May 4, 20241 yr https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40078435/source-padres-nearing-deal-marlins-2b-luis-arraez Dillon Head, Jakob Marsee and Korean reliever now in AA headline the deal... Padres now with 7 starters who began as middle infielders. Profar Machado Kim Cronenworth Tatis Bogaerts Arraez. https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds Currently favorites for the 6th and final WC spot. Edited May 4, 20241 yr by caulfield12
May 4, 20241 yr He fits with their team right now but I wonder if he's Ha-Seong Kim's eventual replacement. Does seem a little odd to have a 1B/DH tandem that might combine for 20 home runs. Edited May 4, 20241 yr by nrockway
May 4, 20241 yr https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2024&month=0&season1=2024&ind=0&pagenum=1&pageitems=30&sortcol=15&sortdir=default Cease Crochet Lopez Rodon Sale all in Top 25 here.
May 4, 20241 yr The Cease rebound this year couldn’t have been more obvious. I’m happy they traded him before risking injury, but it’s disappointing teams weren’t more interested in him.
May 5, 20241 yr How bout those Marlins. Gave up 20 runs, 21 hits to Oakland. Timmy went 0 for 2, then was pulled.
May 11, 20241 yr Anyone watching Skenes debut? First inning: 2 K's, a walk to Bellinger, a hard hit flyout to deep center. Throwing his fastball at 101 but struck out Suzuki on 3 nasty looking breaking pitches. Second inning: ground out, hit by pitch, walk, single. bases loaded. uh oh. got out of it with no runs scoring. Fourth inning: prominent slugger Nico Hoerner homers to left field. Fifth inning: infield single, double, his day is over. Final line: 4.0 IP, 6h, 3 ER, 2 BB, 7 K. 84 pitches. 2 WHIP, 6.75 ERA. I think I prefer Nasty Nick. not Skenes related but the Pirates play-by-play guy called b2b homers as "back to back chicken shack". that Grateful Dead song popped into my head yesterday for the first time in like a decade, funny coincidence and a good call. Edited May 11, 20241 yr by nrockway
May 14, 20241 yr Garcia got a ton of value out of OF assists last year... Edited May 14, 20241 yr by caulfield12
May 14, 20241 yr https://sports.yahoo.com/new-orioles-owner-david-rubenstein-is-making-a-splash-at-camden-yards-and-beyond-214259536.html The current Anti JR of MLB owners...
May 16, 20241 yr https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40158671/bad-bunny-agency-claims-mlbpa-issued-death-penalty-sanctions Bad Bunny's sports agency has bad blood/beef with MLBPA...mostly affecting Puerto Rican/Caribbean players Edited May 16, 20241 yr by caulfield12
May 18, 20241 yr Corbin Carroll down to a .526 OPS (.188 AVG). Weird to see. Also, Jung Ho Lee is out for the year for the Giants, and the Dodgers just optioned Outman (.147/.250/.516). NL West bidding war for Pham at the deadline? We know the Padres were already interested...
May 18, 20241 yr https://www.yahoo.com/sports/reds-phenom-elly-la-cruz-101009617.html Rumors of an Ella de la Cruz 106.9 mph throw from SS...
May 19, 20241 yr Is Edwin Diaz cooked? They gave him $100mil to miss an entire season due to an injury he sustained celebrating an exhibition game victory, now he's pitching to a 5.5 ERA and giving up like 100 homers a game. He has a blown save in 4 of his last 6 outings. He just gave up 4 runs to 1 out against the Marlins. It's funny to me when bad things happen to Steve Cohen even though I kinda like the Mets. They seem to think they're making the playoffs this year, maybe they want to sell their farm for Kopech and Fedde.
May 19, 20241 yr 28 minutes ago, nrockway said: Is Edwin Diaz cooked? They gave him $100mil to miss an entire season due to an injury he sustained celebrating an exhibition game victory, now he's pitching to a 5.5 ERA and giving up like 100 homers a game. He has a blown save in 4 of his last 6 outings. He just gave up 4 runs to 1 out against the Marlins. It's funny to me when bad things happen to Steve Cohen even though I kinda like the Mets. They seem to think they're making the playoffs this year, maybe they want to sell their farm for Kopech and Fedde. Mets have promised to be patient and rebuild the right way with youth under Stearns. They're also likely to lose Alonso to FA and Lindor has been a massive disappointment and lastly Atl/Philly the better teams by far. Look at Hader for another example of a closer who looked close to untouchable and where he's at now. Have max out those guys like Clase and Duran as youngsters...$100+ million contracts for vets almost never work out in this day and age. Edited May 19, 20241 yr by caulfield12
May 20, 20241 yr Just looking at the rosters of the winning teams across the league, it's amazing how many sub .700 hitters each has. It's generally 50%+. Now they have a couple of guys who are raking, but, man, it wouldn't take that much to be competent offensively, on a relative basis.
May 21, 20241 yr On 4/26/2024 at 9:51 AM, Harold's Leg Lift said: wAr Almost 1 month later, Gallo remains at 0.2 WAR while Freeman is now at 1.4 ?
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