Around Baseball 2021

[BTS]

Soto dynasty value took a hit this year with the general suckage of the players around him.

 

Imagine Soto in the middle of the Dodgers lineup. Would be like 140 R and 125 RBI or something

[Jimcanuck]

Imagine Soto in the middle of the Dodgers lineup. Would be like 140 R and 125 RBI or something

 

I prefer to imagine him in the middle of the Blue Jays lineup.

[Jimcanuck]

I owned Trout for like 5 years in BORED and never won s***. The pain was real.

 

I think Soto, Wander, and J-Rod should be a winning trio.

[BTS]

I think Soto, Wander, and J-Rod should be a winning trio.

 

OBP for days

[connorp]

OBP for days

 

Don’t feed Jim’s fap fest

[BTS]

Don’t feed Jim’s fap fest

 

Sorry, my bad

[Jimcanuck]

Don’t feed Jim’s fap fest

 

I'm all fapped out

[Abomination]

I'm all fapped out

 

Rookie

[P2F]

I'm all fapped out

 

Rookie

 

[DigitalRock]

Those roughned Odor ears sure are something.

[BlueJays]

 

This is pretty.. interesting

[Jonn]

 

This is pretty.. interesting

 

Tontreal Exrays

[Abomination]

Ohtani with 2 triples tonight and it's only the 3rd inning.

[Jonn]

Ohtani with 2 triples tonight and it's only the 3rd inning.

 

MVP! MVP! MVP!

 

cf

[glory]

 

This is pretty.. interesting

 

Good. Not sure if going back to Montreal is the solution, but getting the hell out of Tampa is a good start. So many other markets would kill to have a baseball team period right now, much less one of the best teams in the sport. The Rays need to sell $10 tickets just to get 10k into that dump in September. There is no fixing that market. Take the L and move on (Nashville, Charlotte, Montreal, wherever).

[connorp]

Good. Not sure if going back to Montreal is the solution, but getting the hell out of Tampa is a good start. So many other markets would kill to have a baseball team period right now, much less one of the best teams in the sport. The Rays need to sell $10 tickets just to get 10k into that dump in September. There is no fixing that market. Take the L and move on (Nashville, Charlotte, Montreal, wherever).

 

I think I mentioned it recently but really they just need to move their stadium to actual Tampa…and build a new stadium that’s conducive to a nice day at the ballpark. Not sure if they’ve been trying but city not kicking in or something

[Eat My Shatkins]

15 wins in a row for the Cards. Wow

 

71-69 to 86-69

 

Pretty much erased the NL wild card race

[Stangstag]

I think I mentioned it recently but really they just need to move their stadium to actual Tampa…and build a new stadium that’s conducive to a nice day at the ballpark. Not sure if they’ve been trying but city not kicking in or something

 

People keep saying this but it won’t fix anything. Its a cop-out excuse

[Stangstag]

15 wins in a row for the Cards. Wow

 

71-69 to 86-69

 

Pretty much erased the NL wild card race

 

And the Padres tanked hard the last couple months. RIP.

 

Now its just between LA/SF for the division and WC1, and the Braves/Phillies for their division

[Laika]

Shane Baz is humiliating the Marlins. He's insane.

[connorp]

People keep saying this but it won’t fix anything. Its a cop-out excuse

 

I read a little about it today. It’s what I thought, basically going back and forth with city on portions of funding. The Tampa city option was too expensive (as it’d have to be $1b type deal with retractable roof). So seems like they want to do two new stadiums. Prob not the worst thing for baseball. They’ll prob draw more with new ballpark in St. Pete

[Jonn]

Seems to me that they are basically creating an open competition of the 2 areas. Montreal fans have been saying for years they want another chance to show they were robbed of their team.

 

Well if they sell out games and Tampa is still struggling to draw fans. Do you really think they are not eventually just move to Montreal full time? Its really put up or shut up time for Montreal. I do think they need a new Stadium to fully complete that reality. If they can get an Outdoor Stadium anywhere near Downtown Montreal that place will be bumping. People want to be outside in the summer in that city. Retractable roof fine. But it needs to be a Stadium that fully opens up.

[Jimcanuck]

Franco wRC+ up to 132 now, with a 12.9% K rate. The hype is real.

[Jimcanuck]

15 wins in a row for the Cards. Wow

 

71-69 to 86-69

 

Pretty much erased the NL wild card race

 

Goldy has been crushing it.

[thatoneguy]

Goldy has been crushing it.

 

There hasn't been much talk of him going to the Hall of Fame, but he's got 46.3 fWAR in his career so far. Might just be a case of "Hall of Very Good", but he's got a few more years to put up numbers.

[Jimcanuck]

There hasn't been much talk of him going to the Hall of Fame, but he's got 46.3 fWAR in his career so far. Might just be a case of "Hall of Very Good", but he's got a few more years to put up numbers.

 

If he can eclipse 400 HR definitely will have a shot. To do that he'll need to keep it up till he's 38.

[Jimcanuck]

Pitch clocks, shift restrictions and more changes are coming to the Arizona Fall League.

 

Major League Baseball confirmed Thursday that the AFL will feature most of the experimental rules changes that were introduced into the minor leagues this year.

 

Pitchers will be subject to a 15-second pitch clock and limited to two pickoff attempts per plate appearance, infielders will be required to remain in the dirt with two positioned on each side of second base and the size of the bases will be increased.

 

The automated ball-strike system, which the AFL experimented with in 2019, will be used in games played at Salt River Fields.

 

MLB introduced each rule at different levels of the minors for the 2021 season. The AFL presents an opportunity to see what games look like with all of the rules changes in place simultaneously.

 

The 15-second pitch clock was introduced in the Low-A West this season on June 15, just under six weeks into the season. Nine-inning games prior to the introduction of the pitch clock lasted an average of 3 hours, 2 minutes. Nine-inning games after the introduction of the pitch clock averaged 2:41, as The Athletic’s Jayson Stark first reported. The introduction of the pitch clock also corresponded with an increase in offense throughout the league.

 

The limit of two pickoff attempts per plate appearance was also introduced in Low-A this season. The number of stolen base attempts at the level rose from 2.3 per game in 2015-19 to 3.1 per game this year with the limit in place, according to MLB.

 

The rule governing the positioning of infielders in an attempt to limit shifting was introduced at Double-A this year. All four infielders were required to remain in the dirt for the first half of the season and two infielders were required to remain on either side of second base during the second half.

 

The rules resulted in no significant change in batted-ball outcomes at Double-A, according to Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Morgan Sword. Nonetheless, MLB will apply the rules in the AFL to gather additional data.

 

The larger bases were introduced at Triple-A this year, with the size of the bases increased from 15 inches square to 18 inches square. The change led to a slight increase in the success rate of stolen base attempts and led to a decrease in the number of collisions and injuries sustained around the bag.

 

The AFL begins on Oct. 13 with the new rules in place.

[Abomination]

The rules resulted in no significant change in batted-ball outcomes at Double-A, according to Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Morgan Sword. Nonetheless, MLB will apply the rules in the AFL to gather additional data.

 

The larger bases were introduced at Triple-A this year, with the size of the bases increased from 15 inches square to 18 inches square. The change led to a slight increase in the success rate of stolen base attempts and led to a decrease in the number of collisions and injuries sustained around the bag.

 

Well that's interesting.

[Deadpool]

Pitch clocks, shift restrictions and more changes are coming to the Arizona Fall League.

 

Major League Baseball confirmed Thursday that the AFL will feature most of the experimental rules changes that were introduced into the minor leagues this year.

 

Pitchers will be subject to a 15-second pitch clock and limited to two pickoff attempts per plate appearance, infielders will be required to remain in the dirt with two positioned on each side of second base and the size of the bases will be increased.

 

The automated ball-strike system, which the AFL experimented with in 2019, will be used in games played at Salt River Fields.

 

MLB introduced each rule at different levels of the minors for the 2021 season. The AFL presents an opportunity to see what games look like with all of the rules changes in place simultaneously.

 

The 15-second pitch clock was introduced in the Low-A West this season on June 15, just under six weeks into the season. Nine-inning games prior to the introduction of the pitch clock lasted an average of 3 hours, 2 minutes. Nine-inning games after the introduction of the pitch clock averaged 2:41, as The Athletic’s Jayson Stark first reported. The introduction of the pitch clock also corresponded with an increase in offense throughout the league.

 

The limit of two pickoff attempts per plate appearance was also introduced in Low-A this season. The number of stolen base attempts at the level rose from 2.3 per game in 2015-19 to 3.1 per game this year with the limit in place, according to MLB.

 

The rule governing the positioning of infielders in an attempt to limit shifting was introduced at Double-A this year. All four infielders were required to remain in the dirt for the first half of the season and two infielders were required to remain on either side of second base during the second half.

 

The rules resulted in no significant change in batted-ball outcomes at Double-A, according to Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Morgan Sword. Nonetheless, MLB will apply the rules in the AFL to gather additional data.

 

The larger bases were introduced at Triple-A this year, with the size of the bases increased from 15 inches square to 18 inches square. The change led to a slight increase in the success rate of stolen base attempts and led to a decrease in the number of collisions and injuries sustained around the bag.

 

The AFL begins on Oct. 13 with the new rules in place.

 

Yes: Roboumps, pitch clock, larger bases. Also, Roboumps and roboumps.

 

No: Shift policing, pickoff limits.

[Laika]

larger bases is just stupid

 

hey what about wider bats? smaller gloves? bigger heads? fatter umps?

 

i think mlb 2022 should be played on big head mode