2022 MLB thread

[Beau Vine 54013]

 

[BigOrange1 6422]

the mets' lead in the nl east is gone and scherzer is headed to the IL...

[Pig Bellmont 8692]

Funny how only after getting sued and potentially being held accountable does a statement like this come out. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

"the sources i relied on were incorrect, in no uncertain terms."

BITCH, you're the one that sent the tweet, YOU we're incorrect, in no uncertain terms. what a weak ass apology from that okie douche nozzle. 

[Beau Vine 54013]

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

Condor cleanup & IKF back to 3B, good times. 

[jimmyjazz 45587]

19 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I'm pretty sure my Little League team hit better than that, including my "efforts".

[Henry Hill 3156]

Judge hits dingers. Who will overpay for his services this winter?

[Helobious 9483]

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

Twins/Yanks playing Manfred-ball in game 1. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

Loaded, no outs in bot 11 for Guzman, 3–2-3 DP, still playing. 

Edited September 7, 2022 by shadow_operative2.0

[TonyTexas 10482]

This encapsulates the Yankees 2nd half. Tie game, bottom 12th, bases loaded, no outs

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

Yanks win in 12, unlike the ‘12th’ mentioned above. 

[Sbbruin 21744]

Dodgers move 52 games over .500.  Muncy with 3 dingers in the last 2 games.  Reports of his demise had been greatly exaggerated.

[Vic Mackey 46936]

[Helobious 9483]

4 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Doesn’t matter, had oswaldo Cabrera. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11668]

Detroits media team getting in on the fun. 
 

 

 

[Valmy77 13122]

What a disappointing series. O's drop 3 out of 4. I was so full of hope.

I hope for better things against the Red Sox but they are starting to run out of games.

 

[Helobious 9483]

Yankees clinched their 30th straight winning season today. 3rd such longest streak in the history of pro sports. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

White Sox only 2 back in the Central without the corpse. 

[Helobious 9483]

 

[Guest]

19 hours ago, Henry Hill said:

Judge hits dingers. Who will overpay for his services this winter?

Fits the Angels MO.

[WBT 20431]

21 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Condor cleanup & IKF back to 3B, good times. 

How many ex-Rangers are on that team?  Was Ruben Sierra not available?

[Js1 85142]

On 9/7/2022 at 11:11 AM, Pig Bellmont said:

Funny how only after getting sued and potentially being held accountable does a statement like this come out. 

Like when he stole credit cards from his teammates at ND and recently said everyone needs just "move on" from it? 

[Pig Bellmont 8692]

1 hour ago, slorch said:

Fits the Angels MO.

Angels are achieving incredible mediocrity given their spend on player salaries 

[Beau Vine 54013]

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Two teenage baseball players are suing the Los Angeles Angels in a Dominican Republic court, alleging that the organization reneged on verbal agreements to sign them, a practice that has grown increasingly common amid a landscape with limited regulation by Major League Baseball.

At an Aug. 31 hearing, lawyers continued to argue the cases of Willy Fañas and Keiderson Pavon, who alleged in court filings that they agreed to deals with the Angels -- Fañas for $1.8 million when he was 14 years old and Pavon for $425,000 as a 15-year-old -- but that they were not honored following a change in the organization's front office.

Players from outside the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada are not officially allowed to sign until they are 16 years old, but those from hotbeds such as the Dominican Republic and Venezuela regularly reach handshake deals with teams when they are as young as 12.

Sources familiar with the verbal agreements confirmed their existence to ESPN, which viewed a video of the moment Angels employees told Pavon they planned to sign him. Instead, less than a month before the Jan. 15, 2021, signing date, Angels employees told Fañas and Pavon they would not offer them formal contracts.

Despite the growing prevalence of broken deals -- players, too, have backed out of agreements with teams to reap larger paydays elsewhere -- the cases of Fañas and Pavon are the first known to have multiple hearings in the Dominican justice system, where the law gives greater weight to verbal contracts and their enforceability than the United States, according to lawyers who practice there.

 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4750]

21 hours ago, Valmy77 said:

What a disappointing series. O's drop 3 out of 4. I was so full of hope.

I hope for better things against the Red Sox but they are starting to run out of games.

 

They’ve been juggling a number of balls most of the year.  Yet, they still made remarkable progress and baseball is taking notice … there’s more to come.

https://www.masnsports.com/blog/orioles-managing-to-play-meaningful-games-in-september-and-maneuvering-in-new-ways

Edited September 8, 2022 by VirginiaLonghorn

[Helobious 9483]

“He sucks without the sticky stuff” /brain dead Astros fans 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

"the cubs will never win the world series" /brain dead baseball fans

this is the part of the thread where we bring up random shit that nobody has talked about in forever, right? 

[Guadaloopy 10927]

Or stuff that no one actually said.  

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

Guadaloopy, please don't venture into Troll territory, you're better than that. 

On 10/6/2021 at 10:46 AM, Guadaloopy said:

[Guadaloopy 10927]

8 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Guadaloopy, please don't venture into Troll territory, you're better than that. 

You took a single post out of context.  The discussion was about what was going on with Gerrit Cole when he struggled a bit.   If you go down just two posts, you’ll see my theory that he got used to spider tack (just like everyone else) and that it impacted his grip mechanics, which took some time to relearn after the substance was banned.    Never once said that Gerrit Cole sucks.  

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

You also said this... 

59 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Or stuff that no one actually said.  

Bull-fucking-shit. You know damn well your groupthink said that shit multiple times, that is not fucking debatable. 

Helo wins this round, just move on. 

[Helobious 9483]

I don’t care enough to search but anytime he struggled multiple Astros fans were on here saying he was only ever good because of spider tack, even though the stats said otherwise. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

They know. 

The two big AL series this weekend are Tampa @ NYY & Cle @ Minn. White Sox get Oak before the corpse is rumored to rise. 

[Gourmand 7774]

Pitcher A:

171.1 IP 3.20 ERA 3.16 FIP 3.5 WAR ($36 million salary)

Pitcher B:

170.2 IP 2.64 ERA 3.16 FIP 3.5 WAR ($3 million salary)

 

 

 

 

[Guadaloopy 10927]

Chalk it up to shit-talking because Cole was such a bitch when the league cracked down and a bit of sour grapes.   But no Astro fan truly believes that Gerrit Cole sucks.  

[shadow_operative2.0 15840]

That a kid. 

[Beau Vine 54013]

Pitcher's wins is probably the dumbest stat in baseball, but Julio Urias's career W-L record is 47-17.  

The only person to ever pitch in MLB with a better career winning percentage was born in 1850, popularized the wearing of a glove, and retired in 1877 to run his sporting goods store.

[shadow_operative 15932]

[Scraps 13547]

[jimmyjazz 45587]

I don't get the no-shift rule.  Seems to me if defenses want to leave gaping holes in their alignments, so be it.  Outlawing shifts takes away some of the risk/reward gambles.

Pitch clocks I can get behind.

Bigger bases is just plain stupid, but maybe that didn't go through.

[Wulaw Horn 18984]

6 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I don't get the no-shift rule.  Seems to me if defenses want to leave gaping holes in their alignments, so be it.  Outlawing shifts takes away some of the risk/reward gambles.

Pitch clocks I can get behind.

Bigger bases is just plain stupid, but maybe that didn't go through.

Bases went from 15 inches to 18 inches. I can’t see why anyone would actually be against this if it cuts down on collisions and actually slightly increases baserunning attempts. Baserunning is fun. 
Very pumped about pitch clock and limiting stepping off the rubber. If that eliminates 3.5 hour 9 inning games that are a scourge on the sport that will be awesome. It’s pretty universally loved in the minor leagues. 

[Guadaloopy 10927]

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I don't get the no-shift rule.  Seems to me if defenses want to leave gaping holes in their alignments, so be it.

Shifts have a disparate impact on left-handed hitters.   You can shift to the right side without leaving 1B uncovered.  Can’t shift as heavily to the left side without leaving 1B uncovered.  
 

Basically, the shift forces left-handed hitters to adjust their natural power swing more than it forces right-handed hitters to adjust. 
 

[Guadaloopy 10927]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Bases went from 15 inches to 18 inches. I can’t see why anyone would actually be against this if it cuts down on collisions and actually slightly increases baserunning attempts. Baserunning is fun. 

They should go further and put the safety base on first to make the running lane make sense.  

[tx 3 putt 76441]

No to both

Fucking stupid 

[TonyTexas 10482]

What teams have heavy LH hitting lineups?They’re going to get a lot better

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According to Sports Info Solutions, pull-heavy shift candidates — most of them left-handed — batted just .219 last year on groundballs and short line drives when they faced a shift. Against no shift, that average jumped all the way to .247.

• And according to Baseball Prospectus, on groundballs hit by left-handed hitters, the shift crushed batting average on balls in play by 35 points — versus only three points for right-handed hitters (who, not coincidentally, actually saw fewer shifts per plate appearance than in 2020).

 

[jimmyjazz 45587]

Baserunning is fun.  I came out of the womb a Cardinals fan, I spent a good part of my teens and 20s watching Lou Brock and Vince Coleman tear it up (ahem).

That said, I seriously doubt they along with Rickey were extreme athletic unicorns.  There is a reason teams don't run as much any more, and making it a little easier to steal 2nd seems silly to me.

[Guadaloopy 10927]

35 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

No to both

Fucking stupid 

Yep.  Let’s get rid of facemasks, shoulderpads, and the forward pass in football while we’re at it.  

[Sbbruin 21744]

3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Pitcher's wins is probably the dumbest stat in baseball, but Julio Urias's career W-L record is 47-17.  

The only person to ever pitch in MLB with a better career winning percentage was born in 1850, popularized the wearing of a glove, and retired in 1877 to run his sporting goods store.