View: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1421939168901574656
Kind of hope the Rangers get him next year and he and Leiter are teammates again.
Kind of hope the Rangers get him next year and he and Leiter are teammates again.
Eh, among the choices available to those folks doing the IMEs, "No significant change" is one of the least inspiring options. Bullet: dodged.Rocker's agent, Scott Boras, said in a statement that his client is healthy.
"Kumar Rocker is healthy according to independent medical review by multiple prominent baseball orthopedic surgeons. Immediately upon conclusion of his collegiate season, he had an MRI on both his shoulder and his elbow. When compared with his 2018 MRIs, the medical experts found no significant change. Kumar requires no medical attention and will continue to pitch in the regular course as he prepares to begin his professional career," he said.
So what’s he going to do for the next year?View: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1421939168901574656
Kind of hope the Rangers get him next year and he and Leiter are teammates again.
Can't find the link, but Boras or someone on his team mentioned an Independent League or overseas (Europe, I think).So what’s he going to do for the next year?
I don't think I get the "Mets made no offer" bit. Didn't the Mets have to make an offer in the ballpark of 40% of slot in order to qualify for the compensatory pick next year?This is so strange, what could this possibly mean? I guess we’ll learn more in upcoming days.
https://sny.tv/articles/sources-mets-kumar-rocker-deal-did-not-fall-apart-over-money
Only if the player submits health records before the draft, which Boras clients evidently do not do (?).I don't think I get the "Mets made no offer" bit. Didn't the Mets have to make an offer in the ballpark of 40% of slot in order to qualify for the compensatory pick next year?
My understanding is that Rocker declining to undergo a pre-draft MRI relieved the Mets of their obligation to offer a percentage of slot value in order to receive a 2022 compensation pick. It’s the Mets, though, so anything is possible.I don't think I get the "Mets made no offer" bit. Didn't the Mets have to make an offer in the ballpark of 40% of slot in order to qualify for the compensatory pick next year?
Only if the player submits health records before the draft, which Boras clients evidently do not do (?).
Right you are---forgot that followed in the article.My understanding is that Rocker declining to undergo a pre-draft MRI relieved the Mets of their obligation to offer a percentage of slot value in order to receive a 2022 compensation pick. It’s the Mets, though, so anything is possible.
It would have been way way more impressive a decade ago, Price is meh, Duffy is hurt, Hamels we'll see. Nelson has been very good though.So they're going to have a middle relief group of David Price, Cole Hamels, Danny Duffy, and Jimmy Nelson. Do I have that right? That seems a bit indulgent, no?
Nelson just got transferred to the 60-day IL.It would have been way way more impressive a decade ago, Price is meh, Duffy is hurt, Hamels we'll see. Nelson has been very good though.
His HOF chances were slim anyway, but that it a disturbing report. What possesses assholes like him to do things like that?Omar Vizquel's HoF chances just went down the drain
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31982342/omar-vizquel-sued-former-birmingham-barons-bat-boy-alleged-sexual-harassment
NOT better than DalbecI wonder whether they're at all concerned that they're giving up on him too soon.
ThanksChris Davis retired.
Chris Davis retires
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32008255/baltimore-orioles-chris-davis-retires-citing-hip-injury
And the Orioles make the most Orioles statement ever
"The Orioles support Chris Davis as he retires from baseball today," the team said in a statement, "and will be there to make sure the door doesn't hit him in the ass on the way out."
FTFYChris Davis retires
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32008255/baltimore-orioles-chris-davis-retires-citing-hip-injury
And the Orioles make the most Orioles statement ever
"The Orioles support Chris Davis as he retires from baseball today," the team said in a statement, "and willbe there to make sure the door doesn't hit him in the ass on the way out. continue to do so through 2037."
And then he'll get COVID from Rizzo and that will be that.He'll sign with the MFYs and suddenly pitch lights out - seems to be the pattern with them right now.
Ideally he'd get it from someone else and give it back to Rizzo.And then he'll get COVID from Rizzo and that will be that.
No offense but that’s an awful, terrible thing to bring up here.As big a laughingstock as Davis had become, he did start that 9th inning rally that knocked the Sox out of the playoff race in 11. Lester and Bard the only two players still around from that game.
Lowrie didn't play, but he was on the benchLester and Bard the only two players still around from that game.
Sorry, I only happened to stumble upon the box score after looking up Pivetta, which led me to Papelbon. Had totally forgotten he struck out the first two guys of that inning. Ugh. Still painful but it feels like 50 years ago. I recall being furious at Tito for not playing Lavarnway more down the stretch, oof.No offense but that’s an awful, terrible thing to bring up here.
Also fuck Carl Crawford.
At 37 years old he's going to need to push out nearly 1,000 hits and 250 HR in the next 3-4 years.Votto now with 2,000 hits. Looked like he was headed to the HOF until the past few seasons. Still might get there if this season isn’t a mirage. Solid career for franchise that hasn’t been relevant for a while.