MLB 2016 Season Thread

jack presley

A few photos from the weekend.

Igotadose

Nice! What a great way to spend a weekend, taking in the games at Citi.

Now to get a few guys healthy and start scoring more runs, especially without so much reliance on the home run.

circular flexing

InTheTrees wrote: »

I know!!!

If they lose today (down by 1, top of the 6th) it'll be four in a row...

:mad:

EDIT: Phew, I think i'm okay... Mariners are up by 7 now. 9-2, bot 8th. (They're playing the padres at home, 1st game of 3).

Yep, and today's game looks pretty safe too. Why could they not have hit the Twins like this, even for one game.

InTheTrees

circular flexing wrote: »

Yep, and today's game looks pretty safe too. Why could they not have hit the Twins like this, even for one game.

Good god, its at...16-0 now

Crazy that they were swept by the twins.

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InTheTrees wrote: »

Good god, its at...16-0 now

Crazy that they were swept by the twins.

James Shields game score today is -1

circular flexing

jack presley wrote: »

A few photos from the weekend.

Nice pictures. Always liked Citi Field.

Looks like I'll be in NY in September. I guess by that stage it might be easier to get a ticket for a Yankees game.

Bonniedog

jack presley wrote: »

At the last game of my trip to NY and the most disappointing thing is not that the Mets have lost the last two but that I just topped out at only 40mph on the pitching cage in the fun zone at Citi Field

Edit - should also add I was nowhere near the strike zone either.

Is your real name Matz?


Sorry, couldn't help it

MoyVilla9

circular flexing wrote: »

Nice pictures. Always liked Citi Field.

Looks like I'll be in NY in September. I guess by that stage it might be easier to get a ticket for a Yankees game.

They began just a little harder to get this year: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/sports/baseball/some-yankees-tickets-require-a-long-walk.html?_r=0

jack presley

Bonniedog wrote: »

Is your real name Matz?


Sorry, couldn't help it

Weren't you sending him to the minors after he got knocked around in his first start of the season? Then he went on a 7-0 run with an ERA around 1.

3 runs in only 5.2 innings last night wasn't great but you're going to get a night like that every now and then but I'd still take him over a good percentage of the pitchers out there.

Bonniedog

jack presley wrote: »

Weren't you sending him to the minors after he got knocked around in his first start of the season? Then he went on a 7-0 run with an ERA around 1.

3 runs in only 5.2 innings last night wasn't great but you're going to get a night like that every now and then but I'd still take him over a good percentage of the pitchers out there.

You may have noticed the !

jack presley

Bonniedog wrote: »

You may have noticed the !

Hey I'm old. I never know if they're a smirk or for sarcasm.

Bonniedog

jack presley wrote: »

Hey I'm old. I never know if they're a smirk or for sarcasm.

I'm old too, so don't do sarcasm!


Pirates starting to get their act together of late. Same record as Mets coincidentally.

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Bonniedog wrote: »

I'm old too, so don't do sarcasm!


Pirates starting to get their act together of late. Same record as Mets coincidentally.

Starting pitching has been woeful bar Cole and bullpen has been worse. If they're serious about this season they have to look at promoting some of their young lads who are ripping up the minors - Glasnow/Kuhl/Taillon

Bonniedog

8-10 wrote: »

Starting pitching has been woeful bar Cole and bullpen has been worse. If they're serious about this season they have to look at promoting some of their young lads who are ripping up the minors - Glasnow/Kuhl/Taillon

Might be a blip of course, but their stats have been steadily improving over last two weeks or so.

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Bonniedog wrote: »

Might be a blip of course, but their stats have been steadily improving over last two weeks or so.

As a whole maybe but Nicasio and Liriano are getting no better recently. Liriano probably stays in the rotation all season but Nicasio surely drops at some stage so how long do you give him?

Bonniedog

Fair point. This time last season, Nicasio had ERA of 1.57 with the Dodgers. And ended at 3.86. Okay, you have undermined my optimism!

circular flexing

What a crazy game in San Diego. Mariners were down 12-2 after 5 innings, but hit 5 runs in the 6th and 7 in the 7th and are now up 14-12. Padres pitching has just imploded.

jack presley

circular flexing wrote: »

What a crazy game in San Diego. Mariners were down 12-2 after 5 innings, but hit 5 runs in the 6th and 7 in the 7th and are now up 14-12. Padres pitching has just imploded.

The Padres owner isn't going be happy with that. He was calling them out on the radio after a bad loss a couple of days back. Can't wait to see what he says and does after another meltdown.

jack presley

Igotadose wrote: »

Now to get a few guys healthy and start scoring more runs, especially without so much reliance on the home run.

That's not working out too well now. D'arnaud and Duda already out long term and now Wright gone for 4-6 weeks (which in Mets language means he's done for the year probably!).

So with Loney and Reynolds at the corners (with Flores platooning them both) I don't think we'll be seeing too much offence from the bottom half of the order.

Cespedes and Conforto struggling at the top too so they need to snap out of it soon!

circular flexing

jack presley wrote: »

The Padres owner isn't going be happy with that. He was calling them out on the radio after a bad loss a couple of days back. Can't wait to see what he says and does after another meltdown.

The whole series was crazy

Bonniedog

An astute gambler identified Mariners as team to bet on for overs about a month ago. I'd imagine the bookies have copped on to him by now!

Arizona and Cubs could be interesting. Arizona hitting stats are quite impressive for a team with a pretty dismal W - L. Due obviously to sometimes suicidal pitching!

Bonniedog

Add dismal fielding to above! Have to say that the wall in Wrigley reminds me of when we used to play hurling in Fairview Park and the ball would get lost in the bushes!

Fr Tod Umptious

What is it with BT Sport these days.

No baseball at midnight, mind you they had Arizona v Chicago earlier.

Instead we have X Games and Women's NCAA World Series.

Sooner the NBA finals are over the better

jack presley

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What is it with BT Sport these days.

No baseball at midnight, mind you they had Arizona v Chicago earlier.

Instead we have X Games and Women's NCAA World Series.

Sooner the NBA finals are over the better

Wait until they start showing the little league World Series instead of MLB games. And that happens with about a month left in the season when races are heating up!

To be fair though, I think their contract might be to show a specific number of games throughout the season.

SantryRed

Cubs have came out of their 1st stick patch of losing 8 in 12 by winning 9 of the next 10. When is it appropriate to actually get excited about this season?

jack presley

SantryRed wrote: »

Cubs have came out of their 1st stick patch of losing 8 in 12 by winning 9 of the next 10. When is it appropriate to actually get excited about this season?

When they're 3-0 up in the World Series and leading 7-0 in the 9th in game 4. It's the Cubs remember.

Bonniedog

SantryRed wrote: »

Cubs have came out of their 1st stick patch of losing 8 in 12 by winning 9 of the next 10. When is it appropriate to actually get excited about this season?

When they clear the first five rows of nerdy types wearing head phones

They looked nervous last night until Arizona basically imploded on the field. Lackey was good in fairness, but so was Bradley until the fk ups. Ten strike outs I think?

krustydoyle

Padres agree to trade SP James Shields to the White Sox

jack presley

krustydoyle wrote: »

Padres agree to trade SP James Shields to the White Sox

Sums up the Padres week. They gave up a big prospect to get him and now they're paying a good chunk of his salary for the WS to take him away.

Edit - presuming they're eating some of his salary of course.

jack presley

Mets catcher Kevin Plaweki playing baseball tonight as if it's the first time he's ever played.

First not standing on home plate on a bases loaded force play so the run scores then getting picked off second base after falling for a trick id say you'd only see in little league.

jack presley

1,000 strikeouts for Stephen Strasburg. First National to reach that total.

jack presley

The joys of being a rookie. Apparently the Astros took the the keys from one of their rookies and parked his car in centre field for BP. Only hit once which isn't too bad I suppose.

Baseball really is played by kids isn't it?

jack presley

Dropping like flies in Mets land. Already without Duda, D'Arnaud and Wight, Cespedas with a dodgy hip couldn't play today then Lagares goes over on his wrist so it's up to Jacob De Grom to pinch hit in the 9th. I would have put Thor in myself. He has 2 HRs this season.

krustydoyle

jack presley wrote: »

Sums up the Padres week. They gave up a big prospect to get him and now they're paying a good chunk of his salary for the WS to take him away.

Edit - presuming they're eating some of his salary of course.

Eating 29 mill of the 56 he's owed. Ouch

Igotadose

jack presley wrote: »

Dropping like flies in Mets land. Already without Duda, D'Arnaud and Wight, Cespedas with a dodgy hip couldn't play today then Lagares goes over on his wrist so it's up to Jacob De Grom to pinch hit in the 9th. I would have put Thor in myself. He has 2 HRs this season.

I hate it when Thor bats. He bats lefty! Ralph Kiner would be going nuts in the booth about protected that right elbow

Does seem like the injury bug's hitting hard, well, time will tell how well they recover. They should still be hungry after last year in the WS, so take some panadol, a shot of novocaine and get out there, lads.

Bonniedog

No baseball on TV here tonight :-(

Was hoping to see Arrieta again.

jack presley

Bonniedog wrote: »

No baseball on TV here tonight :-(

Was hoping to see Arrieta again.

There's always a free game on mlb.tv. It was the mets v Marlins today.

Fr Tod Umptious

What is it with aces, or even detect to good starters,and the lack of run support.

Twice now in his last two starts Arrieta has got no run support, deGrom was the same for the Mets last week.

Some lad with an ERA in the 6s and they would be ripping the cover off the ball, but the ace, no, let's sit back and he will do the work.

Frustrating.

Bonniedog

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What is it with aces, or even detect to good starters,and the lack of run support.

Twice now in his last two starts Arrieta has got no run support, deGrom was the same for the Mets last week.

Some lad with an ERA in the 6s and they would be ripping the cover off the ball, but the ace, no, let's sit back and he will do the work.

Frustrating.

Will be the Cubs downfall one suspects in Autumn. Too many of them going out easily even to mediocre pitching staffs like Arizona.

Waitsian

Man, what does Marco Estrada have to do to get that no-hitter? Two 'almosts' last year and now another this, break your heart.

Jays starting to put it together now, 5 series wins in a row.

Waitsian

And that vaunted Yankees back end of the bullpen is looking mighty shaky! :pac:

krustydoyle

mod9maple wrote: »

And that vaunted Yankees back end of the bullpen is looking mighty shaky! :pac:

Sssshhhhh..

circular flexing

Wheels are coming off a bit for Mariners - starting pitching has been pretty weak with Felix on the DL and the rest having subpar outings. Iwakuma did the bullpen a big favour by going 7 innings yesterday but the ERA for the starters is up around 8 for the last couple of weeks. They've also had injuries to Leonys Martin and Katel Marte just as they were starting to play well.

Of course, all this would happen when they have to play 17 days in a row.

jack presley

circular flexing wrote: »

Wheels are coming off a bit for Mariners - starting pitching has been pretty weak with Felix on the DL and the rest having subpar outings. Iwakuma did the bullpen a big favour by going 7 innings yesterday but the ERA for the starters is up around 8 for the last couple of weeks. They've also had injuries to Leonys Martin and Katel Marte just as they were starting to play well.

Of course, all this would happen when they have to play 17 days in a row.

You're going to get ups and downs during a season. Even the best teams will go through stages when either as a group they don't perform or one part, either the offence, starters or bullpen will struggle.

The Cubs are in a bit of a lull at the moment but that won't last and I'm sure there'll be a stage sometime when the Red Sox won't score a million runs a game.

Doodah7

jack presley wrote: »

The Cubs are in a bit of a lull at the moment but that won't last and I'm sure there'll be a stage sometime when the Red Sox won't score a million runs a game.

Ahem!!! 39-16 with the best record in baseball going 8-2 in their last ten. I think that's a lull a lot of teams would wish for!!

jack presley

tallpaul wrote: »

Ahem!!! 39-16 with the best record in baseball going 8-2 in their last ten. I think that's a lull a lot of teams would wish for!!

Yeah, sorry. I'm wrong there. There was a patch a week or so ago when they lost a few wasn't there or am I imagining that too?

Or maybe I'm just looking forward to October.....!!!

jack presley

jack presley wrote: »

Yeah, sorry. I'm wrong there. There was a patch a week or so ago when they lost a few wasn't there or am I imagining that too?

Or maybe I'm just looking forward to October.....!!!

The point I was trying to make though was that every team slumps at some point and I'm sure there will be a stage when the Cubs go 3-7 or 2-8 or something.

Bonniedog

You could not make this up!

Idiot of a Cubs fan stopped a two run Byrant homer by stopping ball going over barrier.

Fkn clown is sitting there laughing with his idiot girlfriend as I type.



Two of them have just been thrown out by security.

Proper order. Should be banned for life.

circular flexing

Bonniedog wrote: »

You could not make this up!

Idiot of a Cubs fan stopped a two run Byrant homer by stopping ball going over barrier.

Fkn clown is sitting there laughing with his idiot girlfriend as I type.



Two of them have just been thrown out by security.

Proper order. Should be banned for life.

Bit harsh no? I think all of us would be reaching for that ball, in the heat of the moment.

https://twitter.com/FightinPhillies/status/739964544055922688

Bonniedog

He stood up and leaned over. Had he sat where he was it would have landed in his lap!

Still only 1 - 0 top of fourth. His idiocy could cost his team the game yet.

Of course he deserved to be thrown out.


In fact right on cue Heyward homers into same zone and ball lands at feet of Phillies fan in front row!

3 - 0