The Official 2019 Major League Baseball Thread

[Angelsjunky]

I guess Yusei Kikuchi, aka Dipoto's Ohtani consolation prize, didn't turn out all that well. 5.55 ERA.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Grienke with 8ip and a no-no. 

Lol Seattle sucks.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Make that 8.1

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Seattle looking for their 3rd no hit against this year. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Damn that's it. Flared single to left center. 

[TooCool]

On 9/24/2019 at 3:42 PM, Lou said:

Bryce Harper's Phillies were eliminated from the playoffs by . . . the Washington Nationals. 

lol 

I'm on the Nationals bandwagon for the playoffs.

[Angel Oracle]

Indians are done, no way that the Rays tank against the Jays and no way the Indians can sweep in Washington.

[Troll Daddy]

Did you hear that Billy

 

[ScottT]

I saw Felix Hernandez pitch in the Cal League when he was 18.  Looked like he was a 27 year old pitching against 18 year olds.  It's a shame how quick his decline was.  He'll sign on somewhere, but he may not see the major leagues again.

[ScottT]

The Padres jumped the gun and made poor choices in the free agent market. They have enough young talent to overcome the Hosmer and Machado signings, but yikes. Those are looking ugly.

[Stradling]

50 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Did you hear that Billy

 

I’m sure he heard that.  I doubt the Angels have any interest. 

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, ScottT said:

The Padres jumped the gun and made poor choices in the free agent market. They have enough young talent to overcome the Hosmer and Machado signings, but yikes. Those are looking ugly.

2.5 fWAR for Manny this year.  .250 avg.  He'll have some good years in there I suspect, but damn, that's not a good start.  

[Docwaukee]

1 hour ago, Baghdad Strad said:

I’m sure he heard that.  I doubt the Angels have any interest. 

It would be kinda fun to have him come to the halos as a minor league FA or super cheap option for like 1/3 and have him regain some form.  Just for the sweet irony.  Certainly a bunch of other stuff would need to happen first before taking that chance.  

[Angelsjunky]

Now here's a surprising stat. Nelson Cruz just reached 40 HR for the fourth time, and 400 for his career. What is surprising is that from age 33-38 (2014-19) he's hit 243 HR, and average of 40.5 per year, and 5th all time in HR from age 33-38. Ahead of him is Bonds, Ruth, Palmeiro, and McGwire; just behind him is Aaron and Mays (and everyone else).

Oh yeah, he became only the fourth player ever to hit 40+ HR at age 38 or older. Bonds did it twice and Darrell Evans andd Hank Aaron did it once each.

[Angelsjunky]

Oh yeah, Nick Castellanos has 58 doubles, which is 10th best all-time for a single season. Its the highest since Todd Helton had 59 in 2000. No player has hit 60 doubles since the 1930s; all six seasons with 60+ 2B were between 1926 andd 1936.

[Inside Pitch]

4 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Now here's a surprising stat. Nelson Cruz just reached 40 HR for the fourth time, and 400 for his career. What is surprising is that from age 33-38 (2014-19) he's hit 243 HR, and average of 40.5 per year, and 5th all time in HR from age 33-38. Ahead of him is Bonds, Ruth, Palmeiro, and McGwire; just behind him is Aaron and Mays (and everyone else).

Oh yeah, he became only the fourth player ever to hit 40+ HR at age 38 or older. Bonds did it twice and Darrell Evans andd Hank Aaron did it once each.

How many suspensions for PED now for him?

[Taylor]

The Indians have 93 wins but were eliminated from the postseason.

Edited September 28, 2019 by Taylor

[Stradling]

16 minutes ago, Taylor said:

The Indians have 93 wins but were eliminated from the postseason.

So if we win 93 games next year and are eliminated from the postseason a couple days before the end of the season then my understanding Eppler should be fired or not retained.  

[Docwaukee]

24 minutes ago, Baghdad Strad said:

So if we win 93 games next year and are eliminated from the postseason a couple days before the end of the season then my understanding Eppler should be fired or not retained.  

I would like to not think about additional ways to get kicked in the nuts at this point.  

[m0nkey]

Burbank resident Jack Flaherty had a 4.90 ERA and 1.29 WHIP after his start on July 2.  

After that start, he had a .93 ERA and a .70 WHIP to finish the year and ended up leading the NL in WHIP.

[Angel Oracle]

3 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Burbank resident Jack Flaherty had a 4.90 ERA and 1.29 WHIP after his start on July 2.  

After that start, he had a .93 ERA and a .70 WHIP to finish the year and ended up leading the NL in WHIP.

Also 4th in ERA and 6th in Ks, and only 24 in 15 days

Has been stingy with hits allowed and high on the Ks, since debuting in late 2017 with the Cards.

Drafted 34th overall by the Cards in 2014.

Too bad that it would likely take a boat load to acquire him, with 4 years of club control remaining. 

[Angel Oracle]

Machado finishes with a .796 OPS.   I predicted a sub .800 OPS at the beginning of the season.

Allow me to be like this guy.

[T.G.]

Mike Butcher out as pitching coach in Arizona...

 

[tdawg87]

The Nationals have reportedly offered Rendon 7/215 million.

'member when we thought we should get him? I 'member.

[m0nkey]

It’s too bad they didn’t offer bedrosian for him.