Around Baseball 2014

[Anemic0ffense]

Astros take lead against 0's 2-1 in the 7th.

[Spoonovic]

Wow the world doesnt want me to study tomorrow.

 

Stroman and Taveras both called up, and I have five pitchers starting tomorrow.

 

Hopefully the adderall keeps me focused. /rant

[G-Snarls]

Farrell, Lovullo and Butterfield (all as acting managers) were all ejected today in the Red Sox/Rays game, LOL

 

Those teams really not liking each other anymore.

 

I want to see Butter in a fight

[G-Snarls]

Ortiz hit by Price. Price and both managers warned. Farrell ejected for complaining about it.

 

Workman first player ejected for then throwing at Longoria's head

 

Bench clearing brawl later in game after Price hits Carp

 

Wow. What a game.

 

Tied 2-2

[Anemic0ffense]

Farnsworthless in for Stros

 

1 out in the 8th

[NorthOf49]

Astros take lead against 0's 2-1 in the 7th.

Nice!

 

But put it in here: http://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/threads/2952-Scoreboard-Watching-Thread-2014

[G-Snarls]

Peralta almost throws a wild pitch that would have scored the winning run from 3B in the bottom of the 9th but Molina just blocks ball under his arm. Gets pedrora to ground out. Going to the 10th.

[G-Snarls]

Escobar acting like he's seriously hurt after hustling up 1B line

 

Hmmmmmmm

[G-Snarls]

Yep. Yunel can barely walk. Taken out of the game.

 

This actually does look serious

[Angrioter]

Pomeranz or Andy Pettitte -----> http://www.strikeout.co/baseball/229424/1/oakland-athletics-vs-los-angeles-angels-live-stream-online.html

[G-Snarls]

If the Rays lose this game, they're tied with the Astros for the worst record in the AL, with only the lowly Cubs and D'Backs with worse records amongst NL teams.

 

And, that happened

 

And Yunel is hurt. And possibly Jennings too.

[jaysfan2014]

And, that happened

 

And Yunel is hurt. And possibly Jennings too.

 

What a mess of a game. Oviedo's 2nd loss this week BTW.. both on walk offs caused by defensive errors, or like tonight, a collision in the OF.

[G-Snarls]

Tampa needs an off day. Or 10.

[Chappy]

The Astros have won 7 games in a row

 

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130210045301/vampirediaries/images/6/64/Mike.gif

[8D]

It's almost like any team in the MLB can go on prolonged win streaks through random times during the long ass season!

[torontofan]

Not even. Ortiz thrown at, AND Carp thrown at (both by Price), and the Red Sox still received the only ejections, despite not throwing a single punch, or hitting a single batter http://i.imgur.com/py2PxcN.gif (for those keeping count, that's three managers and one player)

 

Ya, it was ******** that Boston got the ejections.

[BTS]

NL MVP frontrunner Matt Kemp now below replacement-level on the year.

[torontofan]

NL MVP frontrunner Matt Kemp now below replacement-level on the year.

 

We want Pederson!

[Convo]

It's almost like any team in the MLB can go on prolonged win streaks through random times during the long ass season!

 

Not really, Astros are on the verge of becoming a good team.

[jays_fever]

Not really, Astros are on the verge of becoming a good team.

 

I think it's been proven enough times over the past 5 years though that building a good farm team isn't difficult if that's what you put your focus on and just stock pile the prospects to death. The key is successfully adding pieces on top of those core guys to win, which is something a lot of teams with good farm systems have struggled with

[HERPDERP]

Not really, Astros are on the verge of becoming a good team.

 

2 players don't make a team.

[guylaroche5]

NL MVP frontrunner Matt Kemp now below replacement-level on the year.

 

didn't someone on this forum compare him with vernon wells and found his regression was almost identical to vernon's when he started slipping

[connorp]

NL MVP frontrunner Matt Kemp now below replacement-level on the year.

 

lol.. I knew these were your words as soon as I read them in a PM. Last time I checked they don't factor UZR into fantasy:)

 

Kemp is only 2 years removed from hitting .300+ w/62hr over 260 games in a very good lineup.. as he comes back to full health and now getting regular ABs with Crawford out of picture, I expect good things fantasy wise.

[NorthOf49]

NL MVP frontrunner Matt Kemp now below replacement-level on the year.

He's about to go on a run. Just wait.

[GD]

lol.. I knew these were your words as soon as I read them in a PM. Last time I checked they don't factor UZR into fantasy:)

 

Kemp is only 2 years removed from hitting .300+ w/62hr over 260 games in a very good lineup.. as he comes back to full health and now getting regular ABs with Crawford out of picture, I expect good things fantasy wise.

 

What about his .240 average, .300 OBP, and 5 HR? Not to mention the injury concerns as well as the 27%+ K rate

[connorp]

What about his .240 average, .300 OBP, and 5 HR? Not to mention the injury concerns as well as the 27%+ K rate

 

sss... he's missed games and wasn't 100% most of season.. we'll see I guess.

[Angrioter]

Oscar Taveras dinger

[TwistedLogic]

http://i.gyazo.com/c3692a64f54124e8ec19f9408e364059.png

 

Can anyone guess what the numbers in this table represent? It's actually pretty amazing once you figure it out.

 

Highlight the following white font to get the answer:

 

The above table lists the number of parks in which each of Edwin Encarnacion's home runs would have gone over the wall. Yes that's right, 15 of his 18 blasts so far this season would have been blasts in every other major league stadium as well. For comparison's sake, view major league leader, Nelson Cruz's home run tracker here (copy and paste the URL in your address bar): i.gyazo.com/23ecc6d4337fbf9e3720f93b2de0adef.png

 

Despite leading the majors in total home runs, only three of his shots have been "No Doubters" and only 5 of his 19 home runs would have actually left the yard in all 30 parks, a far cry from the power that E-double has shown so far (Edwin also leads the majors in "no doubt" home runs with 10, the next closest being Stanton with 6)

[kgm1]

Oscar Taveras dinger

 

Hits a home run with his 2nd AB. I would love to have him stay up and keep hitting but where does he play when adams comes back.

[NorthOf49]

I guessed it right after counting the rows