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MLB 2020 Offseason |OT| - (K)BO Knows
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this is far more of a punishment then I was actually expecting.
I wonder who else will be punished given how many teams were reportedly cheating in the last report.
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This ruins the relentless booing AJ Hinch would get at Dodger Stadium during the All Star Game.
There's really no satisfactory response to this, its in the past. And they won a title. A suspension or firing doesn't change that (and put to a choice I bet most teams would choose a title even if it meant having to fire their GM/manager).
I do think it's hilarious that the Astros organization has a zero tolerance policy towards cheating but will rally around a wife beater.
I do think it's hilarious that the Astros organization has a zero tolerance policy towards cheating but will rally around a wife beater.
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Do the Rays get fleeced. They got Pham from them couple years ago and he was like heart of the team. We will have to wait and see
Honestly the only thing surprising about any of this is that Carlos Beltran gets absolutely no suspension. He's still in the game. It doesn't make sense not to suspend him.
Alex Cora is so screwed. I've heard talking heads suggesting he may receive a lifetime ban. It would be pretty hard to justify Pete Rose's ban if they allow Cora to participate in the sport going forward.
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They don't need to give him a lifetime ban. He will get 2-3 years and nobody will touch him again.
An MLB manager isn't the same thing as a NFL head coach.
Why? I was listening to the hitting season podcast today and they said that when he found out about the monitors he got rid of them and that someone above him had them replaced. Not sure how much more you could reasonably expect a manager to do.
pr risk imo. idk, may be right. could find another job in the industry. his manager days I think are done though.
I think Luhnow and Hinch are, effectively, banned for life. Nobody is going to hire them. And hell, for all we know MLB might say "their suspension doesn't take effect until they're rehired"
On the one hand Hinch seemed like a really good manager, but on the other hand managers in baseball seem fairly fungible so I'm not sure an owner would take on that kind of baggage.
this isn't like the NFL whwre it made sense for the Saints to stick with Sean Payton through his suspension because you can't just find another Sean Payton, you're more likely to end up with a Freddie Kitchens.
this isn't like the NFL whwre it made sense for the Saints to stick with Sean Payton through his suspension because you can't just find another Sean Payton, you're more likely to end up with a Freddie Kitchens.
I don't look forward to seeing him 19 games a season.
he could be batting .050 with 1 home run half way through the season and he would still hit .500 with like 10 home runs in a 3 game series against the white sox lol.
4 years for a 34 year old can be kind of yikes, but barring injury I think you can bank on Donaldson being fairly productive at least the first two years of that.
Thankfully he should be able to transition to DH pretty easily. Holy fuck this is exciting.
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Yep!
And since we went and signed bad and/or injured pitchers, going to need to win most games 8-6
Donaldson is going to help improve the infield defense a lot. He was 20 runs more valuable at 3B than Sano last year. His range will help both Polanco & Arraez be better.
This is a way better signing than Ryu who was really the only rotation difference maker they had a shot at. And the pitching signings they made are not sexy, but they help raise the floor without completely wrecking the payroll, so they can still go make a trade either before ST or at the deadline.
If you and other Twins fans want to be miserable about it that is fine but this is a pretty god damn exciting signing and the team is going to be a ton of fun. Just gotta make sure they can avoid the fucking Yankees in the first round, and honestly even if they'd signed Cole I would feel this same way.
I'm miserable?? Love the signing. But with Pineda and Hill being out for months, we are relying so much on Berrios and Odo to be dominant in the first half. The lineup is ridiculous, but we are going to have to trust Smeltz and Dobnak to pitch more games than I'd like. Bullpen seems solid though.
I am hoping/expecting Graterol to win a spot in the rotation at the start of the year, then shift him to the pen down the stretch to manage his workload. And I still think they add another pitcher. I'd trade anyone but Graterol for Gray.
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