MLB 2017 Regular Season Thread

krustydoyle · 31-07-2017 5:54am

Cubs acquire Tigers Closer Justin Wilson and Catcher Alex Avila for Top Prospect Jeimer Candelario and more

TimRiggins · 31-07-2017 5:57am

Jonathan Lucroy to the Rockies. Struggled offensively this year but adds experience to a very young pitching staff.

jack presley · 31-07-2017 3:48pm

Addison Reed shipping up to Boston. Mets getting 3 minor leaguers in return. Pending medicals

jack presley · 31-07-2017 6:11pm

Very nice if unexpected gesture.

https://twitter.com/wgnnews/status/892067632546959360

TimRiggins · 31-07-2017 6:40pm

Francisco Lirano to Astros. Went to the game Saturday where he started, and pitched well. Think he'll go into their pen though.

krustydoyle · 31-07-2017 8:03pm

Sonny Gray to the Yankees...

I'm really really happy...

A's are getting

No 4, 8 and 12 Prospects
Jorge Mateo
James Kaprielian
Dustin Fowler

jack presley · 31-07-2017 8:05pm

krustydoyle wrote: »

Sonny Gray to the Yankees...

I'm really really happy...

Nice addition! All in now for sure.

TimRiggins · 31-07-2017 8:10pm

Great addition for the Yankees. Good pitcher under contract till 2020

jack presley · 31-07-2017 8:16pm

Yu Darvish still out there with 45 minutes to go. Is there anyone else of value out there too?

EDIT - Zac Briiton's still available too.

EDIT 2 - Darvish off to LA.

krustydoyle · 31-07-2017 9:24pm

Dodgers get Darvish

ShyMets · 01-08-2017 12:57pm

Happy enough with how things panned out for the Mets. They've got some decent prospects and restocked the farm system.

Would have been nice to shift Granderson and Cabrera but the interest wasn't there. Interesting to see what they do with these guys in August.

Rosario called up. Can't wait to see him

jack presley · 01-08-2017 1:31pm

ShyMets wrote: »

Rosario called up. Can't wait to see him

Hopefully Smith's not too far behind him. Need both (and maybe Cechini too?) to get as many at-bats as possible this season so they can hit the ground running next season.

Igotadose · 01-08-2017 2:44pm

jack presley wrote: »

ShyMets wrote: »

Rosario called up. Can't wait to see him

Hopefully Smith's not too far behind him. Need both (and maybe Cechini too?) to get as many at-bats as possible this season so they can hit the ground running next season.

Agreed. The rest of the season's going to be an ordeal to watch. The debut of the new closer late in the game vs. Seattle on Sunday was pretty poor. Walk, hits, wild pitch. Awkward windups. Neil Walker looked really bad in the field (2 errors.) Bad baserunning early on by Reyes. A ball lost in the sun by Cespedes. Basically, a typical Sunday by the Mets. If I'd gone Saturday, they lost then too but at least DeGrom wasn't awful like Lugo with his BP fastball, flat straight and over the plate.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 01-08-2017 3:07pm

krustydoyle wrote: »

Sonny Gray to the Yankees...

I'm really really happy...

A's are getting

No 4, 8 and 12 Prospects
Jorge Mateo
James Kaprielian
Dustin Fowler

I have to say I think this is a terrible trade. The A's absolutely fleeced the Yankees on this one. All three prospects look like sure things and Gray has a history of injuries.

Of course if the Yankees get a WS over the next couple of years its a win for Cashman but the A's got much the better of this deal IMO at least.

8-10 · 01-08-2017 3:22pm

jack presley wrote: »

Addison Reed shipping up to Boston. Mets getting 3 minor leaguers in return. Pending medicals

Happy enough with this one. Kimbrel has needed a reliable set-up guy all year.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 01-08-2017 3:29pm

8-10 wrote: »

Happy enough with this one. Kimbrel has needed a reliable set-up guy all year.

Kimbrel has been ridiculous all season, quality closer.

jack presley · 01-08-2017 3:30pm

8-10 wrote: »

Happy enough with this one. Kimbrel has needed a reliable set-up guy all year.

He's good alright. He might put the odd man or two on base but he usually recovers and finishes it off.

Sure where's the fun if you don't get a little bit stressed out...???

MoyVilla9 · 01-08-2017 3:39pm

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

I have to say I think this is a terrible trade. The A's absolutely fleeced the Yankees on this one. All three prospects look like sure things and Gray has a history of injuries.

Of course if the Yankees get a WS over the next couple of years its a win for Cashman but the A's got much the better of this deal IMO at least.

You have to give something to get something. Two of the three guys have major injury worries and Mateo had nowhere to go on that team with Didi and Torres ahead of him.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 01-08-2017 3:48pm

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

You have to give something to get something. Two of the three guys have major injury worries and Mateo had nowhere to go on that team with Didi and Torres ahead of him.

Two of them are injured they are not Major injury worries. Fair enough on Mateo he didn't have anywhere to go with Castro, Didi ahead of him.

Overall though I think the A's have done a really good job in this trade.

MoyVilla9 · 01-08-2017 3:59pm

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Two of them are injured they are not Major injury worries. Fair enough on Mateo he didn't have anywhere to go with Castro, Didi ahead of him.

Overall though I think the A's have done a really good job in this trade.

Kaprielian is recovering from Tommy John and most likely won't be ready until 2019. I'm not saying that I expect him not to return, but you do worry when young pitchers go for TJ. Isn't the return rate something along the 80% mark? I'd consider that one of the bigger injury worries for pitchers.
Then Fowler was incredibly unlucky by rupturing the tendons in his knee by running into a wall on his debut, ending his season.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 01-08-2017 4:03pm

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Kaprielian is recovering from Tommy John and most likely won't be ready until 2019. I'm not saying that I expect him not to return, but you do worry when young pitchers go for TJ. Isn't the return rate something along the 80% mark? I'd consider that one of the bigger injury worries for pitchers.
Then Fowler was incredibly unlucky by rupturing the tendons in his knee by running into a wall on his debut, ending his season.

Fowler should be a Gold Glove cnter fielders and for me Kaprielian looks like an ace. Obviously TJ surgery is a big deal but given how much the surgery have come on it's almost common place among top flame throwers at this stage.

If the Yankees win it could be viewed as a good trade but these three pieces could be cornerstones for the A's.

TimRiggins · 01-08-2017 10:57pm

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Fowler should be a Gold Glove cnter fielders and for me Kaprielian looks like an ace. Obviously TJ surgery is a big deal but given how much the surgery have come on it's almost common place among top flame throwers at this stage.

If the Yankees win it could be viewed as a good trade but these three pieces could be cornerstones for the A's.

Its a good trade for both tbf. Yankee's needed a starting pitcher badly and got the best on the market, and Oakland get more prospects to rebuild.

In saying that, I can't see the Yankee's winning it all this year, but with the moves they'll make in the offseason next year their gonna be scary.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 02-08-2017 10:43am

TimRiggins wrote: »

Its a good trade for both tbf. Yankee's needed a starting pitcher badly and got the best on the market, and Oakland get more prospects to rebuild.

In saying that, I can't see the Yankee's winning it all this year, but with the moves they'll make in the offseason next year their gonna be scary.

It will be interesting to see how it works out. Red Sox and Yankee's look to be gone fairly all in on this year. Neither look capable of beating the Astros even with the additions.

02-08-2017 10:50am

So the Dodgers continue to win. 9 in a row at the moment.
My only concern at the moment, is that they're generally just doing enough to win.
Swept the Giants over the weekend, and could have potentially been swept themselves. I think they won each game by 1 run
Now beating the Braves by 1. Would rather see them winning more comfortably. In the play-offs, those 1-run wins have a higher chance of been turned into losses

8-10 · 02-08-2017 11:37am

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Kimbrel has been ridiculous all season, quality closer.

jack presley wrote: »

He's good alright. He might put the odd man or two on base but he usually recovers and finishes it off.

Sure where's the fun if you don't get a little bit stressed out...???

Nice jinx lads, blew his save last night giving up 2 runs in the 9th

Still got the win though!

jack presley · 02-08-2017 11:54am

8-10 wrote: »

Nice jinx lads, blew his save last night giving up 2 runs in the 9th

Still got the win though!

Saw the highlights of that game this morning. Looked crazy!

jack presley · 02-08-2017 11:57am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So the Dodgers continue to win. 9 in a row at the moment.
My only concern at the moment, is that they're generally just doing enough to win.
Swept the Giants over the weekend, and could have potentially been swept themselves. I think they won each game by 1 run
Now beating the Braves by 1. Would rather see them winning more comfortably. In the play-offs, those 1-run wins have a higher chance of been turned into losses

Two ways to look at that. Either they're grinding out results and showing their resolve or the way they're winning isn't sustainable and eventually will catch up with them.

And which ever way it turns out, the 'experts' will revert back to whichever answer makes them look good and you can guarantee them saying they had it right.

Looking forward to Darvish v deGrom on Friday. Should be a good one.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 02-08-2017 12:13pm

jack presley wrote: »

Two ways to look at that. Either they're grinding out results and showing their resolve or the way they're winning isn't sustainable and eventually will catch up with them.

And which ever way it turns out, the 'experts' will revert back to whichever answer makes them look good and you can guarantee them saying they had it right.

Looking forward to Darvish v deGrom on Friday. Should be a good one.

The Dodgers getting Darvish is a real sickener as a Nats fan. Although I still like our front end rotation against anyone especially with our line up. Dolittle is helping the bull pen too.

We still need an arm to come help out the late innings.

The Dodgers right now though just keep finding a way, I think they regress at some stage, I hope it's in the playoffs!

jack presley · 02-08-2017 6:22pm

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

The Dodgers getting Darvish is a real sickener as a Nats fan. Although I still like our front end rotation against anyone especially with our line up. Dolittle is helping the bull pen too.

We still need an arm to come help out the late innings.

The Dodgers right now though just keep finding a way, I think they regress at some stage, I hope it's in the playoffs!

The Nats got 3 very capable arms over the past couple of weeks. OK, so there's no lights out closer there but yer man from the Twins is decent enough apparently. And apart from Miller, was there an A+ reliever out there? And considering the history between the Nats and the Orioles, that trade was never going to happen!

As for the Dodgers, I keep thinking that they'll hit a slump soon but it never happens. Surely winning at the rate they have done for past couple of months can't be maintained. But they keep winning. For their sake, it'd better not happen in October!

circular flexing · 03-08-2017 12:26am

MLB.tv is $17.99 right now. Great deal.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 03-08-2017 9:14am

jack presley wrote: »

The Nats got 3 very capable arms over the past couple of weeks. OK, so there's no lights out closer there but yer man from the Twins is decent enough apparently. And apart from Miller, was there an A+ reliever out there? And considering the history between the Nats and the Orioles, that trade was never going to happen!

As for the Dodgers, I keep thinking that they'll hit a slump soon but it never happens. Surely winning at the rate they have done for past couple of months can't be maintained. But they keep winning. For their sake, it'd better not happen in October!

We should have went and got Hand from the Padres. He's miller-esque, not as good but up there. I think the Orioles would have dealt Zach but we would have needed to give up too much. As good as the Dodgers are I don't fear them this year, our starters are as good as theirs and I believe our line up is better. Trea will be back soon and that Trea, Harper, Murphy , Zimmerman quartet just looks nasty.

Actually the only thing that worries me is the bull pen. I do like Dolittle though, always have for some reason. Also I think one of our rotation ends up in their for the playoffs, probably Roark and I think he can be effective from there. As can Jackson who was a good addition and has pitched relatively well since coming into the rotation.

jack presley · 03-08-2017 11:30am

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Actually the only thing that worries me is the bull pen..

Not happy with Kintzler as the closer? I think he looks decent enough.

With him, Doolittle and the other lad they got, they've done a good job in strengthening up the bullpen.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 03-08-2017 11:34am

jack presley wrote: »

Not happy with Kintzler as the closer? I think he looks decent enough.

With him, Doolittle and the other lad they got, they've done a good job in strengthening up the bullpen.

Kintzler has good control and a lot of saves this year but how does he react to high leverage situations? I know people will argue every save is high leverage but there is a difference in the playoffs. Honestly we needed him. He's going to fill a massive void, I'm hoping he can handle the pressure.

Adding three arms to the bull pen was definitely needed. Now to win the Division and concentrate on getting through one round of the playoffs!

boccy23 · 03-08-2017 12:11pm

I see the Indians have put Andrew Miller on the DL. Expected to miss 6 weeks. Wonder will it affect the race with KC.

TimRiggins · 03-08-2017 4:22pm

boccy23 wrote: »

I see the Indians have put Andrew Miller on the DL. Expected to miss 6 weeks. Wonder will it affect the race with KC.

Their still very capable. Even with Miller gone their bullpen is very good, Joe Smith only adding to it.

Sonny Gray v Corey Kluber tonight!

krustydoyle · 03-08-2017 4:29pm

TimRiggins wrote:

Sonny Gray v Corey Kluber tonight!

I'm gonna stay up for this..

jack presley · 04-08-2017 9:09pm

Daniel Murphy must love playing the Cubs, especially at Wrigley Field. 2 more homers today.

circular flexing · 04-08-2017 10:46pm

Yu Darvish vs. Jacob DeGrom tonight!

jack presley · 05-08-2017 1:22pm

circular flexing wrote: »

Yu Darvish vs. Jacob DeGrom tonight!

Well that didn't go the way I hoped it would but no one seems to be able to stop the Dodgers these days, except for the Braves on occasion bizarrely.

In other news, Bartolo's not dead yet! A complete game at 44 years old. I love that man!

Igotadose · 05-08-2017 2:23pm

jack presley wrote: »

circular flexing wrote: »

Yu Darvish vs. Jacob DeGrom tonight!

Well that didn't go the way I hoped it would but no one seems to be able to stop the Dodgers these days, except for the Braves on occasion bizarrely.

In other news, Bartolo's not dead yet! A complete game at 44 years old. I love that man!

Would've gotten more innings from him than Wheeler and Gsellman this year, easily. Ahh well. Robles had an MRI the other day, can't find any news about the results. "Numbness in the arm and hand." Ahh well, another surgery incoming and a long rehab. He's been pretty poor all season. What a train wreck this season has been.

jack presley · 05-08-2017 2:53pm

Igotadose wrote: »

Would've gotten more innings from him than Wheeler and Gsellman this year, easily. Ahh well. Robles had an MRI the other day, can't find any news about the results. "Numbness in the arm and hand." Ahh well, another surgery incoming and a long rehab. He's been pretty poor all season. What a train wreck this season has been.

That walk off pitch Thursday would have been funny if I supported any other team.

circular flexing · 06-08-2017 7:52pm

Mariners get Alonso from Oakland in exchange for Boog Powell.

jack presley · 08-08-2017 7:43pm

Noah Syndegaard's brief cameo in Game of Thrones. I don't watch the show but he was killed by a dragon apparently so moved to the 60 day DL

https://twitter.com/metsciti/status/894377907841380352

TimRiggins · 08-08-2017 10:08pm

jack presley wrote: »

Well that didn't go the way I hoped it would but no one seems to be able to stop the Dodgers these days, except for the Braves on occasion bizarrely.

In other news, Bartolo's not dead yet! A complete game at 44 years old. I love that man!

Had the pleasure of seeing him pitch earlier this year. He had a 8 something ERA but still owned us. Story of our year!

Waitsian · 09-08-2017 1:57am

jack presley wrote: »

Noah Syndegaard's brief cameo in Game of Thrones. I don't watch the show but he was killed by a dragon apparently so moved to the 60 day DL

Josh Donaldson had a cameo on Vikings latest season. Had a line or two as well, if I recall correctly.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 09-08-2017 10:30am

the AL wildcard race is going to be interesting. Yankees after investing alot for this year, this slump is really hurting them.

jack presley · 09-08-2017 10:38am

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

the AL wildcard race is going to be interesting. Yankees after investing alot for this year, this slump is really hurting them.

Judge has come back to earth too. To be expected I suppose.

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman · 09-08-2017 10:43am

jack presley wrote: »

Judge has come back to earth too. To be expected I suppose.

Thats true, the strikeout rate is ridiculous.

Mind you he's still hitting .298 with 34 homers so not a bad year by anyones standards!

TimRiggins · 09-08-2017 9:15pm

The Reservoir Dubs Anchorman wrote: »

Thats true, the strikeout rate is ridiculous.

Mind you he's still hitting .298 with 34 homers so not a bad year by anyones standards!

http://thebiglead.com/2017/08/09/aaron-judges-big-second-half-slump-break-down/

Good article here about how pitchers have adjusted to him. He'll adapt though I think. Still has a .384 OBP during this 'slump'.

How many dingers will Giancarlo end up with? Looks like he'll top 50 easily.

jack presley · 10-08-2017 6:34am

Jay Bruce gone to the Indians for basically a bag of balls.

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