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Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:47 pm
by brian
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:43 pm
depends on the post season. If Yankees lose to the Red Sox and Dodgers don't even make the playoffs. Bidding for Harper will go through the roof.
Yeah, I'm not sure it really matters. It's going through the roof regardless (unless he gets injured).
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:47 am
by Giff
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:46 pm
by tennbengal
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 1:59 pm
by brian
Celebrities, they're just like us!
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:00 pm
by Joe K
Is Josh Donaldson washed? Because if he still has anything left that’s a nice pickup by Cleveland. They needed another bat.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:27 pm
by mister d
If you aren’t losing a legit prospect, you totally pay to see what’s left.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:50 am
by Sabo
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:00 am
by tennbengal
Yes. And I mean this, the fanbase mostly doesn't deserve him.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:38 am
by Sabo
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:00 am
Yes. And I mean this, the fanbase mostly doesn't deserve him.
I agree. I'm amazed at the percentage of Reds fans who hate Votto.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:10 pm
by EnochRoot
Sabo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:38 am
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:00 am
Yes. And I mean this, the fanbase mostly doesn't deserve him.
I agree. I'm amazed at the percentage of Reds fans who hate Votto.
I mean, he is
only 12th all time in on base percentage, and 17th in OPS.
So yeah, fuck that Canuck.
He's a guy I'd be willing to unload legit prospects for (if I'm Brian Cashman) to entice the Reds into committing into a legit, full-on rebuild.
Holy shit - Votto in front of Judge and Stanton? What's his career OBP anyway? .600?
Love that stat from earlier this summer where since the beginning of 2010, Votto has popped out a grand total of 7 times and that the MLB average during that timespan would be 127 times.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:50 pm
by GoodKarma
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 2:10 pm
Sabo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:38 am
tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:00 am
Yes. And I mean this, the fanbase mostly doesn't deserve him.
I agree. I'm amazed at the percentage of Reds fans who hate Votto.
I mean, he is
only 12th all time in on base percentage, and 17th in OPS.
So yeah, fuck that Canuck.
He's a guy I'd be willing to unload legit prospects for (if I'm Brian Cashman) to entice the Reds into committing into a legit, full-on rebuild.
Holy shit - Votto in front of Judge and Stanton? What's his career OBP anyway? .600?
Love that stat from earlier this summer where since the beginning of 2010, Votto has popped out a grand total of 7 times and that the MLB average during that timespan would be 127 times.
It's too bad he has a no trade clause. I think his mental health/anxiety challenges make him unlikely to ever leave Cincinnati
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:52 pm
by mister d
The aging curve is why I wouldn't want his contract in NY at this point.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:11 pm
by EnochRoot
mister d wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:52 pm
The aging curve is why I wouldn't want his contract in NY at this point.
Even if the Yankees could create a package where Ellsbury's going back with some prospects that may or may not ever pan out?
That said, the guy's got a ridiculous hitter's eye. I'd be willing to mortgage any of a couple of MiL arms not named Justus Sheffield to make that happen.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:48 pm
by Ryan
Can we talk about old Reds that matter?!?
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 4:08 pm
by mister d
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:09 pm
by brian
I'll take most predictable future tweets from the beginning of the season, Alex.
What is:
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:37 pm
by mister d
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 4:11 pmEven if the Yankees could create a package where Ellsbury's going back with some prospects that may or may not ever pan out?
Eh ... his isoP drop this season isn't very promising. Might rather just let Ellsbury be dead money versus creating new dead money later down the road.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:36 am
by A_B
Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:48 pm
Can we talk about old Reds that matter?!?
DAT DUDE!
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:30 pm
by brian
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:24 pm
by Joe K
brian wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:09 pm
I'll take most predictable future tweets from the beginning of the season, Alex.
What is:
Ohtani is amazing, even if the pitching injuries are a let down. He’s homered in 3 of his last 5 at bats and is up to a .958 OPS on the season. For a guy his age that is seriously impressive.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:49 pm
by Giff
Basically sounds like Minute Maid New England.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:36 pm
by EnochRoot
Joe K wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:24 pm
brian wrote: ↑Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:09 pm
I'll take most predictable future tweets from the beginning of the season, Alex.
What is:
Ohtani is amazing, even if the pitching injuries are a let down. He’s homered in 3 of his last 5 at bats and is up to a .958 OPS on the season. For a guy his age that is seriously impressive.
The only question is whether or not the ROY award is unanimous.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:47 pm
by mister d
I’ll take “very not”.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:10 pm
by EnochRoot
mister d wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:47 pm
I’ll take “very not”.
Yeah. The Rays writer will vote for Wendle and I guess Torres will get a vote or two..But unless Torres goes all
Miggy Tejada and carries the Yankees on his back to a division title, it’ll be Ohtani in a landslide.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:15 pm
by A_B
It won’t be unanimous but otahni deserves it.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:48 am
by EdRomero
Giff wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:49 pm
Basically sounds like Minute Maid New England.
Astros and Texans in town -- good weekend to visit. Dombrowski is not much of a bullpen builder
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:25 am
by Rex
So this week I got to see the longest home run in the Statcast Era. Had it been an inning earlier I would have had a fair chance of catching (outwrestling someone for) it.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:32 pm
by L-Jam3
24 Twins up, 24 Twins down. Turn on MLB Network now.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:39 pm
by Rex
Oh yeah, I've definitely heard of this guy.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:45 pm
by Ryan
Grossman wrecks
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 4:57 pm
by Moreta
The Tigers organization has been pretty bad at baseball of late but they did a stellar job with their event planning around the jersey retirements for Morris and Trammell and the 50th anniversary of the ‘68 championship.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:43 am
by mister d
DENVER — Cody Bellinger jogged out to center field in Sunday’s sixth inning at Coors Field. Two innings later, he jogged back to first base. The reigning National League rookie of the year played only three innings of the Dodgers’ crucial 9-6 victory over the Rockies, but he played two positions.
As rare as it sounds, it has become rote. Bellinger has now appeared at first base in 102 games this season, and in center field some 60 times.
“It’s just normal to me now,” Bellinger said. “People say it’s weird. It’s normal.”
It is normal to few others. Only three major-leaguers have matched Bellinger’s feat of at least 60 appearances at the two positions, according to Baseball-Reference.com. Phil Cavarretta split time for the 1942 Cubs. Lee Mazzilli managed it for the 1980 Mets. And Nick Swisher did it for the 2008 White Sox.
“That,” Swisher said, “is super fucking cool.”
https://theathletic.com/514873/2018/09/ ... e-stretch/
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 11:26 am
by sancarlos
I miss Nick Swisher.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:26 pm
by brian
I legitimately hoped Verlander would throw a no-hitter against the Tigers today if only because it would have been an amazing spectacle on several levels (and JV getting a third no-hitter is something I hope happens one day regardless). Still, got a little dusty as he received the standing ovation going to the mound.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:54 pm
by Steve of phpBB
So. Any interesting pennant races going on?
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:03 pm
by EnochRoot
No.
Gary Sanchez sucks.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:09 pm
by mister d
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:37 pm
by EnochRoot
Not sure what you're implying, but I'll just add that being on a team with other shitty catchers doesn't make your shit stink less.
Flip Sanchez, (Chance) Adams and Florial in the off season for Realmuto.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:43 pm
by mister d
Throw in Sheffield and Torres and see if you can get Starlin Castro to play 2B. So sick of Torres’ sloppy errors.
Re: 2018 MLB Week 1
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:17 pm
by EnochRoot
mister d wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:43 pm
Throw in Sheffield and Torres and see if you can get Starlin Castro to play 2B. So sick of Torres’ sloppy errors.
Nah. Torres is far closer to being a perennial all-star than a potential washout, but you know this.. Sheffield is a coin toss (again, if you're honest). Florial was to chum the waters.
