2022 MLB General Season Chatter: Ghost Runners On The Half-Billion Dollar Infield

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uh Rowdy Tellez has 8 RBIs tonight

frogbs, Thursday, 5 May 2022 03:19 (two years ago) link

Wow. 18-4!!
Glad to see Tellez is hitting alright. I want him to play baseball for a long time.

fangraphs still giving the reds 0.1% to win the division

i’d like to see the details of that scenario

Fangraphs also still has the Orioles finishing with a worse record than the Reds, that's just mean

Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 5 May 2022 12:58 (two years ago) link

3-22 now, division starting to look out of reach

frogbs, Thursday, 5 May 2022 21:11 (two years ago) link

*suddenly, hundreds of 400-foot worms appeared and began attacking major US cities*

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 5 May 2022 21:19 (two years ago) link

four at home against the pirates this weekend

this is where the greatest comeback in mlb history begins

mookieproof, Thursday, 5 May 2022 22:00 (two years ago) link

The Jays announcers tonight said it's time to start the bring-Joey-home campaign. They're evidently under the impression he's playing well in the midst of all this.

clemenza, Thursday, 5 May 2022 23:45 (two years ago) link

More Mets magic as they score 7 runs in the 9th inning to beat the Phillies 8-7! What a rush.

Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 May 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link

That's crazy

Bee OK, Friday, 6 May 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link

Win probability was at 99.8% for the Phillies at the end of eight innings, so there is hope for the Reds.

Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 May 2022 03:42 (two years ago) link

speaking of which: https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/comeback-wins.shtml

mookieproof, Friday, 6 May 2022 04:12 (two years ago) link

Good lord, I had never heard about this game

https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/60th-anniversary-all-time-great-ninth-inning-comeback/

Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 6 May 2022 04:18 (two years ago) link

I'm surprised this game (which I was at) wasn't on the comeback list:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN200006300.shtml

First series at Shea after Rocker's 7 Train comments. They had to put netting over the Braves bullpen. Met's scored 10 in the 8th to come back from down 8-1. Place went bananas when Piazza hit the homer.

we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Friday, 6 May 2022 12:10 (two years ago) link

@Joelsherman1
Pirate starters enter today 0-10, 5.55 ERA, yet will have the far superior rotation in this series to the Reds (99 ERs/100 IP = 8.91 ERA). Worst rotation ERA ever: 6.64 by the '96 Tigers managed by Buddy Bell, father of current Reds mgr David Bell.

Andy K, Friday, 6 May 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link

erstwhile top-20 prospect mitch keller has not quite panned out

mookieproof, Friday, 6 May 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link

boston’s starting rotation has a 1.81 era over the last 14 games. they have conspired to go 4-10 over that span

Tracer Hand, Friday, 6 May 2022 21:39 (two years ago) link

What?

we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Friday, 6 May 2022 22:10 (two years ago) link

Six games were rained out today, that is a lot and must be a huge storm out there

Bee OK, Saturday, 7 May 2022 03:13 (two years ago) link

It’s mostly just pissing but it’s been pissing all day

pirates had to use an emergency catcher in the eighth inning today -- josh vanmeter thinks he last caught when he was 14 -- gave up seven runs, and lost to the mighty reds in the first game of a doubleheader

starting catcher pulled a hammy on the bases and the backup had already been ejected for chirping from the dugout. just as well pirates-reds games don't matter because that is dumb as hell

mookieproof, Sunday, 8 May 2022 00:15 (two years ago) link

Telling measure of how much offense is down this year: when I looked at Vladdy's line, his OPS+ this year (161) is almost equal to last year's (167), even though his basic slash stats are down quite a bit.

clemenza, Monday, 9 May 2022 12:55 (two years ago) link

I don't know if i've ever seen anything quite like the futility evinced by this year's Red Sox offense. every game is lost 3-1, 3-2, 1-0. It's really something.

Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 13:04 (two years ago) link

in the last 4 games they've scored 5 runs total

Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 13:06 (two years ago) link

yeah, this is a 101 wRC+ (almost exactly league average) line right now:

.239/.317/.348

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link

I don't know if i've ever seen anything quite like the futility evinced by this year's Red Sox offense. every game is lost 3-1, 3-2, 1-0. It's really something.

i imagine that might be like watching the brewers last year

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2022 20:07 (two years ago) link

Lifetime OPS
.682 - Deivi Cruz
.679 - Dee Strange-Gordon
.676 - MLB teams in 2022
.675 - Miguel Cairo
.673 - Yuniesky Betancourt
.672 - Neifi Perez

— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) May 5, 2022

mookieproof, Monday, 9 May 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link

heady stuff

look the yankees and dodgers are both in first place so all's right in manfred's world

Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link

yikes, we have entered the deivi/neifi bermuda triangle

“teams are going through juiced ball withdrawal, home runs are a hell of a drug, etc”

Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 May 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link

An interesting fact about former #Angels 1B Ji-Man Choi … pic.twitter.com/hmRRUuE3mm

— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) May 10, 2022

mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 02:52 (two years ago) link

Vin Scully for NBC Sunday Baseball intro;

His voice IS baseball.

Let the incredible @thevinscully welcome you back to @mlb on @nbc and @peacocktv. #MLBSundayLeadoff pic.twitter.com/br3dq9ZYy7

— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 8, 2022

Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 04:47 (two years ago) link

lol

The Pirates finally got their first win from a starter in their 28th game, a major league record to begin a season. The old mark was set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1988 when they started 0-21.

also snapped a 16-game losing streak vs the dodgers

mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 04:57 (two years ago) link

Guardians score 6 in top of the ninth to tie game. End up winning.

brownie, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 10:39 (two years ago) link

^^8 RBI for Toronto's (Mississauga's, technically) Josh Naylor--if I read it right, all in the last two innings without a HR?

clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link

he hit two homers

in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link

I swear I looked at the boxscore and missed that...really didn't make sense, though. Anyway, his minor-league career kind of paralleled Darren Shred's, the guy I coach in middle school who was drafted by the Reds, so I follow him. Darren got hurt (Reds could probably use him now), Naylor kept going.

clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link

("coached"--many years ago)

clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link

God, the Dodgers starting pitching right now...Six different guys have started games; one has an ERA of around 2.75, the other five have dead-ball-era ERAs.

clemenza, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 01:09 (two years ago) link

Stanton and Judge look like an excellent bet for 100+ HR (and 50+ each) if healthy--22 in 32 games. There must have been some 50+ teammates during the PED era.

clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link

None--surprised. Still only Maris/Mantle.

clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:09 (two years ago) link

really? i'm surprised as well. but yeah, guess there haven't been any.

"if healthy" is the key. stanton has had a very strange career

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:11 (two years ago) link

Looks like the two closest are Ruth (60)/Gehrig (47) in 1927, and A-Rod (52)/Palmeiro (47) in 2001.

clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:16 (two years ago) link

It’s wild he doesn’t hurt himself more tbh. His swing is bonkers

"Judge and Stanton join Babe Ruth (14) and Lou Gehrig (10) from 1930 and Mickey Mantle (16) and Yogi Berra (12) from 1956 as the only pair of teammates in franchise history to have 10-plus homers in 32 games."

https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-aaron-judge-homer-yankees-vs-white-sox

clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 14:34 (two years ago) link

players with 0 walks so far in 2022, sorted by PAs (all stats from before today's games)

68 PAs: Yadier Molina
63: Cole Tucker
38: Francisco Mejia
29: Edmundo Sosa
25: Royce Lewis
23: Jose Rojas
22: Dee don't make a joke about me being Strange-Gordon

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link

i'll give yadi a pass; he's not-quite-a-hall-of-famer (but will obviously get in at some point)

cole tucker has an 11 wRC+ this year and a career -2.1 bWAR. happily he's been sent down

mookieproof, Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:16 (two years ago) link

didn't we used to do polls to see who would go the longest without walking? i can't remember how "good"/bad 68 PAs without a walk is.

what's funny was that in yadi's last appearance today, with a full count, he chased an obvious ball four and struck out :P

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:24 (two years ago) link

"obvious" to me as a pro baseball watcher

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:25 (two years ago) link

these guys suck!

*trips over rug on way to kitchen, again*

Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link

we did, and iirc 68 PA is a great deal

mookieproof, Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link


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