Jon Becker
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Jon Becker
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FanGraphs Analyst, Contracts Crank, and Junior Developer. He/him.
I really don’t see how it’s a “do as I say, not as I do” situation. MLB takes money from alcoholic beverage companies but players can’t show up drunk. It’s not like the league is saying players can’t bet but is rigging games themselves
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
As I say every time, I hate how pervasive gambling and gambling ads have gotten, but I don’t see how you can blame the league for Clase/Ortiz one iota just because they take some money from FanDuel
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Yeah that I remember, and maybe that's what Walsh is referring to, I'm just ultimately a little bit confused by an aggregated quote from a hockey agent without any reporting or confirmation alongside blowing up like this
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Entirely possible that it was said and Walsh is somehow the person to break the news! I'm just cautioning against assuming something is true just because someone said it and/or because you want it to be. Keyser and Passan had a lot of details in July and neither mentioned anything that wild
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
OK
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Believe it, don't believe it, I don't care and I don't know if I believe it or not. I just think it's important to point out who's saying it and how far outside the orbit of the story they are, as well as the fact that it's November and the confrontation was written about at length four months ago
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
David Cone would've thrown a sandwich 105 with today's measurements
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
iktr
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
true!!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
He did, yeah, but I don't keep it there once a different guy is hired, correct
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Matrix cares not what your current job is, it welcomes all. Will you have a stand-in at the Winter Meetings? With whom do I chat?
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
HI KAITLYN
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM