Around Baseball 2021

[Jays24]

I can see this affecting DJL a lot. Guy has a lot of cheap Homers in Yankee stadium that might become long outs now.

[G-Snarls]

[Jays24]

 

I feel so used... lol

[Abomination]

 

Ken Rosenthal

@Ken_Rosenthal

 

MLB making changes to the baseball, deadening it - but by how much? With @EnoSarris:

https://t.co/z1tV98R40V?amp=1

 

Not to worry. The Yankees will just move the fences in again.

[Jimcanuck]

Rangers signing Folty to 1 yr, $2M

[Grant77]

7 inning double headers and extra inning gimmicks will be back. This is the most disgusting thing the league has done in my lifetime. It's very disheartening to lose my favourite aspect of baseball and all of the great memories that come with it.

[Jimcanuck]

7 inning double headers and extra inning gimmicks will be back. This is the most disgusting thing the league has done in my lifetime. It's very disheartening to lose my favourite aspect of baseball and all of the great memories that come with it.

 

My condolences. Cherish those memories!

[Laika]

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/

[saskjayfan]

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/

 

So with expanded playoffs to 7 we make the playoffs. With 5 teams we miss. Who doesn't want expanded playoffs! lol.

[saskjayfan]

7 inning double headers and extra inning gimmicks will be back. This is the most disgusting thing the league has done in my lifetime. It's very disheartening to lose my favourite aspect of baseball and all of the great memories that come with it.

 

This is a you love it or hate it thing. Personally I love the extra inning rules. I feel for you though. I wonder what the percentage would be of people who like it and those who don't. Probably 50/50. Maybe someone should put a poll up.

[Deadpool]

So with expanded playoffs to 7 we make the playoffs. With 5 teams we miss. Who doesn't want expanded playoffs! lol.

 

I don't. But I accept them as an inevitability.

[jerb]

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Jonathan Villar deal with Mets with MLB deal. Expected to fill super utility role.

 

 

Jon Heyman

@JonHeyman

 

Villar gets $3.55M on Mets deal, plus incentives

[Laika]

So with expanded playoffs to 7 we make the playoffs. With 5 teams we miss. Who doesn't want expanded playoffs! lol.

 

I don't think Toronto is quite done adding talent. I also don't buy some of the projections ahead of them.

 

Yankees are a pretty risky team so while they are the projected favourite the error bars on that projection are huge. Kluber, Taillon, Severino, Stanton have pretty big non-contribution risks. The AL East should be a pretty close three team race... I think Toronto will be better than Cleveland and the Angels.

[THANOS]

I don't think Toronto is quite done adding talent. I also don't buy some of the projections ahead of them.

 

Yankees are a pretty risky team so while they are the projected favourite the error bars on that projection are huge. Kluber, Taillon, Severino, Stanton have pretty big non-contribution risks. The AL East should be a pretty close three team race... I think Toronto will be better than Cleveland and the Angels.

 

I really hope we can take the division. The 1 game playoff sucks m, especially because I can see it being TOR/TB again, which scares me.

[Laika]

I really hope we can take the division. The 1 game playoff sucks m, especially because I can see it being TOR/TB again, which scares me.

 

The Yankees rotation is basically Cole and then 6 glass cannons. There's a very real chance that it implodes and Toronto can just ride Big Diesel Roark to the crown. Muahahahahaha

[Brownie19]

MIN and CLE are better than the White Sox? Braves are a 4th place team? I mean that's all possible, but still interesting.

 

Man - seeing those standings makes me miss baseball. Let's get Spring Training going!

[LGBJ29]

Jonathon Villar can suck a bag of dicks

[Olerud363]

7 inning double headers and extra inning gimmicks will be back. This is the most disgusting thing the league has done in my lifetime. It's very disheartening to lose my favourite aspect of baseball and all of the great memories that come with it.

 

Agree. Especially the extra inning gimmicks. There is nothing more character building then when your favorite team loses a 19 inning game on the west coast.

 

A couple of my favorite memories the last few years.

 

2014 - some crazy game that was 5-2 Detroit I think in the 9th. Jays tie it somehow goes to the 18th or 19th. I love the 14th inning stretch. A couple of crazy replays. Day game but ends as it is getting dark (in August)

 

2016 -crazy Canada day game. Gibby and EE kicked out early? Or something like that. I think "tomorrows" starter goes 7 innings for Cleveland. Goins and Barney I think go for the Jays. lol. Jays lose but win the next two.

 

I hope it is just for 1 more year until the COVID situaiton is more clear.

[Olerud363]

I don't. But I accept them as an inevitability.

 

I would give up a playoff year for a theoretical 85 win team, in exchange for

 

a) a better chance for the 90 win team to make noise and only have to win 1 wild card game.

the theoretical 97 win team of someday down the road not having to play a 3 game series or some crap against Tampa Bay.

[Boxcar]

Agree. Especially the extra inning gimmicks. There is nothing more character building then when your favorite team loses a 19 inning game on the west coast.

 

A couple of my favorite memories the last few years.

 

2014 - some crazy game that was 5-2 Detroit I think in the 9th. Jays tie it somehow goes to the 18th or 19th. I love the 14th inning stretch. A couple of crazy replays. Day game but ends as it is getting dark (in August)

 

2016 -crazy Canada day game. Gibby and EE kicked out early? Or something like that. I think "tomorrows" starter goes 7 innings for Cleveland. Goins and Barney I think go for the Jays. lol. Jays lose but win the next two.

 

I hope it is just for 1 more year until the COVID situaiton is more clear.

 

If there's no fallout from the Superbowl (I predict there won't be much of one) it should open up other spots to allowing more fans.

[THANOS]

The Yankees rotation is basically Cole and then 6 glass cannons. There's a very real chance that it implodes and Toronto can just ride Big Diesel Roark to the crown. Muahahahahaha

 

Wouldn't that be something haha. Hopefully be then we have Ryu, Ace Nate, and 1 of Ray/Matz/Trade/Stripling/Call-up who's good enough to be a 3rd playoff SP.

[jerb]

 

Chris Cotillo

@ChrisCotillo

 

If you've ever thought spring training games are too long, you're in for a treat.

 

* Games between 2/27-3/13 can be played as 5- or 7-inning games, as long as the managers agree.

 

* Games on or after 3/14 will be scheduled as 9 innings but managers can agree to shorten to 7.

[G-Snarls]

I really hope we can take the division. The 1 game playoff sucks m, especially because I can see it being TOR/TB again, which scares me.

 

At least we won't have to face Snell...

[G-Snarls]

The Yankees rotation is basically Cole and then 6 glass cannons. There's a very real chance that it implodes and Toronto can just ride Big Diesel Roark to the crown. Muahahahahaha

 

Yeah their rotation could be anywhere from amazing to just OK

 

It's the very definition of high risk high reward

[Jays24]

Yeah their rotation could be anywhere from amazing to just OK

 

It's the very definition of high risk high reward

 

But who are we to talk? We probably have the worst rotation amongst all the serious contenders in baseball. If not the worst, we're close to it lol.

[G-Snarls]

But who are we to talk? We probably have the worst rotation amongst all the serious contenders in baseball. If not the worst, we're close to it lol.

 

That's also true

 

At least they have one bona fide reliable stud

 

And their biggest gambles (Taillon and Kluber) have bigger upsides then ours

 

Will take some offense and some luck to beat the Yanks this year

[Olerud363]

The Yankees rotation is basically Cole and then 6 glass cannons. There's a very real chance that it implodes and Toronto can just ride Big Diesel Roark to the crown. Muahahahahaha

 

New ball numbers

 

Degrom 18-11 1.34

McNeil .320 2 56 5 WAR

Bichette .301 19 80

Vlad .288 21 82 (not bad with new ball)

 

Biggio .232 9 50 101 walks still (still not bad, Kieth Law 'can't hit fastball')

 

Judge .250 35 110 (home run crown)

 

Pujols .190 2 34

 

Trout .282 33 90 10 WAR (yeah those numbers really good with new dead ball)

 

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Tanner Roark

 

14-8 3.44 210 innings 19 homers, 188 ks

 

That is just an average pitcher though with new ball

[G-Snarls]

Angels Sign Shohei Ohtani To Two-Year Extension, Avoid Arbitration

By Mark Polishuk | February 8, 2021 at 2:44pm CDT

 

The Angels have announced a two-year, $8.5MM contract extension with pitcher/designated hitter Shohei Ohtani. The deal will keep the two sides from an arbitration hearing, after they failed to reach an agreement on Ohtani’s 2021 salary prior to the arb deadline. Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register (Twitter link) reports that Ohtani will earn $3MM in 2021 and $5.5MM in 2022.

[dineke]

Will deadening the ball increase contact rates? If hrs are now warning track flyouts the game gets less exciting not more

[Laika]

Will deadening the ball increase contact rates? If hrs are now warning track flyouts the game gets less exciting not more

 

IF the rise in strikeouts has been partly because players are willing to trade strikeouts for homers

AND IF the ball deadining has a significant negative effect on flyball distance

 

THEN the answer is yes. Players with middling power will return to more traditional, contact-oriented approaches AND/OR teams will give playing time to more traditional, contact-oriented hitters.

 

We will see.

 

You won't see a sudden change though. And if most of the rise in K's is due to pitch design and increased velocity then there might not be a big or appreciable change whatsoever.