RIPPA Posted September 29, 2023 Posted September 29, 2023 And so it begins Giants will be firing Gabe Kapler
Raziel Posted September 29, 2023 Posted September 29, 2023 Somehow, Boone and Cashman will survive the offseason.
RIPPA Posted September 29, 2023 Author Posted September 29, 2023 Side note - I misread the original report. Kapler HAS been fired
RIPPA Posted October 1, 2023 Author Posted October 1, 2023 Buck Showalter told reporters today that he will not be returning as Mets manager next year
Zimbra Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 The Red Sox announced that Tim Wakefield has passed away at age 57. RIP. 8
Cobra Commander Posted October 1, 2023 Posted October 1, 2023 Sounding like Phil Nevin is about to be marched into a room like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
RIPPA Posted October 2, 2023 Author Posted October 2, 2023 So going into "Black Monday" - the open managerial positions are Cleveland San Fran NY Mets Since all signs are pointing to Aaron Boone coming back that leaves Bob Melvin and Phil Nevin the most likely to be shown the door
RIPPA Posted October 2, 2023 Author Posted October 2, 2023 I should point out that Buck being fired was all the doing of David Stearns and the reports out of New York are that Stearns is going to bring in Craig Counsell (whose deal in Milwaukee is up). If you believe the reports - it basically is a question of does Counsell want to keep managing (the prevailing thought there is because both of Counsell's sons are currently playing college baseball he wants to take some time off)
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 Luis Arraez becomes the first player in MLB history to win batting titles in both leagues in consecutive years. 2
Raziel Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 Leaking out that Sean Casey is being retained as the Yankees hitting coach, so, expect nothing from the Yankees this offseason except maybe scapegoating an analytics nerd and we'll revisit when the Yanks go under .500 next year.
RIPPA Posted October 2, 2023 Author Posted October 2, 2023 It appears that - via an awkward statement - the Padres are keeping both A.J. Preller and Bob Melvin Because when you can keep two people that don't like each other - you gotta do it
Craig H Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 I don't expect the Cubs to make any changes. They'll all pat themselves on the back for making it over .500 on the year, say that they got close to making the postseason, and how all they need to do is make a few more changes to get there next year while ignoring the litany of issues the team has or that they were basically on a miracle run to even try to get a wild card spot and so they go absolutely fucking nothing for Bellinger this year. So, typical post-WS Cubs bullshit.
Craig H Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 And if the Padres didn't move on from AJ Preller when that team was shitting the bed every year, I can't see them doing it now.
supremebve Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 I'm going to miss Terry Francona, he is easily my favorite Guardians manager. They were up and down during his tenure, but I never felt like they underachieved. Not only that, the players asked to love playing for him. Hopefully he enjoys a long happy retirement 2
Tabe Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Wholesome content. That's pretty great.
Tabe Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 For what feels like the first time in forever, the Tigers seem to be moving in the right direction. Yeah, they won only one more game than 2021 but 12 more than 2022. They figure to add through subtraction with the retirement of Miguel Cabrera and his .353 SLG and .675 OPS. Riley Greene looked good before getting hurt. Kerry Carpenter shows promise with good pop. Spencer Torkelson hit 31 homers and should continue to get better. The pitching staff, outside of Joey Wentz and a couple others, wasn't terrible. The team is mostly young. They lose a bad contract in Cabrera but are still stuck with the god-awful Javy Baez (62 OPS+, yay!) and his $27m/yr contract for another four years. Playoffs are probably not realistic but anything less than 85 wins next year will be a disappointment.
Craig H Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 I’m sure you’ll all be shocked at this. Must be cool to have the kind of job security to be the absolute worst at your job year after year and never be penalized for it. 2
EdA Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 The Angels are not bringing back Phil Nevin as manager. Not an actual firing. Nevin's contract is up after this season and the Angels are letting him hit the road. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/10/phil-nevin-will-not-return-as-angels-manager.html
Cobra Commander Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 the only way the Angels could have been less subtle about bouncing Nevin is if his keycard stopped working as soon as Game 162 ended But yeah, it'll be a slow Black Monday when the worst teams in baseball either Have a rookie manager (KC, White Sox) Don't care about winning anyways (Oakland) Have committed to giving their manager another go (St. Louis) Signed their manager to an extension before the 2023 season (Colorado) Signed their manager to an extension during a 90 loss season (Washington)
Tabe Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Craig H said: I’m sure you’ll all be shocked at this. Must be cool to have the kind of job security to be the absolute worst at your job year after year and never be penalized for it. Hernandez is awful, no doubt. But I will say this: 1) As CloseCallSports on YouTube has taught me, the TV graphic is not particularly accurate for up & down. And misses margin of error a lot. 2) On some of those, the catcher "framed" the pitch by yanking it the entire height of the zone - or more. If your catcher is doing that, screw you, you deserve to get a ball called (no, not really, but it sure is annoying).
Cobra Commander Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 I've noticed several Royals games where the K-Zone box looks like it's not aligned with the side of the plate. Even weirder is when it lines up on one side but not the other. Not sure if that's an optical illusion or them not making the box the right size for where they're filming from
BobbyWhioux Posted October 2, 2023 Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Craig H said: I’m sure you’ll all be shocked at this. Must be cool to have the kind of job security to be the absolute worst at your job year after year and never be penalized for it. it's the bad umpiring version of Gretzky scoring 50 goals in 39 games or all of Wilt's NBA scoring records. Just an eye-poppingly dominant performance where he's so clearly the greatest of all time you can't even discuss it because by virtue of asking the question you've already proven you don't know what you're talking about. 1 1
Cobra Commander Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 I'm sure there's other umps still around who worked in the mid-90s, but it feels like Angel Hernandez is the last of the really shitty umps back when you had a bunch of morbidly obese umps and other assorted maniacs that called insane strikezones Bucknor first umped a game in 1996. Angel Hernandez was umpiring games in 1991. Here's a list of worst umpires from March 1999: Charlie Williams, Eric Gregg, Joe West, Bruce Froemming, Harry Wendelstedt, Ken Kaiser, Durwood Merrill, Ted Hendry, Joe Brinkman, Dale Ford A few of those umps got bounced out after the Mass Resignation and some had to crawl back in later.
Gorman Posted October 3, 2023 Posted October 3, 2023 7 hours ago, supremebve said: I'm going to miss Terry Francona, he is easily my favorite Guardians manager. They were up and down during his tenure, but I never felt like they underachieved. Not only that, the players asked to love playing for him. Hopefully he enjoys a long happy retirement Tom Hamilton (radio play-by-play) said that Francona's teams were only mathematically eliminated from the playoffs for 25 games in 11 years. Growing up as an Indians fan, we were often out of the playoff picture for months.
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