Around Baseball 2015

[G-Snarls]

Wow what an embarrassing game for Lawrie. Bet he broke stuff after.

[Spanky__99]

I feel like im the only person who cant stand Vin Scully for more than 30 minutes.

 

Yer dumn...Best Ever!

[G-Snarls]

I still think Lawrie ends up having a decent season

[Spanky__99]

I still think Lawrie ends up having a decent season

 

Yeah, it's only a game.

[bendera3]

I still think Lawrie ends up having a decent season

 

If he doesn't destroy his body by running into walls and dugouts and is patient at the plate I agree with you. He's obviously talented.

[KingKat]

I still think Lawrie ends up having a decent season

 

I expect a big bounce back defensively.

[TwistedLogic]

I feel like im the only person who cant stand Vin Scully for more than 30 minutes.

 

Nope.

[TwistedLogic]

http://i.gyazo.com/6efc64514e6f1a001f29a4ec882892b1.png

 

Just go home, MLB.com. Just go home.

[fatcowxlive]

What did he say?

 

He was talking about Jake Lamb and said "A 3rd baseman that's as cold as Lamb is hot is Athletics 3B Brett Lawrie. He struck out 4 times on 12 pitches, isn't that something? His performance was odd enough that they tracked all the pitches in the at bats" then he lists the pitches and says "Isn't that amazing?" lol

[HERPDERP]

Can't believe Brett Lawrie is trending on a Wednesday mornin

[G-Snarls]

If he doesn't destroy his body by running into walls and dugouts and is patient at the plate I agree with you. He's obviously talented.

 

O.co stadium is fairly safe for 81 games. Lots of foul space.

[G-Snarls]

Can't believe Brett Lawrie is trending on a Wednesday mornin

 

Dem whiffs!

[TwistedLogic]

Pirates extend Harrison:

 

[Spanky__99]

Jake Lamb isn't that hot lol. He hit a home run, okay great. Brett Lawrie had a historically awful day. Yikes.

 

2-4 with a Sacfly, 2 xbh's with a Dinger and 7 ribeyes is a hot start in a small sample.

[fatcowxlive]

Jake Lamb isn't that hot lol. He hit a home run, okay great. Brett Lawrie had a historically awful day. Yikes.

 

 

That 3rd k is still mind boggling. A reliever making his MLB debut and clearly struggling on the mound throws the exact same curveball in the dirt twice in a row and you take a hack both times?

[HERPDERP]

Here is the heat map:

 

https://twitter.com/msimonespn/status/585794427748126721/photo/1

[fatcowxlive]

Here is the heat map:

 

https://twitter.com/msimonespn/status/585794427748126721/photo/1

 

[Sammy225]

He might have been caught up with impressing his new team or something. Donaldson looked lost too on Tuesday for that matter.

 

To be fair New York is big and you can get lost easily. However Monday he did not look great at the plate.

[fatcowxlive]

He might have been caught up with impressing his new team or something. Donaldson looked lost too on Tuesday for that matter.

 

Could be, but this is typical Lawrie, breaking ball in the dirt is the best way to get him

[Angrioter]

Pirates extend Harrison:

 

 

.353 BABIP, 4% BB

 

A bomb that will explode in the Pirates face.

[HERPDERP]

Pirates extend Harrison:

 

 

I think he overreached last year. But I'm too lazy to look at the metrics.

[fireballW]

 

That 3rd k is still mind boggling. A reliever making his MLB debut and clearly struggling on the mound throws the exact same curveball in the dirt twice in a row and you take a hack both times?

 

I might feel a bit bad for a guy getting picked on so bad for having an off performance, but ya know with some of the things Lawrie has done and pics he has posted that he's getting a bit of a taste of his own medicine. Good God we've had a lot of unlikable players in the last few years.

[glory]

Lawrie will never hit like people thought he would. He's still a great defensive 3B, so if he stays healthy, he'll definitely be worth a lot for that reason alone, but I think league average offense is his talent level (or slightly below).

[Angrioter]

Lawrie will never hit like people thought he would. He's still a great defensive 3B, so if he stays healthy, he'll definitely be worth a lot for that reason alone, but I think league average offense is his talent level (or slightly below).

 

What?

 

Lawrie one hit > Donaldson zero hit

[King]

Twins or Tigers?

[Angrioter]

Twins or Tigers?

 

Twins.

-Stauffer 2 scoreless

-Boyer 1 scoreless

-Perkins SaveZ

[fatcowxlive]

Twins or Tigers?

 

Tigers

- Aniballz

- Miggy

- Cespedes

[Laika]

.353 BABIP, 4% BB

 

A bomb that will explode in the Pirates face.

 

Well they aren't paying him to be a 5 WAR guy.

 

The free agent years they purchased are only costing them ~10M. He doesn't even have to be an average regular to earn those!

 

Love this extension for Pittsburgh. He projects to be an above average regular this year (age 27), they just got cost certainty for 2016+2017, and they bought his age 30 season (2018) + options on his age 31 and 32 years.

 

The position flexibility is nice too with Harrison.

[Angrioter]

Well they aren't paying him to be a 5 WAR guy.

 

The free agent years they purchased are only costing them ~10M. He doesn't even have to be an average regular to earn those!

 

Love this extension for Pittsburgh. He projects to be an above average regular this year (age 27), they just got cost certainty for 2016+2017, and they bought his age 30 season (2018) + options on his age 31 and 32 years.

 

The position flexibility is nice too with Harrison.

 

Do you see any similarities between Pillar and Harrison (OF)?

[Laika]

Do you see any similarities between Pillar and Harrison (OF)?

 

Sure, similar peripheral profiles offensively. But you don't HAVE to walk a lot to be good. See Adam Jones.

 

Harrison projects to be a decent hitter. Even if you correct his BABIP from 2014 and you make him like a ~.275 hitter, his WAR would still have been quite good.