jerichoholicninja

The needs of the Brew outweigh the needs of the Yankee.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/whitesox/2020/03/04/white-sox-dallas-keuchel-beard/4941225002/ As if team rules about facial hair weren't stupid enough, it's apparently acceptable to violate those rules if "you're a great guy" and "you keep winning". Whatever that even means. I'm not going to dispute that the rules for facial hair are generally stupid, but the more likely reasons for letting him keep it are how iconic his beard is...and he's a highly paid player that he wants to keep happy. I recall numerous past instances of White Sox management being a bit obtuse about really small things...the biggest being Adam LaRoche abruptly retiring because they complained to him about having his kid around the clubhouse too often. This is just a fun way to help build a positive relationship with one of your most highly paid players. I get that but it's an obvious double standard. What happens when the 26th guy on the roster grows a lumberjack beard? Will they tell him to trim it and what if he doesn't? You can't have a rule and then only enforce it for certain players. The article even mentions they made Chris Sale and Jose Abreu trim their beards.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/whitesox/2020/03/04/white-sox-dallas-keuchel-beard/4941225002/ As if team rules about facial hair weren't stupid enough, it's apparently acceptable to violate those rules if "you're a great guy" and "you keep winning". Whatever that even means.

Technically, the Brewers traded Choi to the Rays for Brad Miller. I would assume the Brewers would also be looking to trade Morrison in the same situation. True he was traded but that's because there was no place for him to play. And he wasn't traded until June 10. I would have guessed it was like mid-April. Logan would be in the exact same situation. Unless Smoak totally craters, then he's probably the one gone.

That contract is going to keep him in Colorado. Same as with just about every guy who signs a monstrous deal. Their team can't afford to surround him with good players and no team can afford to acquire the contract. Player gets disgruntled and demands to be traded and the team eventually eats money to make a crappy trade to get rid of the problem.

We kept Choi when he had no place to play that one year but cut him after a week or two. I could see Morrison breaking camp with the big league team but I would guess he'd be on a real short leash. Especially if an OF got hurt, he'd be gone for sure.

Jeff Cirillo is the best thing to happen to the Brewers broadcast booth since Matty V left.

I don't remember that at all but faking a tag is against the rules and grounds for an ejection.

"Taylor Williams" type players get moved around between teams all the time. Stearns will probably claim a guy just like him at some point this season.

"Taylor Williams" type players get moved around between teams all the time. Stearns will probably claim a guy just like him at some point this season.

I would guess the number of MLB players that are truly outraged about what the Astros did is extremely small. We want to believe all these guys really care about winning but the vast majority of them only care that the check clears. In my opinion, you are on the right path, but go a little further. The pitchers that faced cheating Astros had their stats negatively effected, which in turn hurts their earning power. The Astros are gonna get beaned. A lot. Astros hitters had their stats inflated which is going to inflate their contracts and also the contracts of every other hitter in the league when used for comparison.

I would guess the number of MLB players that are truly outraged about what the Astros did is extremely small. We want to believe all these guys really care about winning but the vast majority of them only care that the check clears. In my opinion, you are on the right path, but go a little further. The pitchers that faced cheating Astros had their stats negatively effected, which in turn hurts their earning power. The Astros are gonna get beaned. A lot. Astros hitters had their stats inflated which is going to inflate their contracts and also the contracts of every other hitter in the league when used for comparison.

I would guess the number of MLB players that are truly outraged about what the Astros did is extremely small. We want to believe all these guys really care about winning but the vast majority of them only care that the check clears.

Right along with the "best shape of my career" thread there should be a "player lost in arbitration, he now hates his team and will never resign with them" thread.

Players sue the Astros because their cheating ended their career. Astros will sue opposing pitchers that throw at them. [sarcasm]2020 is shaping up to be a great year for baseball![/sarcasm]

Bartolo Colon was an above average pitcher for half a decade while being morbidly obese. Maybe more players should follow his lead.

Isn't Jerry being accused of being cheap because he won't give Dak $40M a year? Disregard whether that's his value or not or if that's even smart to try and fit within the cap but I'm seeing Jerry being ripped because he's "cheap" for not giving Dak what he wants. Whatever the situation is, when a player isn't getting his desired salary the fans and writers will scream "rich billionaires hoarding their money" because it's easier than actually assessing the situation. We could be in different circles, but at least in the posts/articles/tweets I read or just conversation about the sport, more people seem to understand the salary cap is there. I have more people laughing at Kirk Cousins' big contract and how many players the Vikings have to lose than are calling Jerry cheap. If someone thinks Jerry is cheap for not signing Dak, they are probably detached enough from the sport that they don't even understand the ramifications...and I think the idea of the salary cap is present enough that most people that are sportswriters or invested fans know how it works. There are a lot of credible people (some of which are highly followed Wisconsin/Brewers twitter personalities or MLB-twitter people) that honestly believe that the Red Sox are just taking this as an opportunity to cash out and buy some yachts and will be running a $175 million payroll for the next 10 years because they are evil billionaires and every move is assumed to be nefarious. However, it's pretty clear to people that are invested in the patterns of these teams and long-term payrolls that once this number resets and they have a better roster outlook, they will be right back to handing out ridiculous contracts. I believe there was an Athletic article that noted a Betts extension at 10/$400 for the Red Sox, if they did not get under the deep luxury tax level they are in while he was on the contract, it would actually cost them 10/$715. And you know that in 4 years if the Red Sox tried to get under the luxury tax threshold with Betts on the roster, they'd have to sit out an offseason or two...drawing complaints from the exact same fans...so it's likely that the Red Sox would have to pay close to that $715 million figure all while Betts probably starts to decline a bit earlier than expected in his early 30s. That's exactly it, if you take a step back and look at these situations objectively, sometimes it makes sense to lose a superstar. However, that doesn't fly in our "hot take" society.

Isn't Jerry being accused of being cheap because he won't give Dak $40M a year? Disregard whether that's his value or not or if that's even smart to try and fit within the cap but I'm seeing Jerry being ripped because he's "cheap" for not giving Dak what he wants. Whatever the situation is, when a player isn't getting his desired salary the fans and writers will scream "rich billionaires hoarding their money" because it's easier than actually assessing the situation.

I do. There's a 1% chance you're going to come back, if even that high. Why waste a BP arm for an inning of a game you're almost certainly not going to win?

Teams are 4-1 over players this year in arb hearings. Probably has no bearing on Hader but interesting nonetheless.

I guess then why apologize for anything? In this case, yes. Placate some fans and sports writers is all it will accomplish. And those that have already pre-determined their apologies are insincere will still think their apologies are insincere. I doubt this changes the opinions of opposing players one way or another. Personally, the only Astro I want to hear from is Verlander about how he fought tooth and nail that they end the charade. Seeing as he's baseball's morality cop, he had to.

Complicated rules to fix problems that don't even exist. Manfred must have worked for the government in a previous life.

Who gives a crap if players apologize? It changes nothing and means nothing. Unless there's some major new information, can't we just move past this and get on to the 2020 season? The baseball media loves negative news and then beats that horse until there's nothing left on the carcass. If this were the NFL, this story would have been dead after about a week.

More news coming out that everyone in baseball has known about this since at least 2016. Apparently it was common knowledge among the advance scouts in the league. Yet, no one said anything. That tells me that every other team is doing something similar.

Worst thing for MLB I've ever heard. Robby and Adam Silver must be having a contest to see who can come up with the stupidest ideas for their leagues.