Laika

Pap Smear has a vesting option at 13M for 55 "games finished" in 2015, or 100 in 2014+2015. He had 52 last year and his career low is 49. So basically, if he doesn't get hurt or lose the closer role, the option is very likely to vest.

It's not really about somebody being "stupid", it's about somebody wanting more information or a different kind of information, and not asking for it effectively. It's a communication failure, not a brain cell failure.

I am soooooo excited about the new turf! * said nobody ever

He didn't say that, exactly. He responded to JFaS' answer with a decent reason as to why JFaS' answer was not satisfactory.

I really don't think that questioning the significance of a 20 foot increase in average fly ball distance is stupid. For all he knows, that type of increase might have moved Smoak from the 40th percentile to, say, the 50th... It's not readily apparent that a 20 foot increase in average FB distance would translate into a lot more HR. The comment was made by someone who didn't know about Smoak's xHR/FB, or what that meant for his place in the population, etc. It's not stupid to be hesitant about gobbling up positive Blue Jays stat factoids like they're crunch berries.

Izturis should a) have never been signed have been released immediately after 2013 c) yes, definitely be released before 2015. he's a plug

"ARTICLE XIX—Assignment of Player Contracts A. Consent to Assignment (1) The contract of a Player with ten or more years of Major League service, the last five of which have been with one Club, shall not be assignable to another Major League Club without the Player’s written consent. At his sole election, however, a Player may, at the time he signs a multi-year contract with a Club, waive the right to prevent an assignment of his contract under this Section A(1), provided that the multi-year contract (a) is signed before the Player has attained ten or more years of Major League service, the last five of which have been with one Club, and ( contains a no trade provision that, at a minimum, limits the Club’s right to assign the Player’s contract, during each of its years, to no more than sixteen (16) Clubs designated or subsequently to be designated by the Player. (2) (a) The contract of a Player with five or more years of Major League service, not including service while on the Military List (or seven or more years of Major League service, including service while on the Military List), shall not be assigned otherwise than to another Major League Club, without the Player’s written consent." The bolded portion of the above CBA excerpt is commonly known as the "veteran's consent" rule. Subsection (1) directly above it outlines "10/5" rights.

Do a triple crown league AVG HR RBI W K ERA f*** sabermetrics

MLB.com pipeline prospect coverage seems pretty legit now with Callis in the fold. No longer a joke.

The jerseys were f***ing horrendous this year too. I actually kind of like the combine style skill events. It's cool seeing who the hardest shooters, fastest skaters, etc. are. I wish the skills comp had even more of that - events that display actual discrete skills (tools). The breakaway challenge thing is pure cringe at this point.

6.5 more years with a cap hit of ~7M for a guy that's clearly a 2nd pairing D-man at best..... hard to think of a sensible team that would eat that whole thing, but it's hockey so I guess there are a few dumb GMs that might.

Actually, I guess it's not fair to call Nay's stats underwhelming. Not great obviously but his .731 OPS in the Midwest League came with good K and BB rates and he was about a year below the average age for the league. If he can stick at 3B somehow then I suppose that's a prospecty enough season.

The fact that the Orioles wanted Mitch Nay should be a good sign for a guy whose stats to date have been pretty underwhelming.

$80,439,816 in salary during his career. Remarkable.

Mike Richards' decline sure is weird.

It would definitely be easier for the Yankees spin department to simply say, "we had to bring to best 25 man roster back to New York and unfortunately Alex was not a part of that group right now. This was purely a baseball decision. Oh my fhqwhgads, come on fhqwhgads".

I think what they're doing is appropriate. He's an entitled twat, best thing to do is humble him right now. An in person apology at this point down the road would just seem like special treatment. I'd put him on the bus in spring training and make him ride to every away game with the kids. I think he's owed significant $ in bonuses for passing Mays in career HR too (needs 660). I'd definitely consider just releasing him outright if he looks like garbage in spring. He probably will look like garbage too.

In defense of the new guy, some of what he said sounds really on the ball:

What if I dangle Luc Snuggerud? Eh? Ever heard of him?

should have said *hoping

trade me all your good guys I'm a playoff team

Defense + Offense = value 127 wRC+ last year 101 wRC+ projection 128 wRC+ career against LHP 161 wRC+ in the 2nd half last year (only 125 PA; normally don't care about this, but might mean something for a guy that used to be really good at hitting and then fell off a cliff for a couple of seasons. Did he fix something? Call the scouts!)

I'd comfortably give him a few mill. Platoon him with Kawasaki and you might get a 2 win situation or something like that. Add in the insurance that Travis provides and you could maybe bump up the total 2B depth chart projection to ~3 wins.

Better yet, kill the league and teach everyone how to play Baseketball.

I'm thinking neuvo-commish was just trolling