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Now Roy O being there throwing nasty curves is cool

14 minutes ago, WBT said:

Now Roy O being there throwing nasty curves is cool


that ball fell off a table

Get that bananas aren't for everyone. But I really enjoyed getting to so the Wizard on the bump again at mmp. Getting to tell lilshep about Roy greatness was special. Still has that nasty mid 70s curve .

He’s still gonna be able to throw that curve when he’s drawing social security.

Whitley optioned to Sugarland to rehab/ramp up as a reliever. Spencer Spaghetti assigned back down as well but that was to be expected 

2005 NLCS Game 2, I was at the game in St. Louis (total shithole) and talked so much shit as Oswald dominated them.  I love that guy, he was fearless.

Too bad medicine hasn't figured out a way to transfer his head/testicles to Whitley.

Wasn’t sure about mmp hosting that event, but damn they filled mmp with some great energy

bring on the yankees  

7 hours ago, runthebone said:

2005 NLCS Game 2, I was at the game in St. Louis (total shithole) and talked so much shit as Oswald dominated them.  I love that guy, he was fearless.

Game 6 was better. I could tell that the Cardinals had no chance after his 1st inning battle with Pujols.

I'll never take a second of lilshep learning the game he loves from people we have gotten help from. With the experiences lilshep has had in life so far and the people we have met and some are now our friends, it's crazy I sit back at times and wonder how the heck is lilshep so lucky and fortunate. The 1 life lesson I stress with him is put good out in the world good will come back.

Side note Roy O does have a nasty bruise on his shin from last night. 66f8613623dcc4066a24e687b4c896e8.jpg

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

Game 6 was better. I could tell that the Cardinals had no chance after his 1st inning battle with Pujols.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go to Game 6.  Walking out after Game 2, someone tried to talk shit, and I told him he had just watched the last game at Busch Stadium.  Fucking Pujols meant it wasn't true, but it shut his ass up at the time.

6 hours ago, runthebone said:

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go to Game 6.  Walking out after Game 2, someone tried to talk shit, and I told him he had just watched the last game at Busch Stadium.  Fucking Pujols meant it wasn't true, but it shut his ass up at the time.

Haha

I’m glad you got that.

I was at the old Busch earlier that season and—speaking of Clemens— was not as fortunate in the game I attended.

Clemens took the L in a game Chris Carpenter pulled a Maddux

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200507170.shtml

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I know that was the tombstone season, but crazy to see us 2 games under after getting swept by the cards coming out of the break and 14.5 back

This Singleton/Cabbage/Hensley/Kessinger showdown is pretty amazing

and by amazing I mean can Cory Julks play 1st and be the backup?  jfc

JD Davis released by SF today. Assuming he could play 1B, bring him in and move on from Singleton. He’s a good hitter and can play 3B or OF.

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Trade singleton and Lance for seeds and baseballs

2 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said:

JD Davis released by SF today. Assuming he could play 1B, bring him in and move on from Singleton. He’s a good hitter and can play 3B or OF.

This is the type of move that teams that are serious about winning the WS make. They try to put real MLB players on their bench.

11 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

This is the type of move that teams that are serious about winning the WS make. They try to put real MLB players on their bench.

If they want to upgrade over Singleton they’d be better off signing Brandon Belt who is still a free agent.  He’s a better complement to Abreu and a better defensive 1B and a better option to have on the bench to pinch hit.

The only way Davis makes sense for Houston is on an extremely cheap multiyear deal where he can serve as a stopgap 3B between Bregman and whoever ends up being the long term solution (Dezenzo).

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Episode 53 of breathing orange fire is up- we talk bullpen and top 100 list from ESPN. 
 

 

Article from the Mercury News on the implications of JD Davis's arbitration hearing

SF Giants place J.D. Davis on waivers; why he stands to lose millions
Evan Webeck
3–4 minutes

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Yet another unfortunate wrinkle in a cycle full of them for J.D. Davis: He could be out millions of dollars.

When the Giants signed Matt Chapman, Davis lost his job as the starting third baseman in San Francisco. And, after being placed on waivers Saturday, he also stands to forfeit all but a small prorated portion of the $6.9 million salary he won through an arbitration hearing with the team.

As the process plays out, Davis has been around the team but not played in a game since Monday, the day Chapman’s signing was made official.

“There’s some stuff going on right now,” manager Bob Melvin said Saturday when asked about Davis’ status following their 5-1 win over the A’s. “That’s why he hasn’t played. We’ll see how it turns out here in the next day or so.”

In the middle of the game, reports surfaced that Davis had been placed on waivers. When the clubhouse reopened to reporters afterward, Davis was not available to comment, though he said after the news of the Chapman signing broke that “it’s part of the business” and that he “want(ed) to do what’s best for the team.”

First reported by FanSided’s Robert Murray, the New York Post’s Jon Heyman later added that the Giants opted to place Davis on waivers after their efforts to trade him had failed. Teams understood their roster crunch in the wake of signing Chapman to be their new everyday third baseman while also possessing Wilmer Flores as a right-handed hitting corner infield option off the bench.

Any team that claims Davis would owe him his salary in full.

However, if no team wants to pay him at the rate determined by an independent arbiter, that’s where things get complicated.

As a veteran with at least five years of service time, Davis would have the option to become a free agent rather than accept an outright assignment to the minor leagues. Typically, the Giants would be on the hook for all but the minimum of his annual salary, and the team that signed him would pay the difference.

However, players’ salaries that are determined through an arbitration trial don’t become guaranteed until Opening Day.

If he is released, Davis would be owed only a 30-day prorated portion of his $6.9 million salary.

Until the latest collective bargaining agreement, which took effect in 2022, that was the case for any player who went through the arbitration process, which encompasses anyone with between three and six years of service time. One change in the new CBA, however, guaranteed salaries for those players who settled out of the courtroom.

The Giants hadn’t lost an arbitration hearing since A.J. Pierzynski in 2004, but they couldn’t come to an agreement with Davis. They filed a proposed salary of $6.55 million, while Davis submitted $6.9 million. An independent arbiter determined Davis was worth the larger figure.

Now, over a difference of $350,000, he stands to potentially lose out on almost all of it.

 

 

Seth Martinez continues his campaign to make the opening day roster.

Over 5 games and 4.2 innings, he’s yet to allow a run. He has 6 strikeouts and a WHIP of 0.86. 

It is just spring, but the numbers are looking strong enough to allow him to take the long relief innings in MLB

Astros📝
-Several Astros hitters are heating up.
-Does’t mean all that much unless you are fighting for a spot
-Dubón is hitting everything (.579 BA) while Cabbage is hitting zip (11K/25 AB)
-Kessinger trending
-Urquidy/Blanco looking sharp 

Buddy in Toronto snagging me tix for the July series. Who else is going to that one?

Buddy in Toronto snagging me tix for the July series. Who else is going to that one?
I am not, went last year. Was a good trip.

Looking for a new Astros hat for the season but coming up blank so far on what I want.

Does anyone make a navy hat like this with the 80's logo and a white or orange rope?

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Just now, tx 3 putt said:

Javier is ready for the season

cut cabbage patch kid 

Cut Singelton. 

Nice showcase today for Cabbage (0-4), Montero (0.0, 4ER, 2H, 3BB), Singleton (0-3, 2K), Hensley (same as Singleton), and Coleman (HR).

 

But this team isn't quitting in the top of the 9th!!

2 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Looking for a new Astros hat for the season but coming up blank so far on what I want.

Does anyone make a navy hat like this with the 80's logo and a white or orange rope?

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PM @henrygandorf 

Josh Hader this Spring in 4 games:

0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP, .083 AVG Against, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB

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