MLB - NEWS & NOTES

shutting down some big dawg's with kershaw and strausburg goin' down.

 

this isn't just price u dog. bradley had an issue too. come on, how many times do you hear announcers that were ex-players say "when we or i played the game..." players don't wanna hear that crap! team paid announcers should announce the games, not throw the players under the bus. i do think price is partially wrong here, but it's on eck too.

 

this isn't just price u dog. bradley had an issue too. come on, how many times do you hear announcers that were ex-players say "when we or i played the game..." players don't wanna hear that crap! team paid announcers should announce the games, not throw the players under the bus. i do think price is partially wrong here, but it's on eck too.

 

Red Sox acquire Eduardo Nunez from the Giants

 

Will-u beat me to the Beltre post. Come on Ump - live a little. Jeez. Beltre will be entering the 3000 hit club this weekend. He's 47 HRs shy of 500 too. I don't know if he will get that club as HRs are harder to hit, but Beltre is trotting to Cooperstown one day!

 

Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez to be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday

This Sunday three players will be honored in Cooperstown as Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez become the 313th, 314th and 315th members inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Executives Bud Selig and John Schuerholz will be inducted as well, making it 316 and 317.

Raines was quite possibly the NL’s best player in a five-year span from 1983-87. WAR thinks so, placing him ahead of Mike Schmidt, Tony Gwynn and Dale Murphy, all of whom got more plaudits at the time. Raines hit .318/.406/.467 during that period and averaged 114 runs scored and 71 steals per year. During those five years, only Rickey Henderson scored more runs (572-568) and only Wade Boggs had a better OBP (.443 to .406). That Raines had to wait until his last year of eligibility was in large part due to him being a very similar player to Henderson. Which is kind of an unfair comparison — Henderson is one of the best players of all time — but that’s how the voters operate sometimes.

Bagwell likewise had to wait a bit longer than he should’ve, mostly due to thus far evidence-free beliefs that he used PEDs. On the merits, Bagwell was one of the best first basemen of all time, with a career line of .297/.408/.540, 449 homers and 1,529 RBI. Between 1994 and 2001, he averaged — averaged! — a line of .306/.428/.589, 37 homers and 120 RBI while playing in perhaps the worst hitters park in history in the Astrodome.

People whispered about Rodriguez and PEDs just as much as they did Bagwell, but he got in on the first ballot, suggesting that the BBWAA is getting over its hangups. He is also clearly deserving of induction. Rodriguez, the 1999 AL MVP, was named to 14 All-Star teams and he won 13 Gold Gloves. He finished his career with a .296/.334/.464 line, 311 homers and 1,332 RBI. His 2,427 games caught is a major league record. He was, without question, the best defensive catcher of his era and many believe he was the best of all time. If he’s not, he’s in the top two or three. (HBT)

 

MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reports that the Rays have acquired first baseman Lucas Duda from the Mets. The Mets will receive pitching prospect Drew Smith in return, per Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports.

Duda, 31, is batting .246/.347/.532 with 17 home runs and 37 RBI in 291 plate appearances for the Mets this season. He’ll provide a potent bat in the Rays’ lineup as they attempt to overcome their current 2.5-game deficit in the AL East.
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The Rays are a potent and dangerous team that seems to be flying under the radar.

 

Robbie Ray thanks fans, says he's 'feeling much better already'

The Arizona Diamondbacks placed left-hander Robbie Ray on the seven-day concussion disabled list Saturday, a day after he was hit in the head by a line drive against the St. Louis Cardinals

 

Adrian Beltre strengthens already-strong Hall of Fame case with 3,000th hit

Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre just notched his 3,000th hit, which puts him in rarefied air. He’s the 31st player in baseball history to join the 3,000-hit club and only the second third baseman (having played at least 75 percent of his career games at the position) to do so along with Wade Boggs. This didn’t exactly sneak up on us; coming into the season, Beltre’s milestone was bound to happen as long as he stayed relatively healthy, entering the year with 2,942 hits. He got there despite missing the first two months of the season with a strained right calf.

Though achieving 3,000 hits garners a tremendous amount of respect, it still seems like he’s underrated. It’s not just the hits that make him good, it’s the power. He has 454 homers and 605 doubles in his career. The only other players with at least 400 homers and 600 doubles are Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Albert Pujols, David Ortiz, Stan Musial, Carl Yastrzemski, and Cal Ripken, Jr. All Hall of Famers, or should-be Hall of Famers.

Defense still isn’t nearly as easily quantified as offense, which may help explain why Beltre flies under the radar much of the time. He’s a five-time Gold Glove Award winner and that seems light. He won one last year at the age of 37, becoming the oldest player to win the award since Brooks Robinson in 1975. In doing so, Beltre had to beat out arguably the best defensive third baseman in baseball in Manny Machado.

 

Tigers, Justin Wilson and Alex Avila traded to the Cubs last night... for prospects, Jeimer Candelario, Isaac Paredes.

 

ugh it pains me to see him in the hall !

 

Beltre is trotting to Cooperstown one day! If he can hang on and hit 46 HRs, he will have 500 of them and only join Aaron, Mays, Murray and Palmeiro as the only ones with 3000 hits and 500 HRs. I think he and Willie Mays may be the only ones with 3000 hits and 5 or more Gold Gloves, but I could be wrong there. I liked how the Orioles congratulated him too,. Machado tried to touch his head, which he doesn't like, so Beltre, punched him in the nuts. hahaha.

 

Awesome. Beltre should've punched him in the nuts regardless lol. The highlights of the 2010 Red Sox season were watching Beltre on the field, and then watching him try to avoid Victor Martinez touching his head in the dugout. Probably the most underrated great player of his generation.

 

RIP, Lee May.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/reds-hall-famer-lee-may-dies-age/sEIyKL8MfqFdqvGWJCfe3I/

 

Mets-Red Sox close to deal sending Addison Reed to Boston for three minor league relievers

 

Meaning we can count on Reed to blow his arm out by Thursday.

 

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/...ll-of-fame-ballot-for-the-first-time-in-2018/

now that we have the 2017 HOF'ers in Cooperstown, who will be in the next class ... ?

Chipper Jones should be a lock. Thome should be in as well and that's all. Rolen, Santana and A. Jones aren't cutting it. I think 2019 is Mo Rivera and 2020 is D. Jeter!