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Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Carlosologist posted:

https://x.com/yankees/status/1761475978378014928?s=46&t=EhzTvpa5Lh8bIAryRijIPQ

A new large Yankee child has hit the field

Also I love that angle for home runs, more of that

Jones is also a shockingly athletic OF, dude is fun to watch.

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Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

humpthewind posted:

https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/1761835597684150542?s=20

This is far more important than another page of Cubs dreaming.

I am very excited to watch Juan Soto in pinstripes this season. Whatever else happens, it's gonna be cool.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

Sloan is a huge Cubs sponsor and the namesake of their field in Mesa. They created the piss troughs in Wrigley's bleachers.

We used to build things in this country!

(I was at Sloan Field using the non-trough urinals during the AzFL and was like "Oh hey the plumbing is the same brand as the name of the stadium, that's funny!" and then I remembered the edible I took not long before.)

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Soul Glo posted:

Geography’s weird. Washington DC is south of Cincinnati.

Wait is this surprising?

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Intruder posted:

I still haven't watched a single game on apple and I will continue to not do so even when they get the world series in a decade

The Apple picture quality and score bug is so good, and the overall experience is still so meh.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

live with fruit posted:

He'll stay in New York, just not with the Yankees.

Worse than mcmagic's scenario, tbh

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

live with fruit posted:

And Yamamoto got $300. There's money out there for great players, which Soto is and Bellinger and Chapman aren't.

Bellinger probably could be, but it would take 2 more years of his MVP-level self to "prove" it. (Although then he's 30 and welp.)

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

bawfuls posted:

I’m sure this will go great, no issues at all

https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/1764646273800614294

Who the gently caress is this even for?

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Intruder posted:

which was the concept art where the ballpark was basically on a giant grass pyramid? that was a good one

Are you thinking of the Howard Terminal renders?



Much like the Vegas ones, it looks pretty cool in art form.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

bawfuls posted:

poor Gavin Lux looked so bad at short so far in the spring that Mookie is now the "permanent, for now" shortstop with Lux at 2B

https://twitter.com/juanctoribio/status/1766220101685334186

They should have just made Lux the 2B from the get-go. Dude has Glayber syndrome.

But also the Dodgers have kinda let their infield become a total mess without a clear way out of it over the last couple seasons.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

bawfuls posted:

It’s definitely the yips with Lux, he also looks shaken at 2B now.

Last year he was gearing up to go into the season as the starting shortstop which was always considered a stretch of his defensive ability, then he suffered that ACL tear in spring training and had to sit a whole season. The pressure now is immense im sure.

bawfuls posted:

They probably should have retained one of the two all star shortstops they employed in recent years but here we are

Yeah, there were so many "Oh, the Dodgers let Turner walk and then Lux got hurt? They're not worried!" headlines from MLB writers but...they should have been very worried?!

They have Freeman, who is obviously elite, but everybody else is defensively challenged and probably playing out of position now.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Carlosologist posted:

https://x.com/bryanhoch/status/1767212627858473355?s=46&t=EhzTvpa5Lh8bIAryRijIPQ

Having all of your excitement for the season zapped in two tweets sucks!

I am choosing to protect myself by putting off panic about Judge until Wednesday.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

live with fruit posted:

You throw out Schwarber's BA like his OBP isn't still good.

It's pretty decent, but it does seem like a waste of his true value (the power) to bat him leadoff.

They should hit him second, really, he doesn't hit a ton of grounders, so it's not like he's just gonna be hitting into DPs every time.

live with fruit posted:

Snell is a slow starter and has basically missed all of Spring Training so he'd be best on a team that can get by for the first couple of months while he works it out, which probably isn't the Yankees with Cole out and Rodon still bad.

Dodgers, got it.

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Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
Putting a truly unsafe amount of my eggs in the New York Rangers basket right now.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
Cease is younger and I don't think it's hard to argue has a higher ceiling than Montgomery and probably Snell, I don't think it's surprising the Yankees would rather trade for him than sign one of those guys, especially given their tax hit.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1767922488581742738

I think you just need to ask the MRI guy what's up

It seems like if his UCL was torn this would already be handled, which just leads me to believe it's something somehow much worse.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
In other Yankees news, Luis Gil has GOD BLESS ME tattoo'd across the front of his neck now.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
This is Greg Bird's foot all over again.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
If a pitcher hurts their pitching arm, I assume they're out for at least the season and will be pleasantly surprised by anything else. Doesn't matter what the actual injury is.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

maffew buildings posted:

this has been a very confusing off season. not only is the coolest, best pitcher still not signed, snell and montgomery aren't either. the big C word seems like it could have been a real thing

Yankees Opening Day starter: Rich Hill

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
I mean, ElAttrache said no TJS, that's about as definitive a prognosis as you can get.

Again, there isn't really such a thing as "routine" surgery and nobody's gonna do it without a doctor saying it needs to be done.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Popete posted:

ive preemptively had TJS on both elbows in preparation for cubsposting this season

This is why ElAttratche was distracted and couldn't read Cole's MRI correctly.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
So...did everybody hate Tyler O'Neill or what the gently caress was up with that whole thing?

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Eric the Mauve posted:

I mean I guess Snell might take a 5 year contract at this point.

The rumors were that he was willing to go shorter/very opt-out laden, but I wonder if the Yankees/Astros news are giving him more leverage back?

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Blake Snell has 2 Cys yet I don't think he's worth even 2/60

I truly love that he has a CY from both leagues and everyone was at least a little mad about it both times.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Paul Zuvella posted:

If a yankees fan is complaining or mad about scott boras you should just assume its because of a-rod.

But A-Rod rules?

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
Snell went to the Giants because apparently the Yankees and Astros stopped at 30m/year. So, they both let him go elsewhere over a million bucks that could have been deferred.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Sydin posted:

Only the Dodgers know how to defer money.

The Giants deferred half of the 2024 salary to 2027! I guess it's just a California thing.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Robert Facepalmer posted:

Who got the Dodres jersey?

Matt Kemp

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

bawfuls posted:

it was Mark Walter and Andrew Friedman

So much less fun.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Why the gently caress did they even invite him?!

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

IcePhoenix posted:

Let's talk about some real news that could shake the core of the MLB

https://twitter.com/RaysPR/status/1770843255019565105

Rockies FO looking at last year's performers and taking the obvious answer away: More people with the last name "Jones" are what they need.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

R.D. Mangles posted:

Hell yeah, love the soft tossing change-up goon and the no strikeout contact king.

I think I'd only seen photos of Wicks mid-pitch before and having just looked him up to see why you called him a goon: lmao

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

bawfuls posted:

He's lived the majority of his life in the US, odds are he is or will be soon back in the US not in Japan. Ippei is not (yet) the target of the federal investigation, he's not going to be arrested immediately upon arrival. I'm sure the feds who are investigating the illegal bookmaking ring will want to interview him now and their scope may expand to include him soon, but that hasn't happened yet.

Yeah in these cases don't the actual bettors get plea deals in return for testifying against the actual bookmakers? I doubt the FBI is super-interested in prosecuting random shmoes who thought Uncut Gems was aspirational.

EDIT: also if Ippei is still a Japanese citizen there's gotta be almost 0 chance they would extradite him over what is effectively a paperwork violation.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

maffew buildings posted:

personally I hope the one two punch of his wife telling him he can't play as many video games and spending 4.5M on his friends gambling debts puts him so deep in the doghouse he hits .092 and opts out and signs a 10 year contract with the Cubs

Ricketts gonna give him a revolving credit at the on-site sportsbook.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Popete posted:

Far be it from me to defend the Astros but can you let a single post by an Astroposter even when it has nothing to do with Trash Cans go by without bringing it up?

Like, Dodgers have a legitimate claim to have lost a WS to the Astros cheating and they don't even bring it up as much as aggrieved Yankees fans who lost in the ALCS.

I again humbly request people stop generalizing mcmagic onto the rest of us.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

bawfuls posted:

Will “The Thrill” Ireton was Kenta Maeda’s interpreter while he was on the Dodgers. He seems like a cool dude:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRoHvlnDRY5/?igsh=MzY1NDJmNzMyNQ==

the backboard and EMS kit laying on the floor behind him absolutely make this.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

chilihead posted:

Shohei in my mind was obviously gambling. I'm not gonna believe all the speculation or possibly false postings until an investigation is done.
However, if the guy was stupid enough to bet on baseball he deserves whatever he gets. Had a few friends working in MLB and they always told me players were even scared to do fantasy because the rules are very strict and posted all over.

However i predict it will come out he was betting through third parties on other sports. At best a slap on the wrist because of local gambling laws.

I would absolutely kill to see the draft results from a players fantasy league, though.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

Isentropy posted:

Speaking of fantasy baseball I have unlocked hell. I agreed to something called a "slow draft" because some people didn't know how to configure an auto draft. So you draft. One by one. By email. No there is no auto draft configuration.

Love too have to check emails all day on weekends and holidays because someone couldn't use computer

That's an asolutely insane way to do a slow draft in tyool 2024.

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Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

I appreciate that Craig apparently just likes Cooper. I also like him for no good reason.

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