Around Baseball 2024 edition

I was perusing all of the trades made at the deadline to see if I missed anything and I discovered that one of the prospects sent from the Guardians to the Nationals in the Lane Thomas deal is Rafael Ramirez, Jr., the son of former Braves' and Astros' SS Rafael Ramirez. If Jr. is anything like Sr., in the field, I hope fans sitting behind the first baseman are wearing protective gear. One of my favorite quotes from Sr. is when he was asked by a reporter why he swung at everything, the Dominican's reply was "You can't walk off an island."
 
ramadon101 said:
Bean, not Beane. Billy Beane is alive and well. The player who came out has died. Just clarifying
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I did a quick check at Baseball Reference and the Bean(e)'s were peas in a pod with both sporting negative career bWARs (Beane -1.6/Bean -2.0)

Billy Bean was gay and I met Billy Beane briefly when he played for the Twins and that guy was so mf-ing handsome, I swear I was gay for about ten seconds.
 
50PoundHead said:
I did a quick check at Baseball Reference and the Bean(e)'s were peas in a pod with both sporting negative career bWARs (Beane -1.6/Bean -2.0)

Billy Bean was gay and I met Billy Beane briefly when he played for the Twins and that guy was so mf-ing handsome, I swear I was gay for about ten seconds.
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What's wild to me about Billy Beane is he seemingly took his skill and charm and leveraged it into sports ownership. He got a minority share of the As to not leave, and is aminority share owner in AZ Alkmaar and Barnsley. Which for someone who had little money before being a MLB executiveis pretty impressive.
 
Billy Wagner's son, Will Wagner, went 3-4 in his MLB debut.

A quick look at his minor league stats shows that he has hit very well every where he's been and he has walked nearly as often as he has struck out. I get that he's older for a prospect having just turned 26 a couple weeks ago and scouting reports are iffy on his defense, but for no prospect evaluation site to really pick up on him over the last 3 years is wild considering the blood line. Fangraphs never even had him ranked inside Houston's top 25 prospects at any point before he was traded to Toronto.
 
Boy the Rangers could really shake up the playoff race if they put some of those big names on waivers. Im not sure anyone would gamble that big of money on those pitchers but dang it would be tempting if you thought they put you over the edge.
 
thewupk said:
Pretty sure it's straight dump now if put on waivers. The claiming team gets the guy. No trades with other players involved or pulling players back.
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yep.. I think every team can put a claim on him.. the team with the lowest winning percentage gets him and pays remaining salary.. if no one claims him, the waiver team can't pull him back anymore and the player becomes a FA and is available for league minimum
 
Carp said:
Billy Wagner's son, Will Wagner, went 3-4 in his MLB debut.

A quick look at his minor league stats shows that he has hit very well every where he's been and he has walked nearly as often as he has struck out. I get that he's older for a prospect having just turned 26 a couple weeks ago and scouting reports are iffy on his defense, but for no prospect evaluation site to really pick up on him over the last 3 years is wild considering the blood line. Fangraphs never even had him ranked inside Houston's top 25 prospects at any point before he was traded to Toronto.
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I wonder if he would have been a bigger deal back when online stathead types were championing high-walk, high-OBP, low-power minor league prospects like Jackie Rexrode. Everyone has kind of soured on that archetype.
 
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