2020 MLB thread

[shadow_operative 15932]

47 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

S.O. Playing the victim card again. Shadow admitted his idea was baseless, uneducated shit thrown against the wall and Guadaloopy simply confirmed it. 

it's all about what you're here for. 9/10 posters on this forum are here to discuss baseball. then we have the 10%, the likes of you, and apparently this guadaloopy fellow, who are only here to talk shit, whine, snipe, bitch, and generally act like an asshole for no discernible reason other than a glaring, juvenile immaturity. are you here to discuss the sport like an adult, or are you here to pwn noobz and start inane internet arguments like a 13 year-old who needs attention? for most of us it's the former; for you, sadly, it's the latter. your next substantive post will be your first.

now then- someone says, "hey, i really have no idea if this would work or not, but it sure would be cool if Lindor joined my team." what's your response? if you're a fucking adult then you can explain to that person that there's no chance of that happening without talking a bunch of shit or being insulting while doing so. OR, you can be insulting, be dramatic, be contentious, *and* be totally misinformed, *and then* convince yourself that you're the one who's above the fray. if that's how you prefer to comport yourself, then you're a child. 

in short, grow the fuck up TonyTexas. you act like a 13 year old girl whose only want is to be involved in the latest drama.  @Guadaloopy- don't be a dick for no reason, and especially don't do that when you don't even know wtf you're talking about. "Derka's playing the victim again!" no, i'm behaving like an adult and asking you to do the same. are we here to shoot the shit and talk baseball or are we here to start shit with each other and create football board/CR-like drama? 

Edited November 11, 2020 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15932]

also, if i talked a whole bunch of unprovoked shit to someone and then said something as hilariously uninformed as "Player A makes twice as much as Player B!" when in fact Player B makes more money than Player A, then the two of you would just be running your mouths about that, because that's what you're here to do. fuckin grow up already.

[TonyTexas 10506]

32 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

it's all about what you're here for. 9/10 posters on this forum are here to discuss baseball. 

Says the person who writes 2000 words today that have nothing to do with baseball. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

13 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Says the person who writes 2000 words today that have nothing to do with baseball. 

you're such a childish twat. i recorded this ~5 months ago but never posted it for obvious reasons. that said, your incessant twattery in this forum has gone unchecked long enough. your complete lack of self awareness necessitates this. listen very closely to this entire thing, because not only do you get a shout out in this video, the entire thing is essentially a breakdown of why people like you are an absolute pox upon this board. you add nothing of value to any discussion, you're constantly starting drama with someone else, and yet you somehow don't see how worthless that makes you. grow up. talk baseball or kick rocks. your presence here only brings this board down. change that shit or stop posting.

now then- here's a summary of what it's like having to deal with you room-temperature-IQ-having antagonists on such a regular basis. fucking twat. 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

yeah, that just happened, and i stand by every word. i don't want to hear any shit from TonyTexas about him not having 15 minutes to watch that. fuck that. he needs a reality check in a serious way. fucking christ i'm sick of his childish antics. him and all of the other trolls who belong to my ridiculous fan club. the same people who bitch about me causing drama are the ones causing all the drama. fucking grow up already. 

[TonyTexas 10506]

Lulz.

[shadow_operative 15932]

yeah that's what i thought. keep being proud to be the board's resident shit starter/useless poster. 

[WBT 20561]

12 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

i have a sneaking suspicion that i'd be pretty good at playing the holier-than-thou know-it-all who runs his mouth to people while not actually knowing what he's talking about

Meh, you're no helo

[Guadaloopy 10960]

I didn’t realize that calling a highly unlikely trade scenario “fan fiction” was “talking a whole bunch of unprovoked shit.”  
 

I admitted that I checked the wrong source for Lindor’s 2021 salary.  Mea culpa.  The salary piece was  just one of several points that I stated as to why the proposed trade made zero sense for the Indians.  It was grossly incorrect. However, I stand by the rest.  

The Cubs, though a perennial playoff team, haven’t been considered a serious World Series contender for at least a couple of years, and a string of early play-in/playoff exits bears this out.  They haven’t had better than 10-1 odds at the start of the season since 2017 and they were at 20-1 odds for 2020.  The opinion that they are more than a single piece away from being a top-tier contender (single digit odds) isn’t controversial to anyone but a Cubs fan.  

My apologies, Derka.  I didn’t mean to “talk unprovoked shit.”   I engaged in a slight bit of sports message board ribbing about “fan fiction.”  This is Surly, after all.  
 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

Stroman & Gausman accept the QOs. 

[TonyTexas 10506]

It’s surprising that Bauer is the 1st Reds pitcher to win the Cy Young in the 64 year history of the award. 

[SquishMitten 10403]

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[DDD Dad 14325]

yeah, that just happened, and i stand by every word. i don't want to hear any shit from TonyTexas about him not having 15 minutes to watch that. fuck that. he needs a reality check in a serious way. fucking christ i'm sick of his childish antics. him and all of the other trolls who belong to my ridiculous fan club. the same people who bitch about me causing drama are the ones causing all the drama. fucking grow up already. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

Abreu & Freeman win MVP. 

[Beau Vine 54207]

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

based on this list, it looks like Freddie Freeman's career path is about to go south:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHgYHkBH28B/?igshid=o2ys6tvooic7

 

sonofabitch i keep forgetting that IG won't embed here anymore. anyway, the list of the last 10 NL MVPs makes it look like winning the award is the last thing that happens before your career goes downhill, at least for a year or two. Braun, Posey, McCutchen, Giancarlo, Bryce, Yelich, etc all fell off pretty far after winning the award. the AL list looks a lot stronger. 

Edited November 13, 2020 by shadow_operative

[Horny Bull 2759]

 

[TonyTexas 10506]

19 hours ago, Horny Bull said:

 

I'm surprised there has been any comment on this. It's a big and important story and not just in the baseball context. She's certainly has the chops for the job. Been in baseball for 30 years including 13 years as assistant GM for the Yankees and Dodgers before moving on to SVP of baseball ops for MLB. She interviewed for  several GM positions over the years before finally being hired by the Marlins. This, along with the Marlins on field performance this year, has certainly boosted my increased my estimation of that organization. 

[Sbbruin 21829]

Lasorda hospitalized. He's defied the odds for years.

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

Trade’s going well. 

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The Padres announced that right-hander Mike Clevinger will undergo Tommy John surgery. He’ll miss the entire 2021 season as a result.

 

[hookemATL 11702]

On 11/15/2020 at 12:34 PM, Sbbruin said:

Lasorda hospitalized. He's defied the odds for years.

Fucking legend. 

[FondrenRoad 4378]

5 hours ago, hookemATL said:

Fucking legend. 

Thats fucking awesome. 

[Horny Bull 2759]

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

just saw this. ugh. gut punched. still, he brought us a title, which i never ever ever thought i'd see, so all i can do is say thank you Theo- job well done. 

[TonyTexas 10506]

Just when there was a hint of optimism for the Mets. 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

damn son. $24M gone. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

 

 

[Scraps 13560]

he is up to like 35 mil forfeited.  Impressive.  

[TonyTexas 10506]

The price of DJ Lemahieu just went up

[Beau Vine 54207]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

Just when there was a hint of optimism for the Mets. 

 

The Mets can move McNeil to 2nd, and use a small fraction of that $24M to pick up a corner outfielder who will be more productive than Cano, so that's a big win in my book.  

[Dewey 3286]

 

[WBT 20561]

16 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

 

 

But at least he also endangers his chance of making the HOF and the lucrative post career earnings bump that would bring

[texashorne 1177]

17 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

The Mets can move McNeil to 2nd, and use a small fraction of that $24M to pick up a corner outfielder who will be more productive than Cano, so that's a big win in my book.  

Springer 

[TonyTexas 10506]

I think the Mets would love to sign LeMahieu. Cohen sticking it to the Yankees right of the bat would endear him to the fans. Cano could(and should) DH when he comes back. Of course that’s assuming that the universal DH is  implemented in 2022

Edited November 19, 2020 by TonyTexas

[LTtxfan 49144]

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

Hunter Renfroe & Renato Nunez DFA’d. 

[WBT 20561]

Charlie Morton to the Braves, 1 year for $15 million.  If this was last offseason I'd say it's a good deal for them but I have no idea what FA salaries are going to look like this year.

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

The 1/$11M they gave Drew fucking Smyly already is still amazing. 

[TonyTexas 10506]

 

[WBT 20561]

Trying to get thrown in jail to facilitate his chicken, rice, and pushup regimen?

[WBT 20561]

2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

The 1/$11M they gave Drew fucking Smyly already is still amazing. 

Yeah, I guess their hoping he'll turn into 2017 Charlie Morton with his uptick in velocity.  I wouldn't have given him that much.

[Mez2 4023]

4 hours ago, WBT said:

Trying to get thrown in jail to facilitate his chicken, rice, and pushup regimen?

I feel like there are easier ways to go about it 

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

 

 

[Beau Vine 54207]

I'm kind of stunned by the SP money.  Based on the games played, it looked to me like everyone decided that starting pitchers weren't that useful.  I'm still dying to see someone go to a 4-man rotation now that starters get pulled in the 4th inning regularly.  

[WBT 20561]

At some point it has to bounce back right?  As teams lean more and more on the bullpen it seems like every year someone just breaks down under the strain of pitching every day and becomes totally ineffective like Nick Anderson did this year.  At some point won't someone go back to mixing in some 7 inning starts?

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

 

Whole lot of non-tenders today. Maz & Duvall most non-Helobious have heard of. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15948]

 

Also, Derka’s boys Schwarber & Almora. 

 

[Beau Vine 54207]

I think we all know that Schwarber is going to sign with the Yankees for about $5M and hit 30 homers in Yankee Stadium next season.

[shadow_operative 15932]

shit, he was already hitting 30 at Wrigley, with the deepest corners in the majors and the wind sometimes blowing in off Lake Michigan. he'll hit 40 playing 81 games in NY. 

[Beau Vine 54207]

18 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

shit, he was already hitting 30 at Wrigley, with the deepest corners in the majors and the wind sometimes blowing in off Lake Michigan. Ipso facto, he'll hit 40 playing 81 games in NY.