2019 Misc MLB News

[wallus]

Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26276898/hinch-tossed-says-ump-known-overreaction

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26276898/hinch-tossed-says-ump-known-overreaction

Hinch seems like a jerk as well.

 

"We have technology to help you get better and that these pitches are strikes," Hinch said he told Hernandez. "He had kind of an arrogant attitude about it and didn't want to hear it."

 

Seems like an incredibly stupid thing to say to an umpire. Maybe Hinch should let MLB handle umpire training or complain the them.

 

That being said, Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

[jerichoholicninja]

Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26276898/hinch-tossed-says-ump-known-overreaction

Hinch seems like a jerk as well.

 

"We have technology to help you get better and that these pitches are strikes," Hinch said he told Hernandez. "He had kind of an arrogant attitude about it and didn't want to hear it."

 

Seems like an incredibly stupid thing to say to an umpire. Maybe Hinch should let MLB handle umpire training or complain the them.

 

That being said, Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

If what Hinch said Angel said to him is true, he admitted to making incorrect calls on purpose. He deserves whatever crap players and managers give him. Not just the worst umpire in baseball but probably one of the worst people in baseball as well. The game will be forever better once he's gone.

[wildcat83]

Hinch suspended one game... Hernandez of course nothing...

[Roderick]

Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26276898/hinch-tossed-says-ump-known-overreaction

Hinch seems like a jerk as well.

 

"We have technology to help you get better and that these pitches are strikes," Hinch said he told Hernandez. "He had kind of an arrogant attitude about it and didn't want to hear it."

 

Seems like an incredibly stupid thing to say to an umpire. Maybe Hinch should let MLB handle umpire training or complain the them.

 

That being said, Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

If what Hinch said Angel said to him is true, he admitted to making incorrect calls on purpose. He deserves whatever crap players and managers give him. Not just the worst umpire in baseball but probably one of the worst people in baseball as well. The game will be forever better once he's gone.

 

Where did he say that? My eyes are getting bad. I don't see that in the article.

 

All I see is that Hinch said Hernandez said he made about four bad calls a game. Nothing specific to that game, just a generalized statement from beforehand.

[Roderick]

https://madison.com/sports/baseball/professional/union-head-praises-jays-for-raising-minor-league-pay-by/article_37b770b5-7ff1-5a23-bf73-42fe8e6e0d01.html

[KeithStone53151]

Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26276898/hinch-tossed-says-ump-known-overreaction

Hinch seems like a jerk as well.

 

"We have technology to help you get better and that these pitches are strikes," Hinch said he told Hernandez. "He had kind of an arrogant attitude about it and didn't want to hear it."

 

Seems like an incredibly stupid thing to say to an umpire. Maybe Hinch should let MLB handle umpire training or complain the them.

 

That being said, Angel Hernandez is a disgrace.

 

If what Hinch said Angel said to him is true, he admitted to making incorrect calls on purpose. He deserves whatever crap players and managers give him. Not just the worst umpire in baseball but probably one of the worst people in baseball as well. The game will be forever better once he's gone.

 

I don't get the vibe that Angel is admitting to missing calls on purpose. Just that he makes about 4 mistakes per game, my guess is he's basing that off his review after the game. Reality is probably closer to 4 mistakes per inning. I personally can't stand Hernandez though. Worst umpire in the game by a wide margin, plays the race card and sues MLB because he doesn't get picked to ump playoff games, subsequently makes a number of critical mistakes in the playoffs...and despite all this is by far the most arrogant umpire in the game, throwing out managers and players on a whim. He's definitely the type that would make a bad call on purpose to bait a manager that he wants to throw out. It's like he really wants to be a hard-nozed old-school type of ump...but really he's just trash and the game would be so much better off without him.

[RollieTime]

https://madison.com/sports/baseball/professional/union-head-praises-jays-for-raising-minor-league-pay-by/article_37b770b5-7ff1-5a23-bf73-42fe8e6e0d01.html

 

Awesome move by the Jays. I think a lot of teams are going to quickly follow suit.

[jerichoholicninja]

I don't get the vibe that Angel is admitting to missing calls on purpose. Just that he makes about 4 mistakes per game, my guess is he's basing that off his review after the game. Reality is probably closer to 4 mistakes per inning. I personally can't stand Hernandez though. Worst umpire in the game by a wide margin, plays the race card and sues MLB because he doesn't get picked to ump playoff games, subsequently makes a number of critical mistakes in the playoffs...and despite all this is by far the most arrogant umpire in the game, throwing out managers and players on a whim. He's definitely the type that would make a bad call on purpose to bait a manager that he wants to throw out. It's like he really wants to be a hard-nozed old-school type of ump...but really he's just trash and the game would be so much better off without him.

 

I took his comment to mean that he chooses to make 4 bad calls depending on how he feels about the player/manager. Either way he's a trash person.

[wildcat83]

Of course Domingo and Krush both would go deep on the defacto opening day.

 

Looks like Santana played LF today, was that just because of the Ichiro cameo or are they going to play him in LF?

[KeithStone53151]

One thought I had. Does anyone think teams are pushing these guaranteed deals on younger players, knowing that in 2 years the MLBPA will probably negotiate less team control...and these guys all would have been WAY better off not taking the guaranteed money(unless of course they get hurt or don't pan out). I'm specifically looking at the contracts for Eloy Jimenez and Brandon Lowe, where 6 team control years are being bought out by guaranteed money.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

One thought I had. Does anyone think teams are pushing these guaranteed deals on younger players, knowing that in 2 years the MLBPA will probably negotiate less team control...and these guys all would have been WAY better off not taking the guaranteed money(unless of course they get hurt or don't pan out). I'm specifically looking at the contracts for Eloy Jimenez and Brandon Lowe, where 6 team control years are being bought out by guaranteed money.

 

I think both teams and players see the negative aspects of the current system, like service time manipulation and rising arbitration numbers, and see this as a positive for both. If these guys truly break out as stars, sure the upfront cost is much higher, but you are likely saving arbitration costs down the road.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Just a few days after calling out the Rays for being cheap, Blake Snell signs a 5 year, 50 million dollar extension that buys out the first year of his free agency, and lets him become a free agent in his age 30 season.

 

He gets a nice payday, and if he continues to be dominant he has a chance to Jackpot one more time.

[Lathund]

Willians Astudillo did not record a single strikeout or walk in 51 spring training plate appearances, finishing with a .783 OPS. Quite a unique ballplayer.

[homer]

Jose Ramirez carted off the field for the Indians. Fouled a ball off his leg. That doesn't sound good.

[sveumrules]

Willians Astudillo did not record a single strikeout or walk in 51 spring training plate appearances, finishing with a .783 OPS. Quite a unique ballplayer.

 

Love Willians. Hopefully he can find a way to get a couple two tree hundred plate appearances with the Twins this year.

[JohnBriggs12]

Just returned from Arizona where I saw Scooter Gennett go down with his serious groin injury that will cost him 8-12 weeks. Tough blow for him heading into his walk year. By the way, most of the Reds players showed up less than 10 minutes prior to first pitch that day, probably due the effects of construction traffic on I-10, and most were still stretching and warming up as Brewers took the field for the first inning. I don't think Scooter got in much if any stretching prior to that game.

 

One other note from last week, played a round of golf behind a group that included 75 year old one time Brewer Syd O'Brien. O'Brien spent a couple months with the Brewers in 1972 after stints with the Red Sox, White Sox, and Angels. Hats off to the starter who pointed him out.

[MadThinker88]

Jose Ramirez carted off the field for the Indians. Fouled a ball off his leg. That doesn't sound good.

 

X-Rays negative. Wait & see if JRam with need additional time off or even a trip to the IL.

Silver lining: better now (even with Lindor & Kipnis starting the year on IL) then during the season itself...

[stalton]

Willians Astudillo did not record a single strikeout or walk in 51 spring training plate appearances, finishing with a .783 OPS. Quite a unique ballplayer.

 

but unforutnately he hit 2 homers, losing out on the chance to be completely anti-3T0

[MadScientist]

From the I feel old stack, nobody in the majors today has played a game in the big leagues in the 1900's.

[owbc]

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks managed to play a 6 hour game last night, 13 innings.

 

In 1968, the Dodgers and Braves played a game at Dodger Stadium that went 17 innings, with 8 more PAs than in last night's game, and it was almost two hours shorter.

 

Yikes.

[JosephC]

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks managed to play a 6 hour game last night, 13 innings.

 

In 1968, the Dodgers and Braves played a game at Dodger Stadium that went 17 innings, with 8 more PAs than in last night's game, and it was almost two hours shorter.

 

Yikes.

 

The good news is that Manfred is out to fix this. I see of the 15 pitchers used, there was a total of 1 that did not face the three batter minimum. So if Manfred would have enacted those rules one year earlier, all those fans would have only had to watch a 6 hour, 2 minute ballgame instead of a 6 hour, 5 minute ballgame.

[owbc]

The Dodgers and Diamondbacks managed to play a 6 hour game last night, 13 innings.

 

In 1968, the Dodgers and Braves played a game at Dodger Stadium that went 17 innings, with 8 more PAs than in last night's game, and it was almost two hours shorter.

 

Yikes.

 

The good news is that Manfred is out to fix this. I see of the 15 pitchers used, there was a total of 1 that did not face the three batter minimum. So if Manfred would have enacted those rules one year earlier, all those fans would have only had to watch a 6 hour, 2 minute ballgame instead of a 6 hour, 5 minute ballgame.

 

Ha. About 2 games after a pitch clock gets implemented we will wonder how we ever watched baseball without it.

[yfinn6]

I can't stand watching Tyler Flowers receive the ball as a catcher. It's like he snatches at it, I've never seen a catcher do this before.

 

Bryce Harper just hit an absolute bomb.

[pitchleague]

This was a really good article. It's about the broadcasts of baseball over time and with quotes and commentary from Mike Falkner of the Brewers, talking about their broadcasts, BA & Rock, and other stuff. Good read!

 

https://tht.fangraphs.com/brewers-tv-statistician-mike-falkner-and-the-evolution-of-baseball-broadcasts/