cardinals and pirates are finishing the season with six straight games -- three in st. louis and three in pittsburgh
i guess this is because the lockout messed with the schedule? because that's weird
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 04:46 (one year ago) link
Same with the Guardians, six straight home games against the Royals
― brownie, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 11:26 (one year ago) link
going into today's games:
>200 IP
Alcantara: 228.2Nola: 205.0Mikolas: 202.1Bieber: 200.0
there are another 10 with 190 or more, and not sure who is pitching today/tomorrow
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link
Manoah's at 196.2, but I don't think he's getting another start till the playoffs.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 October 2022 02:32 (one year ago) link
the only time the pirates had consecutive 100-loss seasons was when they did it three straight from 1952-54
. . . until now. this would also be three in a row had the 2020 season not been truncated; they were on a pace to go 52-110
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 October 2022 03:38 (one year ago) link
There’s always next season.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 6 October 2022 03:50 (one year ago) link
also mike matheny has run out of missouri teams to manage
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 October 2022 03:59 (one year ago) link
When you've got an hour to spare:
https://www.mlb.com/news/mookie-betts-300-game-bowling-for-30th-birthday
― clemenza, Monday, 10 October 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
sharing this because i know everyone will agree but cardinals fans are being whiiiiiiiny as fuck right now (for those of you saying "right now??" i will say "_particularly_ right now, ok?"
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 October 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
Viva el whinos (weinos?)Cards are a team near the bottom of the misery index for me, along with Dodgers, Yanks, and Braves, maybe some others. They’ve got a couple trampled flowers in their rose garden.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 10 October 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
re: Spencer Strider
He’s pitched for nearly a year so where’s his 10 year $230 million extension
― Michael F Gill, Friday, September 2, 2022 9:47 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
I might be wrong but i imagine those massive extensions will mainly be for position players. Too much injury risk with any pitcher
― Karl Malone, Friday, September 2, 2022 10:12 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
He ended up getting a six year extension for $75 million, only guaranteeing 1 year past free agency.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 10 October 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
*sorta* feel for the cards -- i mean they did actually win a (shitty) division, rather than finishing third. but i think their pain falls well short of the mets'. and also try not giving up six runs in the ninth
kind of alarmed at how good and young and locked up the braves are tbh
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
the barves: hot, ready, and legal!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:09 (one year ago) link
Is this the first team that's extended so many young players? Seems like a new and welcome concept to me. Hard to argue with Anthopolous' talent radar at this point.
― DPRK in Cincinnati (WmC), Monday, 10 October 2022 21:51 (one year ago) link
Braves in a really good spot apparently, but would suggest teams that do this as a rule will eventually get dinged by a 1-2 season wonder. Would the Mets have been right to do this with Ike Davis after one good season?
― sometimes you have to drink to kill the paranoia (PBKR), Monday, 10 October 2022 23:50 (one year ago) link
Bellinger is the biggest example of how things could go wrong. Scott Kingery got a six year/$24M extension before he even played a MLB game and that went south pretty fast, even if that is pocket change compared to other deals. Not sure how well our “Wander Franco will be an MVP by 2025” thread will age tbh
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 01:48 (one year ago) link
oh any number of things could go wrong! but as previously mentioned, braves rookies posted more WAR than several entire teams. and isn't it nice to have a young player do well and then offer him good money as opposed to waiting three years and then trading him away for garbage?
unfortunate that the whole franchise is basically a fount of racism tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
Agreed on both fronts.
― sometimes you have to drink to kill the paranoia (PBKR), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 01:57 (one year ago) link
MLB.com has a poll up for 2022's signature moment. For the regular season, they've got Pujols' 700th and Judge's 62nd--sounds right. For the post-season, it's the combined no-hitter and Harper's NLCS-winning homer. I won't get into the first again, but I'd definitely go with Alvarez's G6 HR over Harper's, and maybe even with his HR over the Mariners in G1 of their ALDS.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 23:30 (one year ago) link
Not Realmuto's HR in WS game 1?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
That'd be a contender too, but personally, I found both of Alvarez's home runs majestic and thrilling.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 01:53 (one year ago) link
doesn't schwarber seem like he should be at least 34 years old? i was just reading something that mentioned he debuted in 2015 and it seemed impossible, like...was he 29 when broke in or something? but no, schwarber was 22 in 2015!
i think it's the beard
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
Vogelbach seems like he should be 40 fwiw
Rob desantis is only two years older than me.
Some white people do be looking like that
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
Kind of interesting: longest-tenured player on each team.
https://www.mlb.com/news/longest-tenured-player-on-each-mlb-team-c275256634
― clemenza, Monday, 19 December 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
Mariners have no one who's been around longer than 2016.
― clemenza, Monday, 19 December 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
i think that might be pretty common. for the cardinals, at least, they only have adam wainwright (who is old and retiring after 2023) from the 2016 season. and even going to 2017, only wainwright and paul de jong, who will hopefully possibly be traded this off-season
― Karl Malone, Monday, 19 December 2022 17:12 (one year ago) link
wow @ the orioles, though, in the other direction!
Orioles: Ryan MountcastleDate acquired: June 8, 2015MLB debut: Aug. 21, 2020There is no better example of just how young the Orioles are, and how much they’ve turned over their entire organization, than their longest-tenured player is still 25 years old.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 19 December 2022 17:13 (one year ago) link
The New York Yankees today announced that they have appointed Brian Sabean as Executive Advisor to Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Cashman. pic.twitter.com/VZ5HHlWDOi— New York Yankees (@Yankees) January 3, 2023
― bit high, bitch (gyac), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
this is just Baseball Guys Looking Out For Each Other imo
cashman is the best baseball executive of the last 25 years*; he doesn't need help, he's hooking a bro up
*okay maybe theo, but also theo seems to become scarce when things get tough
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 04:37 (one year ago) link