2019 Rolling "Hey Chatter Chatter" chatterthread

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

lastella was a (very good) pinch-hitting specialist in the past, maybe something about being in that role made it harder to hit home runs?

Enjoy this slo-mo video of Nolan Arenado’s snow homer. pic.twitter.com/JcirAsgyhS

— Cut4 (@Cut4) May 9, 2019

la stella's launch angle is up a bit, but the biggest difference (apart from the homers) is that his strikeout rate is way down -- only 6 K in 101 PA coming into today. kinda weird. so yeah, maybe just getting regular playing time has set him free

edwin encarnacion is playing second base in a one run game right now.

can't be ideal.

How on earth?!

The Phils' TV color guy said that the Royals are "pretty aggressive on the pillows," which happens to be my personal style as well.

the merry-go-round will be in motion

morbs lol

edwin jackson headed to his 14th team!

fuck yeah

Amazingly, he's still only 34--he started at 19, so that's like moving every year.

I thought you had to be left-handed to be mediocre and last forever.

<3 throwback devil rays unis

http://binaryapi.ap.org/cdb552a1d6044873ae9f12af8d19fdb2/preview/AP19132012822938.jpg?wm=api&ver=0

vaporays

Hyun-Jun Ryu has allowed 3 bases-on-balls this year while at the plate has earned 2 bases-on-balls.

Hyun-Jin*