Non-NYM Off-Season News

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: 2016 Mets Jon Niese and Kelly Johnson (both two-timers) still texting their agents every two hours.

Two-timer Bobby Bonilla is already under contract.

From FK

former NYM Joe Smith becomes a Blue Jay,

I was hoping we could bring Joe Smith home.

Later

[ashie62]

I am Jose Fernandez and I drove a boat under the influence of alcohol and cocaine and killed mysself and two friends.

I don't know why MLB is having the Marlins wear a patch with my number on it. Did I become a role model?

[DocTee]

Ashie62 » Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:26 pm

I am Jose Fernandez and I drove a boat under the influence of alcohol and cocaine and killed mysself and two friends.

I don't know why MLB is having the Marlins wear a patch with my number on it. Did I become a role model?

Oh, come on....

First, I doubt that "MLB is having the Marlins wear a patch..." This is most assuredly a franchise decision and not, say, a requirement that they wear an AllStar or Postseason patch, as required by the league. On his passing, owner Jeffrey Loria declared that the number would be retired and a suitable memorial erected, so generations of fans would remember JF. He was an immigrant, and a Cuban, in a city filled with both. The circumstances of his death are immaterial. if we held everyone to the standards of sobriety and good judgment, nobody would be enshrined in Cooperstown-- maybe not even in MFY Stadium III.

[dinosaur jesus]

And is it known that he was driving? If he wasn't, that actually showed something like good judgment, since the other two weren't legally drunk.

[Lefty Specialist]

Matt Wieters still available. Even though he's a Boras client, he could probably be had on a one-year deal at this point. Hmm.

[ashie62]

dinosaur jesus wrote: And is it known that he was driving? If he wasn't, that actually showed something like good judgment, since the other two weren't legally drunk.

Bullshirt

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article111325997.html

[dinosaur jesus]

Ashie62 wrote: dinosaur jesus wrote: And is it known that he was driving? If he wasn't, that actually showed something like good judgment, since the other two weren't legally drunk. Bullshirt http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article111325997.html

The family says he wasn't driving. It's obvious why they'd say that, and they could certainly be wrong. Obviously you have information they don't.

[MFS62]

Mrs Derek Jeter is pregnant.
http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/derek-jeters-wife-hannah-davis-announces-she-is-pregnant/

I wonder if he gave her a gift basket.

Please provide your additional punch lines.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Who was the sperm donor?

[Benjamin Grimm]

How funny would it be if the baby comes out looking exactly like Alex Rodriguez?

[DocTee]

Big loss for the Cardinals, as highly-touted P Alex Reyes out for the year with his SECOND Tommy John surgery. They moved some other starters to accommodate him in the rotation, so are now doubly-screwed.

[Frayed Knot]

Nobody from the StL side has confirmed those rumors of TJ surgery ... Yet! The official word right now is that they're waiting for the results from Tuesday's MRI.
I also don't read anything about him undergoing that operation before. Hell he's still only 22 and his minor league record looks to be unbroken since being signed as an 18 y/o back in the tail end of 2012, so it he did it was as a real young'un, like 15 or 16 - although I suppose that's not unheard of these days.

But even if this is still not a done deal, it's never a good sign when a pitcher is being pulled out of the first day of camp for an MRI on his moneymaker and there are certainly enough rumors flying around since yesterday TJ is inevitable. And that's especially not good when that guy is the consensus top pitching prospect in all of baseball this year (top prospect at any position acc to BP).



On a semi-related note, I wish Noah Syndergaard would stop seeming so obsessed with his velocity. Both a recent SI piece and some of the quotes to the early bird reporters down in Florida over the last week or so have him dropping hints about how he's beefed up and able to throw even harder now. Ummm, not sure that should be your goal there Noah.

[Frayed Knot]

And now that I write all that I see that the story has just changed to where the Cards ARE confirming that TJ is necessary. See you in mid-2018 Alex (if things go well).

A line from the mlb.com story says "Reyes has been pitching with a compromised ligament in his right elbow since at least 2013, when he was diagnosed with an elbow strain" and that he didn't make his season debut on June 20 of that year.

Edited February 15, 2017 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, Syndergaard is following the Harvey path of buying into this superhero nonsense way too much.

That said, this is baseball history. Guys who throw hard get obsessed with throwing hard, comparing themselves to other guys who throw hard, and guys who threw hard back in the day. They never seem to compare themselves to guys who threw hard but burned out way too young.

You want a to view yourself as a figure from mythology? How about Icarus?

[DocTee]

yes, my bad on the second surgery statement-- I read he was seeking a second opinion, and my brain saw he was facing his second operation.

nonetheless, a potentially crippling blow to the redbird rotation.