MLB 2025
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
[quote=chucker post_id=1272344]So the conclusion is that Jeevo said something but nobody has any idea what the f[raiders_icon]ck he's talking about? Just another idiot Canadian.[/quote]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5 ... 0,281_.jpg
I wouldn't go quite that far eh? Misinformed like usual maybe. Don't know. You'd have to consult the wife there eh.
I wouldn't go quite that far eh? Misinformed like usual maybe. Don't know. You'd have to consult the wife there eh.
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
https://02varvara.wordpress.com/wp-cont ... g-baby.jpg
How rich is it that the team that always bought it championships is now complaining they now have a rival in that area?
Poor stanky's....just like a LEast coast team complaining ......
It's going to be pretty tough for the general public to believe New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner when he pleads poverty - especially with Forbes valuing the franchise at approximately $7.5 billion in 2024, which was tops in all of MLB. Steinbrenner might not have taken the public's perception in to account when he recently went off on a rival team's spending in an interview with the YES Network on January 28 "It's difficult for most of us owners to be able to do the kind of things that they're doing," Steinbrenner said.
"We'll see if it pays off." While Steinbrenner might be called out for sour grapes by talking about the Dodgers' spending, the defending World Series champions have been on a wild spending spree in the offseason. From ESPN: "The Dodgers have spent more than $450 million guaranteed this offseason, pushing their 2025 luxury tax payroll to approximately $390 million. With the penalties for exceeding the $241 million threshold, the Dodgers' total payroll for this year likely will be in excess of $500 million." Steinbrenner also might be feeling the burn from losing one of his superstar players to a massive contract to another team after 26-year-old outfielder Juan Soto spurned the Yankees to sign a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets - the largest contract in professional sports history.
Read more at: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/articl ... rylink=cpy
LMAO......
How rich is it that the team that always bought it championships is now complaining they now have a rival in that area?
Poor stanky's....just like a LEast coast team complaining ......
It's going to be pretty tough for the general public to believe New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner when he pleads poverty - especially with Forbes valuing the franchise at approximately $7.5 billion in 2024, which was tops in all of MLB. Steinbrenner might not have taken the public's perception in to account when he recently went off on a rival team's spending in an interview with the YES Network on January 28 "It's difficult for most of us owners to be able to do the kind of things that they're doing," Steinbrenner said.
"We'll see if it pays off." While Steinbrenner might be called out for sour grapes by talking about the Dodgers' spending, the defending World Series champions have been on a wild spending spree in the offseason. From ESPN: "The Dodgers have spent more than $450 million guaranteed this offseason, pushing their 2025 luxury tax payroll to approximately $390 million. With the penalties for exceeding the $241 million threshold, the Dodgers' total payroll for this year likely will be in excess of $500 million." Steinbrenner also might be feeling the burn from losing one of his superstar players to a massive contract to another team after 26-year-old outfielder Juan Soto spurned the Yankees to sign a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets - the largest contract in professional sports history.
Read more at: https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/articl ... rylink=cpy
LMAO......
-
Attyla
- Posts: 51,623
- Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:31 pm
- Has given High Fives: 1086 times
- Received High Fives: 2636 times
Shut the f[raiders_icon]ck up. i admitted we started it, and there are more than one player doing it now
See me when your team is actually in the game. I was not complaining about it, but identifying the problem. Send another PM my way wanting to meet up for a fight, or just shut the f[raiders_icon]ck up. Go post another mindless thread in the everything else forum so we can all ignore it. I hate parasites.
See me when your team is actually in the game. I was not complaining about it, but identifying the problem. Send another PM my way wanting to meet up for a fight, or just shut the f[raiders_icon]ck up. Go post another mindless thread in the everything else forum so we can all ignore it. I hate parasites.
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
Holy shit ...you have a god complex.
You were the last person I thought of posting this.
This forum is painfully aware of your desire to be the center of attention.
I don't respond to your posts because I have no desire to feed your addiction for attention.
However, this time I made the an exemption since you found it an absolute must that it was I talking about you. How fitting. You're so vain....you thought this thread was about you. How shallow your life must be.
Sad, really f[raiders_icon]cking sad.
You were the last person I thought of posting this.
This forum is painfully aware of your desire to be the center of attention.
I don't respond to your posts because I have no desire to feed your addiction for attention.
However, this time I made the an exemption since you found it an absolute must that it was I talking about you. How fitting. You're so vain....you thought this thread was about you. How shallow your life must be.
Sad, really f[raiders_icon]cking sad.
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
This post isn't directed at anyone.....
As an economic divide in MLB continues to grow, the impact of teams’ both spending money and not spending money in preparation for the 2025 season was on full display this past weekend.
The defending champion Dodgers, already aggressively retooling through key offseason acquisitions such as free-agent pitcher Blake Snell and Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, extended their aggressive ways by signing reliever Tanner Scott to a four-year, $72 million contract, according to multiple reports. Scott was one of the best players available in a significantly slowed free-agent market.
The latest acquisition raises the Dodgers’ projected 2025 payroll, by luxury-tax calculations, to about $372 million, according to Spotrac. That figure is nearly $75 million clear of the closest team, the Phillies at $299 million, and more than six times the comparable figure for the No. 30 club, the Marlins at $60.5 million.
The Blue Jays, meanwhile, looked to shed their frequent runner-up status, reportedly completing a five-year deal with slugger Anthony Santander worth more than $90 million. Toronto had lost out on many top free agents in recent years, despite intensive efforts, including Shohei Ohtani and Sasaki. The Blue Jays now rank fifth in MLB in 2025 luxury-tax payroll at $245 million.
At the Other End …
While some MLB teams were continuing to spend, fan unrest was palpably present for some others as they held their offseason fan fests to help generate excitement for the coming season.
The 2025 edition of the Cubs Convention, annually one of the top winter events of its type in baseball, was highlighted in no small part by the club publicly reconciling with former star Sammy Sosa, who had been estranged from the team for about 20 years due to steroid allegations. Team owner Tom Ricketts, however, received plenty of criticism from fans for not spending along the lines of the Dodgers, Mets, and Yankees—franchises that, like the Cubs, play in big markets and have their own regional sports networks. The Cubs are currently 14th in luxury-tax payroll at $183 million.
“They think somehow we have all these dollars that the Dodgers have or the Mets have or the Yankees have, and we just keep it, which isn’t true at all,” Ricketts said during a convention appearance on WSCR-AM. “We try to break even every year, and that’s about it.
“I don’t think fans should spend all their time thinking about which team has more money or how much they’re spending. It just becomes a big narrative that’s a distraction,” he said.
A similar sentiment could be found further east in Pittsburgh, where the Pirates have long struggled under Bob Nutting, to the point of “Sell the Team!” chants breaking out at that team’s convention. Pittsburgh currently ranks 26th in luxury-tax payroll at $88 million, and the club’s spending has also become a political lightning rod.
“We know that there is frustration, frustration because we are not winning, with the expectations of winning,” said Pirates CEO Travis Williams. “At the end of the day, that’s not due to lack of commitment to want to win.”
As an economic divide in MLB continues to grow, the impact of teams’ both spending money and not spending money in preparation for the 2025 season was on full display this past weekend.
The defending champion Dodgers, already aggressively retooling through key offseason acquisitions such as free-agent pitcher Blake Snell and Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, extended their aggressive ways by signing reliever Tanner Scott to a four-year, $72 million contract, according to multiple reports. Scott was one of the best players available in a significantly slowed free-agent market.
The latest acquisition raises the Dodgers’ projected 2025 payroll, by luxury-tax calculations, to about $372 million, according to Spotrac. That figure is nearly $75 million clear of the closest team, the Phillies at $299 million, and more than six times the comparable figure for the No. 30 club, the Marlins at $60.5 million.
The Blue Jays, meanwhile, looked to shed their frequent runner-up status, reportedly completing a five-year deal with slugger Anthony Santander worth more than $90 million. Toronto had lost out on many top free agents in recent years, despite intensive efforts, including Shohei Ohtani and Sasaki. The Blue Jays now rank fifth in MLB in 2025 luxury-tax payroll at $245 million.
At the Other End …
While some MLB teams were continuing to spend, fan unrest was palpably present for some others as they held their offseason fan fests to help generate excitement for the coming season.
The 2025 edition of the Cubs Convention, annually one of the top winter events of its type in baseball, was highlighted in no small part by the club publicly reconciling with former star Sammy Sosa, who had been estranged from the team for about 20 years due to steroid allegations. Team owner Tom Ricketts, however, received plenty of criticism from fans for not spending along the lines of the Dodgers, Mets, and Yankees—franchises that, like the Cubs, play in big markets and have their own regional sports networks. The Cubs are currently 14th in luxury-tax payroll at $183 million.
“They think somehow we have all these dollars that the Dodgers have or the Mets have or the Yankees have, and we just keep it, which isn’t true at all,” Ricketts said during a convention appearance on WSCR-AM. “We try to break even every year, and that’s about it.
“I don’t think fans should spend all their time thinking about which team has more money or how much they’re spending. It just becomes a big narrative that’s a distraction,” he said.
A similar sentiment could be found further east in Pittsburgh, where the Pirates have long struggled under Bob Nutting, to the point of “Sell the Team!” chants breaking out at that team’s convention. Pittsburgh currently ranks 26th in luxury-tax payroll at $88 million, and the club’s spending has also become a political lightning rod.
“We know that there is frustration, frustration because we are not winning, with the expectations of winning,” said Pirates CEO Travis Williams. “At the end of the day, that’s not due to lack of commitment to want to win.”
-
Attyla
- Posts: 51,623
- Joined: Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:31 pm
- Has given High Fives: 1086 times
- Received High Fives: 2636 times
[quote=Sold My Soul post_id=1272920]Holy shit ...you have a god complex.
You were the last person I thought of posting this.
This forum is painfully aware of your desire to be the center of attention.
I don't respond to your posts because I have no desire to feed your addiction for attention.
However, this time I made the an exemption since you found it an absolute must that it was I talking about you. How fitting. You're so vain....you thought this thread was about you. How shallow your life must be.
Sad, really f[raiders_icon]cking sad.[/quote]Just stop, you are well aware that was directed at me. Shallow? f[raiders_icon]ck that noise, you got a case of red ass about me to the point where you felt the need to PM me (and I saved it junior) and threaten me. Who is f[raiders_icon]cking shallow? I think the guy who got so bent out of shape he let a forum get him that angry.
Think about it. You wanted to actually get into a physical fight because of something I said. Vain? I laugh in your general direction.
You were the last person I thought of posting this.
This forum is painfully aware of your desire to be the center of attention.
I don't respond to your posts because I have no desire to feed your addiction for attention.
However, this time I made the an exemption since you found it an absolute must that it was I talking about you. How fitting. You're so vain....you thought this thread was about you. How shallow your life must be.
Sad, really f[raiders_icon]cking sad.[/quote]Just stop, you are well aware that was directed at me. Shallow? f[raiders_icon]ck that noise, you got a case of red ass about me to the point where you felt the need to PM me (and I saved it junior) and threaten me. Who is f[raiders_icon]cking shallow? I think the guy who got so bent out of shape he let a forum get him that angry.
Think about it. You wanted to actually get into a physical fight because of something I said. Vain? I laugh in your general direction.
-
raider_kin
- Posts: 3,663
- Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:01 am
- Has given High Fives: 2132 times
- Received High Fives: 908 times
[quote=raidersince63 post_id=1273516] SMH[/quote]You (one of) the Yankees fan(s) on the board?
Gotta admit, hella lot more championships than the Dodgers.
Felt sorry for Cole, totally shut the Dodgers down through 5, then the wheels kind of cam off. Judge's first error of the season too apparently.
PS: I would not dump Judge, and he is not a choker.
Gotta admit, hella lot more championships than the Dodgers.
Felt sorry for Cole, totally shut the Dodgers down through 5, then the wheels kind of cam off. Judge's first error of the season too apparently.
PS: I would not dump Judge, and he is not a choker.
-
raidersince63
- Posts: 1,692
- Joined: Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:31 am
- Has given High Fives: 925 times
- Received High Fives: 656 times
[quote=raider_kin post_id=1273546]You (one of) the Yankees fan(s) on the board?
Gotta admit, hella lot more championships than the Dodgers.
Felt sorry for Cole, totally shut the Dodgers down through 5, then the wheels kind of cam off. Judge's first error of the season too apparently.
PS: I would not dump Judge, and he is not a choker.[/quote]Agreed, and yes, I've been a Yanx fan since I was 6 and had to fightevery kid in my neighborhood for the right to wear Mantle's #7 on my little league jersey...sometimes I won, sometimes I got my ass kicked and had to settle for Yogi's #8.
But as to Aaron Judge, I just didn't want to get into another pissing contest with another poster, especially they are either biased, ignorant of the facts, or one who makes broad generalizations without offering any proof to bolster their position.
1. Soto is a good hitter but he won't have the benefit of playing in YS's "short RF porch" anymore, and he's a below average defender. And his contract would have been prohibitive to the Yanx' rosters going forward. I also quickly grew tired of Soto's dancing act at the plate as well as his incessant arguing with the Ump. And Soto also will no longer have Judge hitting behind him for protection.
2. Judge has a NTC so the only option if you wanted to "dump" him would be to give him his unconditional release which would be the Mt. Rushmore of stupidity.
3. Judge is the Yankee Captain and you simply don't dump your team Captain. And Judge behaves the way I like to see ball players behave.
Gotta admit, hella lot more championships than the Dodgers.
Felt sorry for Cole, totally shut the Dodgers down through 5, then the wheels kind of cam off. Judge's first error of the season too apparently.
PS: I would not dump Judge, and he is not a choker.[/quote]Agreed, and yes, I've been a Yanx fan since I was 6 and had to fightevery kid in my neighborhood for the right to wear Mantle's #7 on my little league jersey...sometimes I won, sometimes I got my ass kicked and had to settle for Yogi's #8.
But as to Aaron Judge, I just didn't want to get into another pissing contest with another poster, especially they are either biased, ignorant of the facts, or one who makes broad generalizations without offering any proof to bolster their position.
1. Soto is a good hitter but he won't have the benefit of playing in YS's "short RF porch" anymore, and he's a below average defender. And his contract would have been prohibitive to the Yanx' rosters going forward. I also quickly grew tired of Soto's dancing act at the plate as well as his incessant arguing with the Ump. And Soto also will no longer have Judge hitting behind him for protection.
2. Judge has a NTC so the only option if you wanted to "dump" him would be to give him his unconditional release which would be the Mt. Rushmore of stupidity.
3. Judge is the Yankee Captain and you simply don't dump your team Captain. And Judge behaves the way I like to see ball players behave.
-
raider_kin
- Posts: 3,663
- Joined: Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:01 am
- Has given High Fives: 2132 times
- Received High Fives: 908 times
[quote=raidersince63 post_id=1273564]Agreed, and yes, I've been a Yanx fan since I was 6 and had to fightevery kid in my neighborhood for the right to wear Mantle's #7 on my little league jersey...sometimes I won, sometimes I got my ass kicked and had to settle for Yogi's #8.
But as to Aaron Judge, I just didn't want to get into another pissing contest with another poster, especially they are either biased, ignorant of the facts, or one who makes broad generalizations without offering any proof to bolster their position.
1. Soto is a good hitter but he won't have the benefit of playing in YS's "short RF porch" anymore, and he's a below average defender. And his contract would have been prohibitive to the Yanx' rosters going forward. I also quickly grew tired of Soto's dancing act at the plate as well as his incessant arguing with the Ump. And Soto also will no longer have Judge hitting behind him for protection.
2. Judge has a NTC so the only option if you wanted to "dump" him would be to give him his unconditional release which would be the Mt. Rushmore of stupidity.
3. Judge is the Yankee Captain and you simply don't dump your team Captain. And Judge behaves the way I like to see ball players behave.[/quote]Last comment on this cuz off topic but yeah. lets "dump" the League MVP. /sarc
But as to Aaron Judge, I just didn't want to get into another pissing contest with another poster, especially they are either biased, ignorant of the facts, or one who makes broad generalizations without offering any proof to bolster their position.
1. Soto is a good hitter but he won't have the benefit of playing in YS's "short RF porch" anymore, and he's a below average defender. And his contract would have been prohibitive to the Yanx' rosters going forward. I also quickly grew tired of Soto's dancing act at the plate as well as his incessant arguing with the Ump. And Soto also will no longer have Judge hitting behind him for protection.
2. Judge has a NTC so the only option if you wanted to "dump" him would be to give him his unconditional release which would be the Mt. Rushmore of stupidity.
3. Judge is the Yankee Captain and you simply don't dump your team Captain. And Judge behaves the way I like to see ball players behave.[/quote]Last comment on this cuz off topic but yeah. lets "dump" the League MVP. /sarc
-
Rabid Raider
- Posts: 757
- Joined: Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:08 am
- Location: Osborn Island
- Received High Fives: 1 time
[quote=raider_kin post_id=1273546]You (one of) the Yankees fan(s) on the board?
Gotta admit, hella lot more championships than the Dodgers.
Felt sorry for Cole, totally shut the Dodgers down through 5, then the wheels kind of cam off. Judge's first error of the season too apparently.
PS: I would not dump Judge, and he is not a choker.[/quote]If Cole would of covered first, the Judge error wouldn't mean anything. Just a couple of brain farts. Judge is still the MVP. Love what the Yankees did after not caving into Soto's ridiculous contract.
Gotta admit, hella lot more championships than the Dodgers.
Felt sorry for Cole, totally shut the Dodgers down through 5, then the wheels kind of cam off. Judge's first error of the season too apparently.
PS: I would not dump Judge, and he is not a choker.[/quote]If Cole would of covered first, the Judge error wouldn't mean anything. Just a couple of brain farts. Judge is still the MVP. Love what the Yankees did after not caving into Soto's ridiculous contract.
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
Everything you need to know about spring training.
https://www.mlb.com/news/2025-spring-training-faq
https://www.mlb.com/news/2025-spring-training-faq
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
It's here.......
Major League Baseball is preparing the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for its biggest test yet this spring training. MLB has used the so-called robo-umps in the minors, but this will be the first time it’s used by major-league players.
The upcoming spring experiment will employ the “challenge” system, in which human umpires will still make the vast majority of calls themselves. Each team will start a game with two challenges it can issue to an umpire, who will then rely on the automated ball-strike system to review the pitch. A team keeps its challenge if it is successful.
More than 60 percent of spring games will feature the automated strike zone. The Arizona Diamondbacks are set to use ABS 29 times, the most in the league. The Chicago Cubs will have the fewest chances at seven. The average team in the Cactus League will have 21 games featuring the automated zone, with half of its 10 ballparks expected to feature the system. The average Grapefruit League team will play 19 games with an automated zone, with the system available in eight of 13 parks.
But the system, which includes a slightly different shape of the strike zone and other nuances, is going to take some getting used to. This week, in a presentation made available to players, the league revealed new details of the system and how it works. All players in major-league camp have to have their height measured by mid-February so the zone will work properly, and MLB has brought on a third-party company to try to ensure players don’t game the system.
“Two methods will be used to ensure accurate heights are collected,” MLB wrote in the presentation, which was obtained by The Athletic. “A team of independent strength and conditioning personnel will perform manual measurements using standard protocols and equipment. Representatives of the Southwest Research Institute will use biomechanical analysis to confirm the manual measurements and safeguard against potential manipulation.”
One change players will have to adapt to is owed to the fact that robo-umps standardize the size of the strike zone regardless of count. That differs from the variations customarily shown by human umpires. According to data the league included in the presentation, at the big league level the human zone on a 3-0 count typically measures 550 square inches. On an 0-2 count, humans reduced the strike zone to 412 square inches. By contrast, ABS sets the size of the zone at 443 square inches in every count.
Full breakdown here.....
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/608597 ... ining-mlb/
Major League Baseball is preparing the automated ball-strike system, or ABS, for its biggest test yet this spring training. MLB has used the so-called robo-umps in the minors, but this will be the first time it’s used by major-league players.
The upcoming spring experiment will employ the “challenge” system, in which human umpires will still make the vast majority of calls themselves. Each team will start a game with two challenges it can issue to an umpire, who will then rely on the automated ball-strike system to review the pitch. A team keeps its challenge if it is successful.
More than 60 percent of spring games will feature the automated strike zone. The Arizona Diamondbacks are set to use ABS 29 times, the most in the league. The Chicago Cubs will have the fewest chances at seven. The average team in the Cactus League will have 21 games featuring the automated zone, with half of its 10 ballparks expected to feature the system. The average Grapefruit League team will play 19 games with an automated zone, with the system available in eight of 13 parks.
But the system, which includes a slightly different shape of the strike zone and other nuances, is going to take some getting used to. This week, in a presentation made available to players, the league revealed new details of the system and how it works. All players in major-league camp have to have their height measured by mid-February so the zone will work properly, and MLB has brought on a third-party company to try to ensure players don’t game the system.
“Two methods will be used to ensure accurate heights are collected,” MLB wrote in the presentation, which was obtained by The Athletic. “A team of independent strength and conditioning personnel will perform manual measurements using standard protocols and equipment. Representatives of the Southwest Research Institute will use biomechanical analysis to confirm the manual measurements and safeguard against potential manipulation.”
One change players will have to adapt to is owed to the fact that robo-umps standardize the size of the strike zone regardless of count. That differs from the variations customarily shown by human umpires. According to data the league included in the presentation, at the big league level the human zone on a 3-0 count typically measures 550 square inches. On an 0-2 count, humans reduced the strike zone to 412 square inches. By contrast, ABS sets the size of the zone at 443 square inches in every count.
Full breakdown here.....
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/608597 ... ining-mlb/
-
Xramfan
- Posts: 17,923
- Joined: Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:01 pm
- Has given High Fives: 682 times
- Received High Fives: 1279 times
-
Sold My Soul
- Posts: 17,753
- Joined: Fri Sep 04, 2015 9:08 pm
- Location: Somewhere In Time
- Has given High Fives: 225 times
- Received High Fives: 533 times
[quote=Xramfan post_id=1274548]https://preview.redd.it/a-little-dump-o ... 4b56395fdc[/quote]I can't understand Japanese .....
Translate please....
Does that mean he has a hard on?
Translate please....
Does that mean he has a hard on?