Around Baseball 2024

[BTS]

Really sad listening to Sarah Langs on SNB. What a brutal disease.

[Spanky__99]

Really sad listening to Sarah Langs on SNB. What a brutal disease.

 

Agreed, baseball is going to miss that woman.

[Masterbather]

Really sad listening to Sarah Langs on SNB. What a brutal disease.

f***ing hate seeing people suffer like that. She's fairly young too. Completely sucks.

[Brownie19]

Sounds like Detriot is going to option Tork to the minors. How s***** is it to have two #1 picks and end up with Tork and Mize. Ouch.

[Laika]

Sounds like Detriot is going to option Tork to the minors. How s***** is it to have two #1 picks and end up with Tork and Mize. Ouch.

 

Nobody from the top of the Tork draft looks that good

 

Actually the 2018 draft too

 

Just bad classes!

 

And sandwiched in between the Rutschman, Witt draft lol. At least the Tigers for Riley Greene that year at 5th.

[wilko]

Really sad listening to Sarah Langs on SNB. What a brutal disease.

 

That was a sad video before the game.

[Brownie19]

Nobody from the top of the Tork draft looks that good

 

Actually the 2018 draft too

 

Just bad classes!

 

And sandwiched in between the Rutschman, Witt draft lol. At least the Tigers for Riley Greene that year at 5th.

 

It's almost like sometimes, it's out of the GM's control to some extent. Unless you're Baltimore. Those f***ers have unlocked something. In 2 horrible draft classes (2018 & 2020), they walk away with Grayson Rodriquez, Westburg, Heston Kjerstad and Mayo. Kjerstad was essentially injured for 2 years after being drafted and still might be one of the only studs to come out of the 1st round.

 

Then when they do have the #1 overall pick, Rutschman and Holliday are in the draft.

 

How much of that is luck and how much is skill? Anyone want to try and tackle that one?

[Eat My Shatkins]

I wonder what the plan is for Jordan Hicks, he's reached the same amount of innings this year (63ish) as he had in the past two seasons as a reliever. You have to think there is some sort of innings limit on the guy, he's never pitched more than 77 and that was 6 years ago.

[Laika]

I wonder what the plan is for Jordan Hicks, he's reached the same amount of innings this year (63ish) as he had in the past two seasons as a reliever. You have to think there is some sort of innings limit on the guy, he's never pitched more than 77 and that was 6 years ago.

 

velo has been steadily dropping

[Brownie19]

velo has been steadily dropping

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jordan-hicks/19618/graphs?pitchgraphs=true&statArr=&legend=1&split=base&time=daily&start=2022&end=2024&rtype=mult&gt1=15&dStatArray=SI&ymin=&ymax=

 

Sure is. The next plan for Jordan Hicks is probably TJS unfortunately.

[Eat My Shatkins]

Ooof, yeah that's not a good sign.

[Stangstag]

Tommy Pham continues to prove he is a f***ing goon.

[wilko]

Tommy Pham continues to prove he is a f***ing goon.

 

Shadow boxing after getting thrown out by a mile running WAY off the baseline.

[Laika]

Shadow boxing after getting thrown out by a mile running WAY off the baseline.

 

Very interesting decisions by Thomas Pham on that play

[Brownie19]

Very interesting decisions by Thomas Pham on that play

 

I didn't see the whole play - is there a reason he was approaching home plate from that angle? It looked like he just rounded the mound and headed for home.

[wilko]

I didn't see the whole play - is there a reason he was approaching home plate from that angle? It looked like he just rounded the mound and headed for home.

 

He's not a smart man.

[Brownie19]

He's not a smart man.

 

Lots of really stupid players round 3rd and make it to home at a normal angle.

[Stangstag]

Lots of really stupid players round 3rd and make it to home at a normal angle.

 

Lots of players don't go into every play looking for a fight

[Laika]

I didn't see the whole play - is there a reason he was approaching home plate from that angle? It looked like he just rounded the mound and headed for home.

 

He wanted to run the catcher I think

 

His instinct was to body check the C rather than slide around him

 

Almost every other player takes the outside route and slides around

[Carlos Danger]

I didn't see the whole play - is there a reason he was approaching home plate from that angle? It looked like he just rounded the mound and headed for home.

 

So I found this out after a call at my son's little league game a few weeks ago.

 

The base line to home plate does not correspond to the white line on the field. It has to do with the line the runner is taking relative to where the catcher is setting up.

 

It was really interesting to know that, and it explains why I thought a runner who appeared way outside the baseline was not called out in the game.

Edited June 3, 2024 by Carlos Danger

[Omar]

[wilko]

 

People wanted to sign this goof in the offseason. He's a clubhouse cancer.

[Carlos Danger]

People wanted to sign this goof in the offseason. He's a clubhouse cancer.

 

He might give us some much needed swagger

 

Nothing like fighting alongside your buddies to create a bonding experience

[BTS]

 

So his feelings were hurt that the other team was happy about throwing him out at home in a close game? What a f***ing soft clown.

[wilko]

[Carlos Danger]

Listen to AA talk about getting his ball club where they want to be and teasing trades.

 

What AA gives you compared to Atkins in an interview, is not even in the same universe.

 

https://omny.fm/shows/cellini-and-dimino/braves-gm-president-alex-anthopoulos?

[hanton]

 

it gets better, have a look at the post game interview - he goes off

[Stangstag]

So his feelings were hurt that the other team was happy about throwing him out at home in a close game? What a f***ing soft clown.

 

Better watch yo mouth or Tommy gonna come smack the s*** outta you

[Masterbather]

Better watch yo mouth or Tommy gonna come smack the s*** outta you

 

It's a good thing he focuses on fighting in the off-season instead of being a better baseball player in his final years so that a team less s***** than the White Sox might want him.

[Brownie19]

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2922351/mlb-hands-marcano-lifetime-ban-for-betting

 

Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life for violating MLB's gambling policy, the league announced Tuesday. Oakland Athletics reliever Michael Kelly and minor leaguers Jay Groome (Padres), José Rodríguez (Philadelphia Phillies), and Andrew Saalfrank (Arizona Diamondbacks) were also handed one-year suspensions for betting. MLB discovered that Marcano placed 387 baseball bets, including 231 MLB-related wagers through a legal sportsbook between 2022-23. The 24-year-old also made 25 bets on the Pittsburgh Pirates while he was a member of the team last year. However, he never played in the games on which he bet after suffering a season-ending ACL injury in July 2023.

 

The league said Marcano bet more than $150,000 on baseball, with $87,319 of that on MLB-related wagers. Most of his MLB bets were parlays, and he won only 4.3% of them.

 

The Padres claimed Marcano off waivers in November, but he hasn't suited up in a game for their organization since being acquired. He also hasn't appeared in a major-league game since his knee injury.

 

Meanwhile, Kelly was a minor leaguer with the Astros when he placed 10 bets involving nine MLB games, including three Houston contests, in October 2021, according to the league's investigation. The 31-year-old bet a total of $99.22 and had a net profit of $28.30 after winning five wagers. He didn't take part in any of the contests he gambled on and didn't bet on any minor-league teams he was assigned to.

 

MLB's inquiry found that Groome made 32 league-related bets while he was a member of the Boston Red Sox organization in 2020-21, that Rodríguez placed 28 major-league wagers between 2021-22 when he was part of the Chicago White Sox minor-league system, and that Saalfrank recorded 28 MLB-related bets during his time in the Diamondbacks' system across 2021-22. All three players gambled on the Red Sox, White Sox, and Diamondbacks.

 

Groome had a net loss of $433.54 out of the $453.74 he bet, Rodríguez bet a total of $724.09 on MLB-related wagers, and Saalfrank put in $444.07 and lost $272.64, according to the league, who added that the minor leaguers didn't appear in any of the contests they bet on and didn't make bets involving their assigned affiliate clubs.

 

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1 year ban for betting <$100 is pretty sad. Sports gambling is obviously way more accessible than it's ever been. I suspect there are lots more players who bet on sports occasionally. You just can't be stupid enough to leave a paper trail connected to yourself. Looks like the league is using this to set and example.