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Barbara Charles

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Let us start the new year off with a bang. Jeff Luhnow and AJ Hinch of the Astros and Alex Cora, manager of the Red Sox, were all fired because of the sign-stealing investigation.
 

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FFS, I stopped following the offseason and seemingly missed the juiciest parts.
 

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Do you think they will blow the squad up? I seen talk they were looking to trade Mookie but to be honest i'm a pretty casual MLB fan so don't know the in's and out's as to why. Seemed strange though.
Mookie is a free agent in 2021, the question is more about how much he is going to cost and the impact on the team payroll. Also if they can't find an agreement soon, it may be a good idea to get some assets out of him.
 

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Mookie is a free agent in 2021, the question is more about how much he is going to cost and the impact on the team payroll. Also if they can't find an agreement soon, it may be a good idea to get some assets out of him.
Ah ok then, see that makes more sense now. I thought it was strange why they would suddenly trade their best player away.
 

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Do you think they will blow the squad up? I seen talk they were looking to trade Mookie but to be honest i'm a pretty casual MLB fan so don't know the in's and out's as to why. Seemed strange though.
Dombrowski was fired in part because he couldn't build a team without overpaying and thus going into the luxury tax, which the Red Sox ownership didn't want to do (i.e. Henry doesn't want to pay a shitload of more money to compete). The David Price contract is a terrible contract because he was overvalued, but then again they won a World Series. So in order to get under the luxury tax in the near term future, trading Mookie for a great haul with players under control for X years at a good price will help them because there's no way they can afford Mookie with Price on the books along with the other players they have.
 

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Dombrowski was fired in part because he couldn't build a team without overpaying and thus going into the luxury tax, which the Red Sox ownership didn't want to do (i.e. Henry doesn't want to pay a shitload of more money to compete). The David Price contract is a terrible contract because he was overvalued, but then again they won a World Series. So in order to get under the luxury tax in the near term future, trading Mookie for a great haul with players under control for X years at a good price will help them because there's no way they can afford Mookie with Price on the books along with the other players they have.
And there is the future Benintendi issue because he well probably fetch even more than Mookie in 2023. Even if Price was tradable, it would be questionable to have your LF and RF on lengthy mammoth contracts. As you said they need to find good value contracts.
 

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Boston need to look into offloading Price and his 96M which could easily get them below the luxury cap,Angels are shorts of arms and might be willing to take him, Dodgers where discussing on Mookie trade but I doubt they are not ready to give on their upcoming prospects for the man who will hit free agency in other one year.
 

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What's happening with the Astros? Did they cheat in Patriots kind of style?
 

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Boston need to look into offloading Price and his 96M which could easily get them below the luxury cap,Angels are shorts of arms and might be willing to take him, Dodgers where discussing on Mookie trade but I doubt they are not ready to give on their upcoming prospects for the man who will hit free agency in other one year.
Price's trade value is quite low when you consider his annual contract and total contract for the buying team. Red Sox will probably want the acquiring team to take on all of his salary or majority of it, plus giving up whatever players...which isn't good value. Mookie has to be traded if the Red Sox aren't going to resign him and I'm not sure about his arbitration eligibility or else he might be the recipient of the largest arbitration deal in MLB history.
 

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Price's trade value is quite low when you consider his annual contract and total contract for the buying team. Red Sox will probably want the acquiring team to take on all of his salary or majority of it, plus giving up whatever players...which isn't good value. Mookie has to be traded if the Red Sox aren't going to resign him and I'm not sure about his arbitration eligibility or else he might be the recipient of the largest arbitration deal in MLB history.
Mookie already getting 27M for 2020 and will be free from next year and yes Price trade value is low right now but could be useful tool for Angels or Dodgers, considering these two were after Cole.
 

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Not quite - seems the deal has it a snag. Will probably be resolved, but the Sox are not as sold on Graterol as they'd like to be.
True but the conversation was about whether the Red Sox would do it and clearly they would, they are waiting for the medical if I'm not mistaken.
 

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Seems Red Sox are just reducing pay roll, Price isn't worth $32 million annually now and Betts was looking at what $27 million this year and walks for free in 2021. It's not a great trade for them but if they re-tool it's sensible.
 

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So, initially I didn't realize that Maeda to the Twins was part of a three way trade between the Twins, Dodgers and Red Sox. So now Graterol is going to L.A and Maeda to Minnesota. Betts and Price are supposed to go to L.A in exchange of Verdugo, Wong and Downs pending medicals.
 

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As much as I hate losing at the end, it's a good time to be a Dodgers fan. Our development team has done a great job with developing young talents, with scouting also being great. The entire management is just really good. The former is what I'm used to (1990's), with the latter usually being our downfall (90s & 2000s).

If only United had that level of competence in management.
 

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@In Rainbows Friedman has been as good as I thought he’d be. We’ve got Betts on a 1-yr rental without trading any of our top prospects. Definitely sucks we didn’t win at least one World Series in the past several years, but excited for the new season.
 

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Dodgers only team to feature in the top 10 in every ranking. Dodgers youth development is always king.
 
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So no perfect records after the opening series. With the shortened season and expanded playoffs, there could be more than a few surprises.
 

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Marlins-O's, Yanks-Phils games postponed



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Major League Baseball announced that two games scheduled to be played Monday night are postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.

Monday’s games between the Marlins and the Orioles at Marlins Park and the Phillies and the Yankees at Citizens Bank Park have been postponed while MLB conducts additional COVID-19 testing.

“Tonight’s scheduled games between the Miami Marlins and the Baltimore Orioles at Marlins Park and the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees at Citizens Bank Park have been postponed while Major League Baseball conducts additional COVID-19 testing,” the league said in a statement. “The members of the Marlins’ traveling party are self-quarantining in place while awaiting the outcome of those results. Major League Baseball has been coordinating with the Major League Baseball Players Association; the Marlins; the Orioles; the Marlins’ weekend opponent, the Phillies; and Club medical staffs, and will continue to provide updates as appropriate.”

The Phillies-Yankees postponement is out of an abundance of caution, given the Marlins completed a series in Philadelphia over the weekend. The Yankees would have occupied the same clubhouse as the Marlins at the Phillies’ facility.

MLB has been coordinating with the Major League Baseball Players Association, the Marlins, the Orioles, the Phillies and club medical staffs and plan to provide updates when appropriate.

“The health of our players and staff has been and will continue to be our primary focus as we navigate through these unchartered waters,” Marlins CEO Derek Jeter said in a statement. “After a successful Spring 2.0, we have now experienced challenges once we went on the road and left Miami. Postponing tonight’s home opener was the correct decision to ensure we take a collective pause and try to properly grasp the totality of this situation. We have conducted another round of testing for our players and staff, and our team will all remain in Philadelphia pending the results of those tests, which we expect later today. We will provide additional information as soon as it becomes available.”

The 60-game season began on Thursday with two games, with the balance of opening games taking place Friday. After taking two of three at Philly, the Marlins were to return home Monday to host a two-game set with the Orioles before playing two at Baltimore, then three this weekend back home vs. the Nationals.

The Yankees traveled to Philadelphia after completing a series win over the Nationals in Washington D.C. They were scheduled to play two games with the Phillies before returning to Yankee Stadium for a five-game homestand, beginning with two with Philadelphia.


Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter.
 

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Joe Kelly with eight game suspension, that looks too much.
 

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I think it got ramped up because they feel he instigated something and they're trying to keep teams from clearing benches with the COVID-19 situation. I think MLB did say there would be harsher penalties this year for that sort of thing.
 

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Any hard core fans here?
Been trying to follow this recently, super hard though with some matches being 3am in the morning.
Been watching snooker during the day, football at night, then NBA and this earlier hours of the morning.

Following the A's games, and it's been fun to watch, like how they get to the play offs, but shame that they can't get over the line after that.
Not sure how it all works though and will be great to have some discussion on the plays during a game.
Its 1am now and I see the A's are playing in about 3 hours. Not sure if I can stay up for it.
Last game there was bust up and wondering how the MLB deals with stuff like that, similar to football?
 

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Any hard core fans here?
Been trying to follow this recently, super hard though with some matches being 3am in the morning.
Been watching snooker during the day, football at night, then NBA and this earlier hours of the morning.

Following the A's games, and it's been fun to watch, like how they get to the play offs, but shame that they can't get over the line after that.
Not sure how it all works though and will be great to have some discussion on the plays during a game.
Its 1am now and I see the A's are playing in about 3 hours. Not sure if I can stay up for it.
Last game there was bust up and wondering how the MLB deals with stuff like that, similar to football?
Massive Yankees fan here. Baseball is kind of like cricket, you either love to watch it or find it incredibly boring. The game may seem intricate and complicated at first but it's actually a relatively simple game.
I also struggle with the time difference, so I usually only watch on weekends, when they have a day game (US time) or if I'm on night duty.
Most of the time, the main instigators and anyone who does something really violent will get a suspension.
The Houston Astros have been involved in a major cheating scandal recently so you can expect dustups with alot of teams they face as most people felt the punishment they got was too lenient. Though it seems the dustup with the A's was caused because of some beef between two guys and the A's hitter getting hit by the Astros pitchers 3 times in 2 days.
A great follow on Youtube for any baseball fan is Jomboy media, he does breakdowns of anything interesting that happens in the games. Here's his video on the fight:


Baseball for me like cricket is a great sport to have on in the background while working/studying and then really get into it come playoff time or if there's a big game between rivals.
 

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Any hard core fans here?
Been trying to follow this recently, super hard though with some matches being 3am in the morning.
Been watching snooker during the day, football at night, then NBA and this earlier hours of the morning.

Following the A's games, and it's been fun to watch, like how they get to the play offs, but shame that they can't get over the line after that.
Not sure how it all works though and will be great to have some discussion on the plays during a game.
Its 1am now and I see the A's are playing in about 3 hours. Not sure if I can stay up for it.
Last game there was bust up and wondering how the MLB deals with stuff like that, similar to football?
Not hard core fan but generally follow baseball and like Yankees,tried to catch up most of their games this season but do miss few b'cos early morning timings.
 

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Any hard core fans here?
Been trying to follow this recently, super hard though with some matches being 3am in the morning.
Been watching snooker during the day, football at night, then NBA and this earlier hours of the morning.

Following the A's games, and it's been fun to watch, like how they get to the play offs, but shame that they can't get over the line after that.
Not sure how it all works though and will be great to have some discussion on the plays during a game.
Its 1am now and I see the A's are playing in about 3 hours. Not sure if I can stay up for it.
Last game there was bust up and wondering how the MLB deals with stuff like that, similar to football?
I'm a hardcore fan of the Dodgers. I follow their prospects just like I follow United's youth sides. So I'm pretty nerdy with my fandom for both clubs.