Offseason baseball Thread

And a misogynistic asshole. He called himself the manalyst, that pretty much sums him up.

 

No doubt, he always struck me as a guy who would be a pig, just check out the pics he would post on Twitter to promote his golf tournament. But he was the best part of the Jays' broadcasts, the next time Buck, Tabby or Campbell say anything interesting or controversial will be the first time.

 

Stanton to Giants picking up steam. Per teh Twitterez, Bobby Evans, Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy met with Stanton and/or his people Thursday in Los Angeles.

 

Nice work, Marlins. Wanna reverse that call, Jeets?

The Marlins, recently purchased an ownership group led by Derek Jeter, made the decision not to renew a team scout’s employment contract earlier this month while the scout, Marty Scott, was hospitalized waiting for a kidney transplant following colon cancer surgery, according to Jeff Passan at Yahoo.

Passan reports:

"Marty Scott, who joined the Marlins as a vice president in 2011 and in recent years had worked as a scout, said he was told his contract would not be renewed Oct. 16 while at the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida, where doctors three days earlier had removed a cancerous tumor and polyps from his colon. Doctors initially found the cancer in late August as Scott underwent a battery of tests in preparation for a kidney transplant needed because of diabetes."

A team statement to Passan said the decision not to renew Scott’s contract was made by president of baseball operations Michael Hill, who was retained from the Loria administration. ...

Scott told Passan that he was informed of the decision by director of pro scouting Jim Cuthbert. He described the moment he saw Cuthbert’s number pop up on his caller ID: “My heart sank a little bit. At the same time, I thought, ‘They’re not going to do this while I’m in the hospital.’ ”

https://deadspin.com/report-marlins...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Derek Jeter-led Marlins parted ways with scout while he was in hospital after undergoing cancer surgery

 

The Yankees have narrowed down their choice for manager to Aaron Boone and Hensley Meulens.

I am not impressed.

I think they should've made a run at Bruce Bochy.

 

Were Matt Nokes and Luis Sojo busy?

 

They should hire Brett as strength and conditioning coach.

 

Who owns the team? Newt Gingrich?

 

He can double as a community relations representative in charge of female fan engagement.

 

Yeah, I don't get it. Bob Geren was available.

 

Are we saying that Boone doesn't have the baseball gravitas to deserve this?

The annals of baseball are loaded with fringe players who turned out to be outstanding managers. Tommy Lasorda. Earl Weaver. Walter Alston. Sparky Anderson. All guys who weren't quite major-league talent but were baseball lifers who learned the game inside and out during years in the minors.

And Boone put in his years in the bigs. He wasn't a Class AAA player. Not to mention that given his family, he was born with a baseball in his little hand.