MLB 2019 thread
 

Any predictions?

Opening day of the MLB season...the birds are chirping, the (hot) dogs are roasting, the popcorn is popping...

And the Cubs play the Rangers....

Frak me....I don't know who to pick.

It's time for MLB to mandate the Dodgers do something about their security. Every year it seems like Dodger stadium has a fan killed or put into a coma. It is an absolute shame the league has been so apathetic to how dangerous that place is. It's not just that there is so much violence. But there is so much violence and they have no clue who did it. It's like there are no cameras w/video on the incident. People can kill someone and then get out of the ballpark scot free. Enough is enough.

This Cubs bullpen is going to be the death of me. Why didn’t the Cubs add any quality arms in the offseason??

What a great start to the season.

Pulled from no-hitter
 

Pitch count? Really?

Basically Hyde ripped out this kid's heart by denying him his, perhaps, one shot at greatness.

https://deadspin.com/this-is-the-fac...nth-1833742595

Araujo relieves him. Gives up a walk followed by a two-run homer. The O's go to hang on with a 6-5 victory. At least he still got the win. The O's almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

You want that ball? Take it like A MAN! (hides ball in glove and runs off towards centerfield, kicking dirt in the manager's direction occcasionally)

This is dumb. The Orioles are dumb. Pitch counts are dumb.

Yeah, I see why pitchers taking batting practice is a waste of time.

https://media.tenor.com/images/68172...0736/tenor.gif

They did up the security after the 2011 incident with the Giants fan. Security can't escort every fan to their car. You can't stop idiots, most likely drunk, from fighting. It doesn't matter how much security you have, they can't be everywhere. Plus it says that this happened in the parking lot, not inside the stadium. Even harder to have a security presence in such a large space.

Royals bullpen to Cubs: "hold my beer"

The Mets meanwhile have a very good bullpen, but an idiot manager trying to fumble each and every game. It *is* hard to watch, despite them being 4-1.

Sorry. Poor excuse. This is an era where we can sit in a garage in any suburb & spot a gnat's rear end in Kuwait. You can't tell me they they can't have enough cameras in a parking lot to spot an assailant getting away.

It is not an excuse. Cameras aren't going to stop the violence. They are investigating and i'm sure they will find the person involved. It takes time.
This isn't a TV show where everything gets wrapped up in 60 minutes.

tie game
7th inning
royals bullpen pitching


walk
walk
walk
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that's gotta be at least the 4th or 5th time they've walked in a run this season (6 games total)


its like watching 8 yr olds play https://1865987047.rsc.cdn77.org/boa...gue_smilie.gif

I never claimed there was anything that could completely stop any violence. Never said I expected a quick resolution. Stop puting words in my mouth.

I am saying if the Dodgers weren't so cheap as to skimp on security, including personnel, technology & equipment, they could prevent more.

How do you know how many muggings they are preventing compared to other MLB teams?

No clue. I admit that.

So how many deaths & comas are in the other parks? I haven't heard of anyone dying after visiting 1st Citizens & Philly crowds are suppossed to be the roughest in America.

Teams, perhaps understandably, tend to not make announcements about these things if they can prevent it. Wasn't there are lady struck by a foul ball and killed at Dodger Stadium last year? It took months for the news of that story to seep through the cracks.

Unrelated, I watched the Mariners-White Sox tilt from the day game menu (it was the single item) and that was some of the worst baseball you can imagine. Tim Beckham made three errors in one inning, for crying out loud. Not one pitcher that could find the zone. Some ugly flails and misses. Primarily Jay Bruce, whom I despise. Dan Vogelbach thrown out going second to third on a grounder to the second baseman. Both those teams will suffer the next six months.

I don't expect teams to report it. That's the media's job. So if there are other stadiums w/similar kill rates, then that is the press' fault for not reporting it. But it is still the franchises' fault for not doing something about it. It still is no excuse.

The business should hold responsibility for keeping their patrons reasonably safe. All the spectator events being held in this country in front of crowds of 40000+ & Dodger stadium is the only major one I hear repeated incidents of someone ending up brain dead in the parking lot. So until someone brings me proof it is happening multiple times in multiple USA venues I maintain my position. Chavez Ravine is dangerous and it is long past time for MLB to fulfill their obligation to do something about it.

Hey, if he gets it, he might be able to claim disability benefits for the legally blind!

Not that he needs it while making $161m for quite literally nothing.

I wanna see Trevor Rosenthal pitch to Chris Davis

its like the opposite of the immovable object vs the unstoppable force

https://thespun.com/more/top-stories...in-mlb-history

Rosenthal hits him, but Davis swings and misses, three times.

We could put Angel Hernandez behind the plate so he can call a balk.

I have watched baseball for at least 100+ games a year since 2012. I had never seen a guy make three errors in one inning. Now I have seen it twice in a matter of days. SEA Tim Beckham on Friday, PIT Kevin Newman just now, in the same inning in which Anthony Rizzo hit a liner off Jameson Taillon's head, and the Pirates didn't take him out.

Fun times!

When I grow up, I wanna be like Chris Davis! I will make $20m and won't have to do **** for it.

Rosenthal's ERA dropped to 72.00. He k'd Andrew Knapp for his 1st out of the year. I can only assume Knapp was immediately demoted to Reading.

Chris Davis is now at 0-for-61.

Chris Davis will be the end of baseball.

Davis is the essence of 2 of baseballs problems. First is too many one-dimensional hitters striking out too much, swinging for the fences all the time. Second is long-term big dollar contracts. How much would somebody pay Dave Kingman today?

Royals bullpen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3YcS9U0ICc

votto popped out to 1B today

Not the majors, but a HS kid hit the HR cycle in a game. They were the 1st 4 HR's of his career.

Had no idea why you posted that until I saw this article.

kinda amazing, yeah?

Dating back to his MVP season in 2010, he’s only hit eight infield pop ups.

It's one of those weird stats that leaves you staring. Like Khris Davis batting .247 4 yrs in a row.

guess what Khris Davis is batting right now? (going into 4/20/2019)

Too bad they all can't pitch. It's going to be a long year.

On a related note, the league is about to stop pitching to Yelich and I'm going to be sad.

What's more amazing? The catch? Or the fact he can overthrow 1st from center by about 25-30 ft?

Having runners on the corners and one out against Blake Snell, Billy Hamilton runs the Royals into a 1-3-5-2-3-4 double play. You will soon see this on the MLB.com frontpage.

Isn't running his only asset? Woof.

Baseball suspends retired player.


In other sports news, Bill Belichek fined Gronk for missing mandatory off season workouts.

Terrance Gore has been picked off 4 times this season as well. for a guy who is mostly a pinch runner that's just horrible

oh those crazy Royals....


Hunter Dozier leading the AL in batting avg and slugging,and 2nd in WAR
Whit Merrifield and Adalberto Mondesi tied for MLB lead intriples
Mondesi tied for 2nd in MLB for Stolen bases(probly would be leading but he gets too many doubles and triples, limiting hisSB opportunities, lol)
Mondesi tied for AL lead in RBI’s
Alex Gordon lead MLB in HBP
Gordon and Mondesi tied for MLB lead in Sac Flies

Royals as a team lead MLB in triples by far with 21 (marlins and Indians each have ZERO as ateam)
Royals 2nd in MLB in defense double plays
Royals 1st in MLB in fielding %
Royals 1st in MLB in least errors committed
Royals lineup spots 1-4 are 2nd best behindAstros


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Royals have a -3 run differential

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And they are 13-24 as a team in last place https://1865987047.rsc.cdn77.org/boa...gue_smilie.gif

3-8 in one run games sheesh