Offseason baseball Thread

[Dick Whitman]

Mookie Betts rolled a perfect game at the World Series of Bowling

I love that he earned $100 in prize money.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Meanwhile in Washington ...

 

[FileNotFound]

Meanwhile in Washington ...

Wow. Half a billion dollars. So much for all that talk about declining TV ratings depressing rights fees and leading to a revenue crisis.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Braves hammered by MLB. Lose 13 prospects, including 17-year-old shortstop Kevin Maitan, who had been compared to Miguel Cabrera and Miguel Sano. Former GM Jon Coppolella banned for life.

MLB issues Braves' penalty for signings

 

[TigerVols]

Braves hammered by MLB. Lose 13 prospects, including 17-year-old shortstop Kevin Maitan, who had been compared to Miguel Cabrera and Miguel Sano. Former GM Jon Coppolella banned for life.

MLB issues Braves' penalty for signings

What's MLB got against people whose names end in a vowel?

 

[Songbird]

 

[Steak Snabler]

Very surprised how little movement there's been so far. I mean, I know everybody's waiting on the Otani and Stanton situations to sort themselves out, but damn, somebody make a trade or something ...

By this time last year, we already had the Brian McCann and Jean Segura/Taijuan Walker trades.

Tomorrow is the non-tender deadline, so maybe we'll have a few smaller deals by then.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Boston is evidently pursuing Jose Abreu, which'd put them out of the Stanton Derby.

 

[User 149557]

Boston is evidently pursuing Jose Abreu, which'd put them out of the Stanton Derby.

"Kirtland brand vodka is real vodka, too." - Dave Dombrowski's opening statement after acquiring Abreu

 

[Steak Snabler]

Maybe something's happening ...


Chris Shaw & Tyler Beede being the Giants' 2 & 3 ranked prospects ...

MLB.com 2017 Prospect Watch

 

[User 149557]

To be fair, if you convert those $250 million into San Francisco dollars ( SFD), he only costs like $250.

 

[Huggy]

Few details right now but Sportsnet fired Gregg Zaun from his role as analyst on Blue Jays games over "allegations of inappropriate behaviour in the workplace." Zaun was one of the best parts of Jays' TV games, able to explain the game and not afraid to call players out, a trait not often found in a situation where the team and channel are owned by the same company.

Sportsnet terminates Gregg Zaun after allegations of inappropriate behaviour - Sportsnet.ca

 

[JC]

And a misogynistic asshole. He called himself the manalyst, that pretty much sums him up.

 

[Huggy]

And a misogynistic asshole. He called himself the manalyst, that pretty much sums him up.

No doubt, he always struck me as a guy who would be a pig, just check out the pics he would post on Twitter to promote his golf tournament. But he was the best part of the Jays' broadcasts, the next time Buck, Tabby or Campbell say anything interesting or controversial will be the first time.

 

[HanSenSE]

Stanton to Giants picking up steam. Per teh Twitterez, Bobby Evans, Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy met with Stanton and/or his people Thursday in Los Angeles.

 

[Slacker]

Nice work, Marlins. Wanna reverse that call, Jeets?

The Marlins, recently purchased an ownership group led by Derek Jeter, made the decision not to renew a team scout’s employment contract earlier this month while the scout, Marty Scott, was hospitalized waiting for a kidney transplant following colon cancer surgery, according to Jeff Passan at Yahoo.

Passan reports:

"Marty Scott, who joined the Marlins as a vice president in 2011 and in recent years had worked as a scout, said he was told his contract would not be renewed Oct. 16 while at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida, where doctors three days earlier had removed a cancerous tumor and polyps from his colon. Doctors initially found the cancer in late August as Scott underwent a battery of tests in preparation for a kidney transplant needed because of diabetes."

A team statement to Passan said the decision not to renew Scott’s contract was made by president of baseball operations Michael Hill, who was retained from the Loria administration. ...

Scott told Passan that he was informed of the decision by director of pro scouting Jim Cuthbert. He described the moment he saw Cuthbert’s number pop up on his caller ID: “My heart sank a little bit. At the same time, I thought, ‘They’re not going to do this while I’m in the hospital.’ ”

https://deadspin.com/report-marlins...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Derek Jeter-led Marlins parted ways with scout while he was in hospital after undergoing cancer surgery

 

[manky_jimy]

The Yankees have narrowed down their choice for manager to Aaron Boone and Hensley Meulens.

I am not impressed.

I think they should've made a run at Bruce Bochy.

 

[jr/shotglass]

 

[sgreenwell]

The Yankees have narrowed down their choice for manager to Aaron Boone and Hensley Meulens.

Were Matt Nokes and Luis Sojo busy?

 

[JC]

They should hire Brett as strength and conditioning coach.