Around Baseball 2017

[Jimcanuck]

Could the Phillies finally be decent again next year?

 

C - Rupp, Knapp, and Alfaro - should be able to piece something palatable together from these three. Knapp is a sleeper prospect and Alfaro has upside.

1B - Rhys Hoskins - total stud, apparently

2B - Cesar Hernandez - comfortably above average player

SS - Freddy Galvis - surprisingly average regular

3B - Maikel Franco - awful 2017 but he held his own before as a 22 and 23 year old; Mike Moustakas upside

 

INF - Scott Kingery - one of baseball's most compelling fringe prospects

INF - JP Crawford - probably more likely to start than Franco, could even steal SS job, very high upside, might have figured it out late this year.

 

CF - Odubel Herrera - solid above average regular

RF - Nick Williams - obvious bust candidate but he's doing fine so far

LF - Aaron Altherr - really stupid name but he might be an average regular

 

OF - Roman Quinn and Dylan Cozens in AAA

 

SP - Nola, Velasquez, Eickhoff, Pivetta, Lively, Leiter Jr., Thompson... Eshelman, Appel, Kilome. - I recognize these names!

 

BP - league average this year. They have some guys.

 

If you consider mediocrity, decent.

[Abomination]

The Indians are in trouble! The streak is on life support.

[P2F]

The Indians are in trouble! The streak is on life support.

 

Base hit for Naquin with 1 out.

 

Francisco Mejia now into the game to PH for Gomes.

 

Edit: Fielder's choice, Naquin out at second. Lindor up with two outs.

 

Edit: Lindor RBI double off the wall, just out of the reach of the outstretched glove of Alex Gordon. Tie game!

[Abomination]

Lol, life support was successful. Unreal.

[Governator]

Ridiculous lol.

 

I just want a teaspoon of their koolaid.

[BTS]

mlb.com has crashed

[thatoneguy]

Lindor is so f***ing good.

[P2F]

I feel like it's worth mentioning that Tommy Pham is most likely really good at baseball. He hit a donger and stole two bags today to become a member of the 20/20 club. Altuve, Betts, Andrus, and Trout are the only other members so far this season.

 

147 wRC+ and 4.9 WAR through 463 PA.

[P2F]

Indians win! 22 in a row, holy s***.

 

So Jose Ramirez led off the bottom of the 10th by stretching a single into a double, then Edwin walked. Jay Bruce then smacked a walk-off hit down the RF line to score Ramirez and win the game.

[Abomination]

Congrats to the Indians!

[BTS]

I feel like it's worth mentioning that Tommy Pham is most likely really good at baseball. He hit a donger and stole two bags today to become a member of the 20/20 club. Altuve, Betts, Andrus, and Trout are the only other members so far this season.

 

147 wRC+ and 4.9 WAR through 463 PA.

 

I dropped him this year in LoD, and now I hate him.

[Abomination]

I dropped him this year in LoD, and now I hate him.

 

You aren't the only one (not sure when the last time I dropped him was, but I think I've owned him multiple times there).

 

Hopefully it'll teach me to hold onto Mahtook this time (and Powell).

[P2F]

I dropped him this year in LoD, and now I hate him.

 

This seems reasonable. I'd probably hate him too.

 

Apparently he's the 9th best hitter in LoD this season.

[BTS]

This seems reasonable. I'd probably hate him too.

 

Apparently he's the 9th best hitter in LoD this season.

 

Jesus Christ shut up

[P2F]

Jesus Christ shut up

 

Sorry, bro. I just thought you'd want to know that he's right between Harper and Judge in the rankings.

 

That's a pretty meaty sandwich, heh.

[Brownie19]

I dropped him this year in LoD, and now I hate him.

 

Who'd you pick up? Carlos Correa??

[BTS]

Who'd you pick up? Carlos Correa??

 

Picked up Kirk Nieuwenhuis and didn't want to cut Edmundo Sosa from my farm to make room for Pham. The League of Despair is aptly named.

[Laika]

You aren't the only one (not sure when the last time I dropped him was, but I think I've owned him multiple times there).

 

Hopefully it'll teach me to hold onto Mahtook this time (and Powell).

 

Wrong lesson!

[BTS]

I'd rather have 200 stolen bases than 200 homeruns. The sabermetricians, they don't agree wit that though

 

- Hawk Harrelson

[jays_fever]

Billy Hamilton's 50+ SB > Stantons 50+ Homers

[Abomination]

Taking a bunch of White Sox players against Boyd sure hasn't worked out well today lol. He's 5 outs away.

[Abomination]

Lol, that last out is always the one that gets you!

[Abomination]

I wonder what happened to those dudes that used to dress up as umps and sit behind home plate?

 

Random musing of the day ...

[Orgfiller]

Michael Taylor just covered like 100 feet in a flash but unfortunately he botched the catch once he actually got there. Went from a great play to one that looks bad on the surface.

[jays_fever]

He dropped a ball that was in his glove without reaching for it.

[jays_fever]

A paid ESPN broadcaster just said the ump shouldnt have called a strike a strike...because its to hard to hit

[burlingtonbandit]

So while it seemed a month ago Sale was a lock for Cy Young I think Kluber is the favourite right now.

 

In the 2nd half Kluber is 10-1 1.92 ERA 2.31 xFIP 98IP 11.81 K/9 0.92 BB/9

[Brownie19]

So while it seemed a month ago Sale was a lock for Cy Young I think Kluber is the favourite right now.

 

In the 2nd half Kluber is 10-1 1.92 ERA 2.31 xFIP 98IP 11.81 K/9 0.92 BB/9

 

Looks up stats, Kluber has more wins, fewer loses and a lower ERA than Sale. He's clearly the favourite. NL should be interested. Kershaw leads all those categories, but has missed time.

 

Crazy to see Estrada is tied for the 28th best qualified starting pitcher in the majors (by WAR) this year. Tied with Mike Leake, who as basically just given away to anyone who would take his contract.

[Boxcar]

Looks up stats, Kluber has more wins, fewer loses and a lower ERA than Sale. He's clearly the favourite. NL should be interested. Kershaw leads all those categories, but has missed time.

 

Crazy to see Estrada is tied for the 28th best qualified starting pitcher in the majors (by WAR) this year. Tied with Mike Leake, who as basically just given away to anyone who would take his contract.

 

It would be pretty cool to see f***ing Jimmy Nelson win it. Right now, I'd say it's gotta be between Grienke, Scherzer, Strasburg and Nelson. I'd probably give it to Mad Max right now but it's a pretty tight race.

 

In the AL, it should be just between Kluber and Sale, and they are close enough that I think either one could win and I'd have zero issues.

[Brownie19]

It would be pretty cool to see f***ing Jimmy Nelson win it. Right now, I'd say it's gotta be between Grienke, Scherzer, Strasburg and Nelson. I'd probably give it to Mad Max right now but it's a pretty tight race.

 

In the AL, it should be just between Kluber and Sale, and they are close enough that I think either one could win and I'd have zero issues.

 

No offense, but a pitcher who's 12-6 with an ERA of 3.49 with 175 innings pitched doesn't deserve consideration. Kershaw is 17-3 with an ERA of 2.12. It looks like him and Grienke will battle it out, while the 2 Washington pitchers cancel each other out. Kershaw at 20-3 with an ERA in the low 2's in only 27 starts would be impressive.