Shohei Ohtani Signs with the Angels

[treebird]

That's kind of a big honor for Hendricks. Shows how much Theo thinks of him. Good for Kyle.

 

Hendricks also lives in the LA area, so it might have just been a proximity thing.

 

Hendricks is in Chicago this winter, he works out at my gym. He's actually a really nice guy.

 

take a picture of him in the locker room if you want me to believe you

[Clem Fandango]

That's kind of a big honor for Hendricks. Shows how much Theo thinks of him. Good for Kyle.

 

Hendricks also lives in the LA area, so it might have just been a proximity thing.

 

Hendricks is in Chicago this winter, he works out at my gym. He's actually a really nice guy.

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Should've sent Happ

[Cubswin11]

That's kind of a big honor for Hendricks. Shows how much Theo thinks of him. Good for Kyle.

 

Hendricks also lives in the LA area, so it might have just been a proximity thing.

 

Hendricks is in Chicago this winter, he works out at my gym. He's actually a really nice guy.

You misspelled library

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I feel betrayed.

 

 

i feel relieved

[Sammy Sofa]

I feel betrayed.

 

 

i feel relieved

 

Yeah, that was some Disclosure-level tech buffoonery.

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i really liked disclosure as a teenager

[Sammy Sofa]

i really liked disclosure as a teenager

 

Well, sure, everyone was flocking to theaters to check out the latest Dennis Miller cyberthriller. There's literally no other reason anyone would have wanted to see that movie.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

The headline is sensationalized, but a good reminder to never ever trust a pitcher.

 

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[davell]

Holy crap, if we had gotten him, we'd be losing our minds right now.

[Tryptamine]

Holy crap, if we had gotten him, we'd be losing our minds right now.

 

I seriously would have been in the corner in fetal position clutching a bottle of whatever was close

[Cubswin11]

I wonder if part of the Angels pitch/reason he picked them was them being on the forefront of the PRP shot treatment since I think Richards was the first MLB pitcher to get that. Edited December 13, 2017 by Cubswin11

[treebird]

I’ve seen a bunch of people on Twitter (including Brett) saying “ohhh, this explains why he was in such a rush to come over.”

 

Is there a reasonable way to connect the dots there that I’m missing? Even if he somehow thought he had one pitch left before his elbow snaps, wouldn’t that just make it easier to wait until he hit free agency in a couple years? He’d still blow that 2 million dollar bonus out of the water. Is there some incredible gap in elbow/tjs treatment/recovery between the two countries?

[Tim]

I’ve seen a bunch of people on Twitter (including Brett) saying “ohhh, this explains why he was in such a rush to come over.”

 

Is there a reasonable way to connect the dots there that I’m missing? Even if he somehow thought he had one pitch left before his elbow snaps, wouldn’t that just make it easier to wait until he hit free agency in a couple years? He’d still blow that 2 million dollar bonus out of the water. Is there some incredible gap in elbow/tjs treatment/recovery between the two countries?

He would have made a crapton more money to get his tjs done, miss 2018, pitch to capability in 2019 in Japan and come over at pretty much the same $200M pitcher after that. In those two years, he would have made millions in Japan in addition to the bigger salary when coming over the US.

[jersey cubs fan]

I’ve seen a bunch of people on Twitter (including Brett) saying “ohhh, this explains why he was in such a rush to come over.”

 

Is there a reasonable way to connect the dots there that I’m missing? Even if he somehow thought he had one pitch left before his elbow snaps, wouldn’t that just make it easier to wait until he hit free agency in a couple years? He’d still blow that 2 million dollar bonus out of the water. Is there some incredible gap in elbow/tjs treatment/recovery between the two countries?

Are American teams more prepared to bring a guy back from such a surgery?

[OleMissCub]

The headline is sensationalized, but a good reminder to never ever trust a pitcher.

 

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Just throw an Angels hat on this guy

 

[Cubswin11]

horsefeathers pitchers, man

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Bring the horsefeathering DH to the NL.

[Sammy Sofa]

This is gonna be doubly annoying when he inevitably turns out just to be, at best, Yet Another Dude at the plate.

[UMFan83]

Well this is a kick in the nuts:

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2017/12/18/son-of-a-was-his-elbow-injury-the-reason-the-cubs-didnt-get-shohei-ohtani/

 

Peter Gammons reports that “[p]eople close to Shohei Ohtani privately said that Epstein’s presentation was far and away the most compelling, and it impressed Ohtani.” So why didn’t he choose the Cubs in that case? Well, according to Gammons, “Ohtani also realized that with his elbow ailment—a Grade 1 sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm—playing the outfield, swinging a bat every day and pitching had risks.” So, Ohtani ultimately decided he was better off with a team where he could DH instead of appearing in the outfield … and that was that.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Well this is a kick in the nuts:

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2017/12/18/son-of-a-was-his-elbow-injury-the-reason-the-cubs-didnt-get-shohei-ohtani/

 

Peter Gammons reports that “[p]eople close to Shohei Ohtani privately said that Epstein’s presentation was far and away the most compelling, and it impressed Ohtani.” So why didn’t he choose the Cubs in that case? Well, according to Gammons, “Ohtani also realized that with his elbow ailment—a Grade 1 sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm—playing the outfield, swinging a bat every day and pitching had risks.” So, Ohtani ultimately decided he was better off with a team where he could DH instead of appearing in the outfield … and that was that.

 

 

If you havent been a fan of the dl in the nl, i blame you

[sweetpeteman]

Well this is a kick in the nuts:

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2017/12/18/son-of-a-was-his-elbow-injury-the-reason-the-cubs-didnt-get-shohei-ohtani/

 

Peter Gammons reports that “[p]eople close to Shohei Ohtani privately said that Epstein’s presentation was far and away the most compelling, and it impressed Ohtani.” So why didn’t he choose the Cubs in that case? Well, according to Gammons, “Ohtani also realized that with his elbow ailment—a Grade 1 sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm—playing the outfield, swinging a bat every day and pitching had risks.” So, Ohtani ultimately decided he was better off with a team where he could DH instead of appearing in the outfield … and that was that.

 

 

If you havent been a fan of the dl in the nl, i blame you

 

The Dodgers are definitely fans of the dl in the nl.

[jersey cubs fan]

Well this is a kick in the nuts:

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2017/12/18/son-of-a-was-his-elbow-injury-the-reason-the-cubs-didnt-get-shohei-ohtani/

 

 

 

If you havent been a fan of the dl in the nl, i blame you

 

The Dodgers are definitely fans of the dl in the nl.

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

Lol Dodgers.

 

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[biittner77]

This story is a bad look for the Dodgers.

 

Justin Turner had to take time away from planning his wedding to go to this meeting. That poor man. As if he wasn't absolutely delighted to get away from all of that.