January 15, 20251 yr The front office has “townhall meetings” regularly and all the locals all tell them the same thing. You don’t win, the fans won’t come. It’s that simple. You no longer have the benefit of the doubt any more. But they wipe their ass with the news. so whatever, keep being mediocre.
January 15, 20251 yr Author Bendix continues his insanely busy offseason by trading international bonus pool money to the Giants for minor league RHP Will Kempner, their 3rd round pick in 2022.Giants Trade Will Kempner To Marlins - MLB Trade RumorsKempner, 23, was the Giants’ third-round pick back in 2022. He missed the entire 2024 season due to a broken foot but posted interesting results in 2023. The former Gonzaga starter moved to a relief role with the Giants and pitched to a combined 3.73 ERA and 28.1% strikeout rate across three levels (Class-A, High-A, Double-A). That includes a 2.91 ERA with a huge 32.6% strikeout rate and a 9% walk rate in 34 innings of relief in High-A that season.Kempner works off a mid-90s sinker and a sweeper, both of which receive plus grades from Baseball America and FanGraphs. BA ranked him among the Giants’ top 30 prospects in both 2023 (No. 26) and 2024 (No. 29). Command is an issue for Kempner, who’s walked 11.2% of his opponents in pro ball and plunked another 3.7% of them.Even with two plus pitched, allowing 15% of your opponents to reach base without having to put a ball in play isn’t a recipe for success. That said, he’s still barely had one full season of professional coaching, so it’s not exactly surprising that another club is taking an interest in that pair of impressive offerings and hoping to rein in the righty’s command. He’ll likely begin the 2025 season in Double-A, where he’s still only thrown 1 2/3 innings in a 2023 cameo. Edited January 15, 20251 yr by rmc523
January 17, 20251 yr Author How the Marlins Should Be Buying Prospects - MLB Trade RumorsIt’s behind their new paywall, but they’re proposing the Marlins taking on payroll to get prospects. Yeah right, that’d require Bruce to spend.
January 17, 20251 yr 5 hours ago, rmc523 said:How the Marlins Should Be Buying Prospects - MLB Trade RumorsIt’s behind their new paywall, but they’re proposing the Marlins taking on payroll to get prospects. Yeah right, that’d require Bruce to spend.Someone should be a good lad and upload it here archive.pharchive.ph
January 17, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, rmc523 said:How the Marlins Should Be Buying Prospects - MLB Trade RumorsIt’s behind their new paywall, but they’re proposing the Marlins taking on payroll to get prospects. Yeah right, that’d require Bruce to spend.They absolutely should be doing this but Lizard trade shows that’s not what they’re interested in
January 19, 20251 yr 25 minutes ago, Das Texan said:Until MLB and the MLBPA ACTUALLY address this issue, it will not change.Not taking on any of the salary on the lizard trade and getting back a high floor low ceiling potential utility IF was really something
January 20, 20251 yr 5 hours ago, Das Texan said:Until MLB and the MLBPA ACTUALLY address this issue, it will not change.
January 20, 20251 yr Author 17 hours ago, Das Texan said:Until MLB and the MLBPA ACTUALLY address this issue, it will not change.MLB wants a ceiling tied to a floor (usually done with walls or windows), the MLBPA has no interest in a ceiling because it’ll limit the contracts the players will get. Something needs to be done, though…..Though higher payroll doesn’t automatically equal success, it certainly makes it easier to absorb/pivot from bad performances.Like I said in the other thread, I don’t even know why I bother following the offseason anymore since all we’re doing is trading people for another 6 years down the road and the other major FAs sign with 3 teams….
January 20, 20251 yr The deferred money loophole is the one the Dodgers are really exploiting.And the welfare receipent teams not spending as intended.Those are probably the two biggest financial issues currently.
January 21, 20251 yr 23 hours ago, pollythewog said:Oh, I see the problem.He said invloved. Not involved.You all just can't read. Stupid.
January 21, 20251 yr Author 13 hours ago, Michael said:Oh, I see the problem.He said invloved. Not involved.You all just can't read. Stupid.Haha I didn’t even notice.
January 21, 20251 yr 30 minutes ago, rmc523 said:Haha I didn’t even notice.same, the brain works in mysterious ways
January 21, 20251 yr 3 minutes ago, Michael said:Clearly you all were invloved in your reading classes.I saw this one
January 22, 20251 yr 7 hours ago, MarlinsToSpend said:They are waiting for the bargain or just don't want to spend at all.Good name
January 22, 20251 yr Author 9 hours ago, MarlinsToSpend said:They are waiting for the bargain or just don't want to spend at all.The latter.
January 22, 20251 yr On 1/17/2025 at 5:53 AM, rmc523 said:How the Marlins Should Be Buying Prospects - MLB Trade RumorsIt’s behind their new paywall, but they’re proposing the Marlins taking on payroll to get prospects. Yeah right, that’d require Bruce to spend.To avoid a potential challenge from the MLBPA, would the Marlins consider taking on the roughly $17 million owed Seattle outfielder/DH Mitch Haniger this year if the Mariners added catching prospect Harry Ford to the deal?A recent Locked On Mariners podcast discussed the proposal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aet3y_NWhgM&list=PLwuw1WOff-eeWrIYDKFgSyWgsX5_uGLLu Ford, who turns 22 years old next month, is a Top 50 prospect at MLB.com: https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/top100/
January 22, 20251 yr 14 minutes ago, tranquility said:To avoid a potential challenge from the MLBPA, would the Marlins consider taking on the roughly $17 million owed Seattle outfielder/DH Mitch Haniger this year if the Mariners added catching prospect Harry Ford to the deal?A recent Locked On Mariners podcast discussed the proposal:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aet3y_NWhgM&list=PLwuw1WOff-eeWrIYDKFgSyWgsX5_uGLLuFord, who turns 22 years old next month, is a Top 50 prospect at MLB.com:https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/top100/No they won’t lol
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