Waiting for Baseball
This is the time of year where there's a lot of trading and deal-making going on in Major League Baseball. Congratulations to Powdered Water as his Seattle Mariners have now got Edwin Encarnacion, Cleveland getting back Carlos Santana. It's a 3 way trade involving the Tampa Bay Ray's, but as it always is with the Rays, who they give up and who they are getting is nobody anyone has heard of.
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Originally Posted by TONGO (Post 1974566)
This is the time of year where there's a lot of trading and deal-making going on in Major League Baseball. Congratulations to Powdered Water as his Seattle Mariners have now got Edwin Encarnacion, Cleveland getting back Carlos Santana. It's a 3 way trade involving the Tampa Bay Ray's, but as it always is with the Rays, who they give up and who they are getting is nobody anyone has heard of.
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Originally Posted by cricket (Post 1974593)
Our pitching? The Rays spent 30 million dollars and got Charlie Morton for two years. You think that's a bad investment? You're damn right it is. Joe Maddon wept. |
Re: Waiting for Baseball
Morton's gotten pretty good. I think the bigger issue is, you're paying him so he kinda has to be, when the money's probably better spent finding whoever this year's Morton is. Of course, if he pitches as well the next two years as he did the last year or so, it'll still be a great deal.
Anyway, yeah, I'm counting the days, too, for both baseball and softball. Might not be too long, there's usually a warm day in mid-February where we can get some practice in. Here's hoping! |
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 1974731)
Anyway, yeah, I'm counting the days, too, for both baseball and softball. Might not be too long, there's usually a warm day in mid-February where we can get some practice in. Here's hoping!
Yeah I hope both Morton & Glasgow (former Bucs) keep going strong. |
Originally Posted by TONGO (Post 1974758)
You still slugging well?
Also need to start lifting. My biggest power numbers came the year after I made a point to lift weights in the offseason, though, and I've kinda been coasting on that, with steadily lower power numbers each year since. But after a few years of that, it's obvious it's not a fluke and I've probably given back a lot of that strength, so I'm going at it again this offseason, but harder. Guess it'll just require more maintenance.
Originally Posted by TONGO (Post 1974758)
Can't remember how fast they throw the ball to you though.
Originally Posted by TONGO (Post 1974758)
Yeah I hope both Morton & Glasgow (former Bucs) keep going strong.
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Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 1974762)
Also need to start lifting. My biggest power numbers came the year after I made a point to lift weights in the offseason, though, and I've kinda been coasting on that, with steadily lower power numbers each year since. But after a few years of that, it's obvious it's not a fluke and I've probably given back a lot of that strength, so I'm going at it again this offseason, but harder. Guess it'll just require more maintenance.
Someone I knew played baseball and he said the best ball he ever played was when he didn't have a girlfriend. So focus yeah definitely definitely makes a difference. Baseball is more like golf than what people know. |
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Manny Machado wants to be a Yankee?!
https://www.mlb.com/news/latest-mann...?tid=282421090 Dodgers trade Puig, Kemp, and Woods to Reds... https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-to-...ds/c-302138936 |
You guys want any of this? The 2017 season, our common memory of that, I don't care to flush it quite yet.
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Originally Posted by Nostromo87 (Post 1976986)
You guys want any of this? The 2017 season, our common memory of that, I don't care to flush it quite yet.
Seriously, the more active members the better. I think Fantasy Baseball has overtaken Fantasy Football around here. |
Nelson Cruz is going to play for the Minnesota Twins on a one year contract. Darn, there was serious talk of the Ray's going for him. I guess we'll go get Bryce Harper instead.
https://www.mlb.com/news/nelson-cruz...?tid=282421090 |
I wouldn't want Machado or Harper on my team.
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Originally Posted by cricket (Post 1977379)
I wouldn't want Machado or Harper on my team.
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Re: Waiting for Baseball
I think he's saying he doesn't like their attitudes.
Regardless of attitude, Harper's not going to be worth whatever he gets, I don't think. He's gonna want money as if his 2015 was the norm, rather than exception. |
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 1977432)
I think he's saying he doesn't like their attitudes.
Regardless of attitude, Harper's not going to be worth whatever he gets, I don't think. He's gonna want money as if his 2015 was the norm, rather than exception. |
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 1977432)
I think he's saying he doesn't like their attitudes.
Regardless of attitude, Harper's not going to be worth whatever he gets, I don't think. He's gonna want money as if his 2015 was the norm, rather than exception. |
Originally Posted by cricket (Post 1977468)
All of this and also in regards to Harper, if he were to go to the American League, there's a long list of disappointing players after they move over from the NL.
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Originally Posted by TONGO (Post 1977537)
I remember that brutal slump Albert Pujols went through when he came to the Angels. I think he had one maybe two good years so far in L.A. just with hitting. There does seem to be hitters improving when they go over to the National League compared to improving when to come over to the American. I notice American league pitchers mostly flourish going over to the National League, but not the other way around. He has improved tremendously but I'm very nervous about Charlie Morton coming over to the American League Ray's.
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Originally Posted by cricket (Post 1977538)
It's such a weird thing and I have no idea the reasons behind it. For some players there's also a problem going from a small market to a large competitive market, although that's not an issue for the Rays.
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