MLB 2024 Season

[wadesworld]

If you get caught juicing it is because you are an idiot or careless. The doping/deceiving technology always outstrips testing.

Judge is a giant strong freak, so it wouldn't necessarily surprise me if he was all natural power. But then again it wouldn't surprise me if he was on some stuff too, most guys are in one way or another.

Correct.  Dee freaking Gordon got suspended for 80 games for PED use.  All 5'11", 166 lbs and 18 career home runs in 11 seasons.

But no way in hell a guy who was still spending time in the minor leagues as a 28 year old in his 8th year as a pro, then suddenly wins the Cy Young Award the very next season, has 4 good seasons, and then falls off a cliff was doing any kind of PEDs.  Just look at his X profile picture.  Clearly all natural!

https://x.com/JArrieta34/photo

[ATL MU Warrior]

Correct.  Dee freaking Gordon got suspended for 80 games for PED use.  All 5'11", 166 lbs and 18 career home runs in 11 seasons.

But no way in hell a guy who was still spending time in the minor leagues as a 28 year old in his 8th year as a pro, then suddenly wins the Cy Young Award the very next season, has 4 good seasons, and then falls off a cliff was doing any kind of PEDs.  Just look at his X profile picture.  Clearly all natural!

https://x.com/JArrieta34/photo

I'm way huger than that and all natural!

[Not all scoop users are created equal apparently]

Correct.  Dee freaking Gordon got suspended for 80 games for PED use.  All 5'11", 166 lbs and 18 career home runs in 11 seasons.

But no way in hell a guy who was still spending time in the minor leagues as a 28 year old in his 8th year as a pro, then suddenly wins the Cy Young Award the very next season, has 4 good seasons, and then falls off a cliff was doing any kind of PEDs.  Just look at his X profile picture.  Clearly all natural!

https://x.com/JArrieta34/photo

I was told the Cubs were just good at tweaking mechanics.

[Jockey]

Arrieta should have been on steroids. He was facing juiced hitters.

[lawdog77]

I'm way huger than that and all natural!

We are talking about the guy on the left, not the right

[PGsHeroes32]

Soto and Judge homer basically every night now

Lucky for the rest of baseball they are surrounded by mostly trash. Cause if they had help it would be the best team of all time.

[ATL MU Warrior]

We are talking about the guy on the left, not the right

Dammit!

[Its DJOver]

The fact that that's the first gut wrenching loss of the season and it's late August, I suppose I'll be okay with the 11 game lead.

[SoCalEagle]

The Dodgers again have the best record in baseball.  Hopefully they can do something in the playoffs this year.  And, we get to watch Ohtani try to become the first player in history with 50 HRs and 50 stolen bases. 

[MUBurrow]

The fact that that's the first gut wrenching loss of the season and it's late August, I suppose I'll be okay with the 11 game lead.

Yep. I almost bumped the discussion on Murphy from earlier in the thread but took a deep breath and didn't.  Leaving Williams in to throw his 5th-8th consecutive balls to tie the game was a brutal decision. But with that cushion, maybe the attempt to build confidence and cohesion is worth the risk? But going into that batter, he was on his 28th pitch and his 44th in two days, and had loaded the bases for the second day in a row.  Its not like he was suddenly going to find his good stuff.

[The Lens]

Yep. I almost bumped the discussion on Murphy from earlier in the thread but took a deep breath and didn't.  Leaving Williams in to throw his 5th-8th consecutive balls to tie the game was a brutal decision. But with that cushion, maybe the attempt to build confidence and cohesion is worth the risk? But going into that batter, he was on his 28th pitch and his 44th in two days, and had loaded the bases for the second day in a row.  Its not like he was suddenly going to find his good stuff.

I thought he might have been pitching around Carpenter. Nope.  He had just lost it.

[MUfan12]

What bothers me about last night is the fact that he had Megill warm up twice and was ready to go. That tells me he had a hunch that Devin might struggle. If that's the case why throw him at all? And when he does struggle, why not go to the guy you had up?

I could more easily deal with one of those situations where the closer has the inning, no one is getting loose, and he blows it. But this wasn't that.

[Jockey]

The Dodgers again have the best record in baseball.  Hopefully they can do something in the playoffs this year.  And, we get to watch Ohtani try to become the first player in history with 50 HRs and 50 stolen bases.

Will they be able to muster 12 pitchers for the Playoffs?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Yep. I almost bumped the discussion on Murphy from earlier in the thread but took a deep breath and didn't.  Leaving Williams in to throw his 5th-8th consecutive balls to tie the game was a brutal decision. But with that cushion, maybe the attempt to build confidence and cohesion is worth the risk? But going into that batter, he was on his 28th pitch and his 44th in two days, and had loaded the bases for the second day in a row.  Its not like he was suddenly going to find his good stuff.

I think it's really hard to pull your closer when you only have 1 out left to get. It can blow their confidence when you still have pretty good odds of getting out with a win. Especially when a loss doesn't hurt you playoff hopes.

Also the Brewers have a -4 run differential in the last 11 games but are 7-4. Tells me that we usually push the right buttons in close games

[PGsHeroes32]

Yeah, people wanted to get cute and try and say Witt could win MVP

Judge is saying SHUT THE FU CK UP

Monster.

[Dish]

Danny Jansen will become the first ever MLB player to play for both teams in the same game this coming Monday.

To make it even better, Jansen is the scheduled batter for the Blue Jays when the suspended game resumes, with an 0-1 count. Alex Cora has announced that Jansen will catch, so Jansen would be the catcher for his own at bat (until the pinch hitter is officially announced).

[MU82]

Fan catches 3 foul balls in one inning.

https://x.com/kendallbaker/status/1827858939288883591

[lawdog77]

Fan catches 3 foul balls in one inning.

https://x.com/kendallbaker/status/1827858939288883591

Ladies and gentleman, your starting left fielder for your Chicago White Sox.

[WhiteTrash]

Ladies and gentleman, your starting left fielder for your Chicago White Sox.

If only the Sox were that lucky.

BTW, tip of the cap to them for being only the second fastest to 100 losses (by one game). With the coming payroll reduction, I think they can break that record next year.

[JWags85]

Fan catches 3 foul balls in one inning.

https://x.com/kendallbaker/status/1827858939288883591

Zach Hampel absolutely SEETHING

[MU82]

In addition to hitting for power better than any non-juiced(?) MLB player since Babe Ruth, and having both a great OPS and BA, Aaron Judge is a pretty damn good outfielder who often makes catches like this:

https://x.com/TheAthletic/status/1828222160441352372?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=10831801&userId=3738391

BTW - he turned the double play after making that catch.

[JWags85]

Anyone see the Maddux documentary on MLB Network?  Ive not watched it yet but the clips Ive see on X and elsewhere are pretty awesome.  Some of the stories about his playing days border on apocryphal, so to see them relayed and corroborated by a bunch of players is great.  Dude was truly a freak on the mound

[MuggsyB]

Holy crap.  I just saw Choruio? hit about a 500 ft dinger against SF.  How good is this kid?

[jficke13]

Kids on a heater. If he keeps playing like he has after the break that contract is gonna look like the steal of the century.

[MuggsyB]

Kids on a heater. If he keeps playing like he has after the break that contract is gonna look like the steal of the century.

I haven't watched much of the Brewers here in Cali.  Do they have a punchers chance vs LA or Philly?