general 2021 MLB discussion thread

WANDER FRANCO. MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN. pic.twitter.com/477deDm7M7

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 23, 2021

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— Emma Baccellieri (@emmabaccellieri) June 23, 2021

This is def the first game I ever tuned into a game specifically for a players debut, and I definitely yelled when he hit that jack

First PA was a walk that started 0-2 on two foul balls, it was a gutsy walk if such a thing exists

DOUBLE HELL YEAH WANDER BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME

I missed the HR (of course), but saw the walk (great discipline: 0-2, two borderline strikes), the hard out, and he just crushed that double.

That's all I need to see: I'm shopping for one of those $10,000 rookie cards right now.

Hell of a double play!!!! (maybe)

The stage is set!

Really dug that ball out of the dirt

oh that doesn't look good

True grit from Vogey. 😥 pic.twitter.com/sbjSfcM0ft

— Bally Sports Wisconsin (@BallySportWI) June 23, 2021

smdh

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i went to Gausman vs. Ohtani epic game today. it was a amazing with lots of Giants fans there, now i need to go watch it on TV.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31693901/fix-baseball-mlb-working-plan

At the coaching level, less launch angle and more Rod Carews? But maybe that doesn't pay off in wins, I don't know.

I still think the strike zone is too generous, especially in the higher area.

Pretty sure every single starting pitcher that began the season with the Cleveland Baseballs is now on the DL.

nola w ten straight strikeouts, tying tom seaver's record.. facing alonso now to break it

alonso slapped at a tough down and away pitch w two strikes & got a double

Damn, single...But there's a record just for first-x-outs-were-strikeouts, right?

Double, I meant.

I feel if they are going to try and reduce the three true outcomes, they also need to do something to discourage the home run / all or nothing mentality. If they want to move the mound back, also move the fences back.

singles are now homers, homers are now outs, triples are the same, doubles are singles

I don’t think any of the ideas in the article are particularly great.

I don’t mind 7 inning doubleheaders though, because it speeds up the pace of play and makes those games a little more unique.

moving the fences back would be amazing but it's literally impossible in some (many?) parks and would cut into seating

i think i'm on record as being in favor of 7 innings games in general

like..... if you can't get it done in 7 innings maybe you can't get it done

7 inning games could theoretically cut back on reliever usage…or just entrench it idk

teams wouldn't need to carry as many pitchers on their rosters, you'd think

- deaden the ball even more
- move the fences back
- enlarge the bases
- move the rubber back
- 7-inning games
- no ghost runner
- no shift constraints

i mean while i'm dreaming might as well with:

- no d.h.

horrific

MLB is dead wrong about absolutely everything baseball fans like about baseball https://t.co/AJ1KngPnaK

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) June 24, 2021

'the NBA can do it, why can't we?'

That hat is like if the Yankees were an early 00s expansion team.

Orioles came back in the late innings and won on the road, so that's different

like..... if you can't get it done in 7 innings maybe you can't get it done

― Tracer Hand, Friday, June 25, 2021 6:44 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

if you can't get it done in 4 innings....

i’m not a monster!

The MLB are a bunch of idiots dead-set on killing the golden goose.

i’m not a monster!

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, June 26, 2021 9:21 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

you're letting manfred boil your frogs!

D-BACKS ROAD WIN

streak ends at 24

pretty sure ✖ called it

Degrom punches wall after giving up 2 earned runs - out for season

Lolwut

Sorry, that turns out to be false

i was gonna say

Braves might want to have a review of who covers what in their outfield, they came close to having collisions on 4 plays today, only one of which really cost them.

Fundamentals schumduntamentals...

So this Bauer news is some strange shit. A restraining order and then his agent releasing details of their (Bauer and the woman with the order against him) sex life.

oh no bud selig is in the nytxw today, in a much too flattering fashion

Brew Crew continue to demolish the record books

Milwaukee's Aaron Ashby is the first pitcher in the modern era to start, go less than an inning and allow 7+ runs in his MLB debut.

— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) June 30, 2021

looks like only 4 of the runs were earned, though. and i'll still take that over Mike Mayers' debut in 2016 (1.1 IP, 9 ER)

Manager Mike Matheny, desperate for innings coverage, stuck with Mayers until the righty completed the 45-pitch frame. Once Mayers allowed three more runs in the second, his manager left for the mound to make a pitching change and offer a message.

"What I told him when he came off was that he's done a great job, had a great season, and that's a tough assignment he just walked into," said Matheny. "Hopefully he uses that as a learning experience and builds off of it."

Brewers now have the lead lmao