Around Baseball 2022

[Spanky__99]

He isn’t getting 10/300 for D alone

 

You can...

 

[BigCecil]

Watching that Red Sox game was an extremely enjoyable way to start a day out West! L!

[Jimcanuck]

The new CBA does not incentive early season promotions because players who finish 1 or 2 in ROY voting are awarded a full year of service time. So if the O's promoted Grayson now and he finished 1 or 2 in ROY, they would NOT be eligible for the prospect promotion incentives because he was not up on day 1 but they would also not get any extra control over him.

 

Jeremy Pena will have the AL ROY locked down soon, so these worries are lessened.

[G-Snarls]

The new CBA does not incentive early season promotions because players who finish 1 or 2 in ROY voting are awarded a full year of service time. So if the O's promoted Grayson now and he finished 1 or 2 in ROY, they would NOT be eligible for the prospect promotion incentives because he was not up on day 1 but they would also not get any extra control over him.

 

Under the new CBA you won't see a lot of early season promotions. You'll see prospects either break camp with teams or come up like half way through the year (or later).

 

Generally:

 

Opening Day - you will see elite prospects make teams

April and May - you will see almost no top prospects get promoted

June - maybe some promotions

July - you'll see promotions. promoting teams effectively get 6.5 years of control. hard for rookies to win ROY with half a season of stats.

August and September - you'll see a lot of teams wait until late August to promote prospects because they want to keep them rookie eligible for the following year BECAUSE if they put them on the opening day roster they can get the prospect promotion incentive

 

 

By the way, the PPI is not just in the rookie year. If a player eligible for the PPI pick awards remains with the promoting team that put him on the OD roster and the player wins the awards in any pre-arb season, the team gets a pick. But teams can only get 1 pick per year I think.

 

Well thought out

 

OK now what if a guy like Torkelson (who was on the opening day roster) struggles for a few weeks to start the season and he gets optioned early and doesn't return to the bigs all year. Say for the sake of argument he doesn't log enough playing time to shake the Rookie status so he's a rookie again next year. Do all the same potential bonuses apply? If so that creates an incentive to NOT give him another look in August/September.

[Jimcanuck]

Lux breakout underway?

 

Though Lux didn't notch any hits, he drew a pair of free passes to extend his season-opening on-base streak to nine games. The 24-year-old notched a solid 10.9 percent walk rate last season, but he has shown even more patience at the plate in 2022 by upping that rate to 21.9 percent, posting a 7:6 BB:K through 33 plate appearances. Lux has stood out among Dodgers hitters thus far with a .320/.455/.560 slash line, three extra-base hits (a double, triple and homer), five RBI and two steals. His Statcast numbers support the authenticity of the strong start, as Lux ranks in the top 10 percent leaguewide in average exit velocity, hard-hit percentage and xwOBA.

[connorp]

Lux breakout underway?

 

Though Lux didn't notch any hits, he drew a pair of free passes to extend his season-opening on-base streak to nine games. The 24-year-old notched a solid 10.9 percent walk rate last season, but he has shown even more patience at the plate in 2022 by upping that rate to 21.9 percent, posting a 7:6 BB:K through 33 plate appearances. Lux has stood out among Dodgers hitters thus far with a .320/.455/.560 slash line, three extra-base hits (a double, triple and homer), five RBI and two steals. His Statcast numbers support the authenticity of the strong start, as Lux ranks in the top 10 percent leaguewide in average exit velocity, hard-hit percentage and xwOBA.

 

Belly .726 OPS now. Still wild swings each few games. Definitely encouraging sign that’s bolded though. I have him in bbdl and tried few ways to get him from Queen in BORED, to no success

[Jimcanuck]

Belly .726 OPS now. Still wild swings each few games. Definitely encouraging sign that’s bolded though. I have him in bbdl and tried few ways to get him from Queen in BORED, to no success

 

The further Belly gets from his injuries, the closer he will get to his former elite status. Provided he stays reasonably healthy.

[BTS]

Multiple Rays appear to be wearing fanny packs on the field.

[Brownie19]

Multiple Rays appear to be wearing fanny packs on the field.

 

A photo would have helped. This is interesting.

[BTS]

A photo would have helped. This is interesting.

 

They were QB-style handwarmers. I don't recall seeing them in baseball before.

[connorp]

They were QB-style handwarmers. I don't recall seeing them in baseball before.

 

Kinda makes sense. Was like 80’s in Tampa for Feb seemed like and so 30’s and windy in Chicago prob isn’t fun

[Grant77]

They were QB-style handwarmers. I don't recall seeing them in baseball before.

 

That's pretty weak. I know they play in Florida, but give me a break...

[Spanky__99]

Keeping extremities warm is smart,¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[connorp]

Yeah I’ve never been to Chicago but I’m sure it’s called Windy City for a reason. 30’s and wind prob sucks. Looks like full cloud coverage today. Crappy day for bb. I always hated going to my sons games in NY when it was March and freezing

[connorp]

Glad we didn’t go with the semi popular opinion here of trading for Votto. I know he’s a slow starter but woof…at this age you can’t take it for granted he’s going to go on a prolonged tear

[Grant77]

Yeah I’ve never been to Chicago but I’m sure it’s called Windy City for a reason. 30’s and wind prob sucks. Looks like full cloud coverage today. Crappy day for bb. I always hated going to my sons games in NY when it was March and freezing

 

I was at Jake Arrieta's return to Wrigley Field in May a couple of years ago. It was super warm during the day so we all wore shorts and were laughing at the people bringing winter coats into the stadium. It ended up snowing in the 9th inning and we got a lot of weird looks until we explained that we were Canadian and everyone in our section nodded in understanding.

 

The athletes in the field seemed to have no issues. Seasoned professionals aren't going to be affected by something so irrelevant when they are focused on the game and their blood is pumping.

 

It's little surprise that the Rays lost. I hope it's cold again tomorrow and they get blown out while worrying more about getting frostbite than playing baseball.

[connorp]

Speaking of JA, just saw he retired. Though prob not by choice lol. Tony Watson too but he prob still could’ve gotten minor league deal maybe

[King]

Bellinger is back bitches.

[Stangstag]

Bellinger is back bitches.

 

That was a rocket

[connorp]

If he is back, or halfway back, I guess one could say he really was tinkering with his swing in ST. You usually give pitchers a mulligan for that, but don’t think of it for hitters really

[Jimcanuck]

If he is back, or halfway back, I guess one could say he really was tinkering with his swing in ST. You usually give pitchers a mulligan for that, but don’t think of it for hitters really

 

ST numbers are next to meaningless. Trout consistently has poor ST numbers.

[Laika]

If he is back, or halfway back, I guess one could say he really was tinkering with his swing in ST. You usually give pitchers a mulligan for that, but don’t think of it for hitters really

 

Scout people were saying Bellinger was basically trying something new all spring when it comes to hitting high fastballs

[G-Snarls]

Bellinger is back bitches.

 

Also Kershaw

 

12 IP

0 BB

20 K

[BTS]

Also Kershaw

 

12 IP

0 BB

20 K

 

I love this

[TwistedLogic]

This is huge.

 

[Laika]

Wow nice

 

Remember though, down time is arm rest for pitchers so injury risk is the main concern with speeding them up

[BTS]

I was at Jake Arrieta's return to Wrigley Field in May a couple of years ago. It was super warm during the day so we all wore shorts and were laughing at the people bringing winter coats into the stadium. It ended up snowing in the 9th inning and we got a lot of weird looks until we explained that we were Canadian and everyone in our section nodded in understanding.

 

The athletes in the field seemed to have no issues. Seasoned professionals aren't going to be affected by something so irrelevant when they are focused on the game and their blood is pumping.

 

It's little surprise that the Rays lost. I hope it's cold again tomorrow and they get blown out while worrying more about getting frostbite than playing baseball.

 

Very surprised nobody decided to take this on.

[Deadpool]

This is huge.

 

 

If they bring this to the MLB, they need to actually enforce it. Last time they tried pace of play things, the VETRIN guys were just ignoring the "don't step out of the batter's box" rule w/ zero consequences.

[Laika]

Lux breakout underway?

 

Though Lux didn't notch any hits, he drew a pair of free passes to extend his season-opening on-base streak to nine games. The 24-year-old notched a solid 10.9 percent walk rate last season, but he has shown even more patience at the plate in 2022 by upping that rate to 21.9 percent, posting a 7:6 BB:K through 33 plate appearances. Lux has stood out among Dodgers hitters thus far with a .320/.455/.560 slash line, three extra-base hits (a double, triple and homer), five RBI and two steals. His Statcast numbers support the authenticity of the strong start, as Lux ranks in the top 10 percent leaguewide in average exit velocity, hard-hit percentage and xwOBA.

 

barrel rates look better but max EV hasn't changed

maybe a swing change for more loft

 

sss either way

[glory]

This is huge.

 

 

A pitch clock in MLB is long overdue.

 

I'm looking forward to the 2023 season. A pitch clock, banned shifts, bigger bases, (hopefully) robo umps, etc. Baseball needs to change and it looks like it finally will. I think all of those changes will make the game better without angering the diehards.