the pitch clock is counting down to the MLB 2023 REGULAR SEASON THREAD

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And the streak ends!

Rowdy has 3 HR in 2 days, god i love him

jim edmonds is trending on twitter for the second game in a row

Luis Castillo was perfect after six innings but then gave up a hit at the beginning of the 7th 😫

I’m going to assume Edmonds is not trending for good reasons?

This guy getting absolutely dragged on Twitter for this bs

Oh we need to look into you employment too I guess cuz you're kinda ass LIKE....Like you not doing YOUR job let's talk about THAT https://t.co/4pc8XvzwyT pic.twitter.com/wpR7H6J5tf

— 🝮 (@Seiolfur) April 17, 2023

bumgarner dfa'd

What a way to go out: raging at a Latino player over fuck all

"Shut the fuck up you pussy, fuck you" -Madison Bumgarner to Willson Contreras pic.twitter.com/cQQSOp02We

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 19, 2023

he’s been like…an average-at-best pitcher since he left SF.

honestly can't decide if the Bass tweet is entitled or if the stewardess was crossing a line asking his wife to clean up her kids mess.
sort of torn until i remember him and his wife are huge fuckhead trump fans and operating at a heightened level of arrogance and imagined persecution

and speaking of which, i have no idea what Bumgarner was raging about there at all

xp it’s 100% entitled bullshit

i have no idea what Bumgarner was raging about there at all

during the diamondbacks broadcast they were saying he was mad because Contreras swung too hard (?)

it was probably because he was latino

cant imagine he has much time left in the big leagues

There’s probably a load of Giants fans who’ll want him back. Honestly I’m sure some team would take a punt for league minimum?

so are they going to call up pfaadt now

i suppose someone will take a flier on him, but i can't see why

he can't start. in this decade he has an 80 ERA+ and under 7 K/9. he historically has good splits against lefties, but less so recently, and the three-batter rule makes him hard to use as a reliever. plus he'd probably bitch constantly about how he should be starting

and that the *diamondbacks* would pull the plug on a guy they still owe $34m is brutal

Yeah not as a starter but who knows, maybe someone could sell him on a long reliever role. Assuming he still wants to play.

Wow, I heard he wasn't doing well but not so bad that he would be DFA. He won't be back in San Francisco as they have seven starting pitchers and Kyle Harrison is ready.

Things have taken a particularly pronounced downswing in 2023, however, as Bumgarner has been torched for 20 runs (19 earned) on 25 hits and 15 walks with just 10 strikeouts in 16 2/3 innings.

it's really hard to be worse than this

did anyone watch him pitch this year? every pitch was a loping BP pitch coming in at 88 mph right down the heart of the plate. i kinda thought i could get a hit off him when he was facing the marlins the other week

Yeah but you know how much they love a nostalgia signing. And I’m pretty sure they’ll find some way to retire him a Giant. Have seen tweets like this:

Mad Bum can put up a 7 ERA for the next 2 years, I do not care. Bring him home. I. Do. Not. Care.

— Dave (@gggiants) April 20, 2023

xp I saw his Dodgers innings and I was shocked, he was never a high velocity guy but his control was utterly gone

only reason the giants do it is if they're retiring him a giant instantly lol

Right,and this is a different front office. I can see him pitching for Bochy again.

Can only see him in Texas if he’s roping tbh

Is he better than anyone on the A's? Semi serious question

If the Diamondbacks do move on from Bumgarner and eat the rest of his contract, it'd make sense that he'd try to steer himself to the Rangers. There is a ton of trust shared with new Texas Manager Bruce Bochy, built on three championships.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) April 20, 2023

Called it but also didn't know they are currently in first place. Who knows?

4/6 teams in an American League playoff spot are from the AL east. Christ.

dude it's april

Ok. Sorry I shared that information. Sorry I talk at all here since you’re determined to be an asshole to me whenever possible. You’re doing a great job trying to make this place as toxic as possible for me.

whoa man what

i somehow hadn't caught that the cubs were off to a fairly hot start, they're going to be 12-7 once they finish creaming the dodgers today, they've recently won series against the dodgers and mariners

Yeah I was coming here to post about this game, absolutely brutal stuff and Hoerner just hit the fourth homer of the day. Smyly pitching quite a game ofc 👀

If it wasn't for Outman, the Cubs have absolutely owned the Dodgers this year, it's crazy. Their scouting on Freeman in particular has been A+.

seems like their pitching has mostly been good - i know steele and stroman have both had strong starts

All the Cubs on the same page here, you love to see it. 🤞🏻

Bellinger has been really good. Looking like a decent gamble.

That has to be absolutely the worst way to break up a perfect game

THIS is how Drew Smyly's perfect game bid ends??? pic.twitter.com/AHaiPZ0pA7

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 21, 2023

too funny

We yelled

The Rangers' Adolis Garcia hit 3 HR and two doubles last night, fourth player ever to do that. He's got 28 RBI in 19 games.

Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe has a torn labrum and will likely miss four to six months, manager Phil Nevin said Sunday.

love to see the pirates (seven straight wins) and the dbacks doing well in the early going

Yep extremely happy for the Pirates especially with that Cruz injury

I meant to say something earlier, but Loandepot Park back on opening day in Miami was lots of fun. Great stadium, and as luck would have it, I got to see one game with the roof on and one with the roof off. Cool graffiti/neon light exhibits outside the stadium, and the bobblehead museum was fun if small. You could get a beer, pretzel, and hot dog for $3 each. Opening day had a soccer game atmosphere, with drumming and the mariachi band playing non-stop through the entire game. I know it was the opening series, but there was no shortage of hardcore/enthusiastic Marlins fans around me.

The rally towel for opening day (Scherzer vs Alcántara) said "The Greatest Opening Day Matchup In History" on it. Haven't checked the facts on that.

Rays are 19-3 after today. A few points of comparison: '84 Tigers (19-3), '01 Mariners (18-4), '86 Mets (18-4), '18 Red Sox (17-5), '98 Yankees (16-6), '22 Dodgers (15-7).