Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images And some bits of news. MLB is discussing the idea of a Golden At-Bat. As dumb as it sounds, this is the idea: ....the basic concept is that a team could choose one at-bat in every game to use its best hitter regardless of where they are in the lineup. So if, say the New York Yankees had the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of … [Read more...] about Tuesday Bantering: Golden At-Bat?
Jays Highest Bidder On Soto?
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images There seems to be a chance that the Jays will get Juan Soto. Andy Martino, at SNY, tells us that there is ‘widespread belief’ that the Jays will come in with the highest offer: For one, Boras does not need publicity to land for Soto the largest contract in the history of the sport. With the Blue Jays, Mets, Red Sox, and Yankees widely … [Read more...] about Jays Highest Bidder On Soto?
Hall of Fame Polls: Andy Pettitte
Photo by Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images I was never a big fan of Andy Pettitte. For one, he was a Yankee. And I always thought he was overrated. Plus, I could never remember how many Ts are in his name. But he did have a pretty nice career. He played 18 seasons with a 256-153 record and a 3.85 ERA. He started 531 games, 521 starts, and is 41st … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Polls: Andy Pettitte
Hall of Fame Poll: Dave Parker
Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Do you remember back when the off-season was interesting? When we would get news to talk about? When the Jays would sign players and give us stuff to talk about and, you know, hope for the future? No, me neither. Dave Parker is on the Classic Baseball Era Non-Players Committee Ballot (or, as it is well known as, the CBENPCB). Parker … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: Dave Parker
Hall of Fame Poll: Dustin Pedroia
Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images I’m going to skip Brian McCann. He wasn’t a bad player, pretty similar numbers to fellow catcher Russell Martin, but Martin was a Blue Jay. McCann played 15 seasons in the MLB, with the Braves, Yankees, Astros and back with the Braves. In 1755 games he had a .262/.337/.452 line with 282 home runs and a 32.0 bWAR. He made … [Read more...] about Hall of Fame Poll: Dustin Pedroia