2018 MLB Regular Season Thread II

[c9777666]

Should the Cards have kept Carpenter in the game today?

Normally I would say yes, but there is a doubleheader tomorrow.

Last year, one reason Scooter Gennett/JD Martinez stayed in to hit in what turned out to be 4 HR games is that they weren’t playing 2.

If tomorrow was a normal day, Carpenter probably stays in.

 

[John Price]

@Marc the Habs Fan Under Dusty Baker's leadership, the Nats were out of first place for only 7 days (in the span of 2 years)

 

[darko]

@Marc the Habs Fan Under Dusty Baker's leadership, the Nats were out of first place for only 7 days (in the span of 2 years)

Why do Nats suck?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

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.

Cora appears to be a great manager. I can't remember who said it on Olney's podcast but they were saying that the people around the Red Sox have been so impressed with his knowledge of the game and his ability to anticipate things as a manager, even for a rookie.

By all accounts the team had enough of Farrell last year and he had to go.

But really the biggest change is that team had NO POWER last year and they added an elite slugger in Martinez and Betts went back to being awesome.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

@Marc the Habs Fan Under Dusty Baker's leadership, the Nats were out of first place for only 7 days (in the span of 2 years)

No one ever doubted Dusty's regular season managing ability. Also, what can't be forgotten is that the NL East was absolute hot garbage in his 2 years as manager, especially last year. Now it's no longer that, even the Marlins are much better than anticipated and the Mets will start winning more with Cespedes and Thor back.

 

[hockeykicker]

No one ever doubted Dusty's regular season managing ability. Also, what can't be forgotten is that the NL East was absolute hot garbage in his 2 years as manager, especially last year. Now it's no longer that, even the Marlins are much better than anticipated and the Mets will start winning more with Cespedes and Thor back.

apparently not

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Yankees season is almost over. I doubt they can win the Wild Card game. Waste of talent, waste of time.

 

[JWK]

Cody Allen allowed back to back home runs on 2 consecutive pitches with 2 outs in the 9th to blow the save.

 

[c9777666]

Cody Allen allowed back to back home runs on 2 consecutive pitches with 2 outs in the 9th to blow the save.

TWICE with 1 out to go? Ye gods!

Would have been bad enough if the first guy got on base and then you give up a game-tying 2-run HR.

But in THAT fashion? Yikes.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Keuchel lost a no hit bid in the 7th.

 

[JWK]

Raimel Tapia hits a grand slam and did a bat flip, my f***ing man

 

[c9777666]

Yankees season is almost over. I doubt they can win the Wild Card game. Waste of talent, waste of time.

I'm not ready to crown the Nationals of the American League. Let's see what happens when Boston goes through their inevitable cold streak.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Break up the Rockies.

 

[c9777666]

Break up the Rockies.

They've been playing a lot better for about a month. They had their rock bottom moment on 6/17 against Texas and have gone up since.

 

[Cheese Wagstaff]

Yankees season is almost over. I doubt they can win the Wild Card game. Waste of talent, waste of time.

Okay buddy.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

(has standings speadsheet leaflet. Licks finger, flips over cover page, looks at standings, closes leaflet)

Cubs take a pounding and are still the best team in the NL. It says so in these complicated documents I have been given.

 

[hockeykicker]

So why doesnt he just get the surgery now?

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Yankees season is almost over. I doubt they can win the Wild Card game. Waste of talent, waste of time.

Yeah, agreed. Complete garbage org that is run by losers and the team is losers. Why even bother playing games for the rest of the year? Sad.

 

[BMOK33]

So why doesnt he just get the surgery now?

At this point what does it take for Manfred to step in and remove the Wilpons? I mean it’s blatabtly obvious at this point going back to Pedro Martinez’s remarks about what occurred in 2006 and Beltran getting surgery without telling the team that these guys are literally trying to make guys go out there hurt for money. It’s pretty clear Cespedes did this to out ownership

 

[BMOK33]

Yankees season is almost over. I doubt they can win the Wild Card game. Waste of talent, waste of time.

You’re probably being sarcastic but if you’re not Paxton may be out for the season and he was by far the Yankees or Red Sox biggest threat in a one game play in because Seattle more likely than not being out of it a week out will enable them to hold him back while the Yanks or Sox have to possibly burn Sevi or Tanaka or CC or Price and Sale down to the wire because it may be close. The best thing in reality is for the Yanks or Sox to just be 5 out or more in that final week and just be able to set things up. Cashman has been stupidly quiet on the relief or starting trade front but there isn’t much elite talent available. Im still concerned about Severino just falling off because he’s has pitched an absurd amount of innings the last year relative to what he had before and you have to think very soon here he’s going to hit a rough patch.

 

[darko]

Yankees season is almost over. I doubt they can win the Wild Card game. Waste of talent, waste of time.

On pace to win 105 games. Step of the ledge.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

So why doesnt he just get the surgery now?

Says any rational person ever.

 

[darko]

You’re probably being sarcastic but if you’re not Paxton may be out for the season and he was by far the Yankees or Red Sox biggest threat in a one game play in because Seattle more likely than not being out of it a week out will enable them to hold him back while the Yanks or Sox have to possibly burn Sevi or Tanaka or CC or Price and Sale down to the wire because it may be close. The best thing in reality is for the Yanks or Sox to just be 5 out or more in that final week and just be able to set things up. Cashman has been stupidly quiet on the relief or starting trade front but there isn’t much elite talent available. Im still concerned about Severino just falling off because he’s has pitched an absurd amount of innings the last year relative to what he had before and you have to think very soon here he’s going to hit a rough patch.

Yankees will face Manaea and not Paxton.

 

[Voight]

 

[Voight]

So why doesnt he just get the surgery now?

Because hes going to f*** my fantasy team if he does