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Everything posted by notin
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I don't either. The Hall of Fame is a museum dedicated to baseball history. The purpose of a historical museum is to preserve history, not to censor it...
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OK, so now we know who will be the "Best shape of his career" guy in spring training. We till need to know the Sore Arm Guy and the Jeff Bailey Award candidates. At least we rarely see the Visa Problem Guy anymore...
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I think you would also have to redefine the word "badly" for this situation. Unless Betts' career is prematurely ended by an injury, he is looking at a worst case scenario of $300 million. And I think we would all be surprised if it was that low...
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And if you look at the depth charts on MLB.com, most teams have 7 to 9 starting pitchers. The Sox still have just 4....
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Well, we already know his stance on lettng steroid users into the Hall of Fame. (Very much for it, for those who missed it.) So beyond that, I expect the following rule changes: 1. All performance enhancing drugs are now legal. And mandatory. 2. Players are permitted to carry firearms at all times. 3. If a batted ball bounces off a player's head, the batter is out.
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And he would have to come down equally hard on the second offender Yankees....
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MLBTR mentioned him as a possibility in the original article, but it felt like more speculation...
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I think that is the plan. I expect Myers and Quantrill, and have my doubts on the inclusion of Campusano or Arias. Although possibly the Sox might settle for Jake Cronenworth, the SS/RHP Bloom is familiar with as he came from the Tampa farm. (As Tampa and SD have made two big trades this off-season, Bloom will actually have a decent choice of his former farmhands if he goes in that direction.)
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Let me put it another way. If Mookie asks for the (second?) biggest contract in US pro sports history (which he reportedly did), is it unreasonable for Henry and Bloom to not offer it and see how free agency pans out?
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Is this an update? There were always rumors about his inclusion...
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So at $3.8mil. Without knowing what is available for the Sox before the thresh hold (which is a massive factor here, and really, the most important if not only factor), I could see taking the $8.8mill hit for another prospect. But I don't know how amenable any of this is to SD...
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I think a system can still be worked out there without them relying on signals. Maybe they can get earpieces, too...
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Yeah!! A slippery slope argument!! Those are NEVER stupid... (also sarcasm)
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I think they largely have the bag coverage worked out long before. It's not like there are a lot of options. I could see the 1B needing to know when the call is for a pick off attempt or pitch out, but I don't think he has a clear view unless that sign is handled outside the normal sequence....
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So do you think Henry should have just had the contract drawn up for $420 million? And that Henry was just being cheap here?
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Where’s Bellhorn? If his AAV is $13.8 mill, and San Diego pays $10mill per year for 3 years, are the Sox charged $3.8 mill towards the CBT or $6.9 mill? I look at it this way. Myers = $13.8mill AAV. If SD is paying $10mill AAV for the next 3 years, that leaves $3.8 mill for Boston. Otherwise is SD paying $6.9mill towards the tax? Or $10mill? I don’t think it matters much to them...
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Welll, MYers does top out at $13.8 mill AAV if the Sox take no money. So if they get $10mill per, it's $3.8mill against the CBT. Is getting $5mill per year with a $8.8 mill CBT hit and another (hopefully) good prospect worth it?
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Manager or pitching coach calls a pitch into the earpiece. If the pitcher doesn't shake it off, then away we go...
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Are these talks still ongoing? There has been ZERO buzz for several days, and the San Diego front office is notoriously leaky about stuff like this...
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What's wrong with earpieces? How many fielders can even see the signs anyway?
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Or just get rid of using hand signs. This isn't 1880 any more...
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It is, but even Kinsler thinks what the Sox did was minimal at best and doesn't think the league will find much. It is possible as second offenders the Sox will get the hammer, but also possible that players like Kinsler (now retired and with nothing to lose) will make the case that what the Red Sox did was business as usual. All teams do have video feeds and nearly every player uses them for legal reasons, but if he is right and players catch the signs as have a "if I can figure it out, great. If not, no biggie" attitude about it, that might be illegal, but it is not premeditated like an actual Codebreaker algorithm employed by the Astros. And when does the Yankee investigation start? In no way do I believe that every single scrub the Yankees grab has a miraculous breakout year based on legitimate talent alone. "Oh, it's just good scouting. The Yankees liked his 'exit velocity' " or whatever. Yeah, because other teams don't look at exit velocity...
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Especially ones as poorly reported and mishandled by the league as Deflate Gate was. If you read the report, the most obvious conclusion should have been "NFL officials have no idea how to use pressure gauges."
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There is no way to get people to stop talking about Betts. We're even doing indirectly now by talking about not talking about Betts. And no, best player or second best player or whatever, $420mill is not a "reasonable" contract extension by any definition of the word. He will very likely get it, but asking for the most valuable contract in pro sports history is really not being "reasonable." Bryce Harper has the current largest contract in MLB free agent history. Is it reasonable?
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No. Everyone should just spill what they know. How many more times do you want this scandal to resurface?
