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  1. John_Havok
    Yeah he legit sued MLB in 2017 because he hadn’t been given a World Series spot since 2005 and saying he should have also been promoted to crew chief and wasn’t because MLB wasn’t promoting minorities.
  2. John_Havok
    Yeah that was a while ago, he also alleged he was passed over for being promoted to being a crew chief. He lost, then appealed, and lost the appeal also “Hernández has failed to establish a statistically significant disparity between the promotion rates of white and minority umpires,” the 2nd Circuit said in an 11-page decision. “MLB has provided persuasive expert evidence demonstrating that, during the years at issue, the difference in crew chief promotion rates between white and minority umpires was not statistically significant. Hernández offers no explanation as to why MLB’s statistical evidence is unreliable.”
  3. John_Havok
    Just with far less HIV, a nice bonus.
  4. John_Havok
    Gausman 200th strikeout?
  5. John_Havok
    Yikes. No wonder they can’t get rid of him.
  6. John_Havok
    Well, yeah, I know that. I just mean do umpires sign contracts on a year to year basis? Two year deals, 3 year deals? Why can’t they just not offer him a contract as an umpire next season?
  7. John_Havok
    Maybe but I think if a WC spot is nailed down, we’re gonna see more of Pearson than we really want to
  8. John_Havok
    Well at the end of the day the agent works for the player so if the playr instructs the agent to tie a deal, the agent can’t say no. He can advise against it and try to talk him out of it but if a players mind is made up to take less money to go to a certain place, he has to say yes. It’s just that it never really happens with Boras clients
  9. John_Havok
    So Gausman is obviously game 1, Berrios game 2, Bassit possible for game 3? Kikuchi ready to step in for either Berrios or Bassitt if they stink early on?
  10. John_Havok
    Lol, there’s plenty of possible harm in trying. You can’t manage a baseball team long term by just tossing guys on the 40 man roster whenever there’s the latent thought of wanting to get a look at someone. It’s not that simple. In MLB you cant guarantee X number of innings to any pitcher on a game to game basis let alone the kind of regular schedule you need for a developing arm. That’s what the minors is for
  11. John_Havok
    I just wonder how their contracts work, like, why can’t MLB just not offer him a contract once his current one runs out? I’d love to get a look at how mlb umpires employment actually works.
  12. John_Havok
    Kinda wondering how that was ruled an IF hit. It was in his glove and he dropped it on the transfer with plenty of time to get him….should be an error
  13. John_Havok
    It's not the least defensible move to not yet promote a guy with command issues that still need some working out. He wouldn't be playoff eligible even if they did bring him up now for a few innings in maybe one or two of the last 4 games of the season and I doubt the 3-5 innings max he would get in that kind of plan would significantly impact his development in a positive way
  14. John_Havok
    Personal responsibility. Schilling chose to make it public, nobody else. The teammate who told him is partially responsible for the slip to Schilling but Schilling is the guy who went public without the most basic form of human responsibility Schilling probably had good intentions in his own mind but...something about a paved road to hell comes to mind
  15. John_Havok
    I'm not sold yet on Orelvis being ML ready, and I'm still hesitant to pencil in Schneider as a difference maker, though I think he should definitely be the starting 2B next season. If Orelvis starts in Buffalo next season and goes off in the first month or so, yeah, he's gotta come up.
  16. John_Havok
    Well honestly, while the Jays have a few guys who could run more, their aren't the brightest bunch at picking their spots. Varsho is fast but he really gets terrible jumps imo, Whit is a nice combo of good jumps and good speed but tends to get a bit too aggressive in certain scenarios. Springer and KK both have injury concerns if you let them go too much. Bo has good instincts but he's lost too much speed to be effective. Chapman might be good at it with his speed, but for that he'd have to get on base once in a while. Biggio is generally good at stealing but he's not really aggressive at trying it. he steals bases like he takes pitches; seemingly indifferent 90% of the time. Vlad, Kirk, Belt, and espinal are all varying degree of slugs, and Jansen when healthy wont move the needle either.
  17. John_Havok
    I don't really recall but did any big bats move at the deadline? Does Burger qualify ?
  18. John_Havok
    Even if Boras only thinks he can get Chapman 4/60 he'd still decline a QO.
  19. John_Havok
    And thanks to Houston for beating Seattle. Game got a bit heated when Neris struck out Julio, then started walking towards him and yelling at him for some reason. No punches thrown but everyone was on the field. Neris was being weird
  20. John_Havok
    Really makes beating Glasnow a few days ago that much bigger.
  21. John_Havok
    Astros up 4-1 on Seattle.....and now 4-3. LOL at the perfect timing of this post. Im gonna stop scoreboard watching now
  22. John_Havok
    And truthfully, it's not a bad skill to have. in certain situations with defenses lined up certain ways, and pitchers being able to hit their spots consistently, sure, a two strike approach that looks oppo isnt bad, but it simply cannot be the primary goal of a lineup the majority of the time, which certainly seems to be the approach being preached by the Jays hitting instruction team. A pull heavy approach for nearly every hitter on the team just makes sense. Now that doesnt mean you go up looking to pull literally every pitch, you still have to be willing to take pitches and some strikes to get the one you want to let rip, and no, you wont be successful every time, but when you are successful, you do damage. creating runs wins games, and the most efficient way to create runs is pulling the ball with power.
  23. John_Havok
    That's not balls, that's coward s***.
  24. John_Havok
    Ah gotcha. Yeah,this team is boring as hell to watch that's for sure.
  25. John_Havok
    It's not Chappys decision whether to cut that ball or not, it's the catcher who calls whether it's to be cut
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