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  1. h2oface
    Cody Bellinger has never been the same since his celebratory high forearm after a homer in the Series messed his shoulder up. Plus, call it Karma, or bad luck, but Altuve may finally be serving his unserved punishment for trashcangate.
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    I love it. It is great for baseball. Countless testimonies from participants praise it and want it to be more often. Even watching Diaz get his freakish injury from celebrating didn’t stop more teams from celebrating in ways that could cause more injuries. Adam Wainwright waited until he got home to take himself out by getting injured in the weight room! Injuries are always unlucky, no matter how they happen.
  3. h2oface
    I would hope that was reversed. The goal of every front office needs to be winning games, including being the last team standing in the World Series and winning the very last game of each season. By doing so....... it leads to maximizing value. The goal is the endgame, not the process.
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    It is quite bold, and I feel, disrespectful to Arraez to assume he is currently at peak value. His future could take the peak a hell of a lot higher. You have no idea. Nobody does. As far as Theilbar is concerned, my bet is we have seen the last of his good year. Year, not years. And the decline will be severe and swift. The smoke is clearing, and the mirrors have broken. Just a gut feeling, not a hope. I bet you wouldn't get much for him, anyway, at his current "peak value". I think @jimbo92107 is right. This is the only team he will succeed on. I hope he has one more year, and has a way better start of the year than last.
  5. h2oface
    Mahle competing with Maeda for most discouraging. But it is what I expected. Not drinking the Kool-aid. Hopefully their season proves me wrong.
  6. h2oface
    Theilbar at the beginning of the year. Good Luck. I really don't see the smoke covering him this year. Last year he was horrible to start the year. What do they say about predictive stats. He fooled a lot of folks the last half of the season. We will see.
  7. h2oface
    We just can't get rid of Garlick. Unbelieveable. And to even consider White is just horrible. This is depressing. And with all the "stud" prospects, this is where we are?
  8. h2oface
    I am sure a player prefers to do well in the spring than not, even if the games and stats mean "nothing". Funny how a players poor performance can blamed on not having a complete spring training, but when they are there they don't participate any more than they could on their own at other facilities if they have discipline.
  9. h2oface
    Luis Arraez..... of the Miami Marlins. sigh.
  10. h2oface
    But Pagan has all that......"stuff", Just ask the FO. He is sooooo "stuffed". 😇
  11. h2oface
    Does Duran really need to be the one pitching to Kirilloff for batting practice on a back field?
  12. h2oface
    I hope so. I have never seen a Spring Training with so little participation from the 26 man. I hope they are ready. All future and No Past. Every team is currently in first place.
  13. h2oface
    And Mahle can't break his wrist again with his pinpoint control since he is on the same team, now.
  14. h2oface
    This one is flying over my head. I must be out of the marshmallow loop. Please fill me in on what I am missing.
  15. h2oface
    Same. At least that is Balazovic’s story on record.
  16. h2oface
    They have until the end of the year to establish the number that determines it. All the rest is supposition. Going young is part of the strategy. They have done salary dumps before. It ain’t over yet. https://dodgerblue.com/dodgers-payroll-exceeded-luxury-tax-threshold-before-miguel-rojas-trade/2023/01/15/amp/ "The Dodgers still have until the end of the season to get below the threshold, but it’s difficult to do so during the year, especially if they try to make trades to reinforce their roster at the deadline." https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/dodgers But you are very well stated. The ship has probably sailed, now. Dodgers Weighing Depth Possibilities In Response To Gavin Lux Injury “The Dodgers themselves were flirting with the possibility of dipping below a luxury tax tier, in their case the $233MM base threshold. The Rojas acquisition put that to bed, however, and Friedman has subsequently affirmed they have no plans to shed money and get under the CBT marker at this point. That doesn’t provide much insight into how much room they have for further additions, however. Roster Resourcecurrently projects their luxury tax number around $245MM, which puts them approximately $8MM shy of the second penalization tier.”
  17. h2oface
    This team will pitch? Well, they all will. "as good of a group as anyone could hope for"? I personally could hope for much, much better, as long as we are hoping, even if the hopes for this group mostly happens. I will believe it when I see it. And not until. This pitching is total question marks. I mean, did you get a load of the incredible stuff Pagan was flashing already, today? Stuff. Ha.
  18. h2oface
    Maeda's surgery was different than Syndergaard's. Maeda's operation involved the placement of an internal brace in Maeda’s elbow that apparently has a chance to expedite the recovery timeline. While Tommy John rehabilitation typically takes around fourteen months, this procedure comes with a suggested return in between nine and twelve months time. We see that didin't happen, already. https://www.houstonmethodist.org/newsroom/new-surgical-technique-cuts-tommy-john-recovery-time-in-half/ Syndergaard's did not include the brace. There is an additional newer developement other that the original. https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=1_5uzyiyly The original involved harvesting a tendon to use from another part of the body. Not sure which of the last two Syndergaard had, as I can't find anything that says either way, but with the time or 12-18 months stated for his recovcery, it woud probably be the original. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/tommy-john-surgery-ulnar-collateral-ligament-reconstruction
  19. h2oface
    The bigger thing for them this year appears to be resetting the luxury tax and staying under the first tier mark, where the are barely under after Bauer money kicked in. That is why the were going with Lux in the first place.
  20. h2oface
    The Dodgers know Farmer well, as they drafted him, farmed him starting in 2013, and he was up and down from AAA in 2018, and filled in at third mostly. He had a homer in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs in one of the games during the streak that the Dodgers won like 40 out of 45 or something like that, and somebody new every night was the hero keeping the amazing run happening. He was in the organization for 6 years. He was traded to the Reds that off season in December as part of a massive salary dump. "December 21, 2018Los Angeles Dodgers traded RF Yasiel Puig, LF Matt Kemp, LHP Alex Wood, C Kyle Farmer and cash to Cincinnati Reds for RHP Homer Bailey, SS Jeter Downs and RHP Josiah Gray."
  21. h2oface
    After how the Twins imploded so many times and ways against Cleveland last year, and they are the defending division champs..... Cleveland.
  22. h2oface
    Thanks for some truth. I also noticed that they went 0-9 with RISP. I hope that is not season prep.
  23. h2oface
    Twins get rid of their own that are wild, but love to grab those that are the same elsewhere. Can our staff “fix” them, but fail on their own draft picks?
  24. h2oface
    Most recent make-up of the committee I can find is dated September 9, 2022. Merrifield is no longer on KC, so that at least needs updated. (For the players, Glasnow (TJ recovery) and Flaherty were either barely on the field or most of the season, and Slater has never had more than 325 PAs in a season (2022) and has a total of 1279 in 6 years, for an average of 213/year. Not that the unanimous vote mattered, as the 6 from the ownership can out vote the other 5 anyway. I think we need a roll call of all the players to see if they really want the zombie runner rule. Only 4 players making the decision leaves a lot unknown. Competition Committee Members The Competition Committee is composed of eleven members: six representatives from the Clubs; four MLBPA Player Reps; and one umpire. MLB Committee Members: John Stanton (SEA, Chair); Bill DeWitt, Jr. (STL); Greg Johnson (SF); Dick Monfort (COL); Tom Werner (BOS); Mark Shapiro (TOR) Player Committee Members: Jack Flaherty (STL); Tyler Glasnow (TB); Whit Merrifield (KC); Austin Slater (SF) Ian Happ (CHC) and Walker Buehler (LAD) will serve as Alternate Committee Members. Umpire Committee Member: Bill Miller https://www.mlbplayers.com/player-competition-committee
  25. h2oface
    Better than what they did........ still lazy.
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