~2024 MLB Thread~

[OrangeAfroMan]

My favorite "if so-and-so..." in baseball history is Ted Williams' career with no war interruptions.

He actually hit .344 with 2654 hits, 521 HR, 1839 RBI
He's 75th all-time in hits, 20th in HR, and 14th in RBI.
With average (for him) seasons instead of going to war:
.342 with 3452 hits, 663 HR, 2380 RBI.
.
So in hits he'd move up from 75th to 7th.
In HR, up from 20th to 5th.
And in RBI, from 14th to 1st. 

And those would be his rankings NOW, not when he retired.
At his time of retirement, had he not served:
3rd all-time in hits
2nd in HR
1st in RBI
.
He'd actually have been in Babe Ruth territory, and with more volume. 

[ELA]

Woah, Soto to the Yankees?

[OrangeAfroMan]

Woah, Soto to the Yankees?

LOL @ the Padres.
Soto!
Tatis Jr!
Machado!
Darvish!
Bogaerts!
We're gonna win the West!!!

82-80

Genuine red-headed stepchild.  Mets West.  
What a joke franchise.  

[FearlessF]

perhaps the Dodgers are built for the playoffs now

[MarqHusker]

yawn.     would've loved to see him in Toronto

[OrangeAfroMan]

perhaps the Dodgers are built for the playoffs now

This is the worst contract of all time, before it even begins.

The franchise that wins 100 games every year has taken the largest financial risk in the history of player acquisitions. 
That, on its face, is dumb.

I'll never understand this.

[MrNubbz]

THe A-Holes in their Ivory Towers just think we're all somehow need games that are out of our financial reach.Love to see sports belly up and let new leagues reform and keep thing in balance and focus

[ELA]

This is the worst contract of all time, before it even begins.

The franchise that wins 100 games every year has taken the largest financial risk in the history of player acquisitions.
That, on its face, is dumb.

I'll never understand this.

He is deferring $68 million of his $70 million every year of the deal.

So the Dodgers are just paying $2 million per year for now.  And can keep adding players

In a decade, they will be paying tens of millions of dollars to a retired player, and he will be living somewhere where he isn't taxed at California rates on the bulk of that contract.  People are wondering what the MLBPA thinks of this, I think the state governments are far more concerned

[MaximumSam]

He is deferring $68 million of his $70 million every year of the deal.

So the Dodgers are just paying $2 million per year for now.  And can keep adding players

In a decade, they will be paying tens of millions of dollars to a retired player, and he will be living somewhere where he isn't taxed at California rates on the bulk of that contract.  People are wondering what the MLBPA thinks of this, I think the state governments are far more concerned

Ken Griffey Jr. is the Red's second highest paid player

[ELA]

Ken Griffey Jr. is the Red's second highest paid player

He might still be their second best player

[OrangeAfroMan]

He is deferring $68 million of his $70 million every year of the deal.

So the Dodgers are just paying $2 million per year for now.  And can keep adding players

In a decade, they will be paying tens hundreds of millions of dollars to a retired player, and he will be living somewhere where he isn't taxed at California rates on the bulk of that contract.  People are wondering what the MLBPA thinks of this, I think the state governments are far more concerned

If they wind up paying him $700 million over any number of years, it's the worst contract ever.

[ELA]

If they wind up paying him $700 million over any number of years, it's the worst contract ever.

I meant per year. But it's not my money, and there's no salary cap, so there's no way that any MLB contract is the worst contract ever.

[MaximumSam]

Tough to beat Stephen Strasburg for the worst contract ever. $245 million for 8 starts. They will be paying him through 2029.

[FearlessF]

In a decade, they will be paying tens of millions of dollars to a retired player, and he will be living somewhere where he isn't taxed at California rates on the bulk of that contract. 

Like Japan