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Who's your 2022 MVP? This poll is closed. |
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| Shohei Ohtani |
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50 | 59.52% |
| Aaron Judge |
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19 | 22.62% |
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15 | 17.86% |
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 https://twitter.com/matttomic/status/1394498097254965249 mentholmoose posted:Alright, I wrote a whole lot of words on the Phillies and figured a separate thread would be good for armchair GM'ing and roster predictions and such, rather than posting like 2000 words here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4017143 https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1577724974533468160 https://twitter.com/joeyschneider95/status/1577134526928932865    https://i.imgur.com/MQIZLrW.mp4 IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Nov 9, 2022 |
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Oct 6, 2022 00:19
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For the first time in their 140-year history, the Giants have finished at .500 exactly.
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Oct 6, 2022 00:22
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Now that it's in the books, here's some final Ohtani numbers: https://twitter.com/bmags94/status/1577799939601862656 I said he might be the best player in the world last offseason even with Mike Trout on his team but wasn't entirely convinced. Since he not only did it again but better, yeah I'm convinced now. Sucks he won't get an MVP for it this year.
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Oct 6, 2022 00:27
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There's a lot of little and big things I don't like about the Angels, but the Nevin hire is breaking my brain. This is blatant punting and really hard to spin as anything other than wasting another year of Trout and Ohtani.
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Oct 6, 2022 00:28
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For the love of god please let a contender (not based in LA or NY) grab Ohtani before he wastes his entire career in Anaheim.
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Oct 6, 2022 00:29
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bees x1000 posted:There's a lot of little and big things I don't like about the Angels, but the Nevin hire is breaking my brain. This is blatant punting and really hard to spin as anything other than wasting another year of Trout and Ohtani. Hiring a lame duck guy does make some sense with ownership being in future limbo but I'd guess he has the locker room otherwise why not go with basically anyone else in house. Except Jeremy Reed, gently caress that guy
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Oct 6, 2022 00:32
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Johnny Bravo posted:Hiring a lame duck guy does make some sense with ownership being in future limbo but I'd guess he has the locker room otherwise why not go with basically anyone else in house. Except Jeremy Reed, gently caress that guy That's a reasonable take but I'm still mad. The writing was on the wall at the trade deadline, if they were planning on punting 2023 they should've traded Ohtani. Better for Ohtani's legacy, the organization's future and the sport in general.
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Oct 6, 2022 00:45
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bees x1000 posted:That's a reasonable take but I'm still mad. The writing was on the wall at the trade deadline, if they were planning on punting 2023 they should've traded Ohtani. Better for Ohtani's legacy, the organization's future and the sport in general. Maybe they're hoping their team will get healthy in 2023 and compete. And if it doesn't they can still trade Ohtani.
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Oct 6, 2022 00:52
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bees x1000 posted:There's a lot of little and big things I don't like about the Angels, but the Nevin hire is breaking my brain. This is blatant punting and really hard to spin as anything other than wasting another year of Trout and Ohtani. They should simply trade them both to the Yankees for Tyler Wade.
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Oct 6, 2022 00:55
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IcePhoenix posted:Maybe they're hoping their team will get healthy in 2023 and compete. And if it doesn't they can still trade Ohtani. 'hope to do well' and 'hire Nevin' do not overlap in the venn diagram, IMO
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Oct 6, 2022 00:57
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How would you even trade Ohtani? Soto got maybe the most insane package back ever and Ohtani's even better. No one could match what he'd be worth.
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Oct 6, 2022 01:06
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Big Mean Jerk posted:For the love of god please let a contender (not based in LA or NY) grab Ohtani before he wastes his entire career in Anaheim.
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Oct 6, 2022 01:10
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Ammat The Ankh posted:How would you even trade Ohtani? Soto got maybe the most insane package back ever and Ohtani's even better. No one could match what he'd be worth. I don't think you do, you just clean someone out for as much as you possibly can. Although now that he's a one-year rental (and a $30MM one at that) I suspect that his offers would go down to *only* around Soto levels.
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Oct 6, 2022 01:10
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Oct 6, 2022 01:31
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 The 'Tungsten Arm' O'Doyle Tweet is eternal
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Oct 6, 2022 01:46
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yep, i hate it. it was Trout's 350th career home run too
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Oct 6, 2022 01:48
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Pirates finish 62-100, exactly one win better than last season. At this rate we'll have a winning season in uhhh 16 years. On the bright side: Cutch, Bell, Frazier, and J-Hay are all about to be free agents. Let's get the band back together babyyyyy
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Oct 6, 2022 01:49
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Hahahahaha
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Oct 6, 2022 01:59
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https://twitter.com/JeffFletcherOCR/status/1577822149619744770
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Oct 6, 2022 02:06
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Forgot this was in the new CBA:quote:Draft lottery odds for No. 1 pick
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Oct 6, 2022 02:18
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Couldn't have picked a more perfect end to the season.
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Oct 6, 2022 02:20
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Forgot this was in the new CBA: So it incorporates previous years' finishes as well?
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Oct 6, 2022 02:27
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one thing i think the cubs should try to do this offseason is acquire really good baseball players, that would be cool. also sign willson you cheap bastards! in all seriousness, i am surprised at how much i got into this hopeless season, partly because i am old and boring now and partly because tickets were really cheap on the secondary market once school started again, but the little post-all star game surge was a lot of fun and there are some really fun young players on this team and they may be closer than we think. i also think that it made me on board with Ross, say what you will about the Cubs but they were basically a AAA team most of the season and were busting their asses.
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Oct 6, 2022 02:42
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I assume that players like Brenden Davis and Pete Crow-Armstrong will probably be starting for the Cubs by midseason at the latest
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Oct 6, 2022 02:46
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Cubs should sign Trea Turner
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Oct 6, 2022 02:52
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The shameful sell-off rebuilding Cubs: 74-88 The "competing" Angels, who had Ohtani and Trout: 73-89 Popete posted:Cubs should sign Trea Turner  FlamingLiberal posted:I assume that players like Brenden Davis and Pete Crow-Armstrong will probably be starting for the Cubs by midseason at the latest Mervis, Davis, and Canario are all serious threats to break camp with the Cubs in spring, although I suspect we may see some or all held back
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Oct 6, 2022 03:04
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FlamingLiberal posted:I assume that players like Brenden Davis and Pete Crow-Armstrong will probably be starting for the Cubs by midseason at the latest Davis probably, although he was injured almost all season and so will probably start in AAA. PCA is still in Single A, so I'd be shocked if he makes it. The guys most likely to come up are Matt Mervis, a left-handed 1B who destroyed AA/AAA pitching all year and I think will have a shot since the Cubs have a gaping hole at 1B (RIP Frank). Alexander Canario might also get a shot next year. The interesting thing to be will seeing what the rotation looks like. The only givens next year are Stroman and Steele. Who knows what is going on with Kyle Hendricks who has not been very good for the past couple of years, but looks much better as 4/5 guy than as a 1/2, but if the Cubs move him I will be crushed. Weneski looked really good in 6 starts and will probably get a shot, but who knows how he'll hold up. Ideally they spend money on an actual starter instead of relying on reclamation guys/AAAA guys, like Adrian Sampson has been fine for the 2022 Cubs but I don't know if I need him making 15 starts if the team is actually trying to do anything. The only definite starters in the field are Seiya and Nico. Probably Madrigal too, although with all of the talk about the Cubs going after a stud shortstop, it's hard to see where he plays since he can only play second. I'm guessing Wisdom sticks around at least as a bench guy. I'm guessing Happ will also start on the team and then go through the Trade Deadline Ovation Hell again, but he's a good player and his trade value is probably not going to be higher now. They will also need to bring in a catcher since their only internal option is constantly in traction and I will be annoyed if they roll with a 45 year old Gomes/PJ Higgins catcher rotation, that is not serious. Morel is definitely starting as a utility guy or center fielder until Davis comes up. Two seasons of this poo poo is enough. The Cubs have a lot of holes to fill and it's time for them to shell out, if not for superstars, at least for some credible major league guys. We're still a couple years away from PCA/Alcantara and the big time 'spects to come up assuming they don't get injured or plateau.
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Oct 6, 2022 03:05
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Also the Cubs for the first time in like a loving decade and a half have shitloads of upper-minors pitching depth both for the pen and the rotation and they also drafted roughly a quintillion pitchers in the draft this year so it's entirely possible they trade some of their arms for an actual bonafide ace or AS-caliber bat.
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Oct 6, 2022 03:07
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Sydin posted:Also the Cubs for the first time in like a loving decade and a half have shitloads of upper-minors pitching depth both for the pen and the rotation and they also drafted roughly a quintillion pitchers in the draft this year so it's entirely possible they trade some of their arms for an actual bonafide ace or AS-caliber bat. it is funny that they are also eager to get rid of the two literal all-star bats in their lineup.
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Oct 6, 2022 03:13
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Link to the Japanese wikipedia article for "Still, the Angels lost:" https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8A%E3%82%A8 quote:"" E " is an abbreviation for "The Angels lost the game," and is a kind of Internet slang unique to Japanese media . I love how aware Japanese fans are about this meme. It also originated with Ichiro and the Mariners so ultimately, it's Seattle's fault per usual.
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Oct 6, 2022 03:32
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Looking at a list of free agents, there are pretty slim pickings in the 1B and 3B positions, where the Cubs need the most help. Arenado isn't going to opt out of his contract, but it seems likely Rizzo will. Yankees might slap a QO on him in response.
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Oct 6, 2022 03:41
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wow with the one obvious exception the outfield crop is just putrid and meanwhile the Braves are stuck paying Ozuna $41m the next two years Anthopoulos doesn't gently caress up often but when he does he goes big
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Oct 6, 2022 03:53
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Looking at a list of free agents, there are pretty slim pickings in the 1B and 3B positions, where the Cubs need the most help. Arenado isn't going to opt out of his contract, but it seems likely Rizzo will. Yankees might slap a QO on him in response. Man that shortstop class is ridiculous
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Oct 6, 2022 04:02
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for the cubsposters, assuming the ricketts family actually ponies up as all the rumors say, which shortstop would you want?
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Oct 6, 2022 04:03
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Looking at a list of free agents, there are pretty slim pickings in the 1B and 3B positions, where the Cubs need the most help. Arenado isn't going to opt out of his contract, but it seems likely Rizzo will. Yankees might slap a QO on him in response. jesus christ that list of non-Willson catchers.
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Oct 6, 2022 04:10
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royals shitcanned mike matheny.
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Oct 6, 2022 04:17
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R.D. Mangles posted:for the cubsposters, assuming the ricketts family actually ponies up as all the rumors say, which shortstop would you want? Turner if you get him to play some CF. Correa (I know) if you can get him to play some 3B Honestly idk what to do with this FA class though. Middle infield isn't our big need and the SP class that is likely to opt out (aka very few of them) loving sucks
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Oct 6, 2022 04:27
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Cubs absolutely need to go after one of the big SS FA's. Honestly and I know I'll get poo poo for this, but Madrigal sucks and if you can get Turner to agree to shift to 2B that's the optimal outcome. If none of them will move then gently caress it Correa at SS and Nico at 2B is still two GG's up the middle. Mervis and Wisdom can platoon at 1B, have Morel work on his throws and man 3B. Assuming he doesn't get hurt Davis should be up sooner rather than later and can hold down CF until PCA arrives, then shift to LF.
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Oct 6, 2022 04:33
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https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1577853881769394178?s=46&t=95KKRqdGaD0helZFgl2mSA Not unexpected
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Oct 6, 2022 04:36
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Poque posted:Turner if you get him to play some CF. Correa (I know) if you can get him to play some 3B Rodon would be cool but there's no way that the Chicago Cubs Big Money Free Agent version of Carlos Rodon does not get instantly put on the Mark Prior Towel Drill program. Cubs signing quintana as a FA would be a certified "big old lmao" from me.
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