2021 HOT STOVE

Back by popular demand, yes, all 5 people.

I really need the MLB to have a spring training, otherwise, how will I fund my bets during the regular season?

Best story of the off season is Tony Larusa's dui in Arizona(hangin out with Key) one day before he got hired. Hell yea why not throw down a couple of soda's? The man is 76, just scored a good gig. He blew a .09, whoop d do. His tire blew out, so that's the only reason he got pinched.

The snowflake generation is writhing. But I commend him. He is an IRON man, and he's back to spit chew on the analytic geeks laptops.

My old man(god rest his soul), had a rough stint with the bottle years ago. He got pulled over. When asked to step out of the car, the officer said "Good God, you can barely walk" Pops replied, "That's why I was driving"

*disclaimer, I don't condone drunk driving*

So the state of Florida is in an interesting light. Tampa's Kevin Cash completely screwed up game 6 by pulling Snell and inevitably lost the WS on that one decision. I don't care what anyone says, that was egregious. Since, some pundits have said that Snell in his 2 WS starts had Sandy Koufax type stuff. Analytics got the Rays super far, and on a pay roll less than Mookie Bett's contract alone. But to see that pitching change in that moment was astonishing.

The Marlins have signed the first female gm. I don't know if she's analytical or not(I assume yes). I have no problem with it. Congratulations to her, she is a pioneer.

Shane Bieber and Trevor Bauer won the Cy Young. Strike city. 

Rumors of the Rays possibly trading Kevin Kiermaier and Blake Snell to dump salary. Unbelievable.

Looks like Marcel Ozuna will be a highly coveted FA. He was awesome last year.

Yadier Molina is 38 years old and has been with the Cardinals for 17 years. He's a FA and could end up on a different team. It would be hard to picture him in a different uni.

The Blue Jays said that they are going to be aggressive again in free agency. Making Canada great again.

Trevor Bauer fresh off a Cy Young award will be a pricey arm. He'd be leaving a darn good pitching coach in Cinci if he decides to leave.

"The Blue Jays said that they are going to be aggressive again in free agency. Making Canada great again." So now it is MCGA? Hard to pronounce.

My old man got pulled over once and the cop said "Sir, are you sure you should be driving?" The old man said "Officer, I have to, I can't possibly walk."

True story. And I don't condone drunk driving either. We are talking about the 1950's, when DUI was common and acceptable.  

Throw another log in the wood stove and get this sh*t going!

BTW: Tony LaRussa's DUI was in April or May; noone yet has figured out why it took until November to charge him. Chicanery in the Maricopa County Swamp no doubt. He has probably already attended "rehab" so they can sweep it under the rug and clear the way for him to move to Chicago. Good news though is that Joe Arpaio's reelection bid fell short so we won't have him overlooking guys like LaRussa and chasing down Mexican's with a broken tail light.

Not so, unless Biden dies in office. Far scarier is Trump retaining office, then claiming it happened because the original election was rigged.

Maricopa County is "special" no doubt 

But your state is now blue 

@KeyElement

 If Biden dies in office, wacko Kamala has the final say on picking her VP. Possible candidates include Hillary, Michelle & Nancy. Enough said....

‘Key, I just realized my original Harris post wasn’t made in this thread. How did it end up in Sac’s new Hot Stove thread?

He's like Trump, using back alley tactics and tricks

Maricopa county drops charges against Larusa

1-2 punch with Gio ? 

Yanks win it all next year. 

The gray matter this guy wants us to buy as brains is actually the ash from his burnt up brain. Now, can we please move on and leave the  "Yankees Are Loaded" BS for spring?

And after 6 months of not even being charged LaRussa skates away. I wonder how many of our local citizens get a deal like that? Campaign contributions and who you b__w work the same way everywhere. 

The HoF ballot is out. Let's all pick ONE guy we think is most deserving and post it. With a little good sense we probably pick all the winners right here. 

I can see five I would list on my ballot, but for one single vote I will toss it to Andy Pettitte 

Clevinger needs Tommy John, so the Padres resign him.

Move of the year

I called it last year, but thought he would stay one more year. Theo Epstein steps down as GM for the Cubs. Leaving another organization in terrible condition.

But at least after winning Cubs fans can't complain for at least another 20 years

Its honestly very hard to see the Yanks winning considering the state of the city

Theo makes little to no difference. Just get yourself another Epstein, Cashman or Dombrowski and give him a huge budget to work with. 

BABYFACE024: They have 80 years to work with and still overcome their previous streak 

tuck321: I don't know if the state of the city makes any difference. The Yankees can not win low scoring games versus quality starters and bullpens. 7,8,9, runs per game doesn't matter; the winning run versus a good starter and bullpen is what matters. The "bomb everybody" philosophy does not work in world championship competition.

The best example may be the Run Differential System. If you lose 5 games 2-1, and win 5 games 10-1, you are still 5-5, but your backers blew a ton of juice backing all the excess runs, +40 RDS, 5-5 in the W/L column. No matter how much they handicap the pitchers in order to play home run derby, they still make the difference in the end. JMHO.

Obviously I'm a salary cap kinda guy. I love when KC or the lowly SF Giants win it on a measly budget.

With you Sac on the exhibition games.

Barney, they have a payroll cap and it isn't working because high income teams just buy the talent and pay the penalty. Players will NEVER accept an individual player cap and I don't blame them (reeks of slavery, or the reserve clause). The only real solution is revenue sharing.

Epstein back to the Red Sox?  Why not they taking back anyone they can LOL

The Angels got a new GM. Forgot his name. Maddon should offer him wine, early and often before he gets the axe.