2018 MLB Thread

posted by Ironman92

Goldschmidt to the Cardinals. Damn

Was just about to post that on here with a "FFFFFUUUUUUUUU"

posted by Ironman92

Goldschmidt to the Cardinals. Damn

On the Pirates blog I go to, I saw a comment along the lines of "Meh, the Pirates got a total of 23 HRs from 1st and 3rd base last year; who needs him?"  (with much sarcasm, of course) and I thought for a minute and then nearly lost it over the concept of a team being so bad at power hitting that they got so little production from those two positions AND apparently not feeling they need to do much about it while a division rival is dealing prospects left and right to bring in a legit stud.

Heard the Cards are a favorite for Harper too. 

posted by SportsAndLady

Heard the Cards are a favorite for Harper too. 

Maybe...I think

1. Nats

2. Phillies

3. Dodgers

Harold Baines?

posted by Verbal Kint

Harold Baines?

Nerds are going berserk 

I say Jerry Reinsdorf (committee member) got him in

posted by Ironman92

Nerds are going berserk 

I say Jerry Reinsdorf (committee member) got him in

 

I had to look up his stats to see if I missed something, because the eye test was that he was not HOF.

Why the hate for Dale Murphy?

posted by Verbal Kint

I had to look up his stats to see if I missed something, because the eye test was that he was not HOF.

 

Why the hate for Dale Murphy?

No clue...Murphy was the Paul Goldschmidt of my growing up years. Seemed like a guy that was odd within the clubhouse and his career ended very quickly.

Lou Piniella not getting in is such a joke.  The BBWAA really can go fuck themselves. 

posted by Ironman92

Nerds are going berserk

 

Or anyone with a tangible amount of baseball knowledge. Unless the Hall of Fame has slightly shifted gears to "guys who were around a long time and weren't busted for PEDs".

posted by Heretic

Or anyone with a tangible amount of baseball knowledge. Unless the Hall of Fame has slightly shifted gears to "guys who were around a long time and weren't busted for PEDs".

I just think it’s funny because those same guys cream their pants when Joey Votto walks with 2 outs and no one on but now have a DH with an .820 OPS in the HOF

No eligible non-steroid player has more career hits without being in...mix in 384 HR, 489 doubles. I know he’s not a HOFer but also don’t care much.

But in truth...look at the committee. He was connected to several of them. He got in because of who was on the committee.

I don’t care about the baseball writers who vote only 6% at best for him because those are the same fuckers who didn’t unanimously vote in Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Greg Maddux. Leaving them off a ballot is dumber than putting Baines on one.

Billy Hamilton to KC.

posted by justincredible

Billy Hamilton to KC.

Pls start a separate thread for teh big potential googlz

Mariano Rivera first ever unanimous hall of famer. More people have walked on the moon (12) than Rivera has given up earned runs in the postseason (11). 

posted by SportsAndLady

Mariano Rivera first ever unanimous hall of famer. More people have walked on the moon (12) than Rivera has given up earned runs in the postseason (11). 

Big deal. That’s the same amount Jose Mesa gave up in his Tribe postseason career. Don’t hear us clamoring for him to be in the HOF.

/sarcasm

Step one: Universal DH

posted by Verbal Kint

Step one: Universal DH

That, I dislike. Not a huge fan of the DH, overall, but definitely not a fan of potentially shoehorning in a rule without giving NL teams a substantial amount of time to revamp their rosters, as there aren't many of them with those "big bat, suck ass at fielding" guys on hand. But I do like the concept of making it so that relievers have to pitch to three batters. Some games just SUCK because of over-thinking managers making changes on a batter-by-batter basis, so it takes 30 minutes to get through a reasonably routine half-inning. If you can't be counted on to get multiple outs on a reasonably consistent basis, you don't need to be in the bigs.

But I do like the concept of making it so that relievers have to pitch to three batters. Some games just SUCK because of over-thinking managers making changes on a batter-by-batter basis, so it takes 30 minutes to get through a reasonably routine half-inning. If you can't be counted on to get multiple outs on a reasonably consistent basis, you don't need to be in the bigs.

That would be super interesting. I would be for this, even two batters. 

Give me the DH in the NL yesterday. I'm kinda excited that it could be a reality as early as next season.