2018 MLB Thread

[spystud13 2371]

3-run yack by Polanco in top 13.

[In re UofA 29]

That game was bananas.

[Beau Vine 55038]

Humidor is apparently on the fritz in Phoenix.

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

Don Orsillo is still fun to listen to clowning around with the Padres announcing crew.

[TheFlagship 466]

Cubs and Marlins might be deserving of the start the runner on 2nd rule (I kid, I kid...but really)

[shnsajax 3592]

Cubs just had runners on first and second with no outs and got nothing, so it wouldn’t have mattered.

[UTexasFight 9661]

Kenley Jansen picking up right where the Astros left him last year

[TheFlagship 466]

Dodgers wasted all their runs in game 5

[UTexasFight 9661]

3 total hits in that Dodgers/ Giants game tonight

None until 2 outs in the top of the 5th.

Cueto was perfect through 6 until Taylor led off the 7th with a single for the Dodgers only baserunner. Was later erased on a DP.

Giants faced the minimum.

 

Dodgers have played 27 innings of baseball since Halloween and have scored 1 run in that timespan.

 

Bet Dodger fans are extra stabby tonight

 

 

 

[Henry Hill 3156]

Interesting read on some historic factoids from the Giants-Dodgers series thus far:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22973844/san-francisco-giants-joe-panik-makes-history-solo-hr-sinks-los-angeles-dodgers

[Underdog 28891]

18 hours ago, shnsajax said:

Pirates score 4 in the top of the 9th to take a 10-6 lead, then the Tigers score 4 in the bottom of the 9th to tie it at 10. Guessing we will see more of that from both teams throughout the season. 

Nice comeback win for the Bucs, thought for sure they'd blow it after blowing the lead in the 9th. 

[Scraps 13603]

[Scraps 13603]

[Hook'Em0608 96]

12 minutes ago, Scraps said:

 

 

Damn, he turned back the clock on that one. 

[Netzer 157]

Kingery is raking, two doubles in three ABs already. Too bad the rest of the Phillies suck Eichhörnchenpimmel.

[Beau Vine 55038]

Quote

The Diamondbacks have placed slugger Yasmany Tomas on outright waivers, according to sources, a move that could amount to little more than his removal from the 40-man roster.

Tomas, who was optioned to Triple-A Reno last weekend, would seem highly unlikely to be claimed given that he still has three years and roughly $46 million remaining on his contract.

Assuming he goes unclaimed, the Diamondbacks would then outright Tomas to Reno. As a player with at least three years of service time, Tomas could refuse the assignment and become a free agent, but that seems highly unlikely since it would mean he would walk away from what’s left on his contract.

Tomas, who signed a six-year, $68 million deal in December 2014, has had a disappointing three years in the organization. He has swung the bat well at times, including in 2016, when he hit 31 homers and posted an .820 OPS (on-base-plus-slugging).

But his defense has made him all but unplayable – at least in the eyes of the club’s current front-office regime. The team tasked Tomas with improving his defense when he was optioned to the minors on Sunday. Even an injury to outfielder Steven Souza Jr. wasn’t enough for the Diamondbacks to keep Tomas on the roster.

Remember that not only did the Tony LaRussa/Dave Stewart clownshow commit $68M to Tomas, they also insisted he was capable of playing third base.

[TheFlagship 466]

Kapler is managing every out like it’s game 7 of the World Series. He’s gonna kill his bullpen by May. He brought poor Hoby into the game today without him throwing a single warmup pitch in the pen. 

[Beau Vine 55038]

16 minutes ago, TheFlagship said:

Kapler is managing every out like it’s game 7 of the World Series. He’s gonna kill his bullpen by May. He brought poor Hoby into the game today without him throwing a single warmup pitch in the pen. 

Yeah, but he also just brought in an outfielder to pitch.  In the third game of the season.  And maybe they ought to move him to the pen permanently.

[UTexasFight 9661]

Interesting read on some historic factoids from the Giants-Dodgers series thus far:

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22973844/san-francisco-giants-joe-panik-makes-history-solo-hr-sinks-los-angeles-dodgers

In 10 plate appearances today, the Astros’ #3 and #4 hitters almost had as many hits (8) as the Dodgers have had in 3 games (11). Same with number of runs (4 for Altuve and Correa today, 5 total for the Dodgers on the season)

[Mez2 4037]

48 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

In 10 plate appearances today, the Astros’ #3 and #4 hitters almost had as many hits (8) as the Dodgers have had in 3 games (11). Same with number of runs (4 for Altuve and Correa today, 5 total for the Dodgers on the season)

We have our own thread, we'll come back here later in the season

[In re UofA 29]

Kapler on another level this year. Umpire didn’t enforce a rule to protect the health of the pitcher. That’s a good one, Kap.

[APMP 688]

(Pillar stealing 2nd, 3rd, and Home on clown show from NY)

#YankeeMagic 

 

 

[Henry Hill 3156]

12 hours ago, TheFlagship said:

Kapler is managing every out like it’s game 7 of the World Series. He’s gonna kill his bullpen by May. He brought poor Hoby into the game today without him throwing a single warmup pitch in the pen. 

We may have the makings of a managerial one-and-done if he keeps this tomfoolery up.

[Rustic Horn 929]

😁

[Bartles 769]

4 hours ago, Henry Hill said:

We may have the makings of a managerial one-and-done if he keeps this tomfoolery up.

Maybe not even a whole season. I love analytics but at some point you have to get out of your team's way and let them do what the numbers say they'll do. Three games in, he has alienated his ace (and probably other SPs in support of Nola), pissed off the umpires twice (the ghost pitching change, also challenging a sac fly tagup, who does that?), and has overused and confused his bullpen. Also some positional shenanigans. He needs to realize he's fucking up and make some major changes in his own approach.

[txhorns 2418]

54 minutes ago, Rustic Horn said:

😁

The Giants organization has no class

[Goo Punch 4275]

Ohtani time. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Ohtani looks good.

[Goo Punch 4275]

Very impressive 3-up 3-down. Dominating fastball and tons of movement on the breaking stuff, with a splitter. If that first inning is any indication he’s going to be an All Star this year. That was damn impressive.

[Goo Punch 4275]

K’d three of his first four.

[clapclapclap 9000]

But is this a good test, are the A's really that much better than the Bang Ding Owls?

[Goo Punch 4275]

Annnnd just like that he falls apart. 

 

Lol, slight hyperbole. Gave up a couple of singles and then a 3-run bomb on a pitch he left over the plate. His stuff is for real though.

[Hook'Em0608 96]

21 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

Very impressive 3-up 3-down. Dominating fastball and tons of movement on the breaking stuff, with a splitter. If that first inning is any indication he’s going to be an All Star this year. That was damn impressive.

Da fuck is this shit? 

[Goo Punch 4275]

 

1 minute ago, Hook'Em0608 said:

Da fuck is this shit? 

What?

[Mo Horn 8900]

Otani looks to be the real deal, but he's learning the difference  between MLB hitters and Japanese hitters. 

[Hook'Em0608 96]

1 minute ago, Goo Punch said:

 

What?

Don't run around throwing out neg rep like a bitch. Lighten up. I thought it was funny you were calling a rook an all star after one inning. Damn, new web site where we all get a fresh start and some people are already sensitive little nancys. Whatever I guess. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

I gave you a plus to offset GooPu GooPu's neg.

[Goo Punch 4275]

2 minutes ago, Hook'Em0608 said:

Don't run around throwing out neg rep like a bitch. Lighten up. I thought it was funny you were calling a rook an all star after one inning. Damn, new web site where we all get a fresh start and some people are already sensitive little nancys. Whatever I guess. 

How about you stop posting like this is a world star hip hop comment section, and then stop whining like a bitch about trivial shit. 

Edited April 1, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Hook'Em0608 96]

Just now, Goo Punch said:

How about you stop posting like this is a world star hip hop comment section. 

I do like some of their fight videos. 

[TonyTexas 10587]

Don't run around throwing out neg rep like a bitch. Lighten up. I thought it was funny you were calling a rook an all star after one inning. Damn, new web site where we all get a fresh start and some people are already sensitive little nancys. Whatever I guess. 

You do know who Goo Punch is, right? Think about the ultimate sensitive, little nancy on Shaggy.

[Hook'Em0608 96]

2 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

You do know who Goo Punch is, right? Think about the ultimate sensitive, little nancy on Shaggy.

Yeah I knew that from the college basketball board when somebody stole his name. But I had forgot already. I'm clear again. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

14 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

You do know who Goo Punch is, right? Think about the ultimate sensitive, little nancy on Shaggy.

Yeah, I’m the one who’s being sensitive here. 

[Beau Vine 55038]

39 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Otani looks to be the real deal, but he's learning the difference  between MLB hitters and Japanese hitters. 

Truth.  

Fastball hitting 100, big dropping curve at 82, and an 89 splitter that drops even more.  His stuff is just filthy, but he has made command mistakes, and those get punished much more harshly in MLB.

[Goo Punch 4275]

That splitter is unhittable if he locates it.

Edited April 1, 2018 by Goo Punch

[TheFlagship 466]

I think Ohtani will have similar stats to Darvish’s first few years. Fuck ton of K’s, low walks, but fairly homer prone. Not bad for a guy making the ML minimum

[Goo Punch 4275]

Ohtani today:

•K’d 3 of the first four

•Then gave up consecutive singles and the one mistake for the bomb

•Then retired 14 of the next 15

He was awesome save the one pitch.

Edited April 1, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Henry Hill 3156]

Pretty solid outing save the 3-run bomb. 

[Beau Vine 55038]

He was good, but he missed in the zone a bunch, and the A's (other than Chapman) didn't make him pay.  This is a lot of red and purple (and orange) that's up and middle of the zone:

 

Of course, it's harder to mash a hanging slider when you're having to gear up for 100 mph that might be coming

Will be interesting to see how he adjusts to the better teams once they get a book on him.  But his stuff is filthy.

Edited April 1, 2018 by Beau Vine
Easier chart to read

[Goo Punch 4275]

Dee Gordon on pace to hit 40 HR.

[Beau Vine 55038]

Dee Gordon probably peed in a cup again after the game.