Around Baseball 2023

[jaysblue]

The Elly De La Cruz era starts tonight

 

The Blue Jays should trade for him!

[Jimcanuck]

His #'s are nuts. Hitting for monster power and his fastest sprint time clocked in the minors would be #1 in MLB.

 

80 grade arm as well. 100 MPH throws to 1B

 

The hit tool is the big question, but his K rate since beginning of May has been 23% coinciding with the walk rate getting up to 12-15%. He's becoming more selective.

[John_Havok]

Reds are 27-33.

 

Think they can be a fun team to watch down the stretch and maybe make some noise next season as a sleeper team.

 

They'll be the next "great organization" from the dipshits who judge orgs based on 1 guy they get lucky drafting or signing after 15 years of garbage.

[Brownie19]

His #'s are nuts. Hitting for monster power and his fastest sprint time clocked in the minors would be #1 in MLB.

 

Reminds me of O'Neil Cruz...

[Laika]

Reds are surprisingly decent. They have done a good job cycling through their collection of fringe players and they have found some decent contributors like Fraley, Friedl, and Steer.

 

They won't have the SPs lined up to compete next year though. They basically need all of Greene, Ashcraft, Lodolo, Abbott, Connor Phillips, and Chase Petty to be good and stay healthy. That's a tall ask. They should be on the hunt for a veteran, reliable SP or two.

[BTS]

The Elly De La Cruz era starts tonight

 

Those cowards should have promoted CES today too.

[glory]

[connorp]

Bad for baseball. I only partly enjoy the fact that Spanky rejected good offers for him and I escaped it

[Stangstag]

 

Who’s still on the Rangers hype wagon?

[connorp]

Wonder if it’s like Stras where nobody would insure him

[Laika]

Wow. Nice start to the contract.

[jaysblue]

Who’s still on the Rangers hype wagon?

 

Dane Dunning, who replaced deGrom has a 1.2 WAR so far.

[Ehjays]

 

[jaysblue]

BTS give me Nolan Arenado back.

[connorp]

Dane Dunning, who replaced deGrom has a 1.2 WAR so far.

 

Owen White and Leiter possible depth behind them if it doesn’t work out

[jaysblue]

Owen White and Leiter possible depth behind them if it doesn’t work out

 

Rangers pretty much went on this run without deGrom in the rotation some people forget. I think they can hold their own. Might not hold onto the division but still should be a decent team contending for a Wild Card.

[Krylian]

 

deGrommy John

[RobinThicc]

At least he got to cash the f*** out

[Olerud363]

They'll be the next "great organization" from the dipshits who judge orgs based on 1 guy they get lucky drafting or signing after 15 years of garbage.

 

When has this happened? Obviously you are referring to the people including myself who called Baltimore a great organization, but what other organization have people done this with?

 

People were impressed by Mike Elias because he said all the right things and he came from Houston. They were impressed at how Baltimore built a bullpen. Impressed how they've build a team without (so far) contributions from their high round draft picks save Rutcshman. Impressed with the discipline at the trade deadline last year, impressed with the discipline with the payroll.

 

Impressed with how they played Covid perfect (if intentional), holding off on competiveness when no and limited fans were in the seats, and starting to win right as fans came back.

 

Super impressed with how patient all their prospects seem to be. Not always the case and we'll see how it transitions to the majors.

 

Impressed with how they've mostly hit all their top 5 picks, which isn't always the case. Baltimore used to run a pretty competitive payroll and if they start adding they are in great shape. We'll see what happens...

 

Since 2016:

 

Number of non-covid years Baltimore has had a winning team = 1 (2022)

Number of non-covid years Toronto has had a winning team = 1 (2022)

 

What will this look like in 5 years? Bugs me how Baltimore is loved by some, but gets no credit by others, for playing Covid right, hitting their picks, building a bullpen out of nothing, developing good position players from second tier prospects, etc, etc.

[xposbrad]

So he misses the rest of this year and all of next year. So he's going to come back from TJ at 36 years old. Good luck!

[The Cats Ass]

So he misses the rest of this year and all of next year. So he's going to come back from TJ at 36 years old. Good luck!

 

Justin Verlander came back at 39 and won the CY Young upon his return. I wouldn’t bet against DeGrom to be atleast a very good pitcher again.

[G-Snarls]

This is just sad though

[max silver]

Justin Verlander came back at 39 and won the CY Young upon his return. I wouldn’t bet against DeGrom to be atleast a very good pitcher again.

 

Verlander was pretty much the picture of good health for most of his career. There's no way you can say the same thing about DeGrom though.

[wilko]

Byron "Mr. Glass" Buxton on the IL with a rib contusion.

[Spanky__99]

 

No bueno.

[Spanky__99]

Bad for baseball. I only partly enjoy the fact that Spanky rejected good offers for him and I escaped it

 

lol... @ good offer.

[bones10]

Someone needs to do a deep dive on the Rays, their entire lineup seem to be having career years, it’s suspect as f***.

[Omar]

Josh Donaldson on the hot corner. Oh my!

 

[Spanky__99]

Judge to the IL... those guys have been snakebit, kudos to them for staying competitive.

[Spanky__99]

Wiemer walks the Brewers off against the O's.