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Looks like the Nats are gonna give the Braves model a try

They have signed C Keibert Ruiz to an 8 year, $50 million deal which includes two club options

The deal covers Ruiz for his 2 remaining pre-arb years, all 3 arb years and his first 3 years of FA

Now the question will be will he still be a catcher at the end of that deal.

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Diamondbacks took the Braves model and took it to a new level, giving Corbin Carroll an eight year, 111 million dollar contract (with an additional option year). Carroll has played in exactly 38 MLB games in his career. This is a new record contract amount for a player with less than 100 games.

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Diamond Sports Group (the owners of the Bally Sports regional sports network) officially filed for bankruptcy

The claim they will continue operating during the process so most of the teams whose games are broadcasting via their network aren't affected... yet

However - reports are that Diamond will reject the contracts of the following teams: Diamondbacks, Padres, Guardians and Reds. 

MLB has stated that they will stream games in-market for any team that has its contract cancelled but hasn't given any specifics beyond that yet.

(the rest of the teams that will probably eventually be affected are in the spoiler box)

Spoiler

The Angels, Braves, Brewers, Cardinals, Marlins, Rangers, Rays, Royals, Tigers, and Twins

 

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19 hours ago, odessasteps said:

One of my friends that still does fantasy says in his league, they split Ohtanti into two different players: pitcher and hitter. 

That has been happening in all leagues since he joined MLB

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Rob Manfred confirmed that "clarifications" to the new rule changes will be announced tomorrow

Apparently, he said that "they talked to players on a half dozen teams and will try to incorporate their feedback"

Meanwhile Tony Clark is like "We have been telling you that since Day 1"

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The clarification memos have addressed more obscure issues and potential for attempts to circumvent the rules. The most important piece of the memo distributed Wednesday was the league changing replay review rules on potential violations of the infield shift ban. With the possibility of teams regularly issuing challenges after outs in hopes that one of the four infielders was positioned with his feet on the outfield grass -- which would negate the out and return the batter to the plate -- the memo said on batted balls that only the positioning of the defender fielding them could be challenged.

Other issues addressed include:

• On malfunctions of the PitchCom units that allow the pitcher and catcher to communicate electronically, players must immediately inform umpires, who can grant time and stop the ticking clock. PitchCom has become a vital tool for players since its introduction last year. Perhaps as soon as this week, sources said, the league is expected to approve their use by pitchers, who with it could call their own games.

• New standards will be enforced for batboys and batgirls, whose ability to quickly retrieve equipment will help efforts to speed up the game, according to the memo. The league will evaluate the performances of batboys and batgirls and could ask teams to replace them if it's considered substandard.

• On brushback pitches and "big swings" -- which either knock equipment out of place or land a player splayed out on the ground -- umpires will delay the start of the clock and, if the clock operator starts it early, have the ability to wave off the timer.

• In situations where pitchers find themselves away from the mound -- whether to cover first base or back up throws to home or third base in foul territory -- the 30-second between-batters clock will be delayed. It restarts when the pitcher making a play at first is back on the infield grass and one backing plays up is in fair territory.

• Leniency for catchers who end an inning on base or at-bat. Umpires could turn off the 2-minute, 30-second between-innings clock at the 30-second mark if the catcher has made a "reasonable effort" to abide by the timer. If it reaches that point, a catcher will be allowed to receive one warmup pitch from the pitcher and make a throw down to second base to ensure he, too, has warmed up his arm.

• Placing the onus on hitters to restart the clock if they take a timeout. Hitters may call time once in an at-bat, and previously, the clock was starting from 15 or 20 when players stepped into the batter's box and were alert, leading to pitchers potentially holding the ball for long periods of time. Under the new guidelines, a player, regardless of where he is standing, must indicate to an umpire that he is ready to resume play, at which point the umpire will tell the operator to wind the clock.

 

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24 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said:

if the media people bashing WBC injuries weren't also supportive of shift restrictions, they could blame the Hoskins injury on him having to start the play on the dirt and having to back up to try and get the ball

18 seconds between pitches isn't long enough to get properly stretched out

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There were about 3-4 steps from where Hoskins started until he reached the grass, and then maybe another 2-3 steps on the grass until he went down.

The batter (Austin Meadows) was shifted on 74% of the time in 2021/2022. So without shift restrictions (either at all, or the "both feet on the dirt" goofiness) then Hoskins starts that play deeper to play it on the bounce and he's not having to go from the dirt to the grass while also trying to field the ball. Freak injuries happen, especially when guys are doing things that they haven't done much of in the last few years.

For what it's worth, there's more meat to the "shift restrictions cause injuries" claim than "getting hurt at the WBC is worse than getting hurt at Spring Training".

Then again, i'm of the point of view that the shift restrictions are basically trying to outlaw good strategy because enough hitters aren't able to adjust. We'll see if there's much of a tangible boost to offense from the changes.

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