All Seattle needs is a 3b.
I understand the Dodgers have money, but I truly don’t get them “going all in” this year when Ohtani can’t pitch. They have spent so much money this offseason but honestly the only sure thing they have gotten is a DH. Glasgow and Paxton aren’t the definitions healthy. Yamamoto hasn’t pitched a MLB inning. Sure people bring up examples of other players coming over but there have been fails too. Got Teo coming off of a career worst season. IMO they still aren’t better than the Braves on paper
Between Glasgow and Paxton I'm expecting about 30 missed starts. Their best acquisition this winter may end up being Teoscar. In that lineup, he's going to get better pitches to hit than he did here. I expect his strikeouts to decrease and his SLG to increase.
I’m not sure about strikeouts but the rest of his offensive stats should go up, except his defense IMO will be worse. But Teo got on a few heaters last year where I bet he would’ve had 10 more HR’s in a different ball park. Though it would be amazing if Teo was the best pickup they made with over a billion spent.
But I respect they are trying. If there was a hard cap, I would question their moves more. But since there is nothing but money involved, I give them total respect for trying even though I think they are hurting baseball much like the Mets and Padres did last year. Expanding the gulley between haves and have nots is never good for any sport.
Mauer is IMO is what kind of is wrong with the HOF and how subjective it is. Ask the average fan or do the whole look at the stats and it’s like yeah he was a good player. Not saying he doesn’t deserve to be in, but you can tell the story of his era and not even mention him. We have so many dudes who were on PED’s that should be in first. IMO we can’t pretend the steroid era didn’t happen, baseball today is hockey is that era didn’t happen
I hear you. I want the alleged 'roiders' acknowledged by the HOF voters too. Every era of MLB has had users of the favored PED of that era and its not like the guys from that era did not partake. Willie Mays and his bottle of green juice. Babe Ruth and his targeted level of alcohol.
Well Babe Ruth is on par with PED by fences being purposely changed to allow him to homer, let alone changing the balls. That is the dirty little secret about the steroid era that they never talk about, they juiced up the balls. When Manfred wanted more offense they juiced up the ball again but the pitchers called him out on it. Then his revenge was going after all the sticky stuff. Which is dumb, cause as a former “ball boy” our job was to do that before the games during the steroid era to combat the juiced balls.
The blip that really stands out for me is 1987. Outta nowhere everyone was homering like crazy. There was no buildup to it and the very next year it disappeared. Clearly they did something with the baseball in 1987.
