2024 MLB Miscellaneous News

[Brewcrew82]

 

[Joseph Zarr]

Absolutely torn up for Couns, the Cubs, and the Cubs faithful. Tough tough 'L'.

[RightFieldCoder]

2 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Justin Steele leaves early after injuring himself fielding a bunt. Looks like a potentially serious hamstring injury.

It's ridiculous that in this day and age we still have pitchers fielding bunts. How many pitchers need to get hurt before we change the rules? There should be a extra designated player who stands on the mound and fields for the pitcher.

In other news, RF Coder is still salty and yelling at clouds. And not upset about what team had this happen.

[kestrel79]

[Ro Mueller]

Justin Wilson has made it all the way back. Congrats to him. 

 

[markedman5]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/athletics-option-esteury-ruiz.html

[MoreTrife]

13 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/athletics-option-esteury-ruiz.html

Wow what a coup that was for the Brewers. 

[jerichoholicninja]

Send to the minors your leadoff hitter who's OPS'ing over 1000 and batting over .400. Super duper small sample but why. Even if your trying to gain control then don't have him on the opening day roster.

[Underachiever]

My goodness, Trout hit a bomb last night. 

https://www.mlb.com/video/mike-trout-drills-a-473-foot-homer-run

[yfinn6]

55 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

My goodness, Trout hit a bomb last night. 

https://www.mlb.com/video/mike-trout-drills-a-473-foot-homer-run

I don't know how that ball didn't travel 500 feet. It looked like it cleared everything in the stadium. 

[Underachiever]

30 minutes ago, yfinn6 said:

I don't know how that ball didn't travel 500 feet. It looked like it cleared everything in the stadium. 

My understanding is that their panels were closed. That was the only thing that kept it in the stadium.

[MoreTrife]

16 hours ago, jerichoholicninja said:

Send to the minors your leadoff hitter who's OPS'ing over 1000 and batting over .400. Super duper small sample but why. Even if your trying to gain control then don't have him on the opening day roster.

https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/esteury-ruiz-optioned-triple-a-brent-rooker-ldb-19380203.php

 

Maybe more to it, yeesh 

[Sugarrayray]

Hey everybody I’m sorry in advance because I’m not sure what thread to post this in, but I have a question that needs answering and I thought this would fit under miscellaneous.

Does anyone know what happened to Matt Erickson? I read a couple months ago that he was going to continue working as the infield coordinator for the Brewers under Murph, but now I can’t find him listed on the team website or anyone else for that matter.

He’s been with the org so long I can’t imagine he’d be let go so unceremoniously. Any thoughts or knowledge?

Thanks.

[Sugarrayray]

42 minutes ago, Sugarrayray said:

Hey everybody I’m sorry in advance because I’m not sure what thread to post this in, but I have a question that needs answering and I thought this would fit under miscellaneous.

Does anyone know what happened to Matt Erickson? I read a couple months ago that he was going to continue working as the infield coordinator for the Brewers under Murph, but now I can’t find him listed on the team website or anyone else for that matter.

He’s been with the org so long I can’t imagine he’d be let go so unceremoniously. Any thoughts or knowledge?

Thanks.

Never mind, just saw him introduced!!!!!

[Vgmastr]

Somewhat related to the Hoskins/McNeil situation, Jomboy did a deep dive into last year's plays and basically found out that the Mets, and McNeil especially, never try to brake up double plays and just give up the outs.

 

[ClosetBrewerFan]

Good job by Jomboy. Really interesting series of videos. I love the "Mets dont try" line.  I have to believe the Mets have decided its not worth risking injury trying to break up the double-play.  But they are giving up outs by doing this.

[yourout]

While I fully expect him to get back to normal Josh Hader is off to a rough start with the Astros with an 0-2 record and era of 6.75.

 

[MrTPlush]

 

[folly412]

Furthering "the Athletics are a joke"... 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39873638/athletics-play-minor-league-park-vegas-residency

Three years in a 10,000 seat / 14,000 capacity AAA park.  That they will share with the AAA team.  Which would fit 3x-4x of the attendance they're getting in Oakland.

[tmwiese55]

Houser with a solid game for Mets today, made into the 6th inning, 1 run.  Its only one game and we all know what he is, basically an average SP who can soak up 5-6 innings, nothing special.   But considering that's exactly what they could use right now make you think it wouldn't have been the worst money to spend to keep for depth. 

[TURBO]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say he would have rather played with us and had a shot at the playoffs, than play with the White Sox, who are crap...  I'm shocked we couldn't have ponied up 3 million for this guy...

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White Sox signed Mike Clevinger to a one-year deal.

 

The 33-year-old’s contract is worth $3 million. He’ll be added to the 40-man roster but start his season in the Arizona Complex League. Clevinger posted a 3.77 ERA and 110/40 K/BB ratio in 131 1/3 innings with the White Sox last season. He’ll build up in the complex league and be a part of Chicago’s rotation in the next few weeks.

[Frisbee Slider]

1 minute ago, TURBO said:

I'm going to go out on a limb and say he would have rather played with us and had a shot at the playoffs, than play with the White Sox, who are crap...  I'm shocked we couldn't have ponied up 3 million for this guy...

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White Sox signed Mike Clevinger to a one-year deal.

 

The 33-year-old’s contract is worth $3 million. He’ll be added to the 40-man roster but start his season in the Arizona Complex League. Clevinger posted a 3.77 ERA and 110/40 K/BB ratio in 131 1/3 innings with the White Sox last season. He’ll build up in the complex league and be a part of Chicago’s rotation in the next few weeks.

We seem to have good team chemistry. Maybe Clevinger ruins that?

[brewerfan82]

Could be they just like the guys they already have better too.

2021-23:

Add a few more guys like Gasser/Rodriguez/Misiorowski from the minors and it may just not have been worth the added depth to them, even at only $3M, for a guy that would probably be expecting a starting job.

[sveumrules]

15 minutes ago, TURBO said:

I'm going to go out on a limb and say he would have rather played with us and had a shot at the playoffs, than play with the White Sox, who are crap...  I'm shocked we couldn't have ponied up 3 million for this guy...

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White Sox signed Mike Clevinger to a one-year deal.

 

The 33-year-old’s contract is worth $3 million. He’ll be added to the 40-man roster but start his season in the Arizona Complex League. Clevinger posted a 3.77 ERA and 110/40 K/BB ratio in 131 1/3 innings with the White Sox last season. He’ll build up in the complex league and be a part of Chicago’s rotation in the next few weeks.

The only team that wanted to sign him was one of the small handful of outright tanking teams coming off a 100 loss season.

The Brewers weren't the only team hoping to compete this year that could use rotation help and still passed on him anyway.

[Zad Fnark]

LOL