I feel like 20% of all mlb starting pitchers are on the DL.
Seems it's a 50% chance that any SP will be out for a lengthy absence and surgery over the course of 5 years. I wonder what the approximate % is.
It seldom does, though. How many times have we heard of a guy like this who just happens to get hot at the right time? Plus, you have to keep in mind that he's facing some pitchers who won't make active rosters. Or older guys tinkering with stuff. I mean, good for him. But I put very little stock in ST numbers.
Stop repeating the stupidity spread by US media. Pay Vlad 50 mi a year and exactly WHO do they get rid of because they spend 270 million a year, plus the exchange rate so salaries are in US funds. Were YOU even aware of that. Fact: subtract Vlads 50 mi a season and it leaves 8 Million each for the other 25 players. Any player paid more than that means the other players receive less and they surround Vlad with a triple A team. Actions have repercussions unless Vlad accepted 400 million deferred. That means he makes 10 M per seaon and gives the team an opportunity to sign more expensive players. That isn't what is seen though and Vlad is greedy and is demanding the full amount for 14 - 15 years which would handicap the team for ten years. When YOU don't know what you are talking about, stop printing stupidity because wait until the US economy crashes and the Canadian dollar is worth more than the US dollar again. That happened in 2007 and the dollar peaked at 1.10 compared to the US dollar of 1 dollar.
GaSox - I was referring strictly to an offensive team downgrade based on just the players directly involved (Bregman, Devers, Yoshida, one of the OF'ers)..
Yes the remaining hitters could have big improvements. I've been very bullish on Casas, Story, Duran and Abreu and somewhat bullish on Campbell. Even Hamilton, if you could add his stolen bases to his OPS he'd be a decent hitter.
The only hitters I'm somewhat bearish on are Wong, Ref, Narvaez and Romy. I'm not even bearish on Rafaela, I think he can improve - can't get any worse, right?
Amazing that he's the best pitcher they could find to audition as depth, unless he was never in the running and is with NYY in ST to do some informal coaching and for the Yankees to look at him in that role.
With Cashman's fondness for putting ancient ballplayers with no hope of success on the roster, though, who knows?
[Reads the entry]
Holy xxxx!!!!
Carrasco might actually make the roster????
Yankee fans don't deserve this, but the Cashman Yankees will deserve to miss the postseason by 1 game, including Carrasco going 0 and 3 with a 6.79 ERA in 8-1/3 innings before being cut in April.
Everyone thinks they can unlock the toolsy former top rated prospect. I get acquiring him, I just don’t understand all the money they took on to do it. Definitely one of the bigger busts of AA’s tenure.
They will need those roster spots and maybe one or two more! Besides Drake Baldwin, they need spots for Craig Kimbrell, James McCann, Alex Verdugo, Hector Neris (If they keep him?) and any others that may join the team during Alex Anthopolis's Spring Shop-a-thon! Kimbrell & Verdugo will probably be called up 1st within a few weeks, unless they rather keep Baldwin at AAA and use McCann until Murphy returns. I personally prefer they keep Baldwin even when Murphy returns! None of the newly added veterans could possibly be ready for opening day roster spots, so it will be very interesting in the first month of the regular season as far as roster moves.
Jose Urena was never, ever making the Mets out of ST, which is the vague implication in the sloppy Mets graf.
He's something like #12 on the SP Depth Chart, filling this year's Julio Teheran role in Queens, getting one spot start if they absolutely have to so they don't have to throw away an option on someone who might have a future with the club,
2) Yoshida gets traded (seriously doubt he'll be released)
In the first scenario, it all depends which OF'er is the odd man out - Roman, Duran, Abreu, Rafaela. Most would agree they would be downgrading the offense if it's any of the first three players that are sent packing.
In the second scenario, it would be Bregman and ONLY Bregman who would be forcing Yoshida off the roster. Considering Bregman has got a .795 OPS over the past 5 years, replacing a healthy Yoshida's offense with Bregman's offense would almost definitely be a downgrade.
Not sure what you mean by "better hitter at DH & LF".. The DH would be Devers, who has been on the team since 2017. Devers won't be a "better hitter" than he has been, but it's certainly possible he could be a worse hitter with the new role.
You're making it sound like the Sox would have a better overall offense with Yoshida gone. No, they would not UNLESS Bregman reverts back to 2017-2019 form and Devers transitions well into fulltime DH.
Bottom line: The best offensive team would be Bregman at 2B, Devers at 3B, Yoshida at DH, and Mayer/Abreu/Duran in the outfield.
But I'm positive that won't scenario won't happen.
Curious to know if Ornelas has had a good Spring Training. It'd be cool to see the Padres have another situation like they had with Merrill last Spring Training!
Look around the league, pitchers going down all over the place. Padres have also had their fair share of injured pitchers that came their way in trades.
Assuming the Pads carry 13 pitchers into OD, and 2 catchers, that leaves 11 roster spots for position players
Tatis, Merrill locks in OF
Machado, Bogey, Cronz and Arraez locks in IF
Competing for the 5 roster spots are 9 guys (not including McCoy and Gonzalez):
Heyward, Joe, Sheets, Ornelas, Lockridge (OF)
Iglesias, Gurriel, Wade, Rosario (IF)
Some tough decisions here. Rosario and Wade are out of options and would have to be let go. Of the 9, Heyward has looked the worst in ST, but probably was the most pre-ordained to make the OD roster and I think he sticks. Iglesias, and Joe are likely to be on OD roster. Ornelas and Lockridge most likely starting in minors, That leaves Wade, Gurriel, Rosario and Sheets competing for the last two spots.
So Mayer's been killing it while pitchers work on pitches and/or haven't made any team yet. And he hasn't played a lick of 2nd. Give it to Hamilton! I did.
@usc88 A .156 BA and .688 OPS in 36 ST PA versus is irrelevant, comrade.
The Braves will be looking at preparation, diligence, quality of contact, pitch selection, pretty much everything other than a BA resulting from whether a couple of hard hit balls were shots at fielders or five hop grounders skipping by a split squad fill-in 3Bman.
The Braves have Kelenic for four more years, if they want him, and one more option to play with. No one here is playing for a job. The roles are already decided based on the health of Acuna and Profar. 2023-2024:
Kelenic 99 OPS+
Verdugo 91 OPS+
And given their similar platoon splits, with the iffy health of their two regulars this wasn't about moving on from Kelenic. It was just the best depth move available to the Braves as of this week.
Teams rarely have competitions in Spring Training, though it's the kind of chaff that makes for good stories in casual sports press and keeps casual fans interested. The sample sizes are far too small to be meaningful. Look plays far too great a role in baseball. The quality of competition is far too weak and too varied (with the average pitcher or hitter faced in ST at slightly better than AA-level) for results here to be taken seriously by the Braves.
You are right that Detroit was listening but later reports said it was more due diligence than anything. At the time Briceno was ranked lower in Detroit and Liranzo was still a Dodger, so back then i could definitely see how they would be interested in Basallo. Then the crazy deadline happened and Detroit caught fire and Liranzo and Briceno floated to the top end of Detroits rankings. Funny what a difference a year makes. Baltimore is great at developing bats and the results the last few years speak for themselves. Hard to argue with their success on that front. Thanks for the chat. Cheers dude.
This is literally the 3rd or so year in a row this has happened. I don’t buy it. It’s tough being a Marlins fan, but I’ll always be one lol. I’m really high on Weathers too. I mean if they’re shooting for the #1 overall pick we know how poor of luck they have (getting 7 for 2025 which I predicted). Nothing good happens to the Marlins even if they’re a terribly ran organization. Matt Mervis who I’m slightly excited about is 0-13 with 10K’s in the past 3 games by the way, so yeah, that excitement is over.
Hairball - Mom is calling you upstairs to eat your Hungry Man Salisbury Steak. It's time to rub her bunions and watch Murder She Wrote. Don't worry, someday you'll get enough money to buy another blow up girlfriend, or maybe some duct tape to patch the one you have. That's the life of a troll these days I guess. Sure beats living under a bridge. You have a nice day brother and remember to shower at least once a week.
Over 30 SB in 98 games, and great range for 2B. Give it to Hamilton.
The line up was dynamic on the base path with Duran, Rafaela, and Hamilton in there. Gonzalez is also fast, Story can run for 15-20 bags if healthy. Abreu is 15 lbs lighter. This team was a monster on the base paths to start last season, I’d like to see that again. Bring up Mayer for whoever gets hurt in the infield.
Never forget 2007,when Carlos Pena shocked the baseball world. In the 2007 season with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Carlos Peña had a stellar year, setting franchise records and earning the AL Comeback Player of the Year award, while also finishing 9th in the MVP voting.
He had been on many clubs prior to that, but a spring training injury of another player gave him the opportunity to prove himself one last time. Sheets having a 2007 Carlos Pena tyoe of season in 2025 is not a stretch of the imagination. These type of stories happen more than you would believe
in baseball. Look at O'Hearn with Baltimore. If Sheets is that guy, the Padres will be a lock for the postseason, but that's a big "If".
It's supposed to be silver/dark claret with a red interior but whoever owned it before me had the bright idea to change it to dark claret/black with a black interior. It was done poorly so I'm restoring it to original. I am loving the car though. I have a buddy that owns a c6 grand sport and holy crap is that car fast.
I don't blame them for asking for Holliday either -- or asking for Holliday and Basallo for that matter. But the point is the Tigers were thinking of trading Skubal last season because the team needs bats, and the Orioles need arms and have bats. And also Skubal is a free agent in after next season.
I get that the Tigers have great prospects. I think MLB ranked Detroit's farm system best in the majors to begin the season. But it still would make sense for the Tigers to trade for a bat (though can't see them trading Skubal now) because their top position player prospects look like they are still a year or two away from the majors. Meanwhile, guys like Basallo, Kjerstad and Holliday are big league ready. Detroit's future looks good, but for this season they may need more than Riley Greene, Colt Keith and Gleyber Torres while they wait for the youngsters to mature on the farm. The fear must be that Skubal will be on his way out by the time the strong hitting prospects are on their way up. Hopefully for Tiger fans they play well enough the Tigers never consider trading Skubal again.
The Pirates giving 37 yo Pham $4.05m is just... sad. It's one thing to be a fan of a team that doesn't spend, and another entirely when that team can't even handle small moves with anything resembling intelligence or purpose.
It's a good move. Watched the game a couple of days ago and he did an interview from the dugout (with Elli dropping gum or ice on his hat from behind, lol) and he was chomping at the bit as he should be. We've all seen his stuff and know he's got it. He could be the best 5th starter in baseball if he can hold up endurance wise..
Nah he’s way too heavy to cure cancer, but that’s not the point. He is the Blue Jays Franchise Player and needs to be paid like one. Let’s face the fact not too many players are lining up to play in Canada. Vladdy wants to play there and is happy.
Everyone knocks Bloom but outside of pitching, he was a great assessor of young talent. Breslow has benefited from Bloom's talent and of course Henry's then tight purse strings. Boston actually won the Renfroe-JBJ trade because of Hamilton. They also won the Houston Vasquez trade by getting Abreu. Add those to the trade that got Pivetta who was much more productive than the two they gave to Philly. I had also thought the Benny trade was a winner due to Winkowski (and Franchy lol) but the jury is still out on that one.
The acquisition cost alone bought him some time, but compound that with the amount of injuries last year (Acuña mainly, but Harris II also), and he really was the best of their options, sadly. AA wants more assurances by getting de la Cruz, Verdugo, and even considering Eli White as a 4th OF-super UT guy. Considering how bad he's looked in ST, his time is running out.
"If you don't think Vladdy..franchise player"...I think he's a pretty darn good(far from great)baseball hitter who plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. You're acting like he cured cancer.
The Dodgers are nervous now and the Diamondbacks will probably just forfeit their season. Gavin Sheets will hit .334 with 45 hr's and 138 rbi. It's crazy to think that, by theory, he'll have those numbers in some alternate universe.
Hamilton. He's solid and the other two need to show that AAA is easy. One of them will be up eventually this season anyway. Both will be if they rake at AAA. Mayer will need to replace Story's inevitable IL stint(s) and Campbell will be an easy decision if he does well at AAA considering Hamilton will merely be serviceable, in all likelihood.
"The fact that the Padres have added him to the roster today suggests he likely had some kind of opt-out or upward mobility clause on his deal. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that there was some kind of clause in his contract that gave him a chance to leave for another club..."
Hamilton was terrible at SS and great at 2B on defense. His below average arm strength always made his defense at SS questionable at the MLB level.
Fielding balls was not his problem. He has great range and got to balls most of us thought were going through at both SS and 2B. Once he got to the ball he was unable to make the throws at SS.
Even with his questionable defense at SS where he played most of his games, he put up a 2.6 WAR in 98 games total last season because his defense was so good at 2B. That is an All Star level 4.0 WAR over 150 games. I doubt we get that level of performance over a full season, but it makes him a great fit at 2B if Mayer doesn't win the job and he can move over to SS if/when Story gets hurt.
What I meant was, putting M and C in AAA is easily justifiable, hence 'make a case'. If Story was injured, leaving Mayer in AAA would be clear service time manipulation. But it's not.
As a resident of Denver it is quite funny to me that he got shelled and got one out in his first appearance, then he was scoreless against the useless Rox
I don't know what the hell the M's are thinking. What about this guy and his -1.2 fWAR the last two years is appealing? It doesn't make any sense. They have no money but they're willing to give 1.5 million to Tellez?
Sorry, I clicked submit before I was done. Cora hadn’t seen Campbell play second base yet, signifying that his assistance were telling him Campbell wasn’t ready. Of course his team had been telling him Campbell is ready. He would’ve checked him out much sooner.
It’s not just “make a case.” Campbell hasn’t shown that he’s ready. They need to see him routine double plays for 60 or 70 games to know that he can handle the position. He hasn’t shown that yet. Just a couple of days ago Alex Cora said he hadn’t even seen Campbell place second base yet.
@mlb fan- if you don’t think Vladdy is the Blue Jays franchise player then your not paying attention. If he isn’t the Jays best player, then who is? So you please stop that nonsense! Lol.
Hamilton, just so they can manipulate the service time of the other two.
I strongly dislike it when teams do this, almost as much as I despise TJ pitchers being non tendered. But... you could make a case... Campbell needs more "seasoning", Mayer hasn't played at AAA yet etc.
This is going to be an interesting Red Sox season. So much potential, can they put something together?
I voted for Hamilton. I think he’s pretty good. The team doesn’t think Campbell is ready and I don’t have any reason to believe they’re wrong. Meyer doesn’t have enough AAA experience either.
Notable players on Toronto’s 40 man roster that willingly signed as a free agent:
Chris Bassitt
Yimi Garcia
Chad Green
Jeff Hoffman
Kevin Gausman
Yariel Rodriguez
Max Scherzer
Alejandro Kirk
Vladimir Guerrero
George Springer
Orelvis Martinez
Anthony Santander
@mlb fan- the Jays are TOTALLY disrespecting their franchise player. The Rogers Brother can burp $500 million for Vladdy so easily, they print $. If they let him go to free agency, and leave they will never recover truthfully. Not too many players want to play in Canada as it is. Vladdy is a star who is happy there. Jays gotta keep him.
I feel like 20% of all mlb starting pitchers are on the DL.
Seems it's a 50% chance that any SP will be out for a lengthy absence and surgery over the course of 5 years. I wonder what the approximate % is.
It seldom does, though. How many times have we heard of a guy like this who just happens to get hot at the right time? Plus, you have to keep in mind that he's facing some pitchers who won't make active rosters. Or older guys tinkering with stuff. I mean, good for him. But I put very little stock in ST numbers.
he signed for 1.5 million? why would the Reds not bring him in? their OF is gonna be terrible again unless Austin Hays does something
Ver - I agree. Iglesias and Eguy need to be on roster over Wade.
Stop repeating the stupidity spread by US media. Pay Vlad 50 mi a year and exactly WHO do they get rid of because they spend 270 million a year, plus the exchange rate so salaries are in US funds. Were YOU even aware of that. Fact: subtract Vlads 50 mi a season and it leaves 8 Million each for the other 25 players. Any player paid more than that means the other players receive less and they surround Vlad with a triple A team. Actions have repercussions unless Vlad accepted 400 million deferred. That means he makes 10 M per seaon and gives the team an opportunity to sign more expensive players. That isn't what is seen though and Vlad is greedy and is demanding the full amount for 14 - 15 years which would handicap the team for ten years. When YOU don't know what you are talking about, stop printing stupidity because wait until the US economy crashes and the Canadian dollar is worth more than the US dollar again. That happened in 2007 and the dollar peaked at 1.10 compared to the US dollar of 1 dollar.
Tirso has def had a good ST.
Unfortunately, SD didn’t seem to count on him when they signed a plethora of older vets to platoon.
Hey ward has had a horrible ST but like Brew stated, was the most pre-ordained of the bunch so, hard to undo that mindset.
I hope Heyward has a great year.
Back to the Bushwacker leagues.
KC has 2 good 2nd basemen. Bosom have surplus of outfielder. How about a trade? Say Massey for Abreau?
let - Wow, his numbers are amazingly bad! I'm surprised I never heard of him .... and I was alive for part of his career.
JM - 1 more year!
GaSox - I was referring strictly to an offensive team downgrade based on just the players directly involved (Bregman, Devers, Yoshida, one of the OF'ers)..
Yes the remaining hitters could have big improvements. I've been very bullish on Casas, Story, Duran and Abreu and somewhat bullish on Campbell. Even Hamilton, if you could add his stolen bases to his OPS he'd be a decent hitter.
The only hitters I'm somewhat bearish on are Wong, Ref, Narvaez and Romy. I'm not even bearish on Rafaela, I think he can improve - can't get any worse, right?
So how's THAT for positive thinking!!! LOL!!
Would be willing to bet Verdugo ends up being a bigger contributor this year than Profar.
Amazing that he's the best pitcher they could find to audition as depth, unless he was never in the running and is with NYY in ST to do some informal coaching and for the Yankees to look at him in that role.
With Cashman's fondness for putting ancient ballplayers with no hope of success on the roster, though, who knows?
[Reads the entry]
Holy xxxx!!!!
Carrasco might actually make the roster????
Yankee fans don't deserve this, but the Cashman Yankees will deserve to miss the postseason by 1 game, including Carrasco going 0 and 3 with a 6.79 ERA in 8-1/3 innings before being cut in April.
The Braves don’t have any minor league outfielders worth adding to the team.
Everyone thinks they can unlock the toolsy former top rated prospect. I get acquiring him, I just don’t understand all the money they took on to do it. Definitely one of the bigger busts of AA’s tenure.
They will need those roster spots and maybe one or two more! Besides Drake Baldwin, they need spots for Craig Kimbrell, James McCann, Alex Verdugo, Hector Neris (If they keep him?) and any others that may join the team during Alex Anthopolis's Spring Shop-a-thon! Kimbrell & Verdugo will probably be called up 1st within a few weeks, unless they rather keep Baldwin at AAA and use McCann until Murphy returns. I personally prefer they keep Baldwin even when Murphy returns! None of the newly added veterans could possibly be ready for opening day roster spots, so it will be very interesting in the first month of the regular season as far as roster moves.
Jose Urena was never, ever making the Mets out of ST, which is the vague implication in the sloppy Mets graf.
He's something like #12 on the SP Depth Chart, filling this year's Julio Teheran role in Queens, getting one spot start if they absolutely have to so they don't have to throw away an option on someone who might have a future with the club,
Wade and Gurriel gotta go......
@mlb fan-If you just think he’s pretty darn good; your delusional. Enjoy your delusion. Not goin stop you!
Baseball - There's two possible scenarios:
1) Yoshida gets healthy enough to play LF
2) Yoshida gets traded (seriously doubt he'll be released)
In the first scenario, it all depends which OF'er is the odd man out - Roman, Duran, Abreu, Rafaela. Most would agree they would be downgrading the offense if it's any of the first three players that are sent packing.
In the second scenario, it would be Bregman and ONLY Bregman who would be forcing Yoshida off the roster. Considering Bregman has got a .795 OPS over the past 5 years, replacing a healthy Yoshida's offense with Bregman's offense would almost definitely be a downgrade.
Not sure what you mean by "better hitter at DH & LF".. The DH would be Devers, who has been on the team since 2017. Devers won't be a "better hitter" than he has been, but it's certainly possible he could be a worse hitter with the new role.
You're making it sound like the Sox would have a better overall offense with Yoshida gone. No, they would not UNLESS Bregman reverts back to 2017-2019 form and Devers transitions well into fulltime DH.
Bottom line: The best offensive team would be Bregman at 2B, Devers at 3B, Yoshida at DH, and Mayer/Abreu/Duran in the outfield.
But I'm positive that won't scenario won't happen.
Elbow discomfort for Thorpe? Great, that's not ominous at all...
Curious to know if Ornelas has had a good Spring Training. It'd be cool to see the Padres have another situation like they had with Merrill last Spring Training!
Definitely an odd thing to emphasize in the write up, unless the intern who wrote this one thought it meant "good shape on his fastball."
Weathers was traded in 2023 I think?
Look around the league, pitchers going down all over the place. Padres have also had their fair share of injured pitchers that came their way in trades.
Assuming the Pads carry 13 pitchers into OD, and 2 catchers, that leaves 11 roster spots for position players
Tatis, Merrill locks in OF
Machado, Bogey, Cronz and Arraez locks in IF
Competing for the 5 roster spots are 9 guys (not including McCoy and Gonzalez):
Heyward, Joe, Sheets, Ornelas, Lockridge (OF)
Iglesias, Gurriel, Wade, Rosario (IF)
Some tough decisions here. Rosario and Wade are out of options and would have to be let go. Of the 9, Heyward has looked the worst in ST, but probably was the most pre-ordained to make the OD roster and I think he sticks. Iglesias, and Joe are likely to be on OD roster. Ornelas and Lockridge most likely starting in minors, That leaves Wade, Gurriel, Rosario and Sheets competing for the last two spots.
Maybe you should've taken those language arts textbooks more seriously, harrisstan..
Agreed. Loved it, although every Mustang and Subaru in the tri-state area wanted to race at the red light
Thanks
So Mayer's been killing it while pitchers work on pitches and/or haven't made any team yet. And he hasn't played a lick of 2nd. Give it to Hamilton! I did.
@usc88 A .156 BA and .688 OPS in 36 ST PA versus is irrelevant, comrade.
The Braves will be looking at preparation, diligence, quality of contact, pitch selection, pretty much everything other than a BA resulting from whether a couple of hard hit balls were shots at fielders or five hop grounders skipping by a split squad fill-in 3Bman.
The Braves have Kelenic for four more years, if they want him, and one more option to play with. No one here is playing for a job. The roles are already decided based on the health of Acuna and Profar. 2023-2024:
Kelenic 99 OPS+
Verdugo 91 OPS+
And given their similar platoon splits, with the iffy health of their two regulars this wasn't about moving on from Kelenic. It was just the best depth move available to the Braves as of this week.
Teams rarely have competitions in Spring Training, though it's the kind of chaff that makes for good stories in casual sports press and keeps casual fans interested. The sample sizes are far too small to be meaningful. Look plays far too great a role in baseball. The quality of competition is far too weak and too varied (with the average pitcher or hitter faced in ST at slightly better than AA-level) for results here to be taken seriously by the Braves.
It's just crazy. The Weathers kid is hurt down in Miami. I feel like AJ Preller should send a get well gift basket or something. Hahaha
You are right that Detroit was listening but later reports said it was more due diligence than anything. At the time Briceno was ranked lower in Detroit and Liranzo was still a Dodger, so back then i could definitely see how they would be interested in Basallo. Then the crazy deadline happened and Detroit caught fire and Liranzo and Briceno floated to the top end of Detroits rankings. Funny what a difference a year makes. Baltimore is great at developing bats and the results the last few years speak for themselves. Hard to argue with their success on that front. Thanks for the chat. Cheers dude.
Marchan did not "win" the job, it was handed to him.
This is literally the 3rd or so year in a row this has happened. I don’t buy it. It’s tough being a Marlins fan, but I’ll always be one lol. I’m really high on Weathers too. I mean if they’re shooting for the #1 overall pick we know how poor of luck they have (getting 7 for 2025 which I predicted). Nothing good happens to the Marlins even if they’re a terribly ran organization. Matt Mervis who I’m slightly excited about is 0-13 with 10K’s in the past 3 games by the way, so yeah, that excitement is over.
lol, the Dads had Thorpe for like a month
Yeah chandlers, as Kap said I only heard they were floating the idea. How close they got, we’ll probably never know.
It’d be a lot funnier if you changed your screen name to Kenny Powers.
Hairball - Mom is calling you upstairs to eat your Hungry Man Salisbury Steak. It's time to rub her bunions and watch Murder She Wrote. Don't worry, someday you'll get enough money to buy another blow up girlfriend, or maybe some duct tape to patch the one you have. That's the life of a troll these days I guess. Sure beats living under a bridge. You have a nice day brother and remember to shower at least once a week.
Or being traded away from the Padres!
Congrats Eli. Hope they're also keeping Nick Allen.
Over 30 SB in 98 games, and great range for 2B. Give it to Hamilton.
The line up was dynamic on the base path with Duran, Rafaela, and Hamilton in there. Gonzalez is also fast, Story can run for 15-20 bags if healthy. Abreu is 15 lbs lighter. This team was a monster on the base paths to start last season, I’d like to see that again. Bring up Mayer for whoever gets hurt in the infield.
I think you should have been fired months ago ♂️
All pitchers should have TJ surgery immediately upon signing their first contract. Simplify.
Never forget 2007,when Carlos Pena shocked the baseball world. In the 2007 season with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Carlos Peña had a stellar year, setting franchise records and earning the AL Comeback Player of the Year award, while also finishing 9th in the MVP voting.
He had been on many clubs prior to that, but a spring training injury of another player gave him the opportunity to prove himself one last time. Sheets having a 2007 Carlos Pena tyoe of season in 2025 is not a stretch of the imagination. These type of stories happen more than you would believe
in baseball. Look at O'Hearn with Baltimore. If Sheets is that guy, the Padres will be a lock for the postseason, but that's a big "If".
I was good at that game in my youth.
It's supposed to be silver/dark claret with a red interior but whoever owned it before me had the bright idea to change it to dark claret/black with a black interior. It was done poorly so I'm restoring it to original. I am loving the car though. I have a buddy that owns a c6 grand sport and holy crap is that car fast.
Seems to hit righties ok, even in his down years, Maybe getting away from the White Sox is what he needs.
I'm glad (I think) to be old enough to witness the legendary Ron Herbel at the plate. 6-for-206 (.029) lifetime with 125 Ks.
I don't blame them for asking for Holliday either -- or asking for Holliday and Basallo for that matter. But the point is the Tigers were thinking of trading Skubal last season because the team needs bats, and the Orioles need arms and have bats. And also Skubal is a free agent in after next season.
I get that the Tigers have great prospects. I think MLB ranked Detroit's farm system best in the majors to begin the season. But it still would make sense for the Tigers to trade for a bat (though can't see them trading Skubal now) because their top position player prospects look like they are still a year or two away from the majors. Meanwhile, guys like Basallo, Kjerstad and Holliday are big league ready. Detroit's future looks good, but for this season they may need more than Riley Greene, Colt Keith and Gleyber Torres while they wait for the youngsters to mature on the farm. The fear must be that Skubal will be on his way out by the time the strong hitting prospects are on their way up. Hopefully for Tiger fans they play well enough the Tigers never consider trading Skubal again.
The Pirates giving 37 yo Pham $4.05m is just... sad. It's one thing to be a fan of a team that doesn't spend, and another entirely when that team can't even handle small moves with anything resembling intelligence or purpose.
I don't think Mayer has played much 2B ever, including this spring. I think Hamilton gets the job to start the season.
Let me guess. You have a cream gray/silver Vette. I had a C6 for 13 years. Nice. But 80-82’s were the best.
Good luck
It's a good move. Watched the game a couple of days ago and he did an interview from the dugout (with Elli dropping gum or ice on his hat from behind, lol) and he was chomping at the bit as he should be. We've all seen his stuff and know he's got it. He could be the best 5th starter in baseball if he can hold up endurance wise..
It is going to be interesting to see what he can do outside the poisonous White Sox org.
What.
Nah he’s way too heavy to cure cancer, but that’s not the point. He is the Blue Jays Franchise Player and needs to be paid like one. Let’s face the fact not too many players are lining up to play in Canada. Vladdy wants to play there and is happy.
Everyone knocks Bloom but outside of pitching, he was a great assessor of young talent. Breslow has benefited from Bloom's talent and of course Henry's then tight purse strings. Boston actually won the Renfroe-JBJ trade because of Hamilton. They also won the Houston Vasquez trade by getting Abreu. Add those to the trade that got Pivetta who was much more productive than the two they gave to Philly. I had also thought the Benny trade was a winner due to Winkowski (and Franchy lol) but the jury is still out on that one.
Surprisingly no, he is a decent player, better than some on the Padres and Pirates
Thinking and doing are 2 different things.
Does ice cube tour in atlanta?
I was surprised he was still able to get anything out of the locker room once Hosmer (who is still on the payroll) left.
The acquisition cost alone bought him some time, but compound that with the amount of injuries last year (Acuña mainly, but Harris II also), and he really was the best of their options, sadly. AA wants more assurances by getting de la Cruz, Verdugo, and even considering Eli White as a 4th OF-super UT guy. Considering how bad he's looked in ST, his time is running out.
"If you don't think Vladdy..franchise player"...I think he's a pretty darn good(far from great)baseball hitter who plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. You're acting like he cured cancer.
The media hypes prospects, not teams.
Ok Richard Noggin..
Canadian dollars are generally NOT green. Except for the $20s. Which I think are worth about 40 cents.
Egads, what was I thinking? My bad. I didn't mean Plawecki, I meant Swihart. Not even existential twins.
Obviously. All the teams that would give him 500m are already set at first base.
Maybe we are that universe.
In your dreams and your toupee orange man, Joeypower
The Dodgers are nervous now and the Diamondbacks will probably just forfeit their season. Gavin Sheets will hit .334 with 45 hr's and 138 rbi. It's crazy to think that, by theory, he'll have those numbers in some alternate universe.
Hamilton. He's solid and the other two need to show that AAA is easy. One of them will be up eventually this season anyway. Both will be if they rake at AAA. Mayer will need to replace Story's inevitable IL stint(s) and Campbell will be an easy decision if he does well at AAA considering Hamilton will merely be serviceable, in all likelihood.
Good luck to Gavin with your Padres! I think he's going to do great with a better organization and with Mike Schildt in the dugout!
"The fact that the Padres have added him to the roster today suggests he likely had some kind of opt-out or upward mobility clause on his deal. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that there was some kind of clause in his contract that gave him a chance to leave for another club..."
Kevin 'Sp'acee answered your question...hahaha!!!
Good for Trevy! He seems like a great guy and I am happy for him.
Hamilton was terrible at SS and great at 2B on defense. His below average arm strength always made his defense at SS questionable at the MLB level.
Fielding balls was not his problem. He has great range and got to balls most of us thought were going through at both SS and 2B. Once he got to the ball he was unable to make the throws at SS.
Even with his questionable defense at SS where he played most of his games, he put up a 2.6 WAR in 98 games total last season because his defense was so good at 2B. That is an All Star level 4.0 WAR over 150 games. I doubt we get that level of performance over a full season, but it makes him a great fit at 2B if Mayer doesn't win the job and he can move over to SS if/when Story gets hurt.
What I meant was, putting M and C in AAA is easily justifiable, hence 'make a case'. If Story was injured, leaving Mayer in AAA would be clear service time manipulation. But it's not.
As a resident of Denver it is quite funny to me that he got shelled and got one out in his first appearance, then he was scoreless against the useless Rox
His forearm strain could be a muscle strain, not ligament nor tendon strain. Not enough info we have.
They should dump Heyward. Too many players that are much better are going to be left off the roster for what? Save $1M.
Trading for a guy coming off of TJ is suicidal
@Digdugler While WAR factors in positional adjustments, I don't think you quite grasp how the value works. Lots of paradoxes in your comment.
Thats actually a good question. I would be curious to see which one led to more TJS.
He called AJs bluff and got put on the roster quickly
String cheese incident
I don't know what the hell the M's are thinking. What about this guy and his -1.2 fWAR the last two years is appealing? It doesn't make any sense. They have no money but they're willing to give 1.5 million to Tellez?
Sorry, I clicked submit before I was done. Cora hadn’t seen Campbell play second base yet, signifying that his assistance were telling him Campbell wasn’t ready. Of course his team had been telling him Campbell is ready. He would’ve checked him out much sooner.
You missed the point
Never mind
@joeypower
Lay off the crayons magadud
Trevino is an under rated catcher
He is a good signing for them
It’s not just “make a case.” Campbell hasn’t shown that he’s ready. They need to see him routine double plays for 60 or 70 games to know that he can handle the position. He hasn’t shown that yet. Just a couple of days ago Alex Cora said he hadn’t even seen Campbell place second base yet.
AA is playing 3D Hungry Hungry Hippos.
@mlb fan- if you don’t think Vladdy is the Blue Jays franchise player then your not paying attention. If he isn’t the Jays best player, then who is? So you please stop that nonsense! Lol.
Mashing. You earned it Gavin!
Hamilton, just so they can manipulate the service time of the other two.
I strongly dislike it when teams do this, almost as much as I despise TJ pitchers being non tendered. But... you could make a case... Campbell needs more "seasoning", Mayer hasn't played at AAA yet etc.
This is going to be an interesting Red Sox season. So much potential, can they put something together?
Reds have a 4 year window before turning into the pirates again
When I voted the results were a dead heat:
Meyer 408
Hamilton 406
Campbell 405
I voted for Hamilton. I think he’s pretty good. The team doesn’t think Campbell is ready and I don’t have any reason to believe they’re wrong. Meyer doesn’t have enough AAA experience either.
Definitely a good thing when your backup catcher was a platinum glove award winner. I wish him all the best in Cincinnati.
Notable players on Toronto’s 40 man roster that willingly signed as a free agent:
Chris Bassitt
Yimi Garcia
Chad Green
Jeff Hoffman
Kevin Gausman
Yariel Rodriguez
Max Scherzer
Alejandro Kirk
Vladimir Guerrero
George Springer
Orelvis Martinez
Anthony Santander
That is a lazy and quite frankly low IQ thought.
John "The Count" Montefusco
@mlb fan- the Jays are TOTALLY disrespecting their franchise player. The Rogers Brother can burp $500 million for Vladdy so easily, they print $. If they let him go to free agency, and leave they will never recover truthfully. Not too many players want to play in Canada as it is. Vladdy is a star who is happy there. Jays gotta keep him.