MLB Daily Thread: 7.9 DeGromly Thread: Is this kid awesome or do the Red Sox suck?

[PolarVortex]

I don't think he would come over here. I believe he said as much.

Snoogins is probably already here. You can't believe anything he says.

 

[chappee11]

oh i know he wouldnt.

you notice the change hammer made?

New scarf?

 

[obxyankeefan]

Miami?

I thought the Astros were a year away and I thought the Twins were a few years away.

Starting to get the pieces together down there, and tend to win it all if they make the postseason. Also a bit of a homer pick, I watch a lot of there games when the Yankees are not on.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Starting to get the pieces together down there, and tend to win it all if they make the postseason. Also a bit of a homer pick, I watch a lot of there games when the Yankees are not on.

Fucking bummer about Stanton. The guy was killing it.

I've got him on a keeper-league team. Injuries to hitters' hands/wrists concern me.

 

[chappee11]

Fucking bummer about Stanton. The guy was killing it.

I've got him on a keeper-league team. Injuries to hitters' hands/wrists concern me.

For good reason. I always think about Nomar and his wrist injury. He was never the same. I know Griffey Jr. had a hamate injury, too, and I think it sapped his power for a while. It sucks. Everyone loves watching Stanton.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I always think about Nomar and his wrist injury.

Like, literally? Always?

You should let that shit go, man.

 

[chappee11]

Like, literally? Always?

You should let that shit go, man.

HA. I can't get over that one. I must have spent $2K on his baseball cards.

 

[PolarVortex]

Seattle and Miami was my WS. I thought the Astros were a year away and the Twins two.

Everytime Seattle had had a good year, they fall on their collective faces the next year.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Eric Bedard over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2008.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Chone Figgins over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2010.

I wasn't fooled this year. I didn't think they would be this bad, but I knew they were not a contender.

Three years from now Cano will be 36, Cruz will be 38, and Felix will be 32 witth about 2700 IPs on his arm. They will be making a combined $65 million. That will be fun.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Everytime Seattle had had a good year, they fall on their collective faces the next year.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Eric Bedard over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2008.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Chone Figgins over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2010.

I wasn't fooled this year. I didn't think they would be this bad, but I knew they were not a contender.

Three years from now Cano will be 36, Cruz will be 38, and Felix will be 32 witth about 2700 IPs on his arm. They will be making a combined $65 million. That will be fun.

That Cano deal was baffling to me.

Like I said about Myers being traded by the Royals and Rays, when a team like the Yankees lets its best player walk in free agency, buyer beware.

 

[chappee11]

Everytime Seattle had had a good year, they fall on their collective faces the next year.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Eric Bedard over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2008.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Chone Figgins over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2010.

I wasn't fooled this year. I didn't think they would be this bad, but I knew they were not a contender.

Three years from now Cano will be 36, Cruz will be 38, and Felix will be 32 witth about 2700 IPs on his arm. They will be making a combined $65 million. That will be fun.

Erik Bedard! I remember that one. They traded Adam Jones(and others) for him, right?

I thought SEA would be really good this year. I still like the pieces I see. That manager has to be as good as gone.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Felix will be 32 witth about 2700 IPs on his arm

I bet he'll be north of 3k by then.

 

[chappee11]

That Cano deal was baffling to me.

Like I said about Myers being traded by the Royals and Rays, when a team like the Yankees lets it's best player walk in free agency, buyer beware.

That's different. The Yankees just got outspent on that one. They weren't giving out another 10 year deal after seeing how their other long-term deals played out.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Everytime Seattle had had a good year, they fall on their collective faces the next year.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Eric Bedard over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2008.

They had a good year in 2007 and then got Chone Figgins over the winter. I got sucked into the positive hype and they got their asses kicked in 2010.

I wasn't fooled this year. I didn't think they would be this bad, but I knew they were not a contender.

Three years from now Cano will be 36, Cruz will be 38, and Felix will be 32 witth about 2700 IPs on his arm. They will be making a combined $65 million. That will be fun.

figgins played for the dodgers briefly last year. did anyone notice?

he had been out of baseball (not just the bigs) for 2 years.

 

[cerealboi]

You got him confused with Snoogins. Snoogins' position is shit - literally. He has been very obsessed with shit lately. He shit his pants recently and announced it. There is a clinical term for shit obsession, but the word escapes me.

coprophelia?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

That's different. The Yankees just got outspent on that one. They weren't giving out another 10 year deal after seeing how their other long-term deals played out.

Bullshit. They'd give out a ten year deal to the right player(s) in a heartbeat. They knew Cano better than anyone and passed on him. Buyer beware.

 

[chappee11]

Bullshit. They'd give out a ten year deal to the right player(s) in a heartbeat. Cano wasn't that, so like I said, buyer beware.

Not at that time. Cashman was saying as much. They were still looking at many years of albatross deals with Arod, Teixeira and Sabathia on the books. If Cano was their free agent now, I bet it would be different. They didn't let him go because he was underachieving; they didn't want to commit the 10 years at $25M/year. They basically took the money they were offering him and gave it to Ellsbury, instead. So, that was a sound move?

 

[cerealboi]

It is still a balk in the pitchers stats. So a BALK is a BALK.

Can you give me an example? I.e. Identify a pitcher with a recorded balk that occurred when no one was on base.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Not at that time. Cashman was saying as much. They were still looking at many years of albatross deals with Arod, Teixeira and Sabathia on the books. If Cano was their free agent now, I bet it would be different. They didn't let him go because he was underachieving; they didn't want to commit the 10 years at $25M/year. They basically took the money they were offering him and gave it to Ellsbury, instead. So, that was a sound move?

The Yankees don't get outspent for anything they want, regardless of what Cashman says to the media. I never said anything about them letting him go because he was underachieving. They didn't want to commit $250MM because they didn't think he was worth it and they knew more about him than any other team. Add to that, dollars mean far less to the Yankees than they do to the Mariners.

Ellsbury has nothing to do with my point.

 

[obxyankeefan]

That Cano deal was baffling to me.

Like I said about Myers being traded by the Royals and Rays, when a team like the Yankees lets its best player walk in free agency, buyer beware.

The Yankees offered more per year to Cano than the Mariners did. They just refused to do the years.

 

[chappee11]

Can you give me an example? I.e. Identify a pitcher with a recorded balk that occurred when no one was on base.

Dennis Leonard. July 11, 1984. With Carmelo Martinez at bat, Leonard was assessed a balk while nobody was on base.