**2015 MLB Season Thread: This is how the chapter ends (1 Viewer)

[Eephus]

April 5 -- Opening Night: Cardinals-Cubs

April 6 -- Opening Day

April 15 -- Jackie Robinson Day

June 8-10 -- MLB First-Year Player Draft

July 2 -- International free agent signing begins

July 14 -- All-Star Game, Cincinnati

July 17 -- Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign

July 31 -- Last day to trade a player without securing waivers

Sept. 1 -- Active rosters expand to 40 players

 

[shadyridr]

I just went from six to midnight

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Isn't opening day in Greenland this year?

 

[urbanhack]

 

[JaxBill]

April 5 -- Opening Night: Cardinals-Cubs

April 6 -- Opening Day

April 15 -- Jackie Robinson Day

June 8-10 -- MLB First-Year Player Draft

July 2 -- International free agent signing begins

July 14 -- All-Star Game, Cincinnati

July 17 -- Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign

July 31 -- Last day to trade a player without securing waivers

Sept. 1 -- Active rosters expand to 40 players

May 12th -- Phils mathematically eliminated

 

[shadyridr]

Braves just traded Kimbrel in a money dump to SD

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Kimbrell to padres.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Braves are the new Marlins

 

[the moops]

who closes in ATL?

 

[shadyridr]

So Benoit is droppable now

 

[shadyridr]

who closes in ATL?

Grilli i assume

 

[pollardsvision]

Braves are the new Marlins

Easy now. This was a great move by the Braves. The more important part of this deal is that they shipped BJ's worthless ### out of town.

Losing Kimbrel is a big price to pay to do it, but likely worth it for one of the worst teams in baseball.

 

[pollardsvision]

who closes in ATL?

Grilli i assume

Probably, unless Jim Johnson gets it together...

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Braves are the new Marlins

Easy now. This was a great move by the Braves.

Not really.

Mark Bowman ✔ @mlbbowman Follow

The #Braves do not have any desire to trade Kimbrel. They remain optimistic about the upcoming season.

9:11 AM - 15 Jan 2015

 

[pollardsvision]

Braves are the new Marlins

Easy now. This was a great move by the Braves.

Not really.

Mark Bowman ✔ @mlbbowman Follow

The #Braves do not have any desire to trade Kimbrel. They remain optimistic about the upcoming season.

9:11 AM - 15 Jan 2015

Not sure what that completely predictable and useless tweet has to do with analyzing the trade.

BTW, I assume some Padre fan photoshoppers already have this taken care of.

 

[shadyridr]

Braves are the new Marlins

Easy now. This was a great move by the Braves.

Not really.

Mark Bowman ✔ @mlbbowman Follow

The #Braves do not have any desire to trade Kimbrel. They remain optimistic about the upcoming season.

9:11 AM - 15 Jan 2015

cost of getting rid of bj.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Braves are the new Marlins

Easy now. This was a great move by the Braves.

Not really.

Mark Bowman ✔ @mlbbowman Follow


The #Braves do not have any desire to trade Kimbrel. They remain optimistic about the upcoming season.

9:11 AM - 15 Jan 2015

Not sure what that completely predictable and useless tweet has to do with analyzing the trade.

BTW, I assume some Padre fan photoshoppers already have this taken care of.

Getting Wisler and a pile of crap back for the best closer in baseball seems like a trade that makes little sense. At least they could have got Rymer Liriano back.

 

[urbanhack]

It's freaking gorgeous today in Chicago....there are going to be thousands of wasted Cubs fans tonight. <more than usual>

 

[pollardsvision]

Braves are the new Marlins

Easy now. This was a great move by the Braves.

Not really.

Mark Bowman ✔ @mlbbowman Follow


The #Braves do not have any desire to trade Kimbrel. They remain optimistic about the upcoming season.

9:11 AM - 15 Jan 2015

Not sure what that completely predictable and useless tweet has to do with analyzing the trade.

BTW, I assume some Padre fan photoshoppers already have this taken care of.

Getting Wisler and a pile of crap back for the best closer in baseball seems like a trade that makes little sense. At least they could have got Rymer Liriano back.

Just pointing out that a Braves mouthpiece saying the Braves are optimistic in January doesn't mean much for this trade.

I don't know enough about the Padres prospects to have an opinion there (though Fangraphs has Wisler as SD's 2nd best prospect), but I like the idea behind the trade. Braves aren't a rich team. BJ's contract was a big problem. They weren't going anywhere this year, and the downgrade from Kimbrel to Grilli doesn't alter their season projection enough to matter.

Dumping Upton and getting any decent prospect is probably worth dealing Kimbrel for. If they get anything out of Quentin or Maybin, even better.

 

[JaxBill]

I understand dumping Upton contract but isn't Quentin contract a boat anchor too? Especially since they are DFAing him with no DH?

 

[pollardsvision]

I understand dumping Upton contract but isn't Quentin contract a boat anchor too? Especially since they are DFAing him with no DH?

Quentin is up after this year, I believe. Upton runs through 2017.

 

[Raider Nation]

Tim Kurkjian cackling through every sentence is unbearable.

 

[shadyridr]

Anybody play fanduel? Any advice? Basically just play pitching matchups and try and look at lefty/righty splits? I just put a team in for Opening Day and jeez it was hard to fill a team. Basically I picked all value plays with only two stud hitters and I could barely fit it under the cap. i chose Henderson Alvarez vs ATL and loaded up on Brewers vs Kendrick.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Jon Kruk has really become a grumpy dude over the years. Didn't he used to be a "fun" guy at some point?

 

[dparker713]

Jon Kruk has really become a grumpy dude over the years. Didn't he used to be a "fun" guy at some point?

Maybe he's losing weight and is no longer a jolly fat guy

 

[Raider Nation]

They can remove that K-zone box from the screen anytime now.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Better luck next year Cubs.

 

[Raider Nation]

They can remove that K-zone box from the screen anytime now.

HOW DID WE EVER LIVE WITHOUT THIS FOR 70 YEARS???

Fu-k ESPN, seriously. I'm going to watch golf.

 

[The General]

Lester hasn't thrown to first base in a game in since 2013. That's nuts.

 

[avoiding injuries]

They can remove that K-zone box from the screen anytime now.

THE MORE GRAPHICS THE BETTER

 

[Raider Nation]

They can remove that K-zone box from the screen anytime now.

THE MORE GRAPHICS THE BETTER

If you're on Twitter, go to the search box and enter "ESPN K zone".... the opinions are roughly 99 people are homicidal for every one person who likes it. I'm sure ESPN will listen to the public.

 

[Billy Bats]

Melvin? Nah just call me B.J.

 

[JaxBill]

Melvin? Nah just call me B.J.

Father's name is Melvin but nicknamed bossman. Bj = bossman junior

 

[Capella]

Just tuned in and saw that K box

 

[JaxBill]

K zone = baseball version of glowing puck?

 

[Billy Bats]

Melvin? Nah just call me B.J.

Father's name is Melvin but nicknamed bossman. Bj = bossman junior

Of course it does! Was wondering who this Melvin Upton guy was that the Braves traded, did he decide to go with Melvin now or is this just media being media? Took me scrolling through a hundred tweets before someone actually mentioned it was BJ, but used it as BJ/Melvin... so strange.

 

[Raider Nation]

K zone = baseball version of glowing puck?

Phil Rogers ‏@philgrogers

Yes, ESPN is gambling that the K-Zone will become like the first-down line on football broadcasts. They're keeping it up all the time.

 

[Raider Nation]

GL with that. I don't care if the Yanks were miraculously in the WS and it was on ESPN. I'll listen to it on the radio.

 

[Raider Nation]

The reception to this guy's tweet probably wasn't what he had hoped.

 

[avoiding injuries]

If this thing stays, I won't watch more than an inning or two of any game on ESPN. My regional sports network better not get any ideas from this disaster.

 

[Billy Bats]

The 3-D strike zone replay thing from behind was cool. This thing sucks bad.

 

[Swing 51]

RN's Funhouse ‏@RNs_Funhouse 9m9 minutes ago

@espnmikes It sucks. It blows. It's evil. It's horrific. It's the worst idea ever. GET RID OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Plorfu]

I just came here to complain about the K Zone.

 

[shuke]

They can remove that K-zone box from the screen anytime now.

It really is horrible. I like when they have it up for an AB recap, but constantly is way too distracting.

 

[The General]

Cubs in midseason form.

 

[Peyton Marino]

Wainy dealing tonight.

 

[the moops]

I like the K zone thing quite a bit. you guys are ####### grumpy

 

[Capella]

Are Kruk and Schilling the new team? They are a way bigger problem than K-zone.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

K Zone isn't that terrible if they would stop talking about it after every pitch. I don't need to know the pitch f/x result of all 260 pitches, thx.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

It's freaking gorgeous today in Chicago....there are going to be thousands of wasted Cubs fans tonight. <more than usual>

LET'S GET BOMBED!!

(and shut out)