That’s a lot of money for the Mets to eat, but I guess Cohen can cover it. Cano hasn’t done much to shake the notion that the good parts of his past 3-4 years were ay least partially PED-fueled.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 2 May 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
39 years old, too, and after taking all of 2021 off, would be hard for anyone.
maybe a comparison is a-rod, who was able to put together a good year after his own season-long ban, but then fell off hard the following year and was done.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 2 May 2022 18:03 (two years ago) link
uhh the Reds are 3-20
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 02:54 (two years ago) link
i bet it is a very Major League (1989) clubhouse in there right now.
votto struggling mightily, as well :(
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
oh shit, and i didn't even know about the covid until just then. damn, what a shitty time!
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
yeah it's weird Votto really looked like he had things figured out last year but he just looks awful right now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 03:04 (two years ago) link
also it's kind of a bummer that he switched to a new bat style (similar to goldschmidt's new bat as well, i think?) with an extra weight on the knob (...), only to switch back to his old bat recently after the early results with the new bat were so dismal
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 03:12 (two years ago) link
kind of a bummer because i was really rooting for this new bat to work well, would have been very joey votto-like to pull off
fangraphs still giving the reds 0.1% to win the division
i’d like to see the details of that scenario
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 12:02 (two years ago) link
The projections take into account the small but real possibility of global nuclear war
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 13:42 (two years ago) link
all teams except the reds end up in a horrible plane crash and are stranded on a desert island that has negative WAR
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 13:51 (two years ago) link
However, even in this very very unlikely scenario, the reds quickly exit the playoffs after getting swept in the the division series
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 13:57 (two years ago) link
uh Rowdy Tellez has 8 RBIs tonight
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 May 2022 03:19 (two years ago) link
Wow. 18-4!!Glad to see Tellez is hitting alright. I want him to play baseball for a long time.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 May 2022 04:06 (two years ago) link
Fangraphs also still has the Orioles finishing with a worse record than the Reds, that's just mean
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 5 May 2022 12:58 (two years ago) link
3-22 now, division starting to look out of reach
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 May 2022 21:11 (two years ago) link
*suddenly, hundreds of 400-foot worms appeared and began attacking major US cities*
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 5 May 2022 21:19 (two years ago) link
four at home against the pirates this weekend
this is where the greatest comeback in mlb history begins
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 May 2022 22:00 (two years ago) link
The Jays announcers tonight said it's time to start the bring-Joey-home campaign. They're evidently under the impression he's playing well in the midst of all this.
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 May 2022 23:45 (two years ago) link
More Mets magic as they score 7 runs in the 9th inning to beat the Phillies 8-7! What a rush.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 May 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
That's crazy
― Bee OK, Friday, 6 May 2022 03:01 (two years ago) link
Win probability was at 99.8% for the Phillies at the end of eight innings, so there is hope for the Reds.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 6 May 2022 03:42 (two years ago) link
speaking of which: https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/comeback-wins.shtml
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 May 2022 04:12 (two years ago) link
Good lord, I had never heard about this game
https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/60th-anniversary-all-time-great-ninth-inning-comeback/
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 6 May 2022 04:18 (two years ago) link
I'm surprised this game (which I was at) wasn't on the comeback list:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN200006300.shtml
First series at Shea after Rocker's 7 Train comments. They had to put netting over the Braves bullpen. Met's scored 10 in the 8th to come back from down 8-1. Place went bananas when Piazza hit the homer.
― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Friday, 6 May 2022 12:10 (two years ago) link
@Joelsherman1Pirate starters enter today 0-10, 5.55 ERA, yet will have the far superior rotation in this series to the Reds (99 ERs/100 IP = 8.91 ERA). Worst rotation ERA ever: 6.64 by the '96 Tigers managed by Buddy Bell, father of current Reds mgr David Bell.
― Andy K, Friday, 6 May 2022 21:12 (two years ago) link
erstwhile top-20 prospect mitch keller has not quite panned out
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 May 2022 21:17 (two years ago) link
boston’s starting rotation has a 1.81 era over the last 14 games. they have conspired to go 4-10 over that span
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 6 May 2022 21:39 (two years ago) link
What?
― we only steal from the greatest books (PBKR), Friday, 6 May 2022 22:10 (two years ago) link
Six games were rained out today, that is a lot and must be a huge storm out there
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 May 2022 03:13 (two years ago) link
It’s mostly just pissing but it’s been pissing all day
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 May 2022 03:21 (two years ago) link
pirates had to use an emergency catcher in the eighth inning today -- josh vanmeter thinks he last caught when he was 14 -- gave up seven runs, and lost to the mighty reds in the first game of a doubleheader
starting catcher pulled a hammy on the bases and the backup had already been ejected for chirping from the dugout. just as well pirates-reds games don't matter because that is dumb as hell
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 May 2022 00:15 (two years ago) link
Telling measure of how much offense is down this year: when I looked at Vladdy's line, his OPS+ this year (161) is almost equal to last year's (167), even though his basic slash stats are down quite a bit.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 May 2022 12:55 (two years ago) link
I don't know if i've ever seen anything quite like the futility evinced by this year's Red Sox offense. every game is lost 3-1, 3-2, 1-0. It's really something.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 13:04 (two years ago) link
in the last 4 games they've scored 5 runs total
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 13:06 (two years ago) link
yeah, this is a 101 wRC+ (almost exactly league average) line right now:
.239/.317/.348
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link
i imagine that might be like watching the brewers last year
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2022 20:07 (two years ago) link
Lifetime OPS.682 - Deivi Cruz.679 - Dee Strange-Gordon.676 - MLB teams in 2022.675 - Miguel Cairo.673 - Yuniesky Betancourt.672 - Neifi Perez— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) May 5, 2022
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 May 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
heady stuff
look the yankees and dodgers are both in first place so all's right in manfred's world
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
yikes, we have entered the deivi/neifi bermuda triangle
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 May 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
“teams are going through juiced ball withdrawal, home runs are a hell of a drug, etc”
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 May 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
An interesting fact about former #Angels 1B Ji-Man Choi … pic.twitter.com/hmRRUuE3mm— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) May 10, 2022
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 02:52 (two years ago) link
Vin Scully for NBC Sunday Baseball intro;
His voice IS baseball.Let the incredible @thevinscully welcome you back to @mlb on @nbc and @peacocktv. #MLBSundayLeadoff pic.twitter.com/br3dq9ZYy7— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 8, 2022
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 04:47 (two years ago) link
lol
The Pirates finally got their first win from a starter in their 28th game, a major league record to begin a season. The old mark was set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1988 when they started 0-21.
also snapped a 16-game losing streak vs the dodgers
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 04:57 (two years ago) link
Guardians score 6 in top of the ninth to tie game. End up winning.
― brownie, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 10:39 (two years ago) link
^^8 RBI for Toronto's (Mississauga's, technically) Josh Naylor--if I read it right, all in the last two innings without a HR?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
he hit two homers
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link
I swear I looked at the boxscore and missed that...really didn't make sense, though. Anyway, his minor-league career kind of paralleled Darren Shred's, the guy I coach in middle school who was drafted by the Reds, so I follow him. Darren got hurt (Reds could probably use him now), Naylor kept going.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
("coached"--many years ago)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
God, the Dodgers starting pitching right now...Six different guys have started games; one has an ERA of around 2.75, the other five have dead-ball-era ERAs.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 01:09 (two years ago) link