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Author Topic: 2022 MLB Thread  (Read 118178 times)

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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #525 on: May 11, 2022, 10:58:17 AM »
Good news for Cubbies' fans. Rick Sutcliffe says they are right in the middle of the wild card race in the NL.

They might want to catch the Pirates, though, before getting too giddy.


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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #526 on: May 12, 2022, 08:41:37 PM »
Dylan Cease’s pitching line tonight is wild.

4 IP
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6 H
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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #527 on: May 13, 2022, 07:16:52 PM »
Kershaw on injury list again.
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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #528 on: May 13, 2022, 10:12:01 PM »
Apologies if already discussed. The apple tv broadcast crew is the worst I've ever sat through.  Can't imagine they're drawing many to the platform with this effort

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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #529 on: May 14, 2022, 09:01:38 AM »
Dylan Cease’s pitching line tonight is wild.

4 IP
11 K’s
6 H
6 ER

3 true outcomes, but a pitcher

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« Reply #530 on: May 15, 2022, 09:32:52 PM »
Never thought I'd see Pujols pitch
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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #531 on: May 16, 2022, 03:11:35 PM »
I am not a math guy, but can someone explain to me how Mike Trout's WAR is so much higher than Taylor Ward's?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/player/_/table/batting/sort/WARBR/dir/desc


POS
GP
GP    AB   R   H   AVG   2B   3B   HR   RBI   TB   BB   K   SB   OBP   SLG   OPS   WAR
Trout CF
32   109   28   34   .312   9   1   9   20   72   21   32   0   .432   .661   1.092   2.5
RF
26   91   24   35   .385   5   2   8   22   68   21   24   1   .500   .747   1.247   2.0


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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #532 on: May 16, 2022, 04:00:30 PM »
I am not a math guy, but can someone explain to me how Mike Trout's WAR is so much higher than Taylor Ward's?

https://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/player/_/table/batting/sort/WARBR/dir/desc


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GP    AB   R   H   AVG   2B   3B   HR   RBI   TB   BB   K   SB   OBP   SLG   OPS   WAR
Trout CF
32   109   28   34   .312   9   1   9   20   72   21   32   0   .432   .661   1.092   2.5
RF
26   91   24   35   .385   5   2   8   22   68   21   24   1   .500   .747   1.247   2.0

Must be the combination of defense and the positional adjustment.  Trout has 2 DRS playing CF and Ward has -1 playing RF. 

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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #533 on: May 17, 2022, 03:50:18 PM »
Like Pomeroy, in the first half of the season the WAR formula includes career stats.
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« Reply #534 on: May 17, 2022, 06:20:13 PM »
Mejia now suspended for a positive PED test.  Second Brewer this year.
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« Reply #535 on: May 17, 2022, 06:43:39 PM »
What da hell? Big money's in play here, aina?
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« Reply #536 on: May 17, 2022, 06:54:47 PM »
Mejia now suspended for a positive PED test.  Second Brewer this year.

That was his performance on PEDs? Hate to see him without them
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« Reply #537 on: May 17, 2022, 07:08:07 PM »
Hell, worked well for #8, hey?
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« Reply #538 on: May 18, 2022, 08:45:54 AM »
Mejia now suspended for a positive PED test.  Second Brewer this year.

better to kill a player and only get 60 days
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« Reply #539 on: May 18, 2022, 11:19:40 AM »
better to kill a player and only get 60 days
Ex-Angels P Matt Harvey suspended 60 games after admitting to taking pills with Tyler Skaggs

Thats a pretty generous definition of "kill".  If you wanna toss it at that scumbag Kay, then sure but Harvey was just an addict partaking in his habit with another.  Harvey wasn't his dealer.  The buddy who goes shot for shot with you at the bar didn't "kill you" when you drink yourself to death.

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« Reply #540 on: May 20, 2022, 07:47:20 AM »
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« Reply #541 on: May 21, 2022, 07:26:29 PM »
Tim Anderson is a tool that loves to hear himself talk.

Ambassador for changing the game he is not.
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« Reply #542 on: May 22, 2022, 12:27:51 PM »
Tim Anderson is a tool that loves to hear himself talk.

Ambassador for changing the game he is not.

Strange, even Donaldson’s manager seems to think he stepped over the line.

https://twitter.com/bryanhoch/status/1528418274999926791?s=21&t=yZIQBE1A55NtJOW1v7qGdA

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Re: 2022 MLB Thread
« Reply #543 on: May 22, 2022, 01:24:10 PM »
Nothing good can come of a white person referring to a Black person derisively as Jackie Robinson.
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« Reply #544 on: May 22, 2022, 02:14:01 PM »

Strange, even Donaldson’s manager seems to think he stepped over the line.

https://twitter.com/bryanhoch/status/1528418274999926791?s=21&t=yZIQBE1A55NtJOW1v7qGdA

Boone is playing it straight, smart move.

Anderson is the one if anything who deminished things. He asked to be called Jackie in response to his attempts to "make baseball fun again" which completes disgraces the impact that Jackie actually had. Ya know, breaking color barriers and all. And being a HOF.

If Anderson made his moronic comment in more of a race sense, it would hold a little more water.

The guy loves to hear himself talk. Theres a reason hes always bitching about something and getting suspended for umpire run ins. Hes a clown.

JD is also a dick. And didnt need to chirp the guy. But insinutating racism is a classic TA move. Have the smoke brought back on you, and claim racism.
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« Reply #545 on: May 22, 2022, 02:30:50 PM »
Boone is playing it straight, smart move.

Anderson is the one if anything who deminished things. He asked to be called Jackie in response to his attempts to "make baseball fun again" which completes disgraces the impact that Jackie actually had. Ya know, breaking color barriers and all. And being a HOF.

If Anderson made his moronic comment in more of a race sense, it would hold a little more water.

The guy loves to hear himself talk. Theres a reason hes always bitching about something and getting suspended for umpire run ins. Hes a clown.

JD is also a dick. And didnt need to chirp the guy. But insinutating racism is a classic TA move. Have the smoke brought back on you, and claim racism.

He made that comparison in regards to inspiring young black players. I don’t believe he asked people to call him Jackie Robinson.

For a manager who wouldn’t even defend his own player for swinging at the wrong time, feels like TLR saying it was out of line is somewhat significant here.

I’m fine with you thinking Anderson is a cocky annoying personality. But I don’t think you or I are in much position to make sweeping assumptions about Donaldson’s intent here.

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« Reply #546 on: May 22, 2022, 02:47:04 PM »
He made that comparison in regards to inspiring young black players. I don’t believe he asked people to call him Jackie Robinson.

For a manager who wouldn’t even defend his own player for swinging at the wrong time, feels like TLR saying it was out of line is somewhat significant here.

I’m fine with you thinking Anderson is a cocky annoying personality. But I don’t think you or I are in much position to make sweeping assumptions about Donaldson’s intent here.

I saw someone pull the quote and apparently it was about making the game fun again. I don't personally remember it(had no idea it was a thing til yesterday) so could be wrong.

Idk if TLR holds any weight. That is inconsistent with every thing he says and does and basically all of chicago wants him out of town for incompetence ha.

We cant really make assumptions at intent. But Donaldson did explain his intent. So thats really all we have to go off of, what he said he meant by it. And it makes sense. And if Donaldson is also truthful that this isnt the first instance, it seems like TA cherry picked.

Again, I'm not saying JD isnt a dbag as well. He absolutely could just not say anything. But anything alluding to racism on this is just a bad and really unsubstantiated.

To me this was a classic dust up between two notorious dickhead pot stirrers, and race got used to make one look worse.

Hell, if there was no history of a TA reference to Jackie. Idk how this would even be an insult. Jackie is an icon.
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« Reply #547 on: May 22, 2022, 03:34:31 PM »
I saw someone pull the quote and apparently it was about making the game fun again. I don't personally remember it(had no idea it was a thing til yesterday) so could be wrong.

Idk if TLR holds any weight. That is inconsistent with every thing he says and does and basically all of chicago wants him out of town for incompetence ha.

We cant really make assumptions at intent. But Donaldson did explain his intent. So thats really all we have to go off of, what he said he meant by it. And it makes sense. And if Donaldson is also truthful that this isnt the first instance, it seems like TA cherry picked.

Again, I'm not saying JD isnt a dbag as well. He absolutely could just not say anything. But anything alluding to racism on this is just a bad and really unsubstantiated.

To me this was a classic dust up between two notorious dickhead pot stirrers, and race got used to make one look worse.

Hell, if there was no history of a TA reference to Jackie. Idk how this would even be an insult. Jackie is an icon.

One time? Fine, whatever. Over and over after it’s clear he doesn’t like it? You’re just excited to have found a racial thing to say that you think you have enough cover/deniability to use. That’s my read. But again, I’m not in a position to tell people what their intent was or wasn’t. Certainly not in a position to tell someone of color that they shouldn’t think something was racist.

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« Reply #548 on: May 22, 2022, 07:10:25 PM »


Idk if TLR holds any weight. That is inconsistent with every thing he says and does and basically all of chicago wants him out of town for incompetence ha.



That statement is beyond dumb.

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« Reply #549 on: May 22, 2022, 07:18:57 PM »
One time? Fine, whatever. Over and over after it’s clear he doesn’t like it? You’re just excited to have found a racial thing to say that you think you have enough cover/deniability to use. That’s my read. But again, I’m not in a position to tell people what their intent was or wasn’t. Certainly not in a position to tell someone of color that they shouldn’t think something was racist.

Well again, thats the thing. All we have is what we are told and JD says its been over and over and only now did TA have a problem with it.

TA could deny that(to my knowledge he hasnt) and then we would be in a he said/she said situation.

Everything we have is assumptions. Aside from what we know(TA made the first Jackie reference unsubstantiated) and what JD says was his intent and history of using the insult.

Now is TA allow to say he didnt like a comment, absolutely.

But immediatley tossing out racist without allowing JD to give any context is on par with that base coach for the Giants or Padres(dont remember what team) that cried racism to the media earlier this year on something that was blatantly not racist.

It just seems to be a go to deflect.

And of course, there are plenty of words that could be used that would be immediately ok to go right to racism. Sup Jackie? Major stretch.
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