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2018 MLB Regular Season Thread! Current thread batting average: .420 (1 Viewer)

shadyridr said:
Is judge back in the mvp discussion? I know he slumped miserably in July and Aug but he's had an incredible September and his final line is just eye popping. 
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He has to be.  Altuve or Judge should be the winner.

 
Matt Cain announced he is retiring.  Pending the outcome of his start on Saturday, he'll leave the game with a 104-188 career record and 3.69 ERA (108 ERA+).   His ERA was always better than his FIP and he didn't have much margin for error when age and injuries started piling up.  But he was a reliable starter in his prime 30.3 rWAR is a solid career.

His top ten B-R comps

  1. Mario Soto (949.1)
  2. Jim Rooker (943.1)
  3. Sam Jones (940.9)
  4. Pete Harnisch (936.8)
  5. Frank Sullivan (931.9)
  6. Eric Show (931.5)
  7. Denny Lemaster (930.8)
  8. Tim Lincecum (930.8)
  9. R.A. Dickey (930.3)
  10. Ubaldo Jimenez (930.3)
 
Eephus said:
Matt Cain announced he is retiring.  Pending the outcome of his start on Saturday, he'll leave the game with a 104-188 career record and 3.69 ERA (108 ERA+).   His ERA was always better than his FIP and he didn't have much margin for error when age and injuries started piling up.  But he was a reliable starter in his prime 30.3 rWAR is a solid career.

His top ten B-R comps

  1. Mario Soto (949.1)
  2. Jim Rooker (943.1)
  3. Sam Jones (940.9)
  4. Pete Harnisch (936.8)
  5. Frank Sullivan (931.9)
  6. Eric Show (931.5)
  7. Denny Lemaster (930.8)
  8. Tim Lincecum (930.8)
  9. R.A. Dickey (930.3)
  10. Ubaldo Jimenez (930.3)
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Also earned nearly $135 million.  The extension ended up being terrible for the Giants, but it was a reward for paying him peanuts when he was actually good like most long term contracts in baseball.

 
Limp Ditka said:
:confused:

Really? I know the last 4-5 years haven't been kind to him, but finding it ridiculously hard to believe that he was that many games under .500
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He had notoriously poor run support in half of his eight seasons as a horse.

He ended the 2013 season with a cumulative 93-88 record.   The 5 games over .500 was the high water mark of his career.

 
Active leaders in career losses for pitchers

Bartolo Colon 176

John Lackey & CC Sabathia  146

Bronson Arroyo 137

Evvin Santana 124

James Shields 123

Edwin Jackson 120

Cain and RA Dickey 118

 
B-R is just a goldmine.  Off the same list of career losses, I followed a tangent to a 19th century pitcher named Ice Box Chamberlain.  He recorded a 157-120 career record from 1886-96

An ambidextrous pitcher for two days, he alternated arms for four innings of a game on June 16, 1884 before he was in the major leagues. On May 9, 1888, he had a large lead against the Kansas City Cowboys and pitched the last two innings left-handed, giving up no runs that way.

On May 6, 1892, Chamberlain and John Clarkson pitched a 14-inning scoreless tie between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Beaneaters. The game was called at that point, due to the "angle of the sun". According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the "decision, while it may appear ridiculous on the face of it, was, strange to relate, a just and sensible one."

On May 30, 1894, Chamberlain pitched a complete game in which his team lost 20-11. Not only did Chamberlain give up all 20 runs, but he allowed four home runs that day by Bobby Lowe, who became the first major league player to hit four home runs in a game.

"Chamberlain was the greatest ladies fascinator of any ball player I can recall. When he was playing in St. Louis it was a daily occurrence to find in his mail delicately perfumed notes from his soft admirers in the grand stand, among whom were a number of coy maidens, romantic and slightly indiscreet." - George Munson, secretary of the St. Louis club, reminiscing in Sporting Life in 1892

 
Hard for me to be excited for the return of Sano. The guy strikes out way to much and all the Twins have done is win without him. 

 
Eephus said:
B-R is just a goldmine.  Off the same list of career losses, I followed a tangent to a 19th century pitcher named Ice Box Chamberlain.  He recorded a 157-120 career record from 1886-96

An ambidextrous pitcher for two days, he alternated arms for four innings of a game on June 16, 1884 before he was in the major leagues. On May 9, 1888, he had a large lead against the Kansas City Cowboys and pitched the last two innings left-handed, giving up no runs that way.

On May 6, 1892, Chamberlain and John Clarkson pitched a 14-inning scoreless tie between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Beaneaters. The game was called at that point, due to the "angle of the sun". According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the "decision, while it may appear ridiculous on the face of it, was, strange to relate, a just and sensible one."

On May 30, 1894, Chamberlain pitched a complete game in which his team lost 20-11. Not only did Chamberlain give up all 20 runs, but he allowed four home runs that day by Bobby Lowe, who became the first major league player to hit four home runs in a game.

"Chamberlain was the greatest ladies fascinator of any ball player I can recall. When he was playing in St. Louis it was a daily occurrence to find in his mail delicately perfumed notes from his soft admirers in the grand stand, among whom were a number of coy maidens, romantic and slightly indiscreet." - George Munson, secretary of the St. Louis club, reminiscing in Sporting Life in 1892
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captain hook: No relation to Joba

 
Eephus said:
B-R is just a goldmine.  Off the same list of career losses, I followed a tangent to a 19th century pitcher named Ice Box Chamberlain.  He recorded a 157-120 career record from 1886-96

An ambidextrous pitcher for two days, he alternated arms for four innings of a game on June 16, 1884 before he was in the major leagues. On May 9, 1888, he had a large lead against the Kansas City Cowboys and pitched the last two innings left-handed, giving up no runs that way.

On May 6, 1892, Chamberlain and John Clarkson pitched a 14-inning scoreless tie between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Beaneaters. The game was called at that point, due to the "angle of the sun". According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the "decision, while it may appear ridiculous on the face of it, was, strange to relate, a just and sensible one."

On May 30, 1894, Chamberlain pitched a complete game in which his team lost 20-11. Not only did Chamberlain give up all 20 runs, but he allowed four home runs that day by Bobby Lowe, who became the first major league player to hit four home runs in a game.

"Chamberlain was the greatest ladies fascinator of any ball player I can recall. When he was playing in St. Louis it was a daily occurrence to find in his mail delicately perfumed notes from his soft admirers in the grand stand, among whom were a number of coy maidens, romantic and slightly indiscreet." - George Munson, secretary of the St. Louis club, reminiscing in Sporting Life in 1892
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One of the all time great cookie seasons in whatifsports, tho

 
ESPN can only fit two positions on the mobile. Going to be a fun box score for Romine tomorrow.

 
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Interesting story coming out of Atlanta where GM John Coppolella resigned abruptly.  MLB is reportedly investigating the organization in connection with rules violations involving international free agents.

 
The international free agent system is inherently corrupt.  I'm curious to see what the Braves could possibly have done to cross that already crooked line.

 
Eephus said:
The international free agent system is inherently corrupt.  I'm curious to see what the Braves could possibly have done to cross that already crooked line.
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Got caught? Been ##### about it? 

 
How annoying are the Yankee fans at the stadium. Fly ball they roar like it's going out of the stadium.  The Yankees pitcher misses by a foot and they boo. 

 
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