Around Baseball 2023

[Carlos Danger]

How many have they hit on?

 

since 2017

 

adley at 1.1, anyone could have made that pick blind, Gunnar Henderson though was a 2nd roudner in that same draft, Grayson Rodriguez 1.11 in 2018

 

The only CB pick to make an MLB appearance is Jordan Westburg and he hasn't dont much.

 

That's basically it for the recent drafts, going back a little furhter 2015/2016 (mullins, hays and mountcastle)

 

Most of the other players were aquired via trades or claimed off waivers, Bautista/Hicks/Gibson/Frazier FA

 

The O’s got Bradish out of the Bundy trade. The O’s always have awesome pens with depth. That is not just high picks. The O’s OF has outperformed ours, even with Mullins on the IL a large part and none of the regular starters are the hot recent specs.

 

Not just high 1st round picks.

[G-Snarls]

Perfect fit for any team lol

 

LF Springer

CF Varsho

RF Trout

 

Don't hate it LOL

 

But we need to get younger and I can't even imagine the package needed to get Trout. And he and Springer would miss a lot of time guaranteed.

[Nursehoneybadger]

Nobody would be giving up anything for trouts actual contract? Maybe 2-3 wins average to wind down his career if he can get 80-100 games is fair.

[hanton]

[Olerud363]

How many have they hit on?

 

since 2017

 

adley at 1.1, anyone could have made that pick blind, Gunnar Henderson though was a 2nd roudner in that same draft, Grayson Rodriguez 1.11 in 2018

 

The only CB pick to make an MLB appearance is Jordan Westburg and he hasn't dont much.

 

That's basically it for the recent drafts, going back a little furhter 2015/2016 (mullins, hays and mountcastle)

 

Most of the other players were aquired via trades or claimed off waivers, Bautista/Hicks/Gibson/Frazier FA

 

This current team is not a product of 5 straight years of losing because the players acquired from losing years 3-5 haven't even arrived yet (Holliday, Cowser, Kjerstad).

 

So they built a nice 90 win team mostly other ways, are probably going to win 100 because of luck, and now have the best prospect in baseball who will be ready in the next year and might have another generational prospect forming in Basallo.

 

Just heard Basallo is now moving to AA. AA in his age 18 season (turned 19 a couple of weeks ago). Numbers are psychotic in A+.

 

I am guessing he won't be a catcher long term right? I mean that would be crazy. Just let him be Carlos Delgado, without f***ing around with the catching thing wasting the first 2 years of his career.

[Stangstag]

 

This is great news for us. He was on fire and we play them 6 times still

[Olerud363]

The OÂ’s got Bradish out of the Bundy trade. The OÂ’s always have awesome pens with depth. That is not just high picks. The OÂ’s OF has outperformed ours, even with Mullins on the IL a large part and none of the regular starters are the hot recent specs.

 

Not just high 1st round picks.

 

I also am assuming Angelos son is just bullshitting about being cheap. I believe the Orioles, even at their worst were outdrawing the Rays.

 

That being said their attendance isn't that impressive for a division winning year when they've held a playoff spot the entire year. In the 90s their market was drawing 3.5 million +. In their last up cycle 2.5 million. This year they don't look like they'll get 2 million.

[Eat My Shatkins]

You are a f***ing idiot.

 

1. Samuel Basallo is an actual baseball prospect.

2. He was 18 years old for most of this season, just turned 19.

3. He is now 'arguably' better than Guerrero at the same age showing more power.

 

The fact of the matter is the Orioles just out of no where came up with a prospect as good as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was as a prospect.

 

I don't like this. I'm not cheering it. I'm just reporitng it. If you don't like it don't f***ing complain to me. Write a letter to Blue Jays management and ask them to improve and learn from what the Orioles are doing.

 

Charlie Montoya and Brandon Hyde are real people. Real things have happened to them. They've lived lives and held and lost jobs.

 

The Mike Elias regime has hired one Manager. His name is Brandon Hyde. He has held the job throughout their entire rebuild and now build cycle.

 

The Blue Jays had John Gibbons, then Charlie Montoya, now John Scneider, who may be replaced again if they don't make the playoffs.

 

These are real things that happened. Orioles have stability in the manager position and seem to have done a competent job search in late 2018... The Jays are a mess here.

 

DON'T COMPLAIN TO ME IF YOU DON'T like it. Write Rogers and complain.

 

Lol

 

K.....

[Masterbather]

This is great news for us. He was on fire and we play them 6 times still

 

I love your pure lack of empathy and I'm totally for it. Right now, it's all about what's good for the Jays (within reason of course, I'm not rooting for death, paralysis, serious illness or ruptured testicles).

[Jimcanuck]

I love your pure lack of empathy and I'm totally for it. Right now, it's all about what's good for the Jays (within reason of course, I'm not rooting for death, paralysis, serious illness or ruptured testicles).

 

Right, we are not football hooligans.

[BlueBaller]

I think a lot of people are in denial.

 

1. The Blue Jays once had the greatest hitting prospect of all time (or close) Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

2. For reasons of Obesity and perhaps psychology, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. failed to live up to expectations.

3. The Baltimore Orioles have a prospect with better stats than Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at age 18.

4. His name is Samuel Basallo, no one is talking about him yet. He is ranked 5th in their organization.

5. That will change obviously. When Holliday graduates Basallo has a good chance be the number 1 prospect in baseball (or close).

 

I don't like the Baltimore Orioles, but denying what is happening here doesn't help anyone.

 

On top of everything else, Orioles have quietly developed a prospect better than the Jays greatest prospect ever. And it's no one notices because he's their 4th 1 overall caliber prospect (Rutchman, Henderson, Holliday, Basallo), along side a bunch of other nice prospects.

 

Is anyone paying attention to this?

 

I am. I keep a pulse on teams prospects. Basallo looks like a beast

[Nursehoneybadger]

I don't get all the posts when you look on reddit baseball subs - I pray to god he isn't hurt, wouldn't wish that on anyone, hate to win like this. Part of the game is managing injuries and almost every one of these players is better off than I will ever be. Don't feel bad. In theory I might feel bad for a rookie or someone who is a star but didn't get to arb yet. But they gamble on themselves and don't ask for team friendly deals when they are young most of the time.

[Jonn]

 

Shame was looking forward to seeing him play against us.

[hanton]

Rockies vs Giants arghh....nothing else on

[hanton]

Imagine Bo and Vlad showing up AFTER the Jays had won 100 games. Imagine they are both a little bit better.

 

Imagine instead of a suit in Shaprio and a yes-man in Atkins you have Mike Elias and a team of nutritionists, psychologists, and a legit high performance team to guide them a long.

 

Imagine instead of Charlie Montoya you have Brandon Hyde. An alpha, hired the same month as Charlie Montoya, but never fired, a true kind, tough human being who has taken the Orioles from a 50 win season to 100, with no need for talk of other manager, and will now help develop Jackson and Basillo into greats.

 

I just assumed they did this when putting together the HPD in 2016 but they've been so secretive about it.

[jaysblue]

Rockies vs Giants arghh....nothing else on

 

Sunday Night Football - Giants vs. Cowboys haha (awful game)

[hanton]

Sunday Night Football - Giants vs. Cowboys haha (awful game)

 

I lost interest in the NFL years ago but interestingly enough I was speaking with a friend today and he's convinced me to get back into it - kinda the opposite to baseball with basically a 16 game sprint to the post season

[BigCecil]

I lost interest in the NFL years ago but interestingly enough I was speaking with a friend today and he's convinced me to get back into it - kinda the opposite to baseball with basically a 16 game sprint to the post season

 

I used to like it. Less than baseball but watched a lot. Then it was just mostly Sun and Mon games. Now Sat Sat Mon Thurs, NFL package. Plus the betting app stuff and fantasy and pools. I have friends who are so lost deep into it. Their wives are always pissed at them.

 

Once I had kids I had to pick obsession's to avoid divorce (twice), and chose to stick with baseball.

[Brownie19]

Cubs are calling up PCA.

[Laika]

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-power-rankings-september-4-10/

 

Braves

Rays

Dodgers

Jays

Mariners

Rangers

Orioles

Astros

Philies

Cubs

 

Interesting power rankings!

 

A reminder for how these rankings are calculated: first, we take the three most important components of a team — their offense (wRC+), their pitching (a 50/50 blend of FIP- and RA9-, weighted by starter and reliever IP share), and their defense (RAA) — and combine them to create an overall team quality metric. I also add in a factor for “luck,” adjusting a team’s win percentage based on expected win-loss record. The result is a power ranking, which is then presented in tiers below.

 

With both the Mariners and Rangers faltering to begin September, the Blue Jays have taken advantage of their soft schedule to win seven of their nine games this month and vault themselves over those two teams in the AL Wild Card race. Davis Schneider has continued his surprising assault on big league pitching, and Bo Bichette came off the IL last weekend. They’ve got a huge four-game series against the Rangers this week, which should prove to be a test of how competitive they really are.

 

I understand: It’s weird that the Orioles, the team with the best record in the AL, sit behind four other teams in their league and in the third tier in these rankings. But no matter how you slice it — base runs, pythagorean record, or this team quality metric — they’re continuing to outperform their underlying stats by significant margins. Yes, they just rattled off a seven-game win streak that was finally broken on Sunday; yes, they’re getting contributions from all over their roster right now; and yes, they’ve barely skipped a beat since losing Félix Bautista a few weeks ago. But on paper, they’re not as strong as some of the other teams in the AL playoff picture, even if they’ll probably end up with the top seed and a first-round bye when the playoffs officially start.

[Ehjays]

[Spanky99]

The Braves offence is nuts!

[BTS]

Acuna just hit 100 HR+SB for the season

[Brownie19]

Acuna just hit 100 HR+SB for the season

 

No way he gets to 40/80 is there? 40/75 maybe?

[Brownie19]

Matt Olson is going to get to like 55 HRs, 135 RBI and 125 Runs and he isn't going to sniff the MVP this season. That's insane.

[Brownie19]

I LOVE how stolen bases are a factor in baseball again. I love looking at the leaderboard and seeing that guys like Carroll is going to have a 25/50 season and Witt Jr is going to have a 30/40 or 30/50 season and multiple guys are going 30/30 this year. Simply put, the rule changes implemented this year have been incredible. It shows in viewership (up 9% I believe) and it shows in the product on the field. Kudos to MLB for making it happen.

[John_Havok]

I LOVE how stolen bases are a factor in baseball again. I love looking at the leaderboard and seeing that guys like Carroll is going to have a 25/50 season and Witt Jr is going to have a 30/40 or 30/50 season and multiple guys are going 30/30 this year. Simply put, the rule changes implemented this year have been incredible. It shows in viewership (up 9% I believe) and it shows in the product on the field. Kudos to MLB for making it happen.

 

But but but..Manfred is evil and stuff .. he's ruining baseball because reasons!

[Brownie19]

But but but..Manfred is evil and stuff .. he's ruining baseball because reasons!

 

oh yeah - the old men who hate change hate Manfred still. I hope I'm more self aware of how old and crusty I am when I enter that phase of life where I hate change and can't grasp new concepts.

[Masterbather]

oh yeah - the old men who hate change hate Manfred still. I hope I'm more self aware of how old and crusty I am when I enter that phase of life where I hate change and can't grasp new concepts.

 

No what you'll be aware of is how stupid young people are and you'll be right.

 

The only changes I don't really agree with are the runner at second and the banning of the shift.

I'm down with the rest of it.

[BTS]

I LOVE how stolen bases are a factor in baseball again. I love looking at the leaderboard and seeing that guys like Carroll is going to have a 25/50 season and Witt Jr is going to have a 30/40 or 30/50 season and multiple guys are going 30/30 this year. Simply put, the rule changes implemented this year have been incredible. It shows in viewership (up 9% I believe) and it shows in the product on the field. Kudos to MLB for making it happen.

 

Yup. The product right now is the best it’s been since I started watching baseball.