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5 hours ago, mse326 said:

Lindor

And this is one few contract negotiations in the past few years where both sides are being completely reasonable in their asking and offering so far. Ultimately whoever blinks doesn't get screwed. And I'd be shocked if they don't agree to terms at this point. They are far too close at such a high value already that I don't see both sides willing to just walk away

Everything I've heard is that the team expects him to blink (duh) and this to get done by the end of business today.

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Ladies and Gents, I present to you your new MLB teams!

Arizona Rash
Atlanta Pill Monkeys
Boston Night Terrors
Chicago Chicken Farmers (White Sox)
Chicago Hellcats (Cubs)
Cincinnati Swing Mosquitos
Cleveland Hoobastankers
Colorado Chupacabras
Detroit Hooligans
Houston Hot Chicken Eaters
Kansas City T-Bones
Los Angeles Chihuahuas (Angels)
Los Angeles Batmans (Dodgers)
Miami Milk Carton Kids
Milwaukee Rubbers
Minnesota Nice Taters
New York Vipers (Yankees)
New York Sodbusters (Mets)
Oakland Gingers
Philadelphia Pork Rolls
Pittsburgh Rascal Pups
San Diego Salsa
San Francisco Furies
Seattle Sockeyes
St. Louis Gateway Archbugs
Tampa Bay Creepers
Texas Dirt
Toronto Teddies
Washington Boozies

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23 minutes ago, beekay414 said:

Ladies and Gents, I present to you your new MLB teams!

Arizona Rash
Atlanta Pill Monkeys
Boston Night Terrors
Chicago Chicken Farmers (White Sox)
Chicago Hellcats (Cubs)
Cincinnati Swing Mosquitos
Cleveland Hoobastankers
Colorado Chupacabras
Detroit Hooligans
Houston Hot Chicken Eaters
Kansas City T-Bones
Los Angeles Chihuahuas (Angels)
Los Angeles Batmans (Dodgers)
Miami Milk Carton Kids
Milwaukee Rubbers
Minnesota Nice Taters
New York Vipers (Yankees)
New York Sodbusters (Mets)
Oakland Gingers
Philadelphia Pork Rolls
Pittsburgh Rascal Pups
San Diego Salsa
San Francisco Furies
Seattle Sockeyes
St. Louis Gateway Archbugs
Tampa Bay Creepers
Texas Dirt
Toronto Teddies
Washington Boozies

Atlanta Pill Monkeys and Milwaukee Rubbers? Please make this happen.😄

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Jeff Passan -   Francisco Lindor has a 10-year, $341 million deal with the New York Mets.

  • Joel Sherman -   The $341M would be $1M more than Tatis Jr. for the most ever for a SS and the third largest total ever given behind only Trout and Betts.
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As if there was any doubt

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31172557/umpire-angel-hernandez-loses-race-discrimination-lawsuit-mlb

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Oetken wrote that Torre made legitimate denials for Hernandez.

"The explicit reason MLB offers -- that according to Torre, Hernandez 'has not demonstrated the leadership ability and situation-management skills in critical high-pressure roles on a consistent basis' -- is presented in clear and specific terms," the judge said.

The opinion is linked below if you want to read the full thing. (it gives some background in umpire evaluations for those interested - warning it is confusing and not clear at all SHOCKER)
https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/Hernandez v. Office of Commissioner of Baseball.pdf

To put this into perspective for non law nerds, granting summary judgement requires that no reasonable jury could find for the "non movant" that is the party not making the motion, which here is Hernandez. That itself is a fairly high bar, but is not unusual to be met. However, to meet that burden when it turns on intent is incredibly difficult because that isn't something that can't generally be proven directly so there is always a possibility they jury can believe someone or not. So for this judge to find for MLB when it's intent, were the decisions are genuine or born from animus and intent to discriminate, is a pretty major statement.

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