MLB thread

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by MTK

When the NBA and NHL are back and MLB is sitting on the sidelines it's going to be a very bad look for them

Yup...the owners are gonna have to take a one year hit in order to not carry heavier losses in the future.

I dunno, to be honest...I’m not missing sports that much. Def not the boring NBA...baseball is gone, but it’s not as bad as I thought.

The quarantine has def woke me to other shit in life.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Here is a good article on the numbers that MLB proposed to the players yesterday. There are some positives in here several negatives that do not favor players, but I think a counter from the players might yield a season. One of the things that is missing in the article is MLB wanting a change to the operation manual and have players sign an "acknowledgement of risk" to play this season. Thus removing liability of covid 19 illness or death from MLB. There is no way I would accept that as an employee.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonyble.../#174986314235

[skinsfan69]

The players will never win in a work stoppage.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Draft starts tonight. Personally I am excited for it. I think the Orioles will draft Martin like the mocks say. Hard to pass up on him. I hope the Yankees draft the next Brien Taylor and Cashman gets gonorrhea spooning Hal Steinbrenner in celebration. I hope you're reading this Punch. F the Yankees!

[Chico23231]

Damn I feel for Orioles fans...keep the faith. And f the Yankees

[SunnySide]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

Draft starts tonight. Personally I am excited for it. I think the Orioles will draft Martin like the mocks say. Hard to pass up on him. I hope the Yankees draft the next Brien Taylor and Cashman gets gonorrhea spooning Hal Steinbrenner in celebration. I hope you're reading this Punch. F the Yankees!

Hearing rumbles that they make take high schooler (of) Zac Veen as an underslot at no. 2.

Would be the traditional Orioles way of doing business. Being cheap on the no. 2 pick because they worry about making that no 30 pick sligthty better.

Elias - i like what ive heard from him and what he brings, so he has my faith no matter what for the next few years.

i just hate going cheap with first round picks and trading away intl money. Give me the A student vs 2 C students.

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edit -- apparently Martin has Boras as his agent and wants 1.1 (1st overall pick) money and not 1.2 (2nd overall) money.

Fuck me ... Os could go 4 different ways here.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Normally I’d agree the boras I’d relationship is contentious. I am hoping with only 5 rounds they will be able to make a bigger offer

[BaltimoreSkins]

F the yankees

[BaltimoreSkins]

So Heston Kjerstad. Strong lefty power hitter with short porch in right at Camden Yards. I can get behind it but he is definitely not the second best player out there.

[SunnySide]

Orioles and Miami .... 2 of the very worst run organizations in all of sports.

Not getting Nick Bitsko at 30 I think really blew up in their face. Good chance the Os wont even spend all of their draft allotment money now.

How do you take the 10th best player at no. 2, when a much more highly touted player is there in Austin Martin? or the consensus best pitcher in Lacy.

On top of it all ... Kjerstad is not even a decent outfielder so it seems like we spent the no. 2 overall pick on a high strike out, non position player who has a gimmicky swing that may need to be changed.

Who the fuck drafts a DH who needs a swing correction at no. 2 overall?

At least take Lacy if you were scared off by Martin/Boras connection.

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Elias gets 2 years of non-judgment free reign and who knows about drafts ... so ill judge in 2022. I guess.

[Chico23231]

Letter regarding Yankees' sign-stealing investigation from Rob Manfred to be unsealed, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/l...ed-per-report/

I don’t get it, why was the letter sealed in the first place? Shouldn’t the commish and the mlb want transparency on yet another baseball scandal? Eff the Yankees

[SunnySide]

I guess the Os draft wasnt that bad. read a goods review on orioles hangout. That assumes we sign the HS players taken in R4 and 5 plus Kjerstad signs for less money to make signing the HS kids possible.

Give me Austin Martin though. 4th or 5th rounders out of HS is rolling the dice even more. I guess we will wait 5 years to see.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Watching the "Junior" special on MLB Network. Favorite athlete of all times. The 95 playoff winner against the Yankees still gives me a chub.

Note - I miss baseball. Those assholes (both sides) need to get it together!

[SunnySide]

According to multiple reports, Major League Baseball will set a schedule for the 2020 season that will be 60 games long. The season will start the weekend of July 24 with a "spring" training opening on July 1.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/does-ml...014646305.html

Sports radio is telling me I should be mad at the owners 60% and the players 40% ... idk. Im not mad at either side.

Will be happy to see some baseball though.

Os gonna suck! and im fine with that.

[BaltimoreSkins]

The O's will have the toughest 60 game schedule ever but I am looking forward to it. As for the draft I am cool with Kjerstad. He has a bunch of short right porches in the AL east and Boston with the Pesky pole. Regardless he will constantly be compared with Martin, who the scouting seems to suggest being limited in the field.