+ guy holding the actual knife.
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jesus https://x.com/RyanCohen24/status/1751337200086626553?s=20
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Especially for New York baseball fans, who have experienced a ton of historical success over the last 15 years! Surely they know all about not choking against, say, the Astros 4-0 in the ALCS. Just an example. Kirios fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Jan 28, 2024 |
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Maybe it was made by someone who’s still really mad about the Dodgers moving to LA
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FlamingLiberal posted:They need to put Jobe in the Hall first Insane that him and Tommy John aren't in.
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Kirios posted:Especially for New York baseball fans, who have experienced a ton of historical success over the last 15 years! I feel like you need to actually be in the competition to choke. If you just show up and roll over it’s not choking, it’s sucking. Choking is when Aroldis Chapman throws a second get me over slider in a row to give up the ALCS on a walk off home run in game 6.
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Well Played Mauer posted:I feel like you need to actually be in the competition to choke. If you just show up and roll over it’s not choking, it’s sucking. As long as the guy buzzing the buzzer did his job there it didn't mater if Chapman coked or not.
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Buzzer wasn’t necessary but was still present, obviously. Chapman always throws poo poo sliders in the zone when he can’t locate his fastball. After the first one bent in like a high school curve everyone watching that game knew what was coming next.
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LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:Maybe it was made by someone who’s still really mad about the Dodgers moving to LA
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Well Played Mauer posted:Buzzer wasn’t necessary but was still present, obviously. Chapman always throws poo poo sliders in the zone when he can’t locate his fastball. After the first one bent in like a high school curve everyone watching that game knew what was coming next. Impossible to hit a belt high hanging slider out obviously
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Interesting... https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1751641316792885691?s=20
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Well Played Mauer posted:I feel like you need to actually be in the competition to choke. If you just show up and roll over it’s not choking, it’s sucking. If Aroldis Chapman is directly responsible for the greatest locker room speech of all time.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Interesting... We don't even know if he's going to be able to stick at second base because of his defense, but sure I guess.
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Well Played Mauer posted:Buzzer wasn’t necessary but was still present, obviously. Chapman always throws poo poo sliders in the zone when he can’t locate his fastball. After the first one bent in like a high school curve everyone watching that game knew what was coming next. Knowing that it's a slider coming and not 103 is likely helpful.
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