2019 Rolling "Hey Chatter Chatter" chatterthread

pretty impressive pitch framing here

This is so so so good. Francisco Cervelli frames a pitch that he doesn't catch, gets the strike call as the ball rolls to the backstop, and immediately asks the ump for a new one. pic.twitter.com/iZ3Z3CWEkK

— Ben Porter (@Ben13Porter) April 18, 2019

ha the ad on the backstop is perfect

lol, that's fantastic all around (including the ad)

gio back to the brewers

wait, he was unsigned

he had a minor league deal with the yanks, made a couple triple-a starts, and opted out a couple days ago when they would not add him to the 25-man

chris paddack for RoY

a bit irritated that ESPN went with the "Gio signs with pitching-thin Brewers". We are not low on pitchers, they just are all bad

Cory Kluber walking in a run with bases loaded:
2010-2018: 0 times
1st month of 2019: 4 times

Bellinger has a decent shot to reach 100 TB by the end of the month (12 more in 4 games).

check out these stats

.343/.378/.686
wRC+ of 180

pretty good, right?

guess what

that's Chris Davis since 4/13

damn

yeah, i'm already regretting making him my reverse fantasy 1B pick

but almost everyone else did too

I don’t see it lasting.

so happy for CC.

lol watching him have to hug every one of these dozen teammates he's spent all of three weeks playing with

CC Sabathia career strikeouts

#1 Mike Kinkade
#1,000 Ichiro Suzuki
#2,000 Torii Hunter
#3,000 John Ryan Murphy

— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) May 1, 2019

Bellinger's April:

Most home runs ever (tied): 14
Most RBI: 37
Most hits: 44
Most TB: 96

Cody Bellinger is batting .434 with 14 HRs and 37 RBIs over 30 games this year. No other @MLB player ever reached all three of those triple-crown levels through his first 30 games of a season.

— Elias Sports Bureau (@EliasSports) April 30, 2019

Headed for a major slump, I'm sure, but he's probably done enough already to ensure a big season.

I know that it's a Wednesday afternoon during the school year in a city that doesn't draw well against a team that doesn't attract a road crowd. But I've never seen so few people at a major league game as the one just starting now between Kansas City and Tampa Bay. pic.twitter.com/z3QUdfdWiT

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 1, 2019

https://expo.masslive.com/sports/g66l-2019/01/49a5d04a748757/boston-red-sox-white-house-trip-which-red-sox-will-attend-visit-with-president-donald-trump.html

spoiler alert, every white player is going and every black or hispanic player is not going or is undecided, with the exception of jd martinez

xp jumbotron still gonna say the attendance was 20,000 or some shit

re: that Passan twit's tweet, it was a makeup game that got moved an hour earlier with <24 hours notice.

that's a heckler's dream right there

Stephen Strasburg just struck out the 1,500th batter of his career. He is the fastest pitcher in MLB history to do so by innings (1,272 1/3).

— Jamal Collier (@JamalCollier) May 2, 2019

Chris Sale, LHP
WILL ATTEND
"Yes. I would be there. I think it would be cool going to the White House. Most popular house in the country." (Jan. 19)

After the latest UZR update, Cody Bellinger's March/April WAR is, for now, the highest on record in a calendar "month" at FanGraphs, back to 2002:

Bellinger, Apr '19: 3.24
Berkman, May '08: 3.12
Winn, Sept '05: 3.02
Bonds, Aug '02: 3.00
Bonds, Apr '04: 2.83
Trout, July '12: 2.83

— Ben Lindbergh (@BenLindbergh) May 2, 2019

Hell of a cherry pick, kudos:

Dodgers March/April 2019 # of games: 32
Astros May 2008 # of games: 28
Giants August 2002 # of games: 26
Giants April 2004 # of games: 24
Giants September/October* 2005 # of games: 30
Angels July 2012 # of games: 26

*2 games in Oct: wow cool, another arbitrary "month" not disclosed in cherry-picked stat category

Doing some maths 4U:

WAR/# available games to play per "month"

Bellinger '19: 3.24/32 = .10125
Berkman '08: 3.12/28 = .11143
Winn '05: 3.02/30 = .10067
Bonds '02: 3.00/26 = .11538
Bonds '04: 2.83/24 = .11792
Trout '12: 2.83/26 = .10885

Bellinger probably falls out of the top 10/20?

prob taking that tweet a leetle too seriously

....randy winn?

yes, for the Giants

I'm old enough to remember when you would roll your eyes at arbitrary time-bucketed stats! (and not including ones that were padded/fluffed up!)

it's called a Fun Fact

we hate fun

well, in my case only if they're no-hitters or cycles

Gausman tossed in the 2nd for throwing behind Urias (opp. SP for FLA), despite Urias' pleas to the ump to leave him in.

whoops Ureña

rip matt kemp

dang, is he still making $20 million this year?

Brewers hits last night:

Cain 1
Moustakas 1
Gamel 1
Arcia 1
Perez 1
Braun 6

bregman enjoying mexico

Michael Pineda got faaaaaaaaat

first time watching this dude, chris paddack is impressive

Curious about his innings limit, feel like he's a dark horse Cy Young candidate.

missed 2017 after TJ surgery, only threw 90 innings (a career high) in 2018

Chris Paddack, Pace of Play Enforcer. ⌛️🤠 pic.twitter.com/sll2pUuws7

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 7, 2019

this is hypnotic. when he starts moving finally there's something robotic about his motion.

missed 2017 after TJ surgery, only threw 90 innings (a career high) in 2018

― mookieproof, Tuesday, May 7, 2019 7:42 AM (thirty-nine minutes ago)

He's repped by Boras and has a stretch goal of 130-150 IP.

Just had my semi-periodic realization that Kimbrel and Keuchel are still free agents.

tommy la stella is tied for the angels team lead with eight home runs in 32 games

he came into the season having hit 10 in 396 career games

yu darvish is so frustrating