Around Baseball 2019

[Jimcanuck]

I honestly don't expect anything to come of this. This is a CBA issue, the players made the deal if they don't like it they'll need to make better deals. I'm not so sure they even care to because cases like Bryant are extremely rare. Even when Vlad came up he didn't do anything special.

 

Yes, but any agreements / commitments between management and players made subsequent to the CBA takes precedence. Maybe Bryant has evidence the Cubs reneged on such an agreement.

[Spanky99]

Chaim Bloom leaving position as VP of Baseball Operations from Tampa to Boston's Head of Baseball Operations and GM...

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/red-sox-gm-chaim-bloom

[TheHurl]

High-em is the man! A complete Epstein clone

[Spanky99]

High-em is the man! A complete Epstein clone

 

Your buddy?

[TheHurl]

Your buddy?

 

Nope.

[TheHurl]

Ha Stroman covered up the Toronto Skyline tattoo he had.

 

 

[Spanky99]

Ha Stroman covered up the Toronto Skyline tattoo he had.

 

 

 

Uhmm... I still see it?

[BTS]

Ha Stroman covered up the Toronto Skyline tattoo he had.

 

 

 

Christ almighty that looks stupid

[glory]

[TheHurl]

About time. I was actually a fan of his at one time. But you can't lose your two biggest trades so badly and not have your job on the line. Pirates fans watching Cole, Glasnow, Meadows and Morton in the playoffs was the last straw. Then there is the whole militarizing your minor league roster.

[Krylian]

Christ almighty that looks stupid

 

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Brownie19]

Uhmm... I still see it?

 

No response to this? I clearly still see it also.

[Sorrow]

I don't think it was a cover up, I think it was actually completed.

[Captain Adama]

Stroman would be the type of guy who would get a tattoo of his girlfriend after 6 months of dating

[TheHurl]

No response to this? I clearly still see it also.

 

I am just going by what is on Twitter. They said the only thing left was the CN Tower and dome

[Boxcar]

I am just going by what is on Twitter. They said the only thing left was the CN Tower and dome

 

No one is more Canada than me brah

 

416 n shiet....uhhhh...Tim Hortons........uhhhhhh...I love Beavers too dog

[Spanky99]

I am just going by what is on Twitter. They said the only thing left was the CN Tower and dome

 

No one is more Canada than me brah

 

416 n shiet....uhhhh...Tim Hortons........uhhhhhh...I love Beavers too dog

 

That's what you get.

[Deadpool]

I am just going by what is on Twitter. They said the only thing left was the CN Tower and dome

 

I've lived in Toronto (or near enough) my whole life, and those are the only two buildings I'd recognize from the skyline...

[Beans]

About time. I was actually a fan of his at one time. But you can't lose your two biggest trades so badly and not have your job on the line. Pirates fans watching Cole, Glasnow, Meadows and Morton in the playoffs was the last straw. Then there is the whole militarizing your minor league roster.

That FO had a very good run. Coonelly, Huntington, Hurdle, and even pitching coach Ray Searage all helped build the Pirates into an NL combination of the A's and Rays—player development, international signings, resource allocation, and then also pioneers in shifting, pitch design, and sequencing. The three years in a row they made the postseason, they averaged well over 90 wins.

 

They fell off largely because of payroll limitations. MLBTR made an interesting point about the Archer trade...

 

Of course, the very fact that Archer is so affordable could very well be what prompted him to hold such appeal to Huntington and his staff in the first place. Pirates ownership has only thrice green-lighted a payroll north of $90MM, constantly leaving the front office scrambling to find bargains and patch together rosters with rebound candidates and the leftovers of the free-agent market. Without the type of annual payroll constraints they face, perhaps Huntington & Co. wouldn’t have been so drawn to Archer in the first place. There’s no way to know for sure, however, and the end result still speaks loudest of all.

 

Certainly not as bad a FO as the results would suggest.

Edited October 30, 2019 by Beans

[TheHurl]

I've lived in Toronto (or near enough) my whole life, and those are the only two buildings I'd recognize from the skyline...

 

You should have taken my double decker bus tour the one day I worked there. You'd have learned lots

[TheHurl]

That FO had a very good run. Coonelly, Huntington, Hurdle, and even pitching coach Ray Searage all helped build the Pirates into an NL combination of the A's and Rays—player development, international signings, resource allocation, and then also pioneers in shifting, pitch design, and sequencing. The three years in a row they made the postseason, they averaged well over 90 wins.

 

They fell off largely because of payroll limitations. MLBTR made an interesting point about the Archer trade...

 

 

 

Certainly not as bad a FO as the results would suggest.

 

As I said I was once a fan. However, no one wanted to play with them. They had zero ability to negotiate a team friendly contract because they treated people terrible. The number of former Pirates who have talked about how much happier they were to be moved says something.

[TheHurl]

 

http://news.sportslogos.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/milwaukee-brewers-new-logo-2020-leak-compare-with-old-590x466.jpg

[Brownie19]

Best logo in baseball.

[Boxcar]

Best logo in pro sports.

 

FTFY

 

f***ing pumped that they are going back to it full time. Gonna get me another hat.

 

Brewers unis are top 3 or 4 for me solely because they have such an awesome logo.

 

E: although, idk. I know the baseball in the old logo is completely wrong but there's something about it I prefer to the double stitching.

 

I also am not a big fan of the switch to navy. Still, it owns the M and wheat stalk.

[Brownie19]

FTFY

 

f***ing pumped that they are going back to it full time. Gonna get me another hat.

 

Brewers unis are top 3 or 4 for me solely because they have such an awesome logo.

 

E: although, idk. I know the baseball in the old logo is completely wrong but there's something about it I prefer to the double stitching.

 

I also am not a big fan of the switch to navy. Still, it owns the M and wheat stalk.

 

I like how the ball is now actually centered in the mit. My OCD was triggered when I noticed it was offset to the top in the old logo.

[Todd Van Anus]

Sounds like Josh Donaldson is going to finally get paid this offseason. Lets hope he doesn't go all upper-decker on the blue jays!

[Omar]

[G-Snarls]

Sounds like Josh Donaldson is going to finally get paid this offseason. Lets hope he doesn't go all upper-decker on the blue jays!

 

He's already made over 80M in his 7+ year career so far thanks to arbitration and just one free agent year

[Ray]

The Phillies have had a tirefire of a rebuild. Their drafting since their rebuild has started has been absolutely horrendous.

 

2012: -1.6 WAR from drafted players

2013: 1.8 WAR from drafted players, the bulk of which is from JP Crawford who they traded for Jean Segura.

2014: 23.5 WAR, 19.6 from Nola and the rest from Hoskins. Top heavy draft. Nola is great, but Hoskins future value is limited due to his defense

2015: 1.6 WAR from Scott Kingery. That's it. Drafted Cornelius Randolph with their 10th overall pick who turned out to be a complete bust.

2016: -0.3 WAR total from all draftees, all from Cole Irvin. Wasted a #1 pick on Mickey Moniak who is turning into one of the bigger busts in draft history.

2017: 1.7 WAR from Adam Hasely who looks pretty decent. Spencer Howard can also be good.

 

On top of that, their committed payroll for next season is already $171M and $190M counted towards the luxury tax. They still have big holes at 3B and at least 2 SP's.

[Spanky99]

The Phillies have had a tirefire of a rebuild. Their drafting since their rebuild has started has been absolutely horrendous.

 

2012: -1.6 WAR from drafted players

2013: 1.8 WAR from drafted players, the bulk of which is from JP Crawford who they traded for Jean Segura.

2014: 23.5 WAR, 19.6 from Nola and the rest from Hoskins. Top heavy draft. Nola is great, but Hoskins future value is limited due to his defense

2015: 1.6 WAR from Scott Kingery. That's it. Drafted Cornelius Randolph with their 10th overall pick who turned out to be a complete bust.

2016: -0.3 WAR total from all draftees, all from Cole Irvin. Wasted a #1 pick on Mickey Moniak who is turning into one of the bigger busts in draft history.

2017: 1.7 WAR from Adam Hasely who looks pretty decent. Spencer Howard can also be good.

 

On top of that, their committed payroll for next season is already $171M and $190M counted towards the luxury tax. They still have big holes at 3B and at least 2 SP's.

 

You could go to 2012 on from most teams and come up with similar numbers, I don't get the exercise to be fair. Save for MLB allocated money.