The Official 2018 Major League Baseball Thread

[Angelsfan1984]

7 minutes ago, mancini79 said:

W TF happened to him in 2015.

Dude clearly needs some Viagra if he only averages 1 pop up a year...

[Dick B Back]

1 hour ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Dude clearly needs some Viagra if he only averages 1 pop up a year...

@tdawg87 can give him some one-on-one training.

[m0nkey]

Also, many here don't like him, but congrats to Fernando Rodney.  He left last sunday's game early to catch a flight to Miami for an immigration hearing.  Good for him

 

[Lou]

that's not an immigration hearing

[m0nkey]

41 minutes ago, Lou said:

that's not an immigration hearing

Fake news?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/us/fernando-rodney-citizenship-trnd/index.html

"No, nothing that dramatic. Rodney, a native of the Dominican Republic, left the game in Minneapolis early to catch a flight to Miami so he could attend an immigration hearing Monday morning and become a US citizen."

[Lou]

they are wrong. It's not a hearing, it's an induction ceremony

[Roy Hobbs]

Just now, Lou said:

they are wrong. It's not a hearing, it's an induction ceremony

I agree

[Dick B Back]

I’m glad baseball is back!

Its only the 5th inning and Matt Carpenter has 4 hits including 2 HRs against the Cubbies. 

[fan_since79]

3 hours ago, Dick B Back said:

I’m glad baseball is back!

Its only the 5th inning and Matt Carpenter has 4 hits including 2 HRs against the Cubbies. 

3 home runs and 2 doubles in the first six innings, then he left.

Tied the MLB record for extra-base hits in a game.

I would have left him in to try for four home runs and a new record for XBH's. Why not..

[mancini79]

4 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

3 home runs and 2 doubles in the first six innings, then he left.

Tied the MLB record for extra-base hits in a game.

I would have left him in to try for four home runs and a new record for XBH's. Why not..

I hope Matt knocks on Manfred's door so they can promote this.

[Homebrewer]

19 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

3 home runs and 2 doubles in the first six innings, then he left.

Tied the MLB record for extra-base hits in a game.

I would have left him in to try for four home runs and a new record for XBH's. Why not..

 

Cubs are coming on now...hope they get some pitching at the deadline (other than our old pal Chavez who they picked up yesterday)

[Lou]

3 hours ago, Homebrewer said:

Cubs are coming on now...

lol they lost 18-5

[arch stanton]

Son of Pudge shut down the A's tonight

[Dick B Back]

The hot Pirates beat up Matt Harvey today giving up 4 HRs and 8 earned in 3.2.

[Homebrewer]

On 7/20/2018 at 9:06 PM, Lou said:

lol they lost 18-5

That day...but.

592 Win % leads NL. 18 games over 500. Leading all of baseball in comeback wins and leading the division by 3.5. 

Chili has the team knocking the cover off the ball now, Lots of days everyone has at least 1 hit ...even Heyward  is having a respectable season hitting .284. The offense has been carrying them so far, so they really need to get some starting pitching.

[Inside Pitch]

13 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

That day...but.

592 Win % leads NL. 18 games over 500. Leading all of baseball in comeback wins and leading the division by 3.5. 

Chili has the team knocking the cover off the ball now, Lots of days everyone has at least 1 hit ...even Heyward  is having a respectable season hitting .284. The offense has been carrying them so far, so they really need to get some starting pitching.

Sigh...  Chili's always been my first choice for Hitting coach -- I think he's gonna be a manager some day.

[Roy Hobbs]

24 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

That day...but.

592 Win % leads NL. 18 games over 500. Leading all of baseball in comeback wins and leading the division by 3.5. 

Chili has the team knocking the cover off the ball now, Lots of days everyone has at least 1 hit ...even Heyward  is having a respectable season hitting .284. The offense has been carrying them so far, so they really need to get some starting pitching.

I love Chili, but he has SEVEN 1st round draft picks to work with.It helps to have guys that can actually hit.

[Homebrewer]

23 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:

I love Chili, but he has SEVEN 1st round draft picks to work with.It helps to have guys that can actually hit.

Yeah he has talent to work with but it hasn't been Yankee-like HR hitting. The major improvement over the past month or two has been philosophy and mentality. The situational hitting has vastly improved. Guys are going the other way, doing little things like stringing together singles and taking walks. That has at least something to do with coaching.

[Roy Hobbs]

26 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

Yeah he has talent to work with but it hasn't been Yankee-like HR hitting. The major improvement over the past month or two has been philosophy and mentality. The situational hitting has vastly improved. Guys are going the other way, doing little things like stringing together singles and taking walks. That has at least something to do with coaching.

I agree, I think Chili is a great hitting coach.I would think being a switch-hitter gives him a better perspective on how to approach hitting.That and in the dugout he probably commands a lot respect from the players, I wish he was here.He can also break a bat over his leg rather spectacularly.

[m0nkey]

More bad news for the Mets:

Tim tebow broke his hamate bone and is likely out for the season

[Homebrewer]

Cards pitcher making his ML debut is blanking the reds thru 7...he's over 110 pitches so how long will they let him go?

[m0nkey]

Texas was beating Oakland 10-2 in the 7th inning. 

 

Texas lost to Oakland 13-10 in the same game 

[fan_since79]

Machado and Muncy, a combined 0-13 in the Dodgers' 16-inning loss in Philadelphia.

 

[m0nkey]

52 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Machado and Muncy, a combined 0-13 in the Dodgers' 16-inning loss in Philadelphia.

 

 

[fan_since79]

Kike Hernandez became the first pure position player in MLB history to allow a walk-off home run. 

He was the 9th pitcher the Dodgers used.