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Everything posted by notin
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You don't deal with change well, do you? Baseball as a game has been changing for decades. Just because it's no longer the game you grew up with doesn't mean it's a bad thing. Heck, these opener/feature pitchers are just a fad. And their usage is not MLB policy. Not sure why you think it's so detrimental, however...
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After the trade, his numbers were sensational...
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And Marcus Wilson needs more love..,
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And somewhere out there on the Internet, SBF is complaining about how Dave Roberts cost him that one...
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Manny’s deal would have expired that year, but the Dodgers extended him for two years...
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Valid point about MLB being older. But that still doesn't excuse the behavior, especially in the wake of the Negro Leagues or the number of black players who pretended to be Mexican so they could play in MLB.
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Only if we are launching the robot umps. Seriously, does the world need a cyborg Angel Hernandez with superhuman strength?
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We would have gotten a pick when Manny left via free agency as well..
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The bidding there does start with Eloy Jimenez. That's a tough one to top. and, yes...
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Really if we draw any conclusion from the Dombrowski Era trades, it's not that he frequently overpaid. But most of the prospects he dealt away are actually making MLB. Ty Buttrey, Shaun Anderson, Gershon Bautista, Steve Nogosek, Logan Allen, Dubon, Moncada, Kopech. I have faith Basabe will one day as well. Really the only flops he dealt away are Espinoza and Javier Guerra, and the latter is trying to reinvent himself as a pitcher with an alleged 98mph fastball. Did he just know his own farm system that well? Or just give in for any player they asked for and not worry about it?
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Stack away, Master Speculator...
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But that's the major criterion for the Hindsight Jury
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This is not a matter of a cultural shift of today vs yesterday. MLB is the only sport that openly and proudly celebrates breaking the color barrier, which they also openly and proudly enforced for decades. The NBA and the NFL allowed black athletes at some point, but just did it and moved on. That's not about yesterday vs today. Those are all events that happened in the same timeframe. If I asked you who was the first black player in the NFL, do you know off the top of your head? There certainly was one. And if you Google the first back player in the NBA, you actually can get multiple answers Don't you find it odd that MLB stands alone in that regard?
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It was an upgrade in that Bay was not a disruptive force who took games off and created a media firestorm, if you look at it that way. Nevertheless, they did not stay standing still all year...
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Speculation that 1) Espinoza wouldn't have gotten hurt and 2) that CWS would have taken him over Moncada is stacking speculation upon speculation. The only thing we know for certain is Moncada was the player the White Sox settled for. They wanted Benintendi. Both of your speculations are less likely then Espinoza simply never making it, like hundreds upon hundreds of top pitching prospects before him. What do you suppose the price for 2 1/2 seasons of an All Star starting pitcher should be if not a good prospect in low A-ball?
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I'm trying. Want to be my reference?
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He struiggled to get anything close to that last time, didn't he? and he was coming off a career year and 2 years younger. Martinez makes $23mill next season, after which he has another opt out opportunity, or he can take his last 2 years at $19mill. I think he opts out after 2020, since he can probably do better than 2/$38mill as a free agent...
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I don't think workouts are either the problem or the province of the GM...
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Hero killer
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I agree. A rebuild would be more costly than simply going for it. I believe Martinez' option is a player option, so the only decision the Sox have is, if he exercises it, do they decide to trade him?
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I always loved the integration of Alabama football story, which I hope is true. The one where USC visits Alabama and future Patriot Sam "The Bam" Cunningham rushes for 345 yards (or some absurd amount close to that) and 3 or 4 touchdowns. And the next year, Bear Bryant decides to admit black football players. Reportedly, the newspaper the next day said "Sam Cunningham did more to integrate Alabama in 4 quarters than anyone else has been able to do in 100 years." Please tell me that's true...
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I did expect them to be worse. Somewhere on this board, I repeatedly cited a former colleague of mine who used to say "If you stand still, you're road kill."
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Your evidence includes a team that made a fairly substantial mid-season trade and didn't stay the course of status quo. Jason Bay? I think that outranks the Andrew Cashner acquisition. (But we can call the mid-season acquisition of Paul Byrd as being equal to Cashner.)
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Yawkey was racist, but he was hardly alone. Doesn't excuse it, but no reason to isolate him either. There is a reason MLB is the only sport that makes a big deal out of breaking the color barrier. The NFL and NBA also had first black players at some point, but does anyone know who they are without first checking on Google?
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I assumed it was Pedro Borbon. Pedro Borbon Sr, of course...
