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

That Giolito move is like, wow, they really want to make the playoffs and try to keep Ohtani? I can’t believe they got him but whatever

Wonder how the Cubs-Cards game is going…oh

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Here are the next two pitches from Mikolas that led to the ejection: pic.twitter.com/2AU3VrU5GQ

— Andy Martínez (@amartinez_11) July 27, 2023

Ian Happ hit Willson Contreras on a backswing and Contreras was removed from the game

Two pitches later, Miles Mikolas hit Happ with a pitch. Mikolas and Oli Marmol were ejected from the game pic.twitter.com/vP3LgdRn3X

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 28, 2023

Mikolas' ass is in the jackpot

I think that's the most lazily intentional HBP I've ever seen.

The stove is hot today. Why do the Dodgers always get what they want?

the dodgers getting lance lynn and joe kelly is a win for everyone else

Lol, one can hope

"Why do the Dodgers always get what they want?"

Something to do with the allure of blue, or the allure of green, one of the two.

What prompted that statement is Lance Lynn had the Dodgers as one of the teams that he had on his no trade list. They got him anyways.

Playing in the country's second largest market, a much friendlier one than the largest? That's got to be appealing.

the dodgers getting lance lynn and joe kelly is a win for everyone else

Oh yeah Trayce Thompson went the other way, season really on a decline since he hit three bombs off the Diamondbacks the first week of the season. Plus I guess the Dodgers have Kiké now who is a better right handed outfielder with an equally marginal bat

Laugh now, but you wait for the one two punch of lynn to Kelly in the 9th and 10th inning of game 7 this year

What prompted that statement is Lance Lynn had the Dodgers as one of the teams that he had on his no trade list.

That is an odd about-face. Maybe he's laying the groundwork for a career in politics.

In that scenario, it will be the first World Series ever lost via a wild pitch. Dodgers therefore win by setting new World Series records to the dismay of the rest of the baseball world

Serious question: why would the Dodgers ever be on someone’s no-trade clause?

The Dodgers are gambling pennies hoping to make a dollar. It’s a respectable enough gambit

True, it's silly

Xpost

Serious question: why would the Dodgers ever be on someone’s no-trade clause?

it's just a way of gaining leverage. lance lynn doesn't want to play for the royals, but the royals would never trade for him, so he doesn't have to worry about them. put all the good teams on your no-trade list and you can essentially control where you want to go

Personal Lance Lynn highlight of the year tbh
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Yeah I’ve never heard of a ntc to just the dodgers before

Xpost that makes sense

xp (this is how stanton basically forced his way to the yankees, although he had a full no-trade clause)

Dodgers pitching witchcraft is seriously unparalleled though. Brasier went from being a guy you’d see come into the end of a Red Sox game and go “punting” to being a solid pair of hands again. Fully expect them to work their same magic on Lynn, but also that it won’t matter that much.

Witchcraft has been off this year, though I I’m hoping we’ve just had it in cold storage for this home stretch

Getting everything you want usually means you don’t win the World Series these days, right? Dodgers have 1 World Series win in the last 33+ years. The Yankees may never have another losing season but it feels like they are further than ever from the pennant. And the Padres thought they got the greatest trade deadline deal ever with Soto and Hader, but are now contemplating trading both as they can barely manage to be a .500 team.

To be clear Lance Lynn had 10 clubs on his no trade list and the Dodgers were one of them.

Source MLBTR site before the updated trade.

It could have been five clubs but yeah it was more than just the Bums

Gausman is doing well, the one that got away. Zaidi worst move, as they didn't even offer a contract.

this week's Dodgers shopping spree:

* MLB's 2 worst shortstops by RAA (Rosario and Hernández)

* the 3rd- & 23rd-lowest qualifiers (out of 144) by wRC+ (EH and AR)

* the qualifier with the highest ERA, ERA+, and HR/9 (Lynn)

* a reliever with a 5.59 ERA in 2022-23 (Kelly)

— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) July 28, 2023

Tbfffff Enriqué isn’t and should have never been a shortstop! They got him to play outfield and maybe a bit of 2B. Had to pinch hit for him yesterday though.

Waking up to this:
Dodgers Rumors: Verlander, E-Rod, Singer, Keller, Cardinals, Scherzer, Canha, Pham
July 29th, 2023 at 8:12am

I'm jealous H.P.

Mets are going to have to pay down those Verlander and Scherzer contracts to get anyone to take them. Verlander has been more consistent than Scherzer though Scherzer obviously spent time in LA before and crushed them like a couple of weeks ago? Supposedly Rangers also interested in Verlander.

cillian murphy being aware of the tyler glasnow comparisons was NOT on my 2023 bingo card pic.twitter.com/C5vHn3BGbU

— rye (@anakinsaber) July 28, 2023

like i’m hysterically laughing thinking about cillian being sent this by not one but apparently multiple people pic.twitter.com/P9hMfE1Hcx

— rye (@anakinsaber) July 28, 2023

Incredible

Manoah just hit his second batter (Ward), he hit Ohtani in the foot earlier and Ward in the face, all covered in blood. Knocked his helmet right off. They’re taking him out. Not great. Everyone looks devastated.

Mets and Rangers have agreed on a Max Scherzer trade but it is pending Scherzer’s approval

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 29, 2023

Wow

I know Manoah's a villain these days, but there was absolutely no intent with Taylor Ward. Bases loaded, one out, no score, and he was down in the count 2-0. The pitch was, according to mlb.com, a 91.7 mph sinker. That's just a reflection of Manoah's complete lack of command this year.

Yeah there was no intent, that’s not what I mean. He was pitching pretty wild since he came back in the two starts I’ve seen of his. But he looked devastated on the mound and again I think it was irresponsible to bring him back so soon.

You can argue about that, sure. He's been battling control every step of the way, although, weirdly enough, he mostly looked good today.

Never heard of Ronald's brother Luisangel Acuna before today but I simply would not trade him for a washed up pitcher making $40mn a year.

Scherzer trade on hold for now apparently. Looks like that rumour list might still come to fruition Bee OK (I really hope it doesn’t).

Brutal couple of days for the Angels. You hate to see a team go all in and then immediately get crushed by their direct rival in the wildcard journey. Probably silly to expect anything but this result tho

I would be surprised to see Dodgers trade for anyone else before the deadline. This seems to be our conservative year

BREAKING: The Mets send $22.5 million to Texas, per league sources. Receive Acuna. Scherzer goes to Texas. That is the trade.

— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) July 30, 2023

Took a cursory look at Acuna's minor-league stats, and he does look pretty good. It doesn't happen very often, but this does like at least a potential Smotz/Bagwell-type deadline trade.

"Smoltz"

BREAKING: The Texas Rangers are finalizing a trade to acquire left-handed starter Jordan Montgomery from the St. Louis Cardinals, sources tell ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 30, 2023

Bases loaded, two outs, header at 28 pitches. There’s no way the rangers don’t win this now right?

*hader

I was wrong, didn’t think the padres had it in them. Here’s hoping these trades bump the rangers out of this semi-slump

wow hate to see the new york yankees utterly humiliated on national television

giancarlo up over .200 tho!