2022 MLB Thread

[CreightonWarrior]

Victor Caratini throwing his hat in the Brew Crew HR leader board!

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I want to know how many balls in the dirt Reece McGuire blocked today.

Sure felt like at least 10 in the 9th inning alone.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Brewers are utterly boring to watch on offense. - batting .215 as a team.

And, there are SEVEN teams that are worse!

Baltimore is the only team with fewer HRs.

Only the D'Backs, Royals, and Orioles have scored fewer runs.

Time to lower the mound again.

Not sure if I am kidding or not

[dgies9156]

Cardinals looked good last night. Matz pitched well against the Brewers and except for an eighth inning gaff by the bullpen, good pitching game.

We'll see where this goes but this team is intriguing. Only hang-up was the had too many LOBs.

[MU82]

Ya gotta love Giants manager Gabe Kapler taking a massive dump on one of baseball's unwritten rules when he ordered a bunt with his team up by 9 runs in the 6th ...

https://deadspin.com/gabe-kapler-backing-over-the-unwritten-rules-all-the-wa-1848795089?fbclid=IwAR3AhpCfmC7LXe7VwDiNdqX0nIL-5crR1dKqHDNFZEJ2HmLkRU2mge75V14

"Our goal is not exclusively to win one game in a series. It's to try to win the entire series. Sometimes, that means trying to get a little deeper into the opposition's 'pen. I understand that many teams don't love that strategy. And I get why. It's something that we talked about as a club before the season and that we were comfortable going forward with that strategy. It's not to be disrespectful in any way. It's because we feel very cool and strategic. It's the best way to win a series. When I say cool, I mean calm. We're not emotional about it. We're not trying to hurt anybody."

Reasonable explanation IMHO.

Plus, we've all seen teams come back from 9 down to win. If you promise me you'll stop trying to score when you're down 9, I promise I'll stop trying to score when I'm up 9.

[ChuckyChip]

Ya gotta love Giants manager Gabe Kapler taking a massive dump on one of baseball's unwritten rules when he ordered a bunt with his team up by 9 runs in the 6th ...

Also worth noting that under the new CBA there are no longer game 163 tie breakers.  Ties will now be broken by run differential for the season.  So that's another reason not to let off the gas when a team gets a big lead.

[JWags85]

Plus, we've all seen teams come back from 9 down to win. If you promise me you'll stop trying to score when you're down 9, I promise I'll stop trying to score when I'm up 9.

For me its a non issue given it was the 6th inning.  9th inning or bottom of 8 or something?  I can see the argument (even though the "unwritten rules" are lame AF), but not here.  Thats like complaining about a college or NBA team still playing hard and going balls out when up 25 early in the second half.

[Jockey]

Something I have been asking for for the last 3 years:


The implementation of a strict pitch clock across Minor League Baseball has shaved 20 minutes off game times, dramatically speeding up the pace while not having a demonstrable effect on scoring and setting the stage for the Major League Baseball to implement a clock in the 2023 season.

Over the first 132 minor league games that included a 14-second clock with the bases empty, 18-second clock with runners on and penalties for pitchers and hitters that run afoul of it, the average game time was 2 hours, 39 minutes. In a control set of 335 games run without the clock to begin the season, games lasted an average of 2 hours, 59 minutes -- around the same 3-hour, 3-minute average in 5,000-plus non-clock games during the 2021 season.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I have a new favorite bet.

Three game parlay, under .5 runs in the first inning.

Especially in the cold weather months.

[panda]

I have a new favorite bet.

Three game parlay, under .5 runs in the first inning.

Especially in the cold weather months.

That bet can be a cruel mistress. Had tigers Yankees NRFI yesterday. Bases loaded, two outs Yankees high pop up in front of the plate and the tigers botched it letting in two runs. Hilariously bad beat.

[JWags85]

That bet can be a cruel mistress. Had tigers Yankees NRFI yesterday. Bases loaded, two outs Yankees high pop up in front of the plate and the tigers botched it letting in two runs. Hilariously bad beat.

NRFI is the crack cocaine of baseball betting.  I personally love when you get an error or a fluke run for a team to lose the bet...then they score 1 more run, sometimes none, the rest of the game

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1516889581089611777?t=kG7YcCM_quPnYaGenEg4wQ&s=19

Anyone see this hit in juco baseball? Pitcher played linebacker in high school and forgot which sport he was playing

[panda]

NRFI is the crack cocaine of baseball betting.  I personally love when you get an error or a fluke run for a team to lose the bet...then they score 1 more run, sometimes none, the rest of the game

Oh yea it's the best - somewhat related but the other day I had angels astros over and the angels scored 6 runs in the top of the first. No one scored for the rest of the game lol.

[JWags85]

Oh yea it's the best - somewhat related but the other day I had angels astros over and the angels scored 6 runs in the top of the first. No one scored for the rest of the game lol.

Nothing will ever top a Cubs game from the year after the WS.  I think it was the Indians, but I may be mistaken.  The O/U was 10.5.  I had the over in the last leg of a 5 team parlay on a lark.  It was 8-2 after 2....and also after 9.  I remember thinking midway through the 7th...oh my god, They aren't going to score another run.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

La Russa needs to go.

Someone needs to take one for the team and plant a handle of vodka in his car.

[lawdog77]

https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1516889581089611777?t=kG7YcCM_quPnYaGenEg4wQ&s=19

Anyone see this hit in juco baseball? Pitcher played linebacker in high school and forgot which sport he was playing

suspended a whopping 4 games. Batter was suspended 2 games for "taunting". Seems like the pitcher wins in this.

[HouWarrior]

suspended a whopping 4 games. Batter was suspended 2 games for "taunting". Seems like the pitcher wins in this.

Well ...pitcher faces some other issues too. He also has been kicked off the team, in addition to league sanctions you mention... and ...he still faces school/student expulsion.

He is a CyFair Bridgeland HS grad who was scheduled to move on to UH baseball team next year, but UH is "monitoring the issue closely". It is still possible his entire collegiate career blows up here

The batter is not an innocent, here.  He already was warned earlier by umpires for his jawing with a previous pitcher in the game. Then, and despite the warning to shut up, he yelled to this pitcher " FU" during his HR trot.

Of course, lets not rush to judge 'em all as, I am sure:

"You also had some very fine people on both sides,"

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Expulsion for that would be absolutely ridiculous.

Cmon now...

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Expulsion for that would be absolutely ridiculous.

Cmon now...

Expulsion may be a stretch. But most universities will at least suspend you for physically assaulting someone. Expulsion could be on the table if this wasn't his first offense (I have no reason to think that it wasn't his first offense).

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Leury Garcia batting second. He has two hits on the season...

I will never forgive Reinsdorf for going over Hahn's head and hiring La Russa.

This is the most infuriating season I can remember and it's not even 15 games in.

[DegenerateDish]

This White Sox team has some big time problems.

[Jockey]

Leury Garcia batting serving. He has two hits on the season...

I will never forgive Reinsdorf for going over Hahn's head and hiring La Russa.

This is the most infuriating season I can remember and it's not even 15 games in.

I can only assume that Leury pays for all the booze that Tony can drink. I can't think pf any other reason he plays him every day and bats him at the top of the order.

With AJ Hinch, the White Sox would be the best team in the AL. With LaRussa, they will be an early out in the Playoffs.

[tower912]

Congrats to Miggie.   
3000 hits
500 homers
Triple crown
When he gets his next double, it will be 600.


That will put him in a category of 1.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Welp, that's Eloy done for the year...

I swear Leury Garcia has a voodoo doll of every player on the team.

[DegenerateDish]

Sox are +260 to miss the playoffs right now. Just sayin...