The Official 2023 MLB Season Thread

[ukyah]

12 hours ago, T.G. said:

I was actually at that game.  I was attending a conference in SD and had a chance to go to Petco for that one.

hey now. me too. sans conference.

[jsnpritchett]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36304568/mlb-tells-braves-stop-celebrating-home-runs-big-hat

"The Atlanta Braves have been celebrating home runs with an oversized hat this season, but that has been put to a stop after a complaint from the league's official on-field hat manufacturer.

The Braves said they can no longer sport the oversized baseball cap to celebrate home runs after complaints from New Era, who did not manufacture the big hat being used by players in the dugout."

[Revad]

12 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36304568/mlb-tells-braves-stop-celebrating-home-runs-big-hat

"The Atlanta Braves have been celebrating home runs with an oversized hat this season, but that has been put to a stop after a complaint from the league's official on-field hat manufacturer.

The Braves said they can no longer sport the oversized baseball cap to celebrate home runs after complaints from New Era, who did not manufacture the big hat being used by players in the dugout."

Very disturbing news, first that such an imitation existed and second that it may not be allowed to continue.

[Lou]

Trea Turner has an OPS of .704 

[m0nkey]

 

[m0nkey]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

Trea Turner has an OPS of .704 

Can’t expect him to be Brandon marsh with the bat

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[Stradling]

9 hours ago, rafibomb said:

 

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[Revad]

50 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

 

 

Wade is available, Wade is available!  Attention bargain shoppers…

[FromJapan]

On 4/23/2023 at 9:02 AM, Stradling said:

Right after the A’s signed Fujinami some thought they got a steal.  Then when he had a good two innings against us opening weekend and some were questioning whether we should have gone after him.  I am watching him pitch against Texas.  Just a reminder, that he is awful.  His ERA is over 11.  

Fujinami had difficulty controlling the ball in the latter half of his NPB era, and was suspected of suffering mild "yips".
He himself struggled until he moved to MLB in an attempt to overcome his difficulty in controlling the ball.

Baseball Reference: Stats of Shintaro Fujinami

Abbreviations: 
 JPCL, Central League (one of the two NPB leagues)
 JPWL, Western league (one of the two minor NPB leagues)

Reference: Jan 24, 2023 Online Nikkan Sports (Japanese Sports Newspaper)

Title: Shintaro Fujinami talks about the difficulty of controlling the ball,
"I suffer yips, I suffer yips... Thinking like that is just an escape."

[m0nkey]

The padres beat the giants 16-11 in Mexico City today. 
 

The over/under line for tomorrow is 20.5

[Lou]

28 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

The padres beat the giants 16-11 in Mexico City today. 
 

The over/under line for tomorrow is 20.5

They hit a combined 11 home runs.

[Revad]

Interesting bit about Nevin from Fangraphs Sunday Notes by David Laurila:

Phil Nevin hit the first of his 208 big-league home runs as a rookie outfielder with the Detroit Tigers. I recently asked the now-Los Angeles Angels manager for his memories of the September 3, 1995 milestone. 

“I couldn’t tell you the date, but I know it was a day game,” said Nevin, who’d debuted with the Houston Astros in June before being dealt to Detroit in exchange for Mike Henneman two months later. “Albie Lopez was the pitcher and I hit it into the upper deck in right-center field at old Tiger Stadium. I crushed it. Yeah, you never forget your first one.”

Nevin has the ball; what he doesn’t have is video of the blast itself. Not every game was on TV at the time, and as fate would have it, the Sunday afternoon 9-8, 10-inning loss to Cleveland wasn’t televised. Nevin does have Ernie Harwell’s radio call — “I appreciated getting to know Ernie; he was a legend in Detroit” — but the voice of another broadcast icon is even more memorable. 

“I have the first home run I hit at Dodger Stadium, with Vin Scully calling it,” explained Nevin. “I grew up listening to him. When I heard Vin Scully say my name for the first time, that was when I felt like, ‘Wow. I’m in the major leagues’ — and I’d been in the major leagues for four years. Vinnie Scully is the guy I went to bed listening to every night.”

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/sunday-notes-bill-haselman-recalls-the-brawl-that-almost-broke-cals-streak/
 

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Lol

 

 

[m0nkey]

Speaking of the dodgers, former Dodger Cody bellinger is bringing at .297 average and .975 OPS into May

[m0nkey]

May have to make it out to Dodger Stadium tomorrow. 

 

[Lou]

Astros starting pitcher José Urquidy left Sunday's game with a shoulder injury. He was placed on the IL today. 

In today's game, starter Luis Garcia left the game after 8 pitches with elbow discomfort.

[Blarg]

That's a lot of dehydration going on there. 

[BTH]

 

@Angels 1961 gonna become a Nats fan?

[Angels 1961]

35 minutes ago, Trendon said:

 

@Angels 1961 gonna become a Nats fan?

Another missed opportunity for halos.

[Revad]

The White Sox are having an awful start to the season at 8-21.  Steve Adams at MLBTR reviews possible trade candidates for closer to the deadline.

“Yasmani Grandal, C, 34, $18.25MM

The switch-hitting Grandal has bounced back at the plate with a .241/.323/.446 batting line (114 wRC+) and three homers in 93 plate appearances. His 8.6% walk rate is well down from its career 14.5% level, and his once-vaunted defensive ratings have fallen below average at 34. Given his considerable salary, Grandal is only changing hands if the ChiSox eat a good portion of the bill.”

Grandad could be an option but someone like that doesn’t really improve the depth.  Maybe one of the catchers that have been dfa will become free agents or something like that.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/05/which-players-could-white-sox-make-available-closer-to-the-trade-deadline.html

Edited May 2, 2023 by Revad