The future of baseball

[dgalehouse]

The Chicago White Sox, arguably the worst team in MLB history, announced that they are planning on cutting payroll in 2025. 

[mvp 78]

LOfrickingL

[Bellhorn04]

Pretty good article by Joel Sherman on how analytics is shredding pitching staffs.

https://nypost.com/2024/10/18/sports/mlb-bullpens-appear-to-be-reaching-a-breaking-point/

 

[mvp 78]

Robot umps have come.

 

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Sternberg really has to go. Dude has treated the Tampa area poorly over the past few years and is one of the owners who doesn't want to put any of his money into owning a baseball team. 

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[Kimmi]

I am not a fan of instant replay, but since we have it, it really irks me that some plays are reviewable and others are not.  The play I am thinking about is the non triple play turned by the Nats a couple of days ago.  It goes without saying that the missed call could have very likely changed the outcome of the game.

Why is a catch versus trapped ball on the infield not reviewable, especially since it is reviewable in the outfield?  For that matter, why isn't every play reviewable?

[Bellhorn04]

12 hours ago, Kimmi said:

I am not a fan of instant replay, but since we have it, it really irks me that some plays are reviewable and others are not.  The play I am thinking about is the non triple play turned by the Nats a couple of days ago.  It goes without saying that the missed call could have very likely changed the outcome of the game.

Why is a catch versus trapped ball on the infield not reviewable, especially since it is reviewable in the outfield?  For that matter, why isn't every play reviewable?

All good points!  

[mvp 78]

17 hours ago, Kimmi said:

I am not a fan of instant replay, but since we have it, it really irks me that some plays are reviewable and others are not.  The play I am thinking about is the non triple play turned by the Nats a couple of days ago.  It goes without saying that the missed call could have very likely changed the outcome of the game.

Why is a catch versus trapped ball on the infield not reviewable, especially since it is reviewable in the outfield?  For that matter, why isn't every play reviewable?

I like replay, but not necessarily how it's implemented. I think most calls on the field should be reviewable. The only ones I'd exclude are balks, check swings and other ump judgement calls like infield flies.  

[Kimmi]

On 4/29/2025 at 1:07 PM, mvp 78 said:

I like replay, but not necessarily how it's implemented. I think most calls on the field should be reviewable. The only ones I'd exclude are balks, check swings and other ump judgement calls like infield flies.  

Fair point about the judgment calls.  It would be hard to say that a judgment call is wrong, though there are times when they are pretty clearly wrong.  Outside of that, it just doesn't make any sense to me why you couldn't review a call like the one mentioned in my previous post.

[mvp 78]

If you wanted another reason to hate the rise of online gambling, here's Liam Hendriks' comments:

 

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[Kimmi]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

 

Oh goody.