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https://twitter.com/matttomic/status/1394498097254965249Admiral Joeslop posted:Anyone got a link to the MLB.tv sharing thread? I always forget which sub forum it's in. KICK BAMA KICK posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3960688&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 MEET THE TEAMS https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4027936           https://i.imgur.com/5GipB5U.mp4
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My team may be in 3rd in our division, but the AL central should all be ashamed of themselves.
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Inspector_666 posted:My team may be in 3rd in our division, but the AL central should all be ashamed of themselves. I'm perfectly happy with the Twins being 10th in run differential (and both the teams directly ahead of them have played more games) and am looking forward to nature healing as they play one of the easiest second half schedules in the league.
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Jul 3, 2023 03:10
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The Reds/Brewers leading the NL Central are 1.5 games back of a Wild Card spot lol
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Huh - turns out Cristopher Morel is the best player in the MLB after all.
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Jul 3, 2023 03:21
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Alek Manoah threw 5 innings in AA with 10 strikeouts and 1 earned run so maybe he's fixed? Apparently he got more comfortable as the game went on and was back to pitching like himself by the end of his outing.
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What’s bad about the “Tungsten-arm” tweet is that Trout will never in a full season hit within 300 points of .580
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Next you'll tell me Tungsten Arm O'Doyle nor the Akron Groomsmen ever existed!
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MrMojok posted:What’s bad about the “Tungsten-arm” tweet is that Trout will never in a full season hit within 300 points of .580 Mike trout has hit within 300 points of .580 in literally every year of his career outside the first one where he didn't even play enough to not count as a rookie the next season.
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Angels trying very hard to stay out of the wild card, that's four lost or split series in a row.
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Popete posted:The Reds/Brewers leading the NL Central are 1.5 games back of a Wild Card spot lol the reds are fun as hell love this team love da reds
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Whit Merrifield is an all star lmao
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IcePhoenix posted:I'm perfectly happy with the Twins being 10th in run differential (and both the teams directly ahead of them have played more games) and am looking forward to nature healing as they play one of the easiest second half schedules in the league. I'm really not a fan of how much the bats have been struggling, but it's been extremely refreshing to have so many reliable pitchers and an actual honest-to-God closer. If you're right and we managed to get out of the harder half of our schedule with a .500 record, then maybe things will be looking up! Or maybe this goddamn heat will just melt the city into vapor and we'll all drift away on the wind. I wouldn't rule it out, I think we've had more days over 85 this summer so far than not.
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They should split the league geographically down the middle cause I fuckin hate west coast trips. I wont be able to watch my beloved battlin Buccos again til Saturday!
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Mustached Demon posted:I can't wait to see Morel/Ohtani/Gomes in a lineup. The only way youll see this is if you play Franchise Mode on The Show
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Redeye Flight posted:I'm really not a fan of how much the bats have been struggling, but it's been extremely refreshing to have so many reliable pitchers and an actual honest-to-God closer. If you're right and we managed to get out of the harder half of our schedule with a .500 record, then maybe things will be looking up! You mean you don't like winning a 8-1 blowout and a 1-0 game of squandered chances, and then losing 2-1 with our actual closer blowing the save? That's outscoring em 10-3! 
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Mustached Demon posted:I can't wait to see Crow-Armstrong/Ohtani/Mervis in a lineup.
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It's adorable you Cubs fans almost forgot you have one of the worst managers leading your team. These are all pipe dreams.
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More news/signs that point to Brantley being done. Another great offseason signing! From Rotoworld (https://www.nbcsports.com/fantasy/baseball/player-news?playerNewsId=00000189-1caa-df10-afd9-fcbf4c690000): Astros manager Dusty Baker told reporters Monday that Michael Brantley (shoulder) has “plateaued” in his rehabilitation process. It’s an ominous-sounding description, but it merely sounds like the Astros don’t believe Brantley is ready to return to the majors, and they want to take it slow moving forward. There is no timetable for his potential return from last year’s shoulder surgery, and it’s starting to feel like there’s a chance he never makes it back to Houston. It certainly feels like his days as a relevant mixed-league fantasy contributor are over.
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Some positive stuff to show regarding the A's which I thought was very cool. Video of Brent Rooker being told he made the All-Star team: https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1675669786972377089?s=20
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Kirios posted:It's adorable you Cubs fans almost forgot you have one of the worst managers leading your team. It's hard to tell since he never shuts up but he's actually an occasional booth guy not manager.
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Ross is fine, you can squabble about lineup choices but at the end of the day the Cubs offense is very lacking and that's not gonna change without acquiring some actual power bats.
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Popete posted:Ross is fine, you can squabble about lineup choices but at the end of the day the Cubs offense is very lacking and that's not gonna change without acquiring some actual power bats. Nah he's consistently had weird hangups about letting the young guys eat and attaches himself to crusty vets like a security blanket. The Hosmer situation was hilariously mismanaged by Ross trying to treat him as an everyday player. Ortega took up a stupid amount of starts last year. Velasquez came up and hit a grand slam in his first game back this year and then Ross inexplicably benched him for a week until he could be sent back down. The Rios and Torrens situations were just bizarre while also being eerily identical to how Ross treated younger bench guys prior with Hermosillo, Robel, Frazier, etc. And yeah, none of these guys are exactly superstars but any potential ability they may have had/have to impact the MLB team is unknown because Ross won't give you any runway unless you're being paid a bunch or over 30. He's also slavishly dedicated to matchups to the point I'm surprised opposing managers don't gently caress with him more over it. Like he will happily come out and pull a guy having a 3-4, BB, HR day for a PH with a 60 wRC+ because it gives him the handedness matchup.
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rickiep00h posted:You mean you don't like winning a 8-1 blowout and a 1-0 game of squandered chances, and then losing 2-1 with our actual closer blowing the save? I'm gonna be honest, I don't really care how we do it if we win a series. It's losing a series outscoring the other team 10-3 that would drive me insane.
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IcePhoenix posted:I'm gonna be honest, I don't really care how we do it if we win a series. It's losing a series outscoring the other team 10-3 that would drive me insane. I call this road trip "1960 World Series" 
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https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1675936222122848256 Chris Flexen and Trevor Gott for Zach Muckenhirn. Both the Mets and Mariners are instantly fixed.
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Sydin posted:Nah he's consistently had weird hangups about letting the young guys eat and attaches himself to crusty vets like a security blanket. The Hosmer situation was hilariously mismanaged by Ross trying to treat him as an everyday player. Ortega took up a stupid amount of starts last year. Velasquez came up and hit a grand slam in his first game back this year and then Ross inexplicably benched him for a week until he could be sent back down. The Rios and Torrens situations were just bizarre while also being eerily identical to how Ross treated younger bench guys prior with Hermosillo, Robel, Frazier, etc. And yeah, none of these guys are exactly superstars but any potential ability they may have had/have to impact the MLB team is unknown because Ross won't give you any runway unless you're being paid a bunch or over 30. They gave Hosmer a chance and then did dump him only to replace him with a guy who actually managed to hit worse. If their were clear obvious better choices to make I'd be more upset about lineups but there just isn't. Everything is a trade off. Morel should be in the lineup every day other than that it's all whatever. This team doesn't have the offensive output to seriously contend and they need to sign some big bats (just get Ohtani and I don't care if we lose 100 games).
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rickiep00h posted:You mean you don't like winning a 8-1 blowout and a 1-0 game of squandered chances, and then losing 2-1 with our actual closer blowing the save? Padres.txt Baseball is stupid
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Popete posted:They gave Hosmer a chance and then did dump him only to replace him with a guy who actually managed to hit worse. If their were clear obvious better choices to make I'd be more upset about lineups but there just isn't. Everything is a trade off. Morel should be in the lineup every day other than that it's all whatever. This team doesn't have the offensive output to seriously contend and they need to sign some big bats (just get Ohtani and I don't care if we lose 100 games). The clear and obvious better choice was to just roll with Mervis and give him runway to figure it out. If there are no good options anyway then why not let the rookie try to find his footing instead of squandering AB's on a busted veteran who doesn't factor at all into the future? That was true of Hosmer when he was gobbling up starts at 1B/DH and it's just as true now of Mancini.
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It's the allure of crusty vets getting hot and flipped at the deadline. For more prospects that you let rot of course.
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Buddy of mine posed an interesting hypothetical/thought exercise earlier. Say there’s a guy who’s a terrible hitter/defender (let’s say OPS ~.500), but no matter what, gets high pitch count ABs. How many pitches per AB would he have to average to be 1. an everyday player 2. an all-star 3. an MVP
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illcendiary posted:Buddy of mine posed an interesting hypothetical/thought exercise earlier. Say there’s a guy who’s a terrible hitter/defender (let’s say OPS ~.500), but no matter what, gets high pitch count ABs. How many pitches per AB would he have to average to be 1. an everyday player 2. an all-star 3. an MVP Like 20 but only as a catcher or something. 2 and 3 are out though.
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illcendiary posted:Buddy of mine posed an interesting hypothetical/thought exercise earlier. Say there’s a guy who’s a terrible hitter/defender (let’s say OPS ~.500), but no matter what, gets high pitch count ABs. How many pitches per AB would he have to average to be 1. an everyday player 2. an all-star 3. an MVP This is a perfect Effectively Wild question and is a little reminiscent of Takuya Nakashima, who has one weird trick and can foul off like a million pitches. Ben Lindbergh actually wrote about him in 2017 when people were just starting to talk about that Weird Two Way Guy In Japan and we had not settled on a romanization of his name yet https://www.theringer.com/2017/2/3/16042314/baseball-mlb-npb-ham-fighters-shohei-otani-takuya-nakashima-6a0e7d22d39f
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