NL Central: Reds, Pirates and others

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Listed in order of scariness. Discuss. Edited March 12, 2019 by Hairyducked Idiot

[David]

So t hat one Bill hAll Star guy seems to be their least delusional poster

[SouthSideRyan]

Why aren't the Cardinals listed?

[champaignchris]

I have an unhealthy affinity for the Reds. Votto is, of course, an amazing player. Gennett, Suarez, Duvall and Schebler, if nothing else, at least knock the ball around that tiny little ballpark of theirs to keep things interesting. Raisel Iglesias throws 100 mph out of the pen.

 

The question for them is if they can get any health at all from DeSciafani and Finnegan.

 

If they can get full seasons from their decent young pitchers and have a serviceable starting staff, they'll be a fun team to watch... you know, for a 70-ish win team.

[Agony and Ivy]

I have an unhealthy affinity for the Reds. Votto is, of course, an amazing player. Gennett, Suarez, Duvall and Schebler, if nothing else, at least knock the ball around that tiny little ballpark of theirs to keep things interesting. Raisel Iglesias throws 100 mph out of the pen.

 

The question for them is if they can get any health at all from DeSciafani and Finnegan.

 

If they can get full seasons from their decent young pitchers and have a serviceable starting staff, they'll be a fun team to watch... you know, for a 70-ish win team.

 

I keep thinking the Reds should have a better staff going into every year and every horsefeathering year they give up like 450 bombs to their opposition.

[ConstableRabbit]

So t hat one Bill hAll Star guy seems to be their least delusional poster

Shocking, given username.

[David]

So t hat one Bill hAll Star guy seems to be their least delusional poster

Shocking, given username.

 

i mean we've got dudes named after starlin castro on here, and a guy with a jen-ho tseng avatar so

 

 

(holy crap bill hall hit 35 horsefeathering home runs one year)

[NonProfitCow]

They Brewers had a player named Geoff, so they can horsefeathers right off.

[javy knows my name]

So t hat one Bill hAll Star guy seems to be their least delusional poster

Shocking, given username.

 

i mean we've got dudes named after starlin castro on here, and a guy with a jen-ho tseng avatar so

 

 

(holy crap bill hall hit 35 horsefeathering home runs one year)

 

***D.A.V.I.D FAULTY MEMORY CARD***

[David]

Shocking, given username.

 

i mean we've got dudes named after starlin castro on here, and a guy with a jen-ho tseng avatar so

 

 

(holy crap bill hall hit 35 horsefeathering home runs one year)

 

***D.A.V.I.D FAULTY MEMORY CARD***

 

i was talking about starlin on you, you egomaniac

[weis21]

So t hat one Bill hAll Star guy seems to be their least delusional poster

Shocking, given username.

 

i mean we've got dudes named after starlin castro on here, and a guy with a jen-ho tseng avatar so

 

 

(holy crap bill hall hit 35 horsefeathering home runs one year)

obligatory nsfw

 

 

[sneakypower]

So t hat one Bill hAll Star guy seems to be their least delusional poster

Shocking, given username.

 

i mean we've got dudes named after starlin castro on here, and a guy with a jen-ho tseng avatar so

 

 

(holy crap bill hall hit 35 horsefeathering home runs one year)

Bill Hall was a long-time personal favorite for pimping every deep flyball he hit just in case it was a HR

[Ding Dong Johnson]

do I need to re-tell the story of my daughter heckling Bill Hall at a AAA game?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

do I need to re-tell the story of my daughter heckling Bill Hall at a AAA game?

 

Yes. Wasn't it 'your name is half L's' or something like that?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

do I need to re-tell the story of my daughter heckling Bill Hall at a AAA game?

 

Yes. Wasn't it 'your name is half L's' or something like that?

yep. made him laugh pretty hard hearing that from an 8 year old girl

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2755862-the-small-market-team-thats-ready-to-go-big-to-take-down-the-rival-cubs

 

http://media.giphy.com/media/pNvb1NmHCwi76/giphy.gif

[George Hayduke]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2755862-the-small-market-team-thats-ready-to-go-big-to-take-down-the-rival-cubs

 

Haha, his logic is so terrible it has me literally chuckling to myself.

 

"Sure the Brewers are only projected for 73 wins, but if 15 things break perfectly right, they could win 86 again and be right in the wild card race! Meanwhile if the Cubs don't see a major bounceback this year from several players, why, they might be doomed to repeat last year's performance of only 92 wins. WHAT THEN, CUBS FANS?!"

[champaignchris]

My take:

 

If five of the Brewers’ position players have better seasons than they’ve ever had before, the Brewers might win more than 75 games!

[David]

So t hat one Bill hAll Star guy seems to be their least delusional poster

 

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?p=1077763#p1077763

 

I reiterate

 

just start there and continue on down

[philosophizer75]

To be perfectly honest they don't seem very delusional as a whole to me.

 

They're seeing things through brewer-tainted glasses just like we are with the cubs. Most of that chunk there was pretty reasonable and thought out. Even the parts where they were discussing their hopes to catch the Cubs were presented more as outside chances (which is accurate) than declarative expectations.

[KingCubsFan]

They Brewers had a player named Geoff, so they can horsefeathers right off.

Is this a St. Louis thing?

[David]

To be perfectly honest they don't seem very delusional as a whole to me.

 

They're seeing things through brewer-tainted glasses just like we are with the cubs. Most of that chunk there was pretty reasonable and thought out. Even the parts where they were discussing their hopes to catch the Cubs were presented more as outside chances (which is accurate) than declarative expectations.

 

The Brewers currently project to finish 17 games behind the Cubs (it probably gets a win or two better with more realistic playing time estimates). That's not Cubs-tainted glasses. That's an unbiased (Steamer, in this case, I think?) projection system. They are not talking about either team like fans of a team projected to be 17 games worse than the Cubs.

 

People think they are adding to an 86 win team, but they're really not.

[Cubswin11]

Posted in the Cain thread, but Yelich and Cain are the only 2 Brewers (outside of Nelson who’s shoulder exploded) who project to be inside the top 300, THREE HUNDRED, in WAR

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-brewers-are-trying-to-add-to-the-top/

[Agony and Ivy]

I completely forgot that I couldn't even hate follow Jesse Rogers anymore because he's just so stupid.

 

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Then he pulls off this tweet that somehow shows up in my timeline and it all comes rushing back.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

To be perfectly honest they don't seem very delusional as a whole to me.

 

They're seeing things through brewer-tainted glasses just like we are with the cubs. Most of that chunk there was pretty reasonable and thought out. Even the parts where they were discussing their hopes to catch the Cubs were presented more as outside chances (which is accurate) than declarative expectations.

 

The Brewers currently project to finish 17 games behind the Cubs (it probably gets a win or two better with more realistic playing time estimates). That's not Cubs-tainted glasses. That's an unbiased (Steamer, in this case, I think?) projection system. They are not talking about either team like fans of a team projected to be 17 games worse than the Cubs.

 

People think they are adding to an 86 win team, but they're really not.

 

Let's just hope they don't find out about the power of Mad Men gifs.