MLB off-season news & notes thread - Part 2

[darko]

AL pitchers seen perfecting their curveballs.

 

[Terry Yake]

Continuing the what signings: willy mo Pena signs with Indians

it's a shame he was never in a HR derby

dude could crush the ball back in the day

 

[rangerssharks414]

I still remember watching this live. (edit: on tv, of course)

Wily Mo, drive to deep right field! (it went to left )

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I remember when I was like 7 I would always mix up left and right field when the coach told me to go out there.

They just decided to keep me in the infield. Worked for me.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

I remember when I was like 7 I would always mix up left and right field when the coach told me to go out there.

They just decided to keep me in the infield. Worked for me.

"Coach, do you mean MY right or stage right?"

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

"Coach, do you mean MY right or stage right?"

I would just slowly trot out to where I assumed rf or lf was and waited for the coach(es) to yell at me because I knew I'd be wrong. Add the fact that I was much more interested in the color of my boogers and playing with the grass than I was standing in the of.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Rockies bring back Mark Reynolds... on a minor league deal.

http://www.fanragsports.com/news/heyman-rockies-bring-back-mark-reynolds-minors-deal/

He had an .806 OPS last year (granted, on Colorado), and he had to settle for a minors deal. Mike Napoli, Adam Lind, Pedro Alvarez and Chris Carter are all still out there as well as 1B/DH types.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

I still remember watching this live. (edit: on tv, of course)

Wily Mo, drive to deep right field! (it went to left )

Daron Sutton is awful.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Daron Sutton is awful.

Meh. That's how I felt about him. Granted, I watched a lot (and I mean a lot) of baseball back then, so I have a good feel on how I rank the announcers.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Khris Davis won his arb case.

He was awarded 5m for the season when the A's wanted 4.65....seriously, you took your best power hitter to arbitration over 300k when thr current payroll is less than last years? ****ing cheap ********.

 

[robert terwilliger]

that $300,000 was going to go to a plumber to fix the pipes.

 

[bluesfan94]

that $300,000 was going to go to a plumber to fix the pipes.

Come on. No it wasn't.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Come on. No it wasn't.

Very well could have been...

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

that $300,000 was going to go to a plumber to fix the pipes.

Unfortunately the Raiders aren't going anywhere...

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Khris Davis won his arb case.

He was awarded 5m for the season when the A's wanted 4.65....seriously, you took your best power hitter to arbitration over 300k when thr current payroll is less than last years? ****ing cheap ********.

I'd do that... If you don't come to an agreement, you go to arb 100%. Standard practice.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I'd do that... If you don't come to an agreement, you go to arb 100%. Standard practice.

I get that, but I don't think the discrepancy here was worth going to an arb and arguing against the player. Some players hold onto what is said in there for the duration of their tenure.

And seriously, how do you argue a guy who just hit 42 bombs isn't worth 5 mil?

 

[MurrayBannerman]

There's not a lot said in these because of the small discrepancy.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Sure hope that's the case here.

 

[rangerssharks414]

And seriously, how do you argue a guy who just hit 42 bombs isn't worth 5 mil?

Someone who hit 41 homers last year is still unemployed.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Someone who hit 41 homers last year is still unemployed.

Davis is a stud lf though.

If Carter goes to Japan, as is rumored, he'll get paid well. I think it's a numbers game with him. He probably had better offers but held out for the best one. Now he's scraping the barrel looking for one.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Davis is a stud lf though.

If Carter goes to Japan, as is rumored, he'll get paid well. I think it's a numbers game with him. He probably had better offers but held out for the best one. Now he's scraping the barrel looking for one.

Yeah, there were a lot of 1B/DH types out there this offseason.

 

[robert terwilliger]

carter's looking for work because even as a 40+ homerun hitter he's still not a great player. 41 homers and a ops+ of only 114. he hits homeruns, that's really it. he can't even play first base.

a ****** team could bring him on to appease the rubes but he must be asking for a lot.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[rangerssharks414]

carter's looking for work because even as a 40+ homerun hitter he's still not a great player. 41 homers and a ops+ of only 114. he hits homeruns, that's really it. he can't even play first base.

a ****** team could bring him on to appease the rubes but he must be asking for a lot.

I know that he isn't a good player, but I thought some team would look at his home run total and be like, "Hey, we could use a guy like him."

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Sergio Romo's childhood dream comes true as he signs with the Dodgers.