Back in the late 70s or whenever, did announcers complain about lazy players using bullpen cars? I don't recall. (Of course, salaries were much lower then.) They'd sure as hell make that comment now, though. Pampered, entitled, blah blah.
You know what, I won't rule it out for myself either! Throw us both in that same bucket, Nick."Ruben Amaro Jr. said he wouldn’t rule out managing or becoming a general manager again"
Where have you coached before? Do you believe in good old fashioned scouting or that New fangled sabermetrics thingy..If it's the latter then Nicky cannot recommend you..if it's the former Nicky will talk bout you in every column...You know what, I won't rule it out for myself either! Throw us both in that same bucket, Nick.
HOUSTON — The Yankees are falling, the Orioles are struggling, the Rays are a straight line, the Blue Jays are trying to get to .500. The division is vulnerable.
One of the most Cafardoian sentences ever composed about perennial binky Big Game James Shields.Often forgotten on a list of possible pitcher acquisitions simply because he hasn’t been that good...
Including my buddy Scouty McScout!Scouts will be watching
Ignorance bomb leaves traces of collateral education.My favorite part of Sunday's column was that all of the people he spoke to about the amount of catcher's visits gave him a lot of rather valid reasons as to why catchers should have unlimited visits. He listed them all out and his last sentence was pretty much, "Yeah, fuck all that. They still suck."*
* This is the one thing that I do agree with Cafardo about, there are a ton of catcher's visits to the mound. But, I wasn't aware enough as to why there are more. While I'm still more on the side of less is better, I at least understand why catchers are always going out to the mound. It was oddly educational for a Cafardo column, though probably not in the way that he intended it to be.
He does that remarkably often - he proposes some idea and then quotes people shooting it down. He must have a maximum quota of people to interview for the column. If they all disagree with him, he just runs their quotes anyway.My favorite part of Sunday's column was that all of the people he spoke to about the amount of catcher's visits gave him a lot of rather valid reasons as to why catchers should have unlimited visits. He listed them all out and his last sentence was pretty much, "Yeah, fuck all that. They still suck."
I know, it's incredibly strange. To me, it seems as if he types up his notes, reads them over and thinks, "Oh shit, I forgot to call anyone for the Notes column." Then he calls a bunch of people, yeses them to death and then dumps the quotes into his story without context.He does that remarkably often - he proposes some idea and then quotes people shooting it down. He must have a maximum quota of people to interview for the column. If they all disagree with him, he just runs their quotes anyway.
Shields got shelled again yesterdayOne of the most Cafardoian sentences ever composed about perennial binky Big Game James Shields.
Other than that... what's not to like!
- He's old
- He's owed a lot of money
- He's not any good
Including my buddy Scouty McScout!
This just confirms my theory that he hasn't watched baseball since 1995."2. Not sure the Red Sox retiring No. 34 before No. 21 was the way to go."
Would have made a nice addition to the other guys he wanted to break the bank for- Josh Hamilton and Joe Mauer.Nick reported today that Cole Hamels has pitched 42 innings this year. No mention, of course, that the Sox should have paid any price a couple years ago to get him.
Kershaw, who didn't pitch for a period of 63 games in 2016, made 21 starts in 2016, suggesting that he missed 11 or 12 with his "minor injuries" that *didn't* cause him to "break down."Remember when John Henry cited a study about the downfall of giving big money to pitchers 30 and older as one of the reasons why the Red Sox drew a line in the sand on how far they wanted to go with Jon Lester? Price signed his huge deal at age 30 and broke down after one year. Greinke was 32 and broke down in his first year with the Diamondbacks. Kershaw was 26. Scherzer was 30. Neither have broken down except for minor injuries.
That's a corollary to the long-established Cafardo Theory Of Trades: "Send your bad players to Team X for their good players."Nick probably figures "All the Sox have to do is sign the pitchers who won't get injured! Simple, really."
442 .503 .829 at home.On Thursday, the Yankees acquired minor league first baseman Garrett Cooper from Milwaukee in exchange for lefty reliever Tyler Webb. Cooper is 6 feet 6 inches and 230 pounds. He was having a great year with Triple A Colorado Springs (.366 with 17 homers, 82 RBIs, and a 1.080 OPS)
Seems like a rational way to run a ballclub that's at a crossroads, take on $40 Million of salary for an injury prone player that has no discernible skills to offer a baseball team. Fans will get a kick out of it, Saban might as well earmark $50 million for Eddie Gaedel.No team is going to trade for Sandoval because it’d be assuming his remaining salary. Will anyone take another shot with Sandoval? The Giants’ season is lost and they are going to sell off players, but their fans might get a kick out of their beloved Panda returning.
Reason noted. Teams are allowed to sign players off the street to 10 day contracts in October so they can work their magic right? Mark Lemke may want to stay limber.One reason for picking up Sandoval is his exemplary postseason record.
El Guapo would gladly trade some of those cheers for roughly $90 million more in his checking account.He never endeared himself with Red Sox fans as he had for so long in San Francisco, where fans would wear Panda heads and where his large stomach was considered “cute,” and where he was accepted as being out of shape. He was accepted because he produced.
The sum total of reporting Nick put into the article is one phone call to an anonymous GM, who says something anodyne about how the Red Sox made the right move -- but remains anonymous. The rest is just rehash and speculation. It could not have taken more than 20 minutes to write. It told me nothing.His Sandoval piece from today is just a steaming pile of hot garbage, poignant seeing as though Nick's Globe paycheck angers me a hell of a lot more than Sandoval's contract.
Yes. The Sox dilemma is how to get someone "exciting."Short of landing Kansas City’s Mike Moustakas, who would be an exciting third-base acquisition for the Red Sox now that Todd Frazier is gone to the Yankees?
That’s the Red Sox’ dilemma.
Because surely, that can't be enough.We are not sure why the Red Sox passed on Frazier, other than they weren’t sold on him.
I could be reading this wrong, but it looks like all but 1 of his HRs were not opposite field.If the Royals don’t pick up the pace, they could make a late decision to trade away players and Moustakas could hit home runs at Fenway from the left side because he prefers to hit to the opposite field.
Pete AbrahamVerified account @PeteAbe 11h11 hours agoSale, who stuck around til the end of the all star game to watch his (new this year) teammate Kimbrel pitch, apparently is not a "character guy."
Baseball, as are most sports, have always been about analytics and stats. What do you think winning percentage, batting average, ERA, games behind, TDs, shooting percentage, etc. are. What Nick Cafardo is finding out is that there are more advanced analytics and more people are understanding them, yet he will (or does) not and he feels dumb.Sometimes it’s as if baseball has become all about analytics. It’s good to know there’s still a human side to the game.
Baseball, as are most sports, have always been about analytics and stats. What do you think winning percentage, batting average, ERA, games behind, TDs, shooting percentage, etc. are. What Nick Cafardo is finding out is that there are more advanced analytics and more people are understanding them, yet he will (or does) not and he feels dumb.
Therefore he has to attack stats and the thousands of people who use them, in a bizarre crusade to bring these folks down to his anti-intellectual level. In other words, Nick Cafardo is the kid in the back of the class screaming, "NERD!!!!" every time someone answers a question correctly. Only he's too dumb to take full ownership of it.
Fuck this clown.
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Fuck this clown.
Dont some clowns also generate good karma?Oh yeah? .... Well, TAKE THIS:
These players not only do it between the lines but off the field. They generate good karma and help teammates relax, and act as mentors for younger players.
yesDont some clowns also generate good karma?