The Official 2017 Major League Baseball Thread

[Homebrewer]

 

[fan_since79]

Gary Sanchez just homered off David Price in a must-win game for the Yankees.

3-0 New York in the third inning at Fenway.

 

[Homebrewer]

Author W.P. Kinsella, whose well-received baseball novel “Shoeless Joe” was adapted into the iconic film “Field of Dreams,” has died at age 81.

According to multiple reports, the Canadian-born writer ended his own life under the country’s medically assisted-dying law. Canada is one of the few countries where doctors can legally help sick people die.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/w-p-kinsella-author-of-shoeless-joe-dies-at-81-031649871.html

[Blarg]

On 9/16/2016 at 10:35 AM, Homebrewer said:

Padres GM suspended 30 games after MLB probe into Red Sox trade

First time I can remember a GM being suspended. Apparently there is also an undisclosed fine levied against the Pads. Lee Hacksaw Hamilton is still broadcasting in SD? There's a name from the past ..

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/padres-gm-suspended-30-games-after-mlb-probe-into-red-sox-trade-213845745.html

Todd Hutcheson had been the Padres’ athletic trainer for 18 years, but the Padres replaced him in February with a new department leader, Mark Rogow, who had previously worked with the U.S. Department of Defense. 

 

Must have asked Hillary about the benefits of a private server. 

[fan_since79]

Yankees are in real trouble now as they lose to Boston 6-5, and fall four games out of the second wild card spot.

Kimbrel with a four-out save for the Red Sox, all four strikeouts.

 

[Angel Oracle]

In the midst of the worst team pitching season in a while (209 HRs allowed, 5.10 ERA), the Twins have one bright spot: Erv.

11th best AL ERA at 3.38, and solid 1.22 WHIP

Every other Twins starter has a 5.00+ ERA.

Berrios takes the prize.  12 starts, only 4 innings/start, 1.99 WHIP, and 8.88 ERA.

Erv hasn't pitched like he has, since 2013 for KC.

I thought Target Field was a bit pitching friendly.

[Angel Oracle]

Pitching WAR mystery:

How does Kluber have a 6.4 WAR and Sale have a 5.3 WAR, when Sale has the slightly better ERA and WHIP, better K's/BBs, and similar W/L record?

[fan_since79]

Today's Blue Jays/Mariners game in Seattle is packed with Toronto fans.

Seattle needs to win most of their games now for a chance at the wild card, and there's also a lot of pressure on Toronto.

[fan_since79]

Gary Sanchez, two more home runs tonight and 5 RBI.

19 HR in 43 games for the rookie. Yankees are still alive in the wild card hunt.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Naquin and Fulmer have had good rookie seasons.

Sanchez has had a McCovey like rookie season.

[Richard]

Edge: Not Dipoto

 

 

[Homebrewer]

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[Homebrewer]

Jerome Williams Sighting!

In to pitch for the Cards who are down 5-0 to the Cubs. He's gained some weight since he was in Anaheim. Still sporting the pink glove. Didn't know he was pitching for the Cards these days.

[Angel Oracle]

Crazy stat:  Fourteen AL teams are only some .75 apart in team ERA, yet the Twins ERA is .60 worst than the 14th best AL ERA.   Nolasco thanks the heavens every day that he doesn't pitch for the woeful defense Twins anymore.

[mulwin444]

K ROD meltdown in DET...KC scores 4 in the top of the 9th

[fan_since79]

Yankees are shut out for the third straight time, first time that's happened in 41 years.

Their season is over.

 

[Blarg]

Padres slapped 5 runs on MadBum and they are tied up in the 8th. SF is in  Astros meltdown mode. 

[fan_since79]

Dodgers are annihilating the Rockies in the 7th inning, 14-0.

Reddick just delivered a grand slam. He would have looked good in left field for the Angels.

 

[Inside Pitch]

On 9/23/2016 at 5:08 PM, Angel Oracle said:

Crazy stat:  Fourteen AL teams are only some .75 apart in team ERA, yet the Twins ERA is .60 worst than the 14th best AL ERA.   Nolasco thanks the heavens every day that he doesn't pitch for the woeful defense Twins anymore.

The Twins are the poster kids for why defense matters...   

[Homebrewer]

12 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

The Twins are the poster kids for why defense matters...   

And on the other end of the spectrum, so do the Cubs. They lead the NL in nearly every defensive metric, some by wide margins.

[Angel Oracle]

Gary Sanchez has 19 HRs, 1.102 OPS, and 2.8 WAR in 180 at bats.   

Has he passed Naquin and Fulmer yet for AL ROTY?

[fan_since79]

Not particularly a Dodger fan, but the ending of yesterday's game was classic. Last home game for Vin Scully, and some guy named Charlie Culbertson (do I even have the spelling correct?) hits a walk-off home run with two outs in the 10th inning to give them the division title, and this was just seconds before the Giants lost their game down in San Diego. The magic number had been 1, so the Dodgers actually won the division on their own, moments before the Giants would have given it to them by default.

Corey Seager had tied the game in the bottom of the 9th with a two-out home run after Kenley Jansen blew the save.

Blanton got the win.

Just total madness.

 

[fan_since79]

Astros' season is just about over as the Mariners beat them.

And what in the world happened to the Cardinals?! The Reds destroyed them tonight, 15-3.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Karma hitting the Cards for the spying on Astros controversy?

[fan_since79]

First home run for Culberson in two years, and only his sixth career HR.

I finally got the spelling right on his name.

He'll be telling his grandchildren about this one.