Yikes!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 June 2022 23:17 (one year 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 (one year 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 (one year 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
Burnes is becoming one of those pitchers who's unhittable for reasons no one can quite figure out
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cSzkjfh.gif
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:03 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/wse1QwM.png
omg
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:12 (one year ago) link
each one of those frames is a fresh terror
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:13 (one year ago) link
depicting a walk-off (??) is pretty smart of the AI huh
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
look who just became ready to play in the majors
3 innings into his 2022 debut, @Pirates' Oneil Cruz has registered:🏴☠️The hardest throw by an infielder in @MLB this year (96.7 mph)🏴☠️The hardest hit ball of the year by a Pirate (112.9)🏴☠️The 3 fastest sprint speeds of the year by a Pirate (31.5, 30.7, 30.3) pic.twitter.com/nScTK5mD4A— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 21, 2022
It's Oneil Cruz's first game of the season and he already recorded the hardest throw by an infielder this year at 96.7 MPH 🤯 pic.twitter.com/5XUlqHRjac— MLB (@MLB) June 21, 2022
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
dang, that first clip. that was a single for almost any player. it was hit so fucking hard that, combined with his crazy speed, it was nearly a triple
O_O
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:41 (one year ago) link
damn, that throw too. dang!
i've heard of Cruz and knew he was on his way, but haven't been paying much attention. looking forward to watching him play now, holy moley
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
New favorite player
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
during every home run trot in triple-a this year he would, when passing second, pantomime checking his watch
it is surmised that he was suggesting it was time to call him up, but i kind of hope he keeps doing it
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
why is it that every time there's an insane young talent they either wind up on the Yankees or some team with a $40 million payroll
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
Opened up my e-mail right after reading these posts to a shareable Posnanski column on Cruz:
https://joeposnanski.substack.com/p/the-allure-of-the-one-man-show?r=1imri&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
He's got the wrong link up there--if he fixes it, I'll re-post.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
The Rays' Isaac Paredes has three HR in his first three AB--just coming up.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 01:14 (one year ago) link
That Cruz is a serious athlete. Does he have an eye or is a total wild swinger? That dude hits the gym and doesn't lose his bat speed, he probably could hit some homers.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 01:20 (one year ago) link
The Giants first get walked off by the Pirates on Sunday and then again by the Braves on Monday. Then on Tuesday they score 12 runs and hang on for life.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 06:23 (one year ago) link
Baseball is a crazy game.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 06:27 (one year ago) link
Me watching the clip of Cruz's throw: "he might want to get to that ball quicker ... he's wasting time getting set for the throw, he's blowing this routine play ... OH!!! Never mind ..."
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 06:29 (one year ago) link
*NL Central thread detour*
since Nolan Gorman went 4-4 with 2 HRs yesterday, i was looking at his stats this morning and trying to convince myself that the cardinals will win the world series, as one does.
in doing so, i took an early look at his defensive stats, via statcast's Outs Above Average (OAA), and was kind of startled to see Kolten Wong as the very worst performing second basemen in baseball?!
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/outs_above_average?type=Fielder&startYear=2022&endYear=2022&split=no&team=&range=year&min=q&pos=4&roles=&viz=hide
of qualifying players, Wong is 38th out of 38th at the position, with -8 OAA. (Jonathan Schoop is waaaaaay ahead of the rest of the field with, 15 OAA to the second place Santiago Espinal's 7 OAA). Gorman is around the middle of the pack, at -1 OAA.
question for the brew crew: is Wong actually having a bad year, defensively?
OAA is an improvement on earlier defensive metrics, i think, but it still seems to occasionally get certain players way wrong. Paul Goldschmidt, for example, is apparently having one of the worst defensive years among 1B, by OAA. but i've watched almost every single inning this year and he has been rock solid while digging out seemingly every single infield throw in the dirt.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 22 June 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
this is pretty great -- he's so happy
14 seasons.695 appearances.@DRob30 finally gets his chance in the batter's box. pic.twitter.com/d9uXeCcPhx— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) June 23, 2022
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 June 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
had to swing otherwise he wouldn't have had the AB *touches nose*
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 23 June 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
Nice story:
https://www.mlb.com/news/mark-appel-called-up-by-phillies
― clemenza, Saturday, 25 June 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
lol, Morel really says hi to EVERYONE, doesn't he?
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 25 June 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
yanks have gone 14 innings without a hit
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 June 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
They got within eight outs of Vander Meer...about what it'll take to make me notice combined no-hitters.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 June 2022 21:19 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFUawXZhnlc
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 June 2022 23:26 (one year ago) link
^^ jomboy on the angels/mariners brawl
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 27 June 2022 23:27 (one year ago) link
loooool what is with all the angels coaches getting in these one-sided attempted fights
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 27 June 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link