Yesterday was a busy day. We had a Mystery Team, Dusty Baker inserted his foot into his mouth, Ben Zobrist chose the Cubs over the Mets, and the Braves basically robbed the Diamondbacks blind, getting 25-year-old Ender Inciarte and their two best prospects for Shelby Miller, who isn’t that bad of a pitcher but who is hardly the type of guy to go Herschel Walker over.
So, here are the best tweets from the second day of the 2015 Winter Meetings:
We began with the cry of MYSTERY TEAM!
WE. HAVE. A. #MYSTERYTEAM !!!!! https://t.co/XMdprGgIkk
— MLB Daily Dish (@mlbdailydish) December 8, 2015
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The “Mystery Team” is just a group of “meddling kids” with a always-hungry overgrown dog, riding around in a van #MLBWinterMeetings — Diane Firstman (@dianagram) December 8, 2015
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Sadly, then Dusty Baker said stupid stuff:
DUSTY GODDAMMIT NO https://t.co/goXKkDLnPJ
— Jon Tayler (@JATayler) December 8, 2015
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Dang it, Dusty. I JUST got done saying I ❤️’d you. https://t.co/1wwowWEYpl — Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) December 8, 2015
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HE THROWS 100 MPH HE CANT BE A BAD PERSON RIGHT https://t.co/Si77jkx6GY
— Joon Lee (@iamjoonlee) December 8, 2015
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“Who’s to say what causes problems?” is a helluva thing to say in response to a question about domestic abuse. https://t.co/eeAQS4ykXK — Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) December 8, 2015
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After months of people arguing, “Actually Dusty Baker is probably a better manager than people think” he goes full blown lunatic
— Nick Schaefer (@Nick_TCS) December 8, 2015
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsThere was then the Ben Zobrist watch. Everybody thought he was going to the Mets, but then the Cubs made a few moves and suddenly had space to get him, so…. well… :
Ben Zobrist has a four-year, $80 million offer on the table. The #Mets still considered favorites to ultimately land him. — Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 8, 2015
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Gist of TC texts to Zobrist: “We want you.”
— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) December 8, 2015
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Zobrist is pretty good and cool. I also feel like everyone wakes up sometime soon and says “Crap. We had a bidding war over BEN ZOBRIST?!” — Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) December 8, 2015
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Dear Ben Zobrist … please sign so that the rest of the marquee position players can start signing
— Diane Firstman (@dianagram) December 9, 2015
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Source: Zobrist to #Cubs. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 9, 2015
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Oh Mets.
— Mike Axisa (@mikeaxisa) December 9, 2015
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The Royals did not re-sign Ben Zobrist. — Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) December 9, 2015
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the mets may not have money to offer free agents but they have shake shack and in some ways that’s better than money
— Lana Berry (@Lana) December 9, 2015
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Mets fans sound like they’re going to slit their zobrists — Mike Gianella (@MikeGianella) December 9, 2015
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And then, finally, there was the big Shelby Miller deal:
Sources: #DBacks agree to acquire Shelby Miller from #Braves, pending a review of medical records.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 9, 2015
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Hearing from multiple sources Ender Inciarte, Aaron Blair and Dansby Swanson are involved in the Shelby Miller deal. — Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) December 9, 2015
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Well, Diamondbacks, that’s quite a thing
— Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) December 9, 2015
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The Cardinals thought Miller was worth a rental outfielder. The Dbacks think he’s worth the franchise. Who do you trust more? — Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) December 9, 2015
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The good news is that the DBacks don’t have the first round pick to give up to Atalanta in the 2016 draft.
— Kazuto Yamazaki (@Kazuto_Yamazaki) December 9, 2015
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Dansby Swanson, huh? Makes sense, Arizona being so close to winning a World Series and all, you gotta win now and ha ha just kidding what — levi weaver (@ThreeTwoEephus) December 9, 2015
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And, finally…..
The asking price for Jose Fernandez is now an entire AA team
— Greg (@grogg) December 9, 2015
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