MLB 2018 regular season thread

[John B. Foster]

Too old to be Kaline, he came up the last year the Browns were in St. Louis.

Definitely not Lou Whitaker either.

LATE LATE ADD: Duh.

Not sure if serious, however, that is Hank Greenberg.

 

[qtlaw]

The Giants need a reboot. About the only untouchable is MadBum and Posey. I don't think their farm system is too great - they can't develop an outfielder to save their life (the last homegrown All-Star was Chili Davis). Would not be surprised if they ponied up for Harper. They have the bread. What they can't afford is to become irrelevant - particularly with the Warriors moving into the neighborhood in a year or two.

After the embarrashment of riches 2010-14 it's easy to notice how quickly I forget, Giants are boring, no power no speed, no star (MadBum was forgotten after injury and Posey is Mauer 2.0). Duggar is slightly slower but more powerful Billy Hamilton, that's it. Panik and Crawford can't hit, Belts always hurt. Yeah reboot.

 

[cjericho]

The Giants need a reboot. About the only untouchable is MadBum and Posey. I don't think their farm system is too great - they can't develop an outfielder to save their life (the last homegrown All-Star was Chili Davis). Would not be surprised if they ponied up for Harper. They have the bread. What they can't afford is to become irrelevant - particularly with the Warriors moving into the neighborhood in a year or two.

Posey probably shouldn't be untouchable, but they wouldn't get a lot for him anyway. He hasn't caught 100 games since 16
and this season his ops is 741.

 

[HanSenSE]

After the embarrashment of riches 2010-14 it's easy to notice how quickly I forget, Giants are boring, no power no speed, no star (MadBum was forgotten after injury and Posey is Mauer 2.0). Duggar is slightly slower but more powerful Billy Hamilton, that's it. Panik and Crawford can't hit, Belts always hurt. Yeah reboot.

Seems like more of a soft reboot. I see a lot of upside in the young starters like Rodriguez. Of course, some Twitter GMs think they need to go the Cubs/Astros let's suck for a few years route, but I don't see this happening. More like a changing on the fly.

 

[Della9250]

 

[Chef2]

I dig Brenly.

 

[heyabbott]

Orioles on the verge of the third worst season since WWII. Least runs scored. Most runs allowed. And an owner that is a first ballot ashhole Hall of Fame.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Jacob deGrom in his final start, eight innings, two hits, no walks, 10 Ks. Final pitch was his 1,000th career K.

Mets lead 1-0 after 8. Expecting the bullpen to blow it, of course. If it doesn't, he'd end up at 10-9.

No matter, though. It's an absolute joke if deGrom doesn't get the Cy Young.

 

[JC]

Jacob deGrom in his final start, eight innings, two hits, no walks, 10 Ks. Final pitch was his 1,000th career K.

Mets lead 1-0 after 8. Expecting the bullpen to blow it, of course. If it doesn't, he'd end up at 10-9.

No matter, though. It's an absolute joke if deGrom doesn't get the Cy Young.

Wins though.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Wins though.

Haven't done the math myself, but there was a stat floating around Twitter that if the Mets scored 5 runs in each of his starts, he'd be 30-0. Four runs, he'd be 23-7, etc.

Unreal season. Pretty much every pitch he threw was in a high-leverage situation. (Well, as high-leverage as a game can be for an awful team).

 

[outofplace]

Haven't done the math myself, but there was a stat floating around Twitter that if the Mets scored 5 runs in each of his starts, he'd be 30-0. Four runs, he'd be 23-7, etc.

Unreal season. Pretty much every pitch he threw was in a high-leverage situation. (Well, as high-leverage as a game can be for an awful team).

I heard a statistic about his starts tonight. Opposing pitchers have a 2.45 ERA in deGrom's starts this season. He is the only National League starting pitcher with an ERA lower than that.

 

[Batman]

Haven't done the math myself, but there was a stat floating around Twitter that if the Mets scored 5 runs in each of his starts, he'd be 30-0. Four runs, he'd be 23-7, etc.

Unreal season. Pretty much every pitch he threw was in a high-leverage situation. (Well, as high-leverage as a game can be for an awful team).

Not to discount what deGrom has done, but if you give almost any starting pitcher 4-5 runs in every start there's a very good chance they're winning 20 games or more.