MLB Thread

[mojoween]

Motherfuck.

[baldryanr]

7 hours ago, Jane Tuesday said:

Perspective.

The Mets had better hope Soto doesn't follow in their footsteps.  Trout became Mr. Glass starting in his late 20s and Pujols turned into an average player for the vast majority of his 30s.

On the plus side for Yankees haters, they've just screwed themselves.  Judge can't carry the offense by himself (see Ohtani and Trout with the Angels for how well that can work out).

Edited Monday at 11:17 AM by baldryanr

[DXD526]

As a Mets fan, I'm going to find it weird cheering on someone who could buy and sell me 100 times over. 

[AimingforYoko]

54 minutes ago, DXD526 said:

As a Mets fan, I'm going to find it weird cheering on someone who could buy and sell me 100 times over. 

Think of it like this: What Juan Soto is going to make, that's what Steve Cohen's money makes.

[Fukui San]

2 hours ago, DXD526 said:

As a Mets fan, I'm going to find it weird cheering on someone who could buy and sell me 100 times over. 

A decidedly mixed week for very rich guys in New York.  

[bosawks]

Dick Allen should have been in the HOF years ago, this trend of waiting for someone to pass away, hello Ron Santo, makes me furious.

The baseball HOF is nothing if not consistently rage inducing.     

[Jane Tuesday]

1 hour ago, bosawks said:

Dick Allen should have been in the HOF years ago, this trend of waiting for someone to pass away, hello Ron Santo, makes me furious.

The baseball HOF is nothing if not consistently rage inducing.     

Fans of Ken Boyer agree. The HOF Case for Ken Boyer.

 

This is cute, though. 

 

Edited Monday at 10:43 PM by Jane Tuesday

[ebk57]

That is an objectively adorable post, but I cannot "like" it because there was nothing likable about the 1979 World Series. 

So there.

[mojoween]

Aww no

 

[Carey]

Yeah I heard about that.  That totally sucks.

[ProudMary]

I like getting starting pitching. From CBS Sports:

Max Fried to sign with Yankees: New York picks up ace lefty on eight-year, $218 million deal

[smittykins]

Good, but we still need offense.  Judge can’t(and shouldn’t have to)carry it alone.

[DMK]

Yeah, ask the Mariners how well it worked for them, having good pitching but lousy offense.

[mojoween]

9 hours ago, smittykins said:

Good, but we still need offense.  Judge can’t(and shouldn’t have to)carry it alone.

According to Jeff Passan (I think, could have been Buster Olney or Timmaay), with seven starters now in the clubhouse, they’ll most likely trade one for a bat.

And I know who I would choose, even though he (and his wife!) seems quite lovely.

[ProudMary]

Juan Soto contract details:

 

 

[ProudMary]

From Fangraphs:

"After missing out on Juan Soto and Max Fried earlier in the week, the Boston Red Sox switched gears from free agency to the trade market and found their star. In a blockbuster deal, they’re acquiring Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth, and Wikelman Gonzalez, as Julian McWilliams of the Boston Globe first reported."

Nice pick-up for the Red Sox.

Also via Bluesky, making this Yankees' fan 🙂 :

🔁 @kileymcd retweeted
@jorgecastillo Right-hander Jonathan Loáisiga and the Yankees have agreed on a one-year contract with a team option for 2026, a source tells ESPN. Loáisiga, 30, missed most of the 2024 season after undergoing elbow surgery. He is expected be ready to pitch in late April.

[mojoween]

The things coming out about how much of a baby Juan Soto is (if true) make me less sad.

[Fukui San]

Next he’ll say that he wanted to grow a big bushy beard.  

[ProudMary]

1 hour ago, mojoween said:

The things coming out about how much of a baby Juan Soto is (if true) make me less sad.

I haven't seen any of these things. I'll have to go look. 

I'm not sad at all. That contract is an albatross. It makes Judge's nine year contract look like a bargain. THAT was the one that would have saddened me if he hadn't signed. I enjoyed watching Soto play all year, but if Hal's ready to open his wallet, and the Fried deal would indicate that's the case, then LFG!

I'll tell you who I'd really like to get: Teoscar Hernandez. Let him do FOR the Yankees that which he always does TO the Yankees. I'm hearing Red Sox rumors for him. That'd be a nightmare.

I may be one of a very few fans who feels this way, but I think this team is going to miss Gleyber Torres at 2nd base and at leadoff. He came up so early that many don't even realize that he's just turning 28 later this month. He grew up since the mid-season boneheaded incident and then took off batting first. I really don't think they should have let him walk. He wanted to be in the Bronx. He's really just coming into his own. Too bad it'll be for another team. 😢

Humorous Dad joke comment I saw yesterday: The Yankees have to have at least one game where their newly signed lefty starter pitches to young Ben, so we can have a battery of Fried/Rice.

I'll show myself out...

[ProudMary]

Long-time Cleveland Guardians' radio announcer Tom Hamilton has been selected for the Ford C. Frick award for broadcasting excellence, and will be honored at the Hall of Fame inductions in July.