MLB 2021: Offseason chat

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:51 am

Nobody wants to see pictures of your Mr. Mets.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:53 am

Is there any evidence that the Cubs knew he was doing this?

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:13 pm

Lorini wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:16 am I've had some jerk send disgusting stuff to me. Don't do it, it's super horrible for the recipient (I know you men here would never do such a thing, you men seem like people who don't feel entitled to harass, that's why I'm here).

Well I harass, but it's a friendly rivalry thing

AT least I hope

(It is for me)

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:14 pm

naednek wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:13 pm
Lorini wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:16 am I've had some jerk send disgusting stuff to me. Don't do it, it's super horrible for the recipient (I know you men here would never do such a thing, you men seem like people who don't feel entitled to harass, that's why I'm here).
Well I harass, but it's a friendly rivalry thing AT least I hope (It is for me)

Absolutely. We both know that the Giants suck, so we're good

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:38 pm

Lorini wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:53 am Is there any evidence that the Cubs knew he was doing this?

Nope. Cubs have come out and denied any knowledge of his actions.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:41 pm

stimpy wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:38 pm
Lorini wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:53 am Is there any evidence that the Cubs knew he was doing this?
Nope. Cubs have come out and denied any knowledge of his actions.

This article seems to imply that the Cubs knew about what he was doing. But frankly that doesn't make much sense to me. There's just no reason for them to protect him, all she has to do is show the texts and he and they are basically DOA. Even in 2016 to allow an employee to harrass is opening yourself up to a huge lawsuit, plus a ton of fan and public condemnation.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:29 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:54 pm He'd probably lose most Sox fans if he tried to muzzle TA. I'm pretty damned old school when it comes to baseball and complain about player antics as much as anyone, but I love TA.

I haven't put a name on the back of my jerseys since Lou Whittaker but that will probably change next year when I pick up a 7 Anderson.

It wasn’t until the next day, however, that Whitaker and Trammell turned the first of the 1,300 or so double plays they pulled off together, a Major League record. Jason Thompson was their first baseman the first time — through the years their first basemen would include Richie Hebner, Enos Cabell, Dave Bergman, Darrell Evans, Ray Knight and Cecil Fielder among others. But Thompson was their first at first, and I always felt they deserve their own poem along the lines of “Tinkers to Evers to Chance.”

A runner on first is a-pacin’
He is in need of erasin’
It’s time for two
Alan to Lou
Trammel to Whitaker to Jason

Now that Trammell is in the Hall of Fame, it seems plainly ridiculous that Whitaker is not. It was ridiculous before Tram was elected — beyond ridiculous that he received just 15 votes his one year on the ballot even though he had the highest WAR of any position player on the ballot, including Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett, who were elected first ballot.

...

But he was always really good, always played at an All-Star level, and when you play 15 years at an All-Star level you are a Hall of Famer in my view. Again using Baseball-Reference WAR because it’s the easiest tool to filter, here are the players with 15 or more seasons with 3.5 WAR.

20 seasons: Barry Bonds
19 seasons: Henry Aaron, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb
18 seasons: Willie Mays
17 seasons: Stan Musial, Mel Ott, Eddie Collins
16 seasons: Alex Rodriguez, Frank Robinson, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner
15 seasons: Rickey Henderson, Ted Williams, Rogers Hornsby, Nap Lajoie, Lou Whitaker.

—The Athletic (paid)

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:25 pm

ESPN story featuring Doug Glanville (who is Black) explaining why he won't be going for a manager job this season.

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:09 pm

Lorini wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 2:25 pm ESPN story featuring Doug Glanville (who is Black) explaining why he won't be going for a manager job this season.

He'll be a great front office executive if he doesn't take a manager job. FO means he can be home for the kids and it's a better gig IMO.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:38 am

Big stars are dropping like crazy lately.

RIP Hank!

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Jan 22, 2021 4:18 pm

Profar re-ups with the Padres, riding the crest in the West.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:47 pm

Sad news for Cubs fans, Arenado has been traded to the wretched Cardinals. Sigh, I was hoping the Dodgers would get him.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:41 pm

Yeah, that's not good. The Cubs have apparently signed Joc Pederson. He's more or less a wash with the departed Kyle Schwarber offensively, but he's a better defender. Schwarbs signed for 1 year, $10M with the Nats, while the Cubs got Pederson for 1 year, $7M, so yay? Still, if that's their biggest acquisition (and I'm thinking it's going to be), and with speculation still around that Kris Bryant will be traded, it's not going to be a fun summer on the North Side.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:14 pm

Free Kris Bryant!

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:51 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:14 pm Free Kris Bryant!

Do not use my words against me ever again!

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:52 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:51 pm
Jaymann wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:14 pm Free Kris Bryant!
Do not use my words against me ever again!

More moderating the hell out of.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:51 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:52 pm
ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:51 pm
Jaymann wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 6:14 pm Free Kris Bryant!
Do not use my words against me ever again!
More moderating the hell out of.

They will trade him for a handful of magic beans that some day will sprout the next Paul Popovich.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:00 am

It's always consensual from the man's point of view

Callaway, former manager of the New York Mets, sent uninvited and sometimes unanswered messages to the women via email, text or social media and asked one to send nude photos in return, according to the report. He often commented on their appearance in a way that made them uncomfortable and on one occasion “thrust his crotch near the face of a reporter” while she interviewed him, the Athletic said.

Calloway:

Any relationship in which I was engaged has been consensual, and my conduct was in no way intended to be disrespectful to any women involved. I am married and my wife has been made aware of these general allegations.”

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:54 pm

Man the Mets are a bunch of perves. Who would have guessed?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:55 pm

I am married and my wife has been made aware of these general allegations.

Is that supposed to make it better?

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:10 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:55 pm
I am married and my wife has been made aware of these general allegations.
Is that supposed to make it better?

I think what he is trying to say is "I discussed what I did with an actual woman and, on behalf of women everywhere, she declined to object. Therefore what I did was objectively ok."

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:16 pm

To no one's surprise, he's been suspended

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:57 pm

Dodgers threw stupid money at Bauer. I must say I'm relieved that he's not going to the Mets. Way too much if a distraction and WAY overpriced.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Fri Feb 05, 2021 6:30 pm

One would think that the Dodgers current rotation (assuming David Price) would have sufficed but I guess not. And the Dodgers still don’t have a seasoned third baseman.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:58 pm

Best players at their positions. Agree? Other than subbing Corey Seager for Trevor Storey, I'm good.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:13 pm

Lorini wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:58 pm Best players at their positions. Agree? Other than subbing Corey Seager for Trevor Storey, I'm good.

I agree with Rendon at third and Trout in center.

Scuzz · Post by **Scuzz** » Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:46 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:57 pm Dodgers threw stupid money at Bauer. I must say I'm relieved that he's not going to the Mets. Way too much if a distraction and WAY overpriced.

By paying for Bauer to Dodgers avoid playing against him. Plus Price is not getting any younger and is coming off a non-season that may again be pandemic filled.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:23 am

Guardian

A minor league baseball player is facing drug charges after police in Colorado found 21lbs of methamphetamine and 1.2lbs of oxycodone pills in his Chicago Cubs duffel bag.

The Vail Daily reports Jesus Camargo-Corrales, 25, of Tempe, Arizona, appeared in Eagle County Court on Thursday on charges including unlawful distribution of methamphetamine and oxycodone, both class 1 drug felonies, as well as charges of unlawful possession of each drug, both class 4 drug felonies.
...
Camargo-Corrales was stopped on Interstate 70 in a silver BMW Wednesday morning near the ritzy ski area of Vail, Colorado after an Eagle County sheriff’s deputy saw the car speeding and drifting lanes, according to the arrest affidavit.
...
Camargo-Corrales told police he was going to Denver to teach a kids baseball clinic and claimed there were no drugs because he said he followed the Chicago Cubs’ anti-doping policy.

But police said a K-9 named Zane alerted authorities to the car’s rear wheel well and the back seat and Camargo-Corrales gave permission to a police search of the vehicle.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 9:39 am

That was going to be one hell of a kids baseball clinic!

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:40 am

Camargo-Corrales gave permission to a police search of the vehicle.

IANAFL but that's probably not your best option when carrying around 25 lbs of drugs.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:50 am

LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:40 am
Camargo-Corrales gave permission to a police search of the vehicle.
IANAFL but that's probably not your best option when carrying around 25 lbs of drugs.

On occasion the police are not fully thorough about ensuring affirmative consent on this sort of thing.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:41 pm

Season starts in less than a week, and there will be fans in the stands for Dodger games, maybe even 33% capacity. I won't be one of them, I'll wait til next season when I can get discounted seats again.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:42 pm

Also MLBPA wants to discuss moving the ASG from Atlanta because of the

Spoiler:

changes to the GA voting laws.

Edit: Sigh, forgot we don't have inline spoiler tags here, sorry.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:58 pm

I hope Hollywood also starts pulling production out of the state. Money is the only thing you can actually hurt them with. So good on them if they actually do it.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:18 am

Seems like the Mets as always might get screwed on the Lindor trade. We already lost the pitcher to I jury and Lindor is turning down offers and asking for crazy amounts. I think there's a good chance he's one and done in NY. Well for the Mets at least. He turned down 325 for 10 years.

He wants 12 years which is ridiculous as he's already 27. Sigh

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:11 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:18 am Seems like the Mets as always might get screwed on the Lindor trade. We already lost the pitcher to I jury and Lindor is turning down offers and asking for crazy amounts. I think there's a good chance he's one and done in NY. Well for the Mets at least. He turned down 325 for 10 years.

That's more than an elite quarterback in the NFL.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:19 pm

Ya well he saw what Tatis got and wanted some of that action. I'm willing to bet he would have taken the offer if that hadn't already taken place. I'm pretty sure he should be able to get by with 32 million a year. If he wanted to sour himself on NY sports fans he's doing a bang up job.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:25 pm

Yeah, those long term contracts rarely work out, but I'm glad the Padres ponied up for Tatis. He seems to be a generational talent.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:28 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:19 pm Ya well he saw what Tatis got and wanted some of that action. I'm willing to bet he would have taken the offer if that hadn't already taken place. I'm pretty sure he should be able to get by with 32 million a year. If he wanted to sour himself on NY sports fans he's doing a bang up job.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Thu Apr 01, 2021 1:13 am

10 years 341 million. We'll regret it later but for now we have the rest of his good years.