Just in case you forgot they existed for five minutes, the Los Angeles Dodgers closed out 2016 by agreeing to sign another player. This time, it is a pitcher still not named Zach Greinke. Also, the Baseball Tonight calendar is full of errors and Bryce Harper was named ESPN’s Person of the Year.
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Dodgers agree to deal with Japanese pitcher Kenta Maeda | CBS Sports
Los Angeles continues to try and prove they are a strong independent baseball club that don’t need no Greinke or Johnny Cueto. First they signed Scott Kazmir on Monday, and late last night they inked Japenese pitcher Kenta Maeda to a deal. -
Bryce Harper is our MLB ‘Person of the Year’ for 2015 | ESPN
So that’s a thing. I am a big fan of Harper and glad to see he was able to win an award like this, despite having the audacity to have a personality in baseball. For some reason, I do not think Jonathan Papelbon will be calling him offering his congratulations. -
The Yankees Bullpen Probably Won’t Be Any Better | FanGraphs
Maybe it is just me, but this seems like reaching just a tad to try and go against the common thought of Chapman helping out the New York Yankees bullpen. Either way, it’s a good read from Jeff Sullivan as always. - ($) My top 50 MLB memories of 2015 | ESPN
Buster Olney ran down his favorite moments of 2015, and a couple Indians made the list, including Mike Aviles’ daughter Adrianna throwing out a first pitch, and Trevor Bauer/Danny Salazar imiating their teammates’ batting stances -
Ublando Jumenez, Ex-Dodger David Ortiz and other mistakes from Baseball Tonight’s 2015 desk calendar | reddit
Reddit user elevenghosts noticed that his Baseball Tonight desk calendar is loaded with errors. Grammar mistakes, missing players in record totals, constantly repeating records, you name it.
State of Let’s Go Tribe
- talonk is currently working his way through first-time eligible Hall of Fame players and assessing their chances of making it into the hall. Four of you, at the time of this writing, already voted ‘No’ on Griffey so I don’t trust your judgement anyway, but the posts are all great breakdowns.
- The voting is still technically open on Let’s Go Tribe’s No. 2 Indians prospect for 2016, but Clint Frazier is going to win by a landslide. I thought, based on the chatter in the first thread, that the vote might be a little closer between him and Clevinger but that clearly was not the case. From No. 3 it should be open season, though.
- Thank you to everyone for participating and helping creating the LGT phrase book. I’m going to leave it alone for a few days, then pimp it out on social media again before I get all the phrases together in one post.
- And most importantly, as we leave 2015 behind, thank you so much for all the support over the last year. Thank you to everyone who has read the site, commented, followed us on social media, anything. These seven months I’ve been writing (and two running the joint) have been amazing and I look forward to a great 2016.
