(taillon seemed to be ok or i wouldn't call it wacky)
― na (NA), Monday, 8 April 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
and lester may have hurt himself hitting/running/sliding?
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 April 2019 19:35 (five years ago) link
"left hamstring tightness"
― na (NA), Monday, 8 April 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
javier baez gets a single by throwing the bat at the ball
haha, really? was it a hit and run pitch that he was desperate to hit or something?
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Monday, 8 April 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
https://www.mlb.com/video/baez-s-unique-rbi-single?t=most-popular
― na (NA), Monday, 8 April 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
i think it was just javy being javy
― na (NA), Monday, 8 April 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
Haha. Baez's reaction is hilarious. Gotta get them where they can, I guess. Cubbies are doing so bad.
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Monday, 8 April 2019 20:32 (five years ago) link
It’s really just been their pitching failing so far, right?
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Monday, 8 April 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
Which admittedly is an important part of the game of baseball
yeah the offense has been great so far, just lots of shitty pitching, both from the starters and the bullpen
― na (NA), Monday, 8 April 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
Congrats Chris Davis
― frogbs, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 01:50 (five years ago) link
Karl/na, yeah, definitely agree with that
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 01:52 (five years ago) link
I would just like to say that Dansby Swanson has been OTM in this season.
― ILX Halftime Shows Ranked — Which Was the Best? (WmC), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 02:08 (five years ago) link
Davis 0-5 tonight as the O's score 12
they are sending his existential torpor to Cooperstown
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 02:12 (five years ago) link
deGrom has the opposite of an infinite ERA--he's got a negative FIP of -0.24. Which means...he not only hasn't given up any runs, he stole back part of a run from the opposition.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 04:29 (five years ago) link
pirates and cubs have an off day today between game 1 and game 2 of their series. today it's sunny and 60 degrees, tomorrow will be rainy and in the high 30s. i don't get why they have these off days built into the early spring schedule if mlb doesn't provide the flexibility to move games around based on weather forecasts.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
Agreed, but the club's #1 objective is still to sell stadium seats and 40,000 people can't reschedule their social & professional lives based on the whimsy of a forecast.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
(my solution: pad the off-days toward the end of the series?)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
Shorten the season by 10 games, schedule a couple doubleheaders and start the season next week.
― brownie, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link
people like being at 'opening day', so pretty much every non-dome/california home opener has an an off day behind it. if the first attempt is rained out, they will honor those tickets on the next day
it does lead to weird things like a lot of teams being idle these last two fridays, which should be good attendance nights
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
tomorrow's game will be rained out so people will have to reschedule their lives anyways
― na (NA), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
archer: five-game suspensionpuig: two-game suspension
(david bell: one game)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 16:31 (five years ago) link
alex cora and charlie montoyo: first time puerto rican-born managers have faced each other
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
nationals are addressing their bullpen woes by signing . . . bud norris
-1.4 bWAR over the last four seasons
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
Hamilton scores from 2nd on a sac fly:
Developing story: Billy Hamilton is fast.#AlwaysRoyal pic.twitter.com/ChezuiAvOB— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) April 10, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 10:33 (five years ago) link
The Athletics are reportedly close to signing Edwin Jackson to a minor league deal.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 April 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
Has he been on the A’s before? Because if so, that’s not allowed for Edwin Jackson
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 April 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
started 17 games for them last year, and was effective!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 April 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
That’s great but he should really find a new team
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 April 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
ozzie albies extended, for what seems like not very much (7 years, $35m, two option years)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
and the two option years are only at $7m each
fire your agent, ozhaino
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2019 18:52 (five years ago) link
seriously, wtf
― ILX Halftime Shows Ranked — Which Was the Best? (WmC), Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
@jjcoop36I can also no longer rationalize a world where Randall Grichuk's contract extension is for less years and more money than Ozzie Albies.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
It's typical that agents criticize competitors' deals. But I've now heard from executives, players, analytics people, development side and scouts who are saying the same thing: The Ozzie Albies extension might be the worst contract ever for a player. And this is not hyperbole.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 11, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2019 19:15 (five years ago) link
I went to Cot's Baseball Contracts and Ozzie doesn't have an agent listed, so I don't know who to be mad at.
― The Carjackers Quickly Dumped ILX Once They Saw What Was Inside (WmC), Thursday, 11 April 2019 22:54 (five years ago) link
wouldn't he have made more money through the arbitration process, even? holy shit that's bad
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 April 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
saw someone saying that if you're an agent and your client (or his family) insists on signing a deal like this, the only honorable thing to do is resign
also that, as we know from things like david wright's contract, the teams hedge on deals by taking out insurance -- and maybe that's something the union should do for its young members, on the other side, as they await arbitration and free agency
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2019 23:10 (five years ago) link
if the going rate is still ~9M/WAR, then he will "earn" the entire $35 million with one year similar to his 2018.
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 April 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
Jose Ramirez is this year's Paul Goldschmidt.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 April 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
Khris Davis: has anyone ever had 9 HR by April 11?
― clemenza, Friday, 12 April 2019 02:54 (five years ago) link
can't find that: April record is 14
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 April 2019 11:47 (five years ago) link
the wind is blowing out at wrigley
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 April 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
i was at the game today and the two contreras HRs out of the park and the rizzo HR to the top of the bleachers were all pretty impressive
― na (NA), Friday, 12 April 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
10th for Davis, April 12th. Some comparisons:
Bonds, 2001 - 2McGwire, 1998 - 4 (hit three the next day)Sosa, 1998 - 2
Maris and Ruth started their seasons much later--they had 1 between them.
Khris Davis isn't good enough for me to want to root for him to break a major record. (Excuse tortured syntax.) And probably not good enough to sustain this anyway, I don't think. If he challenges .247 again, that I'd get caught up in.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 April 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link
otm. also he probably doesn't have many games left against the orioles
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 April 2019 03:18 (five years ago) link
yeah Davis is an edge case, he opened the season a week before the rest of league for what should have been exhibition games in Tokyo.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 April 2019 05:29 (five years ago) link
the other Chris Davis pinch-hit in the 9th tonight and lined out to end it.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 April 2019 06:25 (five years ago) link
Rox at Giants is going to the 14th, and I swear a shot of the scoreboard just now included its message "GAYLORD PERRY IS LEAVING AT 11:30"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 April 2019 06:30 (five years ago) link
16th, and we have Weird Baseball (midnight local time)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 April 2019 07:00 (five years ago) link
Morning update: giants win, 3-2 in 18 inningscue Ernie Banks saying “let’s play two!”
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 13 April 2019 13:33 (five years ago) link