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2024 MLB General Talk (Dodgers Win WS)


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#401 mdrunning

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Posted 31 October 2024 - 12:19 AM

Yankees played some atrocious defense in that fifth inning.


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Posted 31 October 2024 - 08:23 AM

Yankees played some atrocious defense in that fifth inning.

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving team.


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Posted 31 October 2024 - 10:46 AM

Yankees defensive meltdown cost them last night.

I wonder if those douchebag fans who grabbed onto Bettis were "patrolling" the bar for falling peanuts last night?
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Posted 31 October 2024 - 11:03 AM

That 5th inning was a beautiful thing. Cole works out of it but gives up covering 1st half way there is just chefs kiss. 


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Posted 31 October 2024 - 11:59 AM

That's a blunder on Cole for not covering, but it's also a play Rizzo should make on his own. Instead of staying back and waiting, he could've easily been more aggressive and taken the out himself.

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Posted 31 October 2024 - 12:18 PM


That 5th inning was a beautiful thing. Cole works out of it but gives up covering 1st half way there is just chefs kiss.

I turned to my fiancé after Judge dropped the fly ball and said “this is how it starts, Dodgers are going to clinch tonight.” It was beautiful. Loved every second of that half inning.
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Posted 31 October 2024 - 12:32 PM

That's a blunder on Cole for not covering, but it's also a play Rizzo should make on his own. Instead of staying back and waiting, he could've easily been more aggressive and taken the out himself.

Its a play Rizzo could have made on his own but he has to rush it a bit. Charge the ball a bit. He  could see/feel Cole had got off the mound and was starting to cover. If COle just keeps going hard hes gonna beat Betts. Thats just what he has to do. TO me, thats 95% on Cole. Rizzo shouldnt have to rush on that play. 



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Posted 01 November 2024 - 12:58 AM

That play sort of reminded me of Bill Bucker on that Mookie (that name again) Wilson grounder. He caught hell for that miscue until the day he died, but it was at least partly due to his looking up and seeing that his pitcher (Bob Stanley) was not covering first.



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Posted 01 November 2024 - 01:05 AM

A Will Smith has now won the Series each of the past five years.



#410 Mackus

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Posted 02 November 2024 - 12:19 PM

Cole opted out of his remaining 4/$144M, but it's pretty perfunctory as the Yankees can void the opt-out by adding one more year at $36M to the deal.  They'll definitely do that, so it'll bring his remaining deal to 5/$180M and his total contract to 10/$360M.



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Posted 02 November 2024 - 12:31 PM

If they were smart they would let him go

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Posted 02 November 2024 - 06:59 PM

That play sort of reminded me of Bill Bucker on that Mookie (that name again) Wilson grounder. He caught hell for that miscue until the day he died, but it was at least partly due to his looking up and seeing that his pitcher (Bob Stanley) was not covering first.

 

Buckner was dealing with what I guess was arthritic ankles. He was routinely removed from 1B for Dave Stapleton throughout the season, but because the Red Sox were on the verge of winning a World Series, John McNamara decided to leave him in the game so that he could perhaps record the final out. 



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Posted 02 November 2024 - 11:41 PM

If they were smart they would let him go

I was thinking that as well.



#414 CantonJester

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 12:14 AM

I was thinking that as well.

 

When you get into stupid money territory, smart moves make less sense when you can extend a guy to simply keep him away from division rivals. 

 

They should resign Cole and roll the dice that he can remain a TOR guy into his late 30s. However, they should pass on Soto. He's a 25-26 year old DH. Yeah, he's one of the best hitters the game's ever seen, but if you sign that guy to a $500-$650m contract, you're spending that $ on a DH, cuz he'll only hurt you in the field. 



#415 mdrunning

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Posted 03 November 2024 - 01:03 AM

When you get into stupid money territory, smart moves make less sense when you can extend a guy to simply keep him away from division rivals. 

 

They should resign Cole and roll the dice that he can remain a TOR guy into his late 30s. However, they should pass on Soto. He's a 25-26 year old DH. Yeah, he's one of the best hitters the game's ever seen, but if you sign that guy to a $500-$650m contract, you're spending that $ on a DH, cuz he'll only hurt you in the field. 

I expect they will. But as a 34-year-old with a lot of miles on his arm, and coming off some arm difficulties this past season, not picking up Cole's option isn't as absurd as it might otherwise seem. By opting out, Cole essentially will fetch himself an extra $36 million with zero downside over choosing not do so. 

 

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