2022 MLB Non-Phillies News/Notes

Lucky_Beagle 2022-06-14 21:12:27 UTC #181

Painter, Abel, O'hoppe, and this years #1 pick (I think he would be eligible this winter) might start a conversation

bkox 2022-06-14 21:43:48 UTC #182

Do we really want both Trout and Harper on the roster signed through 2030? Seems very risky in a few years.

andyb 2022-06-14 22:15:51 UTC #183

Maybe someone like Castellanos could be included in the deal to give the Angels a star at half the salary (assuming Castellanos improves of course). Remember the Angels might have to give Ohtani $400 million for this trade to make sense. They'll still want to compete but just don't want to go up to $250 million in payroll themselves.

Still would cost us 3-4 top prospects. At least one of Abel/Painter. And then 2 of our next 4 prospects which could include the next number one. They could easily like someone like Rojas too if they are thinking CF (though Trout might be beyond CF these days too).

bkox 2022-06-15 21:16:00 UTC #184

The Astros have gotten two immaculate innings today against the Rangers — one from Luis Garcia and another from Phil Maton. Both of them came against the same three hitters: Nathaniel Lowe, Ezequiel Duran and Brad Miller.
— Chandler Rome ( @Chandler_Rome ) June 15, 2022

Philsmania 2022-06-15 22:02:18 UTC #185

At least this year, LaRussa is looking like the managerial equivalent of a Hall of Fame calibur player coming out of retirment for what turns out to be a very feeble comeback (see Michael Jordan with the Wizards, Reggie White with the Panthers).

bkox 2022-06-21 17:16:50 UTC #186

Very interesting:

zambonir 2022-06-21 18:09:59 UTC #187

zambonir 2022-06-27 18:14:42 UTC #188

This is wild

Twins originally hired him away from college in 2018 but were only paying him $350K. LSU is gonna pay him $750.

andyb 2022-06-27 19:10:19 UTC #189

The Nolas with a big contribution to the baseball budget?

andyb 2022-06-28 13:27:52 UTC #190

JP Crawford among the worst suspensions here (5 games for some pretty blatant overhand rights). Have to say that Nevin deserved it here. Both teams started the game under warnings from the umpire and Nevin substituted an "opener" for his starter and that pitcher hit Winker pretty blatantly.

Aquapong 2022-06-28 16:59:27 UTC #191

Yeah Nevin looks like a douche canoe for that move. The throw past Rodriguez should’ve been the end of it.

BaseballCat 2022-06-29 21:22:56 UTC #192

Interesting “fourth out rule” called in Pirates - Nats game.

bkox 2022-06-30 18:30:19 UTC #193

bkox 2022-07-02 20:33:09 UTC #194

There is a perception in some corners of the industry that if Jacob deGrom follows through with what he said in the spring and opts out of his Mets' contract, the Braves will be the favorites to land him.
— Buster Olney ( @Buster_ESPN ) July 2, 2022

BostonRoss 2022-07-02 21:19:34 UTC #195

Does it really matter which team’s IL he’s on?

Taudawg 2022-07-03 11:52:09 UTC #196

A fair amount of ink is spent on how to copy the Rays model for success. I've always thought the Cards were the team to copy. Mid-market, mid-payroll, always winning. Last finished below 3rd in their division in 2008 and that team won 86 games. Last losing record 2007. Haven't lost 90 games in a season since 1990. Only two losing seasons since 1999! Two WS wins, and 4 trips to the WS in that time. The idea a team needs to tank or rebuild is antiquated.

allentown 2022-07-03 12:19:09 UTC #197

They are blessed with the Commissioners charity draft bonus picks and higher international bonus budget, even though they are consistently among the highest attendance teams in the league. The fix is in. They also do seem to have better baseball-side professionals than the Phillies do.

Taudawg 2022-07-03 12:54:02 UTC #198

I don't think I can agree an extra million in international spending and competitive balance pick(s) is the fix being in. Part of a strategy certainly. The Cardinals scout, pick and develop players better. They don't (didn't) sign players with QO attached. They trade players and prospects when value is highest and walk away from their own and other FAs when future salary doesn't match with plan. If the Phillies have a budget that allows for $50 million more in free agent spending, certainly they should be able to use that to offset the international spending and draft comp the Cardinals receive. I wouldn't trade 50 million in payroll for 1 million in international draft money and an extra 2nd or 3rd round pick. I would trade 50 mil in payroll for a front office that has a smart strategy and can execute on that strategy.

allentown 2022-07-03 13:34:38 UTC #199

I say the fix is in, because the Cardinals get poor-team perks, while not being remotely poor, or low budget.

I'm not at all questioning the benefits of the Cardinals philosophy and baseball-side talent, they've done an awesome job, but they definitely do benefit from baseball's small-market rules.

The Phillies have been incredibly stupid in losing so many draft picks to signing of QO players. It's worth it to sign a star FA, but the Phillies have lost too many draft picks by signing mediocre or even dreck QO FAs. That almost seems the Phillies way, as it goes back at least to the time we signed two relievers, including Cormier.

This is a part of the article that Arbuckle (and I) strongly agree with, and where the recent Phillies management has stunk:

"Scouting players and developing players are technically two different processes and two different departments of a front office. But with the most successful teams, they are one long swing. Mozeliak credits that handoff — “a really seamless process” — as a key reason for his team’s never-ending success."

That's one of the organizational qualities the Phillies have lost since the days of Arby.

zambonir 2022-07-03 14:02:38 UTC #200

The Cardinals benefit from small market rules because they are actually a small market. It's just that St. Louis as a baseball town, combined with being such a well-run franchise, is sui generis, it seems like they don't need the help, and can afford to actually pay a major league roster.