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1. cardsfanboyOutside of Rickey Henderson, I think everyone would notice a million dollar check.
I still can't believe they took the least entertaining major-sport offering - by a million - and made it great. I mean, it used to be worse than the no-tackling Pro Bowl, for God's sake.
Alonso already said tonight that all of his prize money goes to his family's foundation again.
I hated the timed idea originally, but loved it after seeing it in practice.
Without actually watching it, I couldn't say, but my guess is he tanked the bonus round, 7 hrs in a minute is tough to beat, not impossible obviously, but not easy either.
https://www.actionnetwork.com/mlb/2022-home-run-derby-controversy-kyle-schwarber-albert-pujols?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=darrenrovell
apparently they forgot to post Schwarber's HR 18 in OT, so he was mistakenly listed as losing 20-19 when he actually tied, 20-20 (I thought they missed one, too, but didn't really care).
another batter was credited with a HR even with the clock at zero before the pitch even left the pitcher's hand, and there were numerous instances of pitches illegally being thrown before the previous ball had landed. you can see the ump wave off the pitchers, but they'd pitch anyway and they would count the HR as well.
I think the books have modest stake limits, like $500 max, via many state regulators - which if so, would mitigate some of the damage.
but if you're going to endorse gambling on your product, it's no longer a slap-and-tickle event. MLB will have to decide which this thing is.
2. Formatting sucks, might eventually turn this into some sort of Gantt chart or something
This is the Cubs ML pitching staff transactions for 2022, from opening day to the ASB. The dashed line is, near as I can tell, where the opening day roster ends. I think I've missed one or two. Abbreviations are hopefully mostly obvious but there seems to be "replacement players" (Rep) for covid guys and 27th players (U27) for double-headers and these guys are (Ret)urned. Up is called up or purchased from minors, Opt is optioned although I'm pretty sure many aren't technically options but aren't DFAs, etc. I have no idea what was going on with Manuel Rodriguez.
I get a total of thirty pitchers and 88 distinct transactions including opening day ILs. There are some bereavement, etc. type stuff I left off. Leiter and Espinoza lead the way with 8 transactions, poor Espinoza having been the 27th man three times (although I think Caleb Kilian was technically the 27th guy for one of those). Adrian Sampson was brought up, optioned, DFAd, then re-signed three weeks later. Cub pitchers are so marginal that 3 DFAs plus Sampson stuck around although one is now in Korea or Japan. The recently DFA'd Matt Swarmer is a good bet to be the fifth.
Kyle Hendricks IL 7/6
Justin Steele
Marcus Stroman IL 5/8 Act 5/19 IL 6/10 Act 7/9
Drew Smyly IL 5/1 Act 7/10
Daniel Norris IL 6/23 Act 7/13 DFA 7/17
Chris Martin
Rowan Wick
Mychel Givens
David Robertson IL 5/9 Act 5/18
Keegan Thompson
Scott Effross
Ethan Roberts IL 5/2
Jesse Chavez Tr 4/21
Michael Rucker IL 5/19 Act 5/1 Opt 6/10 Up 6/11 Opt 6/12 Up 7/3 Opt 7/10
Locke St John Opt 4/16 Up 4/30 Opt 5/1 DFA 5/3
Wade Miley IL 4/7 Act 5/10 IL 5/29 Act 6/10
Alec Mills IL 4/7 Act 6/7 IL 7/3
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Mark Leiter Up 4/16 Opt 4/30 Up 5/11 Opt 5/18 Up 5/29 Opt 6/3 Up 6/21 Opt 7/16
Sean Newcomb Acq 4/21 IL 5/11 Act 6/12 DFA 6/13 Out 6/20
Robert Gsellman Up 5/3 DFA 5/30 Out 6/6 Rel 7/16
Adrian Sampson Up 5/8 Opt 5/9 DFA 5/10 Sgn 5/31 Up 6/16 Opt 6/20 Up 6/23
Connor Menez Rep 5/9 Ret 5/17 DFA 6/4 Out 6/7 Rel 6/24
Brandon Hughes Rep 5/17 Ret 5/28 Up 5/30
Matt Swarmer Up 5/30 Opt 7/13 DFA 7/16
Anderson Espinoza U27 5/30 Ret 5/30 U27 6/4 Ret 6/7 Up 7/6 Opt 7/12 U27 7/16 Ret 7/16
Manuel Rodriguez Up 6/1 IL 6/1
Caleb Kilian Up 6/4 Opt 6/5 Up 6/15 Opt 6/21
Eric Stout Up 6/13 DFA 6/16
Steven Brault Up 7/16
Erich Uelmen Up 7/17
agreed. after we make a post, it's an unappealing choice between not providing a link, or providing an ugly link. if there's a third option, I'd like to hear it.
You can embed an ink by clicking the <> that has an a in it, then you get a box that pops up for you to post a link, and then an option to make it a word.
Like the link you posted above could have click here
#37 ... or if you forgot the link in the original post, just put a tidy one in a follow-up post. Not like we're wasting paper here.
I was going to say that was the way I took it, I didn't at all think you were criticizing the thread, just that you were pointing out what you were about to talk about was maybe non-chatter material. I even wrote a post on it, but then never hit submit thinking 'it's not my job to speak for Walt'.
Of course chatter is where I think almost anything baseball related is chatter material, it's why I keep hammering for multi-day chatters so that we can have random non-article subject chatter if it pops up.
And then Buxton matches it. A bonus is that they were off a Dodger.
Maybe he asked for it?
I get that the pitching seems to be limited to one inning, but the NL let replacement 2B Jeff McNeil (not even owned in my fantasy league) hit twice, and Acuna just came up a third time.
But maybe he planned it? Maybe he went to Snitker on Monday and said "one AB, then I want to enjoy, give another guy a chance" Or maybe he did it after he hit that bomb? Maybe we'll never know why the ####?
wow - talk about putting the "Hal" in "SHallow League!"
McNeil is hitting .300 - good for 21st in MLB - and a dozen of those ahead of him are DH, 1B, or OF.
he has a 123 OPS+ this year and 124 career, and qualifies at 2B and OF.
Well we know your internet works since you're posting here...I have to show my overseas ignorance here, but can't you just stream it?
Back to the ASG, I'm struck by how many guys are in their 1st, or 2nd AS appearance. Albert Pujols is an old man (obviously) at 11, but so is Xander Bogearts at 4 on these teams.
I haven't quite adjusted to the new reality. my league - almost 40 years old now - rosters any NL player who can fog a mirror, basically. GPerdomo and GMarquez have the most AB and IP of available players.
and now, back to the ASG chatter !
3. All the Yankees came through.
2. The AL continued its domination.
1. No extra innings, and no ####### home run derby to decide the winner.
Howie, I get it re: McNeil, and I didn't mean to offend a Mets fan. Or a real pure roto player.
I was there once, AL-only, the league just died out due to some shady shenanigans among some owners (literally: guy kicked out, then let back in after a year or two. How was that going to work out? As well as Liz Taylor+Richard Burton, Part Two!) and it was mainly a work-based league, so it folded after a few guys retired, and because of the shenanigans.
I won it a few times, most memorable in 2004 by acquiring minor league keepers Francisco Cordero and Johan Santana in 2002. League had simplified the $260 limit to $65, and I owned them both in 2004 for $0.50 each, 49 saves and 20 wins in a five category league. After that, Santana was a $10 player. It cost me (among other things) 2002 Magglio Ordonez, but I was out of it, so what you gonna do?
I know what you're saying, in a real roto league (with reserves, minors?) what can you do when you spend money on Bryce Harper, but he gets injured and the next best option is now the remains of Nomar Mazara {whimper}
Back to the ASG...wait, is no one here to talk about the ASG? How's that for an indictment on the state of the game of baseball?
- Shohei announcing he'd swing at the first pitch, hitting a single, and getting picked off
- The sick Gimenez/Anderson double play
- Manoah throwing a back-foot slider per Smoltz's recommendation, and literally hitting McNeill's back foot
- Giancarlo hitting one of the hardest home runs I've ever seen - it sounded like Reggie Jackson's famous ASG blast off the light tower at Tiger Stadium
- AL pitching dominance in innings 2-9: 8 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, HBP, 9 K
The game needs to be played in Dodger Stadium more often.
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