(11-10-2020 05:58 AM)Seahawk Lefty Wrote:  

(11-09-2020 11:51 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  Kick off the off season discussion here. Solid read with predictions on where the FA will land. Any wishes for your teams?
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/11/m...-2021.html
For the record, it that were to prove true for the Yankees off season, not really adding much and losing DJ...... That would be worth someone going postal in that inept front office!

It's a rough time to be an Astros fan. George Springer and Michael Brantley are headed out as free agents. Justin Verlander is injured, and heading to an all-Kate-Upton schedule (not a bad thing). Gerritt Cole, oh wait, he's a Yankee. Jose Altuve developed throwing yips during the playoffs, after struggling to hit .200 most of the season. Yep, dark days are ahead.

You forgot the elaborate cheating scandal the get smacked for.

Congrats Nation on the Lindor trade this week. I absolutely love Lindor; he's special.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_...e-big-move

(01-08-2021 01:07 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  Congrats Nation on the Lindor trade this week. I absolutely love Lindor; he's special.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_...e-big-move

Thanks! For the first time since probably the Noah Syndergaard trade with Toronto, the Mets finally seem to come out on top in a trade. New ownership already paying off!

#LFGM

(01-08-2021 01:12 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(01-08-2021 01:07 PM)bricksnivy Wrote:  Congrats Nation on the Lindor trade this week. I absolutely love Lindor; he's special.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_...e-big-move

Thanks! For the first time since probably the Noah Syndergaard trade with Toronto, the Mets finally seem to come out on top in a trade. New ownership already paying off!

#LFGM

I read a report today that the Mets were also kicking tires on Bryant. They stated they weren't sure if this was a contingency plan to the Lindor discussions, or in addition to.

Bryant has been disappointing the last few years, but he's going to explode at his next stop. He hasn't been bad, but closer to average than MVP caliber. Main concern I have is the injury bug, but he's not going to cost much in terms of prospects (to my frustration).

Baseball has been hit hard the past few weeks. First Lasorda, then Sutton, now Hank!

I hate the Cardinals

Jeffers got a hit yesterday and struck out in first at bat today for the twins.

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Jeffers a walk and 2 strike outs today. Twins up 9 - 0

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Jeffers got hit batting .286 on season

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Ross was ejected in fourth inning last night. Here is a good tidbit from Jesse Rogers of ESPN Chicago, "Umpires have a tough job and we focus too much on it but since Ross got ejected and it was a storyline, midway through the game, Bacchus had a correct call pct of 83.3%, which would have been lowest this season. Went up to 85% by game's end which is 6th lowest." In other words, Bacchus was absolutely awful last night. That type of inconsistency behind the plate is inexcusable and the most frustrating part is that there will be no consequence. The players are just supposed to adjust to a zone that looks like it was drawn by a 4 year old. Luckily, Cuzzi missed a call at third...replay showed that Bote maintained his foot with third for the force out. Because the throw pulled him off, he also tagged the runner on the foot before he got to the base...despite getting him out twice, he was called safe (Vasgersian concluded that Chicago was lucky to get the win, somehow).

I'll say, worse than the umpires is ESPN's Sunday Night broadcast. Matt Vasgersian and A-Rod are awful. If you watched the game without any knowledge of the NL Central you would think that the Cubs are a struggling last place team and obvious sellers this year, while the Cards are World Series contenders. In reality, they're separated by 2 games and they've only played one series against each other this year. With 15 games to go, it is incredibly frustrating that they spend more time talking about where Kris Bryant will traded in July than the Cubs opportunities this year. Then, after Javy Baez hits a homerun, A-Rod's "analysis" is that Javy may be a good hitter one day if he develops better plate discipline. I know who Javy is and I love him. He has flaws but wondering ON AIR if Javy is coachable is awful analysis. I worry about Javy's back as he gets older because he torques his body more than most and he's going to swing, but it's also worth noting that is OPS is currently higher than all free agent shortstops. Higher than Correa, Seager, Story (and Lindor), and OPS takes into account hos awful walk rate. He's not Seager, Lindor or Tatis, but he is a really, really good shortstop in this league and he had a great post season in 2016. To suggest that he's an unknown commodity, or that he's not coachable is a garbage take which seems to be all A-Rod is good for.

Chicago's Marquee production with Boog Sciambi and Jim Deshaies is significantly better than the garbage ESPN produces week after week.

Jeffers back with twins and has home run

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Anthony Rizzo traded to the Yankees.


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(07-29-2021 09:26 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote:  Anthony Rizzo traded to the Yankees.


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Every time i hear Rizzo in my head i hear " Rizzo, FRANK RIZZO" Yankees lineup just got a lot more formidable adding him and Gallo to a lineup that had little left handed pop. The Pen still has some gapping holes.

(07-30-2021 08:06 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(07-29-2021 09:26 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote:  Anthony Rizzo traded to the Yankees.


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Every time i hear Rizzo in my head i hear " Rizzo, FRANK RIZZO" Yankees lineup just got a lot more formidable adding him and Gallo to a lineup that had little left handed pop. The Pen still has some gapping holes.

Enjoy Rizzo. He's a great ball player and a better person. Cubs eating his salary to get two top 12 prospects from the Yankees makes it logical for Chicago, but not any easier to see the the captain go.

I also saw that Rizzo would have an additional 10 HRs this year if he'd been playing at Yankee Stadium rather than Wrigley. He hit three this week, so maybe he's ready to get hot.

As a life long Cubs fan, it's awful watching the trades today. Kris Bryant's career has been a lot of ups and downs, Baez is a strikeout machine, but also mashes balls. Rizzo, there's nothing really that makes me happy about that trade, I don't care what kind of prospects we received... because prospects hardly ever pan out. This just looks and feels like we're heading into decades of being back in the NL Central basement.

Jed Hoyer better hope he gets this right, or there's going to be a lot of Cubs fans wanting his head on a stick... a sharp one.

(07-30-2021 03:44 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote:  As a life long Cubs fan, it's awful watching the trades today. Kris Bryant's career has been a lot of ups and downs, Baez is a strikeout machine, but also mashes balls. Rizzo, there's nothing really that makes me happy about that trade, I don't care what kind of prospects we received... because prospects hardly ever pan out. This just looks and feels like we're heading into decades of being back in the NL Central basement.

Jed Hoyer better hope he gets this right, or there's going to be a lot of Cubs fans wanting his head on a stick... a sharp one.

Part of the fun with this group is having been able to watch them mature as prospects, breakthrough and eventually win the WS. Obviously, I'm having a strong emotional reaction to this...it's gut wrenching, but the prospects absolutely matter.

Jed did a decent job getting prospects back to rebuild a system that lacked depth...we're looking at a top 10 system now and that excludes the return for Kimbrel since they're both young major leaguers. I'm not so worried about Jed as I am the Rickets. Willson wasn't dealt today, but he probably doesn't play for the Cubs in 2022. Their payroll should absolutely be top 5 in the league in team salary. We have very little committed beyond 2021 (like 60 million committed). It's time for the Cubs to operate like a major-market team.

2 more years of Heyward

Rotation: Hendricks & Alzolay, plus we have back end options. We'll see what Steele and Thompson can do this year. I'd love to see this team add an ace.

I think they'll extend Patrick Wisdom, plus Madrigal and Hoerner are starters in the MINF and Brennan Davis is their future CF. They should add via free agency and then use a strong farm system to add to it via trade the next two years.

I'm not happy, in fact I hate it, but I also understand that core hadn't won a playoff game since '17. Of the guys that they've traded this week, only KB hurts from a baseball perspective.

(07-30-2021 03:44 PM)B_Hawk06 Wrote:  As a life long Cubs fan, it's awful watching the trades today. Kris Bryant's career has been a lot of ups and downs, Baez is a strikeout machine, but also mashes balls. Rizzo, there's nothing really that makes me happy about that trade, I don't care what kind of prospects we received... because prospects hardly ever pan out. This just looks and feels like we're heading into decades of being back in the NL Central basement.

Jed Hoyer better hope he gets this right, or there's going to be a lot of Cubs fans wanting his head on a stick... a sharp one.

He's taking a page from the red sox book, good, then suck, trade and rebuild It's worked for them a few times now

Rizzo is immediately my new favorite player. He's fun to watch, plays the game the right way(hits oppo when needed) is a great situational hitter. A breath of fresh air with an over paid lineup that's full of K's and terrible situational hitting!

Shut up, hoops

(08-02-2021 10:55 AM)bricksnivy Wrote:  Shut up, hoops

LOL.... You guys will be back