2018 MLB Week 1

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Are we just making this the season-long thread?

Can we change the title?

Also, this is fun:
With the win last night, the Reds improve the record on Monday to 3 wins and 1 loss. They have outscored the opponents 26-10.

In games on all other days of the week, they are 1-17 and have been outscored 111-45.
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More importantly, it's good to see Sal Romano back on his feet.

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tennbengal wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 7:55 am Are we just making this the season-long thread?

Can we change the title?

Also, this is fun:
With the win last night, the Reds improve the record on Monday to 3 wins and 1 loss. They have outscored the opponents 26-10.

In games on all other days of the week, they are 1-17 and have been outscored 111-45.
maybe a monthly thread since we've come this far?
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New thread for every 4 Reds wins!
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Feel like I should write this thought out for future mockery, but the Yankees are legitimately looking like they might not have room for Machado.
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This was a fun game!
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Not sure how the Twins recover from that and pull themselves out of this early season spiral...<checks schedule - sees they host Reds this weekend>...never mind.
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Not a bad game so far. It's 10-8 in the 5th.
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The Giants may have a new closer.

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tennbengal wrote: Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:52 pm Not sure how the Twins recover from that and pull themselves out of this early season spiral...<checks schedule - sees they host Reds this weekend>...never mind.
Reds wins 2 out of 3!
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Corey Seager is done for the year with TJ surgery. Can I pack Manny’s bags?
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1st round knockout ...




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Charlie Morton is the Brady Anderson 50 homer season of this scandal, right?
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Totally uncharted territory.
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he's been punching Astros fans in the face since we got him...worthless piece of shit excuse for a closer
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TT2.0 wrote: Wed May 02, 2018 12:40 am he's been punching Astros fans in the face since we got him...worthless piece of shit excuse for a closer
I know! He's was fuckawful Monday night!
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Curious as to why Giles was even pitching to Sanchez there with the free base open?
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Not sure if you were watching, but it very much looked like a big dick moment on the mound. Hinch came out, they talked it over and then Giles tried to start him with the same slider he did the night before.
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mister d wrote: Wed May 02, 2018 8:46 am Not sure if you were watching, but it very much looked like a big dick moment on the mound. Hinch came out, they talked it over and then Giles tried to start him with the same slider he did the night before.
And it hung there, begging to get deposited out of the deepest of ballparks. On the one hand, I get why they’d go out there and set him straight on that AB (because ultimately they need to know if last year’s postseason meltdown is par for the course or not), but that situation begged for an IBB and for Aaron Hicks to beat you.
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Guess they shipped the pine tar to the visitor's clubhouse this week!
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“He was legit, man. He shoved it up our ---. He shoved it.” - Astros 3B Alex Bregman, on Luis Severino (CGSO @HOU)
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I have taken enough Ubers (well, Lyft, but still) that this sounds 100 percent accurate. The BFIB couldn't point out other cities on a map.

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Joey Votto is a national treasure.
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Natiounal tréasure.
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Eh, I don’t think there’s much of an overlap between people who drive for Uber here (who, in my experience, are mostly people just trying to make ends meet) and the BFIB, which is probably a more affluent group overall. It’s a funny quote from Votto, but I’m sure the drivers were just trying their best to make polite small talk and Pujols might’ve been the only player they knew of. A true BFIB would namedrop Molina and/or Wainwright instead of Pujols, and pretend that those guys were the “heart and soul” of those teams.
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Or talk about how much they hate Dexter Fowler. And Carlos Martinez. And I'm sure Marcell Ozuna.
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Well, sure it was just a cheap joke. The real BFIB would probably say now they're glad Votto beat Pujols that year because Pujols is a money-grubbing prima donna, etc., etc., etc.
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I was going to point out that 3000 H / 500 HR / 300 W aren't automatic bids anymore but they kinda still are. Everyone without a PED whisper is in.
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(And there's no way he gets there. At his current NL hit rate, he needs 981 more games. Thats > five more seasons of full-time starter duty for a 34 year old corner who has floated around the 105 OPS+ mark the last few seasons before his current bounce.)
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mister d wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 11:41 am (And there's no way he gets there. At his current NL hit rate, he needs 981 more games. Thats > five more seasons of full-time starter duty for a 34 year old corner who has floated around the 105 OPS+ mark the last few seasons before his current bounce.)
The whole point of the article is that he has a small chance, not that he's a lock or anything. (James puts it at 28 percent, I think it's closer to 10 percent based on the other comps I saw, but even 10 percent is a real, legitimate chance.)
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https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx? ... &page=2_30

I'm sure my dislike for Posnanski is factoring in here.
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(I feel really bad for him. He absolutely comes off as a jerk, or really is a jerk, but not of his offenses are all that bad and he's always seemed acutely aware of and somewhat burdened by the attention on him.)
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Quick - how old is Tyler Clippard? (I was 6 years off!)
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