I guess this is the Baseball Random Thoughts Thread

by **Grotewold** » Wed May 29, 2013 18:39:06

Neither sabermetrics nor the muddled end of the first season of The Killing to blame for Dustin Ackley's woes

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jon-h ... st-his-way

by **BigEd76** » Thu May 30, 2013 10:49:29

The Tampa Bay Rays have suspended Josh Sale, their 2010 first-round pick, for conduct detrimental to the organization, the team announced Wednesday.

Sale was banned after boasting on Facebook about acting unruly at a strip club, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

"Threw 50 cents at a stripper tonight. First time. Got kicked out and she got so pissed thought she was gonna cry. Your a stripper. Be thankful," Sale posted.

Sale just finished serving a 50-game suspension after testing positive for methamphetamine and an amphetamine. He recently was added to the roster of the Class-A Charlotte Stone Crabs.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu May 30, 2013 10:51:33

scumbag bros will be scumbag bros

by **Monkeyboy** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:04:40

Sorry, but if I was the owner or GM of that organization (and that's a very likely possibility for the future), I would just release him and point out what an ass he is in the media. Turn the negative publicity into positive publicity AND get rid of an ass in one shot. Win-win.

by **Eem** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:06:31

Monkeyboy wrote:Sorry, but if I was the owner or GM of that organization (and that's a very likely possibility for the future), I would just release him and point out what an ass he is in the media. Turn the negative publicity into positive publicity AND get rid of an ass in one shot. Win-win.

They also employ Josh Lueke though

by **td11** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:09:05

josh hamilton, tim beckham

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:10:17

yeah I would generally try not to release my first round picks

by **CalvinBall** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:19:57

by **Polar Bear Phan** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:56:24

Tbf, the Rays did say Matt Bush would never play for their organization again after he ran over that guy's head while driving drunk.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu May 30, 2013 12:00:28

Polar Bear Phan wrote:Tbf, the Rays did say Matt Bush would never play for their organization again after he ran over that guy's head while driving drunk.

buy low candidate?

by **Eem** » Thu May 30, 2013 12:44:02

Royals demoted their two bozo hitting coaches and replaced them with George Brett

by **WhiteyFan** » Thu May 30, 2013 13:35:12

Eem wrote:Royals demoted their two bozo hitting coaches and replaced them with George Brett

True story

by **Monkeyboy** » Thu May 30, 2013 15:53:01

Houshphandzadeh wrote:yeah I would generally try not to release my first round picks

I'd want to hold onto as many of my 1st round picks as possible, but sometimes someone is such a bad human being that it's best they leave to avoid distraction, bad PR, and possibly loss of revenue. To me, this seems like one of those rare cases. But then I never would have signed D Young for the same reason. YMMV.

by **Doll Is Mine** » Thu May 30, 2013 15:56:22

Braves DFA Juan Francisco.

by **td11** » Thu May 30, 2013 16:01:58

he was batting in front of B.J. just yesterday!

by **Wheels Tupay** » Thu May 30, 2013 16:32:27

I first read that as Julio Franco.

by **bleh** » Thu May 30, 2013 17:06:24

.756 OPS vs righties. Platoon Young with him.

by **Barry Jive** » Thu May 30, 2013 19:00:30

he's better defensively also. would basically guarantee Martinez to the minors, yeah?

honestly can't see why they wouldn't pick him up. 5 homers this year vs. righties, plays a good 3b. doesn't get on base a ton and should never face a lefty, but he'd be a solid platoon option/late-inning replacement

by **Grotewold** » Fri May 31, 2013 10:58:02

Candy Van has seriously written like 20 tweets about Alex Wood

by **PTOITWCFTPP** » Fri May 31, 2013 11:30:13

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