Around Baseball 2017

[jaysblue]

I didn't realize how good the Dodgers record was until I checked the NL standings. 73-31, .702, that's incredible!

 

Blue Jays need to play .700 ball the rest of the way if they want to sniff the postseason.

[Spanky__99]

I didn't realize how good the Dodgers record was until I checked the NL standings. 73-31, .702, that's incredible!

 

Wake up bro, they're 51-0 when they've ever held a lead. This team is near immaculate.

[jaysblue]

Wake up bro, they're 51-0 when they've ever held a lead. This team is near immaculate.

 

Imagine if they still kept Greinke.

[Spanky__99]

Blue Jays need to play .700 ball the rest of the way if they want to sniff the postseason.

 

That's a O's fan mate. A smart/nice one though.

[Orgfiller]

4.15 FIP, 5.93 xFIP from this outing. It wasn't his most impressive by any stretch.

 

It's because of the intentional walk lol. Morrow was nasty, he could have easily retired Belt.

[Spanky__99]

Why Baez now? That was dumn.

[Spanky__99]

I don't get that by Roberts. Baez' is a boss.

[havok24]

4.15 FIP, 5.93 xFIP from this outing. It wasn't his most impressive by any stretch.

 

The intentional walk skewed the numbers, but he was throwing some serious heat. It was still impressive.

[Orgfiller]

26 year old who began the year at AA making his debut with the game on the line. Cool stuff, but also nerve racking for that poor guy.

[Orgfiller]

And he WINS. THE. f***ING. GAME.

 

Baseball is f***ing amazing!

[havok24]

That's f***ing awesome. Good for that dude.

[Spanky__99]

And he WINS. THE. f***ING. GAME.

 

Baseball is f***ing amazing!

 

Unreal.

[Effit]

That's a O's fan mate. A smart/nice one though.

 

There's something you don't read/hear every day.

[G-Snarls]

God damn I love Brandon Morrow.

 

My favorite Jays pitcher since Halladay

[wamco]

You know Carter sucked, right?

Not sure why you are talking about carter. I'll assume you are drunk

[Pendleton]

Not sure why you are talking about carter. I'll assume you are drunk

 

I'm sure you can figure it out wamCo

[Olerud363]

Not sure why you are talking about carter. I'll assume you are drunk

 

I think he is acknowledging that Beltre better than Schmidt, goes against the numbers, kind of like Carter better than Bautista.

 

Schmidt is 100+ WAR, 2400 games, Beltre 80ish WAR 2700 games, according to the robots.

[Dick_Pole]

With Lucroy going for a player to be named later, the contracts of EE and JB etc, I bet the MLBPA is s***ing its pants right now. With the Morenos and Amaros of the world gone, no one is willing to pay anything for players on the wrong side of 30. Whether that's in contracts or prospect capital. At this pace Donaldson might not even get a $100M contract when his time comes.

[BTS]

With Lucroy going for a player to be named later, the contracts of EE and JB etc, I bet the MLBPA is s***ing its pants right now. With the Morenos and Amaros of the world gone, no one is willing to pay anything for players on the wrong side of 30. Whether that's in contracts or prospect capital. At this pace Donaldson might not even get a $100M contract when his time comes.

 

I don't know how good an example Lucroy is of a shift in philosophy across FOs. He returned a PTBNL because he's absolutely terrible.

[Bobthe4th]

I don't know how good an example Lucroy is of a shift in philosophy across FOs. He returned a PTBNL because he's absolutely terrible.

 

Darvish will be a better indicator for the worth attached to 30 year olds both in the trade return for his rental, and the contract he gets in the offseason.

[glory]

Dexter Fowler is the same age as Lucroy and got over $80mm last winter. I mean, when you have a wrc+ of 66, you can't expect a huge trade market.

[G-Snarls]

Red Sox Nearing Deal For Addison ReedJuly 31st, 2017 at 9:28am CST •*By*Jeff Todd

 

The Red Sox appear to be closing in on a deal for Mets righty*Addison Reed, with*Joel Sherman of the New York Post reporting a deal is at the “goal line”*(Twitter*links). Three prospects are expected to head to New York in return, per Tim Brown of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter

[G-Snarls]

Dombrowski pillaging another farm system

[Dr. Dinger]

Dombrowski pillaging another farm system

 

TBH there's not much left to pillage beyond Devers, who ain't going anywhere. You gotta figure one of Groome or Chavis is going the opposite direction, probably Chavis.

[Slade]

It's Jamie Callahan, Gerson Bautista, and Stephen Nogosek to the Mets in the agreement for Addison Reed.

[BTS]

It's Jamie Callahan, Gerson Bautista, and Stephen Nogosek to the Mets in the agreement for Addison Reed.

 

I have no idea who any of these guys are.

[Slade]

I have no idea who any of these guys are.

 

Bautista - RHP Big arm, no control in A+

Callahan - RHP Big Arm struggled with control will be a reliever probably going to get called up this year or next.

Nogosek - RHP Is probably the best piece and has a good 3 pitch mix to be a starter but I think the sox have him as a reliever

 

 

It's a great trade for the Mets.

[z3r0s]

what a difference a year makes with the deadline market. Very underwhelming returns

[Captain Adama]

what a difference a year makes with the deadline market. Very underwhelming returns

 

Even Wilson and Avila netted pretty light returns, they at least got a top 100 prospect out of the deal though.

[Brownie19]

TBH there's not much left to pillage beyond Devers, who ain't going anywhere. You gotta figure one of Groome or Chavis is going the opposite direction, probably Chavis.

 

Wouldn't Groome or Chavis be a hefty price tag on a reliever? I mean Reed's been good this year, but still.

Edited July 31, 2017 by Brownie19