Official 2024 Off-Season Thread!
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50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Blast from the past! I remember the excitement when the Braves finally dipped into the Asian market. He didn't pitch poorly his first season, but he spent the last year of his three-year deal in the minors. Injuries played a part in it, but it just didn't pan out.
chop2chip
Well-known member
Oh I forgot how Wren made KK ride the bus for a year instead of just releasing him. Hopefully that pettiness hasn’t poisoned the waterhole
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
I had forgotten about that portion of the whole Kawakami episode. Can't remember the reason he spent his final years riding the bus, but was there some type of bad blood or was it just performance-based?
DirkPiggler
Well-known member
Wasn't it some cultural thing on Kawakami's end? Like, he'd rather stay and play out his contract in the minors than be released, go home and lose face?
bravesfanforlife88
Well-known member
Giants are hiring Bob Melvin to be their next manager. That was a quick turn around from the interview. I wonder what kind of compensation if any they will have to give the Padres.
bravesnumberone
Well-known member
Wonder if the Padres will make the run at Wash?
NYCBrave
Well-known member
Reports have said that our old friend Ryan Flaherty is the front runner lol
bravesfanforlife88
Well-known member
Dusty Baker officially retiring
Hate to say it but Washington is a great fit
Hate to say it but Washington is a great fit
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
I am ready for these grandpas to move on from the Braves. Let’s bring in younger more modern thinkers.
Apparently EY Sr. and Dana Brown go way back as high school teammates. I'd rather they take him over Wash.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Washington needs to stick around so he can make Grissom into a Gold Glove shortstop.
bravesfanforlife88
Well-known member
He is older for sure, but doesn't act like it. When we made our WS run there was an article about us using the shift more the second half of the season. He said that the front office recommended we implement the analytics and he ran with it...
He wasn’t against the analytics.
Instead he worked with the front office analytics guys to help position players. Because he knew realistically the shifts they were asking for, didn’t match the talent on the field.
this was pre-shift rules. So idk how they work it now.
CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
Could the American and National Leagues go away in a few years? According to the below article from Forbes, apparently that may be a vision for Rob Manfred
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevesilverman/2023/10/26/manfreds-mlb-agenda-new-stadiums-expansion-end-of-al-and-nl/amp/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevesilverman/2023/10/26/manfreds-mlb-agenda-new-stadiums-expansion-end-of-al-and-nl/amp/
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CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
Well, that article isn’t popping up, but the jest of it is the leagues would go away in favor of an Eastern and Western Conference. They put the Braves in a southeast division with the two Florida teams and a Nashville expansion team.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I don't see it happening. MLB owners hold onto tradition pretty ****ing hard.
Honestly I think it would be awesome.
8 divisions, each division winner is seeded into a best of 7 playoff to determine the World Series champion.
SPitballing assuming Portland.
SE mentioned already
North East - Toronto, Boston, New York, New York
Mid Atlantic - Philly, Pittsburgh, Washington, Baltimore
Midwest - Guardians, Reds, Tigers Cardinals
Other midwest - Twins, Brewers, Cubs, White Sox
South West - Diamondbacks, Rangers, Vegas, Astros
California - The 4 teams from cali
Northwest - Royals (sorry Royals, you're odd man out) Mariners, Rockies, Portland (also would work for Salt Lake City)
Honestly I think it would be awesome.
8 divisions, each division winner is seeded into a best of 7 playoff to determine the World Series champion.
SPitballing assuming Portland.
SE mentioned already
North East - Toronto, Boston, New York, New York
Mid Atlantic - Philly, Pittsburgh, Washington, Baltimore
Midwest - Guardians, Reds, Tigers Cardinals
Other midwest - Twins, Brewers, Cubs, White Sox
South West - Diamondbacks, Rangers, Vegas, Astros
California - The 4 teams from cali
Northwest - Royals (sorry Royals, you're odd man out) Mariners, Rockies, Portland (also would work for Salt Lake City)
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
I could see Houston hire someone a little younger, but no idea who they could target. I know alot of Astros fans hated Dusty lol.
How would a Eastern and Western conference be any different than NL and AL?
We already have inter-league play. Sure we could expand that out, but the schedule only allows for so much. You would have to start taking away division games at that point. The better solution seems to be eliminating divisions all together and just have NL vs AL where the top 6 teams in each league make the playoffs (or 8 teams assuming expansion is coming).