Plus: Do we really want the August salary dump to become an annual occurrence?
Today, we’re going to look at milestones — which ones are important to players, who might reach them soon, and who reached one yesterday. Ken also has more on waiver-gate. I’m Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal — welcome to the Windup!Freddie Freeman has been as durable as it gets.
Once in a while, one of our writers has an idea so good that I get slightly annoyed I didn’t think of it. Today, the source of my respectful jealousy is Stephen Nesbitt, who thought to ask a load of big-league players: Which Sure, big round numbers like 3,000 hits or 300 home runs are important to fans and writers, but by and large, those weren’t the answers that came up. The ones that did really provide some insight into what life is like as a big-league player.
Fans might not be enthusiastic about service time, but it’s no surprise to hear that’s one of the big ones. Baseball players spend their whole lives learning how to be good at baseball, and now in their late 30s , it’s time to find something else to do. Did they spend any time developing other skills while putting 12-15 hours a day into their baseball career? Hitting 10 years of service time means a full pension for life. It’s not a sexy milestone, but it’s no wonder it’s on their minds.
It’s not all off-field stuff, though. Things like 200 innings pitched or 160+ games played also rank highly. Baseball players want to succeed, but there’s definitely a desire to be reliable permeating every clubhouse. Not everyone can be
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