Laika

I think the ESPN debuts page shows it even if they did not play http://www.espn.com/mlb/debuts Not sure if box scores anywhere show phantom players but with twitter and stuff it's not hard to confirm active players

honestly, why the f*** not. the season is a s*** show anyway. i don't see the harm in making the already unbalanced schedule even more unbalanced.

Regardless, rookie mistakes are not really excusable from a second year MLB manager who was previously an MLB bench coach for 3 years and a minor league manager for like 18 years. He has more than enough experience.

This is a guaranteed win. Toronto will hit 5 home runs.

LOD is they are fair game two days after their first game played. I made the DDL rule slightly different - players debuting are fair game at 8 PM the day following their first day on the active roster (they don't have to actually play). I think DDL is different than all the other leagues for this then.

Were you in a coma last year?

Can we just give up on Vladdy at 1st already? Hard to imagine the team not always having a better defensive option there. Just make him a DH. There is a developmental curve there too (mental) so they might as well start it now.

After Alford stole 2nd they had about a 75% win expectancy. The Espinal strikeout lowered it to 65.5%. Hard to say how much the bunt decision itself lowered run expectancy; Espinal might have whiffed even if swinging away. After Fisher walked they had a 75% win expectancy again. RE with 1st and 3rd one out is about 1.140 RE with 2nd and 3rd one out is about 1.352 Not only is the total RE higher with him on 2nd, the expectancy of getting one run is also probably higher as the double play is removed. So, if Fisher indeed has a 100% chance to get to 2nd they certainly have up a some odds of taking the lead. Honestly, I think a really sharp manager pinch hits for Espinal in that inning. I think he had already K'd hopelessly against Scherzer twice. McGuire was the only one on the bench IIRC. It's awkward, sure, and most managers wouldn't do it, but you're really just taking about Drury at SS, Vlad at 3B, and Reese or Jansen at 1st, if they take the lead maybe just for one half inning. Espinal's naked projection is to hit .243/.288 while McGuire's is to hit .241/.300, but when you factor in handedness you're probably looking at like a .050 expected AVG/OBP split vs. Scherzer.

Sounds like a loser.

Juan Soto not being able to play for a week due to DC regulations will probably get more airtime on MLB network, ESPN, etc. than the Blue Jays not being able to play at all in their own country. Not that I care.

RE: Stroman and Bauer I don't see the Blue Jays signing any starting pitchers next offseason, aside from depth guys, unless there are some major injuries and/or developmental flops this year. Ryu Pearson Roark Anderson Thornton (pen?) Kay (AAA or pen) Borucki (AAA or pen) Hatch (AAA or pen) Waguespack (AAA or pen) Murray (AAA) Murphy (AAA or pen) SWR (AA) Manoah (AA) Winckowski (AA) The 2021 depth looks adequate even if you ignore the arms who are more probably relievers or very bad starters. Don't get me wrong, an addition like Trevor Bauer would be amazing but I just think Ryu was already their big addition with a mind to 2021.

I was wondering why Kieboom was riding the pine while so many shitbags like Bonifacio were playing.

sweeppeews

If Markakis plays until he is 40 he has an outside shot at 3000 hits. Maybe he just realized that and went oh s***! my legacy!

I bet he can't even run a simple regression

Smart kid. Good PR statement.

I will donate a jersey of the winner's choice. The one caveat is that the winner never gets the jersey. Board tradition. 5.0 IP 5 H 2 ER 2BB 7K 80 P

There is a Live Scoring tab and a Live Scoring (Beta) tab. One of them shows IP, I believe.

Yes 20 IP but I think it works differently in Fantrax. In Yahoo I believe if you didn't meet the minimum you lose all pitching categories. In Fantrax you just lose the rate categories.

In defense of this, Biggio in the OF is a very realistic long term scenario so I kind of like that they are forcing it a bit this year. It's possible they are unconcerned with getting any more long looks at Alford. May have already decided that he isn't surviving the roster trim downs.

Offensively, sure, but you just wait until Tanner Roark with his 36% groundball rate from 2019 starts letting balls get put in play!

Yes, but I don't remember if it was sitting, hitting, or s***ing. Borucki also said he didn't like to throw that hard and it scared him.

I put Tejay Antone on debut waivers for some reason

too much effort in this gdt

Everything dies. Even our planet has a finite life.