OT: MLB Thread 2024

[JimmyG89]

 

[Digable5]

Rizzo thought Cole was going to cover it, Cole just assumed Rizzo didn't need him. Torres was walking home instead of running and just didn't get to the phone on time (or insert that he dropped the phone if you prefer). Generally, the Yankees hitters hadn't made contact with anything most of the season.

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

I see Walker in the same boat as Goldschmidt and Santana. Aging Right hand hitting defensive 1B. Last year they all hit HR between 22-26. Last year they all hit between .238-.251. The difference is Sanatana and Goldschmidt probably except 1 year deals in the 7 figure range rather than multiple years for 8 figures.

Do you still like Walker better if it means the Yankees can't afford Bellinger? Do you still like Walker if it means the Yankees don't have as much to offer Tucker after the season?

Goldschmidt and Sanatana could be R/L platooned with Ben Rice to keep them fresh, or Bellinger could push him to the bench if Dominguez earns full time duty in CF. A lot more flexibility now and in the future with this lineup.

if you sign someone like goldy you do so to play him full time against all pitchers.

walker is younger than goldy by a few years and is at his prime of his career.

goldy's numbers have been declining for the past 3 years.

why can't the yankees afford to get bellinger and walker? if they could afford soto surely they could land both of these guys.

 

[Digable5]

if you sign someone like goldy you do so to play him full time against all pitchers.

walker is younger than goldy by a few years and is at his prime of his career.

goldy's numbers have been declining for the past 3 years.

why can't the yankees afford to get bellinger and walker? if they could afford soto surely they could land both of these guys.

Part of the Soto money already went out the window with Fried, but if you read my initial and follow up posts we are also trading for Tucker. So, yes, they probably could afford and would get both Walker and Bellinger if they didn’t pursue Tucker, but if they had Tucker, Walker becomes a hinderance on their ability to resign Tucker.

Walker is 33 and not in his prime. He is younger and had a better season last year than Goldschmidt but not enough for me to make that type of commitment to him.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

lol and a security detail is included.

f*** this guy honestly

 

[nyr2k2]

lol and a security detail is included.

f*** this guy honestly

IDK, if I knew I could get security for myself and my family basically just by asking, I'd probably do it, too.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Why are people so up in arms about Soto's request for a free suite? If our company produces widgets and refuse to give employees a discount on said widgets, doesn't that seem petty?

 

[Machinehead]

It just doesn't seem like he was particularly happy here. The Yankees made a competitive offer.

 

[NickyFotiu]

It just doesn't seem like he was particularly happy here. The Yankees made a competitive offer.

If the stuff I read about politics is true than Soto is really soft. Hoping it wasn't true. Sounded too ridiculous to be true for a grown pro athlete.

 

[Machinehead]

If the stuff I read about politics is true than Soto is really soft. Hoping it wasn't true. Sounded too ridiculous to be true for a grown pro athlete.

That's a bunch of tabloid horseshit.

Amonst a bunch of rich men, support for the president-elect has to be around 70-80%, and close to 100% from the owners.

You're not going to run to a team with a different view. This isn't soccer where you have a derby between the union's team and the king's team.

 

[NickyFotiu]

That's a bunch of tabloid horseshit.

Amonst a bunch of rich men, support for the president-elect has to be around 70-80%, and close to 100% from the owners.

You're not going to run to a team with a different view. This isn't soccer where you have a derby between the union's team and the king's team.

Hope you are right.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

If the stuff I read about politics is true than Soto is really soft. Hoping it wasn't true. Sounded too ridiculous to be true for a grown pro athlete.

That's a bunch of tabloid horseshit.

Amonst a bunch of rich men, support for the president-elect has to be around 70-80%, and close to 100% from the owners.

You're not going to run to a team with a different view. This isn't soccer where you have a derby between the union's team and the king's team.

Yall got duped by misinformation on Twitter

That screenshot/snippett about Trump and Yankee players with a dubbed Scott Boras quote isn't real. Just made up by Twitter bots

 

[Machinehead]

Hope you are right.

Cohen is a Trump contributor, and not a small one. That type of thing usually isn't particuarly hidden.

Of course he would be. There's only 760 billionaires and they're all friends.

 

[NickyFotiu]

Yall got duped by misinformation on Twitter

That screenshot/snippett about Trump and Yankee players with a dubbed Scott Boras quote isn't real. Just made up by Twitter bots

That is good to hear.

Cohen is a Trump contributor, and not a small one. That type of thing usually isn't particuarly hidden.

Of course he would be. There's only 760 billionaires and they're all friends.

LOL they are all friends... Sure

 

[Machinehead]

Yall got duped by misinformation on Twitter

That screenshot/snippett about Trump and Yankee players with a dubbed Scott Boras quote isn't real. Just made up by Twitter bots

I didn't see anything on Twitter and I don't know who anybody on the Yankees supports.

The fake news in question implied that Soto went to the Mets because he's liberal. All I'm saying is Soto did not exactly just sign for a WNBA team, believe me.

And who almost all of the owners support is of fairly public knowledge.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I didn't see anything on Twitter and I don't know who anybody on the Yankees supports.

The fake news in question implied that Soto went to the Mets because he's liberal. All I'm saying is Soto did not exactly just sign for a WNBA team, believe me.

And who almost all of the owners support is of fairly public knowledge.

This image, purportedly a snippet of a Passan article, is going around X and probably what @NickyFotiu saw and was referencing

It’s not real. not in the article, made up.

 

[Machinehead]

This image, purportedly a snippet of a Passan article, is going around X and probably what @NickyFotiu saw and was referencing

It’s not real. not in the article, made up.

I know exactly what he's referring to and I said it's not real lol

 

[will1066]

No matter what, Soto is going into a more fun clubhouse

 

[Filthy Dangles]

It just doesn't seem like he was particularly happy here. The Yankees made a competitive offer.

That's not my read on it, personally.

My read is more that he was simply gonna go to whomever catered to his demands the most and gave him the most money.

The fact that he was a Yankee previously and went on a WS run just wasn't a factor, but again it's not that he didn't specifically like the Yankees or being a Yankee. I could be wrong.

With the details coming out about the paid stadium suite and contract lifetime security detail for his family, it's clear he just wanted the most he could get, and the Mets were gonna be the only ones to give him all that.

 

[will1066]

Why are people so up in arms about Soto's request for a free suite? If our company produces widgets and refuse to give employees a discount on said widgets, doesn't that seem petty?

This is not a good analogy

 

[Machinehead]

That's not my read on it, personally.

My read is more that he was simply gonna go to whomever catered to his demands the most and gave him the most money.

The fact that he was a Yankee previously and went on a WS run wasn't at all a factor, but again it's not that he didn't specifically like the Yankees or being a Yankee. I could be wrong.

With the details coming out about the paid stadium suite and contract lifetime security detail for his family, it's clear he just wanted the most he could get, and the Mets were gonna be the only ones to give him all that.

It was more so "I haven't talked to anybody since the season ended and they haven't talked to me."

He looks really happy to be with the Mets. It seems like that's where he wanted to be. Getting the largest package will make one happy, sure, but it seemed like the writing was on the wall that he was leaning in a direction when the season ended.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Soto is a met bc they offered him the most
money.

It’s why Ohtani signed in LA, Why A rod signed in Texas 20 whatever years ago and why most people sign anywhere.

Has nothing to do with political views, suites, security detail or family atmospheres. He wanted top dollar and he got it from the Mets.

The same people trying to make this about little things that ultimately don’t really Matter are the same ones who are going to be questioning his character the second the Mets lose 7 or 8 on the heels of being swept by the Phillies in August.

 

[noncents]

Cohen is a Trump contributor, and not a small one. That type of thing usually isn't particuarly hidden.

Of course he would be. There's only 760 billionaires and they're all friends.

you wanna check the implication here? Pretty sure Cohen has donated to dems and republicans, trump during the inauguration of his first term, and much more significantly democratic congressional PACs and hochul (to get casino build going).

 

[Machinehead]

you wanna check the implication here? Pretty sure Cohen has donated to dems and republicans, trump during the inauguration of his first term, and much more significantly democratic congressional PACs and hochul (to get casino build going).

There's no political implication. When I said they probably know each other I meant that they probably know each other.

 

[sbjnyc]

Why are people so up in arms about Soto's request for a free suite? If our company produces widgets and refuse to give employees a discount on said widgets, doesn't that seem petty?

My niece works for netflix and has to pay full price for a sub.