general 2021 MLB discussion thread

I love how far the Mendoza line he is, while also having a great season.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7880261/john-horgan-support-possible-major-league-baseball-team-vancouver/

i would be so stoked if we got an mlb team. i would not be excited having the oakland a's here, though

though thinking about it, baseball wouldn't survive here. i feel like we really need an nba team, though. i see tons of basketball fans

i saw bill murray sing the national anthem yesterday at wrigley. despite the agonizing cardinals loss (up 5-1, lost 8-5), that was a perfect day at the ballpark. and i have to admit, i wasn't prepared for how powerful/emotional it would feel to be in a packed stadium with 35k fans. it was LOUD! i haven't been to something that loud in a very long time.

I just don’t think Vancouver area has the population to maintain a mlb team. Montreal is the largest area by pop, outside of Mexico City, without a franchise and it makes the most sense, imho. Still a lot of ball fans out there. And even if you don’t want to go back there, Vegas, Portland and Charolette probably all make more sense. I think tormenting Seattle fans a couple times a year will have to suffice for Vancouver’s baseball fans.

o shit the d-backs might win a road game

Didn’t happen. Blew a 7-0 lead to lose their 12th straight.

amazing.

they're gonna win tonight

giants have hit 99 homers in 68 games. in 2012, a year they won it all, they hit 103 all season

record-tying 22nd straight road loss for arizona; can’t imagine torey lovullo survives much more of this

I just don’t think Vancouver area has the population to maintain a mlb team. Montreal is the largest area by pop, outside of Mexico City, without a franchise and it makes the most sense, imho. Still a lot of ball fans out there. And even if you don’t want to go back there, Vegas, Portland and Charolette probably all make more sense. I think tormenting Seattle fans a couple times a year will have to suffice for Vancouver’s baseball fans.

― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, June 12, 2021 7:46 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink

I don’t think ‘maintaining’ is really a thing anymore considering the value’s growth of mlb franchises. Have a good ballpark and a good team and everything else is really just dependant on how much a billionaire is willing to spend.

they're gonna win tonight

― ✖, Wednesday, June 16, 2021 3:41 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

they're gonna win today

i believe it too. i feel a victory on the road this afternoon. against the giants.

not looking good

uh i meant tomorrow

Turns out both the o's (19 games) and the dbacks (23 games) haven't won on the road since they had their no-hitters.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-no-hitter-road-curse

Calling it now they're gonna win this one

Down by 8 but I can feel it, today's the day

How has acuña hit 100 HRs already?!

xp made it close!

wander franco will be the first major leaguer born in 2001

(xpost) From the MLB site:

Acuña's 100th homer comes in his 378th game. The only players to reach this milestone in fewer games were Ryan Howard (324), Gary Sánchez (355), Aaron Judge (371), Ralph Kiner (376) and Joey Gallo (377). It was also the fastest any player has gotten to both 100 homers and 75 stolen bases, by number of games.

So acuna is doomed is what im gathering

100 HRs in 378 games = 43 HRs/162
75 SBs in 378 games = 32 SBs/162

early 90s bonds-like

Still, not looking good for his HoF chances.

Dumb list! he started younger than everyone there. He's the 9th youngest to reach 100, right in front of Pujols, Aaron and Griffey

I'd agree with that--age is far more significant than games played.

I haven’t really been paying much attention this baseball season so maybe you lot can help me: Who the fuck is Wander Franco and why are his rookie cards going for like $10,000 on eBay?

He's baseball's top prospect and is debuting tomorrow

wander franco is the next vladimir guerrero jr. he can't miss, and he will definitely be a superstar on his first day in MLB as opposed to after a year and a half of merely average production as a 20-year-old

He's also the first MLB player who was born in the year 2001

Kelenic debuted with the same fanfare recently and struggled so mightily that they sent him back down.

Does anybody care that the Orioles are getting no-hit in the eighth

nope! is it a journeyman or a legend doing it

Ha ha I fixed it, Mikael Franco just whaled a two-run HR

(It had been a three-pitcher no hitter)

Calling it now the dbacks are finally gonna

Ah fuck

I think I was cursing the arizona diamondbacks, sorry

Wonder Wander's game is free on mlb.com tonight (7:00) if you want to see his first AB.

he looks good

WANDER FRANCO. MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN. pic.twitter.com/477deDm7M7

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 23, 2021

pic.twitter.com/YUrPtVZnOx

— Emma Baccellieri (@emmabaccellieri) June 23, 2021

This is def the first game I ever tuned into a game specifically for a players debut, and I definitely yelled when he hit that jack

First PA was a walk that started 0-2 on two foul balls, it was a gutsy walk if such a thing exists

DOUBLE HELL YEAH WANDER BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME

I missed the HR (of course), but saw the walk (great discipline: 0-2, two borderline strikes), the hard out, and he just crushed that double.

That's all I need to see: I'm shopping for one of those $10,000 rookie cards right now.

Hell of a double play!!!! (maybe)

The stage is set!

Really dug that ball out of the dirt