AL East Thread

[chappee11]

Now sevy to the DL lol

 

[obxyankeefan]

German or Clarke Schmidt? Which one steps up as the surprise this year?

 

[bksballer89]

 

[chappee11]

My money is on Hicks.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[navamind]

thus begins what should be a long MLB career for Volpe

 

[navamind]

Hopefully my OOTP24 sim verifies... the Sox win the AL East at 94-68

(The Twins knocked the Sox out in the ALCS and came back from 3-1 against the Braves to win the World Series. Paxton's season ended after like 2 games and the Yankees lost to the Astros in the postseason, sounds pretty realistic to me.)

 

[nynasty]

Cool

Can we send Boone down?

 

[Pure Steel]

Cool

Can we send Boone down?

They never win the WS with this clown......

 

[nynasty]

Was just reading that if Volpe finishes top 3 in the ROY voting, the Yankees will be awarded an additional draft pick.

When did that start?

 

[navamind]

Was just reading that if Volpe finishes top 3 in the ROY voting, the Yankees will be awarded an additional draft pick.

When did that start?

Last year. I think teams only get rewarded for adding them to the Opening Day roster and giving them a full year of service time.

 

[nynasty]

Last year. I think teams only get rewarded for adding them to the Opening Day roster and giving them a full year of service time.

Great idea, IMO.

AL East should have at least 3 strong contenders-Volpe, Yoshida, and Henderson

 

[nynasty]

When did Hicks become such an unmitigated disaster defensively?

 

[Cyder]

Last year. I think teams only get rewarded for adding them to the Opening Day roster and giving them a full year of service time.

I think they changed the rule 2 ways, the first you mentioned and that if you do keep a player in the minors until May to avoid losing the year of service the player can still be credited for the year if they perform well. Can't quite find the exact wording

 

[Pure Steel]

When did Hicks become such an unmitigated disaster defensively?

Making Reggie look like Paul Blair......

 

[nynasty]

Making Reggie look like Paul Blair......

Volpe was camped out under that pop up, and he just came out of nowhere to call him off and butcher it.

IKF has to be a better option out there at this point.

 

[nynasty]

 

[chappee11]

Great idea, IMO.

AL East should have at least 3 strong contenders-Volpe, Yoshida, and Henderson

Grayson Rodriguez and maybe Casas, too. Lots of good young talent emerging.

As for the draft pick rule, I think the player also gets credit for a full year of service if they finish in the top 3. The incentive was to keep teams from monkeying with service time by keeping a guy down for the first few weeks by getting them a full year anyway.

 

[nynasty]

Man, the Japanese really like baseball.

 

[Cyder]

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