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best comment i read so far about the contract length.   "There are Phillies fans not yet born that will be throwing batteries at him in the later years of this contract".

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From Levi Weaver's column in The Athletic:  

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Gammons rambles way too much and it's like his editors are afraid to touch his work, but I like him because he loves baseball.  Not just MLB.  Gammons loves BASEBALL. And he hit this one out of t

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On 1/15/2019 at 4:48 PM, spystud13 said:

mlb.com has every team’s projected lineup if the season started now. Check out Balt’s... 

1. Cedric Mullins, CF
2. Jonathan Villar, 2B
3. Trey Mancini, DH
4. Chris Davis, 1B
5. DJ Stewart, RF
6. Renato Nunez, 3B
7. Joey Rickard, LF
8. Richie Martin, SS
9. Chance Sisco, C

 

That is not the best. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/each-mlb-teams-projected-opening-day-lineup/c-302718516

 

And here is their ZIPS projection.

 

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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

They must have said something when they got approached or signed the consent forms, no?

Wouldn't they have put something in the description about "Future Hall of Famer Adrian Beltre shops at Penney's?"  Instead, they put this: " We partnered with Jacqui Saldana of Baby Boy Bakery to surprise JCPenney shoppers with the gift of giving and to spread the holiday cheer."

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Major League Baseball has proposed going back to a 15-day disabled list and increasing the time optioned players usually must spend in the minor leagues, a source told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The moves are aimed at reducing the use of relief pitchers and reviving offense.

The minimum length of time an injured player spends on the disabled list was cut from 15 days to 10 in 2016 as part of baseball's new labor contract. As a result, DL placements rose from 563 in 2016 to 702 in 2017 and then again to 737 last year, the commissioner's office said.

Advanced analytics have shown team executives that starting pitchers are less successful the third time through the batting order. Increased DL and minor league option use has led to a strategy of teams rotating their middle relievers with their minor league affiliates in order to have more available pitchers each day. Teams even began using relievers as "openers" to start games last season, a trend sparked by the Tampa Bay Rays.

As part of the plan, a player optioned would have to spend at least 15 days in the minor leagues, up from 10. That limit has been waived when a player is recalled to replace someone going on the DL, gets suspended under the drug or domestic violence agreements, or goes on a paternity or bereavement list.

I’m good with this, the 10-day DL sucks. 

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Wouldn't they have put something in the description about "Future Hall of Famer Adrian Beltre shops at Penney's?"  Instead, they put this: " We partnered with Jacqui Saldana of Baby Boy Bakery to surprise JCPenney shoppers with the gift of giving and to spread the holiday cheer."

In completely unrelated news...
“J.C. Penney Struggles to Avoid Same Fate as Sears”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/j-c-penney-struggles-to-avoid-a-fate-worse-than-the-sears-scenario-11548072000
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Tried to watch MLB channel's Top 100 prospects show.  Their "experts" were Jim Callis (Baseball America), Jonathon Mayo (who does the rankings for MLB.com) and Harold (WTF???!?!)

At one point, Harold said that last year's Futures Game was "the best game I've ever seen Taylor Trammell play."  Lulz.  As if. 

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On 1/24/2019 at 1:22 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

It’s just weird. In an ad about penny’s being great by giving stuff away, they include a family that says hey great but can we give your gift away?  

He says, “how about we buy the gift and give it away”.   He works with his own and several other foundations 

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