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Man, what happened to Paul Goldschmidt this year? He fell off a cliff.
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John Jaso tried to talk to his former Rays teammates during a recent game. The usher wouldn't let him on the field.
https://twitter.com/RaysBaseball/status ... 3745014784
https://twitter.com/RaysBaseball/status ... 3745014784
https://www.mlb.com/cut4/john-jaso-was- ... 88824035=1Rays coach Matt Quatraro wasn't surprised. When Jaso told him that the ushers kept kicking him out of the field section, Quatraro laughed and said, "I don't blame them. Look at you."
Look at him, indeed. Please come to more baseball games when your boating and music festival schedule allows, Mr. Jaso.
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This is why the "SPEND MOAR" crowd for the Pirates is short-sighted and where the economics of baseball hurt them.
If the Pirates had someone like Ramirez it would hamstring them something fierce. I mean just look at Daniel Hudson last year.Red Sox will now be on the hook for about $35 million in contracts this year for three people who DON'T PLAY ON THE TEAM now that they've designated Hanley Ramirez for assignment.
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Eh, that's the cost of doing business at their level. They're 36-16. Personally, I don't care - take risks, get amazing players, it's not my money and I'll never defend a billionaire's wallet.
If you can't afford to make mistakes, then get on out of the league.
If you can't afford to make mistakes, then get on out of the league.
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People who are Billionaires are Billionaires because they don't throw good money after bad.
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Sorry, just not defending a reason not to spend. Billionaires who own sports teams aren't just sports team owners. I do not care if that billionaire is hurt financially by spending money on a player he can most certainly profit from a majority of the time lol.Freddy Rumsen wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 3:35 pm People who are Billionaires are Billionaires because they don't throw good money after bad.
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What kind of ad revenue and tv licensing do you think the Red Sox rate vs. the Pirates?
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Russell Martin is officially bad, but the Jays are so injury riddled that he’s started games at third, short, and left this year in addition to playing catcher.
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The Phillies DFA'ed former Pirate Drew Hutchison, you know the main piece in the Liriano trade a few years ago...
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This is insane:
It's pretty frightening to be on an "on-pace-for" the worst season of all-time by a large margin when you're nearing mid-June. Chris Davis's on-pace-for in fWAR would rank him 81892 out of 81892 player-seasons since 1901. By NEARLY A FULL WIN.
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Good grief Charlie Brown, chris davis is signed through 2022 at $23 million per year :shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:
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But you know, the Orioles spend money. #payroll
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Pedro Gomez reporting that Shohei Ohtani will likely need Tommy John surgery due to a Grade 2 UCL sprain and could very well be out until 2020.
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Wow...that didn't take long. Welp, say goodbye to the most exciting story in baseball. He will come back and I would almost guarantee be a shadow of his former self.
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Yup, the tea leaves were fairly easy to read on this one.
On another note, in light of the Chris Davis news last week, I randomly decided to check the O's box score from last night. They lost 2-0...Davis was 0-5 with three strikeouts, bringing his BA down to .150. His OPS is .454....Ho Lee Sht.
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I have a scoring question:
This play:
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=23766158
was scored as a walk-off HR. But, IMO the ball would have definitely hit the wall (maybe even the very bottom due to the steep downward trajectory) if the player had not interfered with it. Should it be an error on the outfielder then?
And, frankly, even *if* the ball were headed outside - with the outfielder having a clear (easy ) chance to catch it - why wouldn't be an error?
Thanks!!
This play:
http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=23766158
was scored as a walk-off HR. But, IMO the ball would have definitely hit the wall (maybe even the very bottom due to the steep downward trajectory) if the player had not interfered with it. Should it be an error on the outfielder then?
And, frankly, even *if* the ball were headed outside - with the outfielder having a clear (easy ) chance to catch it - why wouldn't be an error?
Thanks!!
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Looks like it would’ve hit the wall (i think top half of wall), but a ball deflected over the fence is counted as a homerun. The only way it’s an error is if the official scorer deems an average fielder could’ve made the play. That was certainly a catchable ball, but not automatic. It’s a judgement call. I’m not sure if a deflected ball like that can be counted as an error though. Cansecos head ball wasn’t.
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Mike Trout is so frigging good this year. It sucks he is stuck on that lousy team.
Trout finished 1-for-1 and reached base all four times as the Angels won—finally—beating Arizona 5-4. He is now batting .696 with 11 walks, four HRs, and nine RBIs in his last eight games. He has made seven outs in his last 36 plate appearances! Anaheim is 2-6 in that span. He can’t do it all himself, except for games like last night, when he basically does.
On his current trajectory, Mike Trout is on pace for:
188 hits
140 walks
92 extra-base hits
50 homers
131 runs
105 RBI
28 steals
He has a batting average of .335, an OPS of 1.158.
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Mike Trout is so frigging good this year. It sucks he is stuck on that lousy team.
Trout finished 1-for-1 and reached base all four times as the Angels won—finally—beating Arizona 5-4. He is now batting .696 with 11 walks, four HRs, and nine RBIs in his last eight games. He has made seven outs in his last 36 plate appearances! Anaheim is 2-6 in that span. He can’t do it all himself, except for games like last night, when he basically does.
On his current trajectory, Mike Trout is on pace for:
188 hits
140 walks
92 extra-base hits
50 homers
131 runs
105 RBI
28 steals
He has a batting average of .335, an OPS of 1.158.