Frayed Knot

13 - 4 BoSox over the Yanx, top 6 at Fenway Landing on that score between innings was a fun surprise.

The innings in which the Mets haven't scored have been very quick affairs.

Right time, IMO, to pull Megill. Starting to get some more solid contact, get him out on a good note, etc

Daniel Vogel is Bach!

That situation went from very dangerous to over quite quickly.

A decent amount of pitching inside from Megilla tonight. Maybe a little wild, but maybe more intentional/aggressive.

Edgy MD wrote: That bottom of the seventh went about as fast as any inning ever that I can ever recall ever. The first six must have been even quicker cuz I missed them all!

I'd call Lindor's 1-2-3 DP 'Unbelievable' except that it was the most predictable thing in the game.

btw, yesterday's off day represented 40 years since the deal that brought Keef to NYC

If it is then I'm controversial too.

Why do I have the feeling that the Cards, with ONE losing season in the 21st century (78-84 in 2007), are going to suddenly 'wake up' from their current 27-42 record this weekend?

The similarities are in giving up (possibly millions in) potential future money for extra money now. If Spenser Strider's arm falls off tomorrow he'll wind up with some $75 million more than he would have had he opted to go year to year because he's getting paid through 2028 regardless of how well, or even IF, he continues to pitch. If the wing stays attached then he quite possibly gave up millions more so their are plusses and minuses to both. Teammate Mike Soroka, on the other hand, had maybe even a better rookie year (also 2nd RoY but with CY votes as well) but is on a deal which ends this year so he and his twice blown out achilles tendon have no such guarantees. For the majority of BLA clients (80 or so pct acc to that mega-tweet) who don't go on to have ML careers this deal provides them with several hundred thousand bucks that they otherwise wouldn't have, something which is almost certainly life-changing money for them and their family to move forward with now that the MLB dream is dead. For the minority who do make it and wind up paying BLA millions it's because they were able to earn tens of millions, and those owing tens of millions are the ones who inked deals for hundreds of millions and will have to swallow the idea that the deal they made is going to force them to deal with keeping only around 92% of their multi-generational set-for-life money rather than the whole pie. It's a deal that some are going to want to take and others will pass on. I have no problem that such a choice is out there.

In a way it's akin to players -- like Ronald Acuna, Ozzie Albies and, hell, half the Braves lineup -- who accept offers buying out their pre-arb and arb (and sometimes early FA) years for more than they'd be making that early in their career but ultimately less than if they went season by season AND IF they wind up turning into stars. Those players are giving away part of their ceilings but also raising the floor and acting as a hedge in case they don't make it big. And, as in the BLA offers, those young Braves had the choice of Not signing a long term deal w/the club and instead 'betting on themselves' in order to gain higher future pay. So if Acuna, Riley, Strider et al are still good in five or six years the Braves 'win' by having top-level stars on their roster for mid-level money. On the flip side, the Phils tried that strategy with Scott Kingery and have paid him some $20 million dollars in 2021-2023 for what at this point is one hit over 19 ML ABs despite him being in now what should be his prime seasons (he's 29 y/o) so it's the club in this case that's over-paying and the player who's over-earning. I agree it's not for everyone, just as signing an early long-term deal isn't either. But I don't find it either predatory or gross, and it's certainly not a heads-we-win/tails-you-lose situation. BLA is offering a deal where they'll both help the player reach MLB as well as financially compensate his journey through the minors so that if he doesn't make it he won't find himself every bit as destitute as when he started. An impetus for this project being started was the founder's experience of how hard and poorly paying the minor league process is.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: This is a totally voluntary thing that young players can choose, or choose not to, enter. It's an insurance policy of sorts. It's an insurance policy for BLA. They're playing roulette and betting on every number. No, BLA loses money on the players who Don't make it and on those who do but have only brief careers without big money. The money being paid to prospects by BLA is payment, not a loan.

I think the team that deserved to win each of those two games found a way not to.

His mama probably admonished him for swearing.

Crazy couple of days for Nimms

The Leone makes 'em sleep tonight. Strands the Manfred Man

We've done a lot of warning tracking in the last two nights.

OK guys, if you win it here there's a decent chance I won't try to injure myself tomorrow.

Edgy MD wrote: AN OFFSIDES IN BASEBALL?!?!?! Encroachment

That's an absurd call!!

Frayed Knot wrote: In partial defense of Nimmo, Cora held Vientos up very late. Actually, not so late on second glance. But if Nimmo doesn't fall while trying to get back he's safe easily.

In partial defense of Nimmo, Cora held Vientos up very late.

Fat girl sings and dances about diabetes medicine which she may not need if ... well, you know.