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Welp, first Glasnow and now Snell (who I never even wanted on the team) are going to miss extended amounts of time.

Then you have Tanner Scott who's been giving up hard contact all year and now that hard contact is manifesting into runs allowed. He's not a closer (even though the fuckwad is being paid like a high end closer). He's a relief pitcher who can get you through high leverage situations.

Sasaki has that "stuff" shit that I keep hearing motherfuckers shriek about but he's going to have to work on his control (and I'm not holding my breath for the inevitable Tommy John surgery that's in his future).

They just got wiped out 3-0 by the Pirates at home. Ohtani is in a slump no matter how you look at it. He's swinging at shit that he has no business swinging at. I suppose that the pressures of being a new Dad are also something that he's adjusting to. Outside of a few guys, it just seems that the bats have gone to sleep in general.

I haven't even gotten to all of the defensive fuck ups but I can only take so much failure.

There is one silver lining to all of this: I no longer have to hear to people screaming about how the Dodgers spending all of this money is "bad for Baseball". They just got their shit pushed in by a team that hasn't given a multi-year contract to a free agent since God knows when.
 
Akashic Retard said:

Thoughts on this scoring change? MLB protecting their moneymaker or legitimate correction? This instance aside, I have noticed in the last couple of seasons that a lot of plays that I would think are errors getting ruled as hits.
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Looks like an error to me.

Workman was able to get a glove on it, which is usually part of the error criteria (as opposed to whiffing completely).

The ball also was hit to the opposite side by Ohtani, so it wasn't smoked. It did look like it had some funky backspin on it, which made it break away from Workman towards 2B. But it wasn't hit that hard based on the sound of the bat and that it barely left the infield after the 3B deflected it.

Often hitters will be awarded an infield hit if they pull a groundball or linedrive that's a missile at an infielder at a high exit velocity. But that doesn't seem to be the case here.

Obviously, exit velocity wasn't considered in the actual error rules historically before it was even measured, but it seems like a major consideration in modern scorekeeping.

Lastly, Workman seemed to be playing somewhat out of position in a shift against Ohtani. He fielded the ball pretty deep in the hole as if he were the SS with the actual 6 nowhere to be seen in the frame.

Perhaps the scorer considered his positioning, as it was likely a ball the 3B has no business fielding in a standard alignment.
 
Long time general manager of the Cardinals and Reds, Walt Jocketty has passed away at the age of 74.

Akashic Retard said:

Thoughts on this scoring change? MLB protecting their moneymaker or legitimate correction? This instance aside, I have noticed in the last couple of seasons that a lot of plays that I would think are errors getting ruled as hits.
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Interestingly enough, the third baseman on that play, Gage Workman, was just traded earlier today by the Cubs to the White Sox.
 
Local Fed said:
Long time general manager of the Cardinals and Reds, Walt Jocketty has passed away at the age of 74.


Interestingly enough, the third baseman on that play, Gage Workman, was just traded earlier today by the Cubs to the White Sox.
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Workman was a rule 5 draft pick from the tigers and that error ended his time with the Cubs. Had only played in AA prior to this season but supposedly had elite defense, cubs have a big hole at 3rd so he was one of the options for filling it. This wasn’t his only defensive mishap though. Probably just nervous I think. Almost good that cellar dwellers like the white sox exist (if you’re not a fan of the Sox). It gives guys like him a chance to develop in the bigs without having to worry about risking the season for the team. I’m just not sure how the Cubs were able to trade him, I thought rule 5 guys go back to their original org when released. I was excited when the Cubs got him because I would always snag him when I played OOTP these past couple of seasons because the game rated him as a super utility infielder with good speed and he always was useful.
 
Akashic Retard said:
I’m just not sure how the Cubs were able to trade him, I thought rule 5 guys go back to their original org when released.
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He wasn't released, just designated for assignment. If you're DFA'd then any team can claim you except for the team who you were claimed from in the Rule 5 Draft (in this case that would be Detroit.) If no one puts in a claim then the team who you were taken from in the Rule 5 Draft can get you back for cash. Detroit either didn't put in a claim or the White Sox and Cubs came to trade terms first.
 
Akashic Retard said:
I’m just not sure how the Cubs were able to trade him, I thought rule 5 guys go back to their original org when released
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Workman was designated for assignment earlier this week
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The trade has no bearing on Workman’s Rule 5 status, so the White Sox will also have to carry him on the 26-man for the rest of the season or else offer him back to Detroit.
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Seems Workman was DFAed 1st, not sent to the minors.

The DFA limbo window is still something like 7-10 days where players technically aren't on any roster before a decision has to be made.

I guess Rule 5 guys can be traded as long as the new team puts them on the MLB 26-man roster.
 
Super-Chevy454 said:
Not fully related to this thread but the guys of City-Journal did an article about the Cubs.
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I'd love to say they're wrong, but I can't. Cubs fans have been questioning Hoyer's moves for the entire time he's been at the helm, and generally with good reason. Some good moves have been made (Shota Imanaga last season, Kyle Tucker this season), but the follow-throughs have been lacking. Tucker, for instance, is on a one-year prove-it contract and there has been no talk of extending him even as he has a good chance to win NL Player of the Month for April. The longer the front office waits to extend him, the higher the price tag is likely to be, and unless the Cubs make the playoffs, there's a chance they could just see that window close entirely and watch him walk in the offseason.

Alas for Chicago fans, as the article stated, the Cubs are the least bad franchise in the city. The Bears are once again offseason champs, but will continue to post disappointing records so long as that dysfunctional ownership group stays in charge. The Blackhawks are in a similar place as the Cubs - they stopped trying to extend their previous championship window and have been in rebuilding hell for years now. And the Reinsdorf teams are just miserable. So the best hope the city has for a winner has to be the Cubs, and to be fair to them, they've hung in fairly well facing the hardest schedule in the league in the early going. Losing Justin Steele for the season was a setback, but they seem to have pieced things together well enough after he went down to stay competitive with the big boys. If they don't get complacent once the Phillies leave town, they have a chance to stay atop the NL Central until the end.
 
This article is a bit off-topic but it was worth to share about former baseball star Rick Monday.

April 27, 2025

When the center-fielder saved the flag​

By Silvio Canto, Jr.

How about talking about something other than district judges and injunctions? Yes, I’m angry about that, too. But today let’s remember one spring day in Wrigley Field, or when they used to play day games.

We remember Rick Monday, a pretty good outfielder who played for the A’s, Cubs, and Dodgers. His best years were with the Cubs (1972–76), when he hit 106 home runs and was a very tough out. Later he moved to the L.A. Dodgers and hit a 9th-inning H.R. to beat Montreal in the 1981 NLCS.

However, his greatest baseball moment had nothing to do with hits or home runs. It happened in 1976.
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Armor of God said:
Welp, first Glasnow and now Snell (who I never even wanted on the team) are going to miss extended amounts of time.
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Keep Yoshi healthy and trade for Flaherty again and run that shit back. It's all you need.

Preferred Penne said:
Eugenio Suarez with a four-homer game.

The D-Backs still lose.
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While losing the game damages the "romanticism" of the event, it does make more interesting and memorable. I might be on my death bed and thinking about that time in my life where Eugenio Suarez hit 4 homers and LOST.

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I hate this sport.

 
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Armor of God said:
Sasaki has that "stuff" shit that I keep hearing motherfuckers shriek about but he's going to have to work on his control (and I'm not holding my breath for the inevitable Tommy John surgery that's in his future).

They just got wiped out 3-0 by the Pirates at home. Ohtani is in a slump no matter how you look at it. He's swinging at shit that he has no business swinging at. I suppose that the pressures of being a new Dad are also something that he's adjusting to. Outside of a few guys, it just seems that the bats have gone to sleep in general.
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I don't care about the autistic SABRmetrics regarding pitching, Sasaki's knuckle-fork is disgusting and it will probably be as unhittable as Senga's ghost fork if his command was just any better.

And I was joking last postseason about the Dodgers paying two MVP's salaries only for them to be carried by some guy named Tommy Edman and it's happening again.
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I saw the official MLB account post this on Youtube and was bewildered why they'd bill this embarrassing Little League home run as a hype walk-off when I just felt bad for the Rangers being so sloppy the entire time.
 
Do you also happen to be Julia Louis-Dreyfus?

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The Red Sox-Jays game was a complete waste of time because it was over before it began as the Jays starter Bowden Francis seemed to be tipping his pitches, gave up 5 HRs and the team that scored a total of 9 runs on their last 6-game roadtrip was down 7-0 by the Top of 3.

It was Daulton Varsho's 1st game back though after offseason shoulder surgery on his throwing arm.



Sometimes you're good, sometimes you're lucky.
 

Why are Astros only MLB team without direct-to-consumer streaming?​

Direct-to-consumer baseball and basketball will not be available in 2025. Will Houston's teams catch up with modern times in 2026? Don't hold your breath.

"Due to long-term affiliation agreements that have been a consistent mainstay of the RSN through the many ownership iterations since 2010, we are not able to provide direct-to-consumer streaming at this time," Space City Home Network told Chron in a statement. "As always, we will continue to work to provide our fans with the best viewing options, including broad-based streaming when appropriate."

SCHN confirmed Tuesday its contracts with DirecTV and Comcast run through 2032, with its deal with FuboTV set to expire at an earlier date. Launching a DTC option wouldn't immediately invalidate the DirecTV and Comcast deals, per a source familiar with the contracts. But a similar fallout could soon ensue. DirecTV and Comcast would likely have legal standing to "tear up the existing deals," after the launch of a DTC, only returning to SCHN on a contract at a "vastly lower price."
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The Rangers continue to find all the ways to not score that there are. Jake Burger has been so bad he's literally getting sent down and replaced with a guy I've never heard of. Joc Pederson is like 1 for 50-something now. The starters are regularly going 6 and 7 innings allowing less than 2 runs and getting slapped with losses because the offense couldn't hit a pinata with a Javelin missile.

Dunning got put on the 40-man, called up, pitched one appearance in long relief, and promptly got DFA'd again, which is really funny.
 
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