The Official 2017 Major League Baseball Thread

[arch stanton]

20 minutes ago, Yellow Balloon said:

Cubs blank Texas 6-0.  Four of the Cub pitchers who contributed to the shutout were former Ranger farmhands; Hendricks, Edwards Jr., Strop, and Grimm.      

They came over long with Bill Madlock in the Fergie Jenkins trade. 

[fan_since79]

Chris Taylor (who?!) became the first Dodger 2nd baseman to have 6 RBI in a game since Jackie Robinson in 1949.

He was a single short of the cycle.

 

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

Chris Taylor (who?!) became the first Dodger 2nd baseman to have 6 RBI in a game since Jackie Robinson in 1949.

He was a single short of the cycle.

"Thanks Jerry!" -- Dodger fans.

[fan_since79]

D-Backs beat the Dodgers in the bottom of the 12th inning, 2-1. Dodgers left 15 men on base.

Buster Posey homered in the top of the 11th in San Diego to put SF ahead by a run, but the Padres now have runners on 2nd and 3rd with nobody out in the bottom of the 11th.

 

[fan_since79]

Padres just walked off on a balk by Giants' closer Casilla.

7-6 final score.

 

 

[arch stanton]

Sale gives up one hit over 8 innings then Robertson blows a 3 run lead. White Sox not having a good second half. 

[arch stanton]

Cory Seager- 27 doubles 17 Home runs .301/.360/.528/.888

 Kyle Seager -26 doubles 18 Home runs .286/.364/.527/.891

Do they have a sister we can try out in LF?

[zenmaster]

Syndergaard vs. Arrieta today. Thor has been having some arm fatigue and Arrieta has had 3 or 4 bad starts in a row now. I was shocked to see his ERA is around 2.7. 

[Homebrewer]

Jake had 3 really shaky starts..that's why he declined to pitch in the ASG and took 9 days off instead.

Looking forward to the matchup tonight.

Also there are rumors that the Cubs are looking to trade for bullpen help before the deadline. Andrew Miller's name has come up, along with Kyle Schwarber. That one might not happen, but look for them to add a top-of-the-line arm or maybe even two.

Chapman for the playoff run? (he a FA in 2017)

[m0nkey]

Jacoby Ellsbury broke the record for the most times reaching on catchers interference in a season with 9.  He's at 23 for his career, second behind Pete Rose's 29

[Lou]

There are a shitload of Giants fans in Boston

"Let's Go, Giants!" ringing throughout Fenway is beautiful. 

[Ender]

On 7/19/2016 at 3:57 AM, arch stanton said:

Cory Seager- 27 doubles 17 Home runs .301/.360/.528/.888

 Kyle Seager -26 doubles 18 Home runs .286/.364/.527/.891

Do they have a sister we can try out in LF?

Their 3rd brother, Justin, is in the M's minor league system .... not anywhere near their level though.

[Lou]

Boston took an 8-0 lead after 3 innings.

Newly acquired Drew Promeranz gave up 5 runs, 8 hits, 2 HRs and 2 walks without recording an out in 3 innings .  Score is now 8-7

Dorothy, you're not in Petco anymore

[m0nkey]

Hanley has 3 2 run homers

[m0nkey]

19 minutes ago, Lou said:

Boston took an 8-0 lead after 3 innings.

Newly acquired Drew Promeranz gave up 5 runs, 8 hits, 2 HRs and 2 walks without recording an out in 3 innings .  Score is now 8-7

Dorothy, you're not in Petco anymore

His Padre splits:

Home - 2.64 ERA, 1.112 WHIP, 10.2 K/9 in 47.2 innings

Away - 2.32 ERA, 1.012 WHIP, 10.1 K/ in 54.1 innings

[Lou]

His Fenway splits:

7 ip

7.71 era

14.14 hits/9

7.7 bb/9

2.43 whip

Definitely not in Petco anymore 

 

[Oz27]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

Boston took an 8-0 lead after 3 innings.

Newly acquired Drew Promeranz gave up 5 runs, 8 hits, 2 HRs and 2 walks without recording an out in 3 innings .  Score is now 8-7

Dorothy, you're not in Petco anymore

Without judging him off one start (which is silly), that was a very strange trade for the Red Sox.

[arch stanton]

You'd think that after trading for middling starters like Kelly and Miley they'd be a bit gun shy about doing it again.

[arch stanton]

Here's some meaningless fun with numbers. The top 6 in the AL in RBI (Encarnacion, Ortiz, Pujols, Donaldson, Trumbo, Napoli) are a combined 18 for 18 in SB attempts.

[Homebrewer]

15 hours ago, Lou said:

There are a shitload of Giants fans in Boston

"Let's Go, Giants!" ringing throughout Fenway is beautiful. 

SF fans really travel. I've been to games, and spent  rain delays in a few stadiums where the Giants just happened to be playing and was amazed at how many fans were on the road following that team.

It's always a fun group, too.

Maybe it's a hold-over from their wasted youth and Grateful Dead days?

[fan_since79]

It looks like Stephen Strasburg might lose his first game of the season. The Dodgers have knocked him around for 6 runs through five innings. Justin Turner with two home runs so far and 4 RBI.

Strasburg came into the game with a record of 13-0.

 

[Homebrewer]

Cubs Acquire (Mariners) LHP Mike Montgomery For Dan Vogelbach, Paul Blackburn

The Cubs were known to be in the market for a left-handed reliever, and today they made a deal to acquire Mike Montgomery and a "Triple-A Starter" from the Seattle Mariners for DH Dan Vogelbach and pitcher Paul Blackburn. There are reports that there may be more to this trade than just that, but that is the deal as we know it now.

Montgomery, 26, was a former top prospect in the Royals and the Rays organization, where Joe Maddon became familiar with his work. He was traded to the Rays as part of the James Shields deal and he went to Seattle in exchange for Erasmo Ramirez in 2015. He was a starter in 2015 to mixed results, but has pitched mostly out of the bullpen this season. He's been terrific in the pen, posting a 2.34 ERA in 61.2 innings. He's struck out 54 batters and has shown good control with only 18 walks. He's been especially deadly on left-handed hitters, holding them to a .164 batting average and a .269 OBP.

Montgomery is under team control until 2022 and is not arbitration-eligible (assuming the rules on that don't change in the next CBA) until 2019. His youth and years of team control were undoubtedly a big factor in the Cubs interest in Montgomery

Also..Joe Nathan (TJ Surgery) is coming back from his rehab assignment probably Saturday. 

[Dick B Back]

Just noticed Howie is hitting .343 his last 30 games. Good for him.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 7/20/2016 at 6:33 PM, Lou said:

There are a shitload of Giants fans in Boston

"Let's Go, Giants!" ringing throughout Fenway is beautiful. 

Probably bandwagoners after the sandoval deal.

[m0nkey]

I thought Joe Nathan was retired, but apparently he's been with the Cubs organization this season.  He made his season debut today