MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

The results the real; they always have been. It's whether he can stay healthy that's in doubt.

[funkster]

An almost 5 WAR for a 32 year old seems likely to regress next year.

[1060Ivy]

Hill and Bailey join the Twins



Thought one of the 2 might be part of Cubs dumpster dive shopping spree for this offseason. They were probably still priced outside Cubs budget for 2020



https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2840...mer-bailey

[funkster]

Did Rich Hill get out of jail yet?

[rok]

Or his wife?

[1060Ivy]

Guessing the Twins have a minor league affiliate in MA penal system

[rok]

Will be interesting to see how far this goes.



https://twitter.com/hannahrkeyser/status...0412553216

[Kid]

Isn't the answer obvious?  Mound visits before every pitch.

[Butcher]

Will be interesting to see how far this goes.



https://twitter.com/hannahrkeyser/status...0412553216

This feels needlessly complicated.

[rok]

Was even this too rich for our FO's meager budget? Seems like a good, low-risk/high-reward gamble for the Dodgers.



https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status...0089472001

[jstraw]

There doesn't need technological solutions to using technology to steal signs. There just needs to be absolutely brutal penalties for getting caught doing it.

[Kid]

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status...1200976896

[funkster]

Was just coming to post that, yikes.

[Kid]

It sounds like Alex Cora is going to be crushed when the Red Sox punishment comes in since he was both the bench coach for the 2017 Astros and manager of the 2018 Red Sox and, as per below, seems to be viewed as a leading cause for the Astros' violations.  You'd have to think Cora could be looking at a multi-year suspension and maybe even permanent ineligibility.

 

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/12...5464624128

 

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/12...2985960449

[funkster]

It's not going to be pretty.  I honestly don't understand how they thought they were going to get away with this.  Between this and Taubman, the Houston baseball ops team is pretty vile..