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2023 MLB Regular Season Thread
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worst run org in MLB
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Give me one of Kwan/Laureano in CF, the other in LF and Renfroe in RF for the rest of this season and that would be fun to watch.
I'll be surprised if Carrasco isn't claimed by us should the opportunity arise.
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I have $2.3 million reasons why I would be surprised if we claimed Carrasco.
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We spent over a million to get Syndergaard though...
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No, the Dodgers sent cash to even out the Syndergaard and Rosario salaries.
"Syndergaard, who signed a one-year, $13 million deal with the Dodgers, will be a free agent after the season. A source told MLB.com that the Dodgers are paying $2 million of Syndergaard’s remaining $4.9 million on the season. The Guardians are responsible for $2.9 million, which is what they owed Rosario."
Guardians acquire Thor from LA in exchange for Rosario
CLEVELAND -- We're still six days away from Tuesday's Trade Deadline, but the Guardians are already starting to make some moves. The Guardians have acquired right-hander Noah Syndergaard and cash from the Dodgers in exchange for shortstop Amed Rosario, the club announced Wednesday night.
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I see zero reason for Ohtani to take a call from the Angels this offseason. Don't wanna end up like Trout. Broken down on a team with zero chance of even making the playoffs.
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Somehow, someway the Oakland A's after what amounts to essentially a season long run, are no longer the worst team in MLB. That honor now belongs to the Kansas City Royals... The Royals have to be the league's most disappointing team this year. Sure they weren't pegged for the playoffs, but at the onset of the season the future looked pretty bright.
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Stephen Strasburg has postponed his retirement while him, Boras and the Nats argue over the settlement. Since signing the deal, he has made 140 million dollars to make 8 starts. He is still owed 105 million.
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Because lineups simply aren’t constructed the same way they were back in Babe’s day, when it was mainly: “Put the fastest hitter at the top, the good bat control guy second, and your best hitters third and fourth,” no matter whether those first two hitters could actually hit, or even get on base. Instead, the trend over the last decade has been about getting your best hitters as many plate appearances as you can, as often as you can, which means not putting lesser hitters in front of better hitters.
It means great hitters bat first. It means great hitters bat second, too.
Simply look around the sport today and see how lineups are put together. Ronald Acuña Jr. hits leadoff. So does Mookie Betts, and Christian Yelich, and Kyle Schwarber, and George Springer, and Adley Rutschman. Freddie Freeman hits second, just like Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Corey Seager and Paul Goldschmidt. Julio Rodríguez and Shohei Ohtani have bounced between the top two spots. If he played today, you might just have seen the Babe hitting second, too.
If the trend has accelerated over the last decade, and it has, then it’s truly reached a tipping point in 2023.
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It means great hitters bat first. It means great hitters bat second, too.
Simply look around the sport today and see how lineups are put together. Ronald Acuña Jr. hits leadoff. So does Mookie Betts, and Christian Yelich, and Kyle Schwarber, and George Springer, and Adley Rutschman. Freddie Freeman hits second, just like Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Corey Seager and Paul Goldschmidt. Julio Rodríguez and Shohei Ohtani have bounced between the top two spots. If he played today, you might just have seen the Babe hitting second, too.
If the trend has accelerated over the last decade, and it has, then it’s truly reached a tipping point in 2023.
New approach to lineup strategy has turned No. 2 into No. 1
If Babe Ruth were starring for the Yankees today, he might not be wearing his legendary No. 3, famously issued to him when the team first put uniform numbers on their backs in 1929 simply because that’s where he had primarily batted in the lineup: third. Instead, imagine a world
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Absolutely taking in AA at 19. He should be in discussion for best prospect in the minors, esp after Holliday graduated.