At his current pace, Jose Ramirez will finish this season with:105 extra-base hits48 strikeouts99 walks108 runs168 RBI45 doubles12 triples48 homersHe's got a .294/.394/.647 slash line— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) June 11, 2022
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 11 June 2022 17:31 (two years ago) link
White Sox fans chanted "FIRE TONY (clap, clap, clap-clap-clap)" in Saturday's 11-9 loss to the Texas Rangers, referring to Chicago manager Tony La Russa.The Sox blew a 5-0 lead in the 10-inning affair with the Rangers — contributing to the team's 11th loss in 17 games. The Sox currently sit in third place in the American League Central.
The Sox blew a 5-0 lead in the 10-inning affair with the Rangers — contributing to the team's 11th loss in 17 games. The Sox currently sit in third place in the American League Central.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 June 2022 23:38 (two years ago) link
I am so glad this is going terribly for Larussa. Feel bad he’s taking the chi Sox season with him, but fuck him.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 June 2022 23:46 (two years ago) link
The rest of the NL East has woken up: Braves have won 10 in a row, Phillies have won 9 in a row, Marlins have 5 five in a row. The NL central on the other hand….
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 12 June 2022 01:25 (two years ago) link
Larussa sucks but the White Sox record is more due to injuries, regression, and having way too many scrubs in the lineup than the managing.
― na (NA), Sunday, 12 June 2022 02:41 (two years ago) link
Listen times are hard in the heartland
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Sunday, 12 June 2022 02:46 (two years ago) link
When was the last time that two teams in the same division had active win streaks of 10 or more games? Phils and Braves might get there. I have no idea how to check this.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 12 June 2022 06:17 (two years ago) link
matt carpenter is batting .286/.444/1.000 with five homers in 10 games
my fault for ever doubting him
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 June 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
6 hits, 5 HRsAt this pace, he’s gonna get 18 hits this season
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Sunday, 12 June 2022 19:20 (two years ago) link
Didn’t realize he played 130 games last year. He hit .169/.305/.275
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 12 June 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
it hurt my back just to watch him
i still have nightmares of his plate routine, which he does before every single pitch. the first thrust of his hips, the shuffling of the feet. the second thrust. the swing and a miss. ughhhh
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Sunday, 12 June 2022 19:54 (two years ago) link
ESPN just dropped the funniest nugget of all timeJoe Maddon got a Mohawk to surprise the guys with to help break the losing streak but the players never saw it because he got fired that day 😭😭😭— Dish (@D1SCHER) June 12, 2022
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 13 June 2022 03:48 (two years ago) link
“Now I’m unemployed and I have a Mohawk” feels like a gag straight out of Friends.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 13 June 2022 14:03 (two years ago) link
The Giants are sporting black t-shirts with some Fantasy Football 101: “Stashing players on the IR isn’t cheating.”— Maria I. Guardado (@mi_guardado) June 13, 2022
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 01:48 (two years ago) link
I've always liked David Price, but pretty easy gig for $32M.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
the most hallowed record of them all has fallen
Yadi stands alone at the top!14,865 putouts as a catcher. The most all-time in MLB history. pic.twitter.com/tvXlSRsy5y— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 14, 2022
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 22:10 (two years ago) link
such a weird thing, giving the catcher a putout for a strikeout (even if that wasn't one)
props to him for doing it during a 100°/insane dew point day game tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 23:59 (two years ago) link
goldschmidt 6-for-8, 3 HR, 8 RBI in today's doubleheader
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 03:12 (two years ago) link
I was looking at the career boxes of a couple of the Yankees starters, trying to figure out why they're unbeatable, and Aaron Sanchez turned up on one of their Similarity Scores list. We were as big on him in Toronto in 2016 as we are on Manoah right now. Sad, itinerant tale the past few years, currently pitching poorly for Washington. Until a few days ago, anyway--they released him, and he just signed with the Twins.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:46 (two years ago) link
(xpost) Currently leading the NL in all three slash stats.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link
i was just talking about how insane that yankees staff is. two of them showed no indication they had this kind of performance in them previously. one is always injured, and despite his clear talents, his simply being able to make it to the mound every 5th game right now is amazing to me. and then there's Garret Cole. the collective pitching performance that team is getting (including their pen – with Clay Holmes and his absurd 1.8 WAR so far) is unfathomable.
and with Sanchez, I was pretty high on him – even went to Lansing to see him pitch – but the year he won the ERA crown, to me at least, really felt like it was a fluke. he hadn't really worked out all his issues even at that point. Manoah feels like a lot safer bet than Sanchez did (tho I would not have anticipated a cy young calibre performance from him either at this point)!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 18:23 (two years ago) link
Sanchez's never-ending blister problem was already an issue, I think, and in general he seemed on the fragile side. Manoah definitely does not.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 19:43 (two years ago) link
And also Sanchez had a harder time dealing with control issues.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 22:14 (two years ago) link
matt carpenter update:
34 PAs, .286/.412/.964, 275 wRC+
6 home runs, 1 double, 1 single. 5 walks, 9 strikes outs.
over 900+ hundred deep pelvic thrusts while waiting for the pitch
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 June 2022 15:13 (two years ago) link
and along with Trevino – i'm starting to wonder what dark magic the yankees are using to get these performances out of people.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 June 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
Not sure what to expect this weekend for Toronto...especially nervous about Manoah's start, although he's had three great starts in Yankee Stadium to date.
― clemenza, Friday, 17 June 2022 16:37 (two years ago) link
his start is the one i'm the least worried about. i am tho, quite nervous about this series.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 June 2022 21:37 (two years ago) link
I saw about two dozen cardinals fans on the streets of Boston today before I realized what was happening. The Braves (14 game winning streak) played the cubs (10 game losing streak) today, and miraculously the Cubs won 1-0.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 June 2022 22:29 (two years ago) link
Anthony Rendon out for the rest of the year again with wrist surgery. That $245M contract is looking worse every day.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 June 2022 22:41 (two years ago) link
Yikes!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 June 2022 23:17 (two years ago) link
The Brewers have designated Lorenzo Cain for assignment. The move comes on the same day that he reached 10 years of MLB service time. Cain and the club came to a “mutual decision” about today’s roster move, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com (via Twitter). Jonathan Davis was selected from Triple-A to take his roster spot, per the team.
at least if no one else picks him up (or he retires), he reached 10 years
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 June 2022 20:27 (two years ago) link
Lorenzo Cain showed up to his first baseball practice in 10th grade wearing a collared shirt, jean shorts and basketball shoes. Then he played 10 years in the Majors, made two All-Star Games, won a Gold Glove and a World Series.Today, he was DFA’d by the Brewers. pic.twitter.com/HOe5EJuXEc— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) June 18, 2022
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 June 2022 20:28 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Es153vP.png
almost all of them made it to the world series, and the others made it to the league championship series or were the 1942 dodgers
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 June 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
wow - 1942 Dodgers, get your shit together!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
it's like they weren't even trying, come on
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
this is probably cold comfort to brewers fans, but by the statcast metrics (EV, hard hit%, xOPA xBA xSLG) he's having a very comparable season to Nolan Arenado, who is doing much better in terms of results so far
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 June 2022 23:26 (one year ago) link
fuck, sorry. "he" is Christian Yelich
^-- title of 2022 Brewers thread
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 01:09 (one year ago) link
He’s looked a lot better at the plate this year, I think he’s gonna go on a sunrun soon
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
arenado has gone pretty cold since april too
― na (NA), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:11 (one year ago) link
his may was not great (offensively), but since June he's been pretty great again (143 wRC+)
it's funny, goldschmidt was relatively average in April, and then on May 1 it's like Arenado passed him the flame of greatness and then passed the fuck out for a month
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
gotta say, not trying to stir up NL Central beef, and i like the brewers in general after working a decent amount of games there, but craig counsell has the most perpetually disappointed and possibly pained expression in the game. i could say, "oh, that guy over there has craig counsell-face" and you'd know exactly what i meant, right?
it's kind of endearing i guess, like i want him to feel better
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:23 (one year ago) link
also, sorry to always mention yadi, but speaking of "NL Central beef", it makes me think of how his last appearance in cincinatti will go! it would be kind of perfect for him to get a simultaneous standing ovation plus resounding boo-off
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:26 (one year ago) link
yeah I feel like even if you made a shitty Craig Counsell muppet I'd immediately know who it was supposed to be
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:28 (one year ago) link
it would be a good cue for an actor, I think. "you just had your annual review and you didn't get a raise. i want you to take it like you're craig counsell."
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:39 (one year ago) link
https://cdn.wrn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Craig-Counsell-6.jpg
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:45 (one year ago) link
enhance
https://i.imgur.com/x2r7emn.png
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:49 (one year ago) link
lol the dueling umpire reviews happening in the top of the 9th here, haha
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:52 (one year ago) link
brendan donovan, who for special reasons will always be braden donahue to me, is out.
counsell just smiled!!
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
but this was the counsell face i was talking about, a little bit more disappointment, like there's something bad happening and it's not his fault or the team's fault, and it's just not fair
https://i.imgur.com/QEFUbBN.png
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link