Around Baseball 2023

[John_Havok]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35434317/sources-all-aaa-parks-use-electronic-strike-zone-23

 

Robo umps getting closer.... half the season in AAA will be all ABS and half the season with a challenge system where the ump makes the call but they go to ABS if the pitch is challenged.

[Deadpool]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35434317/sources-all-aaa-parks-use-electronic-strike-zone-23

 

Robo umps getting closer.... half the season in AAA will be all ABS and half the season with a challenge system where the ump makes the call but they go to ABS if the pitch is challenged.

 

I hate the challenge system, it feels like a half-assed "solution" to a very, very real problem. There's no need to appease the umps.

[Laika]

I like the challenge system because it's better than the current system

[John_Havok]

I hate the challenge system, it feels like a half-assed "solution" to a very, very real problem. There's no need to appease the umps.

 

I'd rather have the challenge system than the current one.

[Dick_Pole]

 

I think we're going to see a lot of these type of comments coming from Acuna. My guess is that he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder from the contract, sort of like how Bautista did when he wanted his ridiculous extension. If you're getting paid $300 million from your club, you shut up and come to work lol. If you feel you've been underpaid, you're going to speak up and know you can get away with it. Or hope the disruption causes a rift which ends up with you going elsewhere and getting a sweet extension in the process. Someone in Acuna's position coming back from injury knows damn well why he hasn't been "invited" to participate.

[Deadpool]

I'd rather have the challenge system than the current one.

 

Sure, but why not FIX the problem rather than slap a coat of paint on it and pretend you've fixed the problem?

[John_Havok]

Sure, but why not FIX the problem rather than slap a coat of paint on it and pretend you've fixed the problem?

 

Baby steps. First they needs to run the challenge system for a few years to really show the umps how useles they are at calling balls/strikes compared to ABS.

[G-Snarls]

I think we're going to see a lot of these type of comments coming from Acuna. My guess is that he has a bit of a chip on his shoulder from the contract, sort of like how Bautista did when he wanted his ridiculous extension. If you're getting paid $300 million from your club, you shut up and come to work lol. If you feel you've been underpaid, you're going to speak up and know you can get away with it. Or hope the disruption causes a rift which ends up with you going elsewhere and getting a sweet extension in the process. Someone in Acuna's position coming back from injury knows damn well why he hasn't been "invited" to participate.

 

Yeah... Wasn't Bautista also not granted permission to play for the DR in the WBC one year?

[Dick_Pole]

Re: Challenge system. They also need a few years to work out the kinks IIRC. It should be the other way around. The roboumps call it but the umpire and/or teams reserve the right to overturn or challenge an obviously glitchy or wrong call. I honestly don't see how the union would have a problem with this. Literally taking the worst/hardest/most dangerous part of the job out of their hands and leaving it to machines. The farmer is tilling the land with a tractor instead of by hand. But you still need the farmer.

[Jimcanuck]

Soto agreed to $23M

 

Ohtani and Soto both likely to hit free agency after this season.....

[G-Snarls]

Soto agreed to $23M

 

Ohtani and Soto both likely to hit free agency after this season.....

 

Will make the this year's insane deals look small

 

Also Machado when he presumably opts out

Edited January 14, 2023 by G-Snarls

[Stangstag]

Yeah... Wasn't Bautista also not granted permission to play for the DR in the WBC one year?

 

Yeah he had some wrist issues in 2012 including a season-ending surgery. Didn’t play in the WBC 2013, though DR ended up winning

[John_Havok]

Will make the this year's insane deals look small

 

Smaller pool of high end free agents. These two will stand head and shoulders above anyone.

 

Also Machado when he presumably opts out

 

I think Ohtani starts at 12 years 45 per year (540m total) and goes up from there. It would not surprise me to see him end up with a 600 million dollar deal next offseason.

[G-Snarls]

I think Ohtani starts at 12 years 45 per year (540m total) and goes up from there. It would not surprise me to see him end up with a 600 million dollar deal next offseason.

 

He'll be 29

 

With TJS well behind him

 

And a bat that can carry him even if pitching somehow becomes a problem

[Ray]

Soto agreed to $23M

 

Ohtani and Soto both likely to hit free agency after this season.....

 

Ohtani is, but Soto won’t be until after the 2024 season.

 

Upcoming free agency class is looking a little thin. Ohtani, Machado, and that’s kinda it.

[G-Snarls]

Ohtani is, but Soto won’t be until after the 2024 season.

 

Upcoming free agency class is looking a little thin. Ohtani, Machado, and that’s kinda it.

 

Oh right

 

Soto was a super 2 so he's getting paid like crazy in his second last arb year

 

SD has two more years

[John_Havok]

Ohtani is, but Soto won’t be until after the 2024 season.

 

Upcoming free agency class is looking a little thin. Ohtani, Machado, and that’s kinda it.

 

Uh…Ryu. That’s like… massive.

 

Votto could be bought out and be an FA though he might just retire.

Merrifield could be, they have an 18 mil mutual option but just an 850k buyout.

Gurriel Jr…

Winker

Bader

Berlinger

Teoscar

JD Martinez

 

Yeah, not exactly a load of top star power past Machado and Ohtani.

[jerb]

 

New York Post Sports

@nypostsports

 

Yankees' Frankie Montas to miss first month of season with shoulder inflammation https://trib.al/tdnRgMq

[G-Snarls]

He'll miss more than a month

 

That trade not looking good for the Yanks

[Krylian]

He'll miss more than a month

 

That trade not looking good for the Yanks

 

f*** the Yankees

[Carlos Danger]

Was reading on a Yankee site that they came very close to trading for Varsho. I knew they were in the mix, but not that it ended up being close to going the other way.

 

That is worth a lot in itself, keeping him away from the Yankees and giving them plus D and a left handed bat with power at Yankee stadium 81 times a year.

[Deadpool]

Was reading on a Yankee site that they came very close to trading for Varsho. I knew they were in the mix, but not that it ended up being close to going the other way.

 

That is worth a lot in itself, keeping him away from the Yankees and giving them plus D and a left handed bat with power at Yankee stadium 81 times a year.

 

Yeah, Varsho would absolutely crush in that shitbox of a stadium.

[Ray]

Yeah, Varsho would absolutely crush in that shitbox of a stadium.

 

He still will.

 

Him and Brandon Belt have Yankee killer written all over them.

[Stangstag]

He still will.

 

Him and Brandon Belt have Yankee killer written all over them.

 

I envision several Gerrit Cole meltdowns

[G-Snarls]

I envision several Gerrit Cole meltdowns

 

One of my favorite things!

[Krylian]

Manoah is going to troll him all season long

[Captain_Obvious]

One of my favorite things!

 

I don't know. He tipped his cap to Vlad when Vlad destroyed him last year. Cole does not strike me as a sore loser.

[Terminator]

I don't know. He tipped his cap to Vlad when Vlad destroyed him last year. Cole does not strike me as a sore loser.

 

The Jays have made him literally cry before. Dude is emotionally stunted crybaby and has meltdowns all the time.

 

[Captain_Obvious]

The Jays have made him literally cry before. Dude is emotionally stunted crybaby and has meltdowns all the time.

 

 

LOL. This is amazing.

[Terminator]

 

I don't think I could come up with a more mediocre offseason if I tried.

 

They've made a ton of moves and spent a lot of money but I'm not sure any of those guys are actually any good.