Cobra Commander Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Whit Merrifield vaccination update: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Anyone know what Whit Merrifield's vaccination status is? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) I'm sure it was the result of Whit carefully doing his "research" and nothing else. Edited August 4, 2022 by BrianS81177 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 20 minutes ago, BrianS81177 said: I'm sure it was the result of Whit carefully doing his "research" and nothing else. Yeah. He researched how much it sucks to not get paychecks. 4 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 Tungsten Arm O'Doyle is looking on from heaven, smiling. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Miguel Cabrera has started to hint he might retire at the end of the season Quote Detroit Tigers great Miguel Cabrera for the first time on Thursday said this may be the final season in his Hall of Fame career. Cabrera, whose battled health issues in 2022, had previously stated he wanted to play through the end of the 2023 season, when he's owed $32 million in the final fully guaranteed year of his contract. "I've got to talk to my agent, I've got to talk to the GM, I'm got to talk to everybody [to] see what's going to be the plan for next year," Cabrera told reporters ahead of Detroit's game against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. "Right now we don't know. We're focused on today. We're going to go day by day and see what happens. I don't think about next year. I'm thinking about trying to finish healthy this year." The 39-year-old said he has been playing through knee pain in recent weeks and will be limited to just every other day during Detroit's six-game homestand. "You've got to understand your body," Cabrera said. "I understand my body and I understand my position now on this team. I'm OK. I'm going to keep working. Every time they give me a chance to play I'm going to go out there and do my best. That's the bottom line. That's what matters. And it's an opportunity for young guys here to get more at-bats and see what we've got for next year." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Tungsten Arm O'Doyle is looking on from heaven, smiling. At this point they might as well lean into it and have an Akron Groomsmen night. Mock up some old timey jerseys, slap some handlebar mustaches on Ohtani and Trout and have some fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 At this point, it’s probably more appropriate to put Trout in an iron lung 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 5 hours ago, RIPPA said: Miguel Cabrera has started to hint he might retire at the end of the season I love Miggy for all he's done in Detroit but he's been stealing money for 6 years. He basically quit doing conditioning - at least of the kind you'd expect from a serious athlete - and now pretends to be baffled that that his knee or whatever hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I was at the first game of the Red Sox/Royals series last night, which was notable mostly as being the first time Eric Hosmer played at Kauffman Stadium since his last game as a Royal in 2017. It being Boston, and Boston not actually paying much of the salary, who knows how long Hosmer will stick around there. But from watching him practically every game for 6 years (2011-2017), I suspect his ability to hit the ball to left field might serve him better in Boston than in most ballparks. Not saying he would necessarily turn those drives into monster doubles, but maybe some balls would turn from outs to singles. But the balls that Hosmer gets to the outfield are usually CF/LF, which is a bit unusual for a left-handed batter. Also, Hosmer will hit a lot of groundballs to the second baseman. And he already dove into first base headfirst last night. Hosmer would have won an MVP for one of the 2015 postseason series if his postseason included more dinky singles. Hosmer during that postseason did pretty much nothing with nobody on base, but he did a lot of stuff when somebody else was on base. Ask Mets fans about that. Clutch is more of a habit than a skill, but if Hosmer is in that habit when the Red Sox are good, he could be a lot more fun than expected for a guy who was essentially traded to get him away from his last team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 19 hours ago, RIPPA said: Miguel Cabrera has started to hint he might retire at the end of the season Somebody reminded Cabrera that he'll make $32m next year so now he's decided he's not retiring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 We need to talk about Chicago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 The Braves have tired of Ian Anderson being stinky and optioned him to AAA Gonna be interesting to see if he rights himself enough to get on the post season roster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Boy all the Yanks deadline moves are really paying off so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 there's probably nothing to confirm or deny this hunch but i've suspected for awhile that it kinda takes a few games for things to gel for a team after they made some big moves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 The Dodgers/Padres series might be another case for how trading for a guy doesn't mean your team is gonna win a bunch immediately. Sometimes teams that stand-pat actually do surprisingly well out of the break because they're already good and they indirectly got the vote of confidence that they're good enough to make a run. Now if the Padres don't feast on the Nationals and Marlins in the next few weeks, then that would not be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 It appears Jason Heyward has played his last game as a Cub GM Jed Hoyer said today that Heyward is unlikely to return from his injury this season and that they will release him at the end of the season (Heyward has one more year left on his stupid contract) They are going to keep him through the year "due to his respected clubhouse presence" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Jason Heyward turns 33 tomorrow. He's younger than Whit Merrifield but Heyward debuted in the majors 6 years before Whit. So it would be kinda wild to think of someone that young retiring. Also kinda wild the young outfielders who peaked young coming out of Atlanta Andruw Jones before his age 30 season (1996-2006): 267/345/505, 31 HRs per year and 9 Gold Gloves Andruw Jones in his age 30 second and after (2007-2012): 214/314/420, 15 HRs per year and 1 Gold Glove Jason Heyward before becoming a Cub: 268/353/431, 16 HRs a year and 3 Gold Gloves Heyward as a Cub: 245/323/377, 9 HRs a year and 2 Gold Gloves Heyward was 26 when he signed with the Cubs and he arguably peaked around 23-25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: It appears Jason Heyward has played his last game as a Cub GM Jed Hoyer said today that Heyward is unlikely to return from his injury this season and that they will release him at the end of the season (Heyward has one more year left on his stupid contract) They are going to keep him through the year "due to his respected clubhouse presence" Such a horrible contract - as I said at the time. $23m/yr in 2016 for a guy putting up a 112 OPS+. I don't care if he was twice as good as Willie Mays defensively, $23m was way too much for that offense. Of course, he has even come close to even that in any season more than 20 minutes long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorman Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 8/5/2022 at 11:34 AM, Pete said: At this point they might as well lean into it and have an Akron Groomsmen night. Mock up some old timey jerseys, slap some handlebar mustaches on Ohtani and Trout and have some fun. Count me in! #justakidfromakron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorman Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Not only did Cleveland get rid of Franmil Reyes, they also sent Mustard to the minors after losing 50 straight hot dog races. Mustard will report to my former team, the Lake County Captains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Imagine paying Chris Sale a single fucking dime, lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Still a better investment than Patrick Corbin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Between Sale and Tatis earlier in the year, it's clear no baseball player should be allowed to travel by land on anything with less than four wheels and a seatbelt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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