2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:43 am

For the runner on 2nd base in extra innings, if that runner scores is it an inherited run or an earned run?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:43 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:43 am For the runner on 2nd base in extra innings, if that runner scores is it an inherited run or an earned run?

Totally unearned.

And I don't love the runner on second rule, but 7 game doubleheaders I have no real issue with.

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:47 am

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:43 am
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:43 am For the runner on 2nd base in extra innings, if that runner scores is it an inherited run or an earned run?
Totally unearned.

And I don't love the runner on second rule, but 7 game doubleheaders I have no real issue with.

I dunno. That seems like a lot of baseball for one day.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:50 am

brian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:47 am
A_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:43 am
degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:43 am For the runner on 2nd base in extra innings, if that runner scores is it an inherited run or an earned run?
Totally unearned.

And I don't love the runner on second rule, but 7 game doubleheaders I have no real issue with.
I dunno. That seems like a lot of baseball for one day.

But we could be done with the season in a month! I'm stoopid.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:02 pm

Aaaand the grounds crew is now out from behind the wall digging a grave out on the warning track for Johnson, who has just thrown his 238th pitch...

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:14 pm

Bryce Harper and the Phillies just pulled off the super common 9-6 force out at 2B.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:12 pm

I fucking hate the runner on second rule with the passion not a white hot sun.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:35 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:12 pm I fucking hate the runner on second rule with the passion not a white hot sun.

I don't hate but it should be from the 13th on.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:48 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:35 pm
A_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:12 pm I fucking hate the runner on second rule with the passion not a white hot sun.
I don't hate but it should be from the 13th on.

Did the fucking blue jays give up five in the tenth?!?!?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:48 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:12 pm I fucking hate the runner on second rule with the passion not a white hot sun.

Yeah. It's hideous.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:16 pm

I wanna see deGrom hit the open market just to see if someone pays him $50 million per. He has more RBI's for himself than runs allowed and he's on pace for 400 strikeouts.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:29 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:16 pm I wanna see deGrom hit the open market just to see if someone pays him $50 million per. He has more RBI's for himself than runs allowed and he's on pace for 400 strikeouts.

He’s a hall of famer on talent and very little numbers to show for it.but the customer young’s help.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Apr 23, 2021 10:36 pm

The Reds should stop batting Suarez third. (And i should stop picking him in DFS)

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:34 am

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:12 pm
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:16 pm So the Yankees are a dumpster fire.
Yeah but they're only a tiny bit underwater on run differential.

The Cubs have the worst run differential in the Majors going into today with the second-easiest schedule so far.

I'm thinking that dynasty might not materialize after all.

The Cubs scored 15 yesterday, after scoring 16 on Wednesday. Those 31 runs are more than a third of their season total.

Baseball.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:06 pm

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:41 am

In case there's someone who hasn't seen this yet ...

(Edited to use better version)

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:23 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 11:06 pm

They ran into the Means Machine today!

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 5:29 pm

D-Backs play a doubleheader in Atlanta today and give up 1 hit total. Gallen with the 1-hit shutout and Baumgarner with the no-hitter! (which doesn't count)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:06 pm

Bumgarner can suck it but it would be insane for that not to count.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:38 pm

I'd like to see what was the change in team batting average for Atlanta from yesterday to today.

I'm bit more interested in baseball right now, because I'm hopeful that both the Giants and the A's might be competitive this season.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun Apr 25, 2021 10:01 pm

Just need to go ahead and change the rules and let the Padres and Dodgers do the World Series thing this year.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 1:53 pm

In my 40 years of watching baseball, no team makes me say "what? These fucking guys again?" more than the St. Louis Cardinals.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:19 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 1:53 pm In my 40 years of watching baseball, no team makes me say "what? These fucking guys again?" more than the St. Louis Cardinals.

Still can't believe the Rockies gifted them Arenado.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:55 pm

Yankees @ O's

Bot 10, tied 3-3:

Ramon Arias starts the inning as the runner on 2B.

Pat Valaika successfully bunts Arias over to 3rd: Sanchez to LeMahieu (covering 1B on the play).

So, tie game with the winning run on 3rd. Cedric Mullins is up.

Walk him and then walk Hays (due up next) to load the bases to try for a DP?

Or, just pitch to Cedric and let him lift a fly ball to CF and test Aaron Hicks' arm against the handpicked runner from the O's bench who is now on 3rd?

Man. I knew the Yankees were too one dimensional, but damn, it's worse than I thought.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:57 pm

Yeah, unless the matchups say otherwise, I don't get not walking into a force once you have a runner on 3B.

(And Mullins is not a matchup you avoid the force to keep in place.)

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:23 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:57 pm Yeah, unless the matchups say otherwise, I don't get not walking into a force once you have a runner on 3B.

(And Mullins is not a matchup you avoid the force to keep in place.)

Of course, the # of runs (0) you scored in the top of the 10th plays into your math, but man...Boone sat there postgame and said he didn't even consider walking Mullins.

That just hurts my brain.

And Boston had one of those types of wins last night that a waxing Bob Costas might blather on about to explain why the upstart, 92 win BoSox are headed to the ALCS. That game where Pivetta stood toe-to-toe with deGrom, who was in the middle of a once in a generation season.

He'd also work in the fact that Garret Whitlock pitched two scoreless IP in relief, too.

Ugh. I need a drink.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:33 pm

I like to convince myself that the Yankees hired Boone just to troll the Red Sox about 2003.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:57 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:55 pm Yankees @ O's

Bot 10, tied 3-3:

Ramon Arias starts the inning as the runner on 2B.

Pat Valaika successfully bunts Arias over to 3rd: Sanchez to LeMahieu (covering 1B on the play).

So, tie game with the winning run on 3rd. Cedric Mullins is up.

Walk him and then walk Hays (due up next) to load the bases to try for a DP?

Or, just pitch to Cedric and let him lift a fly ball to CF and test Aaron Hicks' arm against the handpicked runner from the O's bench who is now on 3rd?

Man. I knew the Yankees were too one dimensional, but damn, it's worse than I thought.

You don't get to handpick the runner right? Isn't it the guy who made the last out in previous inning? Or can you pinch run?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:05 pm

EdRomero wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:33 pm I like to convince myself that the Yankees hired Boone just to troll the Red Sox about 2003.

Pretty sure he’s there to manage the guys in a relaxed anti-Girardi way and agreed to just do what the front office says.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:35 am

Hell of a game yesterday by Taylor Trammell of the Mariners. Hits a solo HR for the only run of the game and ends it with a sliding grab in CF.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:53 am

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:57 pm
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:55 pm Yankees @ O's

Bot 10, tied 3-3:

Ramon Arias starts the inning as the runner on 2B.

Pat Valaika successfully bunts Arias over to 3rd: Sanchez to LeMahieu (covering 1B on the play).

So, tie game with the winning run on 3rd. Cedric Mullins is up.

Walk him and then walk Hays (due up next) to load the bases to try for a DP?

Or, just pitch to Cedric and let him lift a fly ball to CF and test Aaron Hicks' arm against the handpicked runner from the O's bench who is now on 3rd?

Man. I knew the Yankees were too one dimensional, but damn, it's worse than I thought.
You don't get to handpick the runner right? Isn't it the guy who made the last out in previous inning? Or can you pinch run?

You can pinch run.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:54 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:05 pm
EdRomero wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:33 pm I like to convince myself that the Yankees hired Boone just to troll the Red Sox about 2003.
Pretty sure he’s there to manage the guys in a relaxed anti-Girardi way and agreed to just do what the front office says.

They’ve been reduced to beer league softball with half the blogs writing a few thousand daily words about exit velocity.

This..sucks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:28 am

Yeah, one place I diverge from full analytics is in the L/R thing in lineup construction. If your 7th and 9th best hitters are your only lefties, they shouldn't hit 7th and 9th. Even ignoring relievers and handedness and the fact that they play in the best offensive stadium for lefties ... Judge, Stanton, Sanchez, Torres, Frazier, Voit when he comes back are all very similar in terms of how a righty would attack them. That has to help a starter establish a rhythm that would otherwise be broken by varierty in the lineup.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 10:05 am

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:28 am Yeah, one place I diverge from full analytics is in the L/R thing in lineup construction. If your 7th and 9th best hitters are your only lefties, they shouldn't hit 7th and 9th. Even ignoring relievers and handedness and the fact that they play in the best offensive stadium for lefties ... Judge, Stanton, Sanchez, Torres, Frazier, Voit when he comes back are all very similar in terms of how a righty would attack them. That has to help a starter establish a rhythm that would otherwise be broken by varierty in the lineup.

That’s a great point, and speaks to one of the commandments of lineup construction.

Btw, I too woke up with general soreness today. Of course, I’m 50 years old with a quasi-beer gut.

Post by **brian** » Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:18 pm

In case you're wondering why no one is wearing a mask on the benches for Tigers/Yankees tonight.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sat May 01, 2021 1:39 pm

Goodrum getting hit by a batted ball running from 2nd to 3rd is all you need to know about the Tigers season.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sat May 01, 2021 2:10 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 1:39 pm Goodrum getting hit by a batted ball running from 2nd to 3rd is all you need to know about the Tigers season.

He wasn't even looking at the ball.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Sun May 02, 2021 8:55 am

More awful umpiring. Bryce Harper got thrown out for arguing from the dugout.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun May 02, 2021 10:36 am

Can't it be like the French Open and they look at the mark on the clay/dirt?
And i feel like Girardi's been arguing about something every day (justifiably so)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun May 02, 2021 10:42 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:36 am Can't it be like the French Open and they look at the mark on the clay/dirt?
And i feel like Girardi's been arguing about something every day (justifiably so)

It was pretty clear he didn’t go into the grass