The legend of Ronel Blanco continues to build with 4 innings and 9 Ks.
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I'm kind of shocked NY or Texas didn't blow that offer away.
2/50 with an opt out after 1 year is chump change especially if it ends well.
2/50 with an opt out after 1 year is chump change especially if it ends well.
Blanco showing out
Dude looked dialed in!
Dude looked dialed in!
Mathguy64 said:
I'm kind of shocked NY or Texas didn't blow that offer away.
2/50 with an opt out after 1 year is chump change especially if it ends well.
Rangerettes couldn't find enough spare change in the bbq grill. Yankees would have taken a $27.5M hit for that contract just in luxury tax penalties. Would have made him effectively cost $52.5M for one year
Martinez is going to be a key part of our pen this year.
EastCoastAgNc said:Mathguy64 said:
I'm kind of shocked NY or Texas didn't blow that offer away.
2/50 with an opt out after 1 year is chump change especially if it ends well.
Rangerettes couldn't find enough spare change in the bbq grill. Yankees would have taken a $27.5M hit for that contract just in luxury tax penalties. Would have made him effectively cost $52.5M for one year
The Yankees are already in the deep end. Like they say, in for a penny, in for a pound.
Glad GMs are getting wiser. Paying big $$$ to an above average pitcher at best who is coming off a career year will get you in the unemployment line quickly
Im looking for Ray Finkle.... and a clean pair of shorts. Im just a very big Finkle fan. This is my Graceland, sir.
MAGA
MAGA
All of a sudden I'm much less worried about Carter.
Still hoping Bregman is open to a short term deal seeing what's happened to his fellow Boras clients
Abreu even giving up a hit to Hensley. Yeowch
Blanco is gonna be too good to take out of the rotation even as we get healthy. Kinda like LuAce in 2021.
Electric Stuff
— James Schiano (@James_Schiano) March 26, 2024
Jared Jones allowed 0 ER in 16.1 IP with 15 K and made PIT's opening day roster. FF up to 101 MPH, great SL, could dominate right away
Spencer Strider had 35 K in 22.2 IP (most in Spring, next closest has 28). New CB is filthy, could be a legendary season coming pic.twitter.com/nwD9oFFrvn
Relievers into rotation
— James Schiano (@James_Schiano) March 26, 2024
AJ Puk added a gyro SL, sinker, and splitter to his fastball and sweeper. Lights out with 1.32 ERA, 23 K in 13.2 IP, 33.9 K-BB%
Jordan Hicks had 28 K in 17 IP including 10 K and 20 whiffs in 5 IP last night. Sat 96-98 after 50 pitches
📽️@PitchingNinja pic.twitter.com/RJXuAiNTtO
Other New Pitches
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Bryce Miller: Splitter
Hunter Greene: Splitter and CB
Zack Wheeler: Splitter
Joe Ryan: Splitter📽️, Sinker
Joe Musgrove: Sweeper
Hunter Brown: Gyro SL
Tyler Glasnow: Sinker
Patrick Corbin: Cutter (@PitcherList)
Garrett Crochet: Cutter
Erick Fedde: Everything pic.twitter.com/8hRk95snL9
Impressive prospects
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Jackson Jobe: 102 MPH, +++breakers
Christian Scott: 8 K in 5 IP, new sweeper nasty
Paul Skenes: Moose, 102 MPH
Will Warren: low slot, +command, +sweeper
Ricky Tiedemann: Freaky slider, healthy
Tink Hence: +FF shape
AJ Smith Shawver: new CH, +FF, + SL pic.twitter.com/kXDKnayiUv
Ronel Blanco was dealing😮💨
— Houston Astros (@astros) March 27, 2024
4.1 IP | 1 ER | 10 K pic.twitter.com/HbeHsZJ5RE
Ketch was all over Blanco as a starter last year. Props.
Ronel Blanco and his wife had a baby girl today, he said. Blanco arrived at Minute Maid Park in time to start the exhibition against Sugar Land and struck out 10 over 4 1/3 innings. He will open the season in the Astros' rotation.
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) March 27, 2024
Big day for Ronel
I love king of juco
Pablo Sandoval singles in what could be his final at-bat as a Giant 👏 pic.twitter.com/FY8DTPae7v
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) March 27, 2024
Pretty cool moment for him
Ag_07 said:
I'm thinking they just really don't like what they see and there's a good reason why we passed on him.
I'm gonna trust our talent evaluators. They just didn't ever seem to be interested in Monty. I haven't seen anything that they even kicked the tires on him.
To me, that deal screams teams don't think he's a #1, his ceiling isn't an #1, and they aren't paying him accordingly. I'm biased because I've felt all long his ceiling is a high-end #2.
He was trying to get a contract based on the second half of last year and the postseason. I don't believe that's who he is and I think teams agree.
Still, that's a good chunck of change for one year he could do a lot with if he uses it right.
It would be a gigantic flex. Just when the rest of MLB thinks our window is tightening and we're set to lose some guys without a highly rated farm to reload…
We find another late bloomer gem in Blanco who shows up in Arlington for the All Star game in July with a 12-3 record and ERA in the mid twos. And he's controllable cheap for a long time.
We find another late bloomer gem in Blanco who shows up in Arlington for the All Star game in July with a 12-3 record and ERA in the mid twos. And he's controllable cheap for a long time.
EastCoastAgNc said:Ronel Blanco and his wife had a baby girl today, he said. Blanco arrived at Minute Maid Park in time to start the exhibition against Sugar Land and struck out 10 over 4 1/3 innings. He will open the season in the Astros' rotation.
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) March 27, 2024
Big day for Ronel
Joe said after the game that he told him he made the rotation coming off the mound
I was high on him last year. I picked him to be the surprise of the year or something like that. Hopefully I was just a year too early. But I fear his slider just isn't nasty enough.
Season thread has been posted!!
Now let's get ready to beat some Jankees!!!
Now let's get ready to beat some Jankees!!!
Would be great if his clients started to look at new agents. This may be the end of the reign of Boras.tjack16 said:
Still hoping Bregman is open to a short term deal seeing what's happened to his fellow Boras clients
I was bullish on him heading into spring last year after his Dom winter league performance (similar to B Abreu's before he broke out). Thought he'd carve out a nice role in the back-end of the bullpen.Farmer1906 said:
I was high on him last year. I picked him to be the surprise of the year or something like that. Hopefully I was just a year too early. But I fear his slider just isn't nasty enough.
We probably did him a disservice stretching him out into a starter so late in the spring last year. This year, he's had a full offseason to prep for a 5-6 inning workload.
Agree that he's not be nasty/elite enough to expect a "lightbulb" moment like we saw from B Abreu in 2022, but like I said before, I think he could be kinda like LuAce in 2021. We entered that year thinking the rotation would be too crowded for him to get a shot. But some injuries facilitated his opportunity and he ran with it. Not elite but 11-8 with a 3.30 ERA was plenty good enough. I don't think that's unreasonable for Blank-zero this year.
Worst case is we get everyone back and pitching well, and Blank-zero becomes the best middle inning bridger in baseball.
Of course he did. He is the GOAT 3B. France was a fool to hang one up there for him. Everyone knows to intentionally walk the almighty Breggy!bearkatag15 said:
Bregman took France deep
Left-handed reliever Parker Mushinski made the Astros’ opening day roster, source tells @TheAthletic
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 27, 2024
3 lefties. Dusty is livid.
Will Smith signs an extension with the Dodgers for 10 years at $140 million. Interesting deal. I would assume that the Dodgers could just eat the money if he declines at the end of the contract. But 10 years for a catcher is crazy.
Especially one who is almost 30. Wonder if some of those are team options. It's only $14M a year so they are likely trying to manipulate the luxury tax number knowing it's more like a 6 year, $140M deal in terms of value.OKCAg2002 said:
Will Smith signs an extension with the Dodgers for 10 years at $140 million. Interesting deal. I would assume that the Dodgers could just eat the money if he declines at the end of the contract. But 10 years for a catcher is crazy.
I'm sure. And $14mm AAV isn't crazy for today's market. In fact, for a hitter like Smith, it's pretty cheap. But he will be an overpaid DH by year 6 or 7 if that deal. The Dodgers have money to burn.
I'm out
Astros claimed RHP Penn Murfee off waivers from the Atlanta Braves. To make room for Murfee on the 40-man roster, Kendall Graveman was placed on the 60-day IL.
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Marvin said:
Ketch was all over Blanco as a starter last year. Props.
Ronel Blanco. My man.
cc10106 said:
The legend of Ronel Blanco continues to build
No mention of my 4 Blanco hype posts on this page alone? A-holes.
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