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Pretty sure the umpires are also in a union. Seems like this change would impact them most of all. Interestingly enough. Sounds like the last union contract between the Umps and MLB expires after the 2024 season. Anyone else know any more details?

Got my refund. For those who were worried about me. heh

I know of a pretty good one that was just nominated for a gold glove............lol.............. He happens to be left-handed unfortunately but if you can accept a .966 OPS vs LHP I think it's still worth the slight dropoff compared to vs RHP.

Juan Soto has a better defensive bWAR rating (-0.5) than Santander in RF (-1.4). Can someone try and explain this to me?

Update: no. The answer is no.

Ask again in the beginning of November.

I agree that the title to this thread should be changed. I haven't seen any evidence that Adley has disclosed any kind of health issue.

Jeffrey Maier game, the 2016 absurd WC loss with Ubaldo, the 30-3 game. Heck, pick one of the Texas playoff losses last year when we expected to roll them. All seem like worse losses in recent memory. Guess you could say the expectations were higher going into this one.............but.............should they have been? This isn't like we won 101 again and were a top seed.

Just looking at qualified batters, Cowser's K rate of 30.7% led the team by FAR. 2nd place was Mountcastle at 22.5% which is on par with the MLB average. His -2.5 Win Probability Added was also by far the worst on the team. All of the other players on our roster (among qualified batters) were at least above average with that. Gunnar, Westburg, and Santander were the best. He was the most "unclutch" player on our team by multiple wins according to bb-ref. I still hope he wins rookie of the year obviously but I have some serious questions about if he is a long term piece here. I suppose it's also worth pointing out that he was the 4th best player on the team in terms of overall bWAR so it's complicated. There is no doubt he has some real defensive skills. I just pray there is something they can do to help fix his head when he gets in these pivotal at-bats with games on the line.

Looks like it began on Friday, Sep 15 and ended on Sunday, Sep 17.

As long as Cowser finishes top 2 in the voting we get the extra pick right?

He is worth 0.7 WAR this year so far which strikes me as likely above average for a backup catcher. I'm sure a paycut is coming but I see no reason why he can't keep playing somewhere even if not here. I would support bringing him back in 2025 but probably just on a 1 year deal.

I see Adley had a good time enjoying clinchmas just like last year. Hope he has access to Gatorade in the dugout.

So we are just waiting to see now who the Yanks will decide to use as their starter tonight?

Eloy Jimenez sent to AAA.