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  1. Okay, but….since teams could already sign guys in or out of a hearing before and exceptionally rarely did…why would that change now when they’ve lost the ability to do so with the vast majority of players and it could have happened with literally dozens of other players this year and it didn’t?
  2. Really? Why is a Jimenez untouchable if you need a 40 man spot? He profiles as a backup MIF, you can sign any one of 15 of those kinds of guys in any offseason
  3. Possibilities IMO include Leo Jimenez as a straight DFA. Superfluous IF with a noodle bat that won’t be missed. I mean, his ceiling at this point is Espinal-lite. The other move I think would be a trade to clear a spot, but if the decision needs to be made for Votto, that decision likely isn’t needing to be made for a while yet. Sounds like he’s willing to start in AAA until he feels like he’s ready.
  4. Stroman getting nuked a bit by the NY media/fans Marcus Stroman declined the Yankees when asked if he wanted to pitch Opening Day in place of Gerrit Cole, noting a desire to maintain his current routine and to not alter his pitching schedule.
  5. This is why my ignore list is so long. Most of them don’t even know Urshela is coming off a broken pelvis injury, surgery and recovery so it’s really easy to understand why a contending team wouldn’t want to roll that dice and why his market was so soft. Facts don’t matter though, just feelings and ignorant ramblings. Connorp though isn’t that kind of fan though, he just likes to stir the pot a bit. Easy to recognize his trolls versus his actual opinions. The constant bitch and moaners though, you’re right. Could present any hundred scenarios of the off-season and they’d whine and bitch about every single one even if the FO did exactly what the thought they should do because a signing came a few days after it should have, or the contract was signed in blue ink rather than black
  6. You’ve cracked the code on the difference between being a fan, and being a front office member tasked with building and maintaining a franchise. Fans live for the moments. Execs cant
  7. It never has or the players would are shitloads more money in arbitration
  8. It was one of those things that’s as already there prior to this CBA. The gains the players made on this one compared to the last one was that anyone who agrees to a deal prior to arbitration is now 100% guaranteed, they didn’t have that before. So, flipping it a bit, before the last CBA agreement, teams could cut anyone who was in their arb years and had agreed to a deal before the hearing …or they could cut him after the hearing if they wanted to and just pay out the termination pay. With the new CBA the owners gave up the ability to get out from under the vast majority of arbitration deals once most are agreed to without hearings. That’s a pretty big win for the players. It’s playing out poorly for Davis in this instance, but I highly doubt this will become common practice. It would be very easily seen through as anti-competitive and collusion-ish
  9. I cant think of a single person here who didn't expect Jansen to get hurt at some point.
  10. Kirk was already much slower....
  11. To be fair, predicting a Jansen injury is like predicting water will be wet. At least this one isnt the hamate bone, it's not as bad and won't take as long to come back from I'm also going out on a limb and saying Giancarlo Stanton will be on the injured list this year
  12. I think Yariel is starting that game also
  13. Serven just made the team I guess.
  14. Jansen hurt... because he's jansen. "a fracture of the pisiform bone in his right wrist, manager John Schneider revealed to reporters today (X links via Keegan Matheson of MLB.com). He was hit by a pitch during the Jays’ Grapefruit League game earlier this week. The team currently expects him to miss a “couple weeks,” though he has a follow-up appointment today that could reveal more information." Guy just keeps catching all the breaks.
  15. the KKK lineup??? Awe man, someone needs to adjust that batting order.
  16. I covered this in another thread. I split squat 7,000 pounds as a warmup. Do you even lift bro?
  17. One would be foolish to presume that they won't get hit going into a fight.
  18. Lol. You're right, I'd have to catch you first. But if I did...little bitty Connorp meatballs. And it's 8 inches taller.
  19. I doubt I’ll get a PM lol. Connorp doesn’t care that much
  20. Yeah there’s a few people I’ve run into in bars and clubs that think using the f-word is normal. Well it might be normal to you…or them to use it, but it is 100% a slur against homosexuals, whether you intend it that way or not. Maybe it’s ignorance because you’re young, or whatever but it is. So my advice to you is, when you’re in public, be damn sure if you plan on using that word that you’re surrounded by other bigots where the word is normalized. Had you used it in my presence, you wouldn’t even get the chance to apologize and you’d be eating through a straw for a month or two.
  21. If by “chance” you mean virtual certainty…then yes.
  22. This is just code for "Asians all look the same".... You racist bastard! /Sarcasm
  23. I believe they mentioned early on in camp some adjustments they suggested for Serven to try at the plate. They seem to be working.
  24. Even the run that scored was due to Escobar messing up what should have been the inning ending DP. Couldn't watch but I was listening to the twins radio cast. Parsons showed well also though I doubt he'll ever be much more than a #5 at best depth guy. Command just isn't consistent enough even with the kitchen sink repertoire.
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