**2015 MLB Season Thread: This is how the chapter ends (2 Viewers)

[Doctor Detroit]

There have been at least a dozen incorrect calls at home plate that I've seen. I have no idea what their definition of conclusive is, but it needs to change in the offseason. Home plate calls are the most important and it seems to me it is the call the replay is getting wrong the most.

 

[Raider Nation]

Some wacky run differentials this season.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Some wacky run differentials this season.

Lady Luck is a dirty filthy whore.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Some wacky run differentials this season.

Lady Luck is a dirty filthy whore.

Bill James' head just exploded and he doesn't know why.

 

[Raider Nation]

Miggy to the DL.

 

[jamny]

Miggy to the DL.

 

[shadyridr]

Miggy to the DL.

is this the first time hes been on the DL?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Miggy to the DL.

is this the first time hes been on the DL?

Yes.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

Miggy to the DL.

is this the first time hes been on the DL?

Yes.

Just heard on local radio that Cabrera is out 6 weeks.EDIT TO ADD: They just now said "up to" 6 weeks with a grade 3 calf strain.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Nice of Madbum to ruin my 4th of July

 

[jamny]

Strasburg injured in the 4th....on the 4th!

 

[bigmarc27]

Miggy to the DL.

is this the first time hes been on the DL?

Yes.

Just heard on local radio that Cabrera is out 6 weeks.EDIT TO ADD: They just now said "up to" 6 weeks with a grade 3 calf strain.

That basically ends the fantasy season for him and Springer. 6 weeks puts them back at the start of the playoffs but who knows how long before they get back into form.

 

[Raider Nation]

Miggy to the DL.

is this the first time hes been on the DL?

Yes.

That's pretty amazing, actually.

 

[the moops]

Miggy to the DL.

is this the first time hes been on the DL?

Yes.

Just heard on local radio that Cabrera is out 6 weeks.EDIT TO ADD: They just now said "up to" 6 weeks with a grade 3 calf strain.

That basically ends the fantasy season for him and Springer. 6 weeks puts them back at the start of the playoffs but who knows how long before they get back into form.

It is 6 weeks max. And your playoffs start in mid August?

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

That motion of Carter Capps is terribly distracting and doesn't seem legal: http://www.businessinsider.com/carper-capps-pitching-motion-2015-4

 

[gump]

Are Scherzer and Felix lined up to start the ASG?

 

[larch]

Are Scherzer and Felix lined up to start the ASG?

Sale, Keuchel or Archer should be the starter before Hernandez.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

That motion of Carter Capps is terribly distracting and doesn't seem legal: http://www.businessinsider.com/carper-capps-pitching-motion-2015-4

It isn't legal and I'm surprised that someone hasn't complained and the umpires call a balk on every one of his pitches.

 

[pantagrapher]

That motion of Carter Capps is terribly distracting and doesn't seem legal: http://www.businessinsider.com/carper-capps-pitching-motion-2015-4

It isn't legal and I'm surprised that someone hasn't complained and the umpires call a balk on every one of his pitches.

I'd love to see his motion legislated out of the game, but MLB has clearly come down in his favor.

 

[gump]

Are Scherzer and Felix lined up to start the ASG?

Sale, Keuchel or Archer should be the starter before Hernandez.

So Sale and Keuchel pitch today...I was assuming that eliminates them?

Archer pitches on Wed. Felix on Thurs.

 

[JZilla]

That motion of Carter Capps is terribly distracting and doesn't seem legal: http://www.businessinsider.com/carper-capps-pitching-motion-2015-4

It isn't legal and I'm surprised that someone hasn't complained and the umpires call a balk on every one of his pitches.

I'd love to see his motion legislated out of the game, but MLB has clearly come down in his favor.

Doesn't Jordan Walden do basically the same thing?

 

[pantagrapher]

That motion of Carter Capps is terribly distracting and doesn't seem legal: http://www.businessinsider.com/carper-capps-pitching-motion-2015-4

It isn't legal and I'm surprised that someone hasn't complained and the umpires call a balk on every one of his pitches.

I'd love to see his motion legislated out of the game, but MLB has clearly come down in his favor.

Doesn't Jordan Walden do basically the same thing?

Yeah. And it's been pointed out that pretty much no pitcher in baseball stays on the rubber as they release the ball.

 

[JZilla]

Yeah.. I agree what Walden and Capps do seems a tad cheaty

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Teach a long-jumper how to pitch.

 

[gump]

Bryant making it tonight clears the way for Votto in the final vote.

 

[shadyridr]

All those moves, all that money. The sox only all star is... Brock Holt

 

[Dan Lambskin]

All those moves, all that money. The sox only all star is... Brock Holt

BUT HES VERSATILE!

 

[Limp Ditka]

AROD free!

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Things you can't make up:

Today is National Fried Chicken Day, and the ESPN game pits Lackey against Lester.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

And Lester promptly gets his first career hit after going 0-for-66 to start his career.

 

[Annyong]

That was awesome. Lined it off Lackeys stupid foot

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Things you can't make up:

Today is National Fried Chicken Day, and the ESPN game pits Lackey against Lester.

I don't get it

 

[shadyridr]

Jon Lesters last win was May 16

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Miggy to the DL.

is this the first time hes been on the DL?

Yes.

Just heard on local radio that Cabrera is out 6 weeks.EDIT TO ADD: They just now said "up to" 6 weeks with a grade 3 calf strain.

That basically ends the fantasy season for him and Springer. 6 weeks puts them back at the start of the playoffs but who knows how long before they get back into form.

It is 6 weeks max. And your playoffs start in mid August?

They are talking early September for Miggy, it's really six weeks minimum.

 

[Annyong]

Who are these turds on MLB network? They are awful.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Eddie Murray with four FG's.

 

[Eephus]

Eddie Murray with four FG's.

Two lefty and two righty

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

Eddie Murray with four FG's.

Two lefty and two righty

And still wouldn't sign autographs after the game.

 

[Good Posting Judge]

Jon Lesters last win was May 16

Carpenter's lead off first (he ended up stealing 2nd) in the first inning. Was embarrassingly long. Lester should be ashamed of himself.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Things you can't make up:

Today is National Fried Chicken Day, and the ESPN game pits Lackey against Lester.

I don't get it

It was the infamous "beer and chicken" incident in the Sox clubhouse during a game in 2011 that was blamed for leading to the team's late collapse and Francona's firing. Beckett, Lackey and Lester were the three main reported culprits.

 

[Annyong]

Oh I get it now. Lester is on the Cubs.

 

[Grahamburn]

Oh I get it now. Lester is on the Cubs.

Watching Scherzer mow hitters down all year isn't making it any better.

 

[Raider Nation]

Tarp monster.

 

[Frostillicus]

I feel kind of dumb asking, but how is that not a balk on Brian Matusz every pitch? I can't find any footage. So, uh, that's all.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Cano the current worst contract in MLB?

depends on how you are defining it, but Verlander is probably close. Owed $140 for this year through 2019. I would guess that there is a better chance that Cano re-gains some semblance of his form.

In the first two years of his deal JV returned a 4.8 and a 2.8 WAR. Ryan Howard is a cumulitive -2.1 in his 4th year of a $125 mm contract. So one more decent JV year and nothing woukd still end up being a better deal than Howard. So that has to be the worst current contract in baseball, at least JV and Cano have a chance to recover.

Matt Cain's contract doesn't look too great either. Giants still owe him at least $60mm through 2017 and that's with a $7.5mm buyout for '18.

On JV I find it weird that people are so quick to forgive Cano all of a sudden because he has acid reflux. JV had core surgery before 2014 and is just returning this year from arm issues. Seems like recovering from core surgery might be a little tougher than getting over acid reflux, but I'm no doctor...

 

[Kraft...]

That motion of Carter Capps is terribly distracting and doesn't seem legal: http://www.businessinsider.com/carper-capps-pitching-motion-2015-4

Red Sox announcers were all over this last night

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

That motion of Carter Capps is terribly distracting and doesn't seem legal: http://www.businessinsider.com/carper-capps-pitching-motion-2015-4

Red Sox announcers were all over this last night

Eventually he'll break his foot and the problem will take care of itself.

 

[Billy Bats]

Tarp monster.

Memorial for tarp man:

http://deadspin.com/prayers-up-for-the-pirates-tarp-man-1716582643?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[Billy Bats]

Outside of Hamels, any other major impact NL players rumored to be on the block?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Outside of Hamels, any other major impact NL players rumored to be on the block?

Lots of Brewers. Carlos Gomez might be there.