MLB 2016 Season Thread

jack presley

Dodgers just broke up a no hitter with 2 outs in the 9th.

TimRiggins

jack presley wrote: »

Dodgers just broke up a no hitter with 2 outs in the 9th.

A blooping single too. If it had hung up just a little further the left fielder might have gotten to it too. A shame, but shouldn't spoil what was an amazing performance from him.

Waitsian

TimRiggins wrote:

A blooping single too.

Seems to always be that way, doesn't it? Never a homer, always a bloop.

Meanwhile in the AL East everyone is scuffling. No one seems to want to run away with it. Could go right to the wire.

jack presley

I don't really follow the Dodgers closely but their trade with Phillies with Ruis and Ellis swapping teams seems to have baffled a lot of people.

Ellis was Kershaw's catcher and apparently he wasn't too happy with the deal.

SantryRed

Seems like every year that this time comes around when the play off chase heats up, ESPN want to show the Little League World Series! No games on at all tonight to watch.

TimRiggins

mod9maple wrote: »

Seems to always be that way, doesn't it? Never a homer, always a bloop.

Meanwhile in the AL East everyone is scuffling. No one seems to want to run away with it. Could go right to the wire.

Yeah Jays were frustrating this week. Red Sox 5-0 down after the 1st inning against Kansas tonight. Big series with the Jays at Baltimore Monday.

Waitsian

Dioneer Navarro (back) to the Jays from the White Sox for a AA minor leaguer. Apparently he was elated. The feeling, I imagine, will be reciprocated in the clubhouse. Nice pick-up if you ask me.

Their GM mentioned tonite they want to find a premier left-handed bat before Sept 1. Joey Votto?! Hmmm. That'd be good.

krustydoyle

So.... Gary Sanchez

He's going to be good.. Very good

TimRiggins

mod9maple wrote: »

Dioneer Navarro (back) to the Jays from the White Sox for a AA minor leaguer. Apparently he was elated. The feeling, I imagine, will be reciprocated in the clubhouse. Nice pick-up if you ask me.

Their GM mentioned tonite they want to find a premier left-handed bat before Sept 1. Joey Votto?! Hmmm. That'd be good.

Didn't realise Votto was born in Toronto, would be a great addition. Navarro should give Estrada confidence after his shaky last few outings and chipped in with some big hits last year. Good addition.

Justin Smoak goes 0 for 30 with RISP before tonight and ends up with 5 RBIs!

Igotadose

Bartolo Colon had 2 hits last night. The ball's gotta be juiced this year. These home runs look like pop flys on replay that just carry. During the St. Louis/Mets series there were at least 2 HR's hit off the end of the bat, or with the top hand flying off the handle as the ball was hit.

Just seems like either pitchers have regressed badly, or the balls juiced, the players on something undetectable, or some combo of all three.

Still, Mets winning is good. Got to keep it up to have any kind of chance at the postseason. And yet another outfielder hurt, and Jay Bruce striking out 4 times looking bad on all of them.

jack presley

krustydoyle wrote: »

So.... Gary Sanchez

He's going to be good.. Very good

He's at it again today.

jack presley

mod9maple wrote: »

Dioneer Navarro (back) to the Jays from the White Sox for a AA minor leaguer. Apparently he was elated. The feeling, I imagine, will be reciprocated in the clubhouse. Nice pick-up if you ask me.

Their GM mentioned tonite they want to find a premier left-handed bat before Sept 1. Joey Votto?! Hmmm. That'd be good.

Nice Laurel & Hardy inside the park home run for the Blue Jays there.

jack presley

Igotadose wrote: »

Bartolo Colon had 2 hits last night.

He's also a part time masseuse.

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/36BE5CE17C1381119475625369600_588f32c0cfa.31.0.1592C265-E43E-4792-925C-D4F77297896E.mp4?versionId=t3PX_.Cm2uECq7zrrPXzwJgts.mmyfqH

jack presley

I knew there was a reason I don't like that proposed automatic intentional walk. One time in a million you get something like this. Ended up costing them the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOaXiN3C80Y

zuutroy

And this...

jack presley

That's brilliant. I'd never seen that before.

Waitsian

Donaldson hits a hat trick of homers in Toronto and the hats come raining down onto the field. How Canadian.

mod9maple

mod9maple wrote: »

Donaldson hits a hat trick of homers in Toronto and the hats come raining down onto the field. How Canadian.

Encarnacion hit 3 homers almost a year to the day ago too(29th August 2015)

jack presley

I can't believe I'm actually following the Tim Tebow workout on Twitter. I need to get a life.

krustydoyle

Hold on now... He hit a HR??

REALLY???

circular flexing

Apparently Puig has been claimed off waivers by an unknown team.

8-10

circular flexing wrote: »

Apparently Puig has been claimed off waivers by an unknown team.

*Please don't be Red Sox please don't be Red Sox please don't be Red Sox*

krustydoyle

Betcha it's the marlins

Waitsian

krustydoyle wrote:

Betcha it's the marlins

I imagine it's a NL team alright. They all have first dibs of course.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

krustydoyle wrote: »

Hold on now... He hit a HR??

REALLY???

He's a really well built guy with a short compact swing. There is no doubt if he gets fastballs he will put them over the wall.

Igotadose

jack presley wrote: »

He's also a part time masseuse.

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/36BE5CE17C1381119475625369600_588f32c0cfa.31.0.1592C265-E43E-4792-925C-D4F77297896E.mp4?versionId=t3PX_.Cm2uECq7zrrPXzwJgts.mmyfqH

Jack, that made my day!

TimRiggins

https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/771015101499539456

Illuminati

jack presley

circular flexing wrote: »

Apparently Puig has been claimed off waivers by an unknown team.

No deal done so it looks like he's staying a Dodger (for now anyway)

jack presley

TimRiggins wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/771015101499539456

Illuminati

If only they'd won the WS last year. That would have been beyond spooky.

circular flexing

jack presley wrote: »

No deal done so it looks like he's staying a Dodger (for now anyway)

Yeah looks way. All very shrouded in mystery though.


In other news, the A's have sent Coco Crisp to the Indians.

McLoughlin

Record breaking August



http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/123413/august-hr-in-review-a-highly-prolific-month

Charizard

Whats the story with Puig, thought he was a star

jack presley

Charizard wrote: »

Whats the story with Puig, thought he was a star

He's back on the major league roster now anyway so he has a chance to redeem himself anyway.

8-10

Yoan Moncada called up. Big prospect this one

Charizard

jack presley wrote: »

He's back on the major league roster now anyway so he has a chance to redeem himself anyway.

Did he throw a huff or something, I checked on google all I read was he was being disruptive

jack presley

Charizard wrote: »

Did he throw a huff or something, I checked on google all I read was he was being disruptive

He wasn't playing well that's the main thing. Teams will put up with divas if they're hitting.

TimRiggins

Bumgarner v Kershaw will be the pitching match up on Friday if Rotation remains unchanged. Tasty.

jack presley

TimRiggins wrote: »

Bumgarner v Kershaw will be the pitching match up on Friday if Rotation remains unchanged. Tasty.

Dodgers are playing Miami on Friday. Did you mean Fernandez?

TimRiggins

jack presley wrote: »

Dodgers are playing Miami on Friday. Did you mean Fernandez?

No misread this tweet

https://twitter.com/hankschulman/status/772498054486167552

Hopefully it happens twice.

jack presley

TimRiggins wrote: »

Hopefully it happens twice.

Bumgarner always seems to go long against Kershaw too which is strange.

Just watching the Mets v Reds and Wilmer Flores is going for the wrong kind of cycle. Thrown out at second trying to turn a single into a double in the first and now thrown out at third trying to turn a double into a triple with his second at bat. I wonder has anyone ever been thrown out at all 4 bases in the one game...???

EDIT - Now he has a 'thrown out a first' too although it was as a baserunner on a line drive hit straight to Joey Votto so not really his fault this time. So just the one at home now for the cycle!

Waitsian

I think RA Dickey should call it quits. His starts are now almost a guaranteed loss. And he has the luxury of a personal catcher who can't hit snow off a rope. So infuriating.

jack presley

mod9maple wrote: »

I think RA Dickey should call it quits. His starts are now almost a guaranteed loss. And he has the luxury of a personal catcher who can't hit snow off a rope. So infuriating.

It's a shame though. There's nothing better than watching batters looking totally lost when the knuckleball is on. I haven't watched too many of his starts this year but from what you're saying, it's not on much anymore is it?

He's seems like a nice bloke too. How many years left on the contract?

TimRiggins

jack presley wrote: »

It's a shame though. There's nothing better than watching batters looking totally lost when the knuckleball is on. I haven't watched too many of his starts this year but from what you're saying, it's not on much anymore is it?

He's seems like a nice bloke too. How many years left on the contract?

Think it's finished this year AFAIK, but yeah, earlier in the season he didn't get much run support though. But yeah he has been poor. He does keep good control of the diamond though, something Stroman is seriously lacking.

Waitsian

jack presley wrote:

How many years left on the contract?

This is it for him. There's a team option for next year but they definitely won't pick it up. He didn't make last year's playoff roster and if the Jays make it this year he won't be on it again.

His knuckleball doesn't dance anymore, at all. He's given up so many homers this year it's like BP for the hitters. Isn't he near 40 now? Time to retire.

Igotadose

mod9maple wrote: »

This is it for him. There's a team option for next year but they definitely won't pick it up. He didn't make last year's playoff roster and if the Jays make it this year he won't be on it again.

His knuckleball doesn't dance anymore, at all. He's given up so many homers this year it's like BP for the hitters. Isn't he near 40 now? Time to retire.

Sorry to see that, but it's sports, this is how they go out. Dickey really persevered in life and baseball. And was part of one of the best trades ever for the Mets, though I know I was hugely against it when it happened, liked Dickey a lot, followed him from Seattle to NYC when we moved (and thence on to west Kerry).

Jack, spot on about Flores, the 'out' cycle. He's not really that fast. Still, with SF losing 3 teams are within a game of the wild card in the NL, woo!

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman

Whats up with the Giants? They have completely imploded since the All Star break, but they have that team that I wouldn't want to meet in the playoffs, if they turn it around they could yet win it all but at the moment they don't look like they can string two wins together.

Loved watching the knuckleball dance but he has struggled this year. To be fair to him though the bats didn't help him much this year and he was facing a red hot Yankee line up in this weeks loss.

8-10

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Whats up with the Giants? They have completely imploded since the All Star break, but they have that team that I wouldn't want to meet in the playoffs, if they turn it around they could yet win it all but at the moment they don't look like they can string two wins together.

Batting .099 in September, 16/161 :eek:

Waitsian

8-10 wrote:

Batting .099 in September, 16/161

Ouch! And I thought Toronto's hitters were scuffling of late. That puts it in perspective. Wow.

jack presley

Over 3000 hits for Ichiro and he just hit his first pinch hit HR. Strange how there's still a 'first time' for a guy with so many hits.

jack presley

Surprised to see Stanton back with the Marlins as well. I thought he was done for the year. They say he's only going to pinch hit for the time being though but still a quick recovery.