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Cassano said:
Cole will get paid by the Angels, Stras will re-up with the Nats.

Yankees will go dumpster diving for a #3-4 pitcher that will struggle to get through the 5th next season.

Betts to Cincinnati, Lindor to the Dodgers for Seager++, not sure about the rest.
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I don’t think they re sign both Stras and Rendon. One will end up going. If you’re the Nats you have to consider Robles and Soto and Turner need deals soon. I don’t think they can tie 350 mill up in 2 guys. I would let Rendon walk. Definitely not Strasburg
 
I haven't researched who's available but the Yankees need to remake their lineup. More DJ types and less Stanton and Sanchez types. There have to be some under the radar high contact guys out there to be had.
 
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ZuccsFluffierFluffer said:
Mets now own the longest WS drought in the NL East.
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Screw Houston and Bryce Harper so I'm not unhappy about the Nats winning (I wasn't even unhappy when the caps won). Nats were the best team in baseball after Trae Turner returned from the dl so I never understood why they were such heavy underdogs (not that I took advantage).
 
darko said:
You can somewhat apply a chokers tag to the Astros. For all of their dominance over the last 4 years they only have 1 WS ring to show for it. If you are the best team in baseball (or thereabouts) 4 years running you need more than one title.
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Baseball is too unpredictable to make that statement. Historically you need something like a 75 game series for the favorite to have an 80% win probability. Also, the Nats were the best team in baseball for the last 110 games of the season.
 
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sbjnyc said:
Screw Houston and Bryce Harper so I'm not unhappy about the Nats winning (I wasn't even unhappy when the caps won). Nats were the best team in baseball after Trae Turner returned from the dl so I never understood why they were such heavy underdogs (not that I took advantage).
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lol Bryce Harper

The Nats winning was priceless. Or should I say Bryceless.

I'm in DC. Wife: "We're going to the parade."

Woe is me.
 
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Gotta think Rendon gets his retirement contract from elsewhere. Strasburg will opt out and get more money from the Nats to stay.

All of the free agent pitchers have their warts, but he'd be my #1 Yankees target if he opts out and is receptive to going elsewhere. Wheeler is another injury away from being Harvey'ed. Baumgartner is a middle of the rotation starter at this point.
 
LeetchisGod said:
I haven't researched who's available but the Yankees need to remake their lineup. More DJ types and less Stanton and Sanchez types. There have to be some under the radar high contact guys out there to be had.
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But how oh how are we going to break the Twins HR record that was just set??
 
ThirdEye said:
But how oh how are we going to break the Twins HR record that was just set??
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There is the Japanese Luke Voit (good power, high strikeouts, high OBP) available in free agency apparently.

I'd be stunned if we don't kick tires on the guy.
 
Hmmm...I cannot, in good faith, call a team where the core has won a championship a choker. If anything it shows how hard it is to win a championship and how many variables play into a short series when the teams are generally really close in talent. Astros may debatably have more talent on their roster overall than the Yanks, Nats, and Dodgers for example but it really isn't that much of a difference in a short series. Saying that, I'd still rather be the favorites.

The core four for the Yankees (Jeter, Rivera, Posada, Pettite) really aren't chokers but after 2000, it took them another nine seasons to win the WS again.
 
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Oh, an interesting stat. Yanks were essentially league average on offense in their K rate this year. They were 2nd best in the league in OPS and wRC+. Granted, the Yanks had some of their higher strikeout guys out with injury for a bunch of the year (Stanton, Judge, Sanchez) but that also likely lowered their possible OPS and wRC+ numbers.
 
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JCProdigy said:
Hmmm...I cannot, in good faith, call a team where the core has one a championship a choker. If anything it shows how hard it is to win a championship and how many variables play into a short series when the teams are generally really close in talent. Astros may debatably have more talent on their roster overall than the Yanks, Nats, and Dodgers for example but it really isn't that much of a difference in a short series. Saying that, I'd still rather be the favorites.

The core four for the Yankees (Jeter, Rivera, Posada, Pettite) really aren't chokers but after 2000, it took them another nine seasons to win the WS again.
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Here are some interesting stats I found.

There are only 4 streaks of 3 or more consecutive World Series titles, 3 by the Yanks. The last to do it before the Yanks in 2000 was the A's in 1974.

There are only 5 "near" streaks where a team won 3 titles in 4 years, 4 in 5, etc., again 3 by the yanks. The last team other than the Yanks to accomplish this was over 100 years ago.

I'm not sure how to quantify streaks like the giants had where they won 3 in 5 seasons but never 2 in a row.

It's even rare to have long pennant streaks. There are 6 streaks of 4+ pennants, 5 of which are the Yanks and the other team was the Giants in the 1920s. The last time a team won 3 straight pennants was the As in 1988-90 (the Yanks streak was 4 in 2001).

The Astros appeared in 3 straight ALCS. There are 18 streaks like this (series began in 1969). The Braves laughably have 8 in a row, and there are 3 other streaks of 4 or more - the yanks did it once but the Cards are the most recent.

Dynasties are very rare in baseball. In sports like football and basketball the favorites usually win but this is not the case for baseball. You can be the best team in baseball for 3 straight 162 game seasons yet not win a title. That's fairly common it seems.
 
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sbjnyc said:
Baseball is too unpredictable to make that statement. Historically you need something like a 75 game series for the favorite to have an 80% win probability. Also, the Nats were the best team in baseball for the last 110 games of the season.
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I think it’s almost harder over a 5 year or more period for an elite team to win a World Series than it is for an en elite team to win a Stanley Cup. The only wildcard factor in hockey is usually you run into a hot goalie but if you’re that good I think there’s a slightly better chance you eventually get the championship. In baseball pitchers and hitters vary too much from week to week or year to year where a team could have an elite bullpen from 2015-2020 but the one year that everything else clicks and they make the World Series the pen has an off year. There’s been many teams who’ve been great for 5-7 years or more in baseball the last 15 years who never won a World Series but not many cases of that in the NHL beyond Tampa recently and maybe Ottawa from 2001-2007
 


This was before all the other official reports, but this would be interesting since he has managed a lot of the guys on the team already. Could help with transitioning, especially since Collins has worn many hats when it comes to roles on a team. Don't think he'd overstep his boundaries.
 
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This was before all the other official reports, but this would be interesting since he has managed a lot of the guys on the team already. Could help with transitioning, especially since Collins has worn many hats when it comes to roles on a team. Don't think he'd overstep his boundaries.
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I doubt Collins wants to be back in the 162 game travel grind at his age. I think if he did do it it may be just for one season til Beltran gets his feet wet and it may be someone new in 2021
 
Bummer. Wanted Beltran to stay on with the Yankees.

Cone out of the booth to take pitching coach position and CC into the booth to replace him?
 
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