MACK - MY Tuesday Observations

 

MACK – MY Tuesday Morning Observations

 

Bob Nightengale               @BNightengale

 

Five Scott Boras starting pitchers have now signed:

Blake Snell, Dodgers: 5 years, $182 million.

Yusei Kikuchi, Angels: 3 years, $63 million.

Frankie Montas, Mets: 2 years, $34 million.

Matthew Boyd, Cubs: 2 years, $29 million.

Nick Martinez, Reds: 1 year, $21.05 million.

 

 

David L Funnell                   @sportz_nutt51

Number of pitchers with 200+ innings pitched since 2021:

2021 - 4

2022 - 8

2023 - 5

2024 - 4

 

Total: 21

 

Mack – See? This is not just a Mets problem. It’s a problem throughout baseball. Is this the pitchers at fault here? Is it the teams? Or is it a combo of both? My guess it is baseball’s obsession with analytics, particularly with third time around stats and pitches thrown. The days of Bob Gibson are over and teams must now adjust by strengthening the depth of their pen.

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/mets-prospect-luisangel-acu-swinging-163451071.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall –

Mets top prospect Luisangel Acuña has been red-hot at the plate during the Venezuelan Winter League.

The speedy infielder helped the Cardenales de Lara secure their doubleheader sweep on Friday as he reached base four times, stole three bases, drove in three runs, and scored three runs of his own.

Acuña is now hitting .388 with two doubles, one triple, one home run, nine RBI, nine stolen bases, and an impressive .996 OPS over his first 17 Winter League games.

Mack – The problem here is all but one of these games had Acuna playing short, not second or any of the outfield positions that would be a path to a starting position on the Mets.

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/all-other-mlb-teams-forced-to-forfeit-as-dodgers-sign-every-baseball-player-in-existence?s=03 –

All Other MLB Teams Forced To Forfeit As Dodgers Sign Every Baseball Player In Existence

 

It's official, the 2025 Major League Baseball season is over and the Los Angeles Dodgers have been preemptively declared World Series Champions for the foreseeable future after all other teams were forced to forfeit due to the Dodgers signing every baseball player currently in existence to a collective 30-year, $400 trillion contract.

According to sources across the country, the Dodgers extended the astronomical contract offer to every single player who has ever laid a finger on a baseball, including all minor leaguers and a six-year-old second baseman on the Big Orange Machine Little League team of Mankato, MN.

"There's literally nothing else we could do except forfeit," said New York Mets  Manager Carlos Mendoza. "They've managed to sign every single baseball player currently walking the face of the earth. I heard they signed three contracts with unborn infants, too. I hate to say it, but they beat all of us. And by 'beat us,' I mean they made it so we literally can't sign any players. Because they're all Dodgers now."

 

 

BaseballHistoryNut          @nut_history

More people have walked on the moon (12) than men who have scored against Mariano Rivera in the postseason

 

 

Justin Rocke            @JustinRocke

RHP Alan Perdomo has signed a MiLB contract with the Colorado #Rockies per MiLB's transaction page.

Perdomo was taken by the #Mets from Colorado in the '23 MiLB R5 Draft. Recorded two saves and a 3.86 ERA in 10 outings for the @BKCyclones in 2024

 

 

Jim Koenigsberger            @Jimfrombaseball

 

“Steve Carlton does not pitch to the hitter, he pitches through him. The batter hardly  exists for Steve. He’s playing an elevated game of catch.”

Tim McCarver

 

“Joe  DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound and lasting impact on the country.”

Ted Williams

 

"I'll never forget September 6, 1950. I got a letter  threatening me, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra & Johnny Mize. It said if I showed up in uniform against the Red Sox I'd be shot. I turned the letter over to the FBI & told my Mgr., Casey Stengel about it. You know what Casey did? He gave me a different uniform & gave mine to Billy Martin."

Phil Rizzuto

 

"In baseball and in life, it's not about how hard you can swing, but about how well you can connect."

Gary Carter