Scholarship table
Tebow sent to the minor-league camp by the Mets after he went 0-for-4 with 4 strikeouts Tuesday. In 7 big-league exhibitions, he batted .056 (1-for-18) with 11 Ks.Silliness.
Yadi level (the GOAT of catchers defensively)
You spelled Ivan Rodriguez wrong.
Very surprised Cobb got 4/60 so late in the offseason considering the contracts others had to settle for.
The guys who took short-term deals (Lynn, Moustakas, etc) are likely betting on themselves and hoping to get their big pay day a year from now. Cobb took the money and could end up being a steal for the Orioles at $15M/season.
I think Cobb was a $15-17 pitcher. Given injuries, I think it's a good deal for both sides. Quite frankly, I'm glad he waiting. I'm sure the Cubs offered similar dollars, but because he held out Theo got Yu.
Opening Day tomorrowPECOTA projections for 2018:AL EastNYY 97-65BOS 89-73TB 83-79TOR 79-83BAL 70-92AL CentralCLE 96-66MIN 82-80CWS 72-90DET 68-94KC 65-97AL WestHOU 99-63SEA 82-80LAA 79-83OAK 76-96TEX 75-87NL EastWSH 88-74PHI 81-81NYM 80-82ATL 76-86MIA 65-97NL CentralCHC 91-71STL 85-77MIL 84-78PIT 78-84CIN 75-87NL WestLAD 97-65ARZ 87-75SFG 83-79COL 78-84SD 73-89
If I'm the Brewers, I'm pleased with that given I didn't make any splashes in FA. Last year was predicated on career highs for a lot of players (Anderson, Shaw, Arcia, Santana, Sogard, and - to a lesser extent - Thames, Aguilar). PECOTA rightfully projects regression there. If everyone regresses as severely as projected, 84 wins feels pretty good. If one or two of those players make last year their new normal (Arcia, Shaw and Santana the likely candidates), we could see a handful of wins above that. This should be a fun season, but we should have no illusions of catching the Cubs unless there is a bizarre confluence of events and injuries.
If I'm the Brewers, I'm pleased with that given I didn't make any splashes in FA.
Maybe you could actually follow baseball and its happenings before commenting on it.
Well that's a way for the opening pitch of 2018 to go.
Catching the Cubs IS unlikely. But it's not true that the Crew didn't make any moves. I point you to position #1 and #2 in the batting order. Last year, they fell out of the playoff chase because they stopped scoring runs. Fewer strikeouts and more runners on base should help. It's a darn shame that Nelson isn't healthy.
Well its safe to say that Shwarbs fielding has not improved.
Why add Cain and Yelich and then do basically nothing with the rotation? Yeah, they added Chacin but that clearly seems to be a weakness of the team. Seemed odd to me.
Not to me. Small market teams have to grow their own pitching talent for the most part. This year that'll mean Suter, Woodruff and Webb when he's healthy. Not sure the Crew has enough but we'll see.