Around Baseball 2019

Deadpool · May 21, 2019

Now a triple from Smith.

I've watched him quite a bit this year, It actually looks like he can handle the bat. He might be a decent piece for the O's.

He'll be as decent a piece for the O's as Teo is for the Jays.

L54 · May 21, 2019

DSJ>>>Teoscar

Spanky__99 · May 21, 2019

I wonder if Ohtani broke his hand there??? Hmmm...

Now Simmonds goes down hitting the bag at first... Welp!

Brownie19 · May 21, 2019

I thought this was an interesting update from Rotoworld

Yasmany Tomas went 5-for-5 with four homers and eight RBI on Monday for Triple-A Reno on Monday.

Tomas saw four pitches on Monday, and all four of them went over the fence. He now has 13 homers on the season, and he's slashing .311/.341/.598 in 42 games.

Are pitchers in AAA stupid? The guy's hit 3 hr's on 3 pitches and the first pitch in the fourth at bat is hittable? That s*** should be in the dirt or the left handed batters box...

Spanky__99 · May 21, 2019

I thought this was an interesting update from Rotoworld

Yasmany Tomas went 5-for-5 with four homers and eight RBI on Monday for Triple-A Reno on Monday.
Tomas saw four pitches on Monday, and all four of them went over the fence. He now has 13 homers on the season, and he's slashing .311/.341/.598 in 42 games.

Are pitchers in AAA stupid? The guy's hit 3 hr's on 3 pitches and the first pitch in the fourth at bat is hittable? That s*** should be in the dirt or the left handed batters box...

What's interesting about it is that he's still playing!

Terminator · May 21, 2019

Dwight Smith Jr. with the Golden Sombrero. wRC+ down to 107 going into today (and will be lower tomorrow). Defense grading out at a huge negative. BB and K rates completely pedestrian. No OBP to speak of.

LOL @ all the clowns jumping around a few weeks ago as if we'd given up an All-Star. He'll end the season as a 4th outfielder type...just as expected.

Steamer thinks he's a league average bat. Throw in mediocre left field defense and average baserunning and you have the makings of what would be our 4th best player or so. Letting him go when Teoscar, McKinney, etc. had options was a mistake. Not likely to bite us in the ass that badly but we sure could use something like a 1.5 WAR big league guy right now.

Jimcanuck · May 21, 2019

Steamer thinks he's a league average bat. Throw in mediocre left field defense and average baserunning and you have the makings of what would be our 4th best player or so. Letting him go when Teoscar, McKinney, etc. had options was a mistake. Not likely to bite us in the ass that badly but we sure could use something like a 1.5 WAR big league guy right now.

Meh. Win 77 instead of 75 games. I'd rather win 75.

Deadpool · May 21, 2019

Steamer thinks he's a league average bat. Throw in mediocre left field defense and average baserunning and you have the makings of what would be our 4th best player or so. Letting him go when Teoscar, McKinney, etc. had options was a mistake. Not likely to bite us in the ass that badly but we sure could use something like a 1.5 WAR big league guy right now.

His LF defence has been markedly worse than Teo's this year. (I haven't looked at McKinney's numbers, but he's clearly a clownshow out there...)

Ray · May 21, 2019

Votto on track for the worst month of career by far (.507 OPS in May). Sitting at 75 OPS+ so far into the season. K-rate is up significantly, BB% is down significantly. Not looking good for him or Cincy. Still 4 years left on that deal.

Drumcliff · May 21, 2019

Votto on track for the worst month of career by far (.507 OPS in May). Sitting at 75 OPS+ so far into the season. K-rate is up significantly, BB% is down significantly. Not looking good for him or Cincy. Still 4 years left on that deal.

Votto currently on pace for over 630 plate appearances this year and a grand total of 28 RBIs. Eight first basemen in the NL have more homers than Votto has ribbies. Really is quite unbelievable how far he's fallen when you recall he almost won the NL MVP in 2017 -- and he's still owed, after this year, a guaranteed $107 million.

L54 · May 21, 2019

Votto on track for the worst month of career by far (.507 OPS in May). Sitting at 75 OPS+ so far into the season. K-rate is up significantly, BB% is down significantly. Not looking good for him or Cincy. Still 4 years left on that deal.

He would've been a Jay if the casuals had their way.

Spanky__99 · May 21, 2019

Urias reinstated...

https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/dodgers-julio-urias-reinstated-following-domestic-violence-arrest-mlb-fails-to-obtain-video-of-incident/hypwh9s7x4l81odgap6qs4mzd

L54 · May 21, 2019

Urias reinstated...

https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/mlb/news/dodgers-julio-urias-reinstated-following-domestic-violence-arrest-mlb-fails-to-obtain-video-of-incident/hypwh9s7x4l81odgap6qs4mzd

Innocent until proven guilty. The way the justice system was designed to work. Charlie Ring on the other hand will not be happy.

Now if the video surfaces and confirms what the "witnesses" have alleged, that's a whole different story.

Jimcanuck · May 21, 2019

Innocent until proven guilty. The way the justice system was designed to work. Charlie Ring on the other hand will not be happy.

Now if the video surfaces and confirms what the "witnesses" have alleged, that's a whole different story.

That's how the justice system has worked for hundreds of years.

MLB is not the justice system, however.

Spanky__99 · May 21, 2019

That's how the justice system has worked for hundreds of years.

MLB is not the justice system, however.

Right, they do have their own disciplinary system.

Spanky__99 · May 21, 2019

Lindor's a boss!

BTS · May 21, 2019

Maybe Trevor Bauer should have signed a long-term deal.

Spanky__99 · May 22, 2019

Maybe Trevor Bauer should have signed a long-term deal.

I own him in a couple leagues, hasn't been a pretty start, lol.

L54 · May 22, 2019

That's how the justice system has worked for hundreds of years.

MLB is not the justice system, however.

You’re such a good SJW

Jimcanuck · May 22, 2019

You’re such a good SJW

Not at all, I believe in capitalism and the ability of businesses to make their own policies to protect their brand

tbad · May 22, 2019

Miguel Cabrera

tbad · May 22, 2019

Justin Verlander... you're not supposed to get better when you're this old... very fishy sir, very very fishy!

Spanky__99 · May 22, 2019

Miguel Cabrera

:confused:

Brownie19 · May 22, 2019

Maybe Trevor Bauer should have signed a long-term deal.

He's only had 1 great year...

Boxcar · May 22, 2019

Innocent until proven guilty. The way the justice system was designed to work. Charlie Ring on the other hand will not be happy.

Now if the video surfaces and confirms what the "witnesses" have alleged, that's a whole different story.

Omgz I've been trying to discover his deadname forever

Boxcar · May 22, 2019

Not at all, I believe in capitalism and the ability of businesses to make their own policies to protect their brand

Lol no you don't.

Part of me thinks you're not lying here simply because I'm pretty sure you have no idea what you believe.

Jimcanuck · May 22, 2019

Lol no you don't.

Part of me thinks you're not lying here simply because I'm pretty sure you have no idea what you believe.

I believe capitalism drives lower costs and innovation, but needs reasonable controls to protect social interests such as the environment.

There is no compelling social interest in the government dictating a player discipline policy to MLB.

Olerud363 · May 22, 2019

I believe capitalism drives lower costs and innovation, but needs reasonable controls to protect social interests such as the environment.

There is no compelling social interest in the government dictating a player discipline policy to MLB.

I feel like the liberals and semi-communists I know have a huge marketing problem. They love regulation, while most of the common people hate it. However the catch is the commoners I know love law.

If I told the commoners that it was illegal for General Electric to pollute rivers because of property rights (GE cannot pollute segments of a river they don't own) the commoners would love it, but my liberal freidns would hate it. Liberal professors don't want law they want to regulate.

If I told the commoners it was illegal for Monsanto (Bayer) to put poison in their weed killer, and the f***in' police were coming to arrest the Monsanto/Bayer CEO, the commoners would love it. But the liberal professors not so much. It's weird. The liberal professors would want a "regulation".

So most capitalists especially little guy capitalist absolutely believe in rule of law, and most environmental issues can be solved with rule of law (poison is illegal) and property rights (cannot send pollutants to someone else's property).

But the liberals hate this philosaphy and would rather burn the earth, if they can't get centrally planned regulation and control of the people. So we don't have smart simple laws to protect us.

Captain Adama · May 22, 2019

I feel like the liberals and semi-communists I know have a huge marketing problem. They love regulation, while most of the common people hate it. However the catch is the commoners I know love law.

If I told the commoners that it was illegal for General Electric to pollute rivers because of property rights (GE cannot pollute segments of a river they don't own) the commoners would love it, but my liberal freidns would hate it. Liberal professors don't want law they want to regulate.

If I told the commoners it was illegal for Monsanto (Bayer) to put poison in their weed killer, and the f***in' police were coming to arrest the Monsanto/Bayer CEO, the commoners would love it. But the liberal professors not so much. It's weird. The liberal professors would want a "regulation".

So most capitalists especially little guy capitalist absolutely believe in rule of law, and most environmental issues can be solved with rule of law (poison is illegal) and property rights (cannot send pollutants to someone else's property).

But the liberals hate this philosaphy and would rather burn the earth, if they can't get centrally planned regulation and control of the people. So we don't have smart simple laws to protect us.

What is this ********?