General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Bertz]

In a shortened season I like the value in the Rays, Nats, Cubs, Phillies, Padres, Rockies and Jays to varying degrees.

 

 

Honestly pretty much that entire chunk from the Cubs through the Rangers looks pretty solid

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I haven't listened to this one. I plan on getting around to it later.

[SouthSideRyan]

I took the Angels at 14-1 to win the AL about a month ago. I agree with Bertz that Cubs thru Rangers seem like nice plays. I'm pretty surprised these haven't tightened up.

[Cubswin11]

I took the Angels at 14-1 to win the AL about a month ago. I agree with Bertz that Cubs thru Rangers seem like nice plays. I'm pretty surprised these haven't tightened up.

Yeah I’m surprised most teams aren’t more clustered between like +800 to +2000 or so. At the same time with a shortened season, larger playoff and more variance idk how you bet the Dodgers and Yankees at those numbers.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

ZiPS has the Rangers with 4 players/positions with 2+ fWAR, and 3 of those are SP at age 32+. I know a short season increases randomness but I don't see it with them, especially since they aren't in a 2019 AL Central situation in terms of the division.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

ZiPS has the Rangers with 4 players/positions with 2+ fWAR, and 3 of those are SP at age 32+. I know a short season increases randomness but I don't see it with them, especially since they aren't in a 2019 AL Central situation in terms of the division.

...not that I'm disagreeing with your overall point, but isn't a shortened, disrupted season exactly the type of season a 32+ SP should thrive in?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

ZiPS has the Rangers with 4 players/positions with 2+ fWAR, and 3 of those are SP at age 32+. I know a short season increases randomness but I don't see it with them, especially since they aren't in a 2019 AL Central situation in terms of the division.

...not that I'm disagreeing with your overall point, but isn't a shortened, disrupted season exactly the type of season a 32+ SP should thrive in?

 

Maybe, sometimes 32+ SP go downhill because they run out of steam during the year. Sometimes it's that they just aren't as good regardless. They also have the biggest hill to climb to peak fitness/performance level(which hurts them here) so I'm guessing there isn't a big swing either way.

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[UMFan83]

 

That’s...really impressive. For those that don’t want to do the math, this goes back to 1902.

[NOLA]

 

That’s...really impressive. For those that don’t want to do the math, this goes back to 1902.

What’s as odd is that they only won 2 titles and reached only a handful of playoff appearances for 118 years of that stretch.

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Huh...

 

Who names their kid "Dad"?

[UMFan83]

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You can actually do this without repeating a teammate:

 

2019 Nationals: Kurt Suzuki

2018 Red Sox: Drew Pomeranz

2017 Nationals: Will Harris

2016 Cubs: Dexter Fowler

2015 Royals: Jeremy Guthrie

2014 Giants: Marco Scutero

2013 Red Sox: John McDonald

2012 Giants: Barry Zito

2011 Cardinals: Matt Holliday

2010 Giants: Joe Martinez

2009 Yankees: Robinson Cano

2008 Phillies: Matt Stairs

2007 Red Sox: J.C. Romero

2006 Cardinals: Scott Spiezio

2005 White Sox: Jermaine Dye

2004 Red Sox: Mark Bellhorn

2003 Marlins: Ivan Rodriguez

2002 Angels: Jose Molina

2001 Diamondbacks: Randy Johnson

2000 Yankees: Andy Pettitte

1999 Yankees: Mariano Rivera

1998 Yankees: Jorge Posada

1997 Marlins: Kevin Brown

1996 Yankees: Derek Jeter

1995 Braves: Greg McMichael

1993 Blue Jays: Al Leiter

1992 Blue Jays: John Olerud

1991 Twins: Scott Erickson

1990 Reds: Chris Hammond

1989 Athletics: Mark McGwire

 

 

Edit: looking at OP list, I didn’t know Rickey was

on the 1990 Reds :lol:

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That’s...really impressive. For those that don’t want to do the math, this goes back to 1902.

 

couldn't you do something similar for most teams?

[Cubswin11]

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[javy knows my name]

Ncboomstick is an incredible Twitter handle

[Ding Dong Johnson]

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[jersey cubs fan]

That’s the rangers stadium? I thought it was a big 12 field house.

[UMFan83]

Thought it was interesting reading today that the Chicago Dogs of whatever independent league they are in are going to have a season that starts in 8 days and they are planning on having fans at their home games in Rosemont. Tickets are on sale and everything for the first home game on July 7th

[Clem Fandango]

This was a ton of fun and if they made one with 1,000 batting stances instead of 10 I'd play it all the way through

 

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/29174250/mlb-unique-batting-stance-quiz

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This was a ton of fun and if they made one with 1,000 batting stances instead of 10 I'd play it all the way through

 

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/29174250/mlb-unique-batting-stance-quiz

 

Yeah, it's pretty fun. The trivia part isn't really necessary -- just provide the silhouette of the hitter.

 

I got 7/10 and I can't really do the weird older batting stances...

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Yeah that was cool. I missed New Hampshire crouch guy.

[chopsx9]

 

That’s...really impressive. For those that don’t want to do the math, this goes back to 1902.

What’s as odd is that they only won 2 titles and reached only a handful of playoff appearances for 118 years of that stretch.

 

Karma's a b1tch.

[chopsx9]

Yeah that was cool. I missed New Hampshire crouch guy.

Missed the last guy. #-o Thought he was crouchier.

[OleMissCub]

Whoa