Around Baseball 2014

[Orgfiller]

That Springer kid's got some power.

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/v34178203/seahou-springer-blasts-mammoth-tworun-homer-in-1st/?partnerId=as_mlb_20140701_27022506

[Candy Maldonado]

Rays take lead!

[jaysfan2014]

Rays take lead!

 

They needed to win it last inning.. Jose Ramirez may have a great arm, but he needs more development in the minors. His peripherals weren't impressive in the minors, but the Yanks don't have many good options.

[kgm1]

Nuno, Phelps and Whitley are destroying the yankee,s bullpen. Not sure they can wait till CC is back. They may be the first club to do a deal to get a pitcher

[jaysblue]

Out of division, but El Oso Blanco, aka Evan Gattis, is out, possibly for the rest of the season:

 

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Gattis is going on the DL with a bulging thoracic disc.

 

He's likely facing surgery which would end his season. Good thing the Braves have Christian Bethancourt.

 

Yikes, and he was having a fantastic season. This is disappointing.

[HealthDream007]

Run diff:

Jays 30

O's 4

Yanks -32

Sox -33

Rays -37

 

Os and Yanks really f***in lucky.

 

Not really. The O's are close to their win expectancy. To lump them in the same amount of "f***in" lucky as the Yanks is wrong.

[burlingtonbandit]

Not really. The O's are close to their win expectancy. To lump them in the same amount of "f***in" lucky as the Yanks is wrong.

 

Yankees are able to outperform their run differential because of how good their back end of the bullpen is. When you can have Betances and Robertson in the 8th and 9th you are going to win a lot of close games.

[admin]

Note, I have never been to a strip club, so I may be missing out.

 

But honestly, what's the point of going to them? You get a case of massive blue balls cause you can't touch or do anything. And you pay $$$ just to watch girls.

 

You're better off watching porn, hiring a hooker or buying a fleshlight from amazon.

 

To me, strip clubs are as irrelevant nowadays compared to Hustler or Playboy magazines.

 

This was long time ago. IT was more so somewhere to go after the bars closed, I think it stayed open another hour.

But most strippers are s*****, some are smoking hot though. But yeah, I've only gone to one probably 3-4 times in my life, it's not that great. Some people love it though.

[Convo]

Yet they can't beat the Tigers still, as evidenced by Rajai Davis' walkoff grand slam.

 

Davis' always had a flare for the theatrics

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_30_oakmlb_detmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=34184387&tcid=vpp_copy_34184387

[Stangstag]

This was long time ago. IT was more so somewhere to go after the bars closed, I think it stayed open another hour.

But most strippers are s*****, some are smoking hot though. But yeah, I've only gone to one probably 3-4 times in my life, it's not that great. Some people love it though.

 

I have one about 5 mins away from my house. It has no cover fee, but you have to buy at least 1 drink for around 10$. Sometimes its nice to just go in there for an hour with some friends and have a beer.

 

10$ for beer and titties, whats not to like?

[HealthDream007]

Yankees are able to outperform their run differential because of how good their back end of the bullpen is. When you can have Betances and Robertson in the 8th and 9th you are going to win a lot of close games.

 

A good bullpen helps but its not going to translate into a dramatically good close game record. The odds of a team bucking the Pythagorean by that much, even with a great bullpen is very unusual.

[Dylan]

Mariners are still playing well! Good chance of going 46-38 tonight

[HealthDream007]

Mariners are still playing well! Good chance of going 46-38 tonight

 

Yeah, it's looking more and more like to reach the post season in AL East, a division title in necessary.

[Dylan]

With walker back

 

Felix, Iwak, Young, Walker, Elias, is pretty good/young

[G-Snarls]

Mariners are still playing well! Good chance of going 46-38 tonight

 

Would be incredible if both wild card teams came from the AL West. No one would have predicted that.

[GD]

Replace Young with Erasmo and looks a lot better.

 

Replace Erasmo with Paxton and looks a lot better.

[Abomination]

It looks like MLB.tv has a free trial until July 10th

[jaysfan2014]

Joe Saunders got punished for not beating the O's with a DFA, as I expected. After giving up so many HRs last night, I'm not surprised.

[intentional wok]

Hard to believe the Giants used a 10-16 month to lose their division lead as of July 1. They even started the month 6-1, too. Ouch. At least the Jays dont have a Dodgers-calibre team to contend with.

[jaysfan2014]

Hard to believe the Giants used a 10-16 month to lose their division lead as of July 1. They even started the month 6-1, too. Ouch. At least the Jays dont have a Dodgers-calibre team to contend with.

 

Well, the AL East is the worst division in baseball, with a 40-42 average (courtesy of Baseball Reference). There's no Detroit, or three powerhouses of Oakland, LA and Seattle to contend with in the AL East. Baltimore is basically our only threat, and only because of Nelson Cruz. What happens if he regresses and/or Baltimore starts facing elite competition?

[jaysfan2014]

While checking Baseball Reference, I noticed that Boston's offense is DEAD LAST in the AL. Worse than Houston, at 3.75 runs/game, 14th in batting average, 13th in Ks, 15th in SLG. I knew losing Ellsbury would hurt, but how did Boston turn into a clone of the current Chicago Cubs, with decent pitching and zero offense, even with the DH?

 

Last year, Boston was tops in many categories. How much longer can this go on in the Red Sox organization before some coaches get canned? Even THE Mookie Betts isn't helping so far.

[intentional wok]

The Red Sox have been such a strange team since about 2011.

[Captain Adama]

Everyone knows this already, but Mike Trout is simply not human.

[jaysfan2014]

There's a team that's only 3 games out that's a definite threat, especially if Kuroda steps it up and CC can pitch decently. Oh, and the O's? Much of their team is underperforming. What if some of them pick it up? If that's the case, the O's may not have a threat in the AL East. And if the BoSox offense finds a spark, they're easily back in it.

 

NOT with the Angels and Mariners leading the wild card. And the Red Sox offense still is nonexistent. Outside of Sunday's game, they've really struggled to score recently.

 

As for the O's.. they are actually overperforming. Their pitching isn't actually that good, and any regression by Nelson Cruz could be trouble.

[intentional wok]

I believe in the Angels, but are the M's really for real, or are they just on a hot streak? Conversation about the Royals in the media seems to have died down too.

[flafson]

O's 1-0 on HR.

[Atothe]

the cheapest homerun I have ever seen, embarrassing

[Atothe]

another homer for O's, Cruz

[jaysfan2014]

another homer for O's, Cruz

 

Rangers pitching is terrible.

[Atothe]

Rangers pitching is terrible.

 

Nick Martinez went to 3-2 with all the hitters but the first. Bad