The Official 2017 Major League Baseball Thread

[fan_since79]

Kazmir with 12 K's tonight. Dodgers win 3-1 and sweep the Reds.

Is Joey Votto really batting .205?

 

 

[Ender]

9 hours ago, elixir said:

Is Machado in the same class of a Trout and Harper?

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/15724365/big-two-try-big-three-manny-machado-good-mike-trout-bryce-harper-mlb

I wouldn't say he has made it up to their tier yet .... but its possible ... and if he isn't he is at the top of the tier right below them.

[Troll Daddy]

In non-baseball news ... Jose Canseco's daughter made playboy magazine. I would posts the pics but I don't know how. She's pretty hot!

btw Jose said he's a proud papa. Yes, he checked out the pics.

Edited May 26, 2016 by Troll Daddy

[Troll Daddy]

10 hours ago, elixir said:

Dipoto winning again. Who would of thought Seattle being in 1st place getting close to June

Texas will put Seattle in their place when it's all said and done. 

[Yellow Balloon]

44 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Texas will put Seattle in their place when it's all said and done. 

Their lineup and rotation (especially if Darvish comes back anywhere close to normal) are probably good enough to get the job done, but they have some pretty serious bullpen issues.  Tolleson and Wilhelmson have been atrocious and who knows when Kela will get healthy. Daniels did an excellent job last year acquiring Diekman and Dyson down the stretch and it looks like he might have to pull off something similar this season.    

[fan_since79]

Dodgers will call up 19-year old Julio Urias to start Friday's game in New York.

4-1 in AAA, 1.10 ERA, 44 K's in 41 innings.

 

Edited May 26, 2016 by fan_since79

[Angel Oracle]

19 minutes ago, Yellow Balloon said:

Their lineup and rotation (especially if Darvish comes back anywhere close to normal) are probably good enough to get the job done, but they have some pretty serious bullpen issues.  Tolleson and Wilhelmson have been atrocious and who knows when Kela will get healthy. Daniels did an excellent job last year acquiring Diekman and Dyson down the stretch and it looks like he might have to pull off something similar this season.    

It's ironic that former 1st overall draft pick flame out Matt Bush could end up being a key set up man for Tejas as the year progresses.    He's got the velocity and so far has been solid in the few appearances he's made.

[mrwicked]

was at giants/cubs the other night.

samardzija looked great.

giants pitching is so ridiculous. their top three have 20 wins already. and all three are top 15 in ERA. 

crazy.

[Homebrewer]

Cubs and Giants in the NLCS.

[Angel Oracle]

Machado, until moving to shortstop to take Hardy's spot, was looking like the perfect eventual 3B heir to Brooks Robinson (great with glove and bat). 

Doug DeCinces had so much pressure by immediately replacing Robinson in the mid 1970s.   Finally, once he came back here (growing up in SoCal) after 1981, he settled in and was a key player for the Halos from 1982-1987.

[m0nkey]

Moustakas out for the year with a torn ACL.  Yikes

[Chuck]

13 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Moustakas out for the year with a torn ACL.  Yikes

and no Alex Gordon, broken wrist. 

I feel bad for Royals fans.

 

 

 

 

 

not really...

[Broad Street]

17 hours ago, elixir said:

Is Machado in the same class of a Trout and Harper?

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/15724365/big-two-try-big-three-manny-machado-good-mike-trout-bryce-harper-mlb

Yes.

[Troll Daddy]

18 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Moustakas out for the year with a torn ACL.  Yikes

Is now a good time to trade Escobar?

Desperado 

[Angel Oracle]

Downer year for the Royals, and of course they don't have Cueto or Shields (though with Shields, not being such a bad thing).

Davis is a rock solid closer, but their pitching isn't quite where it needs to be.

[fan_since79]

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

Moustakas out for the year with a torn ACL.  Yikes

Wow. Well that's it for them. 

[m0nkey]

2 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

and no Alex Gordon, broken wrist. 

 

looks like it happened on the same play.  Surprised nothing like that has happened to the Angels

[fan_since79]

Dodgers were down to their final out, and Chase Utley hit a 3-run double to tie the score at 5. Then Granderson greeted Pedro Baez in the bottom of the 9th with a home run. Mets win 6-5.

 

[fan_since79]

Kenta Maeda got hit on the right hand with a vicious line drive off the bat of Michael Conforto, and remained in the game.

Impressive.

 

[m0nkey]

Syndergaard threw behind utley and got kicked out. Absolutely ridiculous 

[fan_since79]

Collins gone too. 

[fan_since79]

Special night for Mets fans, celebrating the '86 series, now ruined by an overreacting umpire.

 

[fan_since79]

haha, Utley rubs salt in the wound with a solo home run, first-pitch swinging.

1-0 Dogs.

 

[fan_since79]

Royals were down 7-1 entering the bottom of the ninth, then scored seven runs to beat the White Sox.

Brett Eibner had two hits in the inning, the second one the walk-off single.

 

[Inside Pitch]

On 5/26/2016 at 6:21 PM, Angel Oracle said:

Machado, until moving to shortstop to take Hardy's spot, was looking like the perfect eventual 3B heir to Brooks Robinson (great with glove and bat). 

Doug DeCinces had so much pressure by immediately replacing Robinson in the mid 1970s.   Finally, once he came back here (growing up in SoCal) after 1981, he settled in and was a key player for the Halos from 1982-1987.

I don't remember the numbers exactly but I recall reading how it took one guy (DeCinces), to replace Robinson, giving them 6 years of 116 OPS+ work at 3B, only to be ushered out of town with somewhat of a failure tag on him...  It then took them 7 years and 14 different people before Craig Worthington (90 OPS+) gave them any semblance of stability again at 3B in 1989/90 and in reality it wasn't until 1996 with Cal Ripken that they finally had a legit everyday 3B.

Its interesting that DeCinces time as an Angel is seen as his best work and yet his overall 117 OPS+ As an Angel is right in line with what he did for the Orioles after taking over full time for Robinson.  Replacing a legend is just ugly...