2023 MLB thread

[Jshep34 2308]

Wander may be done with baseball if rumors are true.

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Extremely unfortunate promotion, especially with that age limit. 

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

20 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

Wander may be done with baseball if rumors are true.

someone posted pics of them and a vid of her wearing his ‘5’ chain 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

33 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Extremely unfortunate promotion, especially with that age limit. 

 

[Beau Vine 54226]

54 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

Wander may be done with baseball if rumors are true.

 

[UTexasFight 9444]

T-Mobile is an incredible park. 
 

but everyone around me is just laughing at the position of the Yankees flag 

 

[UTHornFan014 710]

Wrong thread!

Edited August 13, 2023 by UTHornFan014

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

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As for Carson Kelly, 29, it’s not a shock to see him cut from the roster based on his recent results but it’s a significant development from a wider lens. He was once a top 100 prospect with the Cardinals and was one of the prospects that came to Arizona in the Paul Goldschmidt trade, along with Luke Weaver and Andrew Young. The former was flipped to the Royals last year for Emmanuel Rivera, who was optioned to the minors yesterday, while Young was lost to the Nationals in the minor league portion of the 2021 Rule 5 draft.

Great trade, Snakes. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Fucking insane sequence in Seattle just now, will be on Twitter shortly. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

First 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Then two whole pitches later. 

 

[The Dog 44051]

For those wondering about the Franco stuff:

[UTexasFight 9444]

35 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Fucking insane sequence in Seattle just now, will be on Twitter shortly. 

And then Mullins finished the job in the 10th.

 

and all of that was after the O’s took the lead in the top of the 9th on a balk that moved runners to 2nd and 3rd (getting Servais tossed) followed by a rutschman swinging bunt to the pitcher driving in the guy from 3rd with the closest play at the plate you’ll see all year (that Iassogna got right)

Great game between two teams playing some great ball right now 

Edited August 13, 2023 by UTexasFight

[VirginiaLonghorn 4771]

19 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

And then Mullins finished the job in the 10th.

 

and all of that was after the O’s took the lead in the top of the 9th on a balk that moved runners to 2nd and 3rd (getting Servais tossed) followed by a rutschman swinging bunt to the pitcher driving in the guy from 3rd with the closest play at the plate you’ll see all year (that Iassogna got right)

Great game between two teams playing some great ball right now 

 

 

[henrygandorf 29191]

[tx 3 putt 76957]

7 hours ago, Jshep34 said:

Wander may be done with baseball if rumors are true.

Tampa Bay shortstop Wander Franco did not travel on the team plane to San Francisco, where the Rays will start a series with the Giants tomorrow, sources tell ESPN. The Rays earlier said MLB is doing “due diligence” concerning social media posts from earlier today about Franco.

[FartingMonk 3606]

He was at Chuckie Cheese looking for his next girlfriend 

[cmontexas 3271]

She's a Dominican 14, meaning we'll find out a dozen years from now shes actually 19

[cabowabo 4484]

15 hours ago, Jshep34 said:

Wander may be done with baseball if rumors are true.

[tx 3 putt 76957]

23 hours ago, Jshep34 said:

Wander may be done with baseball if rumors are true.

The Tampa Bay Rays have placed shortstop Wander Franco on the restricted list, which takes him off the roster and is, in most cases, unpaid, an MLB official tells ESPN. The league has launched an investigation into social media posts about Franco from Sunday.

[hornmpa96 2618]

It seems fairly telling that we haven’t seen a full- throated denial by Franco at this point.

[ztejas 43444]

9 hours ago, cmontexas said:

She's a Dominican 14, meaning we'll find out a dozen years from now shes actually 19

Brilliant. 

[Beau Vine 54226]

31 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

It seems fairly telling that we haven’t seen a full- throated denial by Franco at this point.

According to my sources, he wore this to infield practice:

[Serak The Preparer 3431]

33 minutes ago, hornmpa96 said:

It seems fairly telling that we haven’t seen a full- throated denial by Franco at this point.

I wouldn't read much into that. I am sure that his lawyer and the team are both united in saying "Don't say a fucking word to anybody". He did have an IG where he said he was innocent and even that probably gave his lawyer an aneurism. 

[Beau Vine 54226]

10 hours ago, cmontexas said:

She's a Dominican 14, meaning we'll find out a dozen years from now shes actually 19

[tx 3 putt 76957]

He’s turbo fucked …..

https://twitter.com/ortizkicks/status/1691288656730800128?s=46&t=cH-LvFrUDSIxqTdoyXUTxg

 

According to this report, the attorney general’s office in the Dominican Republic reports that there has been a complaint filed by a minor against Wander Franco. This girl is not the one linked to him through the previous viral social media videos.

 

 

Edited August 15, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[We’reTexas 1473]

8 hours ago, Serak The Preparer said:

I wouldn't read much into that. I am sure that his lawyer and the team are both united in saying "Don't say a fucking word to anybody". He did have an IG where he said he was innocent and even that probably gave his lawyer an aneurism. 

Apparently it happened before the story blew up, but more to the point what in the living fuck was Siri thinking getting into it?

 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

😂😂😂😂

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Well, shucks. 

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Umpire Ángel Hernández lost again in his racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his case Tuesday.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2021 District Court decision that granted MLB a summary judgment.

Hernández, who was born in Cuba and hired as a big league umpire in 1993, sued in 2017. He alleged he was discriminated against because he had not been assigned to the World Series since 2005 and had been passed over for promotion to crew chief.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38196498/appeals-court-rejects-angel-hernandez-lawsuit-vs-mlb

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

 

Rough season for their SPs. 

[Beau Vine 54226]

Bryce Elder's season looked like it was falling apart...and then the Yankees came to town. 

[Scraps 13561]

Miggy finally hit another homer....2nd of the year and maybe last of his career

[ztejas 43444]

2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

 

Rough season for their SPs. 

Oof.

[UTexasFight 9444]

Scott Servais is an idiot 

[Helobious 9453]

Part infuriating, part damn that’s a long string of success

 

[Sbbruin 21853]

9 straight for the Dodgers.  Looking more and more like a Dodgers v Braves NLCS.  

[WBT 20571]

6 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

9 straight for the Dodgers.  Looking more and more like a Dodgers v Braves NLCS.  

Just like last year

[Vic Mackey 47037]

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[Beau Vine 54226]

The Braves are slugging .502 as a team.  No team has ever slugged over .500 in MLB history.

Edited August 16, 2023 by Beau Vine

[Beau Vine 54226]

On 6/7/2023 at 3:02 PM, shadow_operative said:

yeah probably, but look at these hitting numbers:

abreu: .211/.262/539 ops+ of 46

harris: .163/.246/.490 ops+ of 33

 

harris is the worst hitter in baseball.

Derka lit a fire:

[WBT 20571]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

The Braves are slugging .502 as a team.  No team has ever slugged over .500 in MLB history.

And the ball was extra juiced in 2019 as evidenced by 3 of the top 5 that year.

MLB wide slugging

2019 - .435

2023 - .413

Edited August 16, 2023 by WBT

[TonyTexas 10512]

This could have been really bad

 

[Beau Vine 54226]

Brent Kemnitz and Ben Christensen would have never let that happen.  

[WBT 20571]

ITPHR alley

Also, example #87 of why you don't throw it to the dugout wench during live action.

Since that one almost did, I guess it's possible now to bank one off that brick wall into the bullpen for a standard HR.

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

I liked this one from Monday. RF almost needed an emergency dentist visit. 

 

[WBT 20571]

On 8/15/2023 at 10:24 PM, Helobious said:

Part infuriating, part damn that’s a long string of success

 

How about 1 under?

[Beau Vine 54226]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

Since that one almost did, I guess it's possible now to bank one off that brick wall into the bullpen for a standard HR.

Not unless it hits to the left of that vertical yellow line, and it's a HR no matter where it bounces if it hits there.

[shnsajax 3591]

Show me the opposite of Altuve:

https://twitter.com/joframaso/status/1692036730499534923?s=20

[shadow_operative2.0 15982]

Won’t see many easier than this. 

 

[Vic Mackey 47037]

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