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[John_Havok]

Zimmerman just overtook the Expos/Nats franchise HR lead from Vlad Guerrero.

[Governator]

reminds me of David Wells. Minus the gut.

 

Looks like Brett Cecil's deadly curve from the past.

[Brownie19]

Looks like Brett Cecil's deadly curve from the past.

 

Really? I think Cecil's was a lot tighter - thrown a lot harder (mid 80's). That thing starts well over the batters head and lands in the dirt. Looks like a loopy 12-6 thrown in the low to mid 70's.

[Dr. Dinger]

Zimmerman just overtook the Expos/Nats franchise HR lead from Vlad Guerrero.

 

I find these mixed franchise records stupid. Vlad was never a Nat and Zimm never played in Montreal.

[Boxcar]

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1333594-machado-baseball-is-a-little-boring-to-watch

"Yeah, it's a little boring to watch it," Machado said, according to Roch Kubatko of MASN. "I don't know how people go out there and watch games. Now I know why sometimes people don't come to games."

 

 

As expected, a reddit thread went up discussing Machados comments.

 

A thread full of scorching hot takes about how baseball is indeed boring. Reddit is terrible.

 

Some Reddit is ok, like /r/the_donald where many spicy memes are born, but baseball Reddit is full of cancerous casuals.

 

That Sixbiscuit guy is a retarded *******. I would bet anything that he in fact does not understand baseball "just fine". Cranky old people are the worst.

[Brownie19]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/players-view-who-can-handle-the-ninth/

 

Interesting to hear players and managers take on who can handle the ninth. Gibby's view is included. It's interesting to see some suggest that during the season, routine is key and that players will perform better when in routine. I suspect there's something to that for some, but not for others.

[John_Havok]

I find these mixed franchise records stupid. Vlad was never a Nat and Zimm never played in Montreal.

 

True, but it's still the same franchise since it never folded. It just moved and was renamed. I actually wish the Winnipeg Jets came up with a new name when their new franchise began again to avoid even more confusion.

[Spanky__99]

Correa out 6-8 weeks with a torn ligament in his thumb...

[Bobthe4th]

 

Good job they have Marwin Gonzalez in the form of his life and a 15.5 game division lead.

[Brownie19]

 

Good job they have Marwin Gonzalez in the form of his life and a 15.5 game division lead.

 

and former 6th overall pick, Colin Moran to call up - who's had a great year in AAA.

[Orgfiller]

 

Good job they have Marwin Gonzalez in the form of his life and a 15.5 game division lead.

 

Gurriel to 3B, Bregman to SS, Marwin to 1B? They can all play all over the diamond.

[Brownie19]

True, but it's still the same franchise since it never folded. It just moved and was renamed. I actually wish the Winnipeg Jets came up with a new name when their new franchise began again to avoid even more confusion.

 

Meh - I'd prefer the stats and records stay with the City.

 

There's no way the Arizona Coyotes should be using historical records and stats by Teammu Selanne and Dale Hawerchuk, while the current Winnipeg team uses historical stats from the old Thrasher teams.

[Spanky__99]

Per- JP. Morosi... JD. Martinez to the D-Backs, no word on return.

[jays4life19]

Per- JP. Morosi... JD. Martinez to the D-Backs, no word on return.

 

Wow! That would be a huge get for the D backs. Since their farm sucks i'm super curious as to what they give up.

[Spanky__99]

Wow! That would be a huge get for the D backs. Since their farm sucks i'm super curious as to what they give up.

 

Hard to say, apparently it's 3 spects per Kenny Ken.

 

Edit: Lugo, Alcantara and King

 

lol... that's f*** all.

[Grant77]

Per- JP. Morosi... JD. Martinez to the D-Backs, no word on return.

 

This is certainly unexpected.

[Grant77]

I could see Tomas + going the other way, hard to say.

 

Three prospects.

[King]

It's Dawel Lugo (former Jays prospect), Jose King and Sergio Alcantara. Pretty weak return.

[Dr. Dinger]

The Dbacks don't have any prospects so I automatically love this trade for then. JDM is gonna beast in that park ROS.

[jays4life19]

It's Dawel Lugo (former Jays prospect), Jose King and Sergio Alcantara. Pretty weak return.

 

Indeed. I don't see why the tigers wouldn't wait. Surely they could have found a better package for one of the elite sluggers in the game.

[John_Havok]

It's Dawel Lugo (former Jays prospect), Jose King and Sergio Alcantara. Pretty weak return.

 

This is a steal for Arizona.

[Spanky__99]

This is a steal for Arizona.

 

Yeah, they should've at least gotten Banda in the deal.

[Orgfiller]

This is a steal for Arizona.

 

Seems like we haven't said that or anything remotely similar in a very long time.

[John_Havok]

Seems like we haven't said that or anything remotely similar in a very long time.

 

They had Dave Stewart as the GM....in fact, the last steal their franchise made was firing him.

[John_Havok]

Yeah, they should've at least gotten Banda in the deal.

 

Or Leyba... just very underwhelming for a bat like JD.

[Dr. Dinger]

Chris Sale is on pace for 300 Ks, which has only been done once in the last 15 years (by Kershaw). He's also currently ahead of Kershaw by 2.1 fWAR.

[Abomination]

I feel like we could have offered Det Goins, and it would have been a better return.

[Abomination]

LMAO Gomez. Turning them fly balls into home runs is a very special skill.

[burlingtonbandit]

So if that's the price of a rental the Jays are getting s*** all. Not even sure Bautista would get salary relief at this point.

[Spanky__99]

So if that's the price of a rental the Jays are getting s*** all. Not even sure Bautista would get salary relief at this point.

 

Exactly what I thought, way to set a price Avila you stunned f***ing moron!