oops, sorry - the number on the right is sprint speed (ft/s). they are the bottom 4 in MLB. the number in the column to the left is the number of "sprints" that are being measured
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
i attributed maldonado's presence a few weeks ago to small sample size, but he has REALLY lost a step. last year he was running 23.5 ft/s, which is still very slow for a baseball player, but muuuuuch faster than he's running now. is he injured?
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
aaron judge hitting two homers and then bitching about camden yards’ new wall because he didn’t get a third is lame af
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 May 2022 18:48 (one year ago) link
Johnny Cueto owns an ambulance that transforms into a portable sound wall with 54 speakers. It's just another reason he is The Most Interesting Man In Baseball. Story at ESPN, free and unlocked, on the legend of leisure -- and, it turns out, work ethic: https://t.co/goh3wgnmGp pic.twitter.com/r3TAMiWFPl— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 21, 2022
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 21 May 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
Yes let’s glorify the rich and their extravagant lifestyles its totally healthy
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 21 May 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
It could be this crap.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/yankees-white-sox-benches-clear-after-josh-donaldson-calls-tim-anderson-jackie-robinson-223254927.html
Fuck baseball.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Sunday, 22 May 2022 05:09 (one year ago) link
https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/04/30/chicago-white-sox-tim-anderson-jackie-robinson
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 22 May 2022 08:53 (one year ago) link
What sucks even more is Donaldson saying he did it to him starting last year, and didn’t understand why it was a big deal now. After Anderson had even let it slide the first time he did it in the game yesterday. Everyone know someone like a Josh Donaldson. Fuck him is right. How many Jackie Robinson tributes has he seen in his life?
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 May 2022 13:46 (one year ago) link
I realize Donaldson can be an asshole - but if Anderson was comparing himself to Robinson, it kind of opens himself up to some ribbing.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 22 May 2022 16:44 (one year ago) link
there's a lot to say on that, but in short, i completely disagree. and regardless, there is no way that the pattern of behavior going back to last year, with Anderson alone (who knows how many other players he is doing this to) is "some ribbing"
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Sunday, 22 May 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
it's not something that requires banning or disciplinary action, that sounds like it would be a complete mess. but Donaldson should stfu for the rest of his life
Yeah, gentle ribbing does not lead to on field brawls. Donaldson should know better. It’s not like I need another reason to dislike the Yankees.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 22 May 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
yadier molina has joined prince albert in the career 36.00 ERA club
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 May 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
yankees fans both booing tim anderson and chanting ‘jackie’ at him tonight
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 May 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
The Padres spanked The Giants this weekend, they outplayed them in every aspect. This Giants team is not even close to what they were last year.
Posey effect.
― Bee OK, Monday, 23 May 2022 00:14 (one year ago) link
On to the Mets...
― Bee OK, Monday, 23 May 2022 00:15 (one year ago) link
sorry to parachute into the thread like this, but i was curious *why* Anderson brought up Jackie in that old interview and now having read it, *that* - that he said that - is the dumbest part of all of this!
i thought at least maybe he was the only out player or something. he's the Jackie Robinson of *bringing fun back to the game*?!
― alpine static, Monday, 23 May 2022 07:20 (one year ago) link
Without bringing Robinson's name into it, if Anderson really sees himself as a pioneer of "fun" as that 2019 article suggests, then he's opening himself to ridicule. But it wouldn't surprise me if the name calling had gotten out of hand since then, not at all. To be on the safe side, it would be best for all the players involved in this to STFU from now on.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 23 May 2022 08:14 (one year ago) link
i'm sure ben shapiro fan josh donaldson simply found TA's comparison gauche, no other reason he'd bring it up 3 years later out of the blue i'm sure
― ✖, Monday, 23 May 2022 11:04 (one year ago) link
He said he’d brought it up before, which is why he was caught off guard by the reaction.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 23 May 2022 14:02 (one year ago) link
I just watched the craziest game I have ever seen. Mets went up by three after trailing by six runs. Joc Paterson hit three home run. Giants then were down again by one in the ninth and win 13-12.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 05:42 (one year ago) link
Lol Joc said he was chatting with Barry Bonds before the game and said it probably rubbed off on him.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 05:46 (one year ago) link
What a game, I love baseball.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 05:48 (one year ago) link
I don’t know if anyone deserved to win that game though, pretty bad pitching and lots of fielding gaffes. Ball was flying everywhere like it was Coors field.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
― Bee OK, Wednesday, May 25, 2022 12:46 AM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
insert flaxseed oil joke
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
What a great playlist I just made. pic.twitter.com/35mT7nwP99— Nationals on Reddit (@NatsOnReddit) May 25, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 May 2022 21:46 (one year ago) link
Holy fuck. If my neighbours were asleep, they’re not anymore
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 25 May 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
the yankees have signed utterly washed-up cardinals legend matt carpenter and are using him tonight as a designated hitter, which seems like a slap in the face to everyone else in the organization
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 May 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link
i have just heard about this, along with the news that he shaved and looks weird, and i am desperately searching for info
apparently he was putting up above average production in AAA for the rangers, which would be the first sustained period of non-awfulness for him since maybe 2018?
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 May 2022 00:32 (one year ago) link
Our first look at Matt Carpenter in his Yankees threads! pic.twitter.com/H65bm89DQI— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) May 26, 2022
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 May 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
he can still draw walks i guess
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 May 2022 00:35 (one year ago) link
David Strathairn, DH
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 27 May 2022 01:23 (one year ago) link
J.D. Martinez is hitting .380 right now, albeit with less power than usual. He's been such an amazing hitter through his career...Weird thing is, his top comps for Similarity Score are Nolan Arenado on the one side (career numbers only) and Jim Edmonds on the other (age specific), two fabled defensive players...Martinez has next to no defensive value, no?
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martijd02.shtml#all_appearances
― clemenza, Friday, 27 May 2022 17:19 (one year ago) link
I guess Similarity Scores are based on offense only--I always thought there was at least a built-in position component.
― clemenza, Friday, 27 May 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
makes you really appreciate arenado and edmonds - both of them similar to JD Martinez (at least at the moment, compared to their career (arenado) or late-career (edmonds), but with astounding defense as well
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 May 2022 17:35 (one year ago) link
However, Jim Edmonds is the one of the worst 10 broadcasters of all time, which makes his early HoF bow-out seem better in retrospect. dude needs to not be in the hall of fame and to just shut up for a minute
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 May 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
nevermind. i retract any trace of optimism i had from carpenter's minor league line
There’s also a complicating factor: he’s not hitting the baseball very hard. His average exit velocity in the minors this year stands at only 86.0 mph. That would rank him 230th out of 260 qualified players, via Statcast, and that’s against pitchers who are largely significantly inferior to the ones he’ll face with the Yankees. He does a little better in hard-hit percentage but still would rank in the bottom third of baseball; his 35.5% rate is 187th out of 260, again with the additional caveat that he’s facing weaker pitching. That’s enough to take some of the optimism out of the signing for me.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/matt-carpenter-resurfaces-with-the-yankees/
matt carpenter used to beat the shift with above average power, great contact skills, and lots of walks and deep counts.
i'm not not sure what order those elements disappeared during his decline (which happened steeply a few years ago and only got worse), but to me it looked like the power went first. he had lots of back injuries, too, probably a heavy factor. if his back feels anything like mine does, i have no idea how or why he is still attempting to be a pro baseball man. once his power went, he was no longer driving the ball over the outfielders (or into the seats) but instead right into a wall of shifted fielders. he continued to draw some walks, but pitchers started challenging him more, and he did not meet the challenge and never has, ever since 2018
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 May 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
i think the apple+ broadcast is pretty awful, based on the two that i've seen, once in early season, one last week. among many, many other things, they repeatedly got the names of the players wrong. Not just once or twice, but five, six, seven times. i tuned out near the end.
one thing i DO like about it is the general presentation, and although i'm sure it's annoying to many, i actually like the little pitch-by-pitch probabilities in the corner of the screen.
turns out even those are awful. they're based on a proprietary machine learning kinda deal from nVenue which uses 120 inputs to come up with the probabilities. this fangraphs writer compared it to his own extremely rudimentary model, using nothing but widely available hit-type probabilities based on count. turns out this dude's one-variable model ended up predicting the outcome better than the proprietary secret sauce on apple is using.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/how-good-are-those-probabilities-on-the-apple-tv-broadcasts/
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 May 2022 20:48 (one year ago) link
MLB announcement: Free-agent pitcher Carlos Martínez has received an 80-game suspension without pay after testing positive for Ibutamoren, a performance-enhancing substance. Martínez formerly is of the Cardinals and recently was released by the Red Sox.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) May 27, 2022
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 27 May 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link
So Carpenter hit one out today.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 May 2022 04:05 (one year ago) link
And this Apple broadcast is god awful
in the spirit of, uh, trying to make connections with baseball players i've always hated, i'm looking at craig kimbrel's career stats, and they're pretty unbelievable. for active relievers (min 150 IP), his career 2.19 ERA is second only to Josh Hader's 2.15 ERA, and Kimbrel's stats (640 IP, 13 seasons) cover twice as many innings and seasons as Hader's (297 IP, 6 seasons)
among the relative old-timers, only kenley jansen (2.41 ERA across 723 IP) and darren o'day (2.56 ERA, 598 IP).
so a tip of the hat to that weird dumb hangy arm thing he does. seems to distract players and has consistently given him an edge through the years
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 28 May 2022 05:40 (one year ago) link
man, i used to root for tommy pham pretty hard, because he was one of those guys with tons of talent who faced so many ridiculous obstacles on his way up, including lots of weird injuries, his persistent eye issues. but wtf is up with this guy now
CINCINNATI -- Major League Baseball is investigating a pregame altercation that occurred on Friday afternoon between the Reds’ Tommy Pham and the Giants’ Joc Pederson.Pham was scratched from Cincinnati’s lineup shortly before first pitch, with a Reds spokesperson saying he agreed to sit out pending MLB’s investigation.“MLB is investigating the incident that occurred before the game involving Mr. Pham,” said an MLB spokesperson. “Mr. Pham agreed to not play this evening, pending the results of MLB’s investigation.”Reds players were taking batting practice at Great American Ball Park when Pham and Pederson met out in left field. Pederson said Pham confronted him and slapped him on the face over a dispute involving the fantasy football league that included both players as participants last year. Several players intervened in the situation, and both clubs’ dugouts and bullpens emptied.“Unfortunate situation,” Pederson said following the Reds’ 5-1 win. “Kind of stemmed from a fantasy football league we both were in last year. I put a player on the injured reserve when they were listed as out and then added another player. And then there was a text message in the group [chat] saying that I was cheating because I was stashing players on my bench.
Pham was scratched from Cincinnati’s lineup shortly before first pitch, with a Reds spokesperson saying he agreed to sit out pending MLB’s investigation.
“MLB is investigating the incident that occurred before the game involving Mr. Pham,” said an MLB spokesperson. “Mr. Pham agreed to not play this evening, pending the results of MLB’s investigation.”
Reds players were taking batting practice at Great American Ball Park when Pham and Pederson met out in left field. Pederson said Pham confronted him and slapped him on the face over a dispute involving the fantasy football league that included both players as participants last year. Several players intervened in the situation, and both clubs’ dugouts and bullpens emptied.
“Unfortunate situation,” Pederson said following the Reds’ 5-1 win. “Kind of stemmed from a fantasy football league we both were in last year. I put a player on the injured reserve when they were listed as out and then added another player. And then there was a text message in the group [chat] saying that I was cheating because I was stashing players on my bench.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 28 May 2022 15:01 (one year ago) link
Maybe take it his convo to the fantasy thread, but I feel like it’s a perfectly acceptable thing to do?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 May 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
Mets booth were speculating it might be a cover story, a la last year’s “rat or raccoon” fiasco
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 28 May 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
i require context on that one!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 May 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
Tommy Pham said Pederson said “disrespectful shit” about the Padres and “fucked with my money”— C. Trent Rosecrans (@ctrent) May 28, 2022
i love this, tommy pham should fight everyone in baseball
― ✖, Saturday, 28 May 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
Thermo: Last year McNeil and Lindor had an in-game squabble down the dugout tunnel, and a bunch of bench members rushed down there to break it up when it got heated. At the end of the game, they described it as an argument over whether the animal they saw in the tunnel was a rat or a raccoon. It was clearly not about that.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 28 May 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
Pham caping for the Friars is so strange. He played a year and change and then they got rid of him
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 28 May 2022 20:50 (one year ago) link
i get that some athletes fire themselves up by fixating on ‘disrespect’ but tommy pham is a head case (with a three-game suspension)
also, dallas keuchel has been DFA’d by the white sox
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 May 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link