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Everything posted by notin
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Not so sure. He makes a good case. After all, in high school he was the same height and weight as Corey Seager. (For those of you who have not read about this case, that’s actually part of his argument. Seriously. Go read about it.)
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I call it an apples/oranges comparison for the two best defensive players ever at their respective positions. Both should be enshrined...
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Epstein signed him once, too. And for a lot less money...
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So you’re saying they’re on crack and pot?!?
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I’m thinking Ryan Weber has some serious dirt on Bloom or Henry or both...
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Also he ruined the career of budding star Garrison Lassiter. At least that’s what the lawsuit says. But then, a lot of A-ball pitchers also ruined the career of Garrison Lassiter as well...
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You could make the same argument for Andruw Jones. Except the SS part...
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Is the cause for this exuberance the acquisition of Brice or the DFA of Hernandez? Both moves might be equally impactful...
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Well a lot of that is the open-to-interpretation rules and how some overturned calls can be problematic for positioning base runners...
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The simplest thing would be to enforce the existing pitch clock rules
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Or ERod?
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Bloom acquired Austin Brice from the Marlins tody for a nondescript minor league infielder. Marco Hernandez DFA'd. Brice was a DFA/waiver claim for the Marlins last year who worked out, but really outpitched his peripherals...
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Also Barnes ($3.1mill) and Hembree ($1.63mill) signed...
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Dombrowski made a few last year for the first time in his career. Not one of them panned out, but I don't fault him for that part. He did try...
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Unless the Revisionist History Police get there first...
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I think hand signals will be fine for now. There have only been like 3 deaf players in MLB history, and only one was a pitcher, and he pitched in the 1860's. Apparently, the Miami Marlins have an A-ball prospect named Cason Sherrod who is a deaf relief pitcher. So he and Grendell (if he ever catches back on anywhere) might be the only two pitchers who need hand signals. The game can survive this...
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Three extremely underrated players not getting nearly enough votes in this projection are Omar Vizquel, Andruw Jones, and Billy Wagner. Seriously, how are all three of these guys behind Scott Rolen?
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And now they are being sued by a former prospect ma,ed Garrison Lassiter who claims the Yankees suppressed and ruined his MLB career to accommodate Derek Jeter. Apparently they also ruined his collegiate football career at Miami and his basketball career at Alabama, and his law career at the unaccredited Mass Academy of Law. And important to note, the fact that he couldn't hit A-ball pitching was certainly not a factor in his not getting promoted...
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I think they should just all learn to speak Navajo, or, better yet, the pitcher and catcher can have his own codetalker help relay the signs in Navajo. And the batter can't. Of course, this assumes there is a Navajo word for "curveball."...
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Not to mention, sometimes the reasons for these traditions was rooted in a long, outdated logic or is simply no longer applicable. Not sure of the history behind pitcher/catcher hand signals, but if it's anything like the history behind the signs used by the fist base coach and third base coach, maybe it can go for the most part. Base coach signalling was only started to accommodate former Red/National/White Sox CF William "Dummy" Hoy, who was deaf. Now if there are any deaf/hard-of-hearing pitchers out there - and there might be (the Angels recently had hard-of-hearing southpaw Kevin Grendell in their minor league system for example), hand signalling will be a necessity for them. But so far, there have only been a handful of deaf players in MLB...
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Yeah you might be reaching here....
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2018-19 and 2019-20 can and should all be lumped into one giant boring off-season. Actually, this year we have added Martin Perez, Jose Peraza, and Kevin Plawecki (The "Killer P's). Last year, the big off-season addition was Colten Brewer....
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Even if it all works out for Andujar, Urshela is already a terrific defender at 3B. Voit slowed significantly in the second half last year, which might be from injury, but I think at some point it's just reality catching up with him. Bouncing Miggy around the field is NOT how you treat a young superstar hitter. And most definitely not how you help him improve at 3B. That's a white flag. Bench Voit. Not trade, bench. Have the depth. Start Andujar at 1b...
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a lot of times now a days they change the sequencing with every pitch. The catcher will flash a series of signs for pitch and location, but they will use something like "strikes plus 1" for the one that matters. meaning if the count is 1-1, the second sign matters. And it stays the second sign until the pitcher throws another strike, when it becomes the third sign. Plenty of teams do this, but how they know what the baseline is to steal signs is beyond me...
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That you call her “first wife” doesn’t support this behavior as a key to a harmonious relationship...
