Daily MLB Banter

[Rico]

On 8/4/2023 at 9:41 PM, LamarCheeks said:

Grew up about 45 minutes from Chicago, so am a Cubs fan. Always have been. Always will be. 

But these days, I live about 10 miles from Baltimore's Triple-A team, so have seen a lot of these youngsters come through here and am in the O's TV market, so get to watch them regularly. These Birds are a fun team -- and could be good for a few years. 

Besides, everybody knows that once Buck Showalter leaves a team, it goes to the World Series! 

 

I always will be a Earl Weaver fan.  Now Luke Weaver is a different story.

[Demo]

Genius 

[Naturalhoosier]

13 hours ago, Demo said:

Genius 

In my best Bob Ueker voice…Tried for the corner but missed. 

[JSHoosier]

Soto and Grisham to the Yankees for some pitching prospects (King, Thorp, Brito, Vasquez) and a backup catcher (Higashioka).

[LIHoosier]

14 hours ago, JSHoosier said:

Soto and Grisham to the Yankees for some pitching prospects (King, Thorp, Brito, Vasquez) and a backup catcher (Higashioka).

The one I'm gonna miss is Michael King. The only bright spot of the last two months was King progressing from being a 4-6 out reliever to a decent starter who was getting thru 6 innings by the end of the season.

[JSHoosier]

43 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

The one I'm gonna miss is Michael King. The only bright spot of the last two months was King progressing from being a 4-6 out reliever to a decent starter who was getting thru 6 innings by the end of the season.

He's a good story and now they need pitching help. I'm not worried about Thorpe since the attrition rate on young pitchers is pretty high and they churn out the likes of Brito and Vasquez regularly.  It's Juan Soto though, a top 10 player with a higher walk rate than k rate.

And now a guy with a .400 OBP can be slotted in front of Judge.

[LIHoosier]

Ohtani to the Dodgers, 10 years...

700 MILLION DOLLARS

[JSHoosier]

25 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Ohtani to the Dodgers, 10 years...

700 MILLION DOLLARS

And he won't pitch this year. And on his 3rd UCL. After a 2nd Tommy John surgery.

[Brass Cannon]

That’s likely going to turn into the worst contract ever maybe it doesn’t but statistically it will 

[JSHoosier]

28 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

That’s likely going to turn into the worst contract ever maybe it doesn’t but statistically it will 

Possible.  He's had 2 Tommy John surgeries so I'd question how long he'll be able to keep pitching.

Oh and I read much of the money is deferred.

[Brass Cannon]

1 minute ago, JSHoosier said:

Possible.  He's had 2 Tommy John surgeries so I'd question how long he'll be able to keep pitching.

Oh and I read much of the money is deferred.

Very much a win now move and damn the future 

[LIHoosier]

4 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Possible.  He's had 2 Tommy John surgeries so I'd question how long he'll be able to keep pitching.

Oh and I read much of the money is deferred.

I'm curious how insane it gets. Scherzer is getting $15 mn a year for 5 more years from his Nationals deal on top of that gawdy contract the Mets paid off to get him out of there.

[Hovadipo]

12 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

I'm curious how insane it gets. Scherzer is getting $15 mn a year for 5 more years from his Nationals deal on top of that gawdy contract the Mets paid off to get him out of there.

I just saw today that Scherzer is currently a top-4 paid player for 3 different teams lol. 

[Demo]

1 hour ago, LIHoosier said:

Ohtani to the Dodgers, 10 years...

700 MILLION DOLLARS

I have no problem with Ohtani getting every dime someone’s willing to pay him. But his AAV is higher than the opening day payrolls of 2 teams last year and basically the same as 2 others. If that can come anywhere near happening your sport has an f’ed up business model. 

[kreigh8]

Most of this is deferred. Dodgers going to be paying for a long time but this will allow them to be aggressive for SP

[OliviaPope40]

https://x.com/cbssports/status/1733580838749577702?s=42&t=9q4FFqUAGzbYkSb_4cheqQ

 

 

[Brass Cannon]

1 minute ago, OliviaPope40 said:

https://x.com/cbssports/status/1733580838749577702?s=42&t=9q4FFqUAGzbYkSb_4cheqQ

 

 

Begs the question how many billions the two LA teams have spent in the last decade for a single World Series 

[Alford Bailey]

I’m fine with it. Shows how ridiculous MLB is. Probably won’t win a WS either.

[Rico]

I wonder how many games Ohtani will play for the Dodgers before he gets hurt?  

[Brass Cannon]

After some thought I think I am finally on board with more tightly regulated mlb salaries.  This was just insane