general 2021 MLB discussion thread

think that'll aboot do it for the phillies

Cardinals may never lose again

they're gonna lose in the wildcard game and suddenly that will be that

lol that would be so insane.

though maybe not any more insane than the dodgers having a 100-win season and going one and done.

Honestly they’ll win the WC then lose the division series

One absolutely bonkers thing I noticed today - this season could very well end with no hitters over 7 fWAR. Going all the way back to 1884 when the NL expanded beyond 112 games, I can only find 2 seasons where that happened, 1900 and 1918. Didn't even happen in the strike seasons. Most seasons it doesn't come remotely close to happening.

Obviously there were a lot of injuries this year but this is extreme

er expanded to 112 games, not beyond

what the fuck Devin

Devin Williams is being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured right hand. He told us he had too much to drink after Sunday’s celebration, got upset about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand. He will need surgery.

“If I could take it back, I would.”

— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) September 29, 2021

Didn’t this happen to a Braves pitcher this year too

happened to alex reyes in 2019

not sure "happened to" is right, but

You're thinking of Huascar Ynoa, who at least had the decency to punch something after a bad game

Brewers have weird luck with that sort of thing. Grienke missed his first month because of a pickup basketball game during Spring Training. Lucroy dropped a suitcase on his hand. Chris Narveson cut one of his fingers open trying to re-lace a glove. JJ Hardy hurt his hand in a walkoff celebration. If I recall correctly we also had a guy drop a bowling ball on his foot

That is excessively dumb

the cardinals will lose tonight

well yeah, they're all hungover

yeah, even the announcers were like "things are a little fuzzy today, haha!" and it's the b-team today for sure

i'm sure they'll still find a way to pull this off. cardinals devil magic never sleeps

keeping it real tonight in the AL WC <3

right?? i feel like It’s Happening

Sox/Nats was intense

Jays made last night way more interesting than it needed to be aswell.

strong work by the rays

if soto doesn't start burying the sox i'm rescinding my MVP vote

tingler out, if you know what i mean

they're gonna bring in buck

athletic article yesterday suggested that no veteran name manager will want to put up with preller’s micromanaging, but i imagine some combination of money + having good young players will do the trick

biggest AB of soto's career right here

sox are killing me here. renfro loses it in the… twilight? why’s he playing center in the 8th inning of a 1-0 game anyway??

That pitch the Boston reliever was so upset about: could have been called a strike, but not an obvious strike by any means.

(xpost) For you and me, but not for Soto, I don't think.

Soto's a bum

so the sox and yankees will take the wild cards with wins on sunday; with losses, they'll at least get a game 163

boston won the season series against each of the other three, so should play at home in case of ties

chris sale is slated to pitch for the sox tomorrow in what is not now a must-win game -- but if they lose they could face two straight must-win games instead of one. do you still start him?

also the yankees are facing michael wacha tomorrow, which would seem to bode well for them

Always bet against post-rookie Wacha

Even this Mariners game right now is nuts.

Still a chance for a four-way wild card tie going into the last day of the season

omg if there’s a four-way tie boston and toronto would be at home for game 163 and the yankees would choose which one they wanted to play

CURRENT POSSIBILITIES (YES, THIS ALL COULD HAPPEN)

Four-way tie: Boston, Toronto, New York, Seattle

Three-way tie 1: Boston, Seattle, Toronto

Three-way tie 2: Boston, New York, Seattle

Three-way tie 3: Boston, Toronto, New York

Three-way tie 4: Toronto, New York, Seattle

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 3, 2021

the yankees would choose which one they wanted to play

That's amazing. Win or lose, at least you wouldn't have to play whichever team you insult again.

very much want this to happen

that is insane

The Jays will need to reach the WC game via tiebreaker anyway so I'm rooting for the most chaotic possible outcomes. Four way tie!

let's gooooo

Wild card races are like “these teams suck by this exact same amount “

mariners looking hapless.... maybe we'll get another dorktown video out of this at least

If you're not watching the Jays broadcast, you might not know this: Vlad has now hit more HR than anyone 22 or younger ever (passed Eddie Matthews).

Second most in a season for a blue Jay too.

sox went with sale *and* it didn't work

he didn’t have it but i’m kind of shocked he was lifted so early? saving him for tuesday?

starting to think verdugo’s a bit of an idiot

that'll about do it for the NL west

kind of unfortunate that if we even get a SF-LAD series it'll only be five games