The Official 2022 MLB Season Thread

[tdawg87]

Just now, Lou said:

Will it matter if we win those games?

[tdawg87]

Houston lost. Back to 1 GB.

[TroutField]

43 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Houston lost. Back to 1 GB.

[m0nkey]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Alex Cobb's ERA is now at 6.16.  Dylan Bundy is at 5.14.  Andrew Heaney is still on the DL.

Is Matt Wise still the problem?

I'll go ask in the Angels rotation thread

(narrators note, I won't)

Supposedly Cobb has had bad D behind him recently

 

[Lou]

5 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Supposedly Cobb has had bad D behind him recently

@Jason seems to be ok with that. 

[Inside Pitch]

8 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Supposedly Cobb has had bad D behind him recently

 

I watched it happening and got flashbacks to Quintana pitching.

[Redondo]

Who in MLB is must-see TV right now? This season's most watchable teams and players

The teams we can't get enough of right now

Los Angeles Angels

If you love superstars

 

Mike Trout's 12th HR extends the Angels' lead in the 7th

Mike Trout launches a solo shot to left field to give the Angels a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Passan: Mike Trout. Shohei Ohtani. Isn't that enough? No? Fine. Well, Taylor Ward has turned from afterthought into star. Patrick Sandoval might be the most underappreciated pitcher in baseball, with a monster changeup and slider. The rest of the Angels' six-man rotation, led by Ohtani, is plenty formidable. And they've caught the ball surprisingly well for a team expected to lag behind defensively.

Trout might be the best player you'll ever see, the epitome of what baseball should look like, and Ohtani is the most unique player any of us have ever seen, a two-way talent whose across-the-board excellence is singular in the game's 150-year-plus history. Baseball is not like the NBA, where stars single-handedly carry teams to wins, or the NFL, where success is almost always contingent on a quarterback. But for pure enjoyment, individual talent does play, and the two most enjoyable players in the game being on the same team makes this a no-brainer.

 

The pitchers we drop everything to see on the mound

Shohei Ohtani

If you love ... well, you know why

 

Bob Levey/Getty Images

 

Gonzalez: How often do you get to see a unicorn pitcher? Ohtani could have made this list as one of the most prodigious power hitters and one of the fastest base runners in the world, and some would argue that it's his pitching that really sets him apart. His fastball often sits casually in the upper 90s, and he is noticeably getting better and better at commanding it. He pairs it with a devastating splitter and a nasty breaking ball. And when he's on, he can be just as dominant on the mound as he is in the batter's box and on the bases.

So, about that -- what we're watching here is truly unprecedented. Babe Ruth was the last man to serve as a two-way player more than 100 years ago, but his exploits on the mound were short-lived -- and he didn't steal bases like Ohtani. Ohtani is basically the best player on your local little league team, except he does all the things that kid does at baseball's highest level, emitting just as much joy while doing so. He'll hit a double into the left-center-field gap, score from second on a single, then come back out to the mound -- with his pants caked in dirt and his back pocket undone -- and strike out the side. His every move demands attention.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33971336/who-mlb-see-tv-right-now-season-most-watchable-teams-players

[Redondo]

 

Camera captures epic moment MLB fan catches foul ball in his beer and how he celebrated

[Angels 1961]

14 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Supposedly Cobb has had bad D behind him recently

 

 

14 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

I watched it happening and got flashbacks to Quintana pitching.

I got flashbacks of Eli Grba in 1962

[m0nkey]

Mookie Betts is quietly back to his mvp self

[Lou]

Aroldis Chapman placed on IL.

I thought it was just Angels players who sustained injuries.

[Lou]

Marcus Stroman has an ERA of 4.98

Andrelton Simmons is batting .150 with an OPS of .340 

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Mookie Betts is quietly back to his mvp self

His OPS is 266 points lower than Taylor Ward's

[TroutField]

Crazy game going down in San Fran right now with the Mets… 

Giants were up 8-2 at one point before giving up 7 runs in the 8th to make it 11-8
 

Pederson hits a 3 run game tying homerun in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game at 11. Oh and that was his 3rd homerun of the game and 7th RBI. 

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, TroutField said:

Pederson hits a 3 run game tying homerun in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game at 11. Oh and that was his 3rd homerun of the game and 7th RBI. 

He's increased his OPS by 109 points tonight. 

[TroutField]

9 minutes ago, Lou said:

He's increased his OPS by 109 points tonight. 

His defense in left field is Jo Adell-esque. 

[Lou]

18 minutes ago, Lou said:

He's increased his OPS by 109 points tonight. 

120 

[m0nkey]

Max Muncy is hitting .150 (still has a .323 OBP somehow) and a .586 OPS

[tdawg87]

On 5/23/2022 at 11:07 PM, Lou said:

In his last 15 games, Vlad, Jr is batting .200 with 0 extra base hits.

Last 1 game: .500 with a homerun.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Last 1 game: .500 with a homerun.

His last 1 AB:  .000 BA with an OPS of 0.00

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, Lou said:

His last 1 AB:  .000 BA with an OPS of 0.00

[Lou]

[Lou]

In his first career major league start, Mets pitcher Thomas Szapucki allowed 9 runs, 7 hits (4 HR) and 3 walks in 1 1/3 innings.

[m0nkey]

19 minutes ago, Lou said:

In his first career major league start, Mets pitcher Thomas Szapucki allowed 9 runs, 7 hits (4 HR) and 3 walks in 1 1/3 innings.

I'm not a big stats/sabermetrics guy.  Is this good?

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

I'm not a big stats/sabermetrics guy.  Is this good?

It's league average.