2016 MLB Regular-Season Thread

It was special for you.

 

Glen Perkins had surgery and it did not go as hoped:

Surgery reveals Twins closer Glen Perkins had more shoulder damage than thought

The second half of the year last year he was a different pitcher.

He had a good run, could very well be over.

 

Pirates up 4-0 on Kershaw after two.

Probably the most incredible AB was the nine-pitch strikeout in the first MLB plate appearance of Chad Kuhl, the opposing pitcher making his major league debut.

 

That was something to watch. Fans were eating it up.

 

So who's on the trading block? I'm guessing that Chapman is the top prize. Do the Twins or Reds have anything worth flipping?

 

Chris Sale with another shitty start last night.

 

13th win! Stain got excited about that. He won his 13th game!

 

Eight innings pitched. That's about three starts for Arrieta. But, hey, strikeouts.

 

Kershaw gave up all four of his runs Sunday in the second inning of a 4-3 Dodgers defeat. On April 26, it was a five-run sixth inning that did him in. For the record, that means nine of the 24 earned runs Kershaw has allowed this season have come in two of his 121 innings.

Dodgers fold an ace high, fall on a Clayton Kershaw day

 

Miller would probably be the greater prize, since the team acquiring him would have him under control for another two seasons at $9M per. He'd also command a greater return, so I expect it would be Chapman who ends up with a WS contender.

The Yankees, certainly, wouldn't mind getting something for Chapman and then they could even try to resign him next winter, if they wanted.

 

Yeah and if he wears down by the postseason, if the White Sox make it, he can be proud of leading the league in IP.

 

That seemed to happen last year to Arrieta. Maybe that's why they have him on a five-inning limit this season.