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The response to this is in such stark contrast to the response we saw in March. All it took was a few positive tests in Italy in March and Serie A completely shut down. That had a cascading effect around the globe and within a week everything was closed. Fast forward four months and we lose half a team to positive tests and we plow forward. I’ll resist the urge to psychoanalyze why that is but it certainly didn’t take long for our sports organizations to change their mentality about playing at a price.

I didn’t mean that it was a PR move. I just meant that the club just may have more invested in that particular group of guys in the minors so offering to pay them would be the obvious thing to do when you dealt away so many proven big leaguers to rebuild the farm system like ten minutes ago

I can’t help but have a cynical opinion of this. The Marlins have a lot at stake with a big group of players that are minor league players. It would stand to reason that they’d want to do what it takes to stay in the good graces of that generation of players in the organization. It wouldn’t be surprising to me if we saw a division among ownership groups where others teams in a similar spot on the lifecycle as the marlins make the same choice

@Das Texan i can’t add anything. Your original post was excellent.

Indeed. And to compound the damage, all the time they spent reviewing architectural renderings for redesigns of the centerfield space distracted them from the metrics that would have lead them to making better deals. dISTraCtIOnS!!

I have it on good authority that the tipping point in deciding to trade Yelich was the chlorine budget (too essential)

Word association !!!

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2020-zips-projections-miami-marlins/

I’m not saying I like it. I don’t work in the paper industry but I would think they looked at clicks and impressions then made a decision based on that. Marlins stories probably garner less interest than they’d hope. I thought Wells was a good reporter. I really liked Healey when he was around. But if the traffic isn’t there and cuts have to be made...what can you do? It is a shame because there’s a shortage of quality marlins coverage even on the web when compared to other baseball teams and other local sports teams

The position goes away but the assignments can still be handed out to someone else

Just to answer my own premature question they had events there this week so...nothing yet on the grass. https://sunbeamwsvn.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/200124_marlins-park_opening_night_preps.jpg?quality=60&strip=color

Speaking of the grass. What’s the latest on that ?

Castellanos signed with Cincinnati for four years 16M AAV. Player opt outs after 20 and 21. Interesting deal structure.

Probably. He does read like a Chen burner account

I hear there is a pitcher from Taiwan that is available. Lots of MLB experience too

In keeping with the spirit of everything they want to do ...Sedanos

Normally I can pick up on the sarcasm. I failed this time.

I’m not a scientist so I apologize for any foolish question. I was just pondering the possibility that a synthetic material would conduct heat in a way that made the air temperature hotter at field level than if said playing surface were natural grass.

Arizona went to an artificial surface last year. I wonder if that impacted their roof closures.

Not sure about how fast the ball plays compared to grass. The new playing surfaces are more like grass which really also plays fast. I’m curious how the surface will affect the temperature on the field level. If temperatures are higher due to the conductivity of heat it would probably lead to fewer open roof games which I know a lot of people here would be in favor of.

Sorry. It was a bit misleading. Some people probably came expecting pictures of the turf

Marlins 2025 World Champs https://www.mlb.com/news/predicting-next-10-world-series-winners

Anybody know when the new synthetic surface is going in? @rmc523 you were the stalker last year right? Think you can hop a few fences for us?

the thing(s) about the Reds: 1. They have a really strong rotation. Castillo, Gray, Bauer, Miley, DeSclafani 2. Probably league average pen at worst 3. Historically they hit better than last year so a bounce back offensively is not completely out of the question 4. Votto is aging. He wasn’t great last year but his floor is still extremely high. He’s one of the great players in the league and he absolutely could put together another great season. 5. They signed Moustakas which is a monstrous upgrade over what they had at 2nd last year. They’re still signing players 6. Senzel is a strong candidate for a big year. They’re one of those teams that things could break big in either direction. I think the Marlins aren’t quite there yet. But as long as they stick to the plan and continue through the phases of rebuild without trying to skip a step they’ll get there. Villar and Dickerson are excellent additions for where they’re at. The marlins aren’t done signing either. They also have promise in the staff. It’s just that the Reds are in a different phase of the lifecycle

Has anyone spoken to Curtis Grander to see how his kid feels about losing his job to Corey Dicker’s kid