2022 MLB (non-Tigers) catch all thread

[Tigermojo]

Pujols' 700 HR ball sold for $360k at auction.

[RatkoVarda]

not sure why the Giants wanted Joc at $19.65M, but I think they are stuck with him.

 

[SoCalTiger]

1 minute ago, RatkoVarda said:

not sure why the Giants wanted Joc at $19.65M, but I think they are stuck with him.

 

Yes that was very surprising. 

[Tiger337]

7 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Yes that was very surprising. 

Bill James just tweeted today that Joc Pederson was the most underrated player in baseball.  looks like Joc finally got some respect!

[Tenacious D]

I think with a lot of those QO’s, teams are willing to do an overpay for a season vs having to commit for multiple.  And the compensatory picks are nice to have, too.

[Tiger337]

This is interesting.  Cameron never seemed that brilliant, but he worked hard and was ubiquitous on saber social media.  He reached his dream job.  Good for him.  

 

[buddha]

what i remember about dave cameron was how big of an ass hole he was.  but that was 20 years ago (ish).  him and craig calcaterra.  arrogant know it all pricks.  i know calcaterra hasnt changed (in fact, its become his brand), but not sure about cameron.  hopefully he's a nicer guy now.

[casimir]

53 minutes ago, buddha said:

what i remember about dave cameron was how big of an ass hole he was.  but that was 20 years ago (ish).  him and craig calcaterra.  arrogant know it all pricks.  i know calcaterra hasnt changed (in fact, its become his brand), but not sure about cameron.  hopefully he's a nicer guy now.

A while ago, maybe, I don’t know, 10some plus years ago, Calcaterra did a weekly spot on local radio, just a 10-15 minute deal.  I never found him to be arrogant and know it all, although he could be a bit more so in print from time to time.  The local sports show is long gone, and I know he was moved on from NBC some time after.  Haven’t followed him much at all since.

[buddha]

6 minutes ago, casimir said:

A while ago, maybe, I don’t know, 10some plus years ago, Calcaterra did a weekly spot on local radio, just a 10-15 minute deal.  I never found him to be arrogant and know it all, although he could be a bit more so in print from time to time.  The local sports show is long gone, and I know he was moved on from NBC some time after.  Haven’t followed him much at all since.

follow him on twitter.  he attacks people personally all the time.  he's not a nice guy online.

[casimir]

3 minutes ago, buddha said:

follow him on twitter.  he attacks people personally all the time.  he's not a nice guy online.

I’m not on the Twitter.

[Hongbit]

4 minutes ago, casimir said:

I’m not on the Twitter.

I don’t post on Twitter but it’s become my main aggregator of sports news and it’s real time.  

[casimir]

7 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

I don’t post on Twitter but it’s become my main aggregator of sports news and it’s real time.  

I don’t have an account.  But feel free to follow me.

[RandyMarsh]

Julio Rodriguez wins ROY, Tork got robbed! 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

what i remember about dave cameron was how big of an ass hole he was.  but that was 20 years ago (ish).  him and craig calcaterra.  arrogant know it all pricks.  i know calcaterra hasnt changed (in fact, its become his brand), but not sure about cameron.  hopefully he's a nicer guy now.

I haven't followed him closely in recent years.  A lot of the sabers from that period were snarky know it alls which I don't think helped the saber movement.  He wasn't one of my favorites, but I don't remember if he was worse than others.    

[buddha]

23 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I haven't followed him closely in recent years.  A lot of the sabers from that period were snarky know it alls which I don't think helped the saber movement.  He wasn't one of my favorites, but I don't remember if he was worse than others.    

i remember having voros mccraken call me stupid for daring to say that carlos guillen might be better than jhonny peralta.

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

i remember having voros mccraken call me stupid for daring to say that carlos guillen might be better than jhonny peralta.

I only got snarky with people like Tyrus who deserved it!

[Edman85]

15 minutes ago, buddha said:

i remember having voros mccraken call me stupid for daring to say that carlos guillen might be better than jhonny peralta.

I have been a bomb thrower and a bomb receiver. Man oh man, when I got piled on for going after the BP/Fangraphs types for their blatant pro-player tilt in labor analysis, it opened my eyes to how toxic that was and I started unfollowing and muting a ton of those jerks.

[KL2]

On 11/10/2022 at 5:27 PM, SoCalTiger said:

Yes that was very surprising. 

He wasn't awful and it's probably worth a year of overpay to risk him coming back vs getting compensation for him

[chasfh]

On 11/14/2022 at 4:11 PM, Tiger337 said:

This is interesting.  Cameron never seemed that brilliant, but he worked hard and was ubiquitous on saber social media.  He reached his dream job.  Good for him.  

 

He’s a good guy, he helped me get a couple of articles published there.

[chasfh]

On 11/14/2022 at 6:48 PM, buddha said:

i remember having voros mccraken call me stupid for daring to say that carlos guillen might be better than jhonny peralta.

Will Carroll called me stupid maybe 15 years ago for daring to suggest that teams manipulate their disabled lists to manage rosters.

[RandyMarsh]

Teoscar Hernandez to the Ms for reliever Erik Swanson and prospect Adam Macko. Macko is the Ms 8th ranked prospect by pipeline with a 45 overall grade. Swanson's statcast page is sexy as hell so he looks to be a dominant reliever. 

 

[Tenacious D]

2 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Teoscar Hernandez to the Ms for reliever Erik Swanson and prospect Adam Macko. Macko is the Ms 8th ranked prospect by pipeline with a 45 overall grade. Swanson's statcast page is sexy as hell so he looks to be a dominant reliever. 

 

can we all agree to never use the term "sexy" here, unless it is being used in reference to a player's wife or girlfriend?  

thanks in advance.

[RandyMarsh]

30 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

can we all agree to never use the term "sexy" here, unless it is being used in reference to a player's wife or girlfriend?  

thanks in advance.

Idk a statcast card like that is basically porn for a stat nerd like me. Lol

[Tiger337]

7 hours ago, chasfh said:

Will Carroll called me stupid maybe 15 years ago for daring to suggest that teams manipulate their disabled lists to manage rosters.

He called me boring about 10 years ago...

He wasn't wrong!

[chasfh]

5 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

can we all agree to never use the term "sexy" here, unless it is being used in reference to a player's wife or girlfriend?  

thanks in advance.

Good thing we never had Bartolo Colon on the team, then ...