MLB 2020/2021 Off-Season Thread

[Meacon Keaton]

12 minutes ago, damsher hatfield said:

Meacon finally admits to GM and his beloved Yankees cheating!

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Of course it doesn’t work. This site blows on mobile.

[SeanDMan]

Your site blows on mobile.

[Meacon Keaton]

I work with what angelfire.com gives me.

[The Buscher]

Marcus Stroman has abandoned his rehab from a calf tear and opted out of the season.

I don't begrudge anyone for opting out, but the timing of it (waiting until right as he hit the 6-year accrued service time mark to ensure free agency) would seem to imply that he was always going to opt-out as soon as he could, injury or not.

[Meacon Keaton]

What a metsy trade that was!

[The Buscher]

On 8/10/2020 at 3:50 PM, Mr. Meacon Moneybags said:

What a metsy trade that was!

Yep.  I didn't like the trade when they made it as they were still like six games out of a playoff spot.  Wasn't too high on Anthony Kay but he still would've been cost controlled for a long while, Simeon Woods-Richardson was the piece I really hated giving up.  The only silver lining for the trade was that it wasn't a two-month rental and Stroman would effectively replace Zack Wheeler since they were never going to re-sign him.  And now that's out the window.  Two prospects for 11 starts on a team that still finished three games out of the playoffs.

The Mets will give him the qualifying offer because they pretty much have to, but even without pitching this year I think he'll be in line for a pretty big contract as it's not a great market for starters, he and Bauer will be viewed as the most attractive options because both will only be going into their age 30 season.

[The Buscher]

That's a new one.  Stephen Strasburg ejected for yelling about the umpire's strike zone while sitting in the stands.  He wasn't even in uniform, so it really did look like a fan had been ejected.

[Your Mom]

I think I might be willing to never go to another game again if the Cubs always play this good with no fans

[Lowerdeck]

The Red Sox pitching is seriously bad

[Your Mom]

He can't make it because he's already at 90 pitches but Darvish has a no no through 6

[Meacon Keaton]

Why'd you say it, sahyder?

Geez. Remember that guy? He had a blog. 

[gunnar hendershow]

The Baltimore Orioles are 10-7 and can mash.

I'm having a blast with this team.

[Slogger]

13 hours ago, damsher hatfield said:

The Baltimore Orioles are 10-7 and can mash.

I'm having a blast with this team.

And only a couple innings away from 11-7 when we resume this lead against the Nats. 

The team of misfit toys giving us some good times. 

[gunnar hendershow]

3 minutes ago, Slogger said:

And only a couple innings away from 11-7 when we resume this lead against the Nats. 

The team of misfit toys giving us some good times. 

I think I brought it up here when the season was reduced to 60 games but this is just a prime year for teams with no business competing loading up on random one-year guys to make something out of nothing.

What I'm saying is the O's should sign Puig.

[Slogger]

Just now, damsher hatfield said:

I think I brought it up here when the season was reduced to 60 games but this is just a prime year for teams with no business competing loading up on random one-year guys to make something out of nothing.

What I'm saying is the O's should sign Puig.

Pretty sure I saw that we wanted him but he decided to go to the Braves before he got the 'Rona. 

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

I am surprised nobody has picked up Puig yet. 

[Meacon Keaton]

He was supposed to sign with Atlanta before testing positive.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Yeah, I know that. I was thinking if he's recovered, surely there's a team who's had an under-performing outfielder. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Today in the Mets

 

[GhostMachine]

Sorry if there are any Indians fans here, but Zach Plesac is a fucking idiot.