MLB Off-Season News & Notes Thread: Things Be Boring

[darko]

Tim Lincecum made $10 mill in his 1st arbitration year and $13 in his 2nd.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

That just seems like it's a camera on a stick that was put in the water. That's not somebody swimming with the camera in hand.

Did you notice how little of a splash there was right in the beginning?

 

[ChiGuySez]

Wanted to give the shark a selfie?

 

[Voight]

Smart move by them, cant see him being as good as he was second half last year and this season came out of nowhere so lets see if hes going to be a top guy for a while.

 

[Voight]

No surprise there, Shapiro only cares to hire his old buddies because they will follow his every move. Gibbons just got a lot more nervous.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Smart move by them, cant see him being as good as he was second half last year and this season came out of nowhere so lets see if hes going to be a top guy for a while.

It didn't come out of nowhere. He was AS caliber last year, performed very well in the first half, and always had the stuff to be this good.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

No surprise there, Shapiro only cares to hire his old buddies because they will follow his every move. Gibbons just got a lot more nervous.

Dude, there's so many prominent people in the league that came out of Cleveland and a lot of prominent writers get their shot there. Stop it.

 

[robert terwilliger]

plus it's not like gibbons is a good manager anyway.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Smart move by them, cant see him being as good as he was second half last year and this season came out of nowhere so lets see if hes going to be a top guy for a while.

Not really going out on a limb with that prediction...

Also, he was very good in 2014 as well.

 

[darko]

It didn't come out of nowhere. He was AS caliber last year, performed very well in the first half, and always had the stuff to be this good.

Exactly. I don't know why people think Arrieta is/was a 1 year wonder. He was every bit as good in 2014 as he was in 2015. The difference being is that he pitched 80-odd innings more in 15.

 

[darko]

Not really going out on a limb with that prediction...

Also, he was very good in 2014 as well.

FIP and xFIP very similar in both 2014 and 15. 5 WAR in 150-odd innings in 2014 is really freaking good.

 

[darko]

Nothing beats getting a selfie with a great white.

 

[darko]

His managing aside I always find Gibby a treat to listen to. Old school guy.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

His managing aside I always find Gibby a treat to listen to. Old school guy.

Same. He seems like a great guy and I'm sure the players like him which is important but I think he'd make a better bench coach than manager. He's not the worst out there but he does make some head scratching moves for sure.

 

[Voight]

Same. He seems like a great guy and I'm sure the players like him which is important but I think he'd make a better bench coach than manager. He's not the worst out there but he does make some head scratching moves for sure.

Some of his moves in the playoffs were very questionable.

Part of why he's likeable is he's a baseball lifer and has managed nearly everywhere. He literally lives for baseball.

 

[Voight]

http://m.rangers.mlb.com/news/article/163369224/daniels-on-06-adrian-gonzalez-adam-eaton-trade

Poor Jon Daniels, he only pillaged the Braves farm system a year later for Texeira.

 

[Voight]

Gaylord Perry is getting his own statue outside AT&T Park this summer, to be revealed August 14th.

Pretty happy about it, its long overdue & he's probably one of, if not, my favorite Giants pitcher of all time.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

just posting here to say that Shawked made the 666th reply in this thread

 

[robert terwilliger]

bonds is blackballed but perry will have a statue of himself.

lesson to players: be nice to the media.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Jt Snow will get one before Barrold.

 

[darko]

Travis Ishikawa too.

 

[darko]

just posting here to say that Shawked made the 666th reply in this thread

Shawked confirmed illuminati.

 

[Pwnasaurus]

bonds is blackballed but perry will have a statue of himself.

Ironically, we know with certainty that doctoring a baseball alters the flight of it...

 

[Winger for Hire]

First mock-up of the statue...

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Cheating is only okay if you did it before 1990, guys.