MLB off-season news & notes discussion thread

[John Price]

White Sox so bad that Benetti, lifelong White Sox fan from Chicago, got chased away to Detroit

 

[Teemu]

Just when you thought the franchise couldn't sink any lower

 

[Unholy Diver]

Maybe he just wanted to move his family to a safer area

 

[SnS]

Yeah, there is no path for him to stay.

I would say this punches Hoskins ticket out of Philly

Bryce Harper To Play First Base Going Forward

Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski told reporters, including Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe, that Bryce Harper will …

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Part of me hates that.

Rhys has a great eye and our lineup needs a person who can take pitches and walk. Most of the lineups approach is dog-shit.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Part of me hates that.

Rhys has a great eye and our lineup needs a person who can take pitches and walk. Most of the lineups approach is dog-shit.

I wouldn't mind seeing him land on the western side of the Commonwealth, of course ownership would have to back Cherrington's claims of adding actual pieces for that to happen

 

[John Price]

Report: Phillies open to trading Nick Castellanos – Phillies Nation

Read - Report: Phillies open to trading Nick Castellanos - and more Phillies news and rumors at PhilliesNation.com

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He was always mid. I mean he's alright but he's not a superstar.

 

[SnS]

Report: Phillies open to trading Nick Castellanos – Phillies Nation

Read - Report: Phillies open to trading Nick Castellanos - and more Phillies news and rumors at PhilliesNation.com

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He was always mid. I mean he's alright but he's not a superstar.

He needs to go.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

The Cardinals have been saying they need 3 starters (and they do) since August and now all of the sudden Mo is saying they need two. Is the money not there or does he really believe in Matz/Liberatore/Hudson/Thompson? (Hence and Graceffo should be up at some point during the season but not until probably June the earliest)

If they're only getting two one of them better be Yamamoto or Snell. I'll shrug my shoulders if all the come away with is like Gray and bring Montgomery back.

Have a bad feeling Dylan Carlson gets traded and finally blossoms.

 

[Unholy Diver]

The Cardinals have been saying they need 3 starters (and they do) since August and now all of the sudden Mo is saying they need two. Is the money not there or does he really believe in Matz/Liberatore/Hudson/Thompson? (Hence and Graceffo should be up at some point during the season but not until probably June the earliest)

If they're only getting two one of them better be Yamamoto or Snell. I'll shrug my shoulders if all the come away with is like Gray and bring Montgomery back.

Have a bad feeling Dylan Carlson gets traded and finally blossoms.

He's gonna try to coax one more year out of Waino

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

I understand what the MLB is trying to encourage, but...you have the RotY and you get an additional FIRST rounder? That doesn't seem right.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Cashman has lost the plot and 2024 will be his last season as Yankee GM unless they make the playoffs.

 

[GKJ]

Cashman has lost the plot and 2024 will be his last season as Yankee GM unless they make the playoffs.

Show me the body and I'll believe it.

 

[SoupNazi]

Unexpected

 

[John Price]

 

[spintheblackcircle]

What are your favorite HR's ever?







. (opening day at home, first big league AB)



. (shortest most compact swing for a 500 ft home run)

 

[Say Hey Kid]

The cases for and against trading MLB’s top 10 candidates to be moved

Here's why fans might (and might not) anticipate seeing Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Mike Trout and others in different uniforms come 2024.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

What are your favorite HR's ever?

 

[Unholy Diver]

Former Tiger Cy Young winner Willie Hernandez has passed away

Willie Hernández, MVP and Cy Young winner for champion 1984 Detroit Tigers, dies at 69

Three-time All-Star relief pitcher Willie Hernández, who won the 1984 Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards as part of the World Series champion Detroit Tigers, has died.

apnews.com

 

[Terry Yake]

hernandez pitched 140 innings in 80 games that season. insane for a reliever

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

I

just got PTSD from remembering that Podsednik walk-off.. THAT was the moment that I knew Lidge was broken for us. Sure , the Pujols shot was a mammoth one but Oswalt saved us the next game.... After that G1 WS HR though...... I knew we were screwed for the rest of that series and that something was seriously wrong with Brad.


Your whole post was one bad memory after another lol..

 

[Neutrinos]

 

[Dr Pepper]

Favourite home runs ever?

That's tough, there's definitely been some great ones posted. Bautista's seems obligatory at this point as well so I'll counter with a different Jays home run.....more recent and under much different circumstances.



I love everything about this home run.

On the road, at Fenway, with the bases loaded, and it was the most memorable moment of what would be a record-breaking offensive performance by the Jays that day.

Also hands down the best thing Tapia did during his short stint with Toronto.

Made even better by the fact that the bases were loaded and Tapia seemed disappointed after the swing because he figured he'd given Duran an easy out. Nope.

Keeping it Jays related (kind of):



Not sure why this one always stands out to me but I think it's just the rarity of a home run hitting the upper deck in RIGHT field, at Rogers Centre. Incredibly rare feat.

Another personal fave, and perhaps even more rare:



Wasn't too often Mariano Rivera would give up a home run of any kind, let alone a walkoff.

But Ichiro go the better of him in that one.

 

[SoupNazi]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]