***Official MLB 2013 Season Thread (2 Viewers)

[shadyridr]

If you think being 16th out of 30 is terrible i dont know what to tell you

 

[scoobus]

Am I really arguing with someone that the Houston Astros don't have a terrible starting lineup?

Outside of them being 16th in the league in runs scored after 1 month of the season (which is now 19th, combined with them playing most games of anyone outside Seattle), do you have anything to back up this claim? I'll even help you start, Jose Altuve is a solid hitting 2B.

 

[the moops]

If you think being 16th out of 30 is terrible i dont know what to tell you

Comparing AL offenses to NL offenses in terms of runs scored is obviously dumb.

In the AL they are 12 out of 15 in runs per game. 12 out of 15 in OPS+.

They are terrible. They do hit a lot of doubles though.

 

[rascal]

They are not as bad as Miami

 

[sporthenry]

If you think being 16th out of 30 is terrible i dont know what to tell you

Comparing AL offenses to NL offenses in terms of runs scored is obviously dumb.

In the AL they are 12 out of 15 in runs per game. 12 out of 15 in OPS+.

They are terrible. They do hit a lot of doubles though.

Alright, but even then, 3 teams are worse than them. I don't think anybody is saying Houston is good. Just that they aren't as bad as everyone jokes about here. If they are terrible then what does that make Toronto, Chi Sox and Seattle?

 

[the moops]

If you think being 16th out of 30 is terrible i dont know what to tell you

Comparing AL offenses to NL offenses in terms of runs scored is obviously dumb.

In the AL they are 12 out of 15 in runs per game. 12 out of 15 in OPS+.

They are terrible. They do hit a lot of doubles though.

Alright, but even then, 3 teams are worse than them. I don't think anybody is saying Houston is good. Just that they aren't as bad as everyone jokes about here. If they are terrible then what does that make Toronto, Chi Sox and Seattle?

Terribler

 

[Cliff Clavin]

If you think being 16th out of 30 is terrible i dont know what to tell you

Comparing AL offenses to NL offenses in terms of runs scored is obviously dumb.

In the AL they are 12 out of 15 in runs per game. 12 out of 15 in OPS+.

They are terrible. They do hit a lot of doubles though.

Alright, but even then, 3 teams are worse than them. I don't think anybody is saying Houston is good. Just that they aren't as bad as everyone jokes about here. If they are terrible then what does that make Toronto, Chi Sox and Seattle?

Victims of small sample sizes? Do you believe Houston is going to out hit Toronto all year?

 

[shadyridr]

If you think being 16th out of 30 is terrible i dont know what to tell you

Comparing AL offenses to NL offenses in terms of runs scored is obviously dumb. In the AL they are 12 out of 15 in runs per game. 12 out of 15 in OPS+. They are terrible. They do hit a lot of doubles though.

19th in the majors in OPS below average offense and they strike out a TON but there are 11 teams in the majors with a lower OPS. They are not the obvious stream everyone thought they were the first week of the season.

 

[sporthenry]

If you think being 16th out of 30 is terrible i dont know what to tell you

Comparing AL offenses to NL offenses in terms of runs scored is obviously dumb.

In the AL they are 12 out of 15 in runs per game. 12 out of 15 in OPS+.

They are terrible. They do hit a lot of doubles though.

Alright, but even then, 3 teams are worse than them. I don't think anybody is saying Houston is good. Just that they aren't as bad as everyone jokes about here. If they are terrible then what does that make Toronto, Chi Sox and Seattle?

Victims of small sample sizes? Do you believe Houston is going to out hit Toronto all year?

Maybe not Toronto, but certainly they could outhit Seattle and nobody would be surprised. Yet, we don't get updates every time Seattle is shut out do we? I think that is our main point.

It wouldn't surprise me if Houston wasn't the worst offense in the AL. Meanwhile, it would surprise me if the Fish don't finish dead last in the NL. And I'm sure there is a metric to compare league performance in which case I'm sure Houston will outpace the Fish.

 

[the moops]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

 

[Frostillicus]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

 

[shadyridr]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

You root for less teams in the NL than the AL?

 

[pollardsvision]

I've always felt like NL teams have more bright, crisp color schemes. A lot of drab going on in the AL.

That's the biggest difference I can think of.

 

[the moops]

Good stuff in here guys.

 

[Limp Ditka]

To any and all that mentioned Cashner in the streaming thread, I hope you all find yourselves on the wrong side of a patented woz 2oz stream.

 

[FDAS]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

 

[Eephus]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

 

[RnR]

To any and all that mentioned Cashner in the streaming thread, I hope you all find yourselves on the wrong side of a patented woz 2oz stream.

To be fair, is there a right side of a patented woz 2oz stream?

 

[Limp Ditka]

To any and all that mentioned Cashner in the streaming thread, I hope you all find yourselves on the wrong side of a patented woz 2oz stream.

To be fair, is there a right side of a patented woz 2oz stream?

Considering the other side basically means being woz, fair enough..

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Roy Halladay provided few clues of injury
Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay said he started experiencing pain in his right shoulder only after his fifth start April 24 against Pittsburgh, but did not alert team officials of any discomfort until after Sunday's rocky outing. Halladay has made two starts since that no-decision against the Pirates, including Sunday, and allowed 17 runs with six walks and just seven strikeouts over six total innings.

"I thought it was kind of regular soreness," Halladay told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday. "It's not something that I had before. "It's something new this year. I felt good all spring, felt good all year, I just got up after that start in Pittsburgh and had soreness and just wasn't able to get rid of it."

Halladay, whose start Sunday against Miami was his worst since his rookie season, has given up at least five earned runs in four of his seven starts for an unsightly 8.65 ERA. He also hit two batters with pitches and threw another behind a batter, raising alarms of a possible injury.

"It's kind of progressed over the last two weeks or so. It's right shoulder soreness, and I'm going to have it looked at in the next few days," Halladay said. "Once we get more information back, we'll obviously let people know what's going on."

Wow, thanks a lot Roy.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I hate h2h points so much. I think this season is going to be the end of it for me.

After 5 weeks, I have the most points out of the 12 teams.

If you breakdown my all-play record each week, out of 55 possible matchups, there has only been 13 that I could have lost all season.

Somehow, I'm 2-3

 

[culdeus]

What sort of leash does Phil Humber have? He could set all time records for losses for a pitcher that threw a no-hitter.*

Now 0-7 8.82

Unlikely he sees 30 losses at this rate.

 

[FDAS]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

Your mom is plural

 

[sporthenry]

I hate h2h points so much. I think this season is going to be the end of it for me.

After 5 weeks, I have the most points out of the 12 teams.

If you breakdown my all-play record each week, out of 55 possible matchups, there has only been 13 that I could have lost all season.

Somehow, I'm 2-3

Feel the same way about all fantasy sports. Roto isn't as exciting but is more fair. Maybe the answer is a roto league with H2H playoffs or something like the Play All features or play 1 team and the league average.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

Your mom is plural

 

[Eephus]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

Your mom is plural

My mom is as dead as Les Expos

 

[FDAS]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

Your mom is plural

My mom is as dead as Les Expos

Now I feel like an ###. Sorry.

 

[Eephus]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

Your mom is plural

My mom is as dead as Les Expos

Now I feel like an ###. Sorry.

NP

 

[Billy Bats]

 

[Doctor Detroit]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

Your mom is plural

My mom is as dead as Les Expos

Now I feel like an ###. Sorry.

Eephus is 117, of course his mom has passed.

 

[Eephus]

shady - please think about the one major difference between the AL and NL. Thanks

The first letter?

Pretty sure he's talking about the Canadian team.

Le Expos

Les is the plural form of the definite article

Your mom is plural

My mom is as dead as Les Expos

Now I feel like an ###. Sorry.

Eephus is 117, of course his mom has passed.

I may not live long enough to see Logan Morrison come off the DL

 

[Raider Nation]

Otis Nixon has been arrested on drug charges. Pretty sure he was framed.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Otis Nixon has been arrested on drug charges. Pretty sure he was framed.

It's already been established that nobody named Nixon could be a crook.

 

[shadyridr]

Otis Nixon has been arrested on drug charges. Pretty sure he was framed.

was he caught stealingYuck yuck

 

[sporthenry]

Buchholz 2ER, 3 hits through 1/3 of an inning. Cheater.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Pitching

Paul Maholm - #28 LHP
3-3, 2.97 ERA
22 Pitches: 12 Strikes, 10 Balls
Batting

Jay Bruce - #32 RF
.254 AVG, 1 HR, 15 RBI
Result MPH Pitch NF
3 Foul Tip 86 2-Seam Fastball 40
2 Called Strike 63 Eephus 39
1 Ball 78 Slider 97

 

[Eephus]

• Pitching
  
  Paul Maholm - #28 LHP
  3-3, 2.97 ERA
  22 Pitches: 12 Strikes, 10 Balls
  Batting
  
  Jay Bruce - #32 RF
  .254 AVG, 1 HR, 15 RBI
  Result MPH Pitch NF
  3 Foul Tip 86 2-Seam Fastball 40
  2 Called Strike 63 Eephus 39
  1 Ball 78 Slider 97

63 mph is kind of fast for an Eephus pitch. Rip Sewell named it in a pre-radar gun era but Dave LaRoche's version ("La Lob") was clocked at around 50 mph.

 

[Northern Voice]

What an awful park Tropicana field is... and this is from someone who attends games regularly at Rogers Centre/Skydome

 

[rascal]

First season owning Hellickson...wow I hate this guy.

 

[pollardsvision]

• Pitching
  
  Paul Maholm - #28 LHP
  3-3, 2.97 ERA
  22 Pitches: 12 Strikes, 10 Balls
  Batting
  
  Jay Bruce - #32 RF
  .254 AVG, 1 HR, 15 RBI
  Result MPH Pitch NF
  3 Foul Tip 86 2-Seam Fastball 40
  2 Called Strike 63 Eephus 39
  1 Ball 78 Slider 97

63 mph is kind of fast for an Eephus pitch. Rip Sewell named it in a pre-radar gun era but Dave LaRoche's version ("La Lob") was clocked at around 50 mph.

Arroyo with a back to back curves at 68 and 67 MPH. Fun pitching match-up.

Arroyo might get 15 Ks tonight.

 

[Raider Nation]

Dozier gets knocked down with a fastball that whizzed by his head. Next pitch... game-tying HR.

That's how you answer that!

 

[Northern Voice]

Uehara and Tazawa in the bullpen but Ryan Dempster is warming up

 

[Raider Nation]

Embarrassing effort by Doumit in LF.

OH NO.... IT'S THE GREEN MONSTER!

No big deal... it only cost your team the game.

 

[The Flying Elvis]

Which offensive players currently on the Marlins besides Stanton would be starting for another team in the majors? Ruggiano? Polanco?

 

[Wooderson]

Embarrassing effort by Doumit in LF. OH NO.... IT'S THE GREEN MONSTER! No big deal... it only cost your team the game.

Catch the damn ball.

 

[Grahamburn]

Lot of rain in the forecast tonight. Who's getting postponed?

 

[Grahamburn]

http://dailybaseballdata.com/cgi-bin/weather.pl

 

[Swing 51]

Lot of rain in the forecast tonight. Who's getting postponed?

Nationals/Tigers: THIS GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN. IT WILL BE MADE UP ON THURSDAY, 5/9/2013 AT 4:05 P.M. ET

 

[pollardsvision]

So, it looks like that KC/BAL game should start on time, but there's a good chance of rain before it's over?