2019 Rolling "Hey Chatter Chatter" chatterthread

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— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) June 10, 2019

According to Leo López, who works as David Ortiz’s assistant and press representative, his last surgery ended at 3:30am and he’ll remain in intensive care for the next 24 hours. López said doctors had to remove Ortiz’s gallbladder and control bleeding from his liver and bowel.

— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) June 10, 2019

that looked like a hit. vid of the shooting is out there – as are many vids of the shooter getting the shit kicked out of him. this is crazy.

it's pretty insane, i'm glad he's gonna be okay. the suspect was allegedly involved in the drug business, which makes me wonder if Papi's been outspoken against the drug trade down there in a way that would make him a target. or if this was a case of really unfortunate mistaken identity, which seems very unlikely.

my guess was that someone decided to shake the guy down at some point and Ortiz wouldn't pay. (total stab in the dark)

the video of the shooting is very odd. i can't imagine that it was contractual/professional bcuz papi quite easily could've been killed by a better or... more motivated shooter? the guy could've just walked up and shot him in the head or shot him more than once in the torso etc... i find the whole thing pretty puzzling. you guys are better ppl than me too bcuz my first thought is that he's secretly got his hands in drugs or w/e... my mind went to that recent hanley ramirez scandal

secretly got his hands in drugs

secret until that 2003 test

J0rdan otm id think if you wanted to kill a dude with one shot you’d definitely not aim for the lower back.

Joe Musgrove and Josh Donaldson compare Travis Bickle impersonations, benches empty but it's just shoving, both players get tossed, Clint Hurdle rightfully loses his mind.

god bless clint hurdle for still caring

hahahaha

It's kinda like Bjorn Borg as Rambo.

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how about those . . . rangers

I can no longer tell which teams are good. In the AL there are a handful of super teams dominating a bunch of teams that are tanking. In the NL, only the dodgers have a winning % above .567, but I think that’s because the overall quality of competition is higher.

HOU/MIN/NYY/TB appear to be locks in the AL, leaving BOS/CLE to fight for the second wild card. fangraphs, at least, gives no one else over 8% to make it despite BOS/CLE's underwhelming performances so far

so yeah, only four good teams, and just as many putrid ones

so is Texas any good, or are they just one of the few truly mediocre teams in the middle, benefiting from some extremely weak competition? i'm assuming mostly the latter

Houston & Yanks both scare me because they will be at full strength in the 2nd half and they've done way above expectations fielding lineups that are blowing away expectations.

also, they can afford to add elite players during the trade deadline

Indians have lost four starters in their pitching rotation and their bats have been missed in this lineup.

i don't know what the astros need. yordan alvarez isn't even their top outfield prospect

(i guess everyone needs more relievers for the playoffs, but they already have a good pen, as do the yankees of course)

whole lotta intentional HBP nonsense in this cubs-rockies series

Early ROY hopeful Chris Paddack sent to local-A affiliate after getting roughed up in 4 out of last 5 starts.

Alonso ftw

i like the paddack move, he's been flailing and this lets them deal with some of the innings restrictions in the middle of the season instead of at the end

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26958816/cops-suspect-ortiz-shooting-was-offered-78k

Six suspects, including the alleged gunman, have been detained in the shooting of former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz, the Dominican Republic's chief prosecutor said Wednesday.

Other suspects also were being pursued in the shooting, which witnesses said was carried out by two men on a motorcycle and two other groups of people in cars.

"At this moment, they are being interrogated, and we will continue deepening the investigation to get to the truth about what happened," chief prosecutor Jean Alain Rodriguez said.

"Nobody involved in this lamentable episode will remain in impunity, not even the material or intellectual author" of the crime, he said.

Authorities have declined to give a motive for the shooting at a popular Santo Domingo bar Sunday night.

Among the suspects in custody is the alleged shooter, identified by authorities as Rolfy Ferreyra, aka Sandy.

Police Maj. Gen. Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said the alleged coordinator of the attack was offered 400,000 Dominican pesos, or about $7,800, to carry out the shooting. He said the alleged coordinator also is in custody.

Among the other suspects still at large were Luis Alfredo Rivas Clase, aka The Surgeon, as well as a woman known as The Venezuelan, or Red, and two other men, prosecutors said in a statement.

this is an extremely weird story that will maybe get weirder and it's still nowhere near the weirdest case of gun crime involving a Boston superstar athlete in recent years.

Latest bids for .400 since TW--which, except for Brett in 1980, weren't all that late.

https://www.mlb.com/news/latest-player-has-hit-400-by-season

Pete O’Brien, CLE (.260)

Yikes, talk about ice-cold:

Apr: .400/.462/.575
May: .219/.317/.400
Jun: .258/.396/.404
Jul: .277/.392/.327
Aug: .205/.255/.250
Sep: .220/.311/.297
Oct: .000/.000/.000

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — One of the suspects being sought in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz is believed to be the same man who's wanted by Pennsylvania authorities on a charge of attempted homicide.

Luis Rivas-Clase, 31, is charged in an April 2018 shooting in Reading. The victim, who was shot in the lower back, told authorities that Rivas-Clase threatened to have him killed a few days before the shooting, according to the Berks County sheriff's office.

this is a really inefficient m.o. imo

Dang, John Olerud through August 2nd!

2xp

If he played today, i’m positive he’d be in the hall of fame.

he was a hell of a ballplayer but it’s tough to make the hall as a 1B

xp why do you think he’d be a hall of famer if he played today? More appreciation for his skill set?

FWIW, Pujols, Cabrera, Palmeiro, Helton, Votto, McGwire, and Keith Hernandez have higher JAWS than Olerud among 1B. He's ranked higher than Giambi, Will Clark, David Ortiz, and McGriff. Pretty heavy position but he's a worthy player.

If you are not winning as much, you got to get exotic on the bobblehead promos.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5VQhWPXkAEDZXR.jpg

xp I think you guys are maybe confusing him with another guy who was also a Met, also wore a helmet in the field?

There’s a Joe Shmoe bobblehead that didn’t materialize

It probably didn’t have enough of that, EarlNash

My God, Michael Milken is still making his annual prostate-cancer tour of broadcast booths, no one pointing out he's a fucking crook.

Edwin to the damn Yanks.

The Boss would have approved.

21 hits, 17 runs and they're in the top of the third in colorado

blackmon has a chance to be the first player with 4 hits in 4 straight games since 1925. he already as 2 hits, through 3 innings

White Sox broadcast team punched in actual rim-shot fx today, like a good morning radio crew

("You never want to go to a restaurant and find out they're Ottavino")

this Rockies and Padres series has been nuts

xp I think I maybe prefer this to a pitch clock or whatever else...a little sad trombone for the booted ball, whistling wind on a swinging K

blackmon got stuck on three hits, but the 91 runs the padres + rockies scored was the most in a four-game series since 1900

wait, make that 92 i guess

Charlie Blackmon's home-road split going into today:

Home: .450/.504/.982
Away: .233/.272/.357

I don't think even Vinny Castilla and Dante Bichette were ever that extreme.

For his career he’s

home: .350/.409./591
away: .260/.313/.425

Basically rookie year Albert Pujols vs 2019 Albert Pujols.

Or to put it another away, looking at this season:

The gap between the single-season unadjusted OPS record (Bonds, 1.427) and Mario Mendoza's worst season of the four where he played semi-regularly (0.466) is 0.961.

The gap between Blackmon at home this year (1.486) and Blackmon on the road (o.629) is about 100 points less (0.857).

Charlie Blackmon this year is more or less PED-Superman Barry Bonds at home and Mario Mendoza at his worst on the road.

Justin Upton activated for the first time this season (turf toe) and is slotted at clean-up behind Trout & Otani...