white sox will *not* call up eloy jimenez, who is hitting .365/.407/.615 in triple-a
― mookieproof, Friday, 31 August 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
jim kaat . . . otm?
Wish TV networks would stop using the assumed strike zone box .The angle of the center field camera must be off center because too many strkes are called balls and vice versa. The umpires don’t deserve that. Please Get rid of it. Its not 100% accurate— Jim Kaat (@KaatJim) August 31, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 31 August 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
It's generally acknowledged that it's not 100% accurate, but I think it's a depth thing rather than "off-center". Jim Kaat still wrong about most things.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 August 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
does the strike zone graphic they put in the corner have the same problems?
― frogbs, Friday, 31 August 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
i think the one in the corner is PITCHFx, right?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 31 August 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
i feel like most networks would adjust the strike zone box for camera angle... not that they're accurate or anything but i'd imagine they put a little more thought into it than that
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 1 September 2018 05:55 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BSMDd6K.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 2 September 2018 07:05 (five years ago) link
Game Score of 96 for Syndergaard today.
― clemenza, Monday, 3 September 2018 02:35 (five years ago) link
Joe West's latest power play is nullified
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24558108/gabe-kapler-philadelphia-phillies-says-pitchers-allowed-use-cheat-sheets
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 September 2018 13:40 (five years ago) link
SNITCH
.@SteveGelbs reveals the TRUTH behind the @FlavaFraz21 diving “catch” on Monday. Video don’t lie! pic.twitter.com/P4a1gBQIXe— SportsNet New York (@SNYtv) September 5, 2018
― InfoWarriors (Spottie), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:05 (five years ago) link
I have to side with Joe West on this one. It's not like they don't have time to go over the scouting reports before the game or between innings, or get the coaches to relay signals from the dugout. Even if it doesn't delay the game, it feels unnecessary and kind of embarrassing. You're essentially broadcasting the fact that you're not properly prepared to play the game that day.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 08:32 (five years ago) link
Seems only fair if the outfielders are consulting their defensive zone notes though.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 11:37 (five years ago) link
the todd frazier thing seems really inconclusive, it's weird that everyone's "debunking" it. it looks like he catches the ball and then falls on top of a different ball, but you don't see him drop the real ball at any point.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
how good can the last weekend of the season be?
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/team-entropy-2018-your-introduction-to-chaos/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
Ozzie Albies' only enemy in baseball is his own helmet.
― WmC, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
That is a very Todd Frazier play. He seems to have a knack for the weird one. I saw him hit a one armed home run off of Jamie Moyers.
― earlnash, Thursday, 6 September 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/09/06/detroit-tigers-mario-impemba-rod-allen/1217312002/
Fox Sports Detroit continued searching for answers into a physical altercation between Detroit Tigers TV broadcasters Mario Impemba and Rod Allen on Thursday afternoon, conducting meetings with both men involved.
The pair was separated following Tuesday night’s game against the Chicago White Sox and sent home to Detroit after an incident described as “severe” by one person who was present.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
i know which broadcast i'm going to listen to tonight during the STL/DET game!
― Karl Malone, Friday, 7 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
They have the rest of the year off.
Michael Moore and Tom Selleck will be filling in.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
as amazing as that sounds, i think i'm going to go see yojimbo instead
― Karl Malone, Friday, 7 September 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
Rockies vs Dodgers series should be a good one.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 7 September 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
The Rays are having an interesting year in that they traded or sold off almost all their "name" players, yet could easily/accidentally win 90 games and still miss the postseason by a mile.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 8 September 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
gabe kapler is doing gabe kapler things with 39 players on his roster
pinch-running in the fourth!pulling his starter with one out in the fifth, then using three relievers (so far) to get out of the inning!
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
well, his playoff odds are down to 14% (Fangraphs). Time to pull out all the stops.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
i like this guy
The absolute unit that could. pic.twitter.com/r2a5uj9E7o— MLB (@MLB) September 13, 2018
i don't know much about him, but his plate discipline is weird! for the last 5 years running he's struck out less than 5% of the time and walked less than 5% of the time.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
Willians Astudillo
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
i don't follow the twins closely, but they currently have two of the top ten prospects, plus this guy. let's go twins!!
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
Astudillo is a folk hero in the EW circles
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
rightly so...
FG has the Red Sox WS odds at 16.4%, while the Astros are at 23.7%. How does that make sense? Aren't the Sox a better team?
― frogbs, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
definitely the better team. that's odd. also, just yesterday on the radio (just a little sports round-up segment on chicago NPR) they were saying that the Red Sox's odds to win the WS were > 25%? maybe half the red sox got injured this morning
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
yea 538 has it as 28% Sox, 25% Astros. that's uh...a pretty significant difference. I think FG's methodology is more sophisticated than 538s, which IIRC is based almost entirely on ELO.
― frogbs, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
could it be based on match-ups in the first round
― na (NA), Friday, 14 September 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
like houston actually has it easier by playing cleveland, while boston has to play the a's or yankees?
― na (NA), Friday, 14 September 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
that's how it works, right?
Boston has the better record, wouldn't they be playing Cleveland? or does the #1 seed play the wild-card winner every time? that seems a little unfair since the wild-card winner is likely to have a better record than the #3 division winner
― frogbs, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:38 (five years ago) link
plus the a’s/yankees will presumably have burnt their best starter before facing the sox
tbf i’m not sure the a’s even have any starters left
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
yeah idk how that factors into the playoff calculations. for example, if the Brewers get the wildcard, I'm assuming their starter is going 3 innings max. if they win whoever plays them in the divisional round is definitely gonna be at an advantage.
― frogbs, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
The Astros have a better run differential than the Red Sox, so the simulations probably see them as even despite the differences in team wins. And with both wild card teams being better than the Indians, the Astros should definitely be big favorites to reach the WS again.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 14 September 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
The Astros are kind of underrated now because they won last year (winning the first time is a great story, winning the second time doesn't have any broad appeal so people don't talk about them as much) and don't have a clear MVP favourite.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 14 September 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link
Red Sox are also something like 20-X vs the Orioles where X is an interger >0 but <10 and Orioles /= a major league team
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 14 September 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
14-2
and in those games chris davis is 5-for-50 with 29 K
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 September 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
Boston is having a heck of a year and their lineup is really great but in a short series, I think Houston's starting pitching makes it a pick em.
Between Porcello, Price and Rodriquez, one of them will have to step up with Sale. Cole, Kuchel and Morton are a much stronger 2 through 4 in the rotation. Houston has more bullpen depth than last year. Playoff baseball takes a lot of pitchers and the back end of Boston's bullpen is probably their weak spot on the roster.
― earlnash, Friday, 14 September 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
Preference wise, I'd kind of like Oakland to keep hot and make a run. I'd have no issue with Cleveland winning it all, but it would be a fluky run if they won it this year.
Yankees lineup can be diffused by a strikeout pitcher, it's really not unlike the later Torre teams. Teams will get 14 K's and a double play in a pitcher's dual and beat them 3-1 a couple of times.
― earlnash, Friday, 14 September 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
I wouldn't say fluky -- all of Cleveland's core players are as good or better than they were last year. They'll win 90+ games and they're currently seven games off their expected W-L record, so talent wise they're a 100 win team or close to it.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 15 September 2018 05:00 (five years ago) link
i think cleveland also benefits from playing a bunch of games in the worst division in baseball, though. second place twins are 67-80
― https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZZlQ4Tmrc (Karl Malone), Saturday, 15 September 2018 05:02 (five years ago) link
42-22 in division, 28-35 against the rest of the american league
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 September 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
Trevor Bauer is also hurt.
― earlnash, Saturday, 15 September 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
astros looked just a little more strapped in during the last series against the sox. felt like playoff baseball and it felt like the astros were the big boys.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 15 September 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
Heard on the Jays broadcast that Justin Smoak is leading American League first basemen in OPS at .823.
Really? Talk about a position in decline. Some leading AL first baseman going back to the 2000 season:
Carlos Delgado - 41 HR/137 RBI/1.134 OPSJim Thome - 37/106/.929Mike Sweeny - 29/144/.930Jason Giambi - 43/137/1.123Mo Vaughn - 36/117/.864Rafael Palmeiro - 39/120/.954
I know those are unadjusted numbers, and I threw in RBI just because the numbers are big and shiny. There were another half-dozen good seasons at a lower level. This year, Justin Smoak's the benchmark.
― clemenza, Sunday, 16 September 2018 18:16 (five years ago) link