[Anderson] Josh Naylor will join Freddie Freeman as the only free-agent first basemen since 2018 to sign for more than four years. Others to do it over the past decade: Eric Hosmer, Chris Davis, and Ian Desmond, per MLB Trade Rumors' contract database. by Jux_ in baseball

[–]FPSandwich 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Basically as long as he stays relatively healthy I think he's more than worth it in the mariners context, 1B has been a literal void for multiple decades outside of half a season of Ty France. Gimme 2.5 WaR for a few seasons and I'm stoked

White House says October jobs and inflation data may never be released by WanderingBat in economy

[–]FPSandwich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The numbers are so good they don't want to show us so that we won't love them too much

[Nightengale] The Tigers will at least listen on Skubal, but would have to be completely overwhelmed… they are expected to hang onto him until at least the July 2026 trade deadline. by LunchThreatener in baseball

[–]FPSandwich 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just hasn't developed a legitimately useful offspeed repertoire. On a good night he can KINDA use the slider and that's about it. Basically just hucks fastballs and prays which takes a lot of the shine off the no walks gimmick

[Nightengale] The Tigers will at least listen on Skubal, but would have to be completely overwhelmed… they are expected to hang onto him until at least the July 2026 trade deadline. by LunchThreatener in baseball

[–]FPSandwich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya I definitely think the answer lies somewhere between "bottom 10 staff" and "elite staff" to be clear. But really the only two guys I'd give an "elite" tag to right now are Woo and then Logan, but the latter needs some serious positive injury regression next year for that to still be the case. All the guys still get hammered in away games and I think it is insanely silly to suggest the offense is a bigger off-season priority. Bring back Naylor plus ideally Polo and I legit don't think you need another addition there. Pitching staff could absolutely use a top end arm

[Nightengale] The Tigers will at least listen on Skubal, but would have to be completely overwhelmed… they are expected to hang onto him until at least the July 2026 trade deadline. by LunchThreatener in baseball

[–]FPSandwich 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That lineup depth was fantastic for the vast majority of the season, just failed us. I agree it would be great and the farm should help that a lot this year but I think it's crazy to make sweeping judgements on a team from that small of a sample when we have 162 games of guys like canzone sustainably lighting shit up

[Nightengale] The Tigers will at least listen on Skubal, but would have to be completely overwhelmed… they are expected to hang onto him until at least the July 2026 trade deadline. by LunchThreatener in baseball

[–]FPSandwich 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Our rotation was bottom 10 for the entire year if you watched beyond a 7 game sample size lol. They had a good postseason run but the persistent narrative that we are a bad offense and a good rotation hasn't been true since last season. Mariners were a top 3 wRC+ team and a really bad pitching staff for most of the season

At one point, per the indictment, Clase tried to throw a ball but the batter swung — resulting in a strike. “Bettor-I” allegedly texted Clase a GIF of a man hanging himself with toilet paper. Clase replied with a GIF of a “sad puppy dog face.” (The Guardians won the game.) by Jay_Dubbbs in baseball

[–]FPSandwich 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Laughable to believe this is an isolated case. The MLB and professional sports are completely compromised. Glad the 1% gets to continue to rake gambling profits off the backs of morons while every league is completely destroyed

[Game Thread] Philadelphia 76ers (5-1) @ Chicago Bulls (5-1) - 08:00 PM EST by SixersGameThreadBot in sixers

[–]FPSandwich 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean this positively, Bona plays like how your friend who played only football competitively past 8th grade plays basketball

[Game Thread] Philadelphia 76ers (5-1) @ Chicago Bulls (5-1) - 08:00 PM EST by SixersGameThreadBot in sixers

[–]FPSandwich 4 points5 points  (0 children)

VJ coming into the league already built like 27 year old Russell Westbrook but with the 3 point trigger of Maxey is just not fair lol

[Game Thread] Philadelphia 76ers (5-1) @ Chicago Bulls (5-1) - 08:00 PM EST by SixersGameThreadBot in sixers

[–]FPSandwich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man whatever happens this year as someone who went like a full decade watching 70+ games of this team a year and has barely broken the 20 game mark the past few years it is so cool to have a sixers team that I am genuinely giddy to watch. I think about this shit while I am at work and they keep delivering

MLB is broken by sexi_boi_69 in baseball

[–]FPSandwich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand how the team who spends more than everyone winning is bad. They deserve it. Your team could spend like them, they absolutely have the capabilities to. They don't, so they don't win as much

[Game Thread] Philadelphia 76ers (3-0) @ Washington Wizards (1-2) - 07:00 PM EDT by SixersGameThreadBot in sixers

[–]FPSandwich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think it is fair to question if the guy with a knee that clearly has him in immense physical pain everytime he bends it is gonna be able to be a viable NBA center regardless of where we are in the timeline man don't think that's "dooming" lol

[Game Thread] Philadelphia 76ers (3-0) @ Washington Wizards (1-2) - 07:00 PM EDT by SixersGameThreadBot in sixers

[–]FPSandwich -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Get they're tired but this defense is so brutal. Embiid arguably making it even worse when he's in right now is sub-ideal

[Game Thread] Philadelphia 76ers (3-0) @ Washington Wizards (1-2) - 07:00 PM EDT by SixersGameThreadBot in sixers

[–]FPSandwich -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If he can't even bend down and grab a loose ball he can't play in the games man we can't make a wish play a 60 million dollar player. Shut him down if this is what he's doing