General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[soccer10k]

The AL East is a poor man's 2015 NL Central. They have the three best teams in the AL, but the way the bracket is set up, if it remains that way, the 2nd and 3rd place teams would play in the WC round with the winner of that playing the division winner. Which also means one team from the AL Central or West will be in the ALCS.

[Derwood]

On 8/5/2026 at 11:52 PM, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

jesus

and now he's having elbow surgery

[JHBulls]

 

[Bertz]

4 hours ago, Derwood said:

and now he's having elbow surgery

I don't think it's hyperbole to say to whatever small extent the Reds window was open Green going down slams it shut?

Like their path to the playoffs was "get 15 wins out of Greene/Burns/Elly and have the team be at least decent otherwise."  Now you basically need Elly to have a PCA-sized breakout to get there?  Which to be fair if there's another guy possibly capable of Pete things he's on the short list but that's still a really tall order.

[javy knows my name]

54 minutes ago, Bertz said:

I don't think it's hyperbole to say to whatever small extent the Reds window was open Green going down slams it shut?

Like their path to the playoffs was "get 15 wins out of Greene/Burns/Elly and have the team be at least decent otherwise."  Now you basically need Elly to have a PCA-sized breakout to get there?  Which to be fair if there's another guy possibly capable of Pete things he's on the short list but that's still a really tall order.

Good thing he's also really tall

[soccer10k]

So apparently the Rays almost traded Junior Caminero for Shohei a couple years ago.

 

[I owned a Suzuki]

General rant....I get home every morning and watch quick pitch on MLB. In general I like the show because they do fairly comprehensive highlights of every game. But WTF do they think they need a half dressed bimbo be the commentator half the time?  

Edited August 8 by I owned a Suzuki

[jersey cubs fan]

23 hours ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

General rant....I get home every morning and watch quick pitch on MLB. In general I like the show because they do fairly comprehensive highlights of every game. But WTF do they think they need a half dressed bimbo be the commentator half the time?  

What an incredibly ignorant thing to say 

[I owned a Suzuki]

10 hours ago, jersey cubs fan said:

What an incredibly ignorant thing to say 

Have you watched it?

[Derwood]

3 minutes ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Have you watched it?

Calling a professional sports anchor a “bimbo” is ignorant in any context 

[I owned a Suzuki]

6 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Calling a professional sports anchor a “bimbo” is ignorant in any context 

Have you watched it? Its not everyday, but my very progressive wife, when this one particular woman is on cringes about her lack of any reason to be on the show than being half dressed. 

And my bigger complaint is not about her....its about the audience the MLB Network is chasing

Edited August 9 by I owned a Suzuki

[Derwood]

2 hours ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Have you watched it? Its not everyday, but my very progressive wife, when this one particular woman is on cringes about her lack of any reason to be on the show than being half dressed. 

And my bigger complaint is not about her....its about the audience the MLB Network is chasing

oh, well if your "progressive wife" thinks so....

 

[jersey cubs fan]

3 hours ago, I owned a Suzuki said:

Have you watched it? Its not everyday, but my very progressive wife, when this one particular woman is on cringes about her lack of any reason to be on the show than being half dressed. 

And my bigger complaint is not about her....its about the audience the MLB Network is chasing

Half dressed

[mul21]

11 hours ago, jersey cubs fan said:

Half dressed

Is that like one boob out or.......?

[PackLandVA]

This game has provided nothing, until this…

[Tryptamine]

Some weird run differential outliers this year

 

Tampa Bay is 74-46 with a +62 differential and expected record of 67-53

Detroit is 60-62 with an +87 differential and expected record of 70-50

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Man the Raleigh fall-off is striking. 9 fwar and a 160 wRC+ last year to a 70 and probably sub-1 fwar this year. The defense is even down considerably from where it was the prior 4 years.

 

Im pretty sure this is the biggest fall-off of all-time. Ellsbury had that 9.5/150 season and followed it up with .8/84 but that was in half of a season. 

 

I cant recall any others that were anywhere near these 2.

[mul21]

5 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Man the Raleigh fall-off is striking. 9 fwar and a 160 wRC+ last year to a 70 and probably sub-1 fwar this year. The defense is even down considerably from where it was the prior 4 years.

 

Im pretty sure this is the biggest fall-off of all-time. Ellsbury had that 9.5/150 season and followed it up with .8/84 but that was in half of a season. 

 

I cant recall any others that were anywhere near these 2.

A lot of speculation that he never fully recovered from the oblique injury.  I'd bet he's been compensating for that all season and a healthy offseason gets him back to good, but he probably never sees last season's heights again.

[cl smooth]

the fight for the last AL wild card spot is going to be insane. there's never been a full mlb season where a team made the playoffs with a sub-.500 record. 

[soccer10k]

LOL

I think my favorite part is that it says he pitched in 4 different decades but only lists 3 decades.

[Derwood]

Let's see how AI did here:

288 wins ✅
4,875 K's ❌ (2,245)
3.34 ERA ✅
26 MLB Season ❌ (31)
700 Career Games ❌ (760)
149 Complete Games ❌ (162)
18 Shutouts ❌ (46)
5-Time All Star ❌ (3)
2-Time World Series Champion ❌ (0)
World Series MVP ❌ (nope)
Cy Young Winner ❌ (nope)
1 of only...  ❌ (nope)
Pitched in 4 decades ❌ (3)
Played for 4 teams ❌ (6)

Oh, and he's also a lefty, not a righty

 

Edited Monday at 11:51 AM by Derwood

[Rex Buckingham]

I love that it says he was one of only 6 with 300+ wins and 4k strikeouts, but also says he had 288 wins.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Benge threw out runners at home in consecutive ABs. 99.9 and 103.9. 

[Tryptamine]

A really strong ROY class this year, the AL in particular.

NL favorites

JJ Wetherholt: 107 wRC+, the favorite to get a GG at 2B, already at 4.3 fWAR

Carson Benge: 112 wRC+, absolute rocket of an arm, might finish the season 20/20, at 2.6 fWAR

Sal Stewart: 114 wRC+, likely finishes the year with 30+HR and 100+ RBI, at 2.0 fWAR

Nolan McClean: 3.34 ERA, 3.61 FIP, 3.54 xFIP, might hit 200 Ks, at 2.6 fWAR

 

AL Favorites(it's basically McGonigle's already)

Kevin McGonigle: 132 wRC+, a good defender at premium positions, 4.7 fWAR

Munetake Murakami: 150 wRC+, missed a lot of the season with injury but has still posted a 2.9 fWAR so far

Parker Messick: 2.59 ERA, 3.25 FIP, 3.45 xFIP, 3.5 fWAR

Payton Tolle: 2.97 ERA, 3.21 FIP, 3.61 xFIP, 3.1 fWAR

Edited yesterday at 05:17 PM by Tryptamine

[We Got The Whole 9]

George Lombard Jr has 8 DRS in just over 100 innings played at SS, yet he has a 1 OAA and a 0 FRV. What in the world?

 

Walls leads SS with 16 DRS (2nd place has 9) in 858 innings and yet he has a -4 OAA and -3 FRV.

 

None of this makes sense.