Houston, We Have Rule Changes! The Official 2023 MLB Season Thread

[WaveMolecules]

How the fukk does ASSman still have a job in the BX?

Lives off the 90s more than stone cold.

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Twins paying Correa $33M to put up Wilmer Flores numbers

At some point baseball is gonna have to pull back on these 12-15 year deals.

and yall know damn well as soon as he gets a hangnail he's going on the DL for 5 weeks

And free agency would be a lot more exciting too

 

[Remote]

How the fukk does ASSman still have a job in the BX?

Lives off the 90s more than stone cold.

Cashman had nothing to do with constructing the nucleus of those 90s championship teams.

There are lots of posts breaking down Cashman’s failures in the Yankees season thread by @Mantis Toboggan M.D.

So many that it would be better to read through that thread rather than repost here again.

The short answer to your question: How does Cashman still have a job in the Bronx? He’s been there so long and his relationship to ownership is so close that they don’t want to have an uncomfortable meeting where they have to fire him.

It’s Hal Steinbrenner being a coward.

 

[god shamgod]

What happened to Javy? Onetime star Báez faces ex-Cubs teammates with his magic diminished

Javier Báez still evokes emotions in Chicago, but his 63 wRC+ with the Tigers is the second-worst among all qualifying hitters.

theathletic.com

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Jose Altuve is 33 years old and has accumulated 51.6 WAR value so far (using Fangraphs' calculation since BBREF doesn't let me filter by position).
That puts him behind Bobby Doerr and just a bit above Ian Kinsler

If he gets 10 more WAR over the remainder of his career, he'll be around 60 -- which is Ryne Sandberg, Chase Utley territory.
How much HOF consideration would he get?

with all due respect...........................man f*ck all that WAR sh*t

is he getting 3,000 hits?

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

How the fukk does ASSman still have a job in the BX?

Lives off the 90s more than stone cold.

you can make the argument that buck showalter had more to do with the 96-2000 run than Cashman

 

[Remote]

with all due respect...........................man f*ck all that WAR sh*t

is he getting 3,000 hits?

No.
He’s at 2,004 hits and 2B requires a lot of agility that he won’t have going forward.

He’s already declining defensively. And unless you’re on the juice, major leaguers tend to fall off a cliff around 35-36.

Trout, Machado and Harper have the best chance at 3,000 hits among active players because they can transition to DH. Though I think Harper doesn’t hit for enough average to get there.

After that, look at Rafael Devers.
Then Ronald Acuña.
Then Fernando Tatis (especially if he never lost a year to suspension).
Then Corbin Carroll.

 

[god shamgod]

 

[Gritsngravy]

Why is he threatening to leave in another six years, he act like the Sox been consistent contenders, I hope he not about to trying to tax the public for a new stadium just to field a garbage team

 

[ineedsleep212]

Why is he threatening to leave in another six years, he act like the Sox been consistent contenders, I hope he not about to trying to tax the public for a new stadium just to field a garbage team

The Orioles and Brewers are also threatening to move to force their cities to give them more money. A lot of bullshyt going on.

 

[god shamgod]

White sox fans were in every comment section celebrating but also saying please fire & don’t promote Getz cuz he’s trash too. That’s exactly what’s about to happen

 

[VegetasHairline]

No.
He’s at 2,004 hits and 2B requires a lot of agility that he won’t have going forward.

He’s already declining defensively. And unless you’re on the juice, major leaguers tend to fall off a cliff around 35-36.

Trout, Machado and Harper have the best chance at 3,000 hits among active players because they can transition to DH. Though I think Harper doesn’t hit for enough average to get there.

After that, look at Rafael Devers.
Then Ronald Acuña.
Then Fernando Tatis (especially if he never lost a year to suspension).
Then Corbin Carroll.

Freddie Freeman definitely has a chance to reach 3000 hits as well.

 

[god shamgod]

Taillon , I hate this mf

Dude completely falls apart any inning

 

[Dem313wayz]

Altuve is definitely a HOFer

 

[Regular_P]

@god shamgod what's the deal with Merryweather? He looks like he should be the closer. His stuff is filthy.

Does he have control issues or something? Detroit looked hopeless with him on the mound. Alzolay was just spamming those weak ass breaking balls against the bottom of the lineup.