OT: MLB Thread XLVII

[Irishguy42]

The Trop needs to die as fire-y a death as possible.

 

[17futurecap]

Let him finish

 

[17futurecap]

Or just let the missile come in and throw 101 and finish it

 

[ThirdEye]

14-5 in the last 19... what is this team

 

[Adam Fox Time]

Another dominant game for Cole...

I really hope the Yankees trade for Scherzer. They would be World Series favorites with Cole and Scherzer at the top of the rotation.

 

[ThirdEye]

Another dominant game for Cole...

I really hope the Yankees trade for Scherzer. They would be World Series favorites with Cole and Scherzer at the top of the rotation.

I don't know, their bats are still crap

 

[Maximus]

This might be the quietest mellowest ho hum 7 game winning streak I can ever recall a Met team having. Pretty low key...only dramatic moments are walk off grounders to the pitching mound.

I'm not complaining but just stating the obvious. Usually when the Mets have long winning streaks we Met fans get so excited and ahead of ourselves. This time pretty understated and I kind of like it.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

I was a big fan of the Walker acquisition but damn, has he been a revelation.

I adore him. Thank God we have him for 2 years. We all know he's opting out in year 3, but we are in a great position to extend him.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

The only thing I can come up with is that Mets wanted no outs at the top of the order

This is precisely it, IMO. Has it been confirmed yet? Only thing I could think of. I never like a guaranteed out, but I kind of get it.

 

[LeetchisGod]

I don't know, their bats are still crap

Yeah, I have no confidence in this offense whatsoever.

 

[SA16]

We're surprised James McCann has been bad? This is what he's been his entire career outside of the stretch where he had a .360 BABIP. He's a poor contact hitter with a bad eye that strikes out a ton and has adequate power (which has not shown this year).

 

[Machinehead]

Yankees dealing with COVID-19 issues as seven members of traveling party test positive

There's absolutely no way this happens if all seven completed their vaccination series. I don't care what spin the Yankees put on it.

 

[Don Chytil]

Yankees dealing with COVID-19 issues as seven members of traveling party test positive

There's absolutely no way this happens if all seven completed their vaccination series. I don't care what spin the Yankees put on it.

All of the Yankees team and staff got Johnson and Johnson. The J&J shot is only about 70% effective at preventing asymptomatic infection, but is much better at preventing symptomatic infection.

Say ~20-25 Yankees players and staff were exposed to the virus (and it could have been more), then if 7 of them came down with the virus as reported that's basically right in line with the efficiacy of the J&J vaccine that they took. And if only 1 of them came down with symptomatic infection as reported, then the J&J vaccine prevented at least 95% of the exposed people from having symptomatic infection. Seems very reasonable given the statistics of how well that particular vaccine performs.

 

[Don Chytil]

I have a question on Mets tickets. I want to go to one of the games after they come back from their road trip. As of right now, only a few hundred tickets are available on Stubhub and nothing is available from their site directly.

Now, I've heard that on May 19th the Mets and Yankees are both increasing capacity from 20% to 100%. Once that happens, I assume many, many more seats will be available and there will also be some great deals to be had on secondary markets.

It sounds like I should be waiting until those additional seats become available to buy tickets then? Does anyone know when those tickets will go online? Seems crazy to add 80% capacity to games that are only a couple weeks away and all of those additional tickets aren't even available yet..

 

[Machinehead]

All of the Yankees team and staff got Johnson and Johnson. The J&J shot is only about 70% effective at preventing asymptomatic infection, but is much better at preventing symptomatic infection.

Say ~20-25 Yankees players and staff were exposed to the virus (and it could have been more), then if 7 of them came down with the virus as reported that's basically right in line with the efficiacy of the J&J vaccine that they took. And if only 1 of them came down with symptomatic infection as reported, then the J&J vaccine prevented at least 95% of the exposed people from having symptomatic infection. Seems very reasonable given the statistics of how well that particular vaccine performs.

Yeah, I suppose that's true. Lots more breakthrough potential with the J&J.

 

[mrmovies779]

Gleyber on Covid list,Andujar called back up

 

[sbjnyc]

I have a question on Mets tickets. I want to go to one of the games after they come back from their road trip. As of right now, only a few hundred tickets are available on Stubhub and nothing is available from their site directly.

Now, I've heard that on May 19th the Mets and Yankees are both increasing capacity from 20% to 100%. Once that happens, I assume many, many more seats will be available and there will also be some great deals to be had on secondary markets.

It sounds like I should be waiting until those additional seats become available to buy tickets then? Does anyone know when those tickets will go online? Seems crazy to add 80% capacity to games that are only a couple weeks away and all of those additional tickets aren't even available yet..

As I understand it, once they go to 100% in July all plan holders get their tickets and they can go or resell their seats.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Mike Ford being on a major league roster is one of the biggest mysteries of our time.

 

[NYR94]

 

[Backstreets Back]

Imagine taking sports this seriously.

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

Imagine taking sports this seriously.

From what I understand:

The Padres fan came with his dad. But, the father was throw out for vaping.

Son proceeds to throw a expletive fueled temper tantrum. Rockies fan tells him to be quiet.

Video ensues.

Padres fan is then detained by police. Rockie fan, for some reason, doesn't press charges.

Padre fan is A-1 douche who should be in jail. But, lucked out with the Rockie fan showing mercy.

 

[mrmovies779]

Clint Frazier has the IQ of a rock.How the hell do you get forced out there?Get your head outta your ass kid

 

[nyr2k2]

Glasnow looks completely unhittable tonight.

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

Glasnow looks completely unhittable tonight.

Yeah, I'm not even mad. He looks fantastic.

Only hope is that the Mets get his pitch count up. But with Glasnow picking corners and his movement: gonna be tough.

 

[Blueshirt Believer]

Well that was unexpected.