The Official 2022 MLB Season Thread

[HanfordGuy]

 

[Lou]

Just now, HanfordGuy said:

 

Meh, it's been done before.

[mmc]

 

[Inside Pitch]

Sammy Sosa looking more and more like Grandpa Munster.

 

[Blarg]

That's taking appropriating a culture to a new level. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Sammy Sosa looking more and more like Grandpa Munster.

 

It's literally insane to see this. Wtf happened to that guy?

[ten ocho recon scout]

28 minutes ago, Blarg said:

That's taking appropriating a culture to a new level. 

It's like the reverse of that C Thomas Howell movie Soul Man. 

But he went from Black to White, so it's Casserole Man.

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Sammy Sosa looking more and more like Grandpa Munster.

 

He just got mistakenly drafted into the Russian army.

[Tank]

13 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

It's literally insane to see this. Wtf happened to that guy?

i think the next step in his progression is to have 75 nose jobs and start inviting kids to stay over at his amusement park/home.

[Taylor]

[jsnpritchett]

Zack Wheeler started tonight for the first time in about a month.  Guess he was on a pitch count, as he came out after 4 scoreless innings.  Syndergaard actually replaced him. 

I'm very curious to see what the market is like for Syndergaard this off-season.

[Inside Pitch]

32 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Zack Wheeler started tonight for the first time in about a month.  Guess he was on a pitch count, as he came out after 4 scoreless innings.  Syndergaard actually replaced him. 

I'm very curious to see what the market is like for Syndergaard this off-season.

The wheels came completely off of Syndergaard (ERA wise) after they started using him in a traditional 5 man rotation.  But if you look at his peripherals (4.11 FIP during that span), he was pretty much the same exact pitcher he had been in Anaheim.  His K rate dropped, his hit rate went up (their defense is awful), but he's actually posted a lower FIP as a Philly overall. 

Given how often perception can cloud people's view, he may end up being available for a lot less than 21 mil a year.

[jsnpritchett]

2 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

The wheels came completely off of Syndergaard (ERA wise) after they started using him in a traditional 5 man rotation.  But if you look at his peripherals (4.11 FIP during that span), he was pretty much the same exact pitcher he had been in Anaheim.  His K rate dropped, his hit rate went up (their defense is awful), but he's actually posted a lower FIP as a Philly overall. 

Given how often perception can cloud people's view, he may end up being available for a lot less than 21 mil a year.

I would certainly hope so.  Anyone who pays him anywhere near $20M/year is going to regret it.

[Blarg]

5 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

It's like the reverse of that C Thomas Howell movie Soul Man. 

But he went from Black to White, so it's Casserole Man.

Mayonnaise man.

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 hours ago, Blarg said:

Mayonnaise man.

 

[Lou]

5 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

 

I got nowhere else to go!

[Revad]

I miss Calhoun.  We could use a lefty hitting OF.

[Taylor]

6 minutes ago, Revad said:

I miss Calhoun.  We could use a lefty hitting OF.

His .609 OPS and negative 1.4 WAR in 114 games this season would have really helped.

[Revad]

33 minutes ago, Taylor said:

His .609 OPS and negative 1.4 WAR in 114 games this season would have really helped.

Good point but he and Trout are buddies, that’s worth .200 OPS

[Angels 1961]

16 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

The wheels came completely off of Syndergaard (ERA wise) after they started using him in a traditional 5 man rotation.  But if you look at his peripherals (4.11 FIP during that span), he was pretty much the same exact pitcher he had been in Anaheim.  His K rate dropped, his hit rate went up (their defense is awful), but he's actually posted a lower FIP as a Philly overall. 

Given how often perception can cloud people's view, he may end up being available for a lot less than 21 mil a year.

8 mill 1 year deal to Texas

[fan_since79]

Immaculate inning tonight for Hayden Wesneski of the Cubs.

[Chuck]

Embarrassing. 

 

[Inside Pitch]

21 hours ago, Revad said:

I miss Calhoun.  We could use a lefty hitting OF.

So, what's the connection to Calhoun?

[Revad]

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

So, what's the connection to Calhoun?

Faint old memory, regrettably no longer true.  I still root for him though, sort of unconditional baseball love.

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, Revad said:

Faint old memory, regrettably no longer true.  I still root for him though, sort of unconditional baseball love.

I still like the memory of what he used to be too, and I don't mean that dismissively.  Father Time has done to him what it does to all of us, but he was a good Angel, and appears to still be a good human being.

I just think his playing days may be at an end.