Official 2021 Major League Baseball (News, Notes & Scores around the League)

[Angel Oracle]

12 hours ago, Lou said:

Is there such a thing as neurogenic thoracic intlet syndrome?

Sounds like a new wave thing.

[AngelsFaninGA]

23 hours ago, Lou said:

Is there such a thing as neurogenic thoracic intlet syndrome?

So that's what the kids are calling it these days

[beatlesrule]

Tonight’s game between the Phillies and Nationals has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Washington organization, Jeff Passan of ESPN was among those to report. “Multiple players and coaches” with the club have tested positive, according to Passan, who suggests the current outbreak might be the most significant MLB has seen in 2021. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic first reported the game might be in jeopardy.

[rafibomb]

Blake Snell today:

4 IP  7 H  7 ER  4 BB  1 SO

He now has a 5.44 ERA and 1.61 WHIP on the season

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, rafibomb said:

Blake Snell today:

4 IP  7 H  7 ER  4 BB  1 SO

He now has a 5.44 ERA and 1.61 WHIP on the season

After the Padres trade for Scherzer we should offer Heaney for Snell. 

[Angel Oracle]

17 minutes ago, beatlesrule said:

Tonight’s game between the Phillies and Nationals has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests within the Washington organization, Jeff Passan of ESPN was among those to report. “Multiple players and coaches” with the club have tested positive, according to Passan, who suggests the current outbreak might be the most significant MLB has seen in 2021. Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic first reported the game might be in jeopardy.

Is this ever going to get back to normal?   17 months now!

[thebloob]

1 minute ago, Angel Oracle said:

Is this ever going to get back to normal?   17 months now!

Not if people don’t get vaccines.  The more it gets passed around the more variants develop and the less likely those variants are stopped by the vaccine.  Thanks non vaxers. 

[Stradling]

15 minutes ago, thebloob said:

Not if people don’t get vaccines.  The more it gets passed around the more variants develop and the less likely those variants are stopped by the vaccine.  Thanks non vaxers. 

 

[Angels 1961]

18 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Is this ever going to get back to normal?   17 months now!

We have the cure 

[m0nkey]

So vaccines work or don’t work?

[beatlesrule]

36 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

So vaccines work or don’t work?

Unaware that they are infected, vaccinated people are inadvertently infecting others, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky said at a Tuesday press briefing. Because of the virulence of the delta variant, the unvaccinated can no longer count on protection from people who have gotten the shots.

People with “breakthrough infections — rare as they are — have the potential to transmit at the same capacity as an unvaccinated person,” she said.

Masks are especially important in high-risk regions, and vaccinated people who are visiting children, the immunocompromised or the unvaccinated should wear them, she said.

Although daily case rates are rising in some highly vaccinated Bay Area counties, the overall case rate remains low here, so vaccinated people are less likely to be confronted by someone with the virus. That means they’re also less likely to become infected and transmit it. Vaccines are 79% to 95% protective against the delta variant, according to an assortment of international studies.

[tdawg87]

41 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

So vaccines work or don’t work?

They work.

[m0nkey]

Bryce Harper is 24th in position player fWAR (3.0) but 102nd in RBIs (37)

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[Ender]

Sounds like his penis stopped working and he went on TRT ... but didn't do it smartly? What an idiot. 

Can MLB players legally be on TRT if medically diagnosed by a medical professional? Legit question.

[rageous]

26 minutes ago, Ender said:

Sounds like his penis stopped working and he went on TRT ... but didn't do it smartly? What an idiot. 

Can MLB players legally be on TRT if medically diagnosed by a medical professional? Legit question.

MLB testing is not strict as NFL or UFC and it only tests that your testosterone levels do not exceed certain threshold instead of testing for exogeneous testosterone which can easily be tested.  So yes they can be on TRT as long as they do not exceed a certain limit.

[Angelsjunky]

I didn't know Hector was transitioning.

[fan_since79]

Changing the topic for a moment, Pirates rookie Rodolfo Castro's first five major league hits are home runs, the first player ever to do that.

[ScottT]

On 7/28/2021 at 2:48 PM, rafibomb said:

Blake Snell today:

4 IP  7 H  7 ER  4 BB  1 SO

He now has a 5.44 ERA and 1.61 WHIP on the season

Couldn't happen to a more eloquent person.

Oh, wait.  Reverse that. Turn it upside down. 

I'm rooting for the Padres, but that guy ... oof

[jsnpritchett]

 

[Inside Pitch]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

I think Rizzo is my favorite GM in baseball.

[beatlesrule]

Tatis hurt his shoulder again and was taken out of the game. Votto homered in his 7th straight game, one shy of tying MLB record shared by 3 players including my fav Griffey Jr.

[jsnpritchett]