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Quick Hits: Marlins, Nationals, Astros, Roberts/Hinch

By Kyle Downing | October 27, 2017 at 9:05pm CDT

Dan Greenlee will assume a role as Director of Player Personnel for the Marlins, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports on Twitter. R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports points out that Greenlee is the second executive Derek Jeter has hired away from the Yankees in the past week; Gary Denbo was recently hired as the Vice President of Player Development and Scouting, and is widely credited with helping to turn around the Yankees’ farm system. Anderson also notes that Greenlee is an interesting baseball exec, having a background in law and journalism, and previously worked as a merger analyst for a media organization.

A few more notes from around Major League Baseball on the night of Game 3…

  • The Nationals are likely to exceed the luxury tax threshold once again, says Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post. Between guaranteed salaries to ten players, arbitration projections, Matt Wieters’ player option and at least $500K owed to Adam Lind in the form of a buyout on his mutual option, Washington’s guaranteed payroll for 2018 will already top $168MM. That in and of itself doesn’t seem too scary, considering the luxury tax threshold sits at $197MM for the upcoming season. But unfortunately for the Nationals, it isn’t quite that simple. The competitive balance tax takes into account the average annual value of player contracts, and the Nats have worked a lot of deferred money into deals in recent years. According to Cot’s, their payroll is around $193MM for luxury tax purposes. The Nationals, who will be expected to pursue another NL East pennant, will almost certainly spend more than $4MM in free agency.
  • Jerry Crasnick of ESPN details the connection between Hurricane Harvey and the city’s passion for Astros baseball in 2017 in a very well-written editorial. The destruction Harvey left in its wake has had a direct correlation with the city’s inhabitants showing increased Houston pride. Indeed, residents have worn #HoustonStrong shirts to games and showed up to support their baseball team in droves. Crasnick details the efforts that the Astros organization made during the storm to give back to the city, including opening kitchens at Minute Maid Park and reaching out to little league teams whose equipment was destroyed by Harvey. The fans are paying the Astros back with incredible support during the postseason.
  • Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Astros skipper A.J. Hinch are focused on trying to lead their respective teams to a World Series title. But as Kyle Glaser of Baseball America points out, this isn’t the first time these two men have been on opposing teams. The rivalry between these two skippers goes all the way back to their college days in the PAC-10. Hinch caught a no-hitter against Roberts and the Bruins on May 8th, 1994. However, Roberts managed to steal a base off Hinch at his first opportunity in the majors, during an August 24th, 1999 game between the Indians and the Athletics. Roberts jokingly considers the World Series a “rubber match” between the two.
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6 Comments

  1. yankees500

    8 years ago

    It would be an NL east pennant for the nats

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  2. ScottyB7733

    8 years ago

    Nationals are in the NL

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    • SundownDevil

      8 years ago

      Kyle is new, but hopefully he knows that at least. We’ll consider this a writing balk.

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      • Kyle Downing

        8 years ago

        Sorry guys, hope we can chalk the typo up to a late hour of a long day. Fixed, thanks for pointing it out.

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  3. sorayablue

    8 years ago

    “Gary Denbo was recently hired as the Vice President of Player Development and Scouting, and is widely credited with helping to turn around . “

    I assume that a name was omitted by mistake.

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  4. sorayablue

    8 years ago

    “Gary Denbo was recently hired as the Vice President of Player Development and Scouting, and is widely credited with helping to turn around . “

    I assume that a name was omitted.

    Reply

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