OT: MLB Thread 2024

[keith hernandez]

• MVP
  5x All-Star
• 2x World Series
• 11x Gold Glove
• 2x Silver Slugger
• Batting Title
• KISSED ELAINE BENES!

Put him in the HoF yesterday!

Don't forget doing all of this while ripping Marlboro reds

 

[Ben Grimm]

Mariners land LF Randy Arozarena in deal with Rays

The Rays are receiving a trio of minor-league players in return for the former ALCS MVP.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[JimmyG89]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816870977017668043

Nunez being out is not ideal. Going to need to swing a deal for a bullpen arm soon enough. Pen for tonight isn't going to be ideal without him and Butto. No Houser means Senga needs to go at least 5 without compromising the pen even more.

 

[nyr2k2]

They brought up Orze, as well. I know he got rocked in his debut but his stuff looked pretty good and he was the victim of a shrinking zone. He was doing well in AAA, so it will be interesting to see if he can show something.

 

[romba]

Judge, Cole, Soto, Stanton, Rodon, Stroman, Rizzo, LeMahieu, and Torres are 75% of the payroll. Nobody else is making 8 digits.

Judge, Soto, and Cole, sure. Cool beans.

Rodon was never that guy. Not a fan of that signing.

I like Stroman but I was really surprised to learn he makes that much.

Rizzo was a mistake. He's old and broken down and they boxed themselves into that by not having a 1B since Teixeira. Bryce Harper pretty much volunteered to play 1B for this team and they were like "nah."

They should have moved on from DJ after his injuries.

Torres should be put in a boat and sailed out to sea.

Stanton, to me, is the major impetus here. It was a really dumb move that didn't really fill a need, but it was flashy. It was the type of move George made at his worst. Ever since then, it's like "well that's it, hard 180 in the other direction."

Like, I feel like they don't spend as much as they could and just leave obvious holes to rot, but almost every time they do spend money, I wish they hadn't. It's just bad management from a guy who can't run an MLB team in 2024.

The real issue I have that none of our position player draft picks pan out, so they need to throw money around at free agency to fill those holes and are bound to overpay and make mistakes.

 

[Ben Grimm]

If Crochet is traded, he won't pitch in October w/o a contract extension.

 

[Ben Grimm]

MLB trade deadline: Phillies acquire OF Austin Hays from O's; Red Sox get pitcher James Paxton from Dodgers

In a pair of deals before the MLB trade deadline, the Phillies and Orioles swapped big leaguers, and the Boston Red Sox acquired pitcher James Paxton from the Dodgers.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Ben Grimm]

Senga is making his season debut vs ATL tonight.

 

[SA16]

If Crochet is traded, he won't pitch in October w/o a contract extension.

So he's the Trouba of the MLB? Intentionally tanking his trade value by threatening to refuse to perform.

 

[will1066]

This is a vulgar display of power

 

[Crease]

Offense, defense, pitching, Mets are running on all cylinders right now.

 

[nyr2k2]

Well they let him walk off without any assistance at all, so hopefully it was just like a Charley Horse. Kind of looked like that they way they were rubbing it to try to stretch it out. Fingers crossed.

 

[nyr2k2]

Well, so much for that, it's a calf strain. Hopefully mild. Awful f***ing luck.

 

[Crease]

The sons of bitches did it. WC1.

 

[mrmovies779]

This Yankees team is a joke...and Boone couldn't manage a bp if his life depended on it

 

[17futurecap]

Boone thinking Clay was getting 5 outs lol.

 

[mrmovies779]

Holmes is back to not having any clue where any of his pitches are going to end up

 

[17futurecap]

A DJ at bat because he came in for defense, hell yea Booney!

 

[LeetchisGod]

The Yankees look done. Wouldn't be surprised if they missed the playoffs. I'm all for that if it finally gets Cashman fired.

 

[Bob Richards]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1817253948476006434

 

[Kane One]

Ridiculous luck

 

[JimmyG89]

Mets hopefully just entered the Crochett sweepstakes. It wouldn't be a rental and he's still very young.

Might be time for Baty to scout out some apartments on the south side of Chicago.

 

[Machinehead]

Don't get what Chisholm is supposed to help with. The guy is another nothing burger offensively.

 

[Kane One]

Don't get what Chisholm is supposed to help with. The guy is another nothing burger offensively.

Most overrated player in baseball voted by players.

 

[17futurecap]

Don't get what Chisholm is supposed to help with. The guy is another nothing burger offensively.

Getting him out of that canyon in Miami will help, he’s actually fast, we have no speed outside of Volpe. A cheap replacement for Gleyber for next few years, price really didn’t seem that bad.