Official MLB 2021 season thread...

[QUOTE=72-10;14386342]I'm unfamiliar with such a claim. Dude was money with the Astros, he looked like he'd be the ballot.[/QUOTE]

What's your obsession with average players? You make a living asking about them in the NBA :lol and now you ask about Dotel. Dotel was supposed to be great, I remember him coming up with the Mets. He couldn't cut it as a starter so he became a relief pitcher. Had good stuff, pretty sure he closed elsewhere. But never amounted to much more than a good relief pitcher. I remember him walking a lot of people. That's problematic for a reliever.

[QUOTE=imdaman99;14386453]What's your obsession with average players? You make a living asking about them in the NBA :lol and now you ask about Dotel. Dotel was supposed to be great, I remember him coming up with the Mets. He couldn't cut it as a starter so he became a relief pitcher. Had good stuff, pretty sure he closed elsewhere. But never amounted to much more than a good relief pitcher. I remember him walking a lot of people. That's problematic for a reliever.[/QUOTE]

You're a ***. His Career ERA was 3.78. What the **** is average about that? His five seasons with the Astros are gold.

What other player did I even mention?

Bauer suspended by MLB and Kershaw placed on DL with injury.


The Dodgers........DONE. San Fran and San Diego look way stronger anyway. I'm thinking it's either Boston or Houston coming out of the AL and it's either San Fran or San Diego coming out of the NL.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14387214]Bauer suspended by MLB and Kershaw placed on DL with injury.


The Dodgers........DONE. San Fran and San Diego look way stronger anyway. I'm thinking it's either Boston or Houston coming out of the AL and it's either San Fran or San Diego coming out of the NL.[/QUOTE]

Good thing making correct predictions hasn't been your thing around here lately...White Sox vs Giants World Series :rockon:

[QUOTE=TheMan;14387227]Good thing making correct predictions hasn't been your thing around here lately...White Sox vs Giants World Series :rockon:[/QUOTE]


I would prefer the White Sox make it out of the AL. I like parity in sports, but the Red Sox and Astros have the experience so I'm kind of leaning that way. We shall see. I'm still hoping the Braves turn things around, but it's not looking that way, unless they make several trades.

The Dodgers are not done. They've dealt with as many injuries as any team in the league so far and are still 20 games over.

They'll end up with at least 95 wins still and if they can get healthy for the playoffs are still the favorites.

The only teams the Dodgers will play for the rest of July are the Rockies, Dbacks and Giants.

It's more likely the Dodgers take the division lead by August 1 than fall behind the Padres.

[QUOTE]Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia)
JD Martinez tells a group of fellow All Stars that Gerrit Cole ignored the Red Sox players who said hello to him on the bus [url]https://t.co/AB7JQVtWU0[/url]
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[url]https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1416520393016463363[/url]

Cole will probably get shit for this but I like it.

Mets give up 9 runs in the 8th and 9th combined

Pirates win with a walk-off grand slam.

[QUOTE=Hey Yo;14395241]Mets give up 9 runs in the 8th and 9th combined

Pirates win with a walk-off grand slam.[/QUOTE]

This just happened...

[QUOTE]Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis)
The Mets are imploding in Pittsburgh. I wanna say I can’t believe it, but I can. [url]https://t.co/zKCAmsYI43[/url]


Twitter•Today at 11:03 AM[/QUOTE]

[url]https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1416820814679355393[/url]

[QUOTE=Hey Yo;14395241]Mets give up 9 runs in the 8th and 9th combined

Pirates win with a walk-off grand slam.[/QUOTE]

Mets bullpen implodes, especially their 2 best guys Lugo and Diaz. Lugo I'm good with but I can't stand Diaz. Dude is as fraud as it gets. When he's not well, he'll blow a 6 run lead (pretty sure he did that a couple years back against the Nats... with a walkoff grand slam given up... sound familiar? :lol )
[QUOTE=Charlie Sheen;14395783]This just happened...

[url]https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1416820814679355393[/url][/QUOTE]
Never underestimate how deflating a blown lead like Diaz pulled last night is... luckily the Mets are a resilient team and came back and won it with a 2 run HR in the 9th... blew it last night, stole it back today :lol

[QUOTE=imdaman99;14396198]Mets bullpen implodes, especially their 2 best guys Lugo and Diaz. Lugo I'm good with but I can't stand Diaz. Dude is as fraud as it gets. When he's not well, he'll blow a 6 run lead (pretty sure he did that a couple years back against the Nats... with a walkoff grand slam given up... sound familiar? :lol )

Never underestimate how deflating a blown lead like Diaz pulled last night is... luckily the Mets are a resilient team and came back and won it with a 2 run HR in the 9th... blew it last night, stole it back today :lol[/QUOTE]

Edlose tried to make it happen again last night :lol

[QUOTE]JD Martinez tells a group of fellow All Stars that Gerrit Cole ignored the Red Sox players who said hello to him on the bus [url]https://t.co/AB7JQVtWU0[/url]
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Good. This is the way its supposed to be between the Sox and those Bronx c*nts. He kicked our ass the other night but f*ck him anyway. :lol

[QUOTE=Derka;14400189]Good. This is the way its supposed to be between the Sox and those Bronx c*nts. He kicked our ass the other night but f*ck him anyway. :lol[/QUOTE]

This. I miss the Sox/Yankees rivalry of the mid 2000s. When they actually disliked each other. Now everyone wants to be friends.

Well, I think it's happened 508 times in MLB, but Miguel Cabrera tied the single-game ML mark for Sacrifice Flies tonight with two. I think it's unclear at this point, but it's rumored that Ruth might have had three once before the stat was officially recorded. Pretty rare a major league record gets tied these days. IIRC the New York teams have had three Sacrifice Flies in an Inning for each league, probably the most amazing record for the stat. edit: the record is in fact three in each league

Would be interesting to compile a list of un-intentional Walks with the Bases Loaded.

[QUOTE=72-10;14402430]
Would be interesting to compile a list of un-intentional Walks with the Bases Loaded.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, why don't you get started? It prob happens a few times a week in baseball. Why don't you start with the list of 10,000 times someone walked in a run :lol

Better to compile a list when it happened intentionally. Pretty sure it was once with Bonds, Showalter ordered it with a 2 run lead and won the game when the next guy lined out.

[QUOTE=Wally450;14400228]This. I miss the Sox/Yankees rivalry of the mid 2000s. When they actually disliked each other. Now everyone wants to be friends.[/QUOTE]

Saturday and Sunday were wild. I watched them both. Eovaldi on Saturday was cruising to what looked like an easy win. Then German and the Yankees lost Sunday in the same way even more spectacularly.

[QUOTE=Charlie Sheen;14390485]The only teams the Dodgers will play for the rest of July are the Rockies, Dbacks and Giants.

It's more likely the Dodgers take the division lead by August 1 than fall behind the Padres.[/QUOTE]

Dodgers have pitching problems. Doc can't keep pulling Urias after 80 pitches. They don't have Kershaw and Bauer in that rotation to eat innings anymore. Price, Gonsolin and TBA are lucky to pitch into the 5th. This bullpen will be shot way before the postseason.

[url]https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1420433779089420291[/url]

[QUOTE]Jeff Passan
@JeffPassan
Starling Marte is headed to the A’s, Jesus Luzardo is going to Marlins, sources tell ESPN. A 1-for-1 deal in which Miami will cover the entirety of Marte’s remaining contract — more than $4 million. Marte is a free agent this winter. Luzardo isn’t one until after the 2027 season.
10:19 AM · Jul 28, 2021·Echofon[/QUOTE]

Austin Riley has been out of this world for the last week. Still feels like Braves gotta be leaving NY disappointed with the results. Mets SP was TBA for half the series. Last night they had Edlose on the ropes but Conforto bailed him out.

Cabrera has 4 sacrifice flies in the past 9 days. Last time a player had more is more than 3 years ago, and one of those is influenced by Coors Field: [url]https://stathead.com/tiny/oPjKs[/url]

Not sure if anyone's hit more than 5 in 9 days: [url]https://stathead.com/tiny/RhNRY[/url]

The White Sox made a couple of moves to shore up their bullpen, Ryan Tepera who was solid with the Cubs and more importantly, Craig Kimbrel who is one of the best closers in MLB history. Kimbrel and Hendriks in the late innings is filthy. Also acquired 2B Cesar Hernandez from the Indians (they'll always be the Indians to me) who is a gold glover and has some pop, 18 HRs. Sox have been struggling to put up some runs recently but we get our slugger Eloy Jimenez back in the lineup starting tomorrow and big bats Luis Robert and Yasmani Grandal should be joining the team within the next couple of weeks. One of the best starting rotations in baseball, coupled with an elite bullpen should make the White Sox a formidable World Series candidate...

[url]https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1422542899401605124[/url]

Joey Bats has another epic bat flip years after THAT one.

Mets free falling. Back to reality. Even though it's a trash division, I have 0 faith they will win it. Thought they were a good team but with key pieces that are batting at or lower than .200, just waiting for them to give up the lead... to the stinkin phillies ugh. DeGrom c'mon bro you're the best pitcher but maybe cut down on throwing 100 mphs if it means you're gonna be injured for showcasing it.

[QUOTE=imdaman99;14412038]Mets free falling. Back to reality. Even though it's a trash division, I have 0 faith they will win it. Thought they were a good team but with key pieces that are batting at or lower than .200, just waiting for them to give up the lead... to the stinkin phillies ugh. DeGrom c'mon bro you're the best pitcher but maybe cut down on throwing 100 mphs if it means you're gonna be injured for showcasing it.[/QUOTE]

Braves coming for that ass. We've been pretty decimated with injuries as well but I think the resolve is there. Freeman has proved he can carry and Riley looks like a true star.

Our FA power surge was pretty important. Don't need .240 hitters with no pop 6-8 in our lineup.

It's been a weird and extremely unlucky year. Not just with the injuries but with the general chance factors that come in to play in baseball. I heard a stat the other day on a Podcast that we are literally dead last in [I]baseball[/I] in BA and OPS in "late and close situations". Which is innings 7-9 within 3 runs, I believe. Dansby Swanson in particular has like a .290 OPS in such situations..with like 30 or so at bats; dead last among qualifying players in Major League Baseball (don't ask me what the qualifications are). Small samples can't be taken seriously in baseball but he's always been the clutch guy.

Hopefully the tide turns because the last several years have been the opposite for us. Or maybe it's just random chance biting us in the ass. Either way I'm happy our division sucks

Braves won 2 in a row and are at .500!!!!


Holy sheeeeeeeeiiiiit!

Not to flog a dead horse, but Cabrera's batting a Career .368 in games in which he reaches base. Cobb is the all-time leader with a Career .412 batting average. It's astonishing how well I-Rod did when he reached base. Through 2016, Cabrera batted .372, for some others Stan Musial and Ted Williams both batted .377, Gehrig .376, and Joe DiMaggio .364

brewers Burns ties mlb record (10 straight strike outs in a win ovr the Cubs 10-0)
[url]https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32005823/milwaukee-brewers-corbin-burnes-ties-record-10-straight-strikeouts[/url]
:D

Braves back in first place on August 11th. Wow.

[QUOTE=Patrick Chewing;14417355]Braves back in first place on August 11th. Wow.[/QUOTE]

wait... you're telling me they still won after will smith destroyed another game? I just figured it was over at that point

What a great game that Field Of Dreams game was! Go White Sox!!!

[video=youtube;Ug4bsd4LqqM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug4bsd4LqqM[/video]

Absolutely aesthetic. :bowdown:

So that Field of Dreams game is a keeper. They gonna alternate the teams?

[QUOTE=BurningHammer;14417924][video=youtube;Ug4bsd4LqqM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug4bsd4LqqM[/video]

Absolutely aesthetic. :bowdown:[/QUOTE]

I got goosebumps and choked up a little, brings back memories with my own father, playing catch with him and taking me and my brother to old Comiskey Park, I'm a diehard White Sox fan because of him. My dad passed away a year after the Sox won in 2005, glad he was able to see that.

[QUOTE=imdaman99;14418074]So that Field of Dreams game is a keeper. They gonna alternate the teams?[/QUOTE]

Mets went from dead to red hot. Playing the Nats after they've given up, but still... Dodgers coming in for the weekend. Good luck :cheers:

Braves are hotter than hell. Gotta get busy with the Marlins and Orioles next.

After that it’s Yankees, giants, and Dodgers in order.

[QUOTE=Charlie Sheen;14417382]wait... you're telling me they still won after will smith destroyed another game? I just figured it was over at that point[/QUOTE]

Yeah Will Smith is on thin ice with Richard Rodriguez ready to take the closer's role.

The problem is that the Braves bullpen is still unreliable, but the Braves bats have come alive in an epic way.

There is a very strong likelihood that the Braves will have 5 players with 30+ homeruns this season. That is unheard of.

[QUOTE=Charlie Sheen;14418117]Mets went from dead to red hot. Playing the Nats after they've given up, but still... Dodgers coming in for the weekend. Good luck :cheers:[/QUOTE]

Dodgers were 1-12 in extra inning games and a terrible record in 1 run games, Mets pretty good in both... of course Mets hitting in the clutch is shit and they lose 2 in extras. Got rekt last night. I hate watching this team because of how much they choke. Mets hung with them for 2 games and still got swept. F em. 3rd best team in the division. Talent is subpar. They got Carrasco and Rich Hill going tonight... old farts that suck. Of course the sky is falling mentality is a regular thing for mets fans :lol for good reason of course.

[video=youtube_share;_DzAA5tcy3w]https://youtu.be/_DzAA5tcy3w[/video]

A miracle no one has been killed by a projectile going 100 MPH plus to the head. Hope Bassitt comes back quickly but that looked no bueno last night.

[QUOTE=ShawkFactory;14412347]Braves coming for that ass. We've been pretty decimated with injuries as well but I think the resolve is there. Freeman has proved he can carry and Riley looks like a true star.

Our FA power surge was pretty important. Don't need .240 hitters with no pop 6-8 in our lineup.

It's been a weird and extremely unlucky year. Not just with the injuries but with the general chance factors that come in to play in baseball. I heard a stat the other day on a Podcast that we are literally dead last in [I]baseball[/I] in BA and OPS in "late and close situations". Which is innings 7-9 within 3 runs, I believe. Dansby Swanson in particular has like a .290 OPS in such situations..with like 30 or so at bats; dead last among qualifying players in Major League Baseball (don't ask me what the qualifications are). Small samples can't be taken seriously in baseball but he's always been the clutch guy.

Hopefully the tide turns because the last several years have been the opposite for us. Or maybe it's just random chance biting us in the ass. Either way I'm happy our division sucks[/QUOTE]

Due to all those breaks the Dodgers don't get, huh?