2018 regular-season game chatter

Trevor "one of the most scientific baseball players in MLB" Bauer

Jordan Zimmermann outpitched Bartolo Colon in 2 hours, 5 minutes. Sun just set, so they'll have to wait for postgame fireworks.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) July 7, 2018

Both starters were so good - game ended just minutes after sun set, played in a crisp 2:05. Zimmermann threw 96 pitches, 67 for strikes. Colon w/ 97P - 72 strikes. Combined - the two went to a 3-ball count just three times....

— Dan Dickerson (@Dan_Dickerson) July 7, 2018

Great four- or five-way Cy Young race shaping up in the A.L.: Severino, Sale, and Bauer, Kluber and Verlander still hanging in there.

Missed Snell from Tampa Bay (because I don't know who Snell from Tampa Bay is).

i saw a night game in Seattle (2006?) around the solstice that ended before the sun set. (Jamie Moyer for the M's)

The Angels have a pitcher named Deck McGuire! Obvious refugee from a WWII Navy movie.

I heard an inning of Joe Buck; he's still got "it."

dude was a first round pick for the Jays many moons ago!

o shit the nats had a players-only meeting and now they're unstoppable o shit

love to discuss things with my coworkers

o shit the nats had a players-only meeting and now they're unstoppable o shit

― mookieproof, Saturday, July 7, 2018 10:40 PM (yesterday)

They were down 0-9 to the Marlins at one point during the game in which their win streak started.

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Giants' Alen Hanson just scored from 1st on a wild pickoff throw to tie the game vs. the Cubs 😮

(via @SFGiants) pic.twitter.com/pyc30NPRvK

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) July 10, 2018

Astros win on wacky walkoff:
https://streamable.com/g5ic0

as if they weren't good enough

the astros have optioned ken giles to triple-a

was he closing most of this year?

Texas TV crew just put up a career-stats comp of Bartolo and Jack Morris and i want to smash my head against the punk rock.

17-0 at the end of 4 for our Indians.

Got to give it to the Tribe for coming back and laying an whooping on the Reds tonight after the black hole collapse yesterday in the 9th.

Cleveland's lineup when it's right, is pretty impressive.

the rockies are attempting to outdo cleveland, they've got 18 runs in the fourth inning

May want to x-post to Position Players Pitching

catch of the year candidate, billy hamilton going waaaay over the CF wall to rob matt carpenter tonight

that recent keon broxton catch is hard to beat i think but that billy hamilton catch was insane

Orioles, White Sox, and Royals on pace to lose 106-116 games.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2018-misc.shtml

Year over Year attendance : Down 2.5 million to date

9 Teams in positive attendance year to year,
Rest of the league is in negative attendance including the Cubs, Red Sox, Angels, and Cardinals.

its realy sad, it was a sport

clearly the data show americans are choosing the yankees in these polarizing times

Well about that...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/14/opinion/new-york-yankees-evil.html

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/07/15/opinion/sunday/15hart/merlin_141223467_c71ae7d7-2023-4550-87e9-56e57221d9d3-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp

Hail Cashman

Orioles, White Sox, and Royals on pace to lose 106-116 games.

― Andy K, Sunday, July 15, 2018 9:03 PM

The Fangraphs projections have them all playing .400 or better the rest of the way.... and finishing with 105, 101, and 107 total losses, respectively.

“I would just say I don’t think the people that cover the Phillies will be laying on the beach Wednesday or Thursday” - @jaysonst on the Phillies

— 975TheFanatic (@975TheFanatic) July 16, 2018

Cards-Cubs are the only game tonight. Has to be a makeup?

I think it was scheduled that way, not 100% certain. ESPN is broadcasting it -- I hope it's not blocked on mlb.tv.

it's a result of the new CBA:

As part of baseball’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the players’ union, the 2018 season will include a shorter spring training, more off days during the season, and add four more days to the playing calendar. That means an earlier start to the season, in late March.

It also means the Thursday of the All-Star break will feature one game, a nationally broadcast game ala Sunday Night Baseball. According to a schedule given the Cardinals they will play against the Cubs at Wrigley Field that day, July 19. Teams can be selected only once during the span of the current CBA for that All-Star Thursday game.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cards-to-open-season-on-thursday-march-in-new-york/article_4ba5b127-5165-5ccd-921d-aead92baad03.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

Top 10 most Home Runs as a teenager:

1. Tony Conigliaro (Boston) 24
2. Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals) 22
3. Mel Ott (NY Giants) 19
4. Ken Griffey, Jr. (Seattle) 16
5. Phil Cavarretta (Cubs) 14
6. Mickey Mantle (NY Yankees) 13
7. Ed Kranepool (NY Mets) 12
8. Robin Yount (Milwaukee) 11
9. Juan Soto (Washington Nationals) 10 <-Turns 20 October 25, 2018
10. Harmon Killebrew (Washington Senators) 9

good list

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2018-trade-value-41-to-50/

kiley mcdaniel is doing the trade value series now

simmons is gonna be pissed

was really surprised to see jose ramirez no. 1 in light of how much bias baseball seems to show towards prospect pedigree, per kiley. but i guess the contract really is ludicrous.

it's steph curry-esque a little

yeah, even the 2022 and 2023 option years are $11 and $13 million, respectively

Choo ended a 52-game on-base streak last night, he's been flying under the radar...

good times in Chicago. first, a full 4-man outfield softball shift against Matt Carpenter:

https://i.imgur.com/5SJnsJM.png

never seen that before! (Carpenter chose to take the free bunt single to the absent left side of the infield:)

https://i.imgur.com/6Qj1cf4.png

then, Tim McCarver said something that I think everyone would agree with, especially Chicago Cubs fans:

You know, back in the 1950s the Cubs were awful, and when the Cardinals visited Chicago there were a lot of people who would show up just to watch Stan Musial hit. The same is true today, for Matt Carpenter. A large contingent of Cubs fans are here just to watch Matt Carpenter hit.

carpenter is really locked in right now, it's great to watch. musial a bit of a stretch perhaps

the bunt was pretty baller

the bunt was fuckin hilarious

do we have a thread about playing baseball?

not sure but I would post about my softball team in such a thread

same

you didn't try very hard, did you

playing baseball