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AvatarJay Jaffe
1:37
That's based on full season salaries, btw. So the Mets have to offer Matz $4 mil
those are the staff predix
Guest
1:39
Theoretically you could non-tender the player, then offer to re-sign him at the lower price, correct?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:39
yes
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:39
Thanks Jay!
Yup, teams do it all the time, but it's risky because the player is now a free agent.
Cat Latos
1:40
Amyone else noticing the green screen halo effect around the pitcher for reds/braves? Have we gone back in time to 1997?
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:40
They're pitching on a back lot, with Stanley Kubrick directing. the rest is CGI
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:40
I'd happily offer Matz 1/4 as as free agent.
Guest
1:40
I can deal with the green screen halo effect, as long as we don't have to go back to low-def TV.
Highway61
1:41
Sorry if I'm late to the party on this. But should strength of opponents weigh more heavily this year in awards? Bieber's great but he did pitch half his games against PIT, KC, DET and MIL.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:41
yeah. and if the Cohen Mets think they need to to worry about the difference between 1/$3M and 1/$4M, then they might as well sell back to the Wilpons
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:41
As weak as the division is, there's only so much you're going to take out of Bieber's stats. It's the difference between playing .480 and .520 teams on average, not playing the Dodgers vs. the Rangers on average
Guest
1:42
Doesn't it seem like getting interviewed during a game as a manager would be distracting? Dusty is one of the few I've heard that doesn't give stock answers to get it overwith.
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:42
I keep waiting for Dusty to talk about smoking weed with Jimi Hendrix in one of these in-game interviews.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:42
Bieber had five starts against the White Sox and Twins, after all.
Fan
1:42
Couldn't the team and player agree to a 1 year deal before formally offering a number?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:42
No.
A Club may not tender, sign or renew a Player under reserve to the Club pursuant to Article XX(A) of this Agreement and paragraph 10(a) of the Uniform Player’s Contract to a Uniform Player’s Contract that provides a salary for: 13 (a) Major League service that constitutes a reduction in excess of 20% of his salary for Major League service in the previous season or in excess of 30% of his salary for Major League service two seasons prior to the first season covered by the new contract; or
Curtis
1:44
As a long-time Mariner fan, I hope the Twins can end the 17 game streak...I don't even care if they win the series...
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:44
it's so improbable. Those have been some very good teams
1:45
but jeez, I still can't believe that Polanco error yesterday
Guest
1:45
So the Dodgers got 13 picks from the Fangraphs staff for winning the World Series.  Would they be the first team to ever do so without having a single pitcher pitch a qualifying number of innings?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:45
2017 Astros
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:45
and their innings leader (Mike Fiers) was left off the postseason roster
1:46
which of course was one reason he came forward regarding the sign-stealing stuff
TJ177
1:46
I like how in non-NYY games A-Rod's commentary sounds like a youth baseball coach supervising an inter squad scrimmage. Just finds something complementary about every play and makes sure to point out a better way to do each activity
5 Run Homer
1:47
Watching the same five ads every ten minutes on MLB.tv is going to kill me
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:47
I find A-Rod in the booth to be completely inane.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:47
"Five seconds of silence, I better string some words that sound vaguely baseball-related together!"
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:47
and I was definitely feeling what 5 Run Homer felt re MLB.tv ads this past weekend while following along for Team Entropy. Wanted to put the AT&T r-rolling gal on a rocket into the sun
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:48
Lots and Lots of Oscar Pistorius documentary ads yesterday
Guest
1:48
Silence can be golden. Ask Vin Scully.
Guest
1:48
A-Rod's commentary might be inane, but I find him inane in a pleasant, inoffensive way; he doesn't annoy me in the same way other announcers do.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:49
He certainly annoys me!
AvatarJay Jaffe
1:49
I generally agree. I won't name names because i bump into some of those guys in my occasional TV opportunities.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:49
He's pleasant, but some of the things he says are just preposterous.
Tony Wolfe
1:49
please stop showing us bauer's feet
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:49
And they're just random out of nowhere. Like at the start of the season when asked for deep sleepers and he chose the Braves and Astros.
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