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MassaShowtime posted:Morrow has a torn tendon sheath in his right hand so he's dead. Stroman has been recalled to pitch outta the pen cause of course JA Happ needs to start and Neil Wagner should be in the minors...... he is short, therefore he must be A Reliever. who are you to argue with baseball wisdom???
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bluh posted:he is short, therefore he must be A Reliever. who are you to argue with baseball wisdom??? I get it, the bullpen is a mess and the Jays need relievers that aren't terrible plus they probably wanna limit Stroman's innings, but there are other ways to accomplish the same things that don't involved J.A. Happ starting MLB games.
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MourningView posted:I don't know that a hitting coach even really does that much but yeah the Cards are fine. I imagine the Brewers are going to regress pretty hard and the Cards will start hitting eventually. There's too much talent there for them to continue to hit poorly and likely more on the way soon. Brian Dozier gives basically all the credit to Brunansky (Twins hitting coach) for spotting some stupid minor thing in his swing that once they fixed made him into an actual decent hitter instead of whatever he was in 2012 and the first couple months of 2013.
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Does anyone know of a site or resource that might be tracking MLB replay results? Specifically hoping someone is keeping track of the umps that made the original challenged calls. Would love to see if the usual suspects have their calls overturned more often than other umps.
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MourningView posted:I don't know that a hitting coach even really does that much but yeah the Cards are fine. I imagine the Brewers are going to regress pretty hard and the Cards will start hitting eventually. There's too much talent there for them to continue to hit poorly and likely more on the way soon. The Brewers are already crashing back down to Earth. They won't make the playoffs.
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Beatnik-Filmstar posted:Does anyone know of a site or resource that might be tracking MLB replay results? Specifically hoping someone is keeping track of the umps that made the original challenged calls. MLB actually made an official twitter that shows every time a replay challenge happens https://twitter.com/MLBReplays
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nerve posted:The Brewers are already crashing back down to Earth. They won't make the playoffs. That's a bit overly pessimistic at this point.
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nerve posted:The Brewers are already crashing back down to Earth. They won't make the playoffs. they could be a .500 team the rest of the way and still win 87 games, I think they have a fairly good chance although the Braun injury has to suck for them
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IcePhoenix posted:MLB actually made an official twitter that shows every time a replay challenge happens That's pretty cool - links to videos and everything. Was really interested in the ump stats, but half assume some writer will do something with stats on it at the end of the year.
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Sorry, dudes, the Cubs are taking the Central.
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MassaShowtime posted:Morrow has a torn tendon sheath in his right hand so he's dead. Stroman has been recalled to pitch outta the pen cause of course JA Happ needs to start and Neil Wagner should be in the minors...... I am baffled why Stroman is going to be used in the pen. Uhh...
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N: Neil Walker hit a 2 run game winning double in the rain tonight V: The slow mo shot at 32 seconds is the most ballin baseball thing I've seen all season.
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camoseven posted:V: The slow mo shot at 32 seconds is the most ballin baseball thing I've seen all season. God drat, you weren't kidding. Someone needs to gif that.
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MassaShowtime posted:Morrow has a torn tendon sheath in his right hand so he's dead. Stroman has been recalled to pitch outta the pen cause of course JA Happ needs to start and Neil Wagner should be in the minors...... Rand alPaul posted:I am baffled why Stroman is going to be used in the pen. Uhh... Craig Goldstein @cdgoldstein Why the gently caress would you bring Stroman up for the bullpen. Not that he won't excel there but like, how is that helping your season Toronto?
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IcePhoenix posted:God drat, you weren't kidding. Someone needs to gif that. Ask the internet and ye shall receive. http://www.gfycat.com/DizzyMiserlyFulmar
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So if a manager says, "Yeah, we steal signs. Everyone in the dugout knows that I expect them to eyeball the pitcher and catcher carefully and see if we can catch what is going on with those two. I told them it was their job. They know that anybody that picks something good up is going to get a steak dinner. You do that, and get a guy on second to tip the batter with a nod or a step, you can make some bank. It's like when you see a pitcher is tipping his pitches. What? We're going to ignore it?" Why would we care? Why does anybody care? And why would we think they don't do that? e: Puig rules
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the popes toes posted:So if a manager says, "Yeah, we steal signs. Everyone in the dugout knows that I expect them to eyeball the pitcher and catcher carefully and see if we can catch what is going on with those two. I told them it was their job. They know that anybody that picks something good up is going to get a steak dinner. You do that, and get a guy on second to tip the batter with a nod or a step, you can make some bank. It's like when you see a pitcher is tipping his pitches. What? We're going to ignore it?" Everything which is not forbidden is allowed. I'm perfectly OK with it, if you're good at it more power to you. bawfuls posted:N: Tomorrow he's gonna face Fernandez, I can't wait for those at-bats.
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the popes toes posted:So if a manager says, "Yeah, we steal signs. Everyone in the dugout knows that I expect them to eyeball the pitcher and catcher carefully and see if we can catch what is going on with those two. I told them it was their job. They know that anybody that picks something good up is going to get a steak dinner. You do that, and get a guy on second to tip the batter with a nod or a step, you can make some bank. It's like when you see a pitcher is tipping his pitches. What? We're going to ignore it?" Teams get mad when the home team is using hidden cameras or something else to gain an unfair advantage at stealing signs. Well, they get mad at it in general but that's what you'll usually hear them complaining about, in which case I think it's a legit complaint.
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IcePhoenix posted:Teams get mad when the home team is using hidden cameras or something else to gain an unfair advantage at stealing signs. Well, they get mad at it in general but that's what you'll usually hear them complaining about, in which case I think it's a legit complaint. Not talking about cameras. just talking about ordinary gameplay.
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the popes toes posted:So if a manager says, "Yeah, we steal signs. Everyone in the dugout knows that I expect them to eyeball the pitcher and catcher carefully and see if we can catch what is going on with those two. I told them it was their job. They know that anybody that picks something good up is going to get a steak dinner. You do that, and get a guy on second to tip the batter with a nod or a step, you can make some bank. It's like when you see a pitcher is tipping his pitches. What? We're going to ignore it?" I'd imagine the unwritten rules crowd would probably get in a huff about it, but yeah I agree with basically everything here.
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nerve posted:The Brewers are already crashing back down to Earth. They won't make the playoffs. I will bet you :tenbux: they do. It might be a wildcard, but those wins they have so far are a pretty helpful bulwark against collapse.
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the popes toes posted:
Another of the "unwritten rules". You don't flaunt it, and you don't get caught. Cameras and the like are explicitly banned of course but I'm sure every team has some sort of system, even if it's just informal for things like high/low/inside/outside or fastball/off speed. If the entirety of the NL had their sign systems broken last year by the Cardinals, more power to them but my guess is if anyone really suspected them of stealing signs en mass you'd see a deluge of called low and away breaking balls that somehow end up fastballs up and in.
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MassaShowtime posted:Morrow has a torn tendon sheath in his right hand so he's dead. Stroman has been recalled to pitch outta the pen cause of course JA Happ needs to start and Neil Wagner should be in the minors...... This post just keeps getting worse and worse. At least the team finally cut Sierra 
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Twin Cinema posted:This post just keeps getting worse and worse. Yes that is good except that Gose was sent down to make room for Stroman, so I guess the 4th ofer is either Steve Tolleson or Juan Francisco?
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Laderhan posted:Rays just DFA'd Heath Bell. And not Josh Lueke?
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Pumpkin McPastry posted:And not Josh Lueke? From a baseball perspective, Heath Bell has been horrific while Lueke has been merely bad/not good. I guess they didn't want to DFA two dudes at once but now we get quotes about Lueke's "upside" from Maddon et al, wheee.
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Pumpkin McPastry posted:Under normal circumstances a guy in his 20s who throws hard is probably worth keeping around instead of a guy in his late 30s who hasn't been good for a while, but... He doesn't really throw hard, though! Lueke's upside is basically Preston Claiborne.
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leokitty posted:He doesn't really throw hard, though! Lueke's upside is basically Preston Claiborne. Huh. Stadium gun must have been hot yesterday? Had him at like 96.
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I just realized something by looking at the standings. I know it's still small sample size, but do you people realize that the NL East is currently the closest division in all of baseball right now?
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University of Florida did a study on why pitchers injure their elbows so much. It's an interesting read: http://news.ufl.edu/2014/04/30/baseball-elbow-injuries/
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Rand alPaul posted:I am baffled why Stroman is going to be used in the pen. Uhh... I'm praying that the bullpen assignment is only temporary and he's going to take McGowan/Happ's slot the next time around.
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Movie pitch: When baseball runs out of pitchers from all the tommy johns, MLB is left with no choice but to bring in the last resort: NFL quarterbacks *guitar riff* *Andrew Luck throws football at Brian McCann's head*
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Quest For Glory II posted:Movie pitch: When baseball runs out of pitchers from all the tommy johns, MLB is left with no choice but to bring in the last resort: NFL quarterbacks *guitar riff* *Andrew Luck throws football at Brian McCann's head* gently caress John Elway
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It would make baseball more interesting. Until they need TJ. Then you start importing basketball players and so on.
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All pitchers are replaced by robots - baseball becomes a competition between brilliant programmers trying to build the best pitching robot.
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Pumpkin McPastry posted:All pitchers are replaced by robots - baseball becomes a competition between brilliant programmers trying to build the best pitching robot. Pitchers become experts at setting the dials on a Jugs machine.
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