2019 MLB off-season news & notes discussion thread

[robert terwilliger]

employed and also badly misused, had he stayed here much longer he might not have gotten half as much

technically correct but so was i lol

has anyone had a worse fall from grace recently than ray searage? earlier this decade he was probably going to have his own wing of the hall of fame but now all of a sudden everyone knows his tenet and not only are the pirates figured out but hated by most due to pitching inside.

 

[Unholy Diver]

technically correct but so was i lol

has anyone had a worse fall from grace recently than ray searage? earlier this decade he was probably going to have his own wing of the hall of fame but now all of a sudden everyone knows his tenet and not only are the pirates figured out but hated by most due to pitching inside.

Yeah, we got 3 magical years out of it, I often wondered if I would ever see another playoff game in my lifetime so while I was glad to see Ray and Hurdle go I have appreciation for what they accomplished. Hopefully it's not 23 years again.

I wonder how much of the pitching inside was Searage and how much was Hurdle? Did his Rockies teams get in a lot of brawls?

 

[Voight]

Why is Josh Donaldson not signed yet? Nobody wants a 6 WAR player? Is he asking for too much term? I don't get MLB sometimes, how can a good player like this still be unsigned?

I imagine he'll end up with the Nats. 3 year deal, lets them replace some of Rendons production while maybe waiting for someone to develop in the minors.

technically correct but so was i lol

has anyone had a worse fall from grace recently than ray searage? earlier this decade he was probably going to have his own wing of the hall of fame but now all of a sudden everyone knows his tenet and not only are the pirates figured out but hated by most due to pitching inside.

Yea for a while there he could do no wrong. Heard his name almost once a week.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Searage is anti 4-seam and that's much more effective right now than the 2-seam. I'm sure it will correct itself a bit as we go forward.

 

[Fenway]

 

[BostonBob]

Please delete - story already posted in another thread.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

The fact that Jeter has 100% while Bonds and Clemens have barely over 76% is depressing.

Guess Jeets left the voters some of those show-yourself-out baskets.

 

[Tecumseh]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around why the writers like Omar Vizquel so much. I’m not even sure I’d put him in the Hall of Very Good. He was a serviceable ballplayer for a very long time. That’s it. There’s no need to overstate his contribution as being anything more than that.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I’m still trying to wrap my head around why the writers like Omar Vizquel so much. I’m not even sure I’d put him in the Hall of Very Good. He was a serviceable ballplayer for a very long time. That’s it. There’s no need to overstate his contribution as being anything more than that.

He reminds the old timers of Ozzie, I think. Though Ozzie was much better.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Omar is throwback to old school players and was underrated during his time because he didn't put up offensive #'s

To me he was modern day version of Luis Aparicio and very deserving of HOF

 

[tony d]

Jeter I think gets in, Walker will be close. I think it's either a 1 or 2 person hall of fame class from these ballots this year.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Jeter I think gets in, Walker will be close. I think it's either a 1 or 2 person hall of fame class from these ballots this year.

Jeter? Dunno man. Borderline at best. That’s a bold pick right there

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[kingsholygrail]

It's kinda funny how long it took the league to pick up on this.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Apparently the Cardinals are the most aggressive after Arenado.

 

[tony d]

Going to be interesting to see where Arenado ends up. He's probably the best third baseman in baseball right now. For a team like the Cardinals he could be the final piece for them in their bid to be a championship ball club.

 

[PG Canuck]

Is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that Arenado is being moved?

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that Arenado is being moved?

He's rumored to be on the block, but I don't believe it'll get done. It'll be a lot of moving parts. On one hand, he's an amazing, if not the best 3B. On the other, he's slated to get $37 mil /year for the next 5 or 6 years, so teams are going to want to give up expensive contracts in return.

 

[member 157595]

Jeter? Dunno man. Borderline at best. That’s a bold pick right there

You never know, I remember some guy on this forum saying that Griffey and Pedro Martinez shouldn't be in the HOF.

 

[bleedblue1223]

Is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that Arenado is being moved?

Since he has an opt-out after 2 years, there is a growing belief that he thinks Colorado isn't doing all they can to win and that he'll want to become a free agent. That's why insiders believe a deal is inevitable, they just don't know exactly when.

 

[John Price]

 

[Voight]

Is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that Arenado is being moved?

Nows the time to cash in, late 20s, owed big money but you also have him locked in at a guaranteed number vs going for a free agent and spending even more.

Rockies might try to build around him and Story but I am convinced baseball in Colorado is cursed and just not meant to be at this point

 

[robert terwilliger]

Is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that Arenado is being moved?

gotta get more bullpen arms.

 

[JWK]

Is it pretty much a foregone conclusion that Arenado is being moved?

They need to save some money so they can re-sign Ian Desmond