Rockies General Manager Jeff Bridich steps down and Greg Feasel has been named Club President. pic.twitter.com/nk3HyHYBu8— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) April 26, 2021
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 April 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
For Jacob deGrom Needs His Own Thread:
http://www.billjamesonline.com/jacob_degrom_deserves_better/
There's a chart in there that shows "Most Starts with Chance To Win When Leaving Game Since 2014," and how unlucky deGrom's been compared to the others. So above and beyond the lack of run support, his bullpen makes the situation that much worse.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 12:00 (three years ago) link
cubs seem to be waking up
or not
at least we can always count on degrom's lack of support in this crazy world
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 April 2021 03:18 (three years ago) link
insane
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 07:42 (three years ago) link
sometimes nick pivetta is just the better pitcher
― ✖, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
lmao
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
i'm not *mad* because lol yankees, but this was the bottom of the 10th today in baltimore with the game tied 3-3
Jonathan Loaisiga pitching.Ramon Urias placed on second.- Pat Valaika batting Pitch 1: bunted foul Pitch 2: sac bunt 2-4 at 1B; Urias moves to third- Cedric Mullins batting Pitch 1: called strike Pitch 2: sac fly to center; Urias scores, BAL wins 4-3
- Pat Valaika batting Pitch 1: bunted foul Pitch 2: sac bunt 2-4 at 1B; Urias moves to third
- Cedric Mullins batting Pitch 1: called strike Pitch 2: sac fly to center; Urias scores, BAL wins 4-3
so the guy threw four pitches, all for strikes, did not allow a hit, and took the loss. at least the run is unearned, but jfc
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 April 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
Let’s not pretend that pitchers wins and loses made any sense to begin with.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 April 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
wins and losses for relievers in particular makes so little sense that it kinda warms my heart to know they still do it
― frogbs, Thursday, 29 April 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
xp lol true -- and i'm not actually worried about loiasiga's record as much as that a team can do everything right and still lose because there's a magic runner on second. two sacrifices should not score a run
(and yeah, they should have scored in the top of the inning, but nevertheless)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 April 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
it’s really bad
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 April 2021 23:02 (three years ago) link
Only 5 teams in the AL have a positive runs differential.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 30 April 2021 00:51 (three years ago) link
Dodgers are on their ninth pitcher tonight. (Truthfully, I'm not even sure if that's extremely rare or not really all that rare today.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 May 2021 03:38 (three years ago) link
i wouldn’t say it’s extremely rare, but in this case it’s because their starter left with elbow pain in the second
btw i guess we can pump the brakes on those ‘will the dodgers win 120 games’ stories
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 May 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
Dodgers brought in one more pitcher, 10 for the game, and this wasn't even mentioned in the game account on mlb.com. So I guess that answers my question.
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 May 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
That was a great game.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 2 May 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Beaty and Pollock combined for 15 RBIs today wow
― frogbs, Sunday, 2 May 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
obviously something was wrong with clayton kershaw today, because he walked javier baez. if i'm reading the stats right, baez had one walk before today in the 2021 season, while kershaw had only walked five batters so far in the 2021 season.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
dallas keuchel with seven scoreless innings and just one strikeout
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
baltimore's got a no-no goin'
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
Was confused about deGrom not starting; out for a few days.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 01:07 (three years ago) link
The Los Angeles Angels are releasing future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols today, per sources. Pujols is in the final year of his 10-year, $253 million contract.— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) May 6, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
OH SHIT
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
i guess i will take this to Prince Albert Pujols, he reigneth but i really hope/expect that he will in a cardinals uniform for a few home games at the end
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
cardinals broadcasters say "they've heard word that albert wants to keep playing, continue his journey", so hopefully that's a good sign for that.
at the same moment, they played a recent clip of him hitting a HR, and it really did look like he was painfully limping out of the batter's box for his 40-45 second HR trot
there's an alternate history out there where injuries didn't destroy him so early. even his early-on destroyed version from the early Angels years were pretty great, considering
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
I guess outright release is best option? Sitting him down doesn't work--Pujols wouldn't accept it--and even the Cardinals won't offer anything in a symbolic trade. Feels strange, though...Must have happened to other HOF'ers.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
Sitting him down doesn't work
sadly, i think just about every team in baseball has better bench options
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
putting aside whether pujols would accept it, i mean. you'd need an extra bench guy to pinch-run for him in case he gets on base
667 HRs
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
he can hit 110 more over the next 5 years in Colorado
― frogbs, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Kinda sad, he obviously made the angels worse but I was always hoping he'd win a WS with them, old man pujols' presence was one of the things that made them a fun team
I have to think this means Marsh is coming up soon with Walsh taking over at 1st
― ✖, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
(xpost) Right--benching doesn't work for him or the team...Your move, Detroit.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
(Different situation, I realize.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
when the shift is Good
Heads-up Gleyb. pic.twitter.com/Xf9O15t77K— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 6, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
that’s amazing. gotta be E-2?
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
or E-6 - why the hell isn’t he firing to the catcher?
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
because the catcher was backing up third base, and no one covered home, so there was no one to throw to, i think. wacky play!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
can’t charge an error for mental mistakes/poor positioning! kind of a bad play by the catcher, who was never going to beat gleyber to third yet went so far that he couldn’t then beat gleyber home. but the real culprit is the pitcher, who just watched the whole thing.
Gleyber Torres scores from first on a ground ball when the shifted Astros don't cover third OR home -- with #MLBFieldVision tracking pic.twitter.com/qCrosth0Os— David Adler (@_dadler) May 6, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:44 (three years ago) link
Amazing. They all deserve errors. Correa actually just... flips to Bregman for some reason as Gleybz races home.
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
yeah, i was watching that animation, trying to figure out who was at fault. didn't even notice the pitcher dot not moving , even when it was clear that there was a footrace to home. although, tbh i think he was probably just like me, looking at the plays at second and third and going ...wtf?
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
i know it's just anecdotal, but even factoring in normal early-season weirdness, players getting into mid-season form, etc, it seems like this year has been _exceptionally_ sloppy in the field. way more "little league" plays than i'm used to, at least for cardinal games, and it's on all sides
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:50 (three years ago) link
i also missed about the last 3 weeks of games but i did dutifully look through a lot of box scores to review
Would it be crazy to go to a game in June?
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Thursday, 6 May 2021 23:12 (three years ago) link
I went to the A's game on Monday
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 6 May 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
You felt ok?
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Thursday, 6 May 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
I'm vaxxed and so are my friends. Wore a mask. Huge gaps between different groups. Seemed fine to me.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 7 May 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
Sounds awesome. Would love to get a game in soon, but my wife's a little reluctant.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Friday, 7 May 2021 01:28 (three years ago) link
Ohtani home runs leader.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 7 May 2021 02:42 (three years ago) link
i bought a ticket to a cubs game in a couple of weeks after reading this article: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/take-me-out-to-the-socially-distanced-ballgame/ which details all the measures they're taking at wrigley (and also i am vaxxed up)
i looked at going to a white sox game but they aren't selling single tickets at all right now as far as i could tell
― na (NA), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
looking forward to smokies-chattanooga in july. very airy environs.
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link