2018 MLB Thread

[Shoxthemonkey 1983]

Phweeew! For a brief moment I thought you were talking about Alcides. I unclenched when I saw the Ari part.

[GopherRock 1773]

New skipper for the Twinkies is some dude named Rocco Baldelli. Apparently he's the Rays field coordinator, whatever that means. 

 

According to the Strib, first manager hire from outside the organization since 1985.

[Scraps 13603]

Well thats a name i didn't think I'd hear ever again

[shnsajax 3592]

New skipper for the Twinkies is some dude named Rocco Baldelli. Apparently he's the Rays field coordinator, whatever that means. 
 
According to the Strib, first manager hire from outside the organization since 1985.

Are you seriously too young to remember Rocko?

[spystud13 2371]

GG finalists announced. Not many had Rougie on there before the season. Maldonado & Bregman for Hou. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/gold-glove-award-finalists-named/c-299683866

 

[Scraps 13603]

And Keuchel

[David Dennison 19140]

On 10/17/2018 at 10:46 AM, TheFlagship said:

Lmao if you think thats remotely close to the moral lapses the Astros have suffered in the last 12 months. 

Like what?

[David Dennison 19140]

Wait. 

Are people really pretending that stealing signs is a big deal?

LOLOLOLOLOL

It's baseball. Every single team in the league is stealing signs. Even the lowly Rangers.

[Pato del Muerto 52977]

It’s how you steal signs that can get you in trouble.  Don’t use technology. 

[spystud13 2371]

This one is funny. 

Quote

Left field
National League: Corey Dickerson, Pirates; Adam Duvall, Braves; Christian Yelich, Brewers

Dickerson was so bad in Col, Tampa moved him to DH. Duvall lost his job, didn’t make Atl’s postseason roster. Yelich started more games in RF. 

[Beau Vine 55037]

1 hour ago, spystud13 said:

This one is funny. 

Dickerson was so bad in Col, Tampa moved him to DH. Duvall lost his job, didn’t make Atl’s postseason roster. Yelich started more games in RF. 

The second most egregious call was the omission of a certain NL first baseman...

Spoiler

Brandon Belt

 

[spystud13 2371]

I’m just glad Hosmer got left off. Is Josh Bell still coming here? 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=fld&lg=nl&qual=850&type=1&season=2018&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=13,d

 

[BigOrange1 6566]

really surprised swanson didn't make the cut as SS.

[TheFlagship 466]

Very outside the box hire here. He is currently deGrom’s agent btw.

 

[Beau Vine 55037]

Yeah, the last time someone hired an agent to be a GM, it went REEEEEEEEEEEEALLY well.

Spoiler

 

[TheFlagship 466]

And so begins the offseason of Bryce and Manny...

[Beau Vine 55037]

 

[spystud13 2371]

You just wanted to brag on your boy Mathis. 

[patrickdrinksbeer 796]

Qualifying offer question: if player rejects QO, are there any restrictions imposed on him re-signing with the team that extended the QO?

[UTexasFight 9661]

one of my favorite books to read to my 3 year old (This is Baseball by Margaret Blackstone) ends with this.
Today was the first day since end of March this wasn’t true.
Damn I’m bummed

[DanRydell 799]

42 minutes ago, patrickdrinksbeer said:

Qualifying offer question: if player rejects QO, are there any restrictions imposed on him re-signing with the team that extended the QO?

No. 

[Beau Vine 55037]

17 hours ago, spystud13 said:

You just wanted to brag on your boy Mathis. 

I've come around on him.  He should bat 9th, but he's a phenomenal catcher.

[Goo Punch 4275]

dodgers are crazy if they decide to pay kershaw going forward. anybody here think kershawnis even 70-80% of his cy young self going forward?

[huge 3803]

Well he’s a sub 3 era guy and there aren’t that many of them around.

That being said he’s not the CK of 4 years ago.

Still valuable. Not worth 30M a year.

[WBT 20776]

Which is why he shouldn't opt out

[DanRydell 799]

Which is why he shouldn't opt out

Maybe. But if he’s on a decline and continues to have issues staying healthy, his prospects as a free agent in two years might not be so great so his overall earnings could benefit from grabbing more guaranteed money now.

He should be able to get something like 7/$200m right now. So it’s a question of whether he and his agent think he could get at least 5/$130m two years from now.

[spystud13 2371]

Gold Glove Winners

POS.	AL	NL
C	Salvador Perez, Royals	Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B	Matt Olson, Athletics	Freddie Freeman/Anthony Rizzo
2B	Ian Kinsler, Red Sox	DJ LeMahieu, Rockies
SS	Andrelton Simmons, Angels	Nick Ahmed, Diamondbacks
3B	Matt Chapman, Athletics	Nolan Arenado, Rockies
LF	Alex Gordon, Royals	Corey Dickerson, Pirates
CF	Jackie Bradley Jr., Red Sox	Ender Inciarte, Braves
RF	Mookie Betts, Red Sox	Nick Markakis, Braves
P	Dallas Keuchel, Astros	Zack Greinke, Diamondbacks

[huge 3803]

Wait. Corey Dickerson???

[Goo Punch 4275]

Javy Baez having zero gold gloves is a travesty.

[Beau Vine 55037]

11 hours ago, huge said:

Wait. Corey Dickerson???

It's like people think that defensive statistics for a left fielder are stable and not subject to random variation from year to year.

[WBT 20776]

13 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

It's like people think that defensive statistics for a left fielder everyone are stable and not subject to random variation from year to year. 80% random number generator