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2018 MLB Regular Season Thread! Current thread batting average: .420 (2 Viewers)
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Eephus
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Hilts
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It's still a phenomenal deal for the team. It was dumb they didn't do this sooner.He's 24, on a pre-arb contract and under team control for another five years
Eephus
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I suspect Ohtani and his people had some input to this decision
ETA: ...and he hits a HR
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Doctor Detroit
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Cardinals aren’t going anywhere with that defense, it’s like a bad softball team where you ask a guy who hasn’t played in 20 years to play RF (Jose Martinez).
When Matt Adams is legitimately your third best defender, you stink.
When Matt Adams is legitimately your third best defender, you stink.
Doctor Detroit
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Plowed two homers tonight, stole a base, and will be hitting next year. Angels will profit on this guy.
Eta: might make up for Albert contract
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JuniorGong
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MLB teams were 487-0 when leading by 6 runs heading into the 8th inning this season. Atlanta made that 487-1 yesterday after the Red Sox stormed back with their B squad to complete a series sweep.
E-Z Glider
Footballguy
Last night the Phillies started Carlos Santana at 3B, Asdrubel Cabrerra at SS and Rhys Hoskins in LF (all basically playing out of position). They also had Bour (1B), Alfaro (C), Cesar (2B), and WIlliams (LF) who are all average or below average defensively. The only above average defender in the whole lineup was Roman Quinn (CF) who batted 9th (after the pitcher).
Its a crazy game nowadays.
Epic Problem
Footballguy
Wonder what kind of timetable they'll have for him to be cleared to do that. He's obviously doing it now, but he probably can't do more damage than what's already done. However, they're not going to want to risk damaging what's already been repaired just to get him ABs next year. Awkward swing, awkward slide, no matter how unlikely that might be, and then back to square one would suck.
Hilts
Footballguy
I'm not sure anything can make up for that 30 million dollar albatross, but Ohtani definitely looks as good as he was hyped. Maybe he should go full Ruth and become a full time hitter.
MAC_32
Footballguy
If he got TJ in June then he's out for all of 19 and hopefully back for 20. If he gets TJ in October then his timetable may be exactly the same. The margin for error goes from some to zero, but like eephus said - I'm sure Ohtani's people had a voice in the decision too. And the Angels probably said something along the lines of - fine, but if you're wrong then you're getting the knife in October.Hilts said:
heckmanm
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Northern Voice
Footballguy
Rowdy Tellez is the first player in the live ball era with extra base hits in his first three plate appearances according to Stats Inc on Twitter.
It really seems like someone would have done that before.
It really seems like someone would have done that before.
Northern Voice
Footballguy
Also, I guess I need a new avatar :(
Eephus
Footballguy
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Would be hilarious if true, but nothing in that video makes me believe the ball sitting on that ledge was rubber, and that the ball the other guy picked up was the game ball.
heckmanm
Footballguy
Epic Problem
Footballguy
Michael Kopech - S - White Sox
Michael Kopech has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and the recommendation is that he undergo Tommy John surgery.
Source: Scott Merkin on Twitter
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Michael Kopech has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and the recommendation is that he undergo Tommy John surgery.
Source: Scott Merkin on Twitter
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Wrigley
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Northern Voice
Footballguy
I had him there at one point. I think there may be another oversized bat-first guy in the organization who is ahead of him on the depth chart.
He's up to 6 doubles in 8 career MLB plate appearances though.
Dan Lambskin
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Doctor Detroit
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So David Hess was supposed to start on the mound for the Orioles today. But yesterday during BATTING PRACTICE, he was hit it the eye with a FOOTBALL.
Oh Orioles.
Oh Orioles.
Epic Problem
Footballguy
jesus h. that's scary ####
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
Gabe Kapler just went to his fourth pitcher of the day, in the top of the fifth inning, in a 1-0 game in which his starter gave up just two hits and three walks over 4 1/3. This is in the first game of a straight doubleheader. He can do this because he has 20 pitchers on the active roster at the moment.
I'm not one of those "baseball is doomed" types, but they absolutely have to do something about the September call-up rule. This is unwatchable. The home fans are booing their own manager in the middle of an unexpected playoff chase, and I can't blame them.
I'm not one of those "baseball is doomed" types, but they absolutely have to do something about the September call-up rule. This is unwatchable. The home fans are booing their own manager in the middle of an unexpected playoff chase, and I can't blame them.
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TobiasFunke
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Huh? There's plenty of reason to change it. First among them- it's boring and makes the games take forever. Second among them- it's silly to play by one set of rules for 5 months and then play by a completely different set of rules the last month (then go back to the original rules for the playoffs). Third among them- it gives large market teams another edge because they can afford to pay more guys a major league salary.
I don't recall teams taking full advantage of it this much in the past. For one thing, teams didn't go to the bullpen as quickly in the past, regardless of number of options. Also there wasn't really a pace of play problem then to be exacerbated by the rule.
It's an easy fix, too. Just require each manager to submit a 25 (or 26, or 27) man active roster prior to each September game. That way the call-ups still get called up for the most part and still get their paychecks but nobody has to sit through this nonsense.
That isn't because of the September call-ups. That is because pitchers are babied beyond belief.
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
Of course, how silly of me. Particularly impressive because pitchers also used to pitch with onions tied to their belts, which was the style at the time. And of course during the war they didn't have any white ones, so they had to use the big yellow ones.
E-Z Glider
Footballguy
I had a bigger problem with Gabe pinch-running for Bour in the 4th than I did with his pitcher usage. Bour is your #3 hitter and the only guy in the lineup with a hit at that point. C’mon man. 
TobiasFunke
Footballguy
Right, my issue wasn't with the strategy. It was with the rule that allows the strategy, which produces longer and more boring games (among other problems with it).E-Z Glider said:I had a bigger problem with Gabe pinch-running for Bour in the 4th than I did with his pitcher usage. Bour is your #3 hitter and the only guy in the lineup with a hit at that point. C’mon man.
Doctor Detroit
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The NL ROY race might be the best competition in some time. Two record breaking rookies.
Similar WAR and OPS, Acuna the more well-rounded player but Soto may end up being the NL OBP champ as a teenager. So awesome.
Similar WAR and OPS, Acuna the more well-rounded player but Soto may end up being the NL OBP champ as a teenager. So awesome.
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Bruce Dickinson
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I'd like to see no warmup pitches from the game mound for a pitcher entering the game in the middle of an inning. He got loose in the bullpen. He ready.
Doctor Detroit
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Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
100%Bruce Dickinson said:
low hanging fruit
Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
I hadn't thought about that one until a friend mentioned it was like having a basketball player check in at the scorers' table, then the refs letting the player run up and down the court a few times before the ball is inbounded.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I hadn't really thought about much either, probably, but a local radio host brought it up earlier in the season and I thought it made so much sense and I don't even understand where the resistance would be (even among other things that I think are kind of dumb, I can usually see who would complain, whether valid or not). I guess it could mean fewer commercials, but I don't know that it would be that reduced and if pace of play really matters, it seems like the easiest one. Stepping out of the batters' box during the at-bat would be a close second, but I think managers and GMs probably like the hitters (and even the pitchers) getting totally focused on each pitch since they want the maximum result each swing/pitch.
Bruce Dickinson
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Now that on-screen advertising is more common and accepted with viewers, running an ad during the pitching change without cutting away from the game completely seems a viable option.
I go back and forth on the staying in/stepping out stuff. One of my favorite Cardinals SPs from the mid-80s run, John Tudor, took a lot of time between pitches, but he got a lot of hitters out so it was all good. In contrast, Bob Gibson (Cardinals social media has been recapping Gibson's starts from his sizzling 1968 season on corresponding dates) told his catchers to toss the return throw right at the rubber so he could be ready to wind up and pitch as soon as he got the ball back: McCarver would loop a throw back to the mound, crouch down, and sign the next pitch seemingly in one motion.
Long Ball Larry
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Long Ball Larry
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rememberFat Drunk and Stupid said:
