The Official 2019 Major League Baseball Thread

[happybat4]

Hard to compare steroid era to Trout as well. They make his numbers seem small. 

[arch stanton]

Something that I think gets overlooked about the roid days is the lack of high strike calls. I once saw Thomas lose it over a strike called at the belt. No chance he has those numbers with today’s strike zone. Not that he wasn’t a great hitter but he hit the perfect era to be a HoFer. 

[Lou]

18 hours ago, Kody Mac said:

Damn fat fingers. I always hit the P instead of L. 

POP

I mean LOL

haha  what a foop 

[m0nkey]

Tatis and Paddack are starting the year with the padres. You figure if any team was going to play service time games it’d be them. 

[Tank]

On 3/22/2019 at 4:47 AM, Lou said:

haha  what a foop 

Oh, I’m sorry, the answer is “Moops.”

[Biergott]

4 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Tatis and Paddack are starting the year with the padres. You figure if any team was going to play service time games it’d be them. 

I like seeing teams NOT playing the games for a change.

was pretty cool how Paddack found out.  Manager told him he made the roster as he pulled him from a game. There’s video out there, whole infield was called in.  Pretty sweet

[Homebrewer]

40 minutes ago, Biergott said:

I like seeing teams NOT playing the games for a change.

was pretty cool how Paddack found out.  Manager told him he made the roster as he pulled him from a game. There’s video out there, whole infield was called in.  Pretty sweet

Watched some interviews with this guy...seems like a great kid. Hope he and the Pads do really well this season.

[totdprods]

Same - I’d love to see things come together for San Diego this year and watch them settle into a nice run of contention. 

I’d like to see the Twins, Reds, and Mets have a resurgence as well. It’d be fun to see those teams (along with San Diego) shake up the idea that there are different ways to compete; San Diego by counting on prospects from Day One, and Cincy, Minnesota, and NY for hitching their horse to random rebound vets and free agency. Angels fall into this too.

Something to break up the front office mindset that teams should avoid spending or need to hoard prospects or need to tank for 5 years.

[Chuck]

Looks like we'll be facing a familiar name in this opening series. 

Jeff Passan of ESPN reports that the Blue Jays have traded Kendrys Morales to the Athletics.

SOURCE: Jeff Passan on Twitter

Mar 27, 2019, 5:03 PM

[Lou]

7:40pm: Slusser reports that the Jays are covering more than $10MM of the $12MM remaining on Morales’ contract.

7:06pm: The two teams have announced the trade. Toronto is sending Morales and cash to Oakland in exchange for minor league infielder Jesus Lopez and international bonus money. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, Oakland transferred right-hander Jharel Cotton to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery.

[Broad Street]

Shit he's going to hit 30 hr this year and 19 of them are going to be against us.

[m0nkey]

We are all old fucks. 

 

 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

7:40pm: Slusser reports that the Jays are covering more than $10MM of the $12MM remaining on Morales’ contract.

7:06pm: The two teams have announced the trade. Toronto is sending Morales and cash to Oakland in exchange for minor league infielder Jesus Lopez and international bonus money. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, Oakland transferred right-hander Jharel Cotton to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery.

I'm much happier with Bour as our 1b/DH type for a couple mil and not having to give up any prospects in return.  I also think Bour has a much higher ceiling than Kendrys at this point.  

[Troll Daddy]

Hard to believe Morales is already 35 yrs old. Seems like yesterday I watched him hit his 1st HR playing for the Quakes. 

[Broad Street]

4 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I'm much happier with Bour as our 1b/DH type for a couple mil and not having to give up any prospects in return.  I also think Bour has a much higher ceiling than Kendrys at this point.  

Agreed. I'm a huge Bour fan. He came out to the desert in 2014 to visit with all the deployed guys out there and I got a sweet picture with him. He's a great dude.

[m0nkey]

deGrom and Scherzer pick up where they left off in 2018

[nando714]

The brewers are fun to watch

[Docwaukee]

I thought the 3 batter min was in effect, but the nats changed pitchers twice in an inning without that happening.  

@Jeff Fletcher ??

[Bobster7587]

2 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I thought the 3 batter min was in effect, but the nats changed pitchers twice in an inning without that happening.  

@Jeff Fletcher ??

That's not until next year. https://www.mlb.com/news/how-3-batter-minimum-will-change-baseball

[NJHalo]

Orioles start the season with Cashel and his 4-15 record from last year. Wow! They are gonna suck. 

 

[Jeremiah]

2 minutes ago, NJHalo said:

Orioles start the season with Cashel and his 4-15 record from last year. Wow! They are gonna suck. 

 

Agreed, as will TEX, DET, CWS, TOR, and KC. The AL is very top heavy. I think HOU, NYY, and BOS are playoff-bound, along with CLE (by virtue of playing in a pretty weak AL central). Anything can happen in baseball, but I think the only playoff spot up for grabs is the 2nd Wild Card.

[nando714]

What makes the dodgers so good?

no one in the line up is terrifying or their rotation. Buhler will be the ace sooner rather than later 

[krAbs]

LMAO

[m0nkey]

They are on pace for 1296 home runs 

[Troll Daddy]

1 hour ago, nando714 said:

What makes the dodgers so good?

no one in the line up is terrifying or their rotation. Buhler will be the ace sooner rather than later 

Don’t count out Urias