2016 Random MLB News & Notes Thread

[BrewersSuperCollector]

Today is the day Bobby Bonilla says Show Me The Money. 1.19 million

[stoutdude04]

Indians and Blue Jays went 19 innings today and Toronto had 2 position players pitch. Goins pitched and gave up no runs. Then Barney came in and gave up a home run.

[adambr2]

Transaction rules question :

 

Player has a $20M/year contract and a no-trade clause, or 10/5 rights. Player is placed on waivers by Team A in August. Team B decides to claim Player, owing no compensation but on the hook for the rest of his contract, and Team A decides to allow the salary dump and not revoke. Is player now obligated to move to Team B even though he has a full NTC?

[1992casey]

The player's protected. He's also protected if the team making the claim is affected by any kind of no-trade clause.

 

But under this scenario, I'm not sure how the protection kicks in with trade (revocable) waivers. Maybe the team putting him on waivers just pulls him back.

 

If the player is on irrevocable waivers and claimed, I believe he can simply refuse to report, elect free agency, and still get paid, i.e. the same as if he was given his release.

[WV Brew]

I know some posters have wanted a trade for Joey Gallo. Apparently, Gallo had met one of the police officers killed in the recent Dallas shootings. Kind of a nice column at the Washington Post:

 

Link to Wash Post

[Matt Breen]

Chris Young has given up 26 HRs in 60 IP. Ouch.

[stalton]

Chris Young has given up 26 HRs in 60 IP. Ouch.

 

With a HR/FB of 26% One out of every 4 fly balls is a homer. That is insane!

[Matt Breen]

Chris Young has given up 26 HRs in 60 IP. Ouch.

 

With a HR/FB of 26% One out of every 4 fly balls is a homer. That is insane!

The scarier thing is KC keeps sending him out to the mound. Usually a guy doing that poorly over such a long span gets sent to the pen or released or they find something wrong with him so he can go on the DL.

[jerichoholicninja]

The DBacks sent down Shelby Miller to AAA. He said he was actually surprised they didn't do it sooner. Great trade, Dave. Keep up the good work!

[Eye Black]

This is a fun article:

 

The day Robin Yount caught an inning for the Diamondbacks

 

This happened when Robin wasn't quite 50 years old, and the D'Backs were playing an in-season exhibition game against their South Bend affiliate. In-season exhibitions are never popular with players, so of course, they were grumbling. Robin caught to stop the complaining.

 

Another fun Robin Yount article, Baseball America's 1973 Draft Spotlight: Robin Yount. It provides a retrospective of his draft signing (one of the last first rounders to sign that year) and quick ascension to the majors.

[jerichoholicninja]

I can't find the link anymore but Roger Clemens and 23 other former major leaguers (plus Roger's son) are competing in a tournament against a bunch of teams full of college kids in August. Roger also apparently plays in the National Senior League and last year faced off of against Oil Can Boyd in the playoffs and got a hit off of him.

[stoutdude04]

I can't find the link anymore but Roger Clemens and 23 other former major leaguers (plus Roger's son) are competing in a tournament against a bunch of teams full of college kids in August. Roger also apparently plays in the National Senior League and last year faced off of against Oil Can Boyd in the playoffs and got a hit off of him.

 

 

Nbcworldseries is where I saw it...pretty cool.

[DougJonesChangeUp]

Cubs got lefty reliever Mike Montgomery, gave up Dan Vogelbach to get him.

[1992casey]

Cubs got lefty reliever Mike Montgomery, gave up Dan Vogelbach to get him.

 

We now have a new topic for this trade, so any discussion should be put in that thread.

 

Montgomery/Pries to Cubs, Vogelbach/Blackburn to Mariners

[DougJonesChangeUp]

Cool. I wasn't sure if you wanted a new thread or not.

[Baldkin]

Judge throws out Minor League's class action lawsuit. Will continue to pay guys in the minors almost nothing.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mlb-scores-big-win-in-minor-league-wage-lawsuit/

[1992casey]

I'm going to direct further discussion of minor league wages to the thread in the Minor Leagues forum. Here's the point where Thursday's ruling comes up:

 

viewtopic.php?p=994391#p994391

[adamb100]

Prince Fielder is out for the year due to injury. Really feels like the Brewers got his best years.

[pacopete4]

Even with the PED stuff, Braun has turned out to being the better choice for contract. Hope Fielder can get himself right.

[ELCABALLO45]

Jason Heyward's OBP is .316

Jason Heyward's SLG is .316

 

That's not very good.

[fondybrewfan]

Early returns make Heyward's contract look like the Cubs new Soriano contract.

[Bombers]

Early returns make Heyward's contract look like the Cubs new Soriano contract.

When I see stuff like this it just makes me think that trading Braun for salary relief is just tomfoolery. Braun continues to be a top hitting OF and his salary is only $20, $20, $19, and $17 million over the next 4 years. While Jason Heyward will get over $28 million each of the next 2 years, followed by $20, $21, $21, $22, $22 million.

[jerichoholicninja]

So why exactly is the trade deadline pushed to August 1 this year? I guess Manfred said because July 31 was a Sunday but why should that make a difference? If they don't want the deadline to fall during games than make it midnight or something like that.

[1992casey]

Sunday is a business day during the season, and I seem to recall Sunday trade deadlines in the past. I wonder if there's something unusual besides July 31 falling on a Sunday.

[pacopete4]

It should be pushed to mid August anyways.