2016 MLB Regular-Season Thread

[HanSenSE]

Just remember: Someone in the D'backs' front office liked those uniforms. Do we really need to know anything else?

 

[outofplace]

Even before signing with Arizona, Greinke had average-to-bad numbers — in a significant number of starts — at Chase Field.

This year, he had a 4.81 ERA, 1.386 WHIP and 2.20 K/BB ratio at home; 3.94, 1.163 and 4.94 on the road.

Greinke's career ERA in NL West parks:

Chase Field — 4.16
Dodger Stadium — 2.19
Petco Park — 1.90
AT&T Park — 1.66
Coors Field — 4.26

If he bounces back, it probably won't be with the D'backs.

I remember those numbers being brought up at the time of the deal, but quite a few analysts just assumed he'd adjust. I don't think we'll ever see a year like 2015 from Greinke again, but if he can stay healthy, I think he can adjust well enough to be decent. This is a guy with a career ERA of 3.42. I don't expect him to live up to that contract.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Agreed, the names were supposed to be confidential and should have stayed that way (realistically, they didn't need to attach the names to the samples at all, since it didn't matter who gave the samples).

But I'm finding it hard to believe that the MLBPA knew about 10-15 false positives and never said a word about it. Not one. They would have brought it up the first time a name from that list was released.

It's now in MLB's best interests to pretend its biggest stars were not tainted by the PED use, so Manfred is throwing shade on the test results. But when the league needed to look tough on PEDs, nobody said a word about "false" positives that "probably or at least possibly" had "a very legitimate explanation that did not involve the use of a banned substance."

Papi apologists know no bounds.