The Official 2022 MLB Season Thread

[HanfordGuy]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

We could really use a guy that can't throw strikes.

 

21 minutes ago, Tank said:

we had a plethora of those guys last year. no thanks.

[m0nkey]

Cole 2022 update: not good

[Lou]

8 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Cole 2022 update: not good

DETROIT — Gerrit Cole and the Yankees were hoping for a quick night, but never could have imagined anything like this. The ace was chased in the second inning after walking four hitters in the inning — and a career-high five walks total in 1.2 innings — and allowing two runs to score.

[Revad]

What a shame.  He had a hiccup and it’s nice when that happens to the Yankees.

[jsnpritchett]

 

[HanfordGuy]

50 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

[m0nkey]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

DETROIT — Gerrit Cole and the Yankees were hoping for a quick night, but never could have imagined anything like this. The ace was chased in the second inning after walking four hitters in the inning — and a career-high five walks total in 1.2 innings — and allowing two runs to score.

 

[arch stanton]

The only team in the AL without at least 5 losses is the White Sox and they’ve only played 9 games. The wild cards may all be decided by coin flips 

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, arch stanton said:

The only team in the AL without at least 5 losses is the White Sox and they’ve only played 9 games. The wild cards may all be decided by coin flips 

The standings are kind of wild early on, some really crazy performances.  Cubs and Guardians offenses being top tier, Baltimore Orioles with a 152 ERA+.

I wonder how much of this weirdness is due to MLB having put humidors in all the parks..

https://theathletic.com/3217180/2022/03/31/sarris-mlb-will-have-humidors-in-every-park-this-season-what-will-it-mean-for-offense/

Some excerpts..

Top Ten Parks by Relative Humidity

PARK	AVERAGE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Petco Park	70.3
Oracle Park	65.2
Oakland Coliseum	63.5
Progressive Field	61.7
Angel Stadium of Anaheim	61.6
Fenway Park	60.5
Great American Ball Park	59.8
Oriole Park at Camden Yards	58.4
Wrigley Field	57.9
Citi Field	57.7

Potential Home Run Increases by Park

PARK	POSSIBLE % INCREASE IN HR
Petco Park	13.2
Oracle Park	9.9
Oakland Coliseum	8.8
Progressive Field	7.6
Angel Stadium of Anaheim	7.5

Players Most Affected by the Humidors?

PLAYER	LONG NON-HOMERS IN AFFECTED PARKS
Jed Lowrie	9
Brandon Crawford	5
Matt Chapman	5
Anthony Rendon	4
Jake Cronenworth	4
Mark Canha	4
Cesar Hernandez	3
Jared Walsh	3
Juan Lagares	3
Justin Upton	3
Manny Machado	3
Matt Olson	3
Ramon Laureano	3

Lots of current and former Angels on that list...  When you see the Angels, Cubs and Guardians offenses off to such hot starts, and the power increases..  Kinda crazy

[Taylor]

13 hours ago, Lou said:

DETROIT — Gerrit Cole and the Yankees were hoping for a quick night, but never could have imagined anything like this. The ace was chased in the second inning after walking four hitters in the inning — and a career-high five walks total in 1.2 innings — and allowing two runs to score.

[Taylor]

11 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

So their attendance has gone up since last year. Good for them.

[jsnpritchett]

28 minutes ago, Taylor said:

So their attendance has gone up since last year. Good for them.

[Vlad27Trout27]

The A's even in rebuild mode, are 7-3. They might somehow get into the playoffs.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Vlad27Trout27 said:

The A's even in rebuild mode, are 7-3. They might somehow get into the playoffs.

They're 7-5 

[Angelsjunky]

CJ Cron leads the majors with 6 HR.

F'n Dipoto.

[Lou]

11 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

CJ Cron leads the majors with 6 HR.

F'n Dipoto.

5 in Colorado and 1 in Texas

[jsnpritchett]

 

 

[Revad]

9 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

Too bad for Heany since he was off to a good start.  No sympathy for the doggies.

[Taylor]

I wonder if the folks at DodgersWin are making "pulled vagina muscle" jokes.

[jsnpritchett]

7 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I wonder if the folks at DodgersWin are making "pulled vagina muscle" jokes.

[Blarg]

We haven't even got out of April and you guys are talking teams in playoff contention?

[Taylor]

4 minutes ago, Blarg said:

We haven't even got out of April and you guys are talking teams in playoff contention?

We take the Angels out of playoff contention every time they give up a lead in the 3rd inning, so what do you expect?

[HanfordGuy]

 

[HanfordGuy]

 

[HanfordGuy]