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49 minutes ago, TheFlagship said:

I wouldn’t count out the Twins if they get home field and trade for some relievers (they’re rumored with Will Smith). October baseball outside in Minnesota sounds miserable though.

I don’t think anyone is counting out the twins, but they’re clearly 3rd in the pecking order. With that being said, that doesn’t mean shit in baseball. Win your division and you have as good a chance as anyone. Home field in baseball isn’t as valuable as football and basketball, unless we’re talking AL vs NL, but that’s another ridiculous argument. I know it’s something we just accept as part of baseball, but the fact that both leagues don’t have the exact same rules is one of the dumbest things in all of sports. Regardless of what side of that argument you fall on, just get it to where both leagues have the same rules. 

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Hahahahaha

He made it 10 days

Stanton back to the IL

 

And yet the Yankee train keeps rolling along.

It’s looking more and more like Frazier fucked Cashman’s wife or something. Stanton goes down, and the Yankees call up worthless spare Mike Tauchman to take his spot. So 4 guys from Triple A were called up to join the team on the London trip, & Frazier wasn’t one of them. He’s clearly done as a Yankee & Cashman isn’t keeping it a secret. Definitely hurts the Yankees’ trade talk leverage.

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All-Star starters named

ASG Starters - American League

😄   Gary Sanchez Yankees
1B:  Carlos Santana Indians
2B:  DJ LeMahieu Yankees
SS:  Jorge Polanco Twins
3B:  Alex Bregman Astros
OF:  Mike Trout Angels
OF:  George Springer Astros
OF:  Michael Brantley Astros
DH:  Hunter Pence Rangers

ASG Starters - National League

😄   Willson Contreras Cubs
1B:  Freddie Freeman Braves
2B:  Ketel Marte D-backs
SS:  Javier Baez Cubs
3B:  Nolan Arenado Rockies
OF:  Christian Yelich Brewers
OF:  Cody Bellinger Dodgers
OF:  Ronald Acuna Jr. Braves
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Braves fans hammering the ballot box.  Bell should have been the NL starter at 1B.

 

Glad Pence made it.  Was always a good dude and glad to see him still doing well.

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1 hour ago, slorch said:

Braves fans hammering the ballot box.  Bell should have been the NL starter at 1B.

 

Glad Pence made it.  Was always a good dude and glad to see him still doing well.

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Both have 2.8 WAR. They are almost identical in stats. Bell is however not on a first place team and hasn't done enough to unseat Freddie as the starter. The right pick was made.

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2 minutes ago, thestud said:

Freddie Freeman: 2.8 WAR, .313 BA, 21 HR, 41 BB, 22 2B, 99 H, 61 rbi, .399 OBP, .994 OPS, -0.4 dWAR

Josh Bell: 2.6 WAR, .310 BA, 21 HR, 36 BB, 28 2B, 92 H, 68 RBI, .383 OBP, 1.020 OPS, -0.6 dWAR

I’m not seeing anything that screams Bell got shafted.

Are people saying that? 

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You’re entitled to an opinion no matter how wrong it may be, but when you imply Freeman is starting because Braves fans stuffed the ballot box I would expect you to have something halfway legitimate to validate your claim of Bell being slighted.

he's not on the Braves?

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On 6/26/2019 at 8:45 PM, Helobious said:

And yet the Yankee train keeps rolling along.

It’s looking more and more like Frazier fucked Cashman’s wife or something. Stanton goes down, and the Yankees call up worthless spare Mike Tauchman to take his spot. So 4 guys from Triple A were called up to join the team on the London trip, & Frazier wasn’t one of them. He’s clearly done as a Yankee & Cashman isn’t keeping it a secret. Definitely hurts the Yankees’ trade talk leverage.

Stanton's injury was abject stupidity on his part. I was at the game and the hit went deep enough to get 3rd and short to chase it. He should've done what Sanchez would've done and stopped at 2nd. Instead he slides wildly into 3rd for reason. My girlfriend was like "Why did he even attempt that?" and I told her that sometimes when you're playing a mediocre opponent you are more apt to try stuff like that. Stanton is as frail as an 80 year old though when it comes to injuries.

Frazier is probably done here. He did not help his case to stick with his consistently league worst defense though. Someone will see the bat and be enamored enough by it to want him. Too bad he could not make it here. He will be a 35-40 homer a year player for someone if he can just play passable defense in the OF. 

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Frazier is probably done here. He did not help his case to stick with his consistently league worst defense though. Someone will see the bat and be enamored enough by it to want him. Too bad he could not make it here. He will be a 35-40 homer a year player for someone if he can just play passable defense in the OF. 

It’s too bad, cause he’s really talented. His struggles are mainly limited to RF, which he wouldn’t be playing anyway since Judge is back. He’s relatively high on the outfield assist leaderboard so he’s not a total zero with the glove. The Yankees just hate his attitude, and him taking the full 3 days to report to Scranton was probably the breaking point.

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Worst hitters through first half of the season:

1a) Castro (MIA), .229/.258/.309, -1.1 fWAR

1b) Alonso (CHW), .178/.275/.301, -1.1 fWAR

1c) Martin Jr. (BAL), .178/.232/.302, -1.1 fWAR

1d) Andujar (NYY), .128/.143/.128, -1.1fWAR (in only 12 games, very impressive)

5a) Davis (BAL), .170/.257/.287, -1.0 fWAR

5b) Mathis (TEX), .159/.217/.227, -1.0 fWAR

5c) Lagares (NYM), .182/.252/.263, -1.0 fWAR

 

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Two Chase Field security guards grabbed 18-year-old Madison Aranda’s arms and guided her from right field to the visiting bullpen, through three doors and into what she later described as a cage. They sat her down on a bench. It was 9:35 on Monday night. A Maricopa County sheriff soon sat in front of her. She said he began with a question: “You know you’re going to jail, right?”

“Yes,” Aranda answered, “now that you said that.”

On Sunday, a 15-year-old girl had evaded Dodger Stadium security long enough to hug Cody Bellinger in the outfield, then avoided arrest. Identifying herself as Paola, she told the team-owned radio station, AM 570, that she had been reprimanded and let go.

Aranda had seen her story on Twitter. Four hundred miles east, from her 10th row bleacher seat, she told her family she was going to be the next one to hug Bellinger. They did not take her seriously. When the Dodgers were trailing with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, she knew it could be her last chance. She glided down the stairs, phone in hand, planning to film her feat. Then fear kicked in, and she began to plod back to her seat.

At that moment, the Diamondbacks’ Tim Locastro stole second base. The sound of the cheering crowd emboldened her. Aranda turned back, jumped and beelined for Bellinger. She screamed his name and twice asked for a hug.

 

He lifted his arms, a gesture she interpreted to mean, “Go ahead.” So she did, leaning in to his right shoulder. Then the guards approached and escorted her away. Aranda said the sheriff came in, verified her identity, and told her where she’d head. Before every game, the Diamondbacks announce that fans who interfere with play are subject to arrest, but Aranda was surprised to hear it would happen to her.

“It was a ‘wow’ moment for me,” Aranda said. “I thought I would be escorted, detained, and probably charged a fine. But I didn’t think I’d go to jail. I didn’t think they would not let me speak to my family.”

According to Aranda, a man who identified himself as the Diamondbacks’ head of security soon entered the room. He told her that she was banned from the stadium and that he would file a recommendation for all Major League Baseball venues to ban her.

“While we cannot specifically address an individual arrest, the safety of our players and opposing players is a top priority at Chase Field,” the Diamondbacks said in a statement. “Fans are warned in advance of the consequences and we take this issue very seriously, as do all Major League teams. It is our hope that those considering breaking the law will understand that doing so will result in an arrest and the inability to return to our ballpark.”

Aranda said she was searched, then chained at the feet and handcuffed. Officers escorted her from her cell outside into a waiting van, where she was guided into one of three cages. A man was in another, she saw. It was dark.

At the nearby Fourth Avenue Jail, Aranda said she waited hours to be processed. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, she was charged on one count of criminal trespassing to the third degree and one count of disorderly conduct. At close to 3 a.m., she said, she was allowed to make a collect call to her mother. At 11:30 a.m., she was released on her own recognizance.

She said she took a short nap on the floor but otherwise spent her 12-plus hours in jail observing her surroundings. She met friendly inmates. She also encountered several people who appeared to be on drugs, one of whom asked her to promise to never use drugs.

“It wasn’t like the movies,” she said.

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Mugshot of Madison Aranda provided by Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

Aranda is back in Los Angeles now, for a bit. She recently graduated from Roosevelt High in Boyle Heights and plans to attend Arizona State this fall. She had been in Phoenix celebrating her mother’s birthday Sunday. Her grandfather won a pack of Diamondbacks tickets at a silent auction and brought a dozen family members.

When she told them her plan to run on the field, her grandfather joked that he would leave her in jail. Her parents were there to pick her up, and Aranda said they demonstrated more concern than anger. Her mom was most upset when she saw Aranda’s subsequent tweet, her 20-second video of the incident captioned, “It was worth it.”

After it spread and gathered 800,000 views, Aranda deleted the video. She later re-posted it with a different caption: #ibleedblue. She remains a Dodger fan and a Bellinger fan — because of his talent, his height, and his looks, she said.

“I’m also very fond of Corey Seager,” she said. “But shortstop is a lot farther than right field.”

She noted Bellinger’s postgame comments, when he said he sensed she was harmless. She thought that was because she had been yelling out her love for him all night. She had hoped he’d be more enthusiastic about her trip to see him.

“It seemed like he was like, ‘Here we go again,'” she said.

She saw dozens of tweets and Instagram replies to her video reasoning that she must have been drunk, or that she had a mental illness. She does not, she said, and she was sober.

“First of all, I’m 18, so there’s no way I would be able to get alcohol at the stadium,” Aranda said. “And there’s no way my family would get me alcoholic beverages anywhere.”

She also found humor in the circumstances of her viral turn. She laughed at another incoming ASU freshman who wrote, somewhere, that she was the type of person he wanted to meet in college.

“I can say that it was a lesson learned,” she said. “The experience was good for me because I live and I learn. I definitely don’t want to be in that position again. Not to say that I wanted to get arrested before, but I definitely do not want to go back to jail.”

Still, she said, if that jail time was the extent of her punishment, it was worth the exhilaration of her crime. But she does not yet know the extent of her punishment. She must return to Arizona for a July 10 court date, where she could be fined. Given that, she said, it was probably not worth it — not for her, not for others.

“The penalties are gonna get worse,” she warned. “It’s best to just stay in the stands. Your time will come.”

On Tuesday night, another young fan ran into Chase Field’s outfield, seconds after the game ended. The boy, a minor, spent the night in a juvenile facility. His father, who followed him onto the field, was arrested and processed similarly to Aranda.

“I’m probably to blame for that,” Aranda said.

She saw what Justin Turner said after that game, that the trend was “ridiculous” and unsafe. On Wednesday, she went live on her Instagram account, taking questions from followers. One girl said she’d been thinking about making the jump and asked for her advice.

“Don’t,” Aranda said. “Don’t.”

 

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June 29, 2019    Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
June 28, 2019    Detroit Tigers recalled LF Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.

June 19, 2019    Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
June 18, 2019    Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.

June 14, 2019    Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
June 13, 2019    Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.

May 30, 2019    Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
May 28, 2019    Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.

May 2, 2019       Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
April 30, 2019    Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.

Poor guy can’t get more than 2 days. 

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