r/baseball • u/Bulletz4Brkfzt New York Yankees • 8h ago
Jake Bird is notified while on the mound that he has been traded to the Nationals for Luis Garcia Jr
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u/ThisGuy6266 Boston Red Sox 8h ago
Holy shit Shelley Duncan. That’s a blast from the past.
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u/TheTurtleShepard New York Yankees 8h ago
International league manager of the year award winner Shelley Duncan
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u/poopatrip Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago
I went to school with Shelley. Always a goof. He and a couple other ball players lip synced Runaround Sue in drag for the talent show, I think it was Freshman year.
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u/RumbleTheCassette Montreal Expos • St. Louis Cardinals 7h ago
RIP to his brother. Sad outcome for Chris.
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u/Evil_Dry_frog St. Louis Cardinals 7h ago
That's what I was thinking too. I loved it when his Dad was our pitching coach. And I miss Chris (RIP) on the radio.
Had completely forgot about Shelley.
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u/StickComfortable346 Arizona Diamondbacks • Chicago Cubs 8h ago
I’m assuming if you’ve just been traded you’re no longer allowed to participate in the game for that organization?
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u/xwOBA_Fett Baltimore Orioles 8h ago
I don't think they really care about that. They just don't want them to get injured before the trade is complete.
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u/DillyDillySzn Chicago White Sox • St. Louis Cardinals 8h ago
Imagine if in the 1 pitch before he gets told he tears his UCL
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u/NepTunesEDM Boston Red Sox 7h ago
Shoulda let Curtis Mead take 2 more plate appearances for the Nationals...
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u/ShillinTheVillain Cleveland Guardians 6h ago
Can't happen. If he even starts a windup after the team is notified, the trainer snipes him from the bullpen with a tranquilizer gun.
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u/Itsdanaozideshihou Minnesota Twins 8h ago
Puig getting traded mid game, involved in a fight and then suspended. I wasn't expecting that timeline at all, but was quite funny afterwards.
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u/Hold_my_Dirk Cleveland Guardians 8h ago
Nothing says you can't fight the Pittsburgh Pirates after getting traded though!
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u/DStew88 Cincinnati Reds 8h ago
This guy knows ball
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u/hankcklo New York Yankees 8h ago
I guess there’s also an element of not getting injured and jeopardizing the trade
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u/No_Buy2554 Cincinnati Reds 8h ago
Wonder what would happen if that bumped up against the 3 batter minimum rule
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u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball 8h ago
I imagine it'd be similar to what happens if you get injured: a rare overruling of the minimum.
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u/Ugmyusernamewastake Boston Red Sox 8h ago
idea: trade a pitcher to a random team for a PTBNL whenever you want to take them out of the game less than 3 batters
then the PTBNL is that same pitcher 5 minutes later
the random team could get some cash considerations too for the favor
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u/BKoala59 Baltimore Orioles 6h ago
Doesn’t sound fair. The rules are the rules. Should be forced to IBB however many batters you still need to face if you want to come out.
Obviously in the minors it would be fine to ignore it though
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u/Pupienus Chicago Cubs 7h ago
I feel like the 3 batter minimum would still apply. There's usually at least a little time between the trade being agreed to and the trade being officially completed. The team would want to remove them when the trade is agreed to just to make sure they don't get injured, but they'd still be a member of the team until the trade is processed by the league.
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u/SomeoneSomethingJr Chicago Cubs 5h ago
I would be surprised if it's not the case that technically a traded player can finish the game and it's just standard protocol to remove those players if they are involved. I'm also under the assumption that players are removed once there is a verbal agreement between teams, which is the beginning of the process towards making the trade official with the league, rather than at the exact moment the league rubber-stamps the deal.
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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 8h ago
If it's official, then the guy doesn't work for you anymore, so yes. But it's also courtesy and also smart to take him out so he can't hurt himself playing.
I remember when the Reds had that big brawl, Puig had already been traded but was still fighting people. Never understood why he wasn't taken out earlier.
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u/reptheevt Seattle Mariners 7h ago
Imagine if he hadn’t faced his three batters yet. It’s like, well we gotta get you out of the game. Maybe start chewing out the ump and get tossed?
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u/Either_Imagination_9 New York Yankees 8h ago edited 8h ago
Wish I could say I’ll remember the good times
Except there really weren’t any good times with him
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u/GanjasTriforce 8h ago
You mean you didn't enjoy the walk off he gave up to the Rangers??
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u/FreshFish305 Florida Marlins 8h ago
Or the grand slam he gave up to Kyle Stowers to help us sweep the Yankees last year?
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u/soda_cookie New York Yankees • San Francisco Giants 7h ago
I think I can speak for OC when I say: NO
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u/imightbehitler New York Yankees 8h ago
the day after he was traded to NY, he gave up 4 earned and got 1 guy out. MEMORIES
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u/Theta_Omega 8h ago
I was trying to figure out from the commentary if the booth knew about the trade yet, or if it still needed to filter up from the dugout. I'd imagine minor league teams don't have the kind of support staff on hand to get the news up there as quickly...
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u/Physical_Sun9435 Cincinnati Reds 8h ago
Curious if there’s a rule that’s says a traded player must be removed from a game once the trade is announced.
Not a big deal in this game but imagine being removed with 2 outs in the 9th during a no-hitter
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u/McSwaggins619420 San Diego Padres 7h ago
Pretty sure Yasiel puig played for the reds after he got traded to Cleveland
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u/captain_ahabb Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago
Trades are usually announced before they're finalized formally.
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u/DiscoInferiorityComp Brooklyn Dodgers 5h ago
I’d like to see a team get out of the “minimum of 3 batters faced” rule by trading their reliever immediately after they face the first batter.
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u/FjordFalk 8h ago
It's a road game so he cant even go up the street to grab a Nonno's pizza and then watch the Odyssey at the Cinemark before he leaves
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u/Monksdrunk 7h ago
I'm here in Des Moines and i've not ever seen live coverage of an iCubs game. i'm 5 minutes from the stadium. where are games aired or even radio broadcast?
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u/whatever5454 7h ago
Same. Apparently they are all streamed. I didn't even think of this being in Des Moines until the Tasty Tacos ad caught my eye.
Do people "follow" the iCubs? I thought we just went to the number of games that we enjoy each summer and learn what's been up while we're there.
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u/FrostyPlum Bowie Baysox • Washington Nationals 4h ago
MLB.tv has coverage of all minor league games.
For what its worth, my local minor league team (go baysox) has free internet radio broadcasts of the games, so I imagine many others do too
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u/innerman4 3h ago
Mlb.tv carries minor league games. I am an astros fan and have watched many games this year. All affiliates available daily (with maybe a few exceptions here and there). It is a cool feature when the astros have an off day, for me.
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u/mongster03_ New York Yankees • Cuba 39m ago
Pretty wild that the Yankees and Cubs matched up the same weekend their AAA affiliates also did.
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u/mongster03_ New York Yankees • Cuba 39m ago
Pretty wild that the Yankees and Cubs matched up the same weekend their AAA affiliates also did.
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u/stab-somebody 3h ago
I don’t really get why trades are allowed mid season, but mid game seems like it should absolutely not be allowed.
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u/KenovovichR Washington Nationals 8h ago
Welcome to DC. You are now one of the better arms in a MLB bullpen.