2022-23 MLB Off Season Thread

[Vamos Rafa]

Surprised Gary Sanchez is still unsigned. A power-hitting catcher is hard to come by. His batting average will only improve with the shift ban.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Surprised Gary Sanchez is still unsigned. A power-hitting catcher is hard to come by. His batting average will only improve the the shift ban.

Teams rightly probably view him as a potential Grandal 2.0 who is awful at this point in his deal and really is hard to watch play at this point

 

[shadow1]

1) Brandon Nimmo, CF
2) Carlos Correa, 3B
3) Francisco Lindor, SS
4) Pete Alonso, 1B
5) Jeff McNeil, 2B
6) Starling Marte, RF
7) Daniel Vogelbach, DH
8) Mark Canha, LF
9) Omar Narváez, C

MLB.com ranked this as the best lineup in baseball.

How the heck did MLB.com rank that line-up better than the Tigers?

1) Akil Baddoo LF
2) Riley Greene CF
3) Javier Baez SS
4) Austin Meadows RF
5) Miguel Cabrera DH
6) Jonathan Schoop 2B
7) Spencer Torkelson 1B
8) Eric Haase C
9) Ryan Kreidler 3B

A pitiful line-up for a team in the midst of a pitiful, never-ending rebuild. I'm a calm sports fan in general, but thinking about Detroit has been upsetting me lately.

I have very little optimism that Scott Harris is going to turn the team around. I'm waiting for him to bring back Robbie Grossman or Brandon Belt some other retread any day now (to go along with the Boyd and Lorenzen signings).

 

[hockeykicker]

Well-respected crew chiefs Ted Barrett, Greg Gibson, Tom Hallion, Sam Holbrook, Jerry Meals, Jim Reynolds and Bill Welke are among the group to hang up their chest protectors, while Marty Foster, Paul Nauert and Tim Timmons will join them in retirement.

 

[Terry Yake]

https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1608492753889136641|twgr^559ff04820496137e3311f3984b88b434fcf88a8|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2022/12/29/a-large-number-of-veteran-mlb-umpires-are-retiring/

damn, i'm not even going to recognize most of the umps by name now. that's basically all the guys who have been around for the last 20+ years

of course angel hernandez continues to stick around

 

[SoupNazi]

damn, i'm not even going to recognize most of the umps by name now. that's basically all the guys who have been around for the last 20+ years

of course angel hernandez continues to stick around

Angel Hernandez is one of those guys that will work until he literally dies.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

damn, i'm not even going to recognize most of the umps by name now. that's basically all the guys who have been around for the last 20+ years

of course angel hernandez continues to stick around

You start feeling old when most of the players in the league are starting to be younger than you. Now pretty soon, it’s the umpires that are older than you that are starting to go to retirement.

 

[Cas]

Angel Hernandez is one of those guys that will work until he literally dies.

Who else would hire him?

 

[John Price]

 

[Unholy Diver]

Who else would hire him?

He could be a dirty pro wrestling referee always screwing over the good guys

 

[John Price]

Best Food Item at Every MLB Stadium

It isn’t just hamburgers and hot dogs at the ballpark anymore. But those baseball foods are still pretty great.

www.stadiumtalk.com

Not sure what Cleveland is doing, serving hot dogs with cereal on top. Isn't that against the law?

 

[John Price]

 

[Unholy Diver]

Don't see very many lifetime bans rescinded, I feel like it happened for Steve Howe but I think that was drug related so not sure if it counts

MLB Lifts "Lifetime" Ban On Former Braves GM John Coppolella

Major League Baseball has lifted its "lifetime" ban on former Braves general manager John Coppolella. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Feels like every offseason the Marlins make young SP available

Like Leonardo Dicaprio they seem to view 25 yrs old as a cutoff and time to move on

 

[Voight]

So clearly it doesn't matter who owns the Marlins, that franchise is never going to try and build a long term contender.

Don't see very many lifetime bans rescinded, I feel like it happened for Steve Howe but I think that was drug related so not sure if it counts

MLB Lifts "Lifetime" Ban On Former Braves GM John Coppolella

Major League Baseball has lifted its "lifetime" ban on former Braves general manager John Coppolella. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

I guess they figure teams will stay away from him so he'll be shadow banned anyhow.

 

[John Price]

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

damn, i'm not even going to recognize most of the umps by name now. that's basically all the guys who have been around for the last 20+ years

of course angel hernandez continues to stick around

Angel and Laz Diaz are gonna own these noobs.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Best Food Item at Every MLB Stadium

It isn’t just hamburgers and hot dogs at the ballpark anymore. But those baseball foods are still pretty great.

www.stadiumtalk.com

Not sure what Cleveland is doing, serving hot dogs with cereal on top. Isn't that against the law?

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What the monkey f*** am I looking at?

 

[John Price]

What the monkey f*** am I looking at?

I don't know. They put cereal and macaroni on top of hot dogs there.

Odd stuff.

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Rip captain Sal Bando. 3x champ, 4x all star and former GM.

The great beyond just got a hell of a 3b.

 

[EpochLink]

Rip captain Sal Bando. 3x champ, 4x all star and former GM.

The great beyond just got a hell of a 3b.

One of my all time favourite dynasties in baseball, the 1970’s Oakland A’s.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

I'm surprised Gary Sanchez is still unsigned. A power-hitting catcher is hard to come by. His batting average will only improve with the shift ban.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

One of my all time favourite dynasties in baseball, the 1970’s Oakland A’s.

I was born between after that dynasty but was almost 6 when they beat the Giants in ‘89. The highlights and old games on YouTube are great, but it’s not quite the same as living during those times and experiencing everything. I’m envious of those that got to .