2022 MLB Thread

[Jockey]

Hopefully, for Sox fans, LaRussa will convince Reinsdorf to trade for Yadi to lead them to the promised land.

[dgies9156]

Hopefully, for Sox fans, LaRussa will convince Reinsdorf to trade for Yadi to lead them to the promised land.

Buhhh.

No frickin way!

[Uncle Rico]

Who will be the next to get to 3,000?

[tower912]

That would be a fun Vegas bet.   Look for an early start, consistency, and longevity.

[Uncle Rico]

That would be a fun Vegas bet.   Look for an early start, consistency, and longevity.

If he plays long enough and stays healthy, I’d lean Freddie Freeman.  A case could be made for Altuve but I’m not sure he holds up another 7-8 years

[Jockey]

Juan Soto

[cheebs09]

Yadier.

[PGsHeroes32]

Just not smart coaching throwing to Buxton there.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Chuck Garfien of all people just ripped into LaRussa.

Doesn’t matter though, Reinsdorf got his nap and cigar buddy, he couldn’t care less about what happens to the team.

I feel so, so, bad for Rick Hahn. All the rebuild did was save Jerry money for for years.

Never been so angry at a sports franchise. And I saw the Bears trade up for Trubisky.

[MU82]

The question is if the White Sox keep underperforming, will La Russa make it easy on his buddy by resigning?

[MUBurrow]

The 3000 hit thing is fun.  I think my order of most likely right now would be Soto, Heyward, Wander Franco. Looking at the list, Elvis Andrus has had a better offensive career than I would have guessed.  He won't stick as a regular long enough to get close to 3000, and getting all that PT at 19 didn't hurt, but 1875 hits, 7th among active players at 33 is pretty good.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I've never liked Kyle Schwarber until just now.

He speaks for every baseball fan in regards to Amgel Hernandez.

[Jockey]

The 3000 hit thing is fun.  I think my order of most likely right now would be Soto, Heyward, Wander Franco. Looking at the list, Elvis Andrus has had a better offensive career than I would have guessed.  He won't stick as a regular long enough to get close to 3000, and getting all that PT at 19 didn't hurt, but 1875 hits, 7th among active players at 33 is pretty good.

Heyward?

[Jockey]

I've never liked Kyle Schwarber until just now.

He speaks for every baseball fan in regards to Amgel Hernandez.

He is the consensus choice for worst umpire in baseball.

[GB Warrior]

I've never liked Kyle Schwarber until just now.

He speaks for every baseball fan in regards to Amgel Hernandez.

Saw it on McCuthen's face live. Like 'Yeah, buddy, we all lived through it too'.

[PGsHeroes32]

I still can't believe the Sox pitched to Buxton there

[MUBurrow]

Heyward?

Haha.  Career resurgence!! I meant Soto, Freeman, Franco.  That was a weird slip.

[CreightonWarrior]

Saw it on McCuthen's face live. Like 'Yeah, buddy, we all lived through it too'.

Watched some of the game, including when McCutchen got called out on a bad outside pitch. Just watched the highlight of the ejection and the shot of McCutchen's face was hilarious.

[jficke13]

McCutchen's postgame interview was pretty funny. Said something like "well, we all knew what we were gonna have to deal with from the beginning."

All but said plainly that Hernandez is trash.

[Jockey]

Haha.  Career resurgence!! I meant Soto, Freeman, Franco.  That was a weird slip.

I thought maybe you saw what the Cubs saw. 

[Jockey]

I've never liked Kyle Schwarber until just now.

He speaks for every baseball fan in regards to Amgel Hernandez.

I heard this morning that a website that tracks umpire accuracy on ball/strike had Angel at 85% accuracy for the game. Worst rating so far this year. Normal for a game is 95%+.

[🏀]

I heard this morning that a website that tracks umpire accuracy on ball/strike had Angel at 85% accuracy for the game. Worst rating so far this year. Normal for a game is 95%+.

You gotta be crapting me if you are bringing it 95% at work everyday. Angel probably had a late night, was a little foggy still.

[MU82]

I didn't see the game, so I'll accept everybody's word that Hernandez was bad. He's been not very good for years.

But watching a dozen replays of the strikeout pitch to Schwarber, the pitch was an inch, maybe 2, out of the zone, and the catcher did a nice job of framing it. I've seen a LOT worse calls. But as I said, I understand that it seemed to be a culmination of crapola, and made Schwarber reach a boiling point.

I also understand that Schwarbs probably was in a foul mood anyway, given his strikeout pct of .308 and OBP of .246.

[PGsHeroes32]

I didn't see the game, so I'll accept everybody's word that Hernandez was bad. He's been not very good for years.

But watching a dozen replays of the strikeout pitch to Schwarber, the pitch was an inch, maybe 2, out of the zone, and the catcher did a nice job of framing it. I've seen a LOT worse calls. But as I said, I understand that it seemed to be a culmination of crapola, and made Schwarber reach a boiling point.

I also understand that Schwarbs probably was in a foul mood anyway, given his strikeout pct of .308 and OBP of .246.

There have definitely been worse calls before. But it was a 3-2 pitch in a 1-0 game tht was very clearly a ball. Its a pitch you should never expect to need to swing at.

And against a pitcher like Hader it truly is unhittable. Its a tough one for someone to say "zone was consistently bad all night gotta know that and swing there" because his only chance of a successful AB there was not swinging and hoping Hernandez does his job correctly.

[#UnleashSean]

He is the consensus choice for worst umpire in baseball.

So bad he was proven legally in court that he was an awful umpire.