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

[Lou]

Means threw strikes to 26 of the 27 batters he faced. 

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Means threw strikes to 26 of the 27 batters he faced. 

I would hope so. That would be wild if he didn't. 

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

I would hope so. That would be wild if he didn't. 

Why?

[St1ck]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

Why?

You don't think it would be? 

[m0nkey]

I get it

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

You don't think it would be? 

Haha.

I meant first-pitch strikes. 

This whole Battle of Puebla thing has me flustered.

[St1ck]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

Haha.

I meant first-pitch strikes. 

This whole Battle of Puebla thing has me flustered.

Lose a lot of relatives that day? 

[Angel Oracle]

First ever no-hitter where the only base runner was on a 3rd strike WP/PB.

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Angel Oracle said:

First ever no-hitter where the only base runner was on a 3rd strike WP/PB.

That must have been one of the 26 batters Lou was referencing. 

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, st1ckboy said:

Lose a lot of relatives that day? 

No, but they caused a lot of Frenchies to.

[Docwaukee]

19 minutes ago, Lou said:

No, but they caused a lot of Frenchies to.

You beat the french.  I'm mean...was it that hard?

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Dochalo said:

You beat the french.  I'm mean...was it that hard?

Not really, but we were required to fight with one arm tied behind our backs.

[St1ck]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

Not really, but we were required to fight with one arm tied behind our backs.

The war took a turn in Mexico's favor once the French ran out of Brita filters. 

[Ender]

I dunno who the fuck Means is but he was disgusting today.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, st1ckboy said:

The war took a turn in Mexico's favor once the French ran out of Brita filters. 

Holy crap. I just bought one a couple of days ago.

lol @ the frenchies 

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Means threw strikes to 26 of the 27 batters he faced. 

What a pussy...  Lets see him try to no hit ppl not throwing any strikes.... 

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

What a pussy...  Lets see him try to no hit ppl not throwing any strikes.... 

Asked and answered.

[Inside Pitch]

20 minutes ago, Ender said:

I dunno who the fuck Means is but he was disgusting today.

Kinda funny but...  a couple years ago when Means broke out on the scene, I saw him dealing and as someone who tracks the minors pretty hard was shocked to have no clue who he was...  So, I went to Google his name to seek out more info.... Google hilariously listed the meanings for John, and nothing actually about John Means... He was that big of a nobody.

Guessing that might not be the case anymore after today's performance

[Angel Oracle]

Means was solid two years ago (3.60 ERA and 1.13 WHIP in 155 innings), and then took the next jump this season.

Edited May 6, 2021 by Angel Oracle

[JustATroutFan]

The slash line for offense as a whole so far this regular season is .234/.311/.394. That was before today. Not that shocking that another no-hitter happened today. We might be seeing another 1968, just like we did in 2014. 

[JustATroutFan]

18 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Means was solid two years ago (3.60 ERA and 1.13 WHIP in 155 innings), and then took the next jump this season.

Trout got him for a home run two seasons ago in Baltimore. Looking forward to Trout going up against Means once again one day, could be this season. 

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Trout got him for a home run two seasons ago in Baltimore. Looking forward to Trout going up against Means once again one day, could be this season. 

[Lou]

2 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Kinda funny but...  a couple years ago when Means broke out on the scene, I saw him dealing and as someone who tracks the minors pretty hard was shocked to have no clue who he was...  So, I went to Google his name to seek out more info.... Google hilariously listed the meanings for John, and nothing actually about John Means... He was that big of a nobody.

Guessing that might not be the case anymore after today's performance

That's strange, seeing as he only had 1 season in the minors with an era over 4. 

In 2017, he had an era of 4.11 in AA. 

Hi @Tank!

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

That's strange, seeing as he only had 1 season in the minors with an era over 4. 

In 2017, he had an era of 4.11 in AA. 

Hi @Tank!while 

What's strange about it?  He was a nobody, the 29th ranked prospect in a weak Orioles system where 16 other pitchers made the list ahead of him.

Minor league ERA has zero context, isnt weighted, ignores league factors, and age to league factors. He was a 46th round draft pick who was 25 years old when he started that AA season. I mean the Orioles thought so much of his performance in 2017 that they sent him back to AA to start 2018.

He was basically Packy Naughty with lesser results and a boring name. 

Props to you if you knew who he was and predicted he would be a better MLB pitcher than he was a MiLB pitcher.  I certainly didn't.

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

What's strange about it?  He was a nobody, the 29th ranked prospect in a weak Orioles system where 16 other pitchers made the list ahead of him.

Minor league ERA has zero context, isnt weighted, ignores league factors, and age to league factors. He was a 46th round draft pick who was 25 years old when he started that AA season. I mean the Orioles thought so much of his performance in 2017 that they sent him back to AA to start 2018.

He was basically Packy Naughty with lesser results and a boring name. 

Props to you if you knew who he was and predicted he would be a better MLB pitcher than he was a MiLB pitcher.  I certainly didn't.

Thank you.