2019-2020 MLB Non-Phillies News/Notes Discussion

[el-pietro]

This was a fascinating read. Honestly had me wondering if adderall could make me more productive at work but also very concerned about the side effects at the same point. I actually reached out to a friend of mine who was prescribed with ADHD medicine to find out his experiences, which just confirmed to me that the risks and side effects aren't worth the potential benefits.

[schillingfan]

It’s my understanding they give Adderall to fighter pilots to improve their focus when they fly. That makes sense on a limited basis. Drugs affect people differently. A person who truly has ADHD will have better concentration more in the “normal” range. Some people feel high off Xanax. I occasionally get panic attacks, like I can’t do an MRI without tfeeling the screaming jeebies. Taking a Xanax just calms and makes me feel normal.

[zambonir]

As a former all-night blogger who worked with mostly people in their 20s I have definitely been tempted by the idea of Adderall but definitely knew better (whether recreationally or formally).

The fact that the Therapeutic Exemption requires you to take it every day (and you lose it if you are tested and not on the drug) makes sense on the surface but is still not right. Not sure how you create the proper parameters though.

[Lawman]

The NY Mets were sold.

Wilpons taking steps toward selling Mets to Steve Cohen

Sterling Partners, the business of the Wilpon family, is in negotiations to sell 80 percent of the Mets to hedge-fund billionaire Steve Cohen, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The transaction would value the franchise at $2.6 billion, according to Bloomberg.

The team confirmed that negotiations are ongoing and that Fred Wilpon will remain in the role of CEO for five years and Jeff Wilpon will remain as COO for the same amount of time.

[Philsmania]

Orioles trade Dylan Bundy to the Angels for four prospects.

Angels Acquire Dylan Bundy

[el-pietro]

Wow, thats really big news. Interesting that the Wilpons will continue to run the club for the medium term.

[zambonir]

My impression was the sale itself would not be complete for five years, thus also leaving the Wilpons in charge until they are no longer majority owners.

We better bust that luxury tax and win a ring or two quick, Cohen's net worth is three times Middleton's (and he won't have a near-equal ownership group partner either).

[Philsmania]

We better bust that luxury tax and win a ring or two quick, Cohen's net worth is three times Middleton's (and he won't have a near-equal ownership group partner either).

Smart organizations with deep pocketed owners can successfully buy a winner. See the Red Sox, Yankees and Dodgers.

Not-smart organizations with deep pocketed owners cannot. See the Phillies and Angels.

The Mets are in the latter category.

[bkeich]

Smart organizations with deep pocketed owners can successfully buy a winner. See the Red Sox, Yankees and Dodgers.

Not-smart organizations with deep pocketed owners cannot. See the Phillies and Angels.

I think we just won a WS 11 years ago. It has been 31 years for the Dodgers.

[zambonir]

There's a lot of luck involved in winning a World Series. There is less luck involved in winning 7 straight NL West titles.

But "smart organizations" and "owners" are the same thing, deep pockets or not. The Dodgers were bad when they had bad owners. The Angels' current owner has never been good. Mets could become good with a new owner but it will take a while, especially with the Wilpons still in charge for a while.

Jury's out on our guy, since he's sort of old and but sort of new (I believe the Who have a lyric about that). The fact that he's rich doesn't actually make him different from the previous regime because we were already a high payroll team in the CBP era. Busting the luxury tax would be the one thing that would make him different from the Giles/Monty regimes. So far his hiring/baseball acumen does not. His hands-on approach does but I'd say the jury's out on that too.

[zambonir]

Good URL (ny-wilpons-steve-cohen-sale-failure-doom)

The Family Business

Teams certainly win or at least get to the World Series in spite of poor ownership/management some times. Ours and theirs.

[Squire]

Interesting Trade Last Night

To the Padres
OF Tommy Pham
SS/RHP Jake Cronenworth (Rays #17)

To the Rays
OF Hunter Renfroe
2B/SS Xavier Edwards (Padres #4)

[andyb]

Is Pham a better fit defensively for SD who should be trying to at least compete for a wild card this year?

[nycphils]

Yankees reportedly offer 7yrs/$245m to Gerrit Cole.

[allentown]

That's truly serious money. I can now see why we went 2nd-tier SP.

[zambonir]

I mean there was never any doubt he was getting the biggest contract of all-time.

Can we get Happ?

[andyb]

Stark is floating rumors (undoubtedly Boras-inspired) of 8 years and $250-$280 million. My guess is that 7/250 is probably where this lands for Cole. Remember it is the Yankees and they can afford anything. And in a couple of years the luxury tax threshold might be gone. That Amazon/YES streaming money could be substantial.

[zambonir]

If Stark is saying that, the offers/bidding is probably real, he doesn't typically play that game.

[nycphils]

If the Angels decide they want to try to outbid, 8 yrs/$280m sounds right - probably takes that to make the Yanks and Dodgers bow out.

[zambonir]

According to Rosenthal Boras asked all the teams who met with Cole to also make their first offers already.