MLB Thread

[smittykins]

Happ reportedly near deal with Yankees.

[Lantern7]

Speaking of deals, nothing on the three-way trade that would bring Thor to the Bronx. Who wants that? You just know something bad will happen to deGrom, and Syndergaard will have his hair cut. It should be as treasured as, say, Bartolo Colon's gut.

I'm mostly unattached to MLB. Who is J.T. Realmuto?

[smittykins]

Catcher, originally with the Marlins.

Scratch that:  still with the Marlins, who are looking to trade him.

Edited December 13, 2018 by smittykins

[mojoween]

Ain’t nobody making a Red Sox uni look good.  You could put Idris Elba in one and bleargh.

Do you think Andrew McCutchen and Lance Lynn had nameplates over their lockers or scotch tape with their names written in marker?

I know he had less than a cup of coffee with them, but I’ve always loved Cutch since Pittsburgh and am sad to see him go.

[xaxat]

As a Pirates fan, the only criticism I have of Andrew McCutchen is that he conformed to those stupid grooming rules the Yankees have.  When I saw him without the beard, I really didn't recognize him.

(About the same time Steinbrenner was instituting that rule, he was involved in felony campaign contributions. So, priorities.)

[mojoween]

https://amp.si.com/mlb/2018/12/17/cc-sabathia-receives-performance-bonus-ejection-new-york-yankees?__twitter_impression=true

CC got his money!  

That was nice of the Yanks to give him the bonus even though he was two innings short.  And that’s the last time I lament someone being on the brink of losing a 500 grand bonus on top of the millions he already earns, heh.

[Lantern7]

I got an idea about the concept of "fixing" marathon games. Here's what I got: if a game goes beyond fourteen innings, teams can bring back players that had been replaced earlier. Pitchers would stay benched, though. Why complicate things with them?

[Lantern7]

Three words for Brodie Van Wagenen: Slow. Your. Roll.

Edited December 19, 2018 by Lantern7

[Moose135]

14 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Three words for Brodie Van Wagenen: Slow. Your. Roll.

Wilson Ramos isn't a bad pickup.  If healthy, he's a decent catcher, and all he cost was some money - they didn't have to trade any of their big pieces (Thor, for example) to get him.

[Lantern7]

@Moose135 . . . I meant the part about the Mets being contenders in the N.L. East. That's why I recommend the roll-slowing.

[mojoween]

The Dodgers/Reds trade is ca-raaazy.

I just cannot picture Yasiel Puig in Cincinnati.

[xaxat]

3 minutes ago, mojoween said:

The Dodgers/Reds trade is ca-raaazy.

I just cannot picture Yasiel Puig in Cincinnati.

I doubt he can either.

[Lantern7]

Isn’t Cincinnati basically baseball purgatory? Also, would Reds fans want to see Puig make love to his bat? 😦 

[prican58]

I found this very interesting due to the Yankees connection.   Always liked Gamel.  

[cleo]

The LA hitting coach also went to Cincinnati and Puig has a very good relationship with him, so that may help. They have quite a bromance and I like Puig so I'm glad they're both there

[DXD526]

The SNY channel has been showing what they call a yule log all day. But it's not really a yule log, since at the same time, they're re-running David Wright's last game from September. That takes up enough of the screen that the fireplace can barely be seen. Yet it is there, taking away part of the screen from the game. So whether you tune in for the log or to watch the game, either way you're probably going to be disappointed. Really questionable execution. 

[prican58]

At least here in NYC the Yule log was strictly a WPIX channel 11 thing and WPIX was the Yankees station so SNY be fronting. Just sayin'.

[ebk57]

@mojoween (and any other fans), Bernie Williams doing the intro for Wayne Shorter on the Kennedy Center Awards tonight.  You can probably find it online somewhere. 

[smittykins]

Yankees reportedly near deal with Troy Tulowitzki

This makes more sense to me than Machado.  IIRC, Tulo grew up idolizing Jeter(and wore #2 in his honor with the Rockies and Blue Jays).

Edited January 2, 2019 by smittykins

[mojoween]

Noooooo DRob come back!

Phillies get your damn mitts off the Yankees.

[shoregirl]

3 hours ago, mojoween said:

Noooooo DRob come back!

Phillies get your damn mitts off the Yankees.

No thank you. I personally think he looks better in red 😋

[smittykins]

Zach Britton reportedly heading back to Yanks(3 years, $40M with option for 4th year).

[smittykins]

Yankees reportedly sign DJ LeMahieu to two-year deal.  Where does this leave Gleyber?

[mojoween]

Hopefully in the infield where he belongs!

My husband was teasing me today and called me a bandwagon fan and I said “hey. When I started liking the Yankees, they only had 22 World Series titles.”

[Harry24]

I'm hoping this signing means no Machado.  The team the Yanks fielded the last two years was so likable.  Manny would have to be VERY different from how he appears to not spoil the likability factor.

[smittykins]

RIP Mel Stottlemyre.

Edited January 14, 2019 by smittykins

[attica]

Former Yankees closer John Wetteland arrested on child sex abuse charge.

In Texas. Out on $25K bond. Cripes.

[bosawks]

I expected to read about Machado or Harper signing not that, ugh.

[Lantern7]

When John Rocker was on Survivor (2014, I reckon), someone recognized him, and he tried to claim that he was John Wetteland.

Yeah, that's all I got.

Edited January 15, 2019 by Lantern7

[doodlebug]

On ‎1‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 2:53 PM, attica said:

Former Yankees closer John Wetteland arrested on child sex abuse charge.

In Texas. Out on $25K bond. Cripes.

I'd like to know who the he** set his bond at $25K.  He's accused of molesting a 4 year old-multiple times.  He should sit in the pokey until he goes to trial, IMO.

[mojoween]

This is much nicer -

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/alex-rodriguez-looks-like-j-los-boyfriend/c-302797134

I love the video, but I think the funniest part of the whole thing is the author calling A-Rod the greatest shortstop of all time.

[Lantern7]

Wilmer Flores signs one-year deal with Diamondbacks. I hope they treat him well. Also, I hope he doesn't suffer heatstroke in Phoenix. Eventually, he would have to leave the comfy stadium.

[smittykins]

On 1/14/2019 at 3:02 PM, smittykins said:

RIP Mel Stottlemyre.

I just watched his speech when he was given his plaque at the 2015 Old-Timers Day, and it still makes me 😢.

[smittykins]

Yankees reportedly sign Adam Ottovino to 3-year deal

[mojoween]

They were giggling on Golic & Wingo that Ottavino should put in a special request to wear number three.

[mojoween]

My newspaper had a blurb today about the HOF and it said that this year will be Andy Pettitte’s last year on the ballot, but he hasn’t been on the ballot for 10 years and they are reporting he is at 6.5% (which, WTF, PED or not that is criminally low).  If he’s over 5%, why would he fall off the ballot?

Also it looks like Roy Oswalt will be below 5% and that surprises me.  I thought for sure he would have more support.

[Moose135]

2 hours ago, mojoween said:

My newspaper had a blurb today about the HOF and it said that this year will be Andy Pettitte’s last year on the ballot, but he hasn’t been on the ballot for 10 years and they are reporting he is at 6.5% (which, WTF, PED or not that is criminally low).  If he’s over 5%, why would he fall off the ballot?

At this point, less than half of the ballots have been made public by individual voters, and his 6.5% is based on those.  If he is not included on enough of the remaining ballots, that could take him below the 5% of the total ballots cast.

From Newsday:

Pettitte’s support in the publicly revealed ballots as of Friday afternoon on bbhoftracker.com had him far, far away from the 75 percent needed to gain induction to Cooperstown. In fact, Pettitte was more likely to fall off future ballots completely. With 44.9 percent of the ballots publicly revealed, Pettitte had been named on just 12, which is 6.5 percent. Any player who gets less than five percent is removed from future ballots.

https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/andy-pettitte-baseball-hall-of-fame-1.26101082

Edited January 21, 2019 by Moose135

[smittykins]

Sonny Gray dealt to Reds

I feel bad that things didn’t work out for him in NY, and sincerely wish him well in Cincy.

[mojoween]

Me too.  I mean, his pitching was ... suspect ... but I feel badly about the things that were said about him.

Edited January 22, 2019 by mojoween

[xaxat]

I think a change of scenery will be good for Gray. He was awful in Yankee Stadium, but his road splits were not bad.

[mojoween]

Do people really enjoy watching Chris Russo shriek like a banshee?  They must, right, since he keeps getting put on teevee?

Gotdamn he’s annoying.

[smittykins]

I remember trying to watch him when his show first came on MLB Network.  I think I lasted ten minutes.

[mojoween]

I love him.  (I feel like I'm in Jerry Maguire...I love him, Laurel.  I. Love him!)

https://www.mlb.com/video/rivera-on-breaking-bats/c-2522236583

The best part was cutting to John Smoltz after they aired this and he was like “I wasn’t laughing.”

Moose!  We can share this with Baltimore, heh.

Wow.  I did not expect to tear up when Doc Halladay’s entry was announced.

Good for Edgar.  All the attention they were giving him I would have felt badly if he didn’t make it.

Mo.  Ahh Mo.  He did it!  100%! Please let my company somehow get us tickets to the ceremony, heh.

Edited January 22, 2019 by mojoween

[smittykins]

I Congratulations Edgar, Doc, Moose, and Mo!

 

ETA:  Holy cow, Mo was unanimous!

Edited January 22, 2019 by smittykins

[Carey]

48 minutes ago, mojoween said:

Mo.  Ahh Mo.  He did it!  100%! Please let my company somehow get us tickets to the ceremony, heh.

It's about time.  Thought it would never happen!

[AimingforYoko]

I always knew the first unanimous pick would be a Yankee, I just figured it would be Mr. Gift Basket.

[Lantern7]

16 minutes ago, AimingforYoko said:

I always knew the first unanimous pick would be a Yankee, I just figured it would be Mr. Gift Basket.

Hmph. I still think "Hell's Bells" makes better entrance music than "Enter Sandman." Well-deserved vote, and he earned 100 percent. On some level, I think I'm a little butthurt than Tom Seaver has gone from most popular pick to third after Mariano and Junior.

On the bright side, nobody like Larry Jones that pisses me off. In other news, assholes get more votes than cheaters. Maybe there's hope for Schilling yet. "Meh" either way.

ETA: "Mad Dog" is an acquired taste. His pairing with Mike Fransesa on WFAN was the stuff of legend. Well, if you were into sports and living in NYC.

Edited January 23, 2019 by Lantern7

[ganesh]

I was surprised about Mussina, but good for him. 

[mojoween]

Moose said he can’t choose a hat to go on his plaque but isn’t he going to have to?

[ganesh]

I thought you can do half and half.