MLB Hot Stove 2019-20

[CTWarrior]

Showboating a home run (which is fine) and then melting down when the other team showboats a robbed home run (which is fine) is so on brand for Manny Machado.

I really, really, really hate that guy.  My personal opinion is that showboating a home rune is fine, if it is way gone.  I've seen so many instances of players admiring balls that barely snuck out or didn't get out and cost themselves bases.  That infuriates me.  Run full out until you are sure it is gone.  If you hit one like Stanton the other night, take your time.  If it is one row deep and the first base coach can congratulate you, you aren't running hard enough.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

The Houston Astros- a team everyone hates and that finished the regular season below .500- winning it all would be "very 2020."

[CreightonWarrior]

The Houston Astros- a team everyone hates and that finished the regular season below .500- winning it all would be "very 2020."

I'm really disappointed in the twins and A's

[CTWarrior]

The Houston Astros- a team everyone hates and that finished the regular season below .500- winning it all would be "very 2020."

Jeez, if the Yankees end up beating the Rays it'll be like watching Nazis play Al Qaeda in the ALCS.

[buckchuckler]

Another legend, Whitey Ford passed today.

[Dish]

Since 2000, the best predictor of who will win a MLB playoff series has been a team's regular season strikeout rate. 63% of the time in playoff series since '00, the team with the lower strikeout percentage has won a series.

Team with the lowest K% this season?

Houston Astros

[MU82]

Start spreading the news.

[buckchuckler]

Start spreading the news.

That was a great game.

[MU82]

Hou in 7

LA in 5

[shoothoops]

Joe Morgan has passed away at 77, per Bob Nightengale.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Joe Morgan has passed away at 77, per Bob Nightengale.

I'm sure he was a nice enough guy, and I obviously feel for his friends and family, but the 21 years he did Sunday Night Baseball were pretty damn bad.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

MU should call Rick Renteria, just to gauge his interest.

[Pakuni]

MU should call Rick Renteria, just to gauge his interest.

If they don't, it just proves the administration has low expectations for the baseball program.

Anyhow, who's next on the South Side?
I wouldn't be mad if they hired Matt Quatraro.

[The Sultan]

Is Hinch beyond redemption?  Or will the pearl-clutchers complain about purity or something....

[MUBurrow]

Is Hinch beyond redemption?  Or will the pearl-clutchers complain about purity or something....

He's just a couple years out from a huge cheating scandal on his watch, which he denied and even mocked opposing teams for alleging it was happening. 

If they interviewed him, I personally wouldn't have a big problem with it. But I certainly don't blame people who wouldn't want him in charge of their team.  If it were my team, I wouldn't want anything to do with him.

[Dish]

Based on Hahn's comments, it sure seems like Hinch or Cora. We'll see though.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Coop, too? My goodness; who was the pitching coach before Don Cooper?

To answer my own question: Cooper replaced Nardi Contreras in July, 2002.

[Pakuni]

Well, it won't be Ozzie Guillen.
I don't think Hahn's comments limit it to Hinch or Cora. "Recent experience in a championship organization" leaves a lot of wiggle room.

[Dish]

I'll go on record, it's going to be AJ Hinch. I would put the odds at 2-1 it's going to be Hinch. Too many connections between Hinch and people in the Sox organization. Unless someone else blows them away unexpectedly in the interview process, I think they already know there's mutual interest with Hinch as well and he'll be the hire.

[tower912]

Joe Morgan dead.    Damn.   It has been a bad year for my childhood heroes.   

[Jockey]

Joe Morgan dead.    Damn.   It has been a bad year for my childhood heroes.

Probably the second best 2B of all time.

[Pakuni]

I'll go on record, it's going to be AJ Hinch. I would put the odds at 2-1 it's going to be Hinch. Too many connections between Hinch and people in the Sox organization. Unless someone else blows them away unexpectedly in the interview process, I think they already know there's mutual interest with Hinch as well and he'll be the hire.

I think he's clearly a front-runner, with the caveat that Hahn has to read the room - in this case, the clubhouse - to understand how that move would be received. Keuchel might have a big role in how that goes, as well as obviously Abreu.

[drewm88]

Probably the second best 2B of all time.

Maybe #1 once Javy moved over to SS.

[HouWarrior]

Probably the second best 2B of all time.

No 1?
Honus Wagner
Rod Carew
Roberto Alomar
Jackie Robinson

[tower912]

Honus Wagner was a SS.