Mack's Applies - 10-19-17 - Mets Cuts,Miami Cuts, Blake Holiday, Spectator Injury, Daniel Webb

Good morning.

I took a second look at what’s left in the minor league pipeline after the Mets released around 27 Latin players. I did find it a little strange that all the players spoke Spanish as a primary language. But ‘no problemo’.

Based on my original projections earlier this month –

1B – got an opening in Binghamton, so I’m going to move Dash Winningham up there from St. Lucie and I’m going to move Matt Winaker up from Brooklyn.

3B – Going to move Colby Woodmansee to fill the hole in Binghamton and replace him in St. Lucie with Reed Gamache.

SP – I need a fifth starter in Brooklyn and I’m bumping up prospect Jaison Viera from a projected Kingsport slot… got a similar problem in St. Lucie, so I will add Jose Carlos Medina from my projected Columbia rotation.

The new Miami Marlins plan on cutting payroll to $90mil.

If the current roster was left unchanged, next year’s payroll would approach $140 million, meaning ownership would need to eliminate about $50 million to get to the $90 million target figure they presented to owners. The owners could always choose to exceed or fall below $90 million.

            Current salaried players in 2018 are - 

                        OF Giancarlo Stanton      -           $25mil (a zillion thru 2028)

                        3B Martin Prado                -           $13.5mil ($15mil-2019)

                        RHSP Edinson Volguez     -           $13mil

                        2B Dee Gordon                   -           $10mil (2019-20: $13.8/yr)

                        LHSP Wei-Yin Chen            -           $10mil ($42mil-2019-20)

                        RHP Brad Zeigler               -           $9mil

                        RHP Junichi Tazawa          -           $7mil

                        OF Christian Yelich            -     $7mil ($34mil+ more thru 2012)

                                  

                                   (God, I would kill for Gordon here…)

An opening day payroll of $90 million would have ranked 26th of 30 teams in the majors last season, ahead of only the Oakland A’s ($82 million), San Diego Padres ($71 million), Tampa Bay Rays ($70 million) and Milwaukee Brewers ($63 million).

Blake Holiday -

        

    A former Clemson baseball player is in critical condition following a four-wheeler accident Thursday afternoon, a Greenville Memorial Hospital spokesperson confirmed Saturday.

Blake Holliday, a pitcher on the Clemson baseball team in 2017, was airlifted to the hospital following an accident on Major and Rube Ashely roads in Belton, according to Dudley Brown, spokesperson for the hospital, and Anderson County dispatch.

Holiday left the Clemson baseball team after red-shirting for the 2017 season...  an update... he died yesterday morning.

Spectator injury lawsuits -

           

The risks of being hit by an errant ball or broken bat are low, according to lawsuits filed against other major-league teams over injuries. But the injuries they cause can be catastrophic, especially to children. A 7-year-old Cubs fan attending his first baseball game at Wrigley Field in 2008 was left with a fractured skull and swelling around his brain after being hit in the head by a line drive, the Tribune reported. There are no records indicating the family ever filed a lawsuit.

We’re getting to the point that, you not only are going to have to go through a metal detector to get to your seat, but you’re going to have to sign a release form before you sit down.

Sounds like a good time for Netflix to cut a deal with the league.

 Daniel Webb -

         

   Former White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb passed away due to an ATV accident last night, according to a report from wpsdlocal6.com. Chris Davis, Sheriff of Humphreys County, confirmed the news via telephone.

The Blue Jays selected Webb in the 18th round of the 2009 June amateur draft, but the Kentucky native spent most of his career in the White Sox organization. During his time at the MLB level, he compiled 110 relief innings at the major league level, including 67 2/3 innings in 2014 with a 3.99 ERA. Webb showed promise with a fastball that averaged 96 MPH, but hadn’t pitched since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2016.

            R.I. P. Daniel