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Re: Around the MLB 2019 

Post#301 » by I_Like_Dirt » Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:33 pm

Black Watch wrote:We all love big round numbers, but to indulge in them to this degree is to turn the game into a vanity fair.


Given the Rangers have nothing else to play for, it's really just a game of how much they wanted to enable Minor risking his arm risk his arm.

And Boston - the degree to which they've given up and started focusing on totally irrelevant stuff since Dombrowski was fired is eye-opening. I hope they go full Mets.
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Post#302 » by James_Raptors » Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:00 pm

Cubs and Joe Madden part ways and Clint Hurdle fired from the Pirates.
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Post#303 » by Ado05 » Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:12 pm

So the Pirates fired Hurdle before the game and then asked if he wants to manage it anyways? Lol, just wait a day to do it.
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Post#304 » by BigLeagueChew » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:28 pm

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Tuesday, Oct 1 NL Wild Card
Milwaukee Brewers @ Washington Nationals 8:08 PM TBS

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Oakland Athletics 8:09 PM ESPN

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Post#305 » by Black Watch » Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:48 pm

Schad locked Ratul's thread (love you, Ratul), so I'll have to comment on the stuff he quoted in this thread...

Ratul, quoting a Sportsnet piece, wrote:There remain some profound concerns in the immediate future. The 2019 Blue Jays will end the season with the second-most home runs in franchise history, while having the fewest hits of any non-strike season team. Their .304 team OBP ranks second-worst in team history, and many of the prospective hitters on a 2020 team – Teoscar Hernandez, Rowdy Tellez, Randal Grichuk, Danny Jansen, Derek Fisher, Billy McKinney – don’t even rise to meet that low bar on such an important metric.

I couldn't believe it, so I looked it up and it's not only true for us but true for half the league as well. 15 teams either broke or tied their single-season record for home runs. And if that wasn't enough, the single-season strikeout record was smashed for the 12th straight season.

Strikeouts (orange, arrow pointing to 12 years ago) and home runs (purple, arrow pointing to 2 years ago) in a single season from 1900 to 2019:

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Re: Around the MLB 2019 

Post#306 » by dagger » Wed Oct 2, 2019 3:01 am

Wow, even Teoscar Hernandez might have come up with that one, and there’s a team that could have used Ken Giles.


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Post#307 » by The_Hater » Wed Oct 2, 2019 9:50 am

Adrian_05 wrote:So the Pirates fired Hurdle before the game and then asked if he wants to manage it anyways? Lol, just wait a day to do it.


9 years he had been the Bucs manager and he was manager through the team’s best stretch since Barry Bonds wore their uniform, yet they couldn’t wait 1-2 more days and do things professionally? What a joke.
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Re: Around the MLB 2019 

Post#308 » by BigLeagueChew » Sat Oct 5, 2019 7:31 pm

Showalter interested in Mets coaching job.

That could be fun.

Gibby is also interested in returning to coaching.
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Post#310 » by Black Watch » Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:57 pm

Chaim Bloom now chief baseball officer for the Red Sox.

https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-to-hire-chaim-bloom

This is why I want Shapiro extended. We can't afford to lose that brain capital.
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Post#311 » by Black Watch » Sun Oct 27, 2019 6:35 am

An update to how Sheryl Ring (of Fangraphs) is doing, courtesy of her pinned tweet, written yesterday.

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Post#312 » by Black Watch » Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:09 pm

Neal Hungtington has been fired. Pittsburgh will probably bring in a McKinsey type soon and go aggressive in a rebuild.
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Post#313 » by Ado05 » Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:31 am

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Post#314 » by BigLeagueChew » Thu Nov 7, 2019 12:21 am

"Every day you get more information. And we’ve had time to connect with 27 of the clubs — obviously the Astros and (Nationals) being in the World Series, they were tied up — but we had a chance to get a sense of what the other clubs are going to look to do in free agency, who might be available in trades."


The statements made by Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos call into question the integrity of the entire free-agent system. The clear description of Club coordination is egregious, and we have launched an immediate investigation looking into the matter.


The MLBPA’s issue stems from Anthopoulos’ acknowledgment of getting a feel for how other clubs plan to act in free agency. With regard to sharing intel in free agency, the collective bargaining agreement states: “Players shall not act in concert with other Players, and Clubs shall not act in concert with other Clubs.”

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Post#315 » by BigLeagueChew » Thu Nov 7, 2019 9:49 pm

Apparently AA mispoke. I guess sometimes talking trades you might get a sense what GM's will do next or why they're doing it.

Todays rumour is Bumgarner to the Braves.
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Post#317 » by Black Watch » Sat Nov 9, 2019 6:11 am

BigLeagueChew wrote:Apparently AA mispoke. I guess sometimes talking trades you might get a sense what GM's will do next or why they're doing it.

To extrapolate collusion from that quote just goes to show the mind of Tony Clark. He has been a disaster for the players union.
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Post#318 » by Black Watch » Sat Nov 9, 2019 6:13 am

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Re: Around the MLB 2019 

Post#319 » by C Court » Sat Nov 9, 2019 1:48 pm

Unlikely he’s back next season as a Jay, but Smoak is a good guy. I thought the Jays were nuts when they extended his contract. Now he’s one of my favorite ever Jays.

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