2018 MLB Regular Season Thread II

[hockeykicker]

THIS JUST IN!!!!

The Chicago Cubs are the best team in the national league.

hes back! and now we wont see him til tomorrow lol

 

[rangerssharks414]

What's the saying? Good clean fun?

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Matt Carpenter Is Best

 

[hockeykicker]

lol matt carpenter

 

[hockeykicker]

yadier molina playing first base now?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Just because a blowout isn't complete without it:

 

[Elvis P]

Gio Gonzalez has 1 QS in the last month. Why isn't he as good as he used to be?

 

[hockeykicker]

Gio Gonzalez has 1 QS in the last month. Why isn't he as good as he used to be?

well there is two answers:
1A) in his last 5 starts, the nats have been shutout 3 times
1B) in the last month nats have been shutout 8 times
1C) nats starting pitching went a month without one of their starters getting a win

2) gio is so up and down. he is a good #4 pitcher but because strasburg is injured and roark cant do anything right now plus the AAA rotating guys, he has so much pressure on him right now and dont think he can handlie it

 

[Elvis P]

Should the Cards have kept Carpenter in the game today?

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

well there is two answers:
1A) in his last 5 starts, the nats have been shutout 3 times
1B) in the last month nats have been shutout 8 times
1C) nats starting pitching went a month without one of their starters getting a win

2) gio is so up and down. he is a good #4 pitcher but because strasburg is injured and roark cant do anything right now plus the AAA rotating guys, he has so much pressure on him right now and dont think he can handlie it

But the Nats offense has nothing to do with a SP getting a QS...so 1A, B, and C aren’t really good answers. You can get a QS regardless how the offense performs.

I think the answer is that he has always been a pretty streaky pitcher and, right now, he is just going through one of his bad stretches.

 

[hockeykicker]

But the Nats offense has nothing to do with a SP getting a QS...so 1A, B, and C aren’t really good answers. You can get a QS regardless how the offense performs.

I think the answer is that he has always been a pretty streaky pitcher and, right now, he is just going through one of his bad stretches.

Right but gio is a mental pitcher. He talks to himself all the time (which Nats broadcasters say is very odd) and cannot recover when he gets into trouble as confidence drops when he walks someone. So the offense does play a factor. You have a pitcher who lacks confidence once he gets into trouble, combine that with the lack of run support and you get gio

 

[Del Preston]

Do the Orioles get to 50 wins this year?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Do the Orioles get to 50 wins this year?

No.

Why would the Yankees start arguably their worst starter in German coming out of the break?

 

[Elvis P]

No. Why would the Yankees start arguably their worst starter in German coming out of the break?

Why did the Cards take Carpenter out when he could have set the record for most XBHs in a game?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

No idea other than the fact they have a double header tomorrow.

Strasburg with an ugly return.

 

[Elvis P]

No idea other than the fact they have a double header tomorrow. Strasburg with an ugly return.

Lester and Bauer are also bad today.

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Uhm...no position player in that meeting? Seems...odd?

Red Sox win. Yankees lose. 5 and a half out.

 

[c9777666]

Matt Carpenter Is Best

Where was this from Carpenter when the team damn near mutinied against Matheny?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Where was this from Carpenter when the team damn near mutinied against Matheny?

He was busy OPSing 1.010 from May 1st to the night of Matheny's firing.

 

[c9777666]

David Price wins a 1-0 game.....

This is getting ridiculous. Apparently everything the Red Sox are touching is turning to gold.

Unless Alex Cora is THAT big a managerial upgrade, they probably would still be 69-30 if they retained Farrell.

 

[John Price]

But would the Red Sox have won a playoff series with Cora?

That remains to be seen. No one could deny Farrell did a good regular season job. Interesting how Red Sox let Farrell go and replaced him with Cora and didn't miss a beat. Meanwhile Dusty was vilified as WOAt, let go, replaced with a manager in Martinez who like Cora had no experience, and the Nats are a game under .500.

Makes you think.

 

[JWK]

German Marquez has the 4th highest wRC+ on the team now at 104.

 

[c9777666]

In all honesty, really shows where the balance of power is this season.

Kinda like the AFC/NFC where one conference seemed to have more good teams