jerichoholicninja

There was shock when he was DFA'd and now he's looking at a minor league deal with one of the worst teams in the league.

I think this is his plan but not just for the Brewers. If he's only committing to play a couple months I would think he would be open to playing just about anywhere.

So basically to make baseball more popular we need to find ways to make people forget they're watching a baseball game? I don't disagree with you but right there is the problem. And doing anything to address that issue is most certainly going to drive more people away ("purists") than it's going to attract.

Drafted by the Reds, traded to and made his MLB debut with the Orioles, claimed by the Mets and eventually became an average part time player there.

The Dodgers definitely seem to be to dragging their feet on making the necessary moves to their 40-man roster. With Bauer they are at 41 players for 40 spots. I've seen speculation that maybe they'll place someone on the 60-day IL, otherwise they have to be either working on a trade or DFA decision right now. I thought DL moves couldn't be made until well into spring training.

Amazing how quickly this guy cratered. I don't remember for sure but I don't think there were injuries involved either.

That's because the "purist" know that baseball is "boring" by today's standards and will continue to be so and would rather not have a flunky lawyer stick his fingers in there and screw up what they love about the game. Baseball is "boring" and will continue to be "boring" because before each play there are 10 guys on a huge field just standing there and when the "play" is over, the majority of the time 8 of those guys did nothing and the other 2 are in the same spot as when the play started. Maybe one out of every 4 "plays" a ball is put in play and a couple more guys move around a bit. Compare that to football where during a play a fan can see 22 guys all moving around and generally on each play there are bodies slamming into one another. Basketball has 10 guys always moving around. This is why baseball is "boring" to young fans. Hitting 4 home runs instead of 2 home runs per game isn't going to change this because the extra two home runs only last 10 seconds of a 3-hour time-frame. 14 year old's will not start tuning in because games only last 2 hours and 52 minutes when they previously went 2 hours and 58 minutes. As long as baseball is primarily 10 guys standing on a field with 80% of them doing nothing, it's quite pointless to try and tweak the game to appeal to people who get bored watching 10 guys standing on a field with 80% of them doing nothing. Exactly this. There is nothing you can do to make the game more "interesting" to the younger generation without fundamentally changing the structure of the game itself. After coaching high school kids for 10 years I think I've deduced that the reason kids don't like baseball is because the skills are hard to master and the game is hard to learn beyond the very basics. I shake my head at the number of very talented kids that I've coached over the years that go right to playing beer league softball after their high school careers. And of course, it's easy to hit a lobbed softball - not to mention you can hang out with girls and drink beer.

Totally taking his lack of defensive skill at any position and little league baseball instincts out of the equation, at his best he's a slightly above average hitter. Most likely he puts a below average offensive season. Unless it's a minor league deal there's just no reason. Give someone else a shot.

That's going on in pretty much every state (feelings that rural areas aren't getting enough in favor of the bigger cities). And also you have The WHO throwing a fit because "rich" countries are "hoarding" vaccines over other countries.

What's amazing is how after years of absolutely astonishing consistency Khris cratered two years ago at the age of 31.

With no DH this makes no sense or means Keston is as good as gone. You don't sign a near 40 year old to take the large side of a platoon with your best young hitter.

Is Khris Davis really Keston Huira but 10 years in the future?

A shoulder injury three years ago zapped him of his power. Still doesn't seem like it has came back. Minor league deal or veteran minimum, sure. But I think he's probably done as a useful hitter.

I'm sure it happens a lot with other organizations but it sure seems like we have had a lot of players come up with good bats that are forced to move to 1B or the OF or we just have to get rid of them because they are terrible defensively.

Pitching is expensive. Bauer is the best starter on the free agent market therefore he is going to get ungodly amounts of money.

This was one of the first things I thought of. I mean it sucks for the player but it's clearly what's best for the team.

I think a lot of Hill's recent injury issues were just the Dodgers taking advantage of the 10 day DL. Still I wouldn't expect a full season's worth of innings from him. But as he'd almost certainly only require a one year deal I'd be more than happy with him in the rotation.

Unless the DH is a last minute add for this year or next I feel it's more likely that Huira is traded than goes to 1B. Or maybe they're going to play a lefty shift for every batter with Arcia taking the whole left side of the infield, Wong playing "real" 2B, and Huria in short right.

After TOS surgery it is quite likely he's done. I would not have wanted him on that deal and I'm incredibly surprised that the Rays did.

I'll play devil's, devil's advocate (is that a thing?) and say she only got the job because she cost the least. Isn't she just coming off an internship with the club? They could have hired someone with years of experience and a track record of success but they would have had to pay for it. Here's a kid basically right out of college that they can pay peanuts. That's not how I feel, just throwing another conspiracy out there.

I have suggested that in the past but others said it would be cost prohibitive for a team to do it.

Those Cascade dishwasher commercials that say you should run your dishwasher every night because it saves water over washing them in the sink. I have no doubts that a dishwasher uses less water but running it every night instead of waiting till it's full seems like it would negate any savings. Especially if you're a one or two person household.

I thought the SI story I read this morning had no one else offering more than one first rounder.

Anyone who's watched Goff the last two years knows he was holding that team back. Stafford is clearly an upgrade. How much and was he worth the picks, who knows, but the Rams just made a major improvement.