I thought that, traditionally, for meatballs, whatever team wins the WS is given a pass and copied whenever possible by all other teams the next season. I would bet the Phillies put Tommy Joseph at leadoff in a few weeks.
5. Montero Slam vs Dodgers 4. Baez HR off Cueto 3. The Rally vs. the Giants 2. Zobrist double 1. Final Out of WS The return of Schwarber and numerous other WS moments are also high on the list. Kicking Kershaw around also just missed, for me.
When everyone figures that one out, see if you can guess which two people have the most strikeouts (as a batter) in a World Series (one occurred in 2009, the other in 2016)
Last year had a 5 man bench, this year it will be 4. Together Szczur and La Stella combined for 369 PA, and Coghlan had another 128. Add in that we won't be carrying 3 catchers and they may get a few abs.
I knew neither that Scott Feldman was still a starting pitcher nor that he was on the Reds until they made this announcement Samardjzia is taking the over.
What is crazy about Baez is...there were times early on this year where Baez was so intensely amazing at 3B defensively that some here were ready to push Bryant somewhere into the OF against lefties...and I didn't think they were completely crazy. Maddon did it a fair amount and no one blinked an eye...and now all the defensive highlights I can remember are him at 2B. I mean hell, remember this (at 3:20)?! [bbvideo=560,315]
[/bbvideo]Are there any other 3B in the league that make that play? Arrenado and Machado MAYBE?