MLB 2022 Miscellaneous News

[KeithStone53151]

20 hours ago, jerichoholicninja said:

Wonder if the union was in the agent's ear telling him he needed to find a bigger contract.

I wonder if the agent wanted him to go to LA, where another of his clients Clayton Kershaw plays. This seems like all sorts of dirty.

And of course the agent is going to deny this. If he doesn't, his career is over. If he does and gets proven a liar later, his career is over anyways. Might as well deny for now and hope you don't get proven a liar. There's always a chance he's telling the truth but I don't believe it, the far more logical explanation is dirty dirty agent.

[markedman5]

 

[nate82]

17 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

 

 

[jerichoholicninja]

On 7/2/2022 at 11:25 AM, KeithStone53151 said:

I wonder if the agent wanted him to go to LA, where another of his clients Clayton Kershaw plays. This seems like all sorts of dirty.

And of course the agent is going to deny this. If he doesn't, his career is over. If he does and gets proven a liar later, his career is over anyways. Might as well deny for now and hope you don't get proven a liar. There's always a chance he's telling the truth but I don't believe it, the far more logical explanation is dirty dirty agent.

This whole thing is really weird and it seems like all involved (Freeman, agent, Braves) are just putting stuff out there to save face. If Freddy really wanted to stay in Atlanta he would have made sure it happened before it went on as long as it did. If the Braves really wanted to keep him they would have offered him a stupid, albatross contract like so many other teams have done. I really don't see any reason for the agent to have with held information without outside influence. The difference in commission has to be minuscule (relatively speaking).

[nate82]

Puking emoji times infinity as Pujols gets added to the NL All Star roster.  I still believe Pujols and Freese tested positive in the same year Braun did in the playoffs but theirs were thrown out and not leaked.  

https://www.mlb.com/news/albert-pujols-miguel-cabrera-all-star-game-legacy-selections

[sveumrules]

Was just looking at BRef & noticed Trout is at an even 80.0 career WAR. Here’s how he stacks up with some other OFs through their first 6,000-ish career PAs…

Player | PAs | OPS+ | WAR

Trout | 5976 | 176 | 80.0 

Mick | 6054 | 172 | 74.3

Mays | 5961 | 159 | 76.8

Cobb | 5975| 183 | 78.4

Bonds | 6038 | 159 | 74.0

The 2nd best position player of the Trout-era has been Mookie Betts with 52.9 WAR through 4727 PAs, which is about a 67 WAR pace projected out to 6,000 PAs.

[dlk9s]

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Kudos to ol' Brewer RHP Jacob Barnes for getting the call-up back to the Majors via the Seattle Mariners:

MLB Trade Rumors Press Release Here

Jacob had some nice work with the Brewers. It's been a winding road since, but, hopefully he finds some success!

[Underachiever]

Can someone explain the trade the Royals and Braves made today? The 35th pick in the draft for those three players? How can the Braves recoup that value? Who will be available at the 35th pick that is worth three players? It seems as if it is trading three lottery tickets for one. Is it as simple as getting the bonus pool money for the pick? Thanks in advance.

 

[nate82]

26 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

Can someone explain the trade the Royals and Braves made today? The 35th pick in the draft for those three players? How can the Braves recoup that value? Who will be available at the 35th pick that is worth three players? It seems as if it is trading three lottery tickets for one. Is it as simple as getting the bonus pool money for the pick? Thanks in advance.

 

I think it is the bonus pool money.  Otherwise this trade makes very little sense.  

[dlk9s]

 

[jerichoholicninja]

For all the haranguing about losing Grisham after his first season in SD, he's not been good since.

[nate82]

The international draft decision looks like it is going to be a last minute decision here.  MLB made a counter offer but didn't change any of the financials that the MLBPA wanted.  Unknown on what exactly MLB changed in their new offer.  

[markedman5]

 

[jerichoholicninja]

After they trade Soto, Dahl is just the player they need to squeak out another couple of wins to... They already have the worst record in the league and are all but guaranteed a top 3 pick. The signing means absolutely nothing.

[markedman5]

 

[nate82]

No international draft and the current qualifying offer system stays.

 

https://theathletic.com/news/mlb-international-draft-wont-happen/LvJzRM1pvAYP/

[JCREW]

18 hours ago, nate82 said:

No international draft and the current qualifying offer system stays.

 

With that uncertainty "resolved," I kind of expect the trades to start flying. 

[nate82]

The killing of the international draft and keeping the QO system for the next 5-years is really going to hurt the Brewers.  Now when Narvaez leaves this offseason the Brewers will not get anything.  At worst if the international draft went into agreement the worst the Brewers would have gotten for Narvaez would have been a 3rd round pick.  Now the Brewers have to offer Narvaez a QO in order to get compensation which will not happen.  

[jerichoholicninja]

The Rockies have said they aren't trading anybody. This is the time of year when GM's say crap like this but I totally believe the Rockies based on their history. What a horribly run organization. 

[jerichoholicninja]

I love a good manager tirade with an umpire as much as the next guy but Aaron Boone is a real turd. He cries about every strike that doesn't go his team's way and when he comes on the field all he does is tell the umpire how much he sucks. That's not an argument. It's an attempt to humiliate and belittle.

[folly412]

It seems Boone is always getting ejected.  Though this is the worst run factor skewed to one team I've seen: 

 

[Hopper]

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-biggest-post-trade-deadline-questions?fbclid=IwAR2wq8wdCddDr4n4mefaJsI4FvgNgxC7-0YoX8Fpdw1F5hl9g2oc6GrNDJk

Interesting article, and names some names of bats were trying to get.

[BruisedCrew]

It’s telling that for most playoff contenders the question is whether they did enough. 
 

For the Brewers the question is whether they went forward or backward. There doesn’t seem to be any question that they lost ground relative to their main competitors, the Cardinals and Phillies. 

[NBBrewFan]

1 hour ago, Hopper said:

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-biggest-post-trade-deadline-questions?fbclid=IwAR2wq8wdCddDr4n4mefaJsI4FvgNgxC7-0YoX8Fpdw1F5hl9g2oc6GrNDJk

Interesting article, and names some names of bats were trying to get.

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 Stearns said, “Ultimately, we didn't make those deals because I made a decision that the talent asked was too high.”

So we aren't going to give up a Top10 prospect to get a bat and increase our chances of taking advantage of our best SP rotation ever.  Instead when the top 2 walk at least we'll have prospects that may or may not be MLB caliber.