2022 MLB General Season Chatter: Ghost Runners On The Half-Billion Dollar Infield

Here’s a look at all three balk calls in one batter from Marlins pitcher Richard Bleier.

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— The Athletic MLB (@TheAthleticMLB) September 28, 2022

ngl i have no idea what he was doing wrong there

shoutout to the mets tho for managing to lose to the marlins in a game where an opposing pitcher balked three times in one AB

ngl i have no idea what he was doing wrong there

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, September 28, 2022 12:20 AM (ten minutes ago) bookmark

I’m not familiar enough with him to know whether this was a case of the yips or if he always has this motion and has just never been called before, but he’s definitely not setting himself before throwing the pitch

his glove doesn't come set but the last one is really ticky tack

it’s the kind of thing where if you’re called for it once you have to at least be on your best behavior the rest of the game ok

White Sox manager Tony La Russa is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow, according to a report from Bob Nightengale of USA Today. La Russa, who turns 78 years old on Tuesday, has been absent from the team since late August due to a medical issue.

cardinals and pirates are finishing the season with six straight games -- three in st. louis and three in pittsburgh

i guess this is because the lockout messed with the schedule? because that's weird

Same with the Guardians, six straight home games against the Royals

going into today's games:

>200 IP

Alcantara: 228.2
Nola: 205.0
Mikolas: 202.1
Bieber: 200.0

there are another 10 with 190 or more, and not sure who is pitching today/tomorrow

Manoah's at 196.2, but I don't think he's getting another start till the playoffs.

the only time the pirates had consecutive 100-loss seasons was when they did it three straight from 1952-54

. . . until now. this would also be three in a row had the 2020 season not been truncated; they were on a pace to go 52-110

There’s always next season.

also mike matheny has run out of missouri teams to manage

When you've got an hour to spare:

https://www.mlb.com/news/mookie-betts-300-game-bowling-for-30th-birthday

sharing this because i know everyone will agree but cardinals fans are being whiiiiiiiny as fuck right now (for those of you saying "right now??" i will say "_particularly_ right now, ok?"

Viva el whinos (weinos?)

Cards are a team near the bottom of the misery index for me, along with Dodgers, Yanks, and Braves, maybe some others. They’ve got a couple trampled flowers in their rose garden.

re: Spencer Strider

He’s pitched for nearly a year so where’s his 10 year $230 million extension

― Michael F Gill, Friday, September 2, 2022 9:47 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

I might be wrong but i imagine those massive extensions will mainly be for position players. Too much injury risk with any pitcher

― Karl Malone, Friday, September 2, 2022 10:12 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

He ended up getting a six year extension for $75 million, only guaranteeing 1 year past free agency.

*sorta* feel for the cards -- i mean they did actually win a (shitty) division, rather than finishing third. but i think their pain falls well short of the mets'. and also try not giving up six runs in the ninth

kind of alarmed at how good and young and locked up the braves are tbh

the barves: hot, ready, and legal!

Is this the first team that's extended so many young players? Seems like a new and welcome concept to me. Hard to argue with Anthopolous' talent radar at this point.

Braves in a really good spot apparently, but would suggest teams that do this as a rule will eventually get dinged by a 1-2 season wonder. Would the Mets have been right to do this with Ike Davis after one good season?

Bellinger is the biggest example of how things could go wrong. Scott Kingery got a six year/$24M extension before he even played a MLB game and that went south pretty fast, even if that is pocket change compared to other deals.

Not sure how well our “Wander Franco will be an MVP by 2025” thread will age tbh

oh any number of things could go wrong! but as previously mentioned, braves rookies posted more WAR than several entire teams. and isn't it nice to have a young player do well and then offer him good money as opposed to waiting three years and then trading him away for garbage?

unfortunate that the whole franchise is basically a fount of racism tho

Agreed on both fronts.

MLB.com has a poll up for 2022's signature moment. For the regular season, they've got Pujols' 700th and Judge's 62nd--sounds right. For the post-season, it's the combined no-hitter and Harper's NLCS-winning homer. I won't get into the first again, but I'd definitely go with Alvarez's G6 HR over Harper's, and maybe even with his HR over the Mariners in G1 of their ALDS.

Not Realmuto's HR in WS game 1?

That'd be a contender too, but personally, I found both of Alvarez's home runs majestic and thrilling.

doesn't schwarber seem like he should be at least 34 years old? i was just reading something that mentioned he debuted in 2015 and it seemed impossible, like...was he 29 when broke in or something? but no, schwarber was 22 in 2015!

i think it's the beard

Vogelbach seems like he should be 40 fwiw

Rob desantis is only two years older than me.

Some white people do be looking like that

Kind of interesting: longest-tenured player on each team.

https://www.mlb.com/news/longest-tenured-player-on-each-mlb-team-c275256634

Mariners have no one who's been around longer than 2016.

i think that might be pretty common. for the cardinals, at least, they only have adam wainwright (who is old and retiring after 2023) from the 2016 season. and even going to 2017, only wainwright and paul de jong, who will hopefully possibly be traded this off-season

wow @ the orioles, though, in the other direction!

Orioles: Ryan Mountcastle
Date acquired: June 8, 2015
MLB debut: Aug. 21, 2020
There is no better example of just how young the Orioles are, and how much they’ve turned over their entire organization, than their longest-tenured player is still 25 years old.

The New York Yankees today announced that they have appointed Brian Sabean as Executive Advisor to Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Cashman. pic.twitter.com/VZ5HHlWDOi

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) January 3, 2023

this is just Baseball Guys Looking Out For Each Other imo

cashman is the best baseball executive of the last 25 years*; he doesn't need help, he's hooking a bro up

*okay maybe theo, but also theo seems to become scarce when things get tough