General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Clem Fandango]

So Wade Davis, reliever extraordinaire... out with a right forearm strain

[olivianemec]

So Wade Davis, reliever extraordinaire... out with a right forearm strain

 

Just a little more. He'd be on the list. Wew!

 

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article87705482.html

[Gilby]

So I just was checking out Buxton's stats...yeesh. That Bryant thing just keeps getting more hilarious.

 

I realize Buxton is just 22 years old and has only played 92 games in his career, but his line this year is .211/.248/.367 and .210/.249/.348 for his career. That goes along with a 13/105 BB/K rate in his career and a 38% K rate this season. And despite elite tools, UZR has him as a below average defender. All this after he had a three year stretch where he was ranked no lower than the #2 prospect in baseball by BA, BP, and mlb.com entering those seasons. Again, still very early, but this could be quite the epic bust. He looked like the surest thing ever not too long ago.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bad year for the wave of Cuban hitters that came through the last few years. Cespedes is killing the ball but no one else.

 

Cespedes - .396 wOBA

Tomas - .319

Abreu - .315

Soler - .308

Puig - .306

Castillo - .291 at AAA, put on waivers

[Ding Dong Johnson]

SIGN LESS OF THE CUBANS!

[imb]

Bad year for the wave of Cuban hitters that came through the last few years. Cespedes is killing the ball but no one else.

 

Cespedes - .396 wOBA

Tomas - .319

Abreu - .315

Soler - .308

Puig - .306

Castillo - .291 at AAA, put on waivers

 

i was trying to remember the name of the cuban pitcher the dodgers gave up 30m for this offseason (yasiel sierra.) lol lets just say that didn't go so well for them

[sneakypower]

Bad year for the wave of Cuban hitters that came through the last few years. Cespedes is killing the ball but no one else.

 

Cespedes - .396 wOBA

Tomas - .319

Abreu - .315

Soler - .308

Puig - .306

Castillo - .291 at AAA, put on waivers

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Wow. Screwed over Pomeranz in his own town.

[ConstableRabbit]

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Wow. Screwed over Pomeranz in his own town.

Not just Pomeranz... Colon isn't even top 30 in fWAR.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Is it just me, or are guys hitting a lot of homers again these days?

[Andy]

Steven Matz uses the Coghlan song too. That makes at least 4 players. Where did this come from?

[imb]

Steven Matz uses the Coghlan song too. That makes at least 4 players. Where did this come from?

 

they're all horsefeathering his wife

[UMFan83]

Shelby Miller, who the DBacks gave up like way too much to get, has an ERA right now of nearly 9

 

Here we are in July and his ERA is still in the 7's. I'm sure Miller will stabilize and return to respectability even if he doesn't pitch like he did last year (which wasn't even great, it 'pretty good'), but depending on how Swanson turns out this might be mentioned among the worst trades of all time when all is said and done.

[Post Count Padder]

Shelby Miller, who the DBacks gave up like way too much to get, has an ERA right now of nearly 9

 

Here we are in July and his ERA is still in the 7's. I'm sure Miller will stabilize and return to respectability even if he doesn't pitch like he did last year (which wasn't even great, it 'pretty good'), but depending on how Swanson turns out this might be mentioned among the worst trades of all time when all is said and done.

If you want to make it sound worse, consider the two trades between the two teams:

 

Shelby Miller, Phil Gosselin, and some cash for getting rid of Bronson Arroyo's corpse

 

for

 

Swanson

Aaron Blair

Ender Inciarte

Touki Toussaint

[Ding Dong Johnson]

jebus, Sean Casey is probably the biggest horsefeathering spaz I have ever seen in my life. I'm so glad MLBN lets him interview people

[imb]

woof, lets all laugh at how bad tim lincecum has been since signing with the angels

 

23 innings 38 hits allowed

[Clem Fandango]

In an effort to get Yan Gomes out of his season long slump, the Indians held a sacrificial ritual where they sacrificed an already cooked chicken in the name of Jobu to exorcise his demons.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17090496/cleveland-indians-sacrificial-ceremony-struggling-yan-gomes

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The pitcher was on deck and Starling Marte ended up hitting the game-winning HR in that at bat in the 18th.

[Clem Fandango]

In an effort to get Yan Gomes out of his season long slump, the Indians held a sacrificial ritual where they sacrificed an already cooked chicken in the name of Jobu to exorcise his demons.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17090496/cleveland-indians-sacrificial-ceremony-struggling-yan-gomes

 

Welp...

 

Cleveland Indians catcher Yan Gomes left Sunday's game against the Minnesota Twins because of a right shoulder injury.

 

Gomes suffered the injury when he fell and landed awkwardly on his shoulder while running to first base. Gomes' right arm was put in a sling, and he was carted off the field.

 

On Saturday, the Indians held what second baseman Jason Kipnis described as a "sacrificial ceremony" in the clubhouse before their game against the Twins in Minneapolis, with the hope of helping Gomes end his season-long slump. They took a page from the movie "Major League," including a chicken offering to the baseball gods.

 

"I don't think it worked," catcher Chris Gimenez said of the ceremony.

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The pitcher was on deck and Starling Marte ended up hitting the game-winning HR in that at bat in the 18th.

Was he asleep and dreaming about fishing?

[Sammy Sofa]

This kid lived a lifetime at yesterday's 18-inning Pirates/Nats game:

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/v939096783/pitwsh-young-pirates-fan-shows-range-of-emotions/?affiliateId=clubMEGAMENU

[Cubswin11]

We need to get this goofy weirdo on the team

 

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[David]

List of the longest WS droughts

 

Seasons Team Last championship won Last World Series appearance

107 Chicago Cubs 1908 1945

67 Cleveland Indians 1948 1997

55 Texas Rangers never (franchise began 1961) 2011

54 Houston Astros never (franchise began 1962) 2005

47 Milwaukee Brewers never (franchise began 1969) 1982

47 San Diego Padres never (franchise began 1969) 1998

47 Washington Nationals never (franchise began 1969) never

39 Seattle Mariners never (franchise began 1977) never

36 Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 1979

32 Baltimore Orioles 1983 1983

31 Detroit Tigers 1984 2012

 

 

if I knew how to use the code tags, I would, but I don't

 

anyway, a bunch of these are solidly in play this year. looks like a very good chance we'll see one long drought broken.

[UMFan83]

List of the longest WS droughts

 

Seasons Team Last championship won Last World Series appearance

107 Chicago Cubs 1908 1945

67 Cleveland Indians 1948 1997

55 Texas Rangers never (franchise began 1961) 2011

54 Houston Astros never (franchise began 1962) 2005

47 Milwaukee Brewers never (franchise began 1969) 1982

47 San Diego Padres never (franchise began 1969) 1998

47 Washington Nationals never (franchise began 1969) never

39 Seattle Mariners never (franchise began 1977) never

36 Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 1979

32 Baltimore Orioles 1983 1983

31 Detroit Tigers 1984 2012

 

 

if I knew how to use the code tags, I would, but I don't

 

anyway, a bunch of these are solidly in play this year. looks like a very good chance we'll see one long drought broken.

 

I've seen the Red Sox, White Sox and Giants droughts broken. I don't care about anyone else's freaking droughts, if anything it depresses me when other teams break their droughts.

[David]

List of the longest WS droughts

 

Seasons Team Last championship won Last World Series appearance

107 Chicago Cubs 1908 1945

67 Cleveland Indians 1948 1997

55 Texas Rangers never (franchise began 1961) 2011

54 Houston Astros never (franchise began 1962) 2005

47 Milwaukee Brewers never (franchise began 1969) 1982

47 San Diego Padres never (franchise began 1969) 1998

47 Washington Nationals never (franchise began 1969) never

39 Seattle Mariners never (franchise began 1977) never

36 Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 1979

32 Baltimore Orioles 1983 1983

31 Detroit Tigers 1984 2012

 

 

if I knew how to use the code tags, I would, but I don't

 

anyway, a bunch of these are solidly in play this year. looks like a very good chance we'll see one long drought broken.

 

I've seen the Red Sox, White Sox and Giants droughts broken. I don't care about anyone else's freaking droughts, if anything it depresses me when other teams break their droughts.

 

eh. honestly, i couldn't care less about our drought on a personal level. i get that it'll be very cool for all the very old people and stuff (as it would be for those other teams' older fans), but i just want to see a championship because i want my team to win one. especially since i haven't seen one. the same goes for the bears, too, though. if i had happened to start following the bulls 3 years later, i'd be in the same boat too there (thank god for that lol).

 

but yeah, i don't see myself as "long suffering" or whatever nor do i think i deserve one anymore than any one. basically i take no ownership personally in the drought at all aside from how cool the whole spectacle will be outside of my own happiness from winning.