GDT: 2021 MLB Season Pt 2

[Marc the Habs Fan]

This Burrows fellow is just getting smoked by the White Sox. 7-0 already.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Eloy with a 3 run shot (2nd HR of night)

White Sox up 7-0 on Twins in top of 2nd

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Nicky Lopez's popularity just soared in Toronto, Boston and Oakland. 3-3 in KC.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Luis Arraez gets a ton of hits. Too bad almost all of them are singles.

 

[TonySoprano]

This game is madness

 

[Elvis P]

$30,000 in beer? How cup snakes are bringing baseball fans back together (espn.com)

 

[BKIslandersFan]

I miss Bud Selig. Manfred is just unlikable incompetent slime.

Selig was his mentor, an equally unlikable, disgusting slime/

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Is the roster size for teams this year smaller than previous years?

It seems to me like teams are running out of pinch-hitters, pinch-runners, bullpen arms, etc. more this year, or is that just me?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Is the roster size for teams this year smaller than previous years?

Not at all, in fact it's now 26 players when it used to be 25.

Red Sox turn to Matt Barnes again in a key spot, 4-4 at Fenway.

Yankees and A's are in tied games.

Jays lost the first game of a twin bill.

 

[Terry Yake]

if you look up the definition of garbage in the dictionary it'll read "elvis andrus"

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The Matt Barnes nightmare week continues. 7-4 Rays.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

The Matt Barnes nightmare week continues. 7-4 Rays.

Gotta admit.... seeing the Rays go ahead in the 9th, then promptly seeing Red Sox fans head for the exits made me smile.
A lot.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

A’s really grinded this win out. Should be a loud locker room.

 

[Terry Yake]

A’s really grinded this win out. Should be a loud locker room.

hopefully harrison is ok. kemp reminded everyone tonight how useless he is

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

A's are now WC 1.

Looks like the Yankees are going to lose in KC, so BOS will still lead them by 2.

 

[punk_o_holic]

Maybe it's just me but I thought this slide by Turner was cool.

 

[Cas]

Is the roster size for teams this year smaller than previous years?

It seems to me like teams are running out of pinch-hitters, pinch-runners, bullpen arms, etc. more this year, or is that just me?

It's because teams refuse to let starting pitchers go much beyond 18 batters if they can help it, and relievers are replaceable guys who throw upper-90's heat but burn out for a day after four batters. The 8-man bullpens are really only 4-man bullpens for each game and they have to expect to go four innings with those four men.

Also, because those relievers throw so hard they're totally gassed after an inning and break down easily, more teams are opting to put in a position player during garbage time innings.

Finally, baseball no longer really has pinch hitters or pinch runners - you have a backup catcher and four guys who rotate into games as necessary. The Lenny Harrises, Greg Colbrunns, and Tom Goodwins are all but gone.

I don't know that the latter is so bad, but I really want to end the dominance of the fungible middle reliever.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Nice little gamble by Girardi that he ends up winning, he knew rain was coming, so he doesn't start Gibson. Rain delay happens in the 3rd and now he goes to Gibson.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

As well as the Rays have been playing lately, and as bad as Boston has during about the same span, stands to reason TB was due for a crap clunker game, while Boston was due to break out for a big one.

And that is what we have tonight as Boston leads Tampa Bay 14-0 in the 6th and the Rays look about as inept as a team can look in this game.

Can't win'em all....and some days, you just gotta go the outhouse to get rid of one....

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Joey Votto with another monster game.

 

[Terry Yake]

3-2 count with 2 outs and the ump calls a ball on a clear strike. of course cleveland proceeds to take the lead

robot umps please

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Albies walks it off.

Braves are going to be tied for 1st place if the Dodgers hang on.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Old man Wainright keeps chuggin away…to bad the rest of the team has stunk for the most part

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Old man Wainright keeps chuggin away…to bad the rest of the team has stunk for the most part

Cg with only 2 base runners.

Have to think he’ll get hof consideration when he’s all done.

 

[Cas]

Cg with only 2 base runners.

Have to think he’ll get hof consideration when he’s all done.

Wainwright? He doesn't have an argument - he has four All-Star quality seasons in his career, surrounded by partial seasons or decent seasons, and very little career bulk.

Good pitcher, very good at his peak, but never great and that peak wasn't bulky and everything else is pretty pedestrian. Even his postseason only adds maybe another above-average season's worth of value.

I'm not convinced he's one of the 200 best pitchers in baseball history.