MLB Offseason 2023-24: The $700 Million Man

[tomalak301]

Dusty Baker is going home and has accepted a special advisory role in the Giants' front office, working directly with Farhan Zaidi.

Good for him.

Good for Dusty. Despite what he did in Game 6 of the 2002 world series, he was a good Giant and I'm glad he's coming back to be a part of the organization. Besides, 2010, 2012, and 2014 more than made up for what happened in 2002 so all is forgiven.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ What did Dusty do in the 2002 WS that was so bad?

 

[tomalak301]

^ What did Dusty do in the 2002 WS that was so bad?

He took out Russ Ortiz in the 6th or 7th inning of Game 6 when he was dealing. It made the Angels come back and they just took the momentum into Game 7.

 

[1001001]

Dusty was also kind enough to leave Hernandez in with the bases loaded in Game 7.

 

[Aragorn]

One year during a playoff series, Lou Pinella took out his ace early to save him for another game, the bullpen blew the game and the Cubs got eliminated before the ace could get another start.

 

[Aragorn]

Damn, Josh Hader, five years for $95 million to the Astros.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Matt Carpenter's back with the Cards...

 

[Timby]

Damn, Josh Hader, five years for $95 million to the Astros.

Congrats to the Astros for being slightly more unlikable now. Fuck that asshole.

Edit: That is also an outrageously stupid contract.

 

[Aragorn]

ESPN has a story about the Wander Franco investigation. Not a super lengthy read, but significantly longer than the usual stuff they post on their site.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39340208/wander-franco-investigation-mlb-details

 

[Aragorn]

Ryne Sandberg has metastatic prostate cancer and has begun treatment.

 

[Aragorn]

Todd Helton, Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer elected into the Hall of Fame. Will join Jim Leyland at the induction. Billy Wagner falls short.

 

[Timby]

The Angelos family has agreed to sell the Orioles for $1.725 billion.

FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, HALLELUJAH WE'RE FREE AT LAST.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

...probably to someone who is even worse.

 

[Timby]

...probably to someone who is even worse.

Well, it's to a pair of private equity billionaires, so, yeah, probably still shitty.

BUT THE STENCH OF THE ANGELOS FAMILY WILL BE GONE.

 

[Aragorn]

...probably to someone who is even worse.

A conglomerate led by Dan Snyder, David Tepper and James Dolan?

David Rubenstein and Mike Arougheti bought them. Don't know who they are but they come from the private equity world.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Well, it's to a pair of private equity billionaires, so, yeah, probably still shitty.

Don't know who they are but they come from the private equity world.

 

[Timby]

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GOD DAMN IT BIGGLES LET ME HAVE THIS ONE WIN FOR JUST A FEW DAYS

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Theo Epstein is back with the Redsox.

 

[Timby]

Theo Epstein is back with the Redsox.

Time is a flat circle, I guess.

Although when he left the Cubs and decided to take a position in MLB's front office in 2021, he did always say that he envisioned himself becoming an owner someday; the PE group he's the operating partner of, Arctos, has a strong working relationship with FSG, and he and John Henry have always been fond of each other, so it tracks that his ownership would come as part of the Red Sox.

 

[Aragorn]

Royals give Bobby Witt Jr. an 11-year, $288.8 million contract extension after only two seasons in the majors.