The Official 2018 Major League Baseball Thread

[Troll Daddy]

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

 

After sweeping us the A's beat Boston for second straight day on Davis 3 Run Bomb.

https://www.mlb.com/news/khris-davis-hits-3-run-homer-in-athletics-win/c-273374620

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Santiago has been assigned to the bullpen for the White Sox.

[Angel Oracle]

Jeets is totally LOL.

He is of course right about instilling confidence in players to win each game.

Just LOL how he skirts around Gumble’s questions 

[Troll Daddy]

Cron heating up ... good for him. 

[Angel Oracle]

Good to know that Carlos Gomez hasn't changed a bit.

[totdprods]

A week away from April ending, and the Oakland Athletics have as many, or more, wins (12) than the Yankees, Dodgers, Indians, Twins, Nationals, and Cubs.

I said early this year they were due to have one of their "out of nowhere" years. I don't think they're WC contenders this year, but they're a good young team with some help on the way still.

[arch stanton]

30 minutes ago, totdprods said:

A week away from April ending, and the Oakland Athletics have as many, or more, wins (12) than the Yankees, Dodgers, Indians, Twins, Nationals, and Cubs.

I said early this year they were due to have one of their "out of nowhere" years. I don't think they're WC contenders this year, but they're a good young team with some help on the way still.

Just in time for the Beaneius to trade away Manaea , Chapman, Olson for even more great prospects 

[Taylor]

Right now, 18 of 30 MLB teams are at .500 or better. I wonder if this is a record for this late in the season.

[Troll Daddy]

 

[Angel Oracle]

LOL though at this blurb in the espn power rankings for this week:

Sean Manaea's no-hitter against the Red Sox was just his latest strong start to lower his ERA to 1.23. His was the seventh no-hitter in Oakland A's history, and their first since Dallas Braden's perfect game in 2010. The lefty is throwing with slightly less velocity this year, but he's generating more called strikes, ground-ball outs and popups, and getting the benefit of a significantly improved A's defense. -- Kahrl

Say what??????

[fan_since79]

Alex Cobb, 0-2

15.43 ERA

7 IP, 20 Hits, 12 ER

3.143 WHIP

Edited April 24, 2018 by fan_since79

[Taylor]

That's Joe Blanton-esque.

[Angelsfan1984]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Alex Cobb, 0-2

15.43 ERA

7 IP, 20 Hits, 12 ER

3.143 WHIP

His arm must be tired from carrying around those brief cases filled with cash.

[Lou]

21 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

 

I do 

[T.G.]

Braves designated Peter Bourjos for assignment today.

[m0nkey]

When did Didi gregorius become the best player in baseball?

[fan_since79]

6 hours ago, True Grich said:

Braves designated Peter Bourjos for assignment today.

That's too bad. I think they still have to pay him his guaranteed salary though. That's good for Peter.

But his options are diminishing. He's a role player and he's not young anymore. Pinch runner and late inning defensive replacement. The hitting part of the game has always been a struggle for him.

Edited April 26, 2018 by fan_since79

[Dick B Back]

4 hours ago, m0nkey said:

When did Didi gregorius become the best player in baseball?

I was watching MLB channel highlights and he hit another HR today and then bunted against the shift later in the game. Maybe we can get his “how to” video to Kole.

[Troll Daddy]

What is up with the Mariners?

pitching stinks

offense stinks

defense stinks

yet only two games behind us

[Lou]

5 hours ago, m0nkey said:

When did Didi gregorius become the best player in baseball?

When you fell asleep and had a dream that Mike Trout retired. 

Edited April 26, 2018 by Lou

[Lou]

8 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

What is up with the Mariners?

pitching stinks

offense stinks

defense stinks

yet only two games behind us

3 reasons: 

pitching doesn't stink

offense doesn't stink

defense doesn't stink 

[Troll Daddy]

16 minutes ago, Lou said:

3 reasons: 

pitching doesn't stink 24th ERA

offense doesn't stink 23rd Runs

defense doesn't stink 10th defense errors

You win 

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

You win 

Oh shit he just Lou’d Lou.

[Lou]

49 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

You win 

Allow me.....Seattle AL rankings (MLB rank):

First of all . . .

 

BATTING:

OPS   7 (11)

BA      8 (11)

K%      5 (6)

Runs/Gm  9 (20)

HR/Gm      8 (12)

PITCHING:

ERA  11 (23)  * .10 from being #9. That's 1 run over 10 games. 

K/9     7 (14)

FIELDING:

Errors/Gm  7  (12)

 

they don't stink. In FACT, they are an average team, which their record reflects.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2018 by Lou