General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[David]

Samardzija has 59 Ks and 1 BB since May 1st

 

trade for shark

[Cubswin11]

I was just looking, because I still don't think the Astros are all that great, it appears the Astros have only played 13 games vs winning teams so far this year. They have to have one of the easiest schedules so far, no?

[David]

I was just looking, because I still don't think the Astros are all that great, it appears the Astros have only played 13 games vs winning teams so far this year. They have to have one of the easiest schedules so far, no?

 

i remember people saying the same horsefeathers about us last year

 

and that tends to be the case when you win like 73% of your games. it's not like their run differential isn't great too. they're not just beating those teams...they're crushing them.

Edited June 6, 2017 by David

[Banedon]

I was just looking, because I still don't think the Astros are all that great, it appears the Astros have only played 13 games vs winning teams so far this year. They have to have one of the easiest schedules so far, no?

 

Pretty middle of the pack.

 

14th here (Cubs are 21st) https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other

 

13th here (Cubs are 19th) http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/rpi/_/sort/sos

[We Got The Whole 9]

Astros position players aren't close to as well rounded as the ours played last year and their rotation is 2 pitchers strong, but their pen is crazy good. 6 guys with FIPs under 3.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I was just looking, because I still don't think the Astros are all that great, it appears the Astros have only played 13 games vs winning teams so far this year. They have to have one of the easiest schedules so far, no?

 

i remember people saying the same horsefeathers about us last year

 

and that tends to be the case when you win like 73% of your games. it's not like their run differential isn't great too. they're not just beating those teams...they're crushing them.

 

A huge chunk of their run differential is from the last week, and they're 5 games better than their BaseRuns record. They're 1 game ahead of last year's Cubs and like 40 runs worse on run differential. The Astros are very good, but they aren't 110 wins or 2016 Cubs good.

[David]

I was just looking, because I still don't think the Astros are all that great, it appears the Astros have only played 13 games vs winning teams so far this year. They have to have one of the easiest schedules so far, no?

 

i remember people saying the same horsefeathers about us last year

 

and that tends to be the case when you win like 73% of your games. it's not like their run differential isn't great too. they're not just beating those teams...they're crushing them.

 

A huge chunk of their run differential is from the last week, and they're 5 games better than their BaseRuns record. They're 1 game ahead of last year's Cubs and like 40 runs worse on run differential. The Astros are very good, but they aren't 110 wins or 2016 Cubs good.

 

never meant to imply that they were

[Transmogrified Tiger]

WELL I THINK YA DID

[cl smooth]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19558959/mike-schmidt-says-language-barrier-limits-philadelphia-phillies-odubel-herrera

 

Did Mike Schmidt imply that you can't build successful baseball teams around players who cannot speak English?

[We Got The Whole 9]

Herrera looking like another early extension underachiever

[We Got The Whole 9]

Scooter Gennett has faced John Gant 4 times in his career and hit a homer every time.

[TruffleShuffle]

i hate john gant just because his name is so close to the main character from that stupid ayn rand book.

[soccer10k]

I saw on the MLB Network scroll the other night that the Angels recalled Brooks Pounders and sent down Damien Magnifico. I know the Angels have a bad system but I don't think making up fake players is going to help much.

[ConstableRabbit]

i hate john gant just because his name is so close to the main character from that stupid ayn rand book.

Who is John Gant?

[Banedon]

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19558959/mike-schmidt-says-language-barrier-limits-philadelphia-phillies-odubel-herrera

 

Did Mike Schmidt imply that you can't build successful baseball teams around players who cannot speak English?

 

I guess this brand of baseball stupidity is going to be a public thing now.

 

http://deadspin.com/red-sox-announcer-jerry-remy-says-pitchers-shouldnt-get-1795876520

 

“I don’t think that should be legal,” Remy said. “I really don’t.”

 

“What is it you don’t like about that?” asked Dave O’Brien, Remy’s partner in the booth.

 

“Learn baseball language. You know, learn—it’s pretty simple,” Remy said. “You break it down pretty easy between pitching coach and pitcher after a long period of time.”

 

“I would say that probably, you know, they’re concerned about nuance being lost in some of these conversations,” O’Brien responded, trying to steer the discussion back to more inclusive ground.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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[Cubswin11]

So the juiced ball theory being the biggest factor for the HR spike seems to be very much plausible

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

So the Cubs should actually be WORSE than 12th in dongs this season?

 

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[David]

So the Cubs should actually be WORSE than 12th in dongs this season?

 

 

i mean i know you're making a joke but how would that even make sense

[Sammy Sofa]

The biggest crime of this season is it horsefeathering made you the WOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSST.

 

Yes, if you want to be a horsefeathering dork then technically all of the teams would just scale back and the Cubs would be still be in 12th. I hate you.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

The juiced ball has probably killed us this year, in all honesty. I'm planning on writing on article on it. But our pitchers have given up a ton of the just-barely variety of home runs and not so many no-doubters. The wind at Wrigley definitely plays a role in this, but with a non-juiced ball, we probably aren't giving up 4 homers a game, like we are now.

[Cubswin11]

The juiced ball has probably killed us this year, in all honesty. I'm planning on writing on article on it. But our pitchers have given up a ton of the just-barely variety of home runs and not so many no-doubters. The wind at Wrigley definitely plays a role in this, but with a non-juiced ball, we probably aren't giving up 4 homers a game, like we are now.

I also was wondering, after given time to think, how much the seems lowering affects pitchers (ours specifically) to throw pitches with more break. Obviously everyone has to deal with it but still if pitches just aren't moving marginally a little more it could also add to the fact the ball carries better with lower seems.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Judge has a 380 ISO

 

A rookie has the best OPS in baseball. He's in line for a Triple Crown. Say what you will about RBI but this season from a rookie is incredible.

 

I hope he keeps it up. I know he's a Yankee and I never pull for them but this is historical stuff what he's doing. Gotta admire it.

[weis21]

Judge has a 380 ISO

 

A rookie has the best OPS in baseball. He's in line for a Triple Crown. Say what you will about RBI but this season from a rookie is incredible.

 

I hope he keeps it up. I know he's a Yankee and I never pull for them but this is historical stuff what he's doing. Gotta admire it.

i actually never understood the yankee hate. is it just overexposure from the media? i mean i am sure lots of people hate the cubs for that. i have a good friend that is a huge yankees fan and he always pulled for the cubs so i kind of return the favor for the yankees with him. plus i'm really happy for starlin.

 

i would LOVE for a cubs/yankees WS this year. that would be amazing.