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So two scenarios. In both, the Braves are generally viewed as a well run organization and have some exciting players. 1) The Braves make the World Series every year for ten consecutive years. They get swept in all ten- losing 40 straight World Series games, all by one run. 2) The Braves make...

Interesting perspective, Enscheff. I honestly find it hard to watch sports when I don't have an emotional investment. I find soccer to be a really interesting sport, and I'm fascinated by the culture around the EPL- I'll check the standings and follow who might get promoted/relegated, but I...

I'm not sure you can call it Rob Manfred's unilateral judgement when the domestic violence policy was collectively bargained and agreed to by MLBPA, who can also appeal any suspension handed down by the commissioner.

Yep. And they'll decide if they think that punishment was sufficient or not for his actions. Has nothing to do with whether or not he was charged.

If anyone here works at a job where their employer cannot discipline them unless formally charged with a crime, I'd love to hear about it.

I tend to agree. I'm certainly not counting him out and I'm glad they tendered him a contract, but I don't see any reason to assume he's coming back either.

Its a shame that- per clvclv's timeline- Soroka is never coming back. Emphatically.

Shewmake has been basically the polar opposite of what I expected him to be. I thought his hit tool would carry him to being a valuable utility piece pretty quickly, but that he wouldn't be a good enough fielder to play short on a regular basis. I basically thought he would be early career...

The above post gives some good inspiration for the 'unprecedentedness' of Andruw's fall. Griffey posted 74 FG WAR through his age 30 season and 3.7 FG WAR over the following decade. He too seems to have been an amputee, teams just kept running him out there for an extra 5 or 6 years. For the...

Definitely a huge decline. Can't say I know enough about the record books to know if it is unprecedented, but I'll take your word for it. I just didn't realize until I looked it up today that he even had a couple of 1.4/1.5 win seasons after Atlanta. I thought he as just annually a negative WAR...

Andruw- after disastrous seasons in ATL and LAD- had a 132 wRC+ with the Yankees in one of his last seasons. He was effectively 2021 ATL Jorge Soler for the Yankees in 2011. Not his typical self, but not exactly an amputee either.

In the hopes that Manfred's ego is so fragile he goes on message boards like this to read what people say about him...you suck, Rob. Something that all baseball fans can agree on.

Agreed with msstate- love Pham at that price.

Really interesting read- thanks for sharing. Every time I watch Anderson pitch, I feel a lot like I feel when looking at his Stuff+: "How is he possibly as effective as he is?" But then I watch Bryce Harper swing through another changeup, and you realize that there is just something we can't...

For some reason I recall Nogowski playing against us this year and being extremely good? Edit: Yes. He was 7-12 with two walks against us. And pitched in the finale of the series when they were down big- I think that is why I remember the name.

Everyone seems totally comfortable moving Riley to 1B or LF, but I view that as a last resort option. Maximize his value at 3B and let him continue to settle in to the position.

I would say its less about his particular swing and more about Father Time being undefeated. No matter how much you love a swing/approach, I don't know that you ever want to bet on someone defying the aging curve.

I will say that the video pales in comparison to the way it was initially laid out by the cops. It doesn't seem like a cordial interaction, but it doesn't look anything like what I expected it to look like.

I'll never understand using Heredia as a defensive sub over Pache, but at $1m as a bench player I don't really care. I still feel like he misplayed that Taylor blooper in the 7th of NLCS Game 2, although the advanced stats probably say that was a harder catch than I thought and it didn't end up...

This is my fear. We all know he has had issues staying in shape, and who knows what has happened to him over the past year. Ozuna put up a 1.067 OPS in 60 games in 2020. He followed it up with a .645 OPS in 48 games in 2021. If he's the latter guy, he won't be on the team for long regardless of...