Around Baseball 2022

[Spanky__99]

Kevin Gausman was the AL player of the week, Arenado for the NL.

[Spanky__99]

What an AB by Crawford. Taillon unravelling here.

[5ToolPhenom]

How many games did the Blue Jays make up on the Yankees in 2015?

 

Yeah but you're not taking into account the talent of each roster on those particular teams. This team ain't no 2015 2nd half Blue Jays and same goes for the Yanks

[Spanky__99]

Gilbert had his s*** pushed in.

[Spanky__99]

Yankees Matt Carpenter broke his foot tonight on a foul ball.

 

Soto just kissed the wall, lucky he didn't get hurt.

[Spanky__99]

Yeah but you're not taking into account the talent of each roster on those particular teams. This team ain't no 2015 2nd half Blue Jays and same goes for the Yanks

 

You post as though this team sucks, lol.

[HERPDERP]

Man it must suck to be a Padres fan right now

 

all those big name hitters and their offense is doing nothing right now

[Laika]

Yeah but you're not taking into account the talent of each roster on those particular teams. This team ain't no 2015 2nd half Blue Jays and same goes for the Yanks

 

They are at least AS TALENTED on a player by player basis. They need to play better, of course. Need to have MVP caliber Vlad and Superstar Bo show up, among other things.

[Brownie19]

It makes me sad to see how bad Nick Senzel is.

[Laika]

It makes me sad to see how bad Nick Senzel is.

 

The 2016 draft is looking like an all time stinker.

 

Still early for a number of those players but the first round is full of disappointments.

[Brownie19]

The 2016 draft is looking like an all time stinker.

 

Still early for a number of those players but the first round is full of disappointments.

 

oh wow...it's so bad.

[Laika]

oh wow...it's so bad.

 

Cal Quantrill and Gavin Lux and Dylan Carlson, all disappointments in their own right, are like the 2nd to 4th best players taken in R1.

 

Will Smith the only standout.

 

Could be an 80 to 90% failure rate in the first round based on your line in the sand.

 

There are three players in the 2nd round better than all the players in the first round! Bo, Reynolds, and Alonso.

[jaysblue]

Yeah but you're not taking into account the talent of each roster on those particular teams. This team ain't no 2015 2nd half Blue Jays and same goes for the Yanks

 

Outside of the bullpen, I think player to player and the top of the starting rotation is fairly even to the 2015 team. The seasons Vlad and Bo has last season would definitely help. The 2015 team did have an MVP season from Josh Donaldson, and both Jose Bautista and Edwin had monster years as well. Gausman leads all MLB pitchers in WAR.

[jaysblue]

Yankees Matt Carpenter broke his foot tonight on a foul ball.

 

Soto just kissed the wall, lucky he didn't get hurt.

 

Damnit that sucks from a fantasy baseball perspective in terms of Carpenter.

[Spanky__99]

Chris Sale done for the season, had surgery this morning on his wrist that he broke in a bicycle accident, lol. That dude's cursed.

[jerb]

 

Jeff Passan

@JeffPassan

 

Red Sox starter Chris Sale broke his right wrist in a bike accident and underwent season-ending surgery Monday, the team announced. Amid fractured rib cage, a broken pinky on a comebacker and now this, Sale threw only 5.2 innings this season after posting 42.2 innings in 2021.

 

Alex Speier

@alexspeier

 

This is year 3 of Sale's 5-year, $145M extension that he signed prior to the 2019 season (one year from free agency). Through those first 3 years, he's made 14 total starts (reg season and playoffs) and thrown 57 1/3 innings.

[Grant77]

 

Jeff Passan

@JeffPassan

 

Red Sox starter Chris Sale broke his right wrist in a bike accident and underwent season-ending surgery Monday, the team announced. Amid fractured rib cage, a broken pinky on a comebacker and now this, Sale threw only 5.2 innings this season after posting 42.2 innings in 2021.

 

Alex Speier

@alexspeier

 

This is year 3 of Sale's 5-year, $145M extension that he signed prior to the 2019 season (one year from free agency). Through those first 3 years, he's made 14 total starts (reg season and playoffs) and thrown 57 1/3 innings.

 

Couldn't happen to a better person or team. Karma working it's magic there.

[Laika]

There is like a 99% chance Sale broke his hand punching another wall, right?

[Omar]

Couldn't happen to a better person or team. Karma working it's magic there.

 

The schadenfreude is strong with this one:p

[BTS]

There is like a 99% chance Sale broke his hand punching another wall, right?

 

First thing I thought when I saw the story was there's no way it was actually a bike accident.

[Stottlemyres_Bloody_Chin]

Yeah but you're not taking into account the talent of each roster on those particular teams. This team ain't no 2015 2nd half Blue Jays and same goes for the Yanks

 

How do you know that? That 2015 team was .500 at the deadline and then went absolutely bananas afterwards.

 

I realize that doesn't look likely right now for the 2022 team but we'll have to wait to see. A huge part of that 2015 comeback was due to our H2H vs the Yankees down the stretch. If the 2022 team is gonna make a run at the Yanks they will have to crush them H2H.

 

Its not likely but it COULD happen.

[Stangstag]

How do you know that? That 2015 team was .500 at the deadline and then went absolutely bananas afterwards.

 

I realize that doesn't look likely right now for the 2022 team but we'll have to wait to see. A huge part of that 2015 comeback was due to our H2H vs the Yankees down the stretch. If the 2022 team is gonna make a run at the Yanks they will have to crush them H2H.

 

Its not likely but it COULD happen.

 

Need Springer back to go on a run IMO

[Ray]

The 2022 Dodgers might be the most dominant team I've seen in my lifetime. Their pythag record says they're actually on track to tie the 2001 Mariners with 116 wins. Combined team 115 OPS+ with Justin Turner, Max Muncy, & Cody Bellinger not performing up to par. They somehow even juiced a 139 OPS+ and 1.1 WAR from Trayce f***ing Thompson. What!?

 

The craziest part is their pitching. Clayton Kershaw, Walker Buehler, and Dustin May are injured. Bauer is suspended. That's like 4/5's of an elite rotation injured/unable to play. On the bullpen side, Brusdar Graterol, Daniel Hudson, Blake Treiner, Yency Almonte, Tommy Kahnle are all injured. That bullpen would 100% be better than ours, and yet between all the injuries, they still have a team ERA of 2.87. Their entire team ERA is less than Kevin Gausman's season ERA.

 

Just f***ing lol. Historical level dominance while some projected 10+ WAR sits on the injured list and some big underperformances. What Andrew Friedman has done with that team over the past 8 years is truly incredible.

[Ehjays]

 

Cubs Throw Back Jersey for Field of Dreams game

[Ehjays]

[Brownie19]

That throwback Cubs hat is fire. Love it. Edited August 9, 2022 by Brownie19

[Ehjays]

There is like a 99% chance Sale broke his hand punching another wall, right?

 

Yeah I thought same thing but this is what they are going with

 

 

[Omar]

[Jays24]

Pirates' Castro loses phone while sliding into 3B

https://www.thescore.com/s/22459956

[P2F]