2015 MLB Season Thread

[Blackhat]

Damn is it 2015 already?


Cubs start off tonight.    Epstein's rebuilt program begins.    I hope it blows up on him.  


Brewers start tomorrow.

[wadesworld]

Cubs have a very bright future. This World Series talk is 2 years early, if you ask me.

Brewers are a .500 caliber team who happen to be in the toughest division in baseball, so below .500 this year if you ask me.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Excited for the White Sox this year. Should at least be competitive.

[Blackhat]

What have the White Sox done to improve?

[BrewCity83]

I'm going to the Brewers opener tomorrow so I'll be in the bag by the time the UW-Madison - Duke game tips off. 

I think the Brewers have a chance to contend this year but they'll need bounce-back years from guys like Segura and Braun and continued progress from young pitchers like Jimmy Nelson and Fiers.  And they need to stay healthy.  Their batting order really is imposing with Gomez, Lucroy, Braun, Ramirez, Lind, Davis, Gennett and Segura.  Really like their run scoring potential.  And I really like their bullpen.

[MUsoxfan]

What have the White Sox done to improve?

Lots

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

What have the White Sox done to improve?

Finally have a stud eighty to counter Sale. Duke and Robertson solidify the pen. Actually have a respectable outfield this year so long as they stay healthy. Only two questions are 2B and C but Flowers was much improved last year.

[Blackhat]

I'm going to the Brewers opener tomorrow so I'll be in the bag by the time the UW-Madison - Duke game tips off. 

I think the Brewers have a chance to contend this year but they'll need bounce-back years from guys like Segura and Braun and continued progress from young pitchers like Jimmy Nelson and Fiers.  And they need to stay healthy.  Their batting order really is imposing with Gomez, Lucroy, Braun, Ramirez, Lind, Davis, Gennett and Segura.  Really like their run scoring potential.  And I really like their bullpen.

Hopefully Nelson has added that third pitch.    I like the Lind add too.   Maybe a kid like Thornburg can be a good surprise should someone get hurt in the rotation.  I'd still platoon Gennnett    Unfortunately I don't think Braun is ever going to "be back", and we know why.   Hopefully he hits the weights and the coffee.    Excited to see it get going though. 

[Blackhat]

Finally have a stud eighty to counter Sale. Duke and Robertson solidify the pen. Actually have a respectable outfield this year so long as they stay healthy. Only two questions are 2B and C but Flowers was much improved last year.

thanks for the run-down.

[brandx]

Damn is it 2015 already?


Cubs start off tonight.    Epstein's rebuilt program begins.    I hope it blows up on him. 


Brewers start tomorrow.

Love the Cubs future - but they are a 4th place team this year.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Cubs have a very bright future. This World Series talk is 2 years early, if you ask me.

Brewers are a .500 caliber team who happen to be in the toughest division in baseball, so below .500 this year if you ask me.

I'll take the AL West as the toughest division in baseball, but we'll see how it plays out.

[MU82]

Depending upon which site you visit, Cubbies are anywhere from 7-1 to 10-1 to win the NL pennant.

Cubbie fans crack me up.

But good for them betting the line down. I mean, putting one's money on the Cubs to win the pennant has been a very good financial strategy for the last 70 years.

[brandx]

I'm going to the Brewers opener tomorrow so I'll be in the bag by the time the UW-Madison - Duke game tips off. 

I think the Brewers have a chance to contend this year but they'll need bounce-back years from guys like Segura and Braun and continued progress from young pitchers like Jimmy Nelson and Fiers.  And they need to stay healthy.  Their batting order really is imposing with Gomez, Lucroy, Braun, Ramirez, Lind, Davis, Gennett and Segura.  Really like their run scoring potential.  And I really like their bullpen.

I'll be there tomorrow, as well. I agree with all you say. If Braun is at least 80% of what he was, they will score a lot of runs.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Amen to that.  Finally MLB season.

[JWags85]

Depending upon which site you visit, Cubbies are anywhere from 7-1 to 10-1 to win the NL pennant.

Cubbie fans crack me up.

But good for them betting the line down. I mean, putting one's money on the Cubs to win the pennant has been a very good financial strategy for the last 70 years.

You're crazy if you think that's just Cubs fans.  Look at national writers posting, in my opinion, foolish buzz pieces about the Cubs.  I mean, I'm more excited to watch them this year than I have been in 7-8 years, but nobody logically thinks this is the year a run is made.

If only I was a Brewers fan with all those division titles and pennants stacked up to give me a basis to throw shade at other fan bases.

[Benny B]

How many threads are we going to start on the 2015 season?

[HutchwasClutch]

If only I was a Brewers fan with all those division titles and pennants stacked up to give me a basis to throw shade at other fan bases.

I'm a Brewer fan, and you're right, our record over the years gives us no bragging rights on any other fan base.

Here's what you're missing though, Cub fans are unquestionably the most insufferably obnoxious in all of sports!!  They are despised and mocked by everybody, and with good reason. 

[Spotcheck Billy]

How is this the 2015-2016 season instead of just the 2015 season?

[Blackhat]

Good catch.  I'll change it.

[jficke13]

At least the Cubs can hang their hats on Wrigley's superior bathroom facilities...

[HutchwasClutch]

How is this the 2015-2016 season instead of just the 2015 season?

LOL- I finally noticed that too- I know that a baseball season seems like it carries on over two calendar years, but they actually do manage to get it all in over just one.

[Blackhat]

How many threads are we going to start on the 2015 season?

Is there another one?  I didn't see one when I looked.  Mods can combine em.

[jsglow]

I'm a Brewer fan, and you're right, our record over the years gives us no bragging rights on any other fan base.

Here's what you're missing though, Cub fans are unquestionably the most insufferably obnoxious in all of sports!!  They are despised and mocked by everybody, and with good reason.  

That is true.  I came to Chicago in 1984 ready to embrace the Cubs.  Watched games on Channel 9 in my graduate school dorm.  Been here pretty much ever since.  But they are a pathetic excuse for a baseball organization and their fans are insufferable.  I do believe they'll have some success over the next few years but I'd much rather cheer for the hard working Brewers and Sox any day.

[HutchwasClutch]

At least the Cubs can hang their hats on Wrigley's superior bathroom facilities...

Only organizations and fan bases as stupid as the Cubs think it's a good idea to preserve a ballpark that has been about losing, and losing big generally, for over a century.  

Yes, Wrigley Field has some built in charm with the bricks and ivy, but they could have easily recreated that in a brand new stadium that would have far greater revenue potential than a ballpark stuck in an old Chicago neighborhood with no room to expand.

[jficke13]

Only organizations and fan bases as stupid as the Cubs think it's a good idea to preserve a ballpark that has been about losing, and losing big generally, for over a century.  

Yes, Wrigley Field has some built in charm with the bricks and ivy, but they could have easily recreated that in a brand new stadium that would have far greater revenue potential than a ballpark stuck in an old Chicago neighborhood with no room to expand.

I was more referencing the fact that they had 4 functional bathrooms for the game last night and there are reports that people were, erm, relieving themselves, in empty beer cups on the concourse.