MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[Kid]

Red Sox fire Cora

[rok]

We really dodged a bullet by not hiring Espada.

[rok]

Also, Donaldson to the Twins.



https://twitter.com/feinsand/status/1217...09408?s=21

[1060Ivy]

With Cora resigning, Hinch’s firing, and Madden departing Cubs, the winning managers of 2016, 2017, and 2018 World Series winning clubs are no longer with their teams.

[Kid]

It's more than that.  The 2014 (Bochy) and 2015 (Yost) WS winning managers also retired(ish) this offseason.  The only manager in all of baseball who has led his current team to a WS title is Davey Martinez.

[funkster]

That was a quick run for Mr. Beltran.

[funkster]

With all this Altuve stuff swirling, I have to say something about him always annoyed me.  Maybe I just really dislike that Astros team.

[jstraw]

What Altuve stuff?

[funkster]

Claims that he was wired up in 2017 to receive pitches.  Particularly the HR he hit off of Chapman, appears to show something under his jersey when he's rounding the bases and seems like he's stopping his teammates at home plate from ripping open his jersey.

[Butcher]

So...that look on Chapman's face after Altuve hit that homer. Maybe that was more a look of disbelief like, "He hit that like he knew what pitch was coming."

 

Anyway, fuck the Astros. That whole organization is going to be tainted for some time...

[funkster]

^Yep, never looked at it like that until Chris Hayes commented on it.

[rok]

Probably takes the Braves out of the KB market now, if they were ever really in it to begin with. Also, I hope the Cards don't pivot to Castellanos now.....

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/12...0881773568

[funkster]

Are people really bent that Jeter wasn't unanimous?  Who gives a shit.

[1060Ivy]

But who doesn’t believe Jeter is HOF? Guessing it’s another ‘just didn’t want him to be a unanimous first ballot’ voter

[funkster]

Who cares.