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Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
3:01
You can't "abandon" laundry. Unless you're, like, leaving it on the side of the road or something.
RIP Jerry
3:01
speaking of Remy...first full season without him in the Sox booth is gonna be a hard one
5 Run Homer
3:01
Ben Gibbard being a Mariners fan just makes so much sense, even apart from being from the PNW
Royals are currently undefeated
3:03
Merry Wittmas! I can't wait to open my present.
Mike
3:04
when do you predict conforto will sign with a team?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:04
I wonder about the condition of his shoulder, which was said to be the reason he hadn't signed yet.
Morbo
3:05
Re Bat: 1 year of service time for ROY winner and runner up plus bonus draft picks for awards for prospects if they start the year on the Major League roster is a big incentive
But the Pirates didn't get the memo somehow and are going to loose half a season of Oneil Cruz's service
AvatarDavid Laurila
3:06
Cubs TV guys mentioned Billy Williams a few minutes ago. He was so, so good. Ten year stretch with Cubs where his average season was a .300 BA with 70 extra-base hits and a 141 OPS+.
5 Run Homer
3:06
Is there a chance that Conforto not being signed has something to do with his vaccination status? I've also wondered that about some of the smaller trades; Randal Grichuk and Reese McGuire seemed like the two least likely Blue Jays to be vaxxed
AvatarDavid Laurila
3:06
Yes.
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:06
Considering the Pirates are going to suck, they rather lose four months of Cruz and get six rather than have him up and risk getting five
Anita Bath
3:07
Does the new rule about service time for rookies actually push BACK Oneil Cruz's callup date? The more they push him back, the less likely he can be ROTY
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:07
It can, though at least the teams are theoretically punished
Guest
3:07
Pirates have legit shot at 3rd place, IMHO. Cubs/Reds both suck, too
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:07
I'll take the Cubs handily over the Pirates
Nicky Swish
3:08
Did Mike Fiers get black balled from baseball or was he simply just not a good pitcher anymore?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:09
I think it's health. Had an elbow sprain or strain and then a late-season setback. He was on rosters in 2020 and '21 (i.e., post-sign stealing report) so I don't think he's been blackballed.
AvatarDavid Laurila
3:09
The Pirates have a good future if their owner decides to start spending money. We might not want to hold our collective breath on that one.
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:10
LOL yeah that's not going to happen, David
nothing is going to change there without new ownership
AvatarDavid Laurila
3:11
Per Marc Topkin on Twitter, the Rays have sold out their opener.
Blue-Color Tweeker
3:12
How do you guys feel about the new electronic pitch calling?
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:12
wrote about it yesterday. I think it offers considerable promise as a means of combatting sign stealing (legal and illegal) and improving pace of play, but I do wonder how MLB is going to police the extra transmitters/receivers that eams are provided with. How can they stop a 2nd transmitter being used in the clubhouse?  no one has reported that yet https://blogs.fangraphs.com/mlb-signs-on-to-in-game-usage-of-wearable-...
AvatarDavid Laurila
3:12
If there is a fan base that deserves a better owner, I'm not sure which it would be. Tough to be a Pirates fan.
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:12
and just like that the Brewrs broadcast mentions PitchCom and then my feed cuts out.
Omar Rita Moreno
3:12
Nutting needs to sell.
DyingCubsFansLastRequest
3:13
Any MLBTV discount codes floating around out there?
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:13
Do they do that?
Morbo
3:13
And frankly if I was a voter and I thought Oneil Cruz was in the conversation for ROY despite the Pirates obvious attempt at service time manipulation I would give him the benefit of the doubt and put him in the top 2 on my votes. Put your best players on the field
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:13
We're already in an awkward enough position
Gerald
3:14
Doesn't K. Hayes have, you know, an MLB dad and hopefully not as in need of the cash? Therefore, why would he take such a deal for the guarantee and not wait a year or two? I just want the young ones to make more, though I'm glad Ramirez finally got his bag.
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:14
ZiPS has it a pretty fair deal
It's not like Charlie made a billion dollars
AvatarJay Jaffe
3:15
and I don't think K Hayes is living in Charlie's house right now
My Roku does not seem to understand the meaning of "Watch Live"
Gerald
3:15
Oh is ZiPS thinking he won't be a star?
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:15
There are questions of his bat
and he's got a lot of arb years coming
3:16
But I won't spoil Jay's piece! HES RIGHT THERE AND CAN SEE ME
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