2025 Misc MLB News Thread

[young guns]

Not sure if this work, but Suzuki was called for 3rd strike pitch clock violation after walkong off fouling a ball that bounced into his groin.  If it were anyone but a cubs player I'd say it was a stupid call.  I can't figure out how to embed the thing, but at least the link works.

Mod edit: see embed below

 

 

[Outlander]

The umpire needs to do their job there and give additional time. Just common sense, same as when the ump gets hit the catcher will will talk to the pitcher.

[SeaBass]

My guess, just from the short video, is that the ump didn't even notice he got hit by the ball and was hurting. The player didn't really react noticeably either it just looks like he's walking away. Something to be said for making sure the ump knows you got hurt, bend over, hop around, do something. Make sure the ump sees you need some time.

[Samurai Bucky]

In this case, I think it would’ve been prudent for the home plate umpire to visit with the rest of his team. They really should’ve overturned the call.  Again… common sense. 

[LouisEly]

Does Suzuki know enough English to be able to tell the ump that he got hit?  Did he already use his timeout that AB?

It looked like it hit the ground, then him in the leg first and then nipped him in the groin, so maybe the umps only saw him get hit in the leg initially.

[dlk9s]

 

[young guns]

Judge is experiencing pain in his elbow when throwing the ball.  If that shuts him down that would really tank the already spiraling Yankees chances.  Would be a shame if the Yankees ended up missing the playoffs altogether.

[markedman5]

Ichiro’s HOF speech for those that didn’t see it……what a class act

 

[homer]

Cal Raleigh has hit 41 home runs and 42 singles.

[jw5511986]

https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1949860016246100243?t=-UhzZKk_UdZ62Hny_dqZNQ&s=19

 

Good for Bryce, more players need to take this stand.

[markedman5]

29 minutes ago, jw5511986 said:

https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1949860016246100243?t=-UhzZKk_UdZ62Hny_dqZNQ&s=19

 

Good for Bryce, more players need to take this stand.

Why should Harper speak for all players? I wouldn’t want him speaking for me…….nothing wrong with Manford engaging players in discussions about different economic issues…….if Harper doesn’t like it fine…..he will get a vote when the time comes.

[markedman5]

 

[wiguy94]

1 minute ago, markedman5 said:

 

These leagues need to wake the heck up and stop thinking about the short term monetary gain and think about big the consequences of this scale of sports gambling is going to be. 

[Samurai Bucky]

36 minutes ago, jw5511986 said:

https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1949860016246100243?t=-UhzZKk_UdZ62Hny_dqZNQ&s=19

 

Good for Bryce, more players need to take this stand.

Which part?  Staying out of the clubhouse or the salary cap?

I agree whole heartedly with the Commissioner staying out of the clubhouse.

[markedman5]

Just now, wiguy94 said:

These leagues need to wake the heck up and stop thinking about the short term monetary gain and think about big the consequences of this scale of sports gambling is going to be. 

It was never a good idea but they couldn’t say no to the money…….the problem is the gambling sites aren’t going to stop all the fantasy and prop bets even if MLB would pull back now……..

To me all this crap gets in the way of why I love sports…….but others only watch if they have action on the game.

vicious cycle.

[jw5511986]

10 minutes ago, Samurai Bucky said:

Which part?  Staying out of the clubhouse or the salary cap?

I agree whole heartedly with the Commissioner staying out of the clubhouse.

I think it's a net positive to have stars in baseball willing to stand up to lodge complaint with the Commissioner coming into the locker room to try to scare tactic the players into accepting a salary cap which I believe will only serve to improve already inflated asset values for hundred millionaires and billionaires. It would be easy for someone who has already made their pile to sit their quietly and let everyone else worry about themselves.

Do they let star players walk into owner meetings to counter program?

[markedman5]

10 minutes ago, jw5511986 said:

I think it's a net positive to have stars in baseball willing to stand up to lodge complaint with the Commissioner coming into the locker room to try to scare tactic the players into accepting a salary cap which I believe will only serve to improve already inflated asset values for hundred millionaires and billionaires. It would be easy for someone who has already made their pile to sit their quietly and let everyone else worry about themselves.

Do they let star players walk into owner meetings to counter program?

Owners and Ceo’s talk to employees in the work place all the time about a variety of issues.

if I was a player I’d be happy to have access to engage in the discussions…….even if I didn’t agree.

as far as Harper……yeah its easy for him to say he would sit out 162 games……I’m not sure middle infielders and utility players feel the same.

Salary cap and floor has been great for the fans to create competitive balance in the NBA and NFL……big markets have no huge advantage in those sports anymore……Bucks can keep Giannis and the Packers can keep guys like Favre and Rodger’s when they are the highest paid players.

obviously a complicated issue…….until the owners agree to share more revenue it seems like a non starter to me……and I understand why the players have issues with it.

Hopefully they can work it out…….id love it if at some point small market teams in mlb could keep their star players more often  instead of having to trade them away before free agency..

 

[jw5511986]

52 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Owners and Ceo’s talk to employees in the work place all the time about a variety of issues.

if I was a player I’d be happy to have access to engage in the discussions…….even if I didn’t agree.

as far as Harper……yeah its easy for him to say he would sit out 162 games……I’m not sure middle infielders and utility players feel the same.

Salary cap and floor has been great for the fans to create competitive balance in the NBA and NFL……big markets have no huge advantage in those sports anymore……Bucks can keep Giannis and the Packers can keep guys like Favre and Rodger’s when they are the highest paid players.

obviously a complicated issue…….until the owners agree to share more revenue it seems like a non starter to me……and I understand why the players have issues with it.

Hopefully they can work it out…….id love it if at some point small market teams in mlb could keep their star players more often  instead of having to trade them away before free agency..

 

Of course they do and under normal circumstances it's not a problem but when you bring in the specific dynamics surrounding unions it becomes another matter. I worked in management for a company where at the time we were trying to get the employees to dissolve the union, there were never conversations where we lobbied the members and union representatives weren't present. I think it's inappropriate for those types to conversations to take place when I assume the union wasn't given the opportunity to have someone present.

 

To your other point, I hear you but also the description of market size is nebulous to me anyway. Let's take the NBA for example, since 2000 the only titles not won by top 20 metros are San Antonio (likely to be top 20 by 2030 and the 7th largest city in the country currently), Cleveland, Milwaukee, and OKC. If we shift San Antonio to the other bucket it's 21 from 24 (excluding Toronto) in the top 20. It's also 17 that are top 14 metros or bigger.

NFL is a little more slanted because of KC but it's still 15 of 25 are top 20 metros and its 17 of 25 if you extend to top 22 with Baltimore. I just don't believe that a salary cap would make baseball any less slanted, the teams are primarily in bigger markets, the top 3 cities have 20% of the teams and the top 10 metros have 43% and the top 20 have 66%. 

[JCREW]

1 hour ago, Samurai Bucky said:

I agree whole heartedly with the Commissioner staying out of the clubhouse.

I thought this until I read the article. (I'm not suggesting you didn't read the article, it's just that was my own hot take.) It seemed like a planned meeting. Perhaps decorum and thoughfulness on Harper's and Manfred's parts would help pave the way toward solving this. (According to the article, Manfred responded in kind.)

I definitely would side with players over ownership if you put me to it.

However, it's way too easy for Harper to pop off when he is one of the wealthiest players in the game, playing on one of the big-spending teams in the sport. 

Ask the Craig Yohos of the world (tiny signing bonus, might be his first year of getting a full MLB salary) if they're willing to sit out a year, and you might just hear a different story. 

 

[wibadgers23]

2 hours ago, markedman5 said:

 

What the heck is going on in Cleveland?

[Samurai Bucky]

4 minutes ago, JCREW said:

I thought this until I read the article. (I'm not suggesting you didn't read the article, it's just that was my own hot take.) It seemed like a planned meeting. Perhaps decorum and thoughfulness on Harper's and Manfred's parts would help pave the way toward solving this. (According to the article, Manfred responded in kind.)

I definitely would side with players over ownership if you put me to it.

However, it's way too easy for Harper to pop off when he is one of the wealthiest players in the game, playing on one of the big-spending teams in the sport. 

Ask the Craig Yohos of the world (tiny signing bonus, might be his first year of getting a full MLB salary) if they're willing to sit out a year, and you might just hear a different story. 

 

I did not read the article -- I went with what was in the Tweet:

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Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper stood nose to nose with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred during a meeting last week and told him to “get the f--- out of our clubhouse” if he wanted to talk about a salary cap, sources told ESPN. News free and unlocked:

Looks like I got sucked in by looking at the headlines and not reading the article.  My bad...

After looking at the article, here is a key piece of information I did not see by not reading the article:

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The confrontation came in a meeting -- one of the 30 that Manfred conducts annually in an effort to improve his relations with every team's players -- that lasted more than an hour.

After reading the article, it is something I cannot relate to.  I don't know what it is like to be a billionaire or a millionaire.  I don't know what it is like to bust your butt and get to the show, have your picture on magazine covers, and be (at times) the face of the league.

Harper seems like a jack wagon, IMHO.  Castellanos has earned my respect by being willing to listen.

It is too bad it costs me $15.95 for a long island iced tea at Am Fam field.  Blame it on the owners, or the players.  Both are to blame... if there is blame to go around.

 

 

[TURBO]

The Tigers acquiring Chris Paddack from the Twins in exchange for a prospect, sources tell The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Dan Hayes.

Paddack has a 4.95 ERA and a weak 17.6% strikeout rate this season, so he’s probably not moving the needle. Still, some extra pitching depth can’t hurt, and with any luck, they wouldn’t need him to start a postseason game. If Paddack goes, Travis Adams might become the Twins’ fifth starter, though he was just sent down earlier today.

 

Source: Ken Rosenthal

[jw5511986]

48 minutes ago, Samurai Bucky said:

I did not read the article -- I went with what was in the Tweet:

Looks like I got sucked in by looking at the headlines and not reading the article.  My bad...

After looking at the article, here is a key piece of information I did not see by not reading the article:

After reading the article, it is something I cannot relate to.  I don't know what it is like to be a billionaire or a millionaire.  I don't know what it is like to bust your butt and get to the show, have your picture on magazine covers, and be (at times) the face of the league.

Harper seems like a jack wagon, IMHO.  Castellanos has earned my respect by being willing to listen.

It is too bad it costs me $15.95 for a long island iced tea at Am Fam field.  Blame it on the owners, or the players.  Both are to blame... if there is blame to go around.

 

 

The next time the players are consulted on setting concessions prices will be the first time.

[markedman5]

36 minutes ago, jw5511986 said:

The next time the players are consulted on setting concessions prices will be the first time.

I’m sure the players would have no issues with lower concessions…….unless of course it cost them any money.

its funny……when players become owners………Michael Jordan……Magic Johnson…..perspective changes.

[markedman5]