MrTPlush

WOOOOOOOOO

I am pretty sure the Reds allow “wooing” at the expense of at least 1mil of attendance.

Maybe a family of 4 that are fans of Molitor? Wait...are you guys serious? You guys don’t get that plate? Y’all need to look at more box scores, preferably ones where a guy gets four hits...in four ABs....

I think Guerra is a really important part of this team. With all the short starts he is going to be depended on to be really good in 2 inning stints etc.

It’s like anything else on this forum. If you are going to go 150% HAM one direction trying to stick it to someone else they are going to do the opposite right back. I don’t think anyone didn’t enjoy that homer.

No one would continue to rip him if people didn’t have to act like people are wrong because he manages one hit off a dead slider that ended up like a BP pitch. That’s the only reason people reply back with more “ripping on him”.

He sucks, still does. Good job, he still has a worse stat line hitting than Chacin.

Actually, they teach you to get any ball you can reach unless you are called off. The OF needs to call him off. I didn’t say Arcia was at fault.

Arcia should not be catching that ball. They teach you that at like 10 years old.

Either does Domingo which is the real comparison. What? Santana would have playing in RF?

Then don’t mis-quote me and don’t apply your life to Acuna’s life I’d say you are in a pretty small minority if you won’t be bummed losing out on $100mil+. Just saying for almost anyone that is going to give them some regret or bum them out to some extent. But regardless that doesn’t change the fact whether it ends up a horrible financial decision or not. Because end of the the day losing out on millions is bad. Whether that bothers Acuña may be irrelevant, but no one really knows that. Though I will say many are assuming Acuña will be a superstar...which maaay or may not happen. I wouldn’t say his stats last were that elite. He is a corner OFer so a ~.900 OPS is really friggen good....but hardly generational. If he just keeps repeating ~2018 it probably isn’t that terrible of a deal regardless for him. Now if he gets even better...yah probably pretty bad financial move.

First of all neither 50K nor 150K will set me up for life. That's the biggest difference, either 100M or 300M is life changing money. If I sold that collectable for 100M and someone else flipped it for 300M in a few years I would be just fine. Going year to year is still a huge risk, he's only making near league minimum for 3 years, more than enough time to end up either with a career ending injury or somehow end up a bust. Also you don't know that the Braves had any interest in a deal without buying out some FA. That's the whole benefit for them. If Acuna wouldn't do it, they might have rather just gone year to year. Yes the odds of him getting a big deal are better at 28 than 31 but that difference doesn't prevent him from necessarily getting another great deal in his 30s like guys such as Goldschmidt, JD Martinez, Cain, etc, have all gotten. a) You missed the point. And you are in the minority if that doesn’t bother you...though you are lying even if you don’t realize it. Your nothing burger current state (compared to millions of dollars) makes you just happy at the thought of $100mil. However in reality once you get used to your new lifestyle the thought of $200mil and all you could do with it would make you very upset. Who is okay missing out on $200mil? b) I never said that, so that is good c) I never proposed that, so that is definitely good. I said buy out 2 years of FA, not the 4-6 he gave up. They would have 100% made a deal that bought out at least 2 years of FA and he is set for life. d) A new CBA could greatly suck money out of 30+ year olds. Players want money earlier, especially now that it isn’t flowing out to 30+ guys on the decline. I would not be confident get a big long payday at 30+ when that time comes. Too much uncertainty.

End the inning with the pitcher and start the next with the pitcher hitting. Great. Love an auto out two innings in a row.

Counsell has been the manager 5 years...wow, would never have guessed.

Yah he is going to regret it if he ends up a superstar and could have made $100mil+ or more. It’s all subjective to your lifestyle. It’s like if you had some collectable that you sold for $50k and in 3 years you would have been able to get $150k. That extra $100k would keep you up at night or atleast highly regret your decision. The comparison also isn’t extreme risk going year to year or this deal. He could have easily not sacrificed all those free agency years and instead gotten slightly less to save some of his free agency. Now he has to hit FA at 31 (if he is a superstar and worth picking up the options). The way FA is going these days...not the safest bet for another major deal. Also no one is considering if he is a super star until 28 or so and then quickly declines. Then by the time he hits FA he isn’t even that good anymore. At 27 he could have had the mega mega deal, but not anymore. Not common, but could certainly happen. At the end of the day can’t fault someone for taking $100mil, but it definitely could turn out badly for him.

Phillies will have the best record in the NL this year, Dodgers next best, and the Brewers will edge out the Cubs/Cards for the Central crown. Mets/Rockies for the WCs. BOLD PREDICTION: Cubs go 80-82

Meh, the early extension are fairly normal...but I do think some guys a bit older are opting not to flirt with FA. Too big a risk with how shaky it has been two years in a row.

The way the landscape is changing for FA I wouldn't want to be hitting FA at 31. I can't figure it out with the details different in so many reports, but he just gave up like 5-6 FA years for this. I won't call it a terrible deal for him because he is woefully unproven, but wow this could be a disastrous of a decision financially. I would have done a deal to buy out like two years of FA....not 5-6. That would have given him enough money to buy anything in Venezuela.

I wonder if Hiura ever plans on a 144 OPS+. He shoul probably hit MLB pitching before we hand him some huge deal. Hiura is good, but he could definitely fail bigtime.

Cubs pitching staff is being abused in inappropriate ways and they had 6...SIX ERRORS tonight.

Wow, glad we avoided that disaster.

no way, lefty on lefty... Yah, dream scenario to get two lefties up. I will take that all day. Now we really pray with the righty Puig up.

I hope I am wrong, but all Hader is throwing is fastballs at 93-94. How long can you get lucky with that?

Two more lefties please. That would do!

RIP to this game. Hader at 93? BP stuff