Official Around Baseball 2023 Thread

zitothebrave said:
Can you imagine having the best trading piece in baseball and not using it? He could have spun Trout and Ohtani at the deadline and restocked the farm system and worked on everything else.
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Hard to fault the GM when he's trying to save his job. I also feel like ownership probably wouldn't let him trade those 2 regardless.
 
Tapate50 said:
That’s a good thing.
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Absolutely agree. No franchise had done more with less like the Rays have. Hopefully this gives them the boost they need.

Another thing about this is Manfred has wanted to expand MLB, but was waiting for the stadium situations in Oakland and Tampa Bay to get situated. With this and the A’s appearing to be heading to Vegas (owners supposed to vote in that in November), how soon does the ball get rolling on expansion?
 
Just a note on Striders game last night and the CY comment was interesting.

Spencer Strider pitched three-run ball for seven innings and struck out 11 in beating the Mets on Tuesday.
This is why Strider isn’t winning the Cy Young despite leading the league in wins and strikeouts; he allowed just five baserunners tonight, but because he’s not nearly the same pitcher with runners on as with the bases empty, three of them scored on a Bryce Harper homer. Strider reached double figures in strikeouts for the 11th time while improving to 18-5 with a 3.73 ERA. At 24, he’s the youngest pitcher since 19-year-old Dwight Gooden in 1984 to fan 270 batters in a season. He should wind up as the youngest pitcher to top 280 strikeouts since Vida Blue came in at 301 at age 21 in 1971.
 
Strider should be leading the Cy Young race and it shouldn't be that close. He's got the best xFIP in the majors and his k/9 is two higher than anyone else. Bad luck is pretty much the only reason he's not running away with it.
 
striker42 said:
Strider should be leading the Cy Young race and it shouldn't be that close. He's got the best xFIP in the majors and his k/9 is two higher than anyone else. Bad luck is pretty much the only reason he's not running away with it.
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You can’t go off expected results for awards. You have to use actual results. Only thing expected results should be used for is as a tiebreaker.
 
Dansby with a 749 ops. Strong WAR of 4.5 given defense but man, 7 year deal for him. Remain thankful we did not go that route.
 
Padres have won 7 in a row, but are still 3 games under .500. Still 4.5 out of the last wild card spot, and even if they win out the rest of their games, might not be enough to get in (Fangraphs still has their playoff odds at 1%)
 
NYCBrave said:
Padres have won 7 in a row, but are still 3 games under .500. Still 4.5 out of the last wild card spot, and even if they win out the rest of their games, might not be enough to get in (Fangraphs still has their playoff odds at 1%)
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Huge failure for that bunch.
 
striker42 said:
Strider should be leading the Cy Young race and it shouldn't be that close. He's got the best xFIP in the majors and his k/9 is two higher than anyone else. Bad luck is pretty much the only reason he's not running away with it.
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Expected results are never going to trump actual results for best player awards (MVP, Cy Young, ROY)... why would they? They don't explain what actually happened. Strider's stuff is the most dominant in baseball right now, but he has not been the best pitcher. I'm wondering if he even finishes in the top 3 at this point. I think Snell easily wins it, Steele is in second and then it's up in the air for who's third. Strider would by far have the highest ERA of any player who ever won the award. No chance he wins it now.
 
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