NEWS/RUMORS/AROUND MLB Thread

When Ryu left he took his buddy Uribe's game with him Lol
Damn LAD used to be fat and fun

 

It's not like ryu relies on blowing hitters away with his fastball. If he still has his control and breaking pitches he could still be a #3/4 at some point imo. Hopefully he builds his arm strength up and starts really rolling towards the end of the year.

 

Reading comprehension lol. I wrote high jacked but I didn't put the Spero thing out there.

 

FWIW, tomorrow will be 8 weeks for Ethier, given his 10-14 week timeline, July 1st is probably a reasonable expectation.

 

I'm not really pessimistic on Puig. Just don't want him to take on too much responsibility on this team because, well...he fails a lot and makes me sad. If he can play defense and hit to his career averages, I'm fine with him. I don't expect him to be an MVP. But competence would be nice.

 

There have not really been updates on Ethier or Montas. Hopefully each aren't behind schedule.

 

Man... remember when MLB suspension rumors were a big thing. Talk about a letdown. Like Star Wars: Episode 1 level letdown.

 

Yeah it was supposed to be raining suspensions.
Wonder if something happened behind the scenes

 

June 12ish is the 4th month of recovery for Montas, was given a 2-4 month timeline if I remember correctly, so we gotta be hearing something soon

 

What could happen behind the scenes? Don't wanna be naive here, but are we talking about somebody's palm getting greased?
Can't be that...positive piss test is positive piss test. How do you not act on that?

 

And over optimism about him ( like that for Grandal ) might be misplaced and unrealistic. I mean drive in a run once in a while with RISP when we aren't ahead by 4.
Granted, the underachievement of the team as a whole might add to the frustration with him...but offensively, he's mostly past fabulousity and "potential".
Maybe he'll get sat, and return newborn, and merit the level of superstardom he enjoys.
Cubano, por favor...

 

Or a successful appeal? Everyone knows a piss test taken on the second Tuesday of the month under a full moon is invalid.

 

Like the first 50 minutes of the Seinfeld finale.

Most everything before the courtroom scene was meh at best.

 

Calling Odor, calling Odor............

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/178705690/madison-bumgarner-wil-myers-have-altercation

Be nice if someone dotted this fucking hillbilly.

 

Good points, mostly, imo...but there's nothing in my post about hatred in any way shape or form. To mention that he does very little offensively now is fact, not hatred. And as you are in agreement to his level of media created superstardom he enjoys, whether justified or not, would be a good thing if he played somewhat like one...even a little. Offensively. Defensively, he is.
And he was percieved as a superstar initially, by media and fans, and it wasn't a fantasy. It was real.
That's baseball, too.

 

It certainly would be a fine day if someone clocked his redneck ass...but quite honestly, he's been acting this way for a long time, and no one has done shit to him.
Frankly, I think players are afraid of him.
To do nothing for so long indicates fear, imo.

 

A one-hopper to the cup would suffice. Even better if he wasn't wearing a cup.

Heard a short lecture many years ago from a former Braves' pitcher who told us he didn't wear one and John Roseboro made him live to regret it. His twin boys were reduced by one.

Ouch.

 

Yeah...lovely scenario.
But God is a Sf Giant fan, as we all are aware, and that will never happen.
And really, I'm not looking for an accident from a batted ball when this guy is eventually writhing on the ground in pain ( oh joy! But I'll take it )...I want to see him smacked/punched in his shitkicking mouth by an irate player who has had enough of his superior fucking attitude. He is the biggest scumbag in the game now, elevated to that position after the Joey Bats punchout. No. 1 on the "hit" parade in my world.
But, as I posted previously, I do believe they are afraid of him.