2023 MLB Spring Training

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Feb 17, 2023 7:17 am

Pitches and Catchers are reporting....unless you are Stephen Strasbourg...he is hurt again.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Feb 22, 2023 4:18 pm

Yo. The Reds are torturing their players. Needless cruelty (with sound up).

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Feb 22, 2023 6:02 pm

I have an aunt and uncle who have a winter place outside of Phoenix. They have spent some time as ushers for spring training games for the Reds.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:59 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:31 pm

People are going to love it until a name pitcher blows out and blames it or fatigue becomes an obvious detriment to overall quality.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:41 pm

There are 5 name pitchers

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:49 pm

Sometimes you gotta break a few rotator cuffs to make an omelet

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:50 pm

It seems so rushed! I dont mind a pitch clock but 15 seems a little quick. Even bumping it up to 20 would be a lot better.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Fri Feb 24, 2023 11:45 pm

Manny Machado became the first violator. He later said, "I might be down 0-1 a lot this year."

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:16 am

Ryan wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:41 pm There are 5 name pitchers

Go.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:47 am

Ambiorix Burgos

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:19 pm

i reserve the right to (continually) change my mind but after watching 2 innings today holy cow the game moves along and I like it.

(this coming from someone who has never consciously cared about pacing - it's what i've always enjoyed about baseball, the calmness...but this could be fun.)

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:55 pm

Anybody else flashing back to Skyrim when waiting between innings, listening to the percussion score on MLB.TV?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:47 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:55 pm Anybody else flashing back to Skyrim when waiting between innings, listening to the percussion score on MLB.TV?

raises hand

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:55 pm

By the nines!

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:50 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:21 pm

Small curiosity, how some team unis are changing this season as sleeve-ads are phased in.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:04 pm

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:48 pm

Pedro Baez was the first dude I thought of when they were kicking around the rule for the pitch clock. He makes Steve Trachsel look like Bob Gibson in a rush so his car doesn’t get towed in comparison.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:51 am

I guess the Orioles wanted a pitcher to get some game action, because the Pirates batted in the bottom of the 9th while leading 7-4. Oh, and the umps all left.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:28 pm

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:36 pm

That's majestic.

Maybe instead of always penalizing, we should reward pitchers who get guys out the fastest. :20 strikeout gets you a free steak or something.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:02 pm

Scherzer already adjusting lol

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:40 am

Rex wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:36 pm That's majestic.

Maybe instead of always penalizing, we should reward pitchers who get guys out the fastest. :20 strikeout gets you a free steak or something.

Roy Oswalt agrees.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:32 pm

This is cheating, but what a pic

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:44 pm

So the Red Sox tried out a workaround from the shift ban MLB implemented this season.

It’s amazing how shortsighted MLB can be sometimes.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 7:39 pm

I assume every team will try a version of that shift. But it’ll work particularly well for the Red Sox against lefty pull hitters, with the short distance to the left field wall at Fenway.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:25 pm

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 4:33 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:44 pm So the Red Sox tried out a workaround from the shift ban MLB implemented this season.

It’s amazing how shortsighted MLB can be sometimes.

I feel like we talked about this when they were kicking around the ban. Poking a liner to left (in a situation like this) would seem more difficult than dropping a bunt down third pre-ban, but now the payoff would seem even better, because that’s a minimum stand-up double.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:09 pm

My visceral negative reaction bordering on hate for seeing that is real.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:13 pm

The current rules prevent the SS or 3B from playing LF, right?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:54 pm

Yup. Two in the dirt on each side.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:01 pm

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 8:34 pm

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:56 am

There's a guy on Team Italy's World Baseball Classic roster related to Rocky Marciano.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:16 pm

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:21 pm

Open tryouts coming for the Yankees?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:31 pm

Here come all the nerds to say "every Yankee injury is framed as minor at first and there's a correlation between forearm pain and eventual elbow blowouts" and I'm here to say "shut the fuck up, I've very aware of this and yes that would be his 2nd TJ which is a huge issue".

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:11 pm

6 years and 162 million?????

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:23 pm

Carlos Pavano