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Well thats pretty much a 100% guarantee the A's will be playing in Vegas.

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Padres 1 year for 1M with Nelson Cruz. That seems like a good signing at that money to me. He allegedly had an eye injury bothering him last year. Last year was his first bad year offensively in forever and he was still pretty decent against LHP. If he doesn’t work out by mashing LHP as a DH or PH you cut him and you are out only 1M. 

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About fucking time...

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MLB hired Billy Chambers, one of the country’s most experienced RSN executives, to figure out what to do with its regional media rights, as the market for RSNs continues to crumble. The former Fox Sports Net exec takes the newly created position of EVP/Local Media. Chambers starts Feb. 1 and will report to MLB Chief Revenue Officer Noah Garden. Chambers was CFO overseeing the 21 Fox Sports-branded RSNs. He stayed with Sinclair after the big RSN sale, taking on the additional title of COO. Chambers's task at MLB is straightforward: the league will look to him to put it in the position to take more control over its local rights.

This hire is the clearest sign that MLB has decided that it needs to take a more active role in producing and distributing its games. Baseball execs believe that it will gain control over many of those rights controlled by Diamond Sports, which has been mired in financial troubles and last month installed former ESPN and NBC Sports exec David Preschlack as CEO. MLB expects it will get control of other rights -- ones held by Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery -- soon after. MLB already has started looking into creating a national product that would combine its local rights with its out-of-market Extra Innings package -- an effort that would do away with blackouts.

One idea that’s been considered has MLB producing and distributing games directly for distribution companies, like Xfinity, DirecTV, Charter and Dish Network, while at the same time launching a direct-to-consumer service that would combine the out-of-market package with local telecasts.

MLB also promoted Kenny Gersh to EVP/Media & Business Development. Gersh will see his role expand to oversee all of MLB’s national and international media rights, distribution and production, in addition to new revenue streams like sports betting, data distribution, fantasy, direct-to-consumer, NFTs and MiLB.

 

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The electronic strike zone will be used in all 30 Class AAA parks in 2023, sources told ESPN, seemingly another significant step toward the implementation of the technology at the big-league level in the near future.

The Automatic Balls and Strikes system, commonly referred to as ABS, will be deployed in two different ways. Half of the Class AAA games will be played with all of the calls determined by an electronic strike zone, and the other half played with an ABS challenge system similar to that used in professional tennis.

Each team will be allowed three challenges per game, with teams retaining challenges in cases when they are proven correct. MLB's intention is to use the data and feedback from both systems, over the full slate of games, to inform future choices.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35434317/sources-all-aaa-parks-use-electronic-strike-zone-23

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12 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Dominican team is loaded. Going to be a fun team to watch. Damn wish I could be there for the tournament. 

They really fucked up  the bracket this year, so I have plane tix to PHX, but am thinking about bailing on it.

Not sure I want to spend the time and money to see the US roll over MEX, COL, GBR, and CAN...

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Ohhhhh, GMs better start lining up to get one of these great deals!

 

Yankees remain eager to trade Josh Donaldson, Aaron Hicks

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/01/yankees-remain-eager-to-trade-josh-donaldson-aaron-hicks

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports “the Yankees continue to let teams know that third baseman Josh Donaldson (who is owed $29 million) and outfielder Aaron Hicks (owed $30.5 million) are still very much available as they’re willing to eat part of the contracts.”

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5 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Has he really been that bad an owner? Sure, his results have sucked but he seems like a decent guy and has been willing to spend. 

He lowered the price of beer on day 1.   That was good.  Other than that, meh. 

He's pissed away a ton of money on shit free agents, the worst of them that scumbag, fucking cocksucking worthless piece of shit asshole, dickhead, trash motherfucking Josh Hamilton who needs to die in a fucking butane fire while he's sucking on a glass dick. 

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23 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

Ohhhhh, GMs better start lining up to get one of these great deals!

 

Yankees remain eager to trade Josh Donaldson, Aaron Hicks

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/01/yankees-remain-eager-to-trade-josh-donaldson-aaron-hicks

USA Today’s Bob Nightengale reports “the Yankees continue to let teams know that third baseman Josh Donaldson (who is owed $29 million) and outfielder Aaron Hicks (owed $30.5 million) are still very much available as they’re willing to eat part of the contracts.”

 

22 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Oooh my!!!  I wonder if anyone would be able to pry Kiner-Falefa or Higashioka away from them, too?

Put yourself in my shoes and see if you still think it’s funny.

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16 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

He lowered the price of beer on day 1.   That was good.  Other than that, meh. 

He's pissed away a ton of money on shit free agents, the worst of them that scumbag, fucking cocksucking worthless piece of shit asshole, dickhead, trash motherfucking Josh Hamilton who needs to die in a fucking butane fire while he's sucking on a glass dick. 


Needs a better gm and baseball staff around him 

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16 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

He lowered the price of beer on day 1.   That was good.  Other than that, meh. 

He's pissed away a ton of money on shit free agents, the worst of them that scumbag, fucking cocksucking worthless piece of shit asshole, dickhead, trash motherfucking Josh Hamilton who needs to die in a fucking butane fire while he's sucking on a glass dick. 

CJ Wilson and Gary Matthews were also great additions from Texas. 

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I think one of Moreno’s money people checked him and told the Angels would continue to appreciate in value like almost every major sport franchise in America.

I for one love it. He’s signed some of the shittiest contracts in professional sports history and completely wasted a 2-3 generational talent in Trout. 
 

The Angels will finish 4th in a 5 team division with the 5th highest payroll in MLB. They’ll also watch the greatest two way player ever walk for nothing. 
 

This is historic ineptitude.

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