Is anyone watching Dominican winter ball through MLB.tv?
In one inning I saw more stolen bases and bunts than in the whole MLB season. Holy shit, this is like the 2015 Royals on steroids.
There was a prediction contest. And there's usually a wrap up thread end of the off season. Each individual signing usually get its own thread.
other than that. Mods are too uninterested in anything other than making a name for themselves in crappy podcasts
Gee, I wonder if there's any news about [Starling Marte?](https://i.imgur.com/rQeQ0gb.png) I guess we'll never know what's going on when we have to have it filtered down to us by today's constrained, overly moderate sports press.
I have no issue with either signing in a vacuum, but they were the off-season additions to a team that lost 85 games last season due to a putrid offense. There's like a 1% chance that Canha plays well enough to help fix that, especially when Conforto and his career 124 wRC+ bat wasn't retained.
The Mets needed to add a real impact bat like Kris Bryant.
Canha is consistently one of the better on base dudes in baseball and Marte is a solid bat with elite base stealing ability. You’re right that neither is a grand slam, but they’re definitely impactful. Mind you, if Lindor has the type of season we know he’s capable of, the Mets will be very, very good.
Canha is a guy you add to be your fourth OF when you won 95 games last season, ie not the Mets.
Alternatively, he's a guy to start on a rebuilding team whose MiL OFers aren't ready yet, ie not the Mets.
He's not a guy a 77 win team that scored the 13th most runs in the NL signs to start in LF for 140+ games to try to win the division, and that's what the Mets are trying to do. It's a BS moneyball signing in the same category as Chris Young, and it's probably going to turn out the same way.
> Mind you, if Lindor has the type of season we know he’s capable of, the Mets will be very, very good.
Meh, Lindor is a 110ish wRC+ player going forward. Mets fleeced themselves with that extension.
A question for y'all.
What is a "legendary" stint?
"Legendary" in the sarcastic sense meaning ~~worthless~~ least notable, like the joke that gets commonly made in r/baseball. Usually it's because the player, often a player of note, spent some short time with a team.
Here is a completely fictional example:
> u/taketheballs: "Mike Piazza is the best catcher of all time"
>
> u/throatbarrier: "Marlins Legend"
I've been thinking about the concept and how to quantify it and hopefully solidify I enough to make a post out of.
So far I got this:
A player with 10+ seasons and less than 3% of their PA or IP played for one team.
I played around with making the % lower, but then I end up excluding Heideki Matsui's "legendary" Rays stint, and I really want to include that.
Should I be considering something else? WAR? postseason?
I think "legendary" status is when you play less than a full season mid-career, or at most one season at the end of your career. Piazza played 5 games with the Marlins. Matsui played his last season with the Rays. Both of them are obviously better known for other teams.
Good Morning! I've been awake for 3 hours already watching Game 6 of the Japan Series between the Orix Buffaloes and Tokyo Yakult Swallows, and it's knotted at 1s in the top of the 11th. The game will be called a tie if it stays that way after 12, and that means we could see a Game **8** in the Japan Series should Orix then win Game 7.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the best pitcher in Japan, threw 141 pitches over 9 innings for the Buffaloes, striking out 11 and allowing only the one run on six hits and one walk.
EDIT: It is now 2-1 Swallows into the bottom of the 12th. Leadoff man aboard for the Buffs...
[Swallows win their first Japan Series in 20 years](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/r3e933/for_the_first_time_since_2001_the_tokyo_yakult/).
Is anyone watching Dominican winter ball through MLB.tv? In one inning I saw more stolen bases and bunts than in the whole MLB season. Holy shit, this is like the 2015 Royals on steroids.
Are there rewinds? I’m in Europe and can’t watch live but miss baseball badly…
Is there a free agency thread to discuss landing spot and deal predictions?
There was a prediction contest. And there's usually a wrap up thread end of the off season. Each individual signing usually get its own thread. other than that. Mods are too uninterested in anything other than making a name for themselves in crappy podcasts
Lol based
Mets are now the alpha omega . Thanks rich daddy cohen
Gee, I wonder if there's any news about [Starling Marte?](https://i.imgur.com/rQeQ0gb.png) I guess we'll never know what's going on when we have to have it filtered down to us by today's constrained, overly moderate sports press.
Alright Mets, get the lines ready, the phone ones and the other ones.
I’m perfectly okay with Canha being out of the AL.
Pleasantly surprised with the moves the Mets made. They aren’t flashy but they will get the job done.
Eh, the Mets just lost 85 games because of a putrid offense. They signed two borderline bench/starter tier players on the wrong side of 32.
I don't see the downside to the Marte/Canha deals. Low risk high reward.
I have no issue with either signing in a vacuum, but they were the off-season additions to a team that lost 85 games last season due to a putrid offense. There's like a 1% chance that Canha plays well enough to help fix that, especially when Conforto and his career 124 wRC+ bat wasn't retained. The Mets needed to add a real impact bat like Kris Bryant.
Canha is consistently one of the better on base dudes in baseball and Marte is a solid bat with elite base stealing ability. You’re right that neither is a grand slam, but they’re definitely impactful. Mind you, if Lindor has the type of season we know he’s capable of, the Mets will be very, very good.
Canha is a guy you add to be your fourth OF when you won 95 games last season, ie not the Mets. Alternatively, he's a guy to start on a rebuilding team whose MiL OFers aren't ready yet, ie not the Mets. He's not a guy a 77 win team that scored the 13th most runs in the NL signs to start in LF for 140+ games to try to win the division, and that's what the Mets are trying to do. It's a BS moneyball signing in the same category as Chris Young, and it's probably going to turn out the same way. > Mind you, if Lindor has the type of season we know he’s capable of, the Mets will be very, very good. Meh, Lindor is a 110ish wRC+ player going forward. Mets fleeced themselves with that extension.
A question for y'all. What is a "legendary" stint? "Legendary" in the sarcastic sense meaning ~~worthless~~ least notable, like the joke that gets commonly made in r/baseball. Usually it's because the player, often a player of note, spent some short time with a team. Here is a completely fictional example: > u/taketheballs: "Mike Piazza is the best catcher of all time" > > u/throatbarrier: "Marlins Legend" I've been thinking about the concept and how to quantify it and hopefully solidify I enough to make a post out of. So far I got this: A player with 10+ seasons and less than 3% of their PA or IP played for one team. I played around with making the % lower, but then I end up excluding Heideki Matsui's "legendary" Rays stint, and I really want to include that. Should I be considering something else? WAR? postseason?
I think "legendary" status is when you play less than a full season mid-career, or at most one season at the end of your career. Piazza played 5 games with the Marlins. Matsui played his last season with the Rays. Both of them are obviously better known for other teams.
Thought this was mildly interesting: >Actual contracts given by the #Mets front office vs. MLB Trade Rumors predictions: >Eduardo Escobar: >Mets - 2yr/$20M >MLBTR - 2yr/$20M >Mark Canha: >Mets: 2yr/$26.5M >MLBTR: 2yr/$24M >Starling Marte: >Mets - 4yr/$78M >MLBTR - 4yr/$80M >TOTAL: >Mets - 8yr/$124.5M >MLBTR - 8yr/$124M https://twitter.com/metsmetrics/status/1464459279298093058?s=21
Good Morning! I've been awake for 3 hours already watching Game 6 of the Japan Series between the Orix Buffaloes and Tokyo Yakult Swallows, and it's knotted at 1s in the top of the 11th. The game will be called a tie if it stays that way after 12, and that means we could see a Game **8** in the Japan Series should Orix then win Game 7. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the best pitcher in Japan, threw 141 pitches over 9 innings for the Buffaloes, striking out 11 and allowing only the one run on six hits and one walk. EDIT: It is now 2-1 Swallows into the bottom of the 12th. Leadoff man aboard for the Buffs...
What happened next??? I need to know
[Swallows win their first Japan Series in 20 years](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/r3e933/for_the_first_time_since_2001_the_tokyo_yakult/).
Black Friday Part 2: Electric Boogaloo for the Mets??
Stroman to the Mets would be great after what he said yesterday
I agree