OT: MLB Thread 2024

[Jack Hanson]

Hopefully this means that if I turn on a Yankees game on the YES network I dont have to hear them breathlessly exclaim "Aaron Judge is the best player in the world" anymore. Hes got a case of A-Rod post season choke-itis. Now time for the Mets to swoop in like pirates and grab the booty of Gerrit Cole and Juan Soto. Bwahahaa..

 

[Salsa Shark]

If they were willing to give up for Burnes they would still be playing

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

If they were willing to give up for Burnes they would still be playing

Probably not actually given the Yankees crappy defense and terrible fundamentals almost all season, and it came back to bite them this series. If Anything, the Yankees lost this series moreso than the Dodgers won it.

Hopefully this means that if I turn on a Yankees game on the YES network I dont have to hear them breathlessly exclaim "Aaron Judge is the best player in the world" anymore. Hes got a case of A-Rod post season choke-itis. Now time for the Mets to swoop in like pirates and grab the booty of Gerrit Cole and Juan Soto. Bwahahaa..

Cole isn't going anywhere, lol. Yankees will pick up that extra year if Cole opted out and he'll stay.

Soto is more of an unknown, but I think Hal will resign him.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Hopefully this means that if I turn on a Yankees game on the YES network I dont have to hear them breathlessly exclaim "Aaron Judge is the best player in the world" anymore. Hes got a case of A-Rod post season choke-itis. Now time for the Mets to swoop in like pirates and grab the booty of Gerrit Cole and Juan Soto. Bwahahaa..

The A rod choke stuff died in 2009.

Yankees did sure look like the Mets usually do in this series though.

 

[Jack Hanson]

A-Roid is and always will be a joke. And really, the Mets had a lot more heart. That was just a sorry ass performance last night. If the Mets had played the Yankees, the Mets would have kicked their asses.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Stanton has always been good in the postseason. Assuming he continues to stay mostly healthy, I'll always trust him in the playoffs.

The Yankees need to go full "f*** you mode" like they did in 2008 when they signed CC, AJ and Tex. They need to resign Soto, and go out and get Roki Sasaki and Corbin Burnes.

I would have a policy. 20 plus homeruns or a .280 average. If you cant do either you better be near a gold glove fielder.

 

[Machinehead]

Listen, we're not gonna sit here and bicker about the Yankees and the Mets. You both suck.

 

[Bob Richards]

All you need is one.

A Rod was amazing in 2009. He was OPS’ing approximately 100000000.000 at every single point against the Angels lmao.

 

[JCProdigy]

Someone explain in NHL terms

Easy...in gif:

Boone coming back is comical but expected.Hal doesn't have balls like George did

f*** George. He's the reason why they are in this Groundhog Day mess.

And the owner wants to moneyball it whilst having a GM that can't even win it while spending 300M on salary. Not exactly a recipe for success

Fixed it for you. Throwing money at it isn't the solution in of itself. Having good management in place to wisely spend all the money is.

That's the difference between the Dodgers and Yankees (and Mets).

The Plucky, Upstart, Underdog Mets: 306M-318M in payroll
The Cheap, Tightening the Purse String, Moneyball Yankees: 303M-309M in payroll
The Just Bought a WS, Spend All Day Dodgers: 241M-250M in payroll

Looks like Steve Cohen learned that going full George Steinbrenner isn't the way and smartly changed it up for the future while still willing to spend.
Hal wants to keep the same executive team that built a deeply flawed 300M team in place but then only give them 250M to work with.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Who is the worse playoff performer Judge or Panarin?

 

[Mandar]

Who is the worse playoff performer Judge or Panarin?

I'm thinking its Judge. To me, he is the Rick Nash of the yanks.

Panarin at least scored some pretty important playoff goals last year.

 

[Jack Hanson]

Zibanejad is more deserving of our criticism

 

[will1066]

Alonso will be the Yanks' 1B, Soto will be the Mets' RF.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Alonso will be the Yanks' 1B, Soto will be the Mets' RF.

I bet both stay where they are.

 

[will1066]

I bet both stay where they are.

Probably for the best. My buddy texted me saying Mets will sign Soto and he'll pull something doing the Shuffle and be out for the year.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Probably for the best. My buddy texted me saying Mets will sign Soto and he'll pull something doing the Shuffle and be out for the year.

Lock if Jovo becomes a Mets fan.

 

[JCProdigy]

Who is the worse playoff performer Judge or Panarin?

Judge. Panarin has won a game seven. Despite his struggles lately, he was a PPG player in the playoffs before coming to the NYR and he's one of the main reasons why 8th seed BJs beat the juggernaut Lightning.


Oh and Soto will be a Dodger next year...

 

[Jack Hanson]

Can we just get the Dodgers to move back to Brooklyn?

 

[will1066]

https://sports.yahoo.com/pete-alonso-yankees-backup-plan-140101759.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAENQ8vhssvIlaIFgOcECMoY5Qi1mLvo51NB3BTBLOHZlG737PIhzhubo_4xTe9Ubs032choqyDhVxsI_JeMd035IxvNRG9owlJXDLLalbRsoJt5vQDb3i2g-kVh6hlBgsje32KGbfqLJP5EzXgcADvFVpT7EapB1gzjDojp7tPie#:~:text=According%20to%20Jon%20Heyman%20of,of%20at%20least%20%24500%20million.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Heard the same thing about Arod and others many times over the years. Remember Eagles fans and the media questioning if Andy Reid could ever win a Superbowl. Baseball is such a tough sport. Even the best hitters fail 7 times out of 10.

Even with A-Rods struggles he was a much better player in the playoffs than Judge.

Time is not on the Yankees side, they had just about everything go right for them this year too

 

[NickyFotiu]

Even with A-Rods struggles he was a much better player in the playoffs than Judge.

Time is not on the Yankees side, they had just about everything go right for them this year too

Only time will tell. I agree they need things to go right for them but I think you can say that for around 75% of teams that do not repeat.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Can we just get the Dodgers to move back to Brooklyn?

NO -- Send them to Anchorage.

 

[Ben Grimm]

ESPN's 2025 power rankings are out. They have the NYY 9th and the Mets 18th.

 

[Ruggs225]

Can we just get the Dodgers to move back to Brooklyn?

I wish.

Im wearing my dads old Duke Snyder jersey, hat and and a bat to trick or treating with the kids haha

 

[will1066]

Bob Costas retiring from baseball play-by-play after 42 years

After 42 seasons, Bob Costas is retiring from baseball play-by-play. Costas had done games the past couple seasons for MLB Network and TBS Sports.

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