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That's typically what happens when you get older... BTW - this reminds me how much I hate GDT's.

prospects with a 10% change of becoming a star player aren't the C prospects that a rental like Happ were going to fetch.

Aaron Hicks is so underrated. Overshadowed by the big names in NY. This is a good signing for the Yanks.

LGJ technically

Are we so sure about this? Last time we saw him, he was completely lost defensively. This reminds me of when we thought Teo could play a passable CF in spring training last year...

Jeff Sullivan is leaving Fangraphs for the Rays https://blogs.fangraphs.com/farewell-one-good-place-on-the-internet/

Just so I'm clear, the first 4 items there benefit the players. What do the Owners get out of this? Is it the max contract length? I completely agree with the proposal - I'm just concerned the Owners will see it as they are giving up way too much.

We don't talk enough about how bad that Jose Quintana trade is turning out for the Cubs.

Holy f***..."don't worry fans - Manny chose SD over us, but have no fear, we're bringing in Marwin, Josh Harrison and Gio"

I find it really hard to believe Harper doesn't end up in Philly.

yeah - nothing like insinuating your teammates are s*** right before you start a 162 game journey with them.

I've always thought that if you need or want to get drunk at something - you probably don't enjoy it; however, a lot of people don't really view it that way For example. I 'say' I like ice fishing, but the truth is, I ice fish one weekend a year and I'm loaded the whole time. If I tried to ice fish for an entire day sober - I probably wouldn't like it. So if fact, I don't like ice fishing - I like getting drunk with my old buddies, while ice fishing. A lot of people experience this phenomenon with golf. They don't want to golf unless they can drink while golfing. Those people don't actually like golf. We all know these people - heck, you might be one of these people. There's nothing technically wrong with these people, except that they are confused about how much they actually enjoy golf. And of course finally, we see it a lot with baseball. People say they like going to the dome to watch the Jays, but in reality, they really like drinking outside of their basement, while generally watching the Jays game. These folks like opening day - and fill the dome on opening day not because they like baseball, but because they know there will be a party atmosphere that caters to their enjoyment of getting loaded at the game. These folks generally ruin opening day for baseball fans and/or people with children. I mean it could be worse - we could be the Buffalo Bills who fill their stadium with these type of people every single game. No kid under the age of about 16 should head to a Bills game.

This - I second this.

Angels are reportedly interested in Moustakas and the Phillies have also shown interest. He'd be a nice fit for either team and he's likely available on a short term deal worth <$10M. What an amazing time to be a contending team.

If only MLB could get their camera in at that angle for regular season games......

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-dispatch-from-the-driveline-pro-day/ I haven't read the article yet - but the videos right behind the pitcher are glorious. I could watch them all day.

Should the Jays use this downturn in the FA market to lock up Vlad long term at a reduced rate?

What's the cost/WAR these days? Like $3.5M per WAR? Good god that s*** dropped like the 2008 stock market.

Has there ever been a lefty knuckleballer in the majors?

Rocco talking about Montoyo. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/rocco-baldelli-extols-charlie-montoyos-leadership-skills-and-nelson-cruzs-too/

Odd - he doesn't strike me as the type.

nice looking swing. Sign him up.

Angel f***ing Hernandez. The herpes of MLB.

I don't disagree - the issue is simply that he's uncomfortable with change to the point that he'll tell the FO that he'll walk out on the team if they employ a particular strategy. I don't like his sense of entitlement.

Holy s*** - I made the mistake of looking at the Yahoo comments on this story.... Bob Gibson pitched for 17 seasons. From 1963 through 1974 he averaged 18.5 complete games, 263 innings and 19.45 wins per season. Now he was a pitcher. So basically this practice is just converting starting pitchers to glorified long relievers. I remember more than two to three decades ago when we actually had single game pitcher complete games! What a novelty. In those days the third even fourth rated pitcher on a team could literally have more individual complete games in a season than an entire team does today!!! Greg Maddux once threw a complete game with 76 pitches. Just sayin' I'd be extremely disappointed if Bum said he was ok with an "opener". I want the starting pitchers to have the attitude that they will start and finish a game not just "let me get through 5 innings". I love baseball but some of these methods they're trying to use these days is lessening the durability of some of these players. You look at the early 90s and before and pitchers were throwing many more innings and pitches and not suffering the same injuries as today. I don't have the stats in front of me, it I would venture to guess most of those pitchers (the good ones obviously) pitched even longer in the majors then most of the pitchers of today last too. Analytics can be a useful tool, but it also can be detrimental . Back in the day, MLB didn't even have closers, much less middle-relievers...but now openers? Good grief. Using openers will eventually ruin baseball if the trend grows. Instead, why don't coaches quit babying their starters as they are coming up through the system and let them develop some stamina and strength to be able to pitch six or seven or eight innings each start? Is Yahoo the unofficial home of senior citizens? I hope to god I never become this close minded. How difficult is it to understand that hitters are significantly better now then they were 30 years ago? They understand mechanics better, they train better, they eat better, etc. Pitching has likewise transformed to counter these changes. You can't be a great pitcher with a K/9 of 5.2 and a BB/9 of 3.2 anymore (like Dave Stieb). The vast majority (95%?) of pitchers can't succeed by pacing themselves and trying to throw a CG anymore. I assume we're past the days when teams want the starting pitchers to have the attitude that they will start and finish a game right? I have to assume they are more educated now - explaining that their job is to go flat out as long as they can and "get through 5 or 6 innings" because that's how they'll be most successful. This isn't that difficult of concept to understand. I know people hate change, but c'mon people.