Doubleday's Random Matter

by **Barry Jive** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 17:38:25

MLB suspends Braun for remainder of season, penalty accepted

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 19:41:16

If we count Ichiro's Japanese league hits, might as well count AAA hits. Still quite impressive

by **BigEd76** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 02:21:20

Not official yet but it looks like Soriano is heading back to the Yankees, with the Cubs getting a mid-level prospect and paying most of the remaining salary

by **td11** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 09:07:06

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/zack-gre ... th-season/

by **Grotewold** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 09:13:43

BigEd76 wrote:Not official yet but it looks like Soriano is heading back to the Yankees

There goes that whole staying under $189M next year thing, I guess. Unless they're gonna shake some things up

by **JFLNYC** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 09:45:42

BigEd76 wrote:Not official yet but it looks like Soriano is heading back to the Yankees, with the Cubs getting a mid-level prospect and paying most of the remaining salary

by **Grotewold** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 09:48:45

JFLNYC wrote:
BigEd76 wrote:Not official yet but it looks like Soriano is heading back to the Yankees, with the Cubs getting a mid-level prospect and paying most of the remaining salary

Woops, missed that part. Kind of hard to believe, though. Depending on what "mid-level prospect" means.

by **bleh** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 09:51:34

I really don't understand how they are 5 games over .500. They only have Cano and Kuroda and their bullpen doing any good this year. They'll probably end up in last place.

by **Bill McNeal** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 09:56:03

Remember when it was suggested that we do Brown for Soriano. Phew

by **Trent Steele** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:11:41

Grotewold wrote:
BigEd76 wrote:Not official yet but it looks like Soriano is heading back to the Yankees

There goes that whole staying under $189M next year thing, I guess. Unless they're gonna shake some things up

Pretty sure they aren't going to be paying a big portion of ARod's salary

by **Grotewold** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:14:00

Trent Steele wrote:
Grotewold wrote:
BigEd76 wrote:Not official yet but it looks like Soriano is heading back to the Yankees

There goes that whole staying under $189M next year thing, I guess. Unless they're gonna shake some things up

Pretty sure they aren't going to be paying a big portion of ARod's salary

Wow, yeah. I can't find anything firm but the speculation is that salary lost to PED suspension would not count toward the luxury tax

Seems weird for the team to benefit in that situation, but it is a pretty unusual situation with A-Rod and the Yanks I guess

by **Bill McNeal** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:39:29

Wow, that's pretty amazing if true. If suspended plays don't count towards the cap then injure players shouldn't either.

by **Trent Steele** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:42:35

Even if it counts towards the cap, you're not actually paying it, so you probably could go to $208m, pay the penalty, and still only pay out $189.

by **Grotewold** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:41:00

Still my understanding was they wanted to get under for show, not the actual tax money. They plan to go right back over for 2015

by **phdave** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 15:33:57

Yankees are now 4.5 back of the last wild card spot. 3 behind the WC runner up, tied with Cleveland. They have scored 5 fewer runs than they have allowed. Cleveland has scored 28 more runs than they have allowed. They are 7 behind in the division and 4.5 behind the second runner up in the division.

The Yankees have 2 prospects in the BA top 50 mid-season list. #s 34 and 45. Both are A level.

Buy?

by **BigEd76** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 17:30:56

dianagram
ICYMI, If Castro catches Cosart tonight, we'll have 2nd anagrammatic battery in MLB history http://valueoverreplacementgrit.com/201 ... c-battery/ #astros #mlb

The only other time it happened was 5/27/1989.....Randy Nosek pitching to Matt Nokes. Take that, Schwab

by **phdave** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 17:52:16

BREAKING:

According to CBS Evening News’ Jim Axelrod, Alex Rodriguez could be facing a lifetime ban from MLB.
Ryan Braun was given a 65-game suspension on Monday for his involvement in the Biogenesis PED clinic and reports from ESPN have stated that the evidence against A-Rod is "far beyond" what Major League Baseball investigators had on the Brewers star.

I would have mixed feelings. They should vacate the 2009 world series title.

by **Bill McNeal** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 19:27:12

Can we still have a parade?

by **wwry** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 19:38:45

replay the seven game series but we only have to win one game to win the series.

by **phdave** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 20:03:16

At the very least they can reverse the HR call.

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