jacksonianmarch

Just reported that Tek is more interested this time around. If he is, the job is his

Don’t self ban. Cmon man. Take a day to clear your head and get back on here.

I wouldn’t use that as proof. With RISP, you typically shorten up with 2 strikes as contact can get a run home. Listen man, the only “proof” right now is an unnamed insider coming out BEFORE Cora’s role was delineated in Houston and the fact that you have a manager who was the architect of the same type of system the year prior in another org. Also, there are some guys with literally no interest in knowing what’s coming. Some players honestly don’t want to know.

I doubt Henry would throw a season in protest. But it’d be interesting for sure

If I was gonna hit someone, I didn’t wait. I hit them first pitch. You had more leeway then. And guys, I’m talking about having thrown Head hunted intentionally maybe twice or three times in my life. It was in the arsenal, but the nuclear option. If I was gonna send a message, it was FB at the butt. The last time I went At the head was in college after our star hitter got ear holed first pitch after hitting a homer his prior AB. It was vs a team from the south that was notorious for it. So I returned the favor But if there was someone cheating off my signs, I’d have had the catcher throw a 2 and go up and in with the heat. Never had to deal with it, but that would have been my 18 yr old mindset Now, if I was gonna toy with someone, I’d throw breaking ball away, fastball up and in, breaking ball away, etc. the goal was to put the fear of god in then, but to actually strike them out

Different times man. Would I hit someone in the head now? No way. But when I was 18 and baseball was everything, that was absolutely in the arsenal. I’m not gonna lie here, no need to. I’m nearly 20 years retired from collegiate baseball and still play/pitch in an old mans league. When I hit someone now, I apologize

The problem with Manfred punishing players is that punishments aren’t spelled out in the CBA, so he’d have to use the “best interests of the game” clause and that would be pretty problematic for him long term. He used it for ARod, but you only use that when you absolutely have to. Also, who do you punish? If The whole team did it, you cannot just eliminate the Astros MLB squad and force them to play scabs for 2020. That would kill the business In that market, which is counterintuitive to the best interests of the game. By firing a manager, a GM and pulling picks, you don’t damage the product on the field for the most part and you don’t have to battle with the MLBPA. Two less picks in a draft aren’t going to hinder guys becoming ball players. The lost draft capital will mildly help the teams picking behind them as they move up a spot. Baseball can backfill the manager and GM roles easily. In essence, the punishment is nothing outside of draft loss and that doesn’t affect MLB on the whole. This is why he gave players immunity.

Cheating. That’s using media to steal signs.

She’s abysmal on the Sunday Night broadcasts. She doesn’t bring much to the table and ESPN is looking for an entertaining broadcast. It’s baseball, there’s down time. You cannot have a robotic broadcast to appeal to the casual fan. I’d also advocate for ARod moving off it as well, although his commentary is at least useful

Looking at how a pitcher got them is fair game. Seeing if a call can be challenged is fair game. Anything in the past, even as recent as a past at bat is fine. But using tech to decipher pitch sign sequence and then relaying it to the batter in real time is cheating. If that occurred in boston, then their punishment could be worse than Houston’s since they were the source case of initial warnings. At this point, you have to let it play out

You’ve got an active investigation. You wait for their findings at this point.

JD coming out with this statement literally does nothing. How many criminals say they’re innocent before being proven guilty? It’s human nature to try and avoid punishment. It changes nothing. Nobody knows what the report will say

Your last paragraph is absolutely the truth. With the “hot names” already gone, it would behoove the Sox to hire an interim manager and do a full search for 2021. That is unless the 2020 manager pulls a rabbit out of the hat

The Yanks are pretty right centric too. Getting a bunch of lefty arms might not be a bad thing if they can throw, but it could be a very bad thing against your rivals

That is the problem. Yes, they are appeasing customers. They are also setting a precedent. I wouldn't be surprised if people who lost enormous amounts of money seek legal retribution for the cheating allegations

This is where Manfred is most concerned. Pointsbet sports book is refunding all bets in full made on the Yanks to make the WS in 2019 due to cheating allegations. Others will likely be forced to follow and I’d assume LAD WS bets from 17-18 will be refunded too. Manfred wants to dictate the narrative on MLB betting, but until he fixes the cheating issues, he won’t be able to

Very hard to push a narrative onto the fans that the Sox are trying to win now and aren’t actually trying to save money when you deal off a 22 yr old star with four years of control left to dump your expensive fallen ace

For a pen, it would be in Bloom I'd trust if I was a sox fan. The guy built a damn good and damn deep pen out of rubber bands, some used gum and partially dried Elmer's glue

Not if they do it soon enough with Devers.

Perez is also bilingual. For a Sox team with a fair amount of Latin players and with a budding Latin star in Devers, it makes sense to have a bilingual manager who he can relate to. As much as you guys are dealing with the “extend Mookie” drama, you’re going to be facing the “extend Devers” drama before you know it

Throw s*** against the wall, see what sticks

It was always fun to face professional level pitching. I was done in by the slider as a hitter and my location as a pitcher. I could get around on any fastball 95 or less and I could see the curve out of the hand. But a slider or cutter was a fricken enigma to me. Couldn’t see it out of the hand and by the time word got around the collegiate league I was in, I was meat. Fastballs up and out of the zone I’d chase and then the slider anywhere and I’d miss it. Hardest FB I ever “saw” was clocked at 98. I quote that because you don’t really see them. They’re a buzz and a pop. Sat on his loopy curve though and took him deep!

Bloom is at least trying. For DD, if you weren’t a star, he didn’t give a s***. DD has depth issues. Bloom will have performance issues, but at least should have some depth

I was a pitcher and a 1b. If I knew a batter was cheating I’d hit him square in the head. I haven’t played competitively beyond old man baseball leagues in almost 20 years, but head shots were entirely within the arsenal. I head hunted before and if a team was cheating, I’d have done it again. I’d call my catcher out, have him put down a 2 and then throw as hard as I could up and in. He’d be leaning out over the plate (if he was a RHH) expecting the ball to break away and I’d surprise him. I was hit in the head during a game and the next time I pitched to the pitcher who hit me, I went up and in, curve away, up and in, curve away and struck him out. But only because I put the fear of god in him. They allowed a lot more back then. Now, if a kid even threatens a snowflake with a HBP, you’d get criminal charges!

MLB.com had them but you cannot get them on a mobile. Needs to be on a laptop or desktop