General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[NonProfitCow]

[CubinNY]

That 19 year old dude in Japan who threw a no hitter last week threw an eight inning no hitter yesterday before being taken out after 100 pitches. His splitter is incredible.

 

Kid is going to get a 250M contract before he throws an mlb pitch if he gets posted

If his arm doesn't fall off first. Look at the torque he's putting on that elbow.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

[Cubswin11]

what happened to gleyber torres?

Juiced ball, maybe some cheating (don’t know if Yankees were ever implicated in stuff) and over like 2 seasons like 75% of his good stats came vs the shitty orioles and he was pretty ordinary vs everyone else.

[jersey cubs fan]

If Rich was 94 when his father died how old was his dad?

[jersey cubs fan]

If I didn’t hate the term virtue signaling so much I would label this response as such

 

 

No actual fan of baseball would be upset if they went to a game that ended in 2.5 hours in real life, unless their team lost. A 2.5 hour game is perfectly normal, and not notably fast. Under 2 hours will feel quick, but to do that you’re watching dynamic pitchers thriving.

[WrigleyField 22]

Coulda had 8 beers, but only had time for 6.

[jersey cubs fan]

Coulda had 8 beers, but only had time for 6.

Son, if you can’t drink 8 beers in 154 minutes that’s on you.

[Cubswin11]

How much of that saved time is due to MiLB not having the commercial breaks a MLB game does? And how much of the shortened time is really due to a pitch clock?

[WrigleyField 22]

Coulda had 8 beers, but only had time for 6.

Son, if you can’t drink 8 beers in 154 minutes that’s on you.

Coulda had 10 beers but only had time for 8.

[Sammy Sofa]

How much of that saved time is due to MiLB not having the commercial breaks a MLB game does? And how much of the shortened time is really due to a pitch clock?

 

I mean, commercial breaks are structured around the breaks in the game, not the other way around. You go to a non-broadcast minor league or independent game, you're still getting extended breaks between innings or pitching changes (plus wouldn't most minor league games still be on local radio with commercials, too?).

[squally1313]

Plus I assume the 25 minutes that were cut off were comparing apples to apples (minor league games to minor league games).

 

I think ultimately we'd get used to a pitch clock real quick on a day to day basis. My issue would be going into the playoffs...if you keep it in place, I could see it becoming an issue with players getting rushed or whatever, and I don't think I want that playing a major factor. If you get rid of it, then I think your issue is that either the games will actually take forever, or they will, in comparison, feel like they take forever.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Plus I assume the 25 minutes that were cut off were comparing apples to apples (minor league games to minor league games).

 

I think ultimately we'd get used to a pitch clock real quick on a day to day basis. My issue would be going into the playoffs...if you keep it in place, I could see it becoming an issue with players getting rushed or whatever, and I don't think I want that playing a major factor. If you get rid of it, then I think your issue is that either the games will actually take forever, or they will, in comparison, feel like they take forever.

 

My guess is that when players have been playing by the rhythms of the pitch clock all year, it's not all that advantageous for them to stop doing so in higher stakes. It's one thing to take longer every pitch because there's no enforcement and you get more velocity, it's another thing to do that when you've been playing a different way for 162 games.

 

That said, if they did want to allow for a little more tension or limit the impact of the pitch clock on playoff games, I would assume they'd just relax the timer by a few seconds to get the desired effect, rather than ditch it entirely.

[Tim]

My only issue with a pitch clock is a concern about higher pitcher injuries without as much time between pitches.

[CubinNY]

My only issue with a pitch clock is a concern about higher pitcher injuries without as much time between pitches.

When I was at the Smokies game it only came into play one time in the first inning when the Biscuits pitcher had a ball called. It didn't seem to be much of a problem for any of the pitchers, at least in that game. One thing I did notice is that if the batter stepped out of the box they shut down the pitch clock for that pitch.

[champaignchris]

How much of that saved time is due to MiLB not having the commercial breaks a MLB game does? And how much of the shortened time is really due to a pitch clock?

 

I read somewhere that while commercial breaks are longer, the actual time between last pitch of prior inning and first pitch of next inning is the same. There just used to be more announcer blabbing between innings, which they’ve since replaced with an extra commercial or two.

[We Got The Whole 9]

My only issue with a pitch clock is a concern about higher pitcher injuries without as much time between pitches.

When I was at the Smokies game it only came into play one time in the first inning when the Biscuits pitcher had a ball called. It didn't seem to be much of a problem for any of the pitchers, at least in that game. One thing I did notice is that if the batter stepped out of the box they shut down the pitch clock for that pitch.

Are they limiting hitter step-outs?

[CubinNY]

My only issue with a pitch clock is a concern about higher pitcher injuries without as much time between pitches.

When I was at the Smokies game it only came into play one time in the first inning when the Biscuits pitcher had a ball called. It didn't seem to be much of a problem for any of the pitchers, at least in that game. One thing I did notice is that if the batter stepped out of the box they shut down the pitch clock for that pitch.

Are they limiting hitter step-outs?

I don't know, it never was an issue.

[Tryptamine]

Luke Voit deciding to hit Tyler Stephenson in the head with both his hands/arms during the play at the plate was pretty blatantly intentional to me. Of course the umps didn't agree and ruled it clean.

[UMFan83]

 

Looks like Rizzo finally got the jab

[cl smooth]

[Regular Show]

 

 

Javy got quite the boost to his career fWAR as well, which I'm delighted to see. This makes all the Javy skeptics/haters look even worse now.

[UMFan83]

The letter that the Yankees and MLB have been trying to prevent going public has in fact gone public. What do you think, worth all the fuss?

 

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

 

Lol, Tigers

[squally1313]

Rizzo and Schwarber, combined, have as many home runs as the cubs.