TODAY: “Many folks around baseball believe” Tingler will be hired as the Padres’ next manager, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman (Twitter link). While nothing is yet confirmed, “Tingler is seen as [the] favorite.”
Get off my lawn!
Lol, “Tingler.”
UNCBlue012 (10-18-2019)
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;......
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
High Flight
by
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Trading Riley comes down to one thing, and one thing only: the existence of a team that believes in his “flashes”.
If another team thinks he is a middle of the order masher who just needs reps to gain strike zone judgement, trading him is likely the best way to maximize his value.
If all teams think he is Adam Duvall at 3b, then his value is likely maximized as a cheap role player for the Braves while they make playoff runs.
My new comp for Riley is Pedro Alvarez. In his major league career, Alvarez has a K rate of 28.7% and BB rate of 9.5%. During his best years of 2012 and 2013, his K rate was over 30% and his BB rate under 9%. However, in those years he slugged 30 and 36 HRs respectively. One difference is that Alvarez has always been a bad defensive third baseman while Riley's defense is probably at least average if not a little above average at third.
I think Riley can probably improve to the point where he's a one trick pony like Alvarez. That one trick being hitting the ball a long way.
Tapate50 (10-18-2019)
Justice for Acuna
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...even-cameramen
Carp (10-18-2019)
Carp (10-18-2019)
I don't know what's worse...
1. MLB is intentionally changing the balls, or...
2. MLB has no idea what's causing the balls to change.
So pick your poison, deceitful or incompetent.
BedellBrave (10-19-2019), Carp (10-18-2019)
Carp (10-18-2019)
Carp (10-18-2019)
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
IMO it's clearly deceitful. They knew what they were doing the whole time. They wanted a high scoring league like in the steroid era but without the steroids. But it got to the point with all the strikeouts, walks, homers, etc that old white people started complaining about how the game used to be played. And instead of telling them to STFU and usher in a younger generation of fans they seem to be catering to them.
I don't think plan worked as well as they thought it would. They weren't really drawing new fans and they were pissing off the fans that they did have.
Speaking of which, we have out first ejection, courtesy of Robo-Ump. Apparently this a strike now:
Robo-Ump is still the stupiddest idea in the history of baseball. Why even have the home plate umpire stand behind the catcher? His job is useless until someone is on base, unless you count foul tips. Also, might as well have the catcher stand up and let the pitcher throw where he wants when no one is on base. There really isn't a use for him other than to throw the ball back to the pitcher.