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Post by wncbravesfan on Jun 30, 2021 12:44:38 GMT -5
Jacob deGrom RHP, #48
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Ian Anderson RHP, #36
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Post by keystone61 on Jun 30, 2021 13:39:23 GMT -5
I’m sure this one will end well.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jun 30, 2021 15:35:30 GMT -5
I’d place the over/under on hits we get at 1.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jun 30, 2021 22:46:56 GMT -5
I’d place the over/under on hits we get at 1. Given our outburst tonight, 1 might be too high.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Jun 30, 2021 23:27:03 GMT -5
I predict we find a way to win and then get swept by the Marlins.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jun 30, 2021 23:34:00 GMT -5
I predict we find a way to win and then get swept by the Marlins. The only thing I find difficult to believe about that prediction is it never gets us to one game under .500.
So I can see us finding a way to squeak out a 1-0 win over deGrom, then winning game 1 against the Marlins to get to 1 game under .500, then we lose the last two to the Marlins and the first two games of the Pirates series.
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Post by wncbravesfan on Jul 1, 2021 9:48:13 GMT -5
Bobby Bonilla Day explained - Why the Mets still pay him $1.19M today and every July 1 The calendar has turned to July 1, and that means one thing: It's time for Mets fans everywhere to wish each other a Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why? On Thursday, 58-year-old Bobby Bonilla will collect a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, as he has and will every July 1 from 2011 through 2035. Because of baseball's salary structure, Bonilla's annual payday is often more than some of the game's current young stars will make in a given year -- and this season that even includes the salary of a leading American League MVP candidate and some potential 2021 All-Stars. But the Mets are not alone in the practice of handing out deferred payments to star players long after they last suited up for the team, with former MVPs and Cy Young winners among the notable names still collecting annual paychecks from their previous employers. Here is everything you need to know about Bonilla's payday, deferred money in MLB and the current players making less for the 2021 season than Bobby Bo will receive from the Mets on Thursday. So why does Bonilla get this payday? In 2000, the Mets agreed to buy out the remaining $5.9 million on Bonilla's contract. However, instead of paying Bonilla the $5.9 million at the time, the Mets agreed to make annual payments of nearly $1.2 million for 25 years starting July 1, 2011, including a negotiated 8% interest. At the time, Mets ownership was invested in a Bernie Madoff account that promised double-digit returns, and the Mets were poised to make a significant profit if the Madoff account delivered -- but that did not work out. This year, under new owner Steve Cohen who mentioned the possibility of celebrating Bonilla at Citi Field annually soon after taking over the team in November, the Mets seem ready to embrace Bonilla's day -- as the team's tweet on Wednesday night shows. How rare is this arrangement? Bonilla last played for the Mets in 1999 and last played in the majors for the Cardinals in 2001, but he will be paid through 2035 (when he'll be 72). Here are some other notable deferred-money contracts, courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information's Ryan Milowicki: • Bobby Bonilla (again): A second deferred-contract plan with the Mets and Orioles pays him $500,000 a year for 25 years. Those payments began in 2004. • Bret Saberhagen: Will receive $250,000 a year from the Mets for 25 years (payments also began in 2004; this was the inspiration for Bonilla's deal). • Max Scherzer: Will receive $105 million total from the Nationals that will be paid out through 2028. • Manny Ramírez: Will collect $24.2 million total from the Red Sox through 2026. • Ken Griffey Jr.: Will receive $3.59 million from the Reds every year through 2024 as the deferral from his nine-year, $116 million deal signed in 2000. • Todd Helton: Will get $1.3 million from the Rockies every year through 2023 as the result of $13 million deferred when he signed a two-year extension in 2010. How this compares to 2021 salaries Because baseball's salary structure has young players start their careers by earning about half of Bonilla's annual $1.19 million, here are some notable players who will be making less than Bonilla this season, listed by their 2021 WAR total (through Monday), courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information. • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (4.2 WAR): $605K • Bryan Reynolds (3.5 WAR): $601K • Jake Cronenworth (3.4 WAR): $585K • Cedric Mullins (3.3 WAR): $577K • John Means (3.2 WAR): $593K • Bo Bichette (2.8 WAR): $588K • Trevor Rogers (2.8 WAR): $575K • Adolis Garcia (2.7 WAR): $575K • Ian Anderson (2.6 WAR): $575K • Pablo Lopez (2.6 WAR): $595K • Casey Mize (2.6 WAR): $574K Figures from ESPN Stats & Information were used throughout this story. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31732959/bobby-bonilla-day-explained-why-mets-pay-119m-today-every-july-1
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Post by keystone61 on Jul 1, 2021 12:35:14 GMT -5
Bobby Bonilla Day explained - Why the Mets still pay him $1.19M today and every July 1 The calendar has turned to July 1, and that means one thing: It's time for Mets fans everywhere to wish each other a Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why? On Thursday, 58-year-old Bobby Bonilla will collect a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, as he has and will every July 1 from 2011 through 2035. Because of baseball's salary structure, Bonilla's annual payday is often more than some of the game's current young stars will make in a given year -- and this season that even includes the salary of a leading American League MVP candidate and some potential 2021 All-Stars. But the Mets are not alone in the practice of handing out deferred payments to star players long after they last suited up for the team, with former MVPs and Cy Young winners among the notable names still collecting annual paychecks from their previous employers. Here is everything you need to know about Bonilla's payday, deferred money in MLB and the current players making less for the 2021 season than Bobby Bo will receive from the Mets on Thursday. So why does Bonilla get this payday? In 2000, the Mets agreed to buy out the remaining $5.9 million on Bonilla's contract. However, instead of paying Bonilla the $5.9 million at the time, the Mets agreed to make annual payments of nearly $1.2 million for 25 years starting July 1, 2011, including a negotiated 8% interest. At the time, Mets ownership was invested in a Bernie Madoff account that promised double-digit returns, and the Mets were poised to make a significant profit if the Madoff account delivered -- but that did not work out. This year, under new owner Steve Cohen who mentioned the possibility of celebrating Bonilla at Citi Field annually soon after taking over the team in November, the Mets seem ready to embrace Bonilla's day -- as the team's tweet on Wednesday night shows. How rare is this arrangement? Bonilla last played for the Mets in 1999 and last played in the majors for the Cardinals in 2001, but he will be paid through 2035 (when he'll be 72). Here are some other notable deferred-money contracts, courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information's Ryan Milowicki: • Bobby Bonilla (again): A second deferred-contract plan with the Mets and Orioles pays him $500,000 a year for 25 years. Those payments began in 2004. • Bret Saberhagen: Will receive $250,000 a year from the Mets for 25 years (payments also began in 2004; this was the inspiration for Bonilla's deal). • Max Scherzer: Will receive $105 million total from the Nationals that will be paid out through 2028. • Manny Ramírez: Will collect $24.2 million total from the Red Sox through 2026. • Ken Griffey Jr.: Will receive $3.59 million from the Reds every year through 2024 as the deferral from his nine-year, $116 million deal signed in 2000. • Todd Helton: Will get $1.3 million from the Rockies every year through 2023 as the result of $13 million deferred when he signed a two-year extension in 2010. How this compares to 2021 salaries Because baseball's salary structure has young players start their careers by earning about half of Bonilla's annual $1.19 million, here are some notable players who will be making less than Bonilla this season, listed by their 2021 WAR total (through Monday), courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information. • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (4.2 WAR): $605K • Bryan Reynolds (3.5 WAR): $601K • Jake Cronenworth (3.4 WAR): $585K • Cedric Mullins (3.3 WAR): $577K • John Means (3.2 WAR): $593K • Bo Bichette (2.8 WAR): $588K • Trevor Rogers (2.8 WAR): $575K • Adolis Garcia (2.7 WAR): $575K • Ian Anderson (2.6 WAR): $575K • Pablo Lopez (2.6 WAR): $595K • Casey Mize (2.6 WAR): $574K Figures from ESPN Stats & Information were used throughout this story. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31732959/bobby-bonilla-day-explained-why-mets-pay-119m-today-every-july-1Wow. Interesting. Bobby Bo was a lucky dude.......or was he a smart dude?
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Post by PABraveFan on Jul 1, 2021 13:15:06 GMT -5
Bobby Bonilla Day explained - Why the Mets still pay him $1.19M today and every July 1 The calendar has turned to July 1, and that means one thing: It's time for Mets fans everywhere to wish each other a Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why? On Thursday, 58-year-old Bobby Bonilla will collect a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, as he has and will every July 1 from 2011 through 2035. Because of baseball's salary structure, Bonilla's annual payday is often more than some of the game's current young stars will make in a given year -- and this season that even includes the salary of a leading American League MVP candidate and some potential 2021 All-Stars. But the Mets are not alone in the practice of handing out deferred payments to star players long after they last suited up for the team, with former MVPs and Cy Young winners among the notable names still collecting annual paychecks from their previous employers. Here is everything you need to know about Bonilla's payday, deferred money in MLB and the current players making less for the 2021 season than Bobby Bo will receive from the Mets on Thursday. So why does Bonilla get this payday? In 2000, the Mets agreed to buy out the remaining $5.9 million on Bonilla's contract. However, instead of paying Bonilla the $5.9 million at the time, the Mets agreed to make annual payments of nearly $1.2 million for 25 years starting July 1, 2011, including a negotiated 8% interest. At the time, Mets ownership was invested in a Bernie Madoff account that promised double-digit returns, and the Mets were poised to make a significant profit if the Madoff account delivered -- but that did not work out. This year, under new owner Steve Cohen who mentioned the possibility of celebrating Bonilla at Citi Field annually soon after taking over the team in November, the Mets seem ready to embrace Bonilla's day -- as the team's tweet on Wednesday night shows. How rare is this arrangement? Bonilla last played for the Mets in 1999 and last played in the majors for the Cardinals in 2001, but he will be paid through 2035 (when he'll be 72). Here are some other notable deferred-money contracts, courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information's Ryan Milowicki: • Bobby Bonilla (again): A second deferred-contract plan with the Mets and Orioles pays him $500,000 a year for 25 years. Those payments began in 2004. • Bret Saberhagen: Will receive $250,000 a year from the Mets for 25 years (payments also began in 2004; this was the inspiration for Bonilla's deal). • Max Scherzer: Will receive $105 million total from the Nationals that will be paid out through 2028. • Manny Ramírez: Will collect $24.2 million total from the Red Sox through 2026. • Ken Griffey Jr.: Will receive $3.59 million from the Reds every year through 2024 as the deferral from his nine-year, $116 million deal signed in 2000. • Todd Helton: Will get $1.3 million from the Rockies every year through 2023 as the result of $13 million deferred when he signed a two-year extension in 2010. How this compares to 2021 salaries Because baseball's salary structure has young players start their careers by earning about half of Bonilla's annual $1.19 million, here are some notable players who will be making less than Bonilla this season, listed by their 2021 WAR total (through Monday), courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information. • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (4.2 WAR): $605K • Bryan Reynolds (3.5 WAR): $601K • Jake Cronenworth (3.4 WAR): $585K • Cedric Mullins (3.3 WAR): $577K • John Means (3.2 WAR): $593K • Bo Bichette (2.8 WAR): $588K • Trevor Rogers (2.8 WAR): $575K • Adolis Garcia (2.7 WAR): $575K • Ian Anderson (2.6 WAR): $575K • Pablo Lopez (2.6 WAR): $595K • Casey Mize (2.6 WAR): $574K Figures from ESPN Stats & Information were used throughout this story. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31732959/bobby-bonilla-day-explained-why-mets-pay-119m-today-every-july-1As The Athletic’s Dan Lewis reported, the Braves are still paying former reliever Bruce Sutter, who played with the Braves from 1985 to 1988. The 1979 NL Cy Young Winner signed a six-year, $9.1 million deal with the Braves before the 1985 season, but Sutter opted to have the money deferred. “Sutter was only paid about $750,000 per year while under the Braves’ control,” Lewis wrote. “For the thirty years after he retired — 30!!! — the Braves agreed to pay him no less than $1.12 million per year, and potentially more if interest rates spiked above a negotiated floor of 12.3 percent. [They haven’t.] That ends in 2021, and it’s only 2018, so Bruce Sutter, at some point this year, received or will receive a check for $1.12 million.”
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Post by keystone61 on Jul 1, 2021 14:52:07 GMT -5
I don't know why all these guys don't have contracts like that. Why make $40 million and pay half of it in taxes when you can get paid from now on? And your kids, too?
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Post by PABraveFan on Jul 1, 2021 15:33:58 GMT -5
*** WEATHER UPDATE*** METMAN WEATHER SERVICES 1 July 2021 4:30 PM EDT Atlanta Metro Area BRAVES GAME FORECAST (7:20 PM)
Game Time Forecast: Mostly cloudy and humid with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures generally in the upper 70's to low 80's dropping to the mid 70's by 11 PM. Winds SW at 3-6 MPH. Max gust 17 MPH. Models are generally weighing in at <0.1" but any isolated heavier cells could produce more. The latest NAM run is bringing in a bit more than 0.1" but HRRR is slow to move the precipitation out of extreme northern GA. Most shower and thunderstorm activity in northern GA will be to the north of the metro area in advance of a frontal boundary in the Ohio Valley that is sinking to the south but showers and a thunderstorm or two are possible just about anywhere in the metro area especially after sunset. This front will likely cause widespread showers and thunderstorms overnight and tomorrow possibly totaling 0.5" or more of rainfall. Precipitation for tonight's game is generally expected to be <0.1" but possibly up to .25" or more if stronger showers and cells develop. I'll take a look at the radar before game time as this could be one of those hit or miss type nights, especially as the game gets into the mid and later innings.
-PA GO BRAVES!!!
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Post by wncbravesfan on Jul 1, 2021 16:13:13 GMT -5
*** WEATHER UPDATE*** METMAN WEATHER SERVICES 1 July 2021 4:30 PM EDT Atlanta Metro Area BRAVES GAME FORECAST (7:20 PM) Game Time Forecast: Mostly cloudy and humid with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures generally in the upper 70's to low 80's dropping to the mid 70's by 11 PM. Winds SW at 3-6 MPH. Max gust 17 MPH. Models are generally weighing in at <0.1" but any isolated heavier cells could produce more. The latest NAM run is bringing in a bit more than 0.1" but HRRR is slow to move the precipitation out of extreme northern GA. Most shower and thunderstorm activity in northern GA will be to the north of the metro area in advance of a frontal boundary in the Ohio Valley that is sinking to the south but showers and a thunderstorm or two are possible just about anywhere in the metro area especially after sunset. This front will likely cause widespread showers and thunderstorms overnight and tomorrow possibly totaling 0.5" or more of rainfall. Precipitation for tonight's game is generally expected to be <0.1" but possibly up to .25" or more if stronger showers and cells develop. I'll take a look at the radar before game time as this could be one of those hit or miss type nights, especially as the game gets into the mid and later innings. -PA GO BRAVES!!! Thanx for the weather update, as always !!!
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jul 1, 2021 17:05:30 GMT -5
Bobby Bonilla Day explained - Why the Mets still pay him $1.19M today and every July 1 The calendar has turned to July 1, and that means one thing: It's time for Mets fans everywhere to wish each other a Happy Bobby Bonilla Day! Why? On Thursday, 58-year-old Bobby Bonilla will collect a check for $1,193,248.20 from the New York Mets, as he has and will every July 1 from 2011 through 2035. Because of baseball's salary structure, Bonilla's annual payday is often more than some of the game's current young stars will make in a given year -- and this season that even includes the salary of a leading American League MVP candidate and some potential 2021 All-Stars. But the Mets are not alone in the practice of handing out deferred payments to star players long after they last suited up for the team, with former MVPs and Cy Young winners among the notable names still collecting annual paychecks from their previous employers. Here is everything you need to know about Bonilla's payday, deferred money in MLB and the current players making less for the 2021 season than Bobby Bo will receive from the Mets on Thursday. So why does Bonilla get this payday? In 2000, the Mets agreed to buy out the remaining $5.9 million on Bonilla's contract. However, instead of paying Bonilla the $5.9 million at the time, the Mets agreed to make annual payments of nearly $1.2 million for 25 years starting July 1, 2011, including a negotiated 8% interest. At the time, Mets ownership was invested in a Bernie Madoff account that promised double-digit returns, and the Mets were poised to make a significant profit if the Madoff account delivered -- but that did not work out. This year, under new owner Steve Cohen who mentioned the possibility of celebrating Bonilla at Citi Field annually soon after taking over the team in November, the Mets seem ready to embrace Bonilla's day -- as the team's tweet on Wednesday night shows. How rare is this arrangement? Bonilla last played for the Mets in 1999 and last played in the majors for the Cardinals in 2001, but he will be paid through 2035 (when he'll be 72). Here are some other notable deferred-money contracts, courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information's Ryan Milowicki: • Bobby Bonilla (again): A second deferred-contract plan with the Mets and Orioles pays him $500,000 a year for 25 years. Those payments began in 2004. • Bret Saberhagen: Will receive $250,000 a year from the Mets for 25 years (payments also began in 2004; this was the inspiration for Bonilla's deal). • Max Scherzer: Will receive $105 million total from the Nationals that will be paid out through 2028. • Manny Ramírez: Will collect $24.2 million total from the Red Sox through 2026. • Ken Griffey Jr.: Will receive $3.59 million from the Reds every year through 2024 as the deferral from his nine-year, $116 million deal signed in 2000. • Todd Helton: Will get $1.3 million from the Rockies every year through 2023 as the result of $13 million deferred when he signed a two-year extension in 2010. How this compares to 2021 salaries Because baseball's salary structure has young players start their careers by earning about half of Bonilla's annual $1.19 million, here are some notable players who will be making less than Bonilla this season, listed by their 2021 WAR total (through Monday), courtesy of ESPN Stats & Information. • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (4.2 WAR): $605K • Bryan Reynolds (3.5 WAR): $601K • Jake Cronenworth (3.4 WAR): $585K • Cedric Mullins (3.3 WAR): $577K • John Means (3.2 WAR): $593K • Bo Bichette (2.8 WAR): $588K • Trevor Rogers (2.8 WAR): $575K • Adolis Garcia (2.7 WAR): $575K • Ian Anderson (2.6 WAR): $575K • Pablo Lopez (2.6 WAR): $595K • Casey Mize (2.6 WAR): $574K Figures from ESPN Stats & Information were used throughout this story. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31732959/bobby-bonilla-day-explained-why-mets-pay-119m-today-every-july-1Wow. Interesting. Bobby Bo was a lucky dude.......or was he a smart dude? I was going to say it definitely was not because he was smart, because I was thinking he was the one who hit the sausage in the head many years ago during their traditional daily sausage race, but when I looked it up it turns out it was Randall Simon. That has to be one of the dumbest things an athlete has ever done, especially to hit the woman in the back of the head.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Jul 1, 2021 17:07:08 GMT -5
The Famous Leon is starting again today. After two hits he must now be one of those professional hitter guys.
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Post by littlebeast1 on Jul 1, 2021 17:23:30 GMT -5
The Famous Leon is starting again today. After two hits he must now be one of those professional hitter guys. Smith owns deGrom. Lifetime .500 hitter against him. 1 for 2.
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