Javier Baez hit a grounder to shortstop yesterday and landed awkwardly on 1st base. He left the game and we were told by Hawk and Stone it could be career altering. They're full of shit and it's good to hear Baez is doing OK with just a bruise to his heel.
“It’s happened before,” Baez said Saturday. “I can’t wear [metal] cleats. I reached for the bag and I felt it a little bit on my heel. I could’ve kept playing but it was my last at-bat anyways so they took me out of the game.”
“If I wear cleats, I just have to cut the back cleat and I’ll be all right,” Baez said. “When I hit the ground hard with all my weight, it hurts.”
He said his shoe “pinched” his heel but the pain was gone quickly.
“It bothered me for a couple minutes and it was gone,” he said. “It’s happened before.”
It's doubtful he'll be playing today, but it has nothing to do with his health. We can still look forward to the day he's called up, which will hopefully be early in the season because this team is going to suck to watch.
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“…because this team is going to suck to watch.”
Yeah, we probably need to have some special OV non-drinking drinking game so that we can get something entertaining out of the season. Rather than focusing on game outcomes, maybe we should have “pitch of the day” and “PA of the day” and a weekly over-under contest. Maybe we can assign TTOs with a random number generator to 3 players per participant and whoever’s players win the week gets the OV gold facepalm avatar for the next week.
Also perhaps nominations for snark of the week.
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Just plain BVS:
Don’t hold your breath. People haven’t really been around here during games the last couple of years. It’s hard to have a proper game thread when no one’s fucking watching.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Maybe we could have a rota where we take turns watching games and doing solo game thread commentary for no one to read.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Yeah, I can’t watch many day games and night games frequently conflict with the kid’s bedtime. But I sometime see a good AB, so I wasn’t really thinking about a game thread. More like: Did you see that pitch last night?
But then that’s why I suggested other ridiculous things, like a pseudo-fantasy randomly-generated contest….
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
I can do the games on Thursdays between 9 and 9:30 am. I got those bitches covered.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
I can do games that start after 10:00 Eastern, as long as Mrs. BVS is already asleep. That’ll surely be a game thread no one will follow though.
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
Just plain BVS wrote:
I disagree with this. Arbitration status and years of club control play a really significant role in extension negotiations. I don’t like it, but that’s the way it is.
IMO, George Springer is an especially egregious case, which the hardballtalk post did a good job of pointing out. Is it really worth it to hold back a 24 year-old in order to get a full season of control at age 31? For a player whose value is tied up in his speed? I guess, given how bad the Astros are right now, but… 2.5 months at age 24 might well be more valuable than 6 months at 31.
Desmond Jennings was in a similar spot with the Rays.
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
Can a minor league player say “fuck you”, quit, play for japan for a season, then be a free agent?
WaLiQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
Not unless he’s a minor league free agent.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
So like if Springer was to quit tomorrow, he’d still be an Astro if he ever decided to come back?
WaLiQuote Reply
It’s pretty strange seeing a Wisconsin Basketball team down ~10 points and not being too worried about it.
Berselius, Cubs #12 prospectQuote Reply
GW wrote:
I’m not sure that is disagreeing with me.
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
i disagree with that
GWQuote Reply
GW wrote:
What about like this?
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Just plain BVS:
i agree he’ll get an extension, but disagree that it makes the time of his callup any less relevant.
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
They gave one to Rizzo before his arb years. I doubt we see any good prospect reach his arb years under this front office. Think it’s more likely they are extended before they have 1 year of service time, like Rizzo.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
Hey guys, Scherzer and the Tigers aren’t negotiating an extension anymore… #hope
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
I read that too. Apparently they offered $24M/yr. Bet length of contract was the problem. He’s 31 right. Would you offer more than 5 yr?
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Just plain BVS:
He’ll be 30 at the end of July. 5 years won’t get it done and it’s doubtful the Cubs front office will consider going 7 years for someone his age.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
@AdamKilgoreWP 1m
This is going to be so great. RT @jcrasnick Scott Boras tells ESPN tigers rejected Scherzer’s offer, not the other way around. More to come.
!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/when-spring-training-matters/
The new 538 is up and they had a spring training article a couple days ago. Don’t know if it was linked or not. The article includes discussion on Sweeney and Lake. I won’t spoil the punch line.
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Just plain BVS:
that effect is a little higher than I expected, and the study is probably understating it, given that marcel is slapping league average wOBAs onto everyone who has yet to play in the majors.
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
Which would tend to support Aisley’s assertion that Sweeney isn’t worth worrying about, eh?
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Just plain BVS:
Yeah, although the effect is still pretty small. Also, is the plan to platoon him this season?
GWQuote Reply
@ GW:
Who knows? (dying laughing)
I’m in favor of aggressive platooning but MLB managers appear to disagree with me.
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
Profar —-> out 10 to 12 weeks
GWQuote Reply
Huge year for the Great Plains in basketball, eh?
North Dakota State, Nebraska, Creighton, Kansas, Kansas St., Wichita St., Tulsa, Oklahoma & Oklahoma State were all in the tournament. Good seeds, too. Of course, they are all eliminated now, but it still seems pretty significant for part of the country where no one really lives. What’s going on out there?
I guess you could throw Iowa and Iowa State in the mix, too…
GWQuote Reply
(Tom Ricketts in the house, presumably rooting for Creighton, btw…)
GWQuote Reply
GW wrote:
He really knows how to pick a winner.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Aisle424 wrote:
[img]http://th07.deviantart.net/fs12/200H/i/2006/292/3/a/Pick_A_Winner_by_BrknKyttyn.jpg[/img]
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Just plain BVS:
In sitting in a busy doctor’s office waiting room and pretty sure the person next to me just wondered what site I was visiting in public. (dying laughing)
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
Probably just assumes that picture is of you, to show the doctor about your current ailment. I wouldn’t worry about it.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Once we get confirmation that everyone involved is okay, I think we need to Photoshop “Cubs Lose” on some of these O’Hare derailment pictures.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ GBTS:
What happened there? Did the operator fall asleep? Have they said what happened yet?
MuckerQuote Reply
Doesn’t sound like anybody died so get started.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
Starting to get excited for Opening Day.
MylesQuote Reply
@ Myles:
Don’t worry. It will wear off by next Tuesday.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
I started to get excited for Opening Day and then I pictured what the lineup would be. It helped me a lot, Myles. You should try it.
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
I heard that any excitement lasting over 4 hours for Cubs opening day means you should go see a doctor.
EdwinQuote Reply
Edwin wrote:
fixed
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
Challenge accepted.
Two-Time All-Star Starlin Castro – SS
Red-Hot Spring Luis Valbuena – 2B
Former #37 Prospect Anthony Rizzo – 1B
20/20 Vision #22 Prospect Mike Olt – 3B
3 HR In A Game Junior Lake – CF
2.5 WARP Welington Castillo – C
Tries Really Hard Ryan Sweeney – LF
Professional Baseball Player Ryan Kalish – RF
Strikes Out A Lot Of People Jeff Samardzija – P
MylesQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
He’s in the best shape of his life.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
@ dmick89, Sweatpants Guru:
NSFDO? She had her undies on. (dying laughing).
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
Myles wrote:
It’s the closest the Cubs will be to first place all season! I’ll savor every moment.
Berselius, Cubs #12 prospectQuote Reply
Myles wrote:
Fixed.
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
Berselius, Cubs #12 prospect wrote:
This really works better in Spanish.
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
Apparently OAK asked DEN to see if Carr would want to become a Raider.
Like You CareQuote Reply
Scott Baker ——> Released
GWQuote Reply
@ Just plain BVS:
Junior Lake still is proof of how dumb these stats are to follow. He looks like hes going to have the worst season ever, then hits 3 home runs, now looks like he will have a pretty great season.
AndrewQuote Reply
32 people injured on the airtrain.
But we were all hurt on this bus back in 2009. Or was it 2010?
[img]http://oi62.tinypic.com/2yuajh2.jpg[/img]
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Mucker wrote:
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
I fell asleep one time when I was driving and luckily the relatively busy highway I was crossing as I woke up was dead. Unfortunately, I was going about 70 mph and by the time I realized what was up, I was several rows deep in corn.
/cool story bro
dmick89, Sweatpants GuruQuote Reply
Looks like Adrian Nieto is making White Sox roster. Rule V catcher making the jump from High-A. Very rare situation.
GWQuote Reply
@ Andrew:
He’s gonna be MVP. I know because Myles said so. heh heh
Just plain BVSQuote Reply
@ Andrew:
That’s just the nature of the beast. Dioner Navarro’s ROS projections got a big bump last year after his 3-HR game. For that matter, it probably had a significant effect on his projections for this year, as well.
Spring training stats are still data, just data that’s worth a lot less. If three-homer games were commonplace, then one game would have a much smaller effect.
GWQuote Reply
Well, this is all very meh:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0325-cubs-bits-20140325,0,740382.story
GWQuote Reply
GW wrote:
Do you guys pay for access to Trib?
Suburban kidQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
Just realized you can sign up for 5 free articles per month, just like the Onion. That should be more than enough.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
GW wrote:
Apparently he looked pretty bad this spring, but I’d give him a shot if he’d take a AAA assignment (which it appears he wasn’t willing to do in Seattle).
MylesQuote Reply
Ronny Cedeno —–> released
Ronny Cedeno —–> joining Theriot in retirement….probably
srbutch5Quote Reply
That’s a pretty decent softball league middle infield
MylesQuote Reply
http://obstructedview.net/facepalm/ov-daily-facepalm_3_25_14.html
new shit
Berselius, Cubs #12 prospectQuote Reply
@ Suburban kid:
If you want to read all the articles on the Trib. all you need is to use Firefox with an add-on called QuickJava. When the article is opened and you are blocked from seeing it because of the login crap just click on the Javascript button of the QuickJava app and turn Javascript off and then reload the page and read until your heart is content.
pinetarQuote Reply