MLB 2025 Season

The Juggler

81 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

sadly, this only gonna make bud selig more thirsty for a more vast replay policy.

give all the managers a challenge mechanisim. no balls/strikes, but safe vs. out. two a game would be more than enough. or one per game, that renews if you are correct.

no.

Gary Carter

how good is this wheeler kid? are we talking front end of the rotation or back end of the rotation. course with the mets he'll end up as a bust.

Cliffy6745

The Juggler wrote:

81 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

sadly, this only gonna make bud selig more thirsty for a more vast replay policy.

give all the managers a challenge mechanisim. no balls/strikes, but safe vs. out. two a game would be more than enough. or one per game, that renews if you are correct.

no.

I like the idea of a 5th umpire in a booth who can call down immediately and tell them if they were right or wrong on plays at the bases and fair/foul.

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

81 wrote:

give all the managers a challenge mechanisim. no balls/strikes, but safe vs. out. two a game would be more than enough. or one per game, that renews if you are correct.

no.

I like the idea of a 5th umpire in a booth who can call down immediately and tell them if they were right or wrong on plays at the bases and fair/foul.

don't like the replay idea at all, as we've discussed, but i would prefer that to some kind of challenge system.

the nfl is trying something this sort of thing this season on scoring plays.

81

Cliffy6745 wrote:

I like the idea of a 5th umpire in a booth who can call down immediately and tell them if they were right or wrong on plays at the bases and fair/foul.

as long as it's done super quick, i would be open to that. but if that is the case, you might as well take all the umps off the field and let them video review everything. ok, you might have to leave one on the field to call time outs, and put balls in play.

lent K zone or whatever call balls and strikes.

81

The Juggler wrote:

81 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

sadly, this only gonna make bud selig more thirsty for a more vast replay policy.

give all the managers a challenge mechanisim. no balls/strikes, but safe vs. out. two a game would be more than enough. or one per game, that renews if you are correct.

no.

so you are in favor of teams getting screwed?

not to say Pittsburgh would have pulled it out in the 20th, or even gotten out of the 19th. but still, give them a fair shake

DewieCox

That's not that bad of a deal for the Card's. They've got plenty of offense.
With Rasmus's current attitude and work ethic he's not far from his ceiling. I can't blame him for not wanting to listen to Mcgwire but he just doesn't seem to be totally into it. He seems like a cocky punk to me and that stems from watching him more than what people say about him. Doesn't seem like he's improved much in the 3 or so seasons he's been in the bigs.
Maybe a change of scenery will make him blossom.

The Fixer

metsfan wrote:

how good is this wheeler kid? are we talking front end of the rotation or back end of the rotation. course with the mets he'll end up as a bust.

ranked as one of the top 30 prospects in all of baseball. That usually projects to a 1 or 2 starter.

Here's a pre-season scouting report from baseball america

Background: The Giants made Wheeler the sixth overall pick in the 2009 draft, the highest they've taken a pitcher since selecting Jason Grilli at No. 4 in 1997, and signed him for $3.3 million. It was a bad omen when he recorded only one out in his pro debut in April, as a persistent cracked-fingernail issue derailed his season. He did post a 3.27 ERA in his final five starts.

Scouting Report: With his size, broad shoulders and loose arm action, Wheeler has plenty of projection remaining. His cracked nail was a blessing in disguise because it forced him to take time out to work on smoothing out his mechanics. He got on a more direct line to the plate and cut down the effort in his delivery, allowing him to command the bottom of the strike zone much better. Wheeler threw an easy 94-97 mph fastball during instructional league with improved location. His changeup became functional toward the end of the season, and his breaking ball became tighter and more consistent. He can throw an overhand curveball but has had more success with a slurve. He did a lot of maturing on the mound in his first pro season and learned he can't strike out the world.

The Future: Wheeler remains an elite arm with room to grow. After a promising instructional league, he'll move up to high Class A if he competes well in spring training.

The Fixer

81 wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

81 wrote:

give all the managers a challenge mechanisim. no balls/strikes, but safe vs. out. two a game would be more than enough. or one per game, that renews if you are correct.

no.

so you are in favor of teams getting screwed?

not to say Pittsburgh would have pulled it out in the 20th, or even gotten out of the 19th. but still, give them a fair shake

I think bad calls are part of sports. Have been forever. Soon we are just gonna have robots or computers making calls.

The Fixer

DewieCox wrote:

That's not that bad of a deal for the Card's. They've got plenty of offense.
With Rasmus's current attitude and work ethic he's not far from his ceiling. I can't blame him for not wanting to listen to Mcgwire but he just doesn't seem to be totally into it. He seems like a cocky punk to me and that stems from watching him more than what people say about him. Doesn't seem like he's improved much in the 3 or so seasons he's been in the bigs.
Maybe a change of scenery will make him blossom.

He hasn't gotten consistent playing time. larussa has jerked him in and out of the lineup for over a year now. it's fine if STL wanted to move him but they got a bag of shit in return

eeriepadave

Ervin Santana with a no hitter today. Walked one and struck out 10 in a 3-1 victory over Cleveland. 5 errors for Cleveland and won for the Angels.

81

eeriepadave wrote:

Ervin Santana with a no hitter today. Walked one and struck out 10 in a 3-1 victory over Cleveland. 5 errors for Cleveland and won for the Angels.

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=131271&start=2550#p3800137

:P

eeriepadave

81 wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

Ervin Santana with a no hitter today. Walked one and struck out 10 in a 3-1 victory over Cleveland. 5 errors for Cleveland and won for the Angels.

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=131271&start=2550#p3800137

:P

:oops: sorry did a search and didn't come across it. although when i did the search i put hos first name in there

81

:thumbup:

would have been cooler had the indians won.

i love the non no hitter

Gary Carter

The Fixer wrote:

metsfan wrote:

how good is this wheeler kid? are we talking front end of the rotation or back end of the rotation. course with the mets he'll end up as a bust.

ranked as one of the top 30 prospects in all of baseball. That usually projects to a 1 or 2 starter.

Here's a pre-season scouting report from baseball america

Background: The Giants made Wheeler the sixth overall pick in the 2009 draft, the highest they've taken a pitcher since selecting Jason Grilli at No. 4 in 1997, and signed him for $3.3 million. It was a bad omen when he recorded only one out in his pro debut in April, as a persistent cracked-fingernail issue derailed his season. He did post a 3.27 ERA in his final five starts.

Scouting Report: With his size, broad shoulders and loose arm action, Wheeler has plenty of projection remaining. His cracked nail was a blessing in disguise because it forced him to take time out to work on smoothing out his mechanics. He got on a more direct line to the plate and cut down the effort in his delivery, allowing him to command the bottom of the strike zone much better. Wheeler threw an easy 94-97 mph fastball during instructional league with improved location. His changeup became functional toward the end of the season, and his breaking ball became tighter and more consistent. He can throw an overhand curveball but has had more success with a slurve. He did a lot of maturing on the mound in his first pro season and learned he can't strike out the world.

The Future: Wheeler remains an elite arm with room to grow. After a promising instructional league, he'll move up to high Class A if he competes well in spring training.

thanks fixer

The Fixer

metsfan wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

metsfan wrote:

how good is this wheeler kid? are we talking front end of the rotation or back end of the rotation. course with the mets he'll end up as a bust.

ranked as one of the top 30 prospects in all of baseball. That usually projects to a 1 or 2 starter.

Here's a pre-season scouting report from baseball america

Background: The Giants made Wheeler the sixth overall pick in the 2009 draft, the highest they've taken a pitcher since selecting Jason Grilli at No. 4 in 1997, and signed him for $3.3 million. It was a bad omen when he recorded only one out in his pro debut in April, as a persistent cracked-fingernail issue derailed his season. He did post a 3.27 ERA in his final five starts.

Scouting Report: With his size, broad shoulders and loose arm action, Wheeler has plenty of projection remaining. His cracked nail was a blessing in disguise because it forced him to take time out to work on smoothing out his mechanics. He got on a more direct line to the plate and cut down the effort in his delivery, allowing him to command the bottom of the strike zone much better. Wheeler threw an easy 94-97 mph fastball during instructional league with improved location. His changeup became functional toward the end of the season, and his breaking ball became tighter and more consistent. He can throw an overhand curveball but has had more success with a slurve. He did a lot of maturing on the mound in his first pro season and learned he can't strike out the world.

The Future: Wheeler remains an elite arm with room to grow. After a promising instructional league, he'll move up to high Class A if he competes well in spring training.

thanks fixer

no problem dude. great haul for your squad. I miss omar

Gary Carter

The Fixer wrote:

I miss omar

i'm sure adam rubin would agree with you on that :P

PRL1JAM

Hey guys, to be honest...All of the Rasmus talk about him not listening to his coaches is something I just started hearing about over the last week or so. Can someone fill me in real quick, as far as him not listening to Mcgwire, etc? I heard Larussa the other day say something along the lines of, "Rasmus doesn't listen to any of his coaches" and that was all I caught. So supposedly he only listens to his old man?

DewieCox

PRL1JAM wrote:

Hey guys, to be honest...All of the Rasmus talk about him not listening to his coaches is something I just started hearing about over the last week or so. Can someone fill me in real quick, as far as him not listening to Mcgwire, etc? I heard Larussa the other day say something along the lines of, "Rasmus doesn't listen to any of his coaches" and that was all I caught. So supposedly he only listens to his old man?

There's been talk about it goin back to last year.

DewieCox

The Fixer wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

That's not that bad of a deal for the Card's. They've got plenty of offense.
With Rasmus's current attitude and work ethic he's not far from his ceiling. I can't blame him for not wanting to listen to Mcgwire but he just doesn't seem to be totally into it. He seems like a cocky punk to me and that stems from watching him more than what people say about him. Doesn't seem like he's improved much in the 3 or so seasons he's been in the bigs.
Maybe a change of scenery will make him blossom.

He hasn't gotten consistent playing time. larussa has jerked him in and out of the lineup for over a year now. it's fine if STL wanted to move him but they got a bag of shit in return

He's played 145 games the 1st 2 years and is on pace for close to the same this year and I'm pretty sure he had some mild injury early in the season. They got what they need and maybe a headache out of the clubhouse.