general 2021 MLB discussion thread

K. Akin (L, 0-8) 7.92

reds and padres now even for the second NL wild card with the latter in free-fall

padres' schedule is brutal, too -- *half* their remaining 38 games are against the dodgers or giants

yikes

Wow

Happy 51st birthday to ⁦@Brewers⁩ manager Craig Counsell. Craig is now the same age that Harvey Kuenn was when he led the team to the 1982 World Series.

Anyone else a little messed up by this? pic.twitter.com/rs5VKlayKX

— Doug Russell (@DougRussell) August 22, 2021

harvey's fault for not having that insane batting stance

Yelich's swing is just so sweet. That homer to center was a bomb.

No sweeter sound than the loud thwack and immediate roar from the crowd

only one that i know of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbFaltAkKmY

Reds just pulled Antone with a 3-2 count after he injured himself...I knew you could do this, but I've never actually seen it done. Does he get charged the run if the batter scores or does it go to the new pitcher?

I’ve seen it where the batter is injured mid-at bat and the new pinch hitter inherits the same count. The pinch hitter then struck out but the K was charged to the injured hitter.

this suggests that, given a 3-2 count, if the batter walks and later scores, it would be charged to antone. any other method of him scoring would be charged to the reliever

Rule 10.16 (h) The procedure when more than one pitcher is involved in giving a base on balls.

A relief pitcher shall not be held accountable when the first batter to whom he pitches reaches first base on four called balls, if such batter has a decided advantage in the ball and strike count when pitchers are changed.

(1) If, when pitchers are changed, the count is:

2 balls, no strikes

2 balls, 1 strike

3 balls, no strikes

3 balls, 1 strike

3 balls, 2 strikes,

and the batter gets a base on balls, the official scorer shall charge that batter and the base on balls to the preceding pitcher, not to the relief pitcher.

(2) Any other action by such batter, such as reaching base on a hit, an error, a fielder's choice, a force out, or being touched by a pitched ball, shall cause such a batter to be charged to the relief pitcher.

(3) If, when pitchers are changed, the count is:

2 balls, 2 strikes

1 ball, 2 strikes

1 ball, 1 strike

1 ball, no strikes

no ball, 2 strikes

no ball, 1 strike,

the official scorer shall charge that batter and the actions of that batter to the relief pitcher.

So sayeth the Lord.

Tommy Edman is tied for the NL lead in doubles (32), and has a .379 SLG and .121 ISO

Braves with 2 nights off in a row, weird

dbacks have scored 2 runs every second inning so far. if they score in the ninth i'm gonna be mad

dumb bastards allowed a run to the phillies in the ninth, ruining the beautiful symmetry...

https://i.postimg.cc/wMX2SzqD/image.png

that really is a shame!

disgusting... fuck this sport i'm done

https://i.postimg.cc/W4SvPR3L/image.png

it was like a bird in flight

i know right! now it's got some shit on its wing

fucking phillies

This is the last frame of the top of the 7th inning, followed by the first frame of the bottom of the 7th.
So, yeah ... as great as Williams' moment was, this is another Trevor Bauer story. pic.twitter.com/wz1n5ha3xn

— Bradford William Davis (@BWDBWDBWD) August 27, 2021

Vladimir Guerrero's son drives home Dante Bichette's son, then challenges Mike Cameron's son in RF for a double. 1-0 Blue Jays lead against former NBA player Rich Manning's son.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) August 27, 2021

that’s wild.

you know what else is wild? yanks winning 13 straight and STILL 4 behind tampa bay.

adam wainwright is having a pretty incredible season for a guy who turns 40 on monday

of course it helps that four of his starts have been against the pirates (10 H and 1 ER in 30 IP ffs)

Rays are 17-1 against the o’s

it helps that that wainwright's been throwing against the pirates a lot recently, but he's been solid all season. a real surprise that he is still the legitimate "ace" of the cardinals. his last 9 starts: 1.55 ERA, 2.44 FIP, 58.0 IP, and he went through at least 7 innings in all but one (which was 6 innings).

he's second in baseball in innings pitched this year (169.2 right now, behind only Zack Wheeler at 176.2).

i'm a big doofus for calling for his retirement a few years ago. after 2015-18 i really thought he was done. in interviews and such, he always mentions that his arm was really hurting badly during that entire time (duh), but that he legit feels much better now. he always says stuff like "it's nice to not be in terrible pain!" or whatever. makes sense!

yadi is supposedly retiring after 2022, it would be fitting for wainwright to go as well, if he wants to sync up the retirement party train with his pal

Games started	Pitcher	Catcher	Years	Team
324	Mickey Lolich	Bill Freehan	1963–1975	Detroit Tigers
316	Warren Spahn	Del Crandall	1949–1963	Boston and Milwaukee Braves
306	Red Faber	Ray Schalk	1914–1926	Chicago White Sox
299	Adam Wainwright	Yadier Molina	2007–present	St. Louis Cardinals
283	Don Drysdale	John Roseboro	1957–1967	Los Angeles Dodgers
282	Red Ruffing	Bill Dickey	1930–1946	New York Yankees
270	Steve Rogers	Gary Carter	1975–1984	Montreal Expos
264	Bob Lemon	Jim Hegan	1946–1957	Cleveland Indians
250	Early Wynn	Jim Hegan	1949–1957	Cleveland Indians
248	Tom Glavine	Javy Lopez	1994–2002	Atlanta Braves

if they stay healthy next season, they'll have the opportunity to take on the most hallowed of all sports trivia records

That’s actually kind of sweet.

Top five best uniforms

Luis Robert demolished that one!#ChangeTheGame | @NBCSChicago pic.twitter.com/H4hyAzZHor

— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 29, 2021

That'll show em

"They got to be better."

Javier Báez, Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar are among players who gave the thumbs down to fans 👎

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 29, 2021

lmao unreal. their agents need to talk some sense into them if rojas won’t

no argument at all about those chisox uniforms

Robbie Ray just surpassed 1,000 innings last night and is baseball's new all-time leader in SO/9!

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/strikeouts_per_nine_career.shtml

also nuts that seven of the top ten are current players.

Brad Hand DFA'd 7 hours before postseason rosters become official (7.27 ERA in last 11 outings)

John Smoltz & Al Leiter will not appear in-studio for MLBN after refusing to receive COVID-19 vaccine, The Post has learned.

what a surprise

The symmetry of these Matt Chapman drives is incredible. pic.twitter.com/WCf94YoG4l

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) September 1, 2021

after 15 years in the nationals front office, bob boone will resign rather than be vaccinated

bye bitch

I’m enjoying watching these idiots self-fire themselves.

not enjoying covid taking down half the red sox starting lineup. and i’m kind of baffled that the globe’s so called “reporters” haven’t managed to glean which positive cases are covidiots. isn’t this what reporters are for?? (red sox famously one of the least vaccinated teams in baseball)

Yankees Spanish radio announcer Rickie Ricardo rescued Yankees radio voice John Sterling from the flooding after last night’s game.

What a story. #SquadUp https://t.co/tb55P3OlDC

— Ryan Field (@RyanFieldABC) September 2, 2021

you can't predict baseball

the dodgers pythagorean record is 90-45, on pace for a 107-game winning season. irl they're 85-50, on pace for a 103 game-winning season, and in second place to the giants, who are also irl on pace to win 103 games. plus it's an odd year. giants for the WS, i guess.

also, adam wainwright continues to bizarrely be one of the most effective pitchers. he was pitcher of the month for september, and last night tossed a gem over 7 innings that was only slightly spoiled by the relief pitcher allowing a couple of wainwright's inherited runners to score. if that wouldn't have happened, i think he was about to break his PR of 26 consecutive scoreless innings, back in 2010. not bad for an old guy

also, the top 2 contenders for AL ROY are adolis garcia and randy arozarena, both of whom were talented cardinals outfielders a few years ago. garcia was traded to the rangers for cash considerations. arozarena was traded (along with jose martinez, one of the most entertaining baseball players of this century) for matthew liberatore, who will hopefully be like jack flaherty someday, but probably will not.

What is up with Salvador Perez’s season?! He’s hurt for a full year and comes back hitting like Johnny Bench! It’s crazy.

Maybe being a DH here and there helps? He is putting up Piazza-like numbers.

The down-three-runs walk-off grand slam will never get old

Brewers are having a remarkably blessed season