didn't know if you watched on a laptop or through a roku or whatever. i was gonna suggest a vpn so you could use mlb.tv and cheat the location blackout -- it's easy enough to do on a computer but i don't know anything about apple tv
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 July 2019 23:10 (four years ago) link
Oh it's not a regional blackout sitch -- Sling/Dish and Fox are having a pissing contest.
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2019/07/sling-tv-fox-regional-sports-blackout.html
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Sunday, 28 July 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
oic!
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 July 2019 00:27 (four years ago) link
do the phillies and braves and nationals ever play anyone but each other
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 July 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
They sometimes play the Marlins
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 00:06 (four years ago) link
But they told the Mets to take a fuckin' hike, they don't play them anymore.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
either way it's better than 51 reds-pirates games each season
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 July 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
Never would I have thought I'd read an interview in which Randy Newman talks about Byron Buxton, WAR and range factor, but here we are. https://t.co/xHJDys8UPH— Jason Foster (@ByJasonFoster) July 31, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
it's pretty wild how Mike Minor has a bWAR of 5.9, which ranks him as the #1 pitcher (and #3 player overall) on Baseball Reference, with a decent lead over Scherzer and Ryu and Verlander and Greinke, but meanwhile on Fangraphs his fWAR is 2.7 which ranks him something like 28th among pitchers. seems like a huge discrepancy (i trust FG much more in this case...)
― omar little, Thursday, 1 August 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
i think fangraphs relies more on peripherals and "true talent," while bref leans more towards results.
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 August 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
yeah i suppose. weird though since Minor's results aren't exactly eye-popping.
― omar little, Thursday, 1 August 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
Usually Baseball Reference works fine for me--the differences generally fall within range, and if you need to take things further, splitting the difference is useful. But Minor's high ranking baffles me too, even in terms of traditional results. His K/BB ratio is nothing special today--under 3.00. He's given up 20 HR in 140 innings; I know HR are historically very high right now, but wouldn't that be within range of league-average at best? H/9, good not great. Only one of his total runs is unearned, and that's very good, but there must be some huge park and quality-of-defense adjustment there, otherwise I'm stumped.
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 August 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
i think it's because ERA 3.21, FIP 4.27, xFIP 4.49
2.7 fWAR is still pretty good, tho! same as bauer
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 August 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
hey Trout has finally passed Bellinger and climbed to the top of bWAR's MLB rankings (he's well ahead of Cody in fWAR).
― omar little, Thursday, 1 August 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
yeah, i meant that bref relies on ERA, fg relies more on FIP
― jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 August 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
Braves bullpen did not look very good this weekend.
― earlnash, Sunday, 4 August 2019 22:54 (four years ago) link
awwwwwwwww
Isan Diaz's dad was being interviewed when his son took Jacob deGrom deep for his first career MLB hit His reaction was amazing 😂(via @Marlins)pic.twitter.com/nCPuERXFwK— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 5, 2019
― big city slam (Spottie), Monday, 5 August 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWKA9Zi5-_Y
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
giants dfa'd joe panik
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
😒
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link
Isan Diaz has to have one of the all-time jacked baseball dads
― frogbs, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link
sideshow bob is on the hill for the dodgers in your youtube game of the week
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
Nelson Cruz has been wild in the second half:
23 games (started 21), 16 HR, 30 RBI, 22 runs (.357/.449/.964)
― omar little, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
Barves have got to figure out some other ways of winning besides scoring 11 runs -- they can't count on that and the bullpen's still shitting the bed even with their new hires.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
Will Leitch had been doing decade lists for each position:
https://www.mlb.com/news/top-10-starting-pitchers-of-the-2010s
That's the starting-pitcher list; you can get links for everything else on that page. Putting Bumgarner 5th is quite generous, but most of those are inarguable.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 August 2019 21:23 (four years ago) link
have we discussed cole hamels' hof-ness? i don't think he's going to get there, but he's pitched pretty well for chicago. probably needs three or four more seasons as good as this one to get close, which is asking a lot
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 August 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
Here's a random comp with a guy who hasn't made it in:
Hamels: 162-117 WL, 3.39 ERA, 124 ERA+, 2660.2 IP, 2520 K, 4 ASG appearances, 1 ring, 1 World Series MVPSchilling: 216-146 WL, 3.46 ERA, 127 ERA+, 3261.0 IP, 3116 K, 6 ASG appearances, 3 rings, 1 World Series MVP
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 10 August 2019 01:46 (four years ago) link
schilling also finished second for the cy three times
plus the fuckin sock
i mean he's a ridiculous asshole but he belongs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 August 2019 02:08 (four years ago) link
Check it @StratOMatic This is The 2019 Tour Series of Baseball HallOfFamers at 50,000 feet I’m up 2 games to 1 but my home team is in the Polo Grounds @tmorello home team is Wrigley Field . SatchelPaige shut us down yesterday but RegJax Bench HR today for my win pic.twitter.com/77N507b9RW— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) August 10, 2019
― Andy K, Saturday, 10 August 2019 04:01 (four years ago) link
he wants no piece of me and the 82 cardinals
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 August 2019 04:16 (four years ago) link
My god this 2019 Orioles HR allowed record is gonna be absolutely untouchable
― frogbs, Sunday, 11 August 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
the 2020 championship season will begin with all 30 teams in action on march 26
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 August 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
rays start a series @ san diego tonight, tampa hasnt played in sd since 2004 when they were still the devil rays - https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN200406170.shtml
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 August 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
Braves better have their bullpen shit a little more together for the next six games (Mets & Dodgers). For a team that's 20 games over .500, they sure look un-legit.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
Young hitters taking over; older pitchers doing okay.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/baseballs-20-something-sluggers-are-saving-the-sport/
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 August 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
Has there ever been an infield where all four guys slugged .550+? Houston's there right now--albeit right on the fence, and with significant injury time for Altuve and Correa.
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 August 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
final stats on your yankees-orioles 2019 season series
NYY wins, 17-2
NYY.303/.386/.632151 runs (7.9/game)61 homers (3.2/game)88 walks (4.6/game)134 strikeouts (7.1/game)
BAL.243/.306/.42083 runs (4.4/game)24 homers (1.3/game)54 walks (2.8/game)172 strikeouts (9.1/game)
four players this season have an OPS better than the yankee team's 1.018 against the orioles: trout, yelich, bellinger and cruz. five hall of famers had a better career OPS: ruth, williams, gehrig, fox and greenberg.
bonus gleyber line:18 games/75 plate appearances.394/.467/1.04513 homers4 doubles9 singles22 runs20 rbi9 walks12 strikeouts
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 August 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
foxx. sorry jimmie
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 August 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
jimmie "actually not spelled like a" foxx
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 17 August 2019 22:19 (four years ago) link
aquino with another HR tonight (11 in his first 17 game - fastest ever)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 18 August 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
O's the new KC A's
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 August 2019 01:15 (four years ago) link
Brewers/Nats insanity
― timellison, Sunday, 18 August 2019 03:09 (four years ago) link
Yeah pretty sure I said “are you fucking serious” with different levels of excitement at least 7 times from the 9th on
If that last error led to the Nats tying it for the 3rd time I probably would have cried
― frogbs, Sunday, 18 August 2019 13:56 (four years ago) link
The reddit gamethread might be some good Monday morning reading material
― frogbs, Sunday, 18 August 2019 13:57 (four years ago) link
Devers had another two doubles and a homer today. He's on pace for 98 XBH--no one's had 100 since 2001, when four guys did it (Bonds, Helton, Sosa, and somebody named Luis Gonzalez). There are still only 15 100-XBH seasons.
― clemenza, Sunday, 18 August 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
I was busy with non-baseball things yesterday and missed Acuña's benching for lack of hustle. I love that Rafael Ortega was the guy who bailed him and Snitker out.
― The Chronicles of Ermagerd (WmC), Monday, 19 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
when rendon gets fucked over this winter it will be a real death knell for free agency
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
Would be interested to see a side-by-side monthly splits graph of Khris Davis vs. Chris Davis.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
I think Khris Davis hit more HRs in the first 3 weeks of the season than he has hit in weeks 4-22
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:54 (four years ago) link
obv were teammates for many yrs but was surprised to see tnight will be the 1st time miggy cabrera is ever hitting vs justin verlander
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link