MLB Offseason: It's All About the Positions He Doesn't Play

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Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Hello baseball peeps. I basically just ignored MLB for the entire season after being disappointed at how the PA caved on negotiations and the Cubs ownership basically decided to do gently caress all good over the past couple of years.

What cool stories have I missed? Especially if they're Cubs-centric.

The ones I know of:
Trevor Bauer banned for two years (good, gently caress him)
Pujols hit HR #700 (cool, even though I think he hit about 500 of them against the Cubs)
Judge hit 62 HR during the regular season (cool, except for all the hot takes surrounding "Home Run King" we undoubtedly have now.)

# ¿ Oct 6, 2022 17:30

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 20:17

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

He hit the most homers against the Astros, mostly because he followed them from the NL Central to the AL West.

In terms of fewest PAs per home run against a specific team, the Angels are actually who he homered against most often.

Don't you dare bring numbers and data into a discussion about baseball, sir

# ¿ Oct 7, 2022 21:31

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

How can the Yankees communicate improperly with their own player?

On, not to. The teams can't strategize together on how to sign (or not sign) a FA.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2022 16:36

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Such horse poo poo

# ¿ Nov 18, 2022 02:02

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Popete posted:

Cubs will probably pick up Hosmer

I loving hope not. I've always seen him as overvalued and I hate looking at his dumb evil-looking face

# ¿ Dec 19, 2022 19:39

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

bawfuls posted:

do an entire team preview series in the spring with a different poster representative for each team

mcmagic's yankees rants need a full episode to really breath

Hell yeah, I nominate mangles to rep the cubs fans

# ¿ Dec 19, 2022 22:23

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Sydin posted:

Hosmer sucks and there was zero need to bring him in.

I've never liked him. I'm sure personally he's just fine, but I've never been wooed by any of his baseball talents. And he is an evil-looking man.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2023 23:07

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# ¿ May 14, 2024 20:17

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
they'll get a Robo Fist of mine.

Intruder posted:

I can't remember exactly what Coppolella did but I do remember it involved international signings. Did he give them too much money? Oh the horror, he built the backbone of a perennial contender by giving international signees more money than the artificial cap

Apparently it was the other way around.

Per The Athletic: "Manfred said the club had reported signing bonuses for a number of international players that were far below the actual amounts agreed to."

# ¿ Jan 9, 2023 17:10

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