Your N.L MVP Giancarlo Stanton.
[doublepost=1510876278][/doublepost]Your A.L. MVP Jose Altuve.
Judge was robbed.
Judge winning ROY hurt his MVP chances.Judge’s July-August slump cost him the MVP like Sales horrendous August-September cost him the CY.
Your N.L MVP Giancarlo Stanton.
[doublepost=1510876278][/doublepost]Your A.L. MVP Jose Altuve.
Judge was robbed.
Jeter wants to cut payroll and owes Stanton 300 million.Stanton's stock just went way up.
People drooling over him at the Giants board I frequent.
I couldn't see us landing him before this and certainly not now.
Also, I think Jeter wants to keep him.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...a-placed-mlb-banned-list-team-loses-prospectsFormer Braves general manager John Coppolella has been placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list, and Atlanta will lose one of its top prospects as part of MLB's penalties against the team for rules violations in the international market.
Commissioner Rob Manfred ruled that the Braves must forfeit 13 international prospects, including highly touted Kevin Maitan, an infielder from Venezuela who signed for $4.25 million in 2016.
MLB announced the penalties Tuesday in a statement written by Manfred.
Atlanta must forfeit Maitan, Juan Contreras, Yefri del Rosario, Abrahan Gutierrez, Juan Carlos Negret, Yenci Peña, Yunior Severino, Livan Soto, Guillermo Zuniga, Brandol Mezquita, Angel Rojas, Antonio Sucre and Ji Hwan Bae.
All 13 players will become free agents and are eligible to sign with any team. Manfred also announced that the Braves have been prohibited from signing prospect Robert Puason.
Additionally, the Braves will be prohibited from signing any international player for more than $10,000 during the 2019-20 signing period and their international signing bonus pool for the 2020-21 signing period will be reduced by 50 percent.
Former Braves special assistant Gordon Blakeley will be suspended for one year and won't be allowed to work for any team during his suspension.
"I intend to discipline other Braves' International Baseball Operations employees who participated in the misconduct after the completion of our internal procedures," Manfred said in a statement. "My staff will speak to the Players Association and officials in the Dominican Republic regarding appropriate consequences for the representatives of the players who intentionally participated in schemes to circumvent our rules, none of whom are certified by the Players Association."
Coppolella lasted only two seasons as Atlanta's GM before being forced to resign last month after MLB announced its investigation.
The Braves said in a statement released Tuesday they "understand and accept the decision regarding the penalties that have been handed down.
"As we expressed last week, our organization has not lived up to the standard our fans expect from us and that we expect from ourselves. For that, we apologize. We are instituting the changes necessary to prevent this from ever happening again and remain excited about the future of Braves baseball.''
Won’t see other teams breaking the international signing rule again.@MacNut - WOW. That's some pretty serious punishment.
The Braves just got destroyed by MLB.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...a-placed-mlb-banned-list-team-loses-prospects
The Braves just got destroyed by MLB.
check here and at mlb.com ?
Can I ask why? He's an ESPN analsyt with little to no managerial experience and he's taking over a storied franchise whose media/fanbase has been known to ravenous.Aaron Boone has been reportedly named the new Yankees manager.
Can I ask why? He's an ESPN analsyt with little to no managerial experience and he's taking over a storied franchise whose media/fanbase has been known to ravenous.
I really don't get this move at all, maybe I'm missing something
Why though?Made sense to me.
But Aaron Boone has never been in a uniform for anything but to play. There is no coaching experience, no minor league managing, no track record that he can lead other people in any fashion.
Why though?
I mean he's smart, I'm not knocking that, but he's had zero experience being a manager. Don't you want someone who has a proven track record at such a premier and storied franchise?
[doublepost=1512214585][/doublepost]Here's a quote from NY Post which helps explain my curiosity
You do, but most people's first job isn't the CEO and that in a sense is what happened with Boone. You start at the bottom of the rung and work your way up.Ya gotta start somewhere.
Maybe, and given the talent laden roster, he probably won't need to do much for the team to succeed.I think he'd be good manager. Gut feeling?