The Official 2022 MLB Season Thread

[m0nkey]

Albert Pujols showing his leadership as Miles Mikolas has a no hitter thru 7.2 innings against the pirates

[m0nkey]

Someone named Cal Mitchell broke it up with 2 outs on a 2-2 pitch

[m0nkey]

The Yankees are on pace for 120 wins, and Aaron Judge is on pace for 65 home runs

[Taylor]

This MLB season

[HanfordGuy]

 

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[m0nkey]

The Phillies are 13-2 since firing Joe Girardi

[PattyD22]

13 hours ago, m0nkey said:

The Phillies are 13-2 since firing Joe Girardi

They just needed the slump-buster Angels to get them on track.  
 

We seem to do that for other teams.

[m0nkey]

Probably the end of the road for 36 year old Cain

 

[Blarg]

Cain made $101 million dollars during his career. I certainly hope he makes good use of those pension checks. 

[Lou]

Mookie Betts is being placed on the injured list with a cracked rib, manager Dave Roberts announced Saturday.

There's no immediate timetable for his return. The Dodgers are still determining the extent of the break, which will determine how soon he'll be back, Roberts said, according to Matthew Moreno of Dodger Blue 1958.

"A week from now, we'll know more and have a better idea," Roberts said, according to J.P. Hoornstra of the Orange County Register.

[Blarg]

[Lou]

Bellinger is batting .216 and now he takes out Betts.

The next Mike Trout. 

[Angelsjunky]

It is weird what happened to Bellinger - after his breakout MVP season in 2019 he just collapsed, hitting .201/.279/.375 with a 80 wRC+ and 1.6 WAR in 210 games since.

Similarly with Yelich, who after his second in a row MVP-caliber season in 2019, has hit .236/.350/.389 with 103 wC+ and 2.7 WAR in 239 games since.

It reminds me of when Andrew McCutchen went from being the NL's lesser--but still great--version of Trout in 2012-15, to a solid regular for a few years, to a scrub. But McCutchen's decline--while still steep--had clear step-downs to it. Bellinger and Yelich just completely lost it, and Bellinger at a much younger age - he's still just 26.

[tdawg87]

This year it will be Judge who is better. Next year it will be someone else. Probably Devers. 

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

This year it will be Judge who is better. Next year it will be someone else. Probably Devers. 

Adell 

[Taylor]

19 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

It is weird what happened to Bellinger - after his breakout MVP season in 2019 he just collapsed, hitting .201/.279/.375 with a 80 wRC+ and 1.6 WAR in 210 games since.

Similarly with Yelich, who after his second in a row MVP-caliber season in 2019, has hit .236/.350/.389 with 103 wC+ and 2.7 WAR in 239 games since.

It reminds me of when Andrew McCutchen went from being the NL's lesser--but still great--version of Trout in 2012-15, to a solid regular for a few years, to a scrub. But McCutchen's decline--while still steep--had clear step-downs to it. Bellinger and Yelich just completely lost it, and Bellinger at a much younger age - he's still just 26.

So are you saying Bellinger and Yelich aren't the next Trout?

[Angelsjunky]

9 minutes ago, Taylor said:

So are you saying Bellinger and Yelich aren't the next Trout?

No, Yasiel Puig is.

[ScottM]

Cool to see Jose Iglesias having a great year in Colorado. 

[Angels 1961]

Pujols 6 for last 40. I wonder how long St. Louis will carry since they are in pennant race

[HanfordGuy]

 

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[HanfordGuy]

 

[HanfordGuy]

Hey Halos…

 

[HanfordGuy]