Red Sox/MLB 2019 Playoffs V - Lowell Spinners would lose Red Sox connection under radical MLB plan

[sarge88]

Too bad that 3 run strikeouts are so rare in the game today.

The Yanks would be much better if they happened more.

 

[CDJ]

Hopefully verlander hadukens them

Would be fun to see Astros-Nationals. Some high end pitching there

 

[N o o d l e s]

This series is over

 

[McGarnagle]

I'd love to see a Verlander vs. Scherzer matchup. But I'm thinking we're probably getting Scherzer-Cole game 1.

The pitching in this WS is going to be one of the best matchups of rotations in a long time.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

the Knuckleball era may be gone for good...... Steven Wright jettisoned in cost-saving move

 

[McGarnagle]

the Knuckleball era may be gone for good...... Steven Wright jettisoned in cost-saving move

I'm still mad at John Farrell for trying to use him as a pinch runner, which directly and unnecessarily caused the injury that ruined his career.

Remember when he was an all-star before that?

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

I'm still mad at John Farrell for trying to use him as a pinch runner, which directly and unnecessarily caused the injury that ruined his career.

Remember when he was an all-star before that?

Was that before or after he smacked his woman around?

 

[JRull86]

I'm still mad at John Farrell for trying to use him as a pinch runner, which directly and unnecessarily caused the injury that ruined his career.

Remember when he was an all-star before that?

He had an insane first half of 2016, but it was also entirely unsustainable considering he was giving up like 1.6 unearned runs per start. Of course his ERA is going to be low in that case.

Wright is yet another flash in the pan knuckleballer who had a a nice stretch, then faded away into being a JAG, just like 95% of knucklers.

 

[smithformeragent]

Verlander getting rocked

 

[Fenway]

Lowell Spinners would lose Red Sox connection under radical MLB plan - The Boston Globe​

The nearly 25-year affiliation between the Lowell Spinners and the Red Sox would end under a radical reorganization proposal from Major League Baseball which leaked Friday, one that would shrink the number of affiliated minor league teams by 25 percent.

Short-season leagues, including the New York-Penn League in which Lowell plays, would be disbanded under the plan, which would eliminate 42 affiliated teams in total. Because MLB views Lowell and the Spinners’ home, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, as “good,” the franchise would continue to exist in the “Dream League,” an MLB concept in line with independent or college leagues.

Also dropping to the Dream League would be the two other New England teams in the NYPL: The Vermont Lake Monsters, affiliated with Oakland since 2011 and playing at 113-year-old Centennial Field in Burlington since the franchise formed in 1994, and the (Norwich) Connecticut Tigers.

 

[Fossy21]

Verlander getting rocked

f*** the Yankees, but definitely wouldn’t mind the Nats destroying Verlander as well.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Lowell Spinners would lose Red Sox connection under radical MLB plan - The Boston Globe​

The nearly 25-year affiliation between the Lowell Spinners and the Red Sox would end under a radical reorganization proposal from Major League Baseball which leaked Friday, one that would shrink the number of affiliated minor league teams by 25 percent.

Short-season leagues, including the New York-Penn League in which Lowell plays, would be disbanded under the plan, which would eliminate 42 affiliated teams in total. Because MLB views Lowell and the Spinners’ home, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, as “good,” the franchise would continue to exist in the “Dream League,” an MLB concept in line with independent or college leagues.

Also dropping to the Dream League would be the two other New England teams in the NYPL: The Vermont Lake Monsters, affiliated with Oakland since 2011 and playing at 113-year-old Centennial Field in Burlington since the franchise formed in 1994, and the (Norwich) Connecticut Tigers.

That would be a major shame.

"Dream League"... who would care to go?

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

That would be a major shame.

"Dream League"... who would care to go?

Not me. MLB joining every other major sports franchise trying to fix things that aren't broken. f*** off with these terrible ideas.

I can't believe people get paid pretty money to come up with these garbage ideas that will do nothing but fail.

 

[Fenway]

Green screen voodoo

 

[N o o d l e s]

Yordan Alvarez has been absolutely clueless at the plate the whole series. Should probably sit

 

[McGarnagle]

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Green screen voodoo

All postseason Marcell Ozuna was wearing a flourescent yellow/green compression sleeve on his arm, and every time he was at bat, it picked up the green screen ads and his arm disappeared.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Lowell Spinners would lose Red Sox connection under radical MLB plan - The Boston Globe​

The nearly 25-year affiliation between the Lowell Spinners and the Red Sox would end under a radical reorganization proposal from Major League Baseball which leaked Friday, one that would shrink the number of affiliated minor league teams by 25 percent.

Short-season leagues, including the New York-Penn League in which Lowell plays, would be disbanded under the plan, which would eliminate 42 affiliated teams in total. Because MLB views Lowell and the Spinners’ home, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, as “good,” the franchise would continue to exist in the “Dream League,” an MLB concept in line with independent or college leagues.

Also dropping to the Dream League would be the two other New England teams in the NYPL: The Vermont Lake Monsters, affiliated with Oakland since 2011 and playing at 113-year-old Centennial Field in Burlington since the franchise formed in 1994, and the (Norwich) Connecticut Tigers.

From the sounds of it seems like Brooklyn would join the eastern league. I also wonder if Hartford would join triple A.

 

[Fenway]

From the sounds of it seems like Brooklyn would join the eastern league. I also wonder if Hartford would join triple A.

Brooklyn could easily take Binghamton's slot - everybody else in the NYP could be out.

Big loser could be Rhode Island

 

[Centrum Hockey]

That would be a major shame.

"Dream League"... who would care to go?

Lowell was rumored to lose the affiliation anyway. On a side note i wonder where the fisher cats would end up in a massive realignment.

 

[Fenway]

Lowell was rumored to lose the affiliation anyway. On a side note i wonder where the fisher cats would end up in a massive realignment.

Fisher Cats are safe - Manchester fits in with Hartford and Portland

 

[CDJ]

Was that before or after he smacked his woman around?

I believe he didn’t get physical with the woman, he was just loud and menacing to the point cops were called which also isn’t great (which is also why his suspension was relatively low compared with other DV suspensions)

Either way him needing TJ surgery of all things is wild. The 76 mph knuckler is apparently an arm shredder, go figure

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Brooklyn could easily take Binghamton's slot - everybody else in the NYP could be out.

Big loser could be Rhode Island


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Radical MiLB Realignment Proposed by MLB This article seems to imply that MLB considers 2 other NYPL teams to be worth keeping other than Brooklyn.

 

[LouJersey]

No way they take a team away from Brooklyn IMO.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

No way they take a team away from Brooklyn IMO.

Its probably one of the most unique minor league ballparks still in use

 

[LouJersey]

Yankees are going to the World Series. My dad would kill me but they are actually a pretty likeable team. Cole is due to implode. Sad to see baseball today and both teams in a game 6 don't even have a capable starter. I miss the old days. Would like to see Stros/Nats with the all world pitching matchups but I think the Yankees got this for some strange reason