MLB 2023 Season - Page 40

monkeyman576 · 08-28-2023, 10:54 AM

AL East: Tampa Bay
AL Central: Minnesota
AL West: Seattle
AL Wild Card 1: Baltimore
AL Wild Card 2: Houston
AL Wild Card 3: Toronto

NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL East: Los Angeles
NL Wild Card 1: Philadelphia
NL Wild Card 2: Arizona
NL Wild Card 3: Chicago

Cobra Mgr · 08-28-2023, 11:48 AM

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AL East: Tampa Bay
AL Central: Minnesota
AL West: Seattle
AL Wild Card 1: Baltimore
AL Wild Card 2: Houston
AL Wild Card 3: Toronto

NL East: Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee
NL East: Los Angeles
NL Wild Card 1: Philadelphia
NL Wild Card 2: Arizona
NL Wild Card 3: Chicago

Wow! You have the Rangers falling out?

Syd Thrift · 08-28-2023, 01:06 PM

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Yes it is. But for some reason, you don't want to do it.

Literally asked and answered multiple times. Cry more.

dsvitak · 08-28-2023, 01:28 PM

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I really, really thought that by July 15th, they would go on a 12-15 game winning streak & get back in the hunt. I'm just not used to the Cardinals being less than a footnote to a season.

They gave Adam Wainwright 101 innings of 8.78 ERA. Cards didn't win many of those starts.

Déjà Bru · 08-28-2023, 01:40 PM

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monkeyman576 · 08-28-2023, 01:51 PM

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Wow! You have the Rangers falling out?

Yeah they seem to be on a downward spiral.

Westheim · 08-28-2023, 02:12 PM

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Yeah they seem to be on a downward spiral.

They play the Mets now. Their future is bright.

monkeyman576 · 08-28-2023, 06:21 PM

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They play the Mets now. Their future is bright.

I'll still take the Mariners or the Astros.

Amazin69 · 08-28-2023, 07:22 PM

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They play the Mets now. Their future is bright.

Rangers playing the Mets?

Wow, I can't wait to see how Jake does against his old…oh, never mind.

(I still would rather have paid him than Verlander, though.)

Amazin69 · 08-29-2023, 01:26 AM

I'm just saying, Zack.

When the Royals can make the case that you're holding them down…

Westheim · 08-29-2023, 02:19 AM

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I'm just saying, Zack.

When the Royals can make the case that you're holding them down…

There've been winning starters with ERA's like those before.

Of course their teams could usually hit their way out of a pothole.

It's a team effort, is what I'm saying. Everybody's chipping in.

Syd Thrift · 08-29-2023, 12:55 PM

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I'm just saying, Zack.

When the Royals can make the case that you're holding them down…

I looked at his Ks and walks and was like "hey, that's not so bad", then I remembered I was looking at 2023 and not 1983 and yeah, 6 Ks/9 is "you can't miss bats anymore" territory...

Déjà Bru · 08-30-2023, 11:37 AM

Meanwhile, I was about to announce the final demise of Noah Syndergaard, DFA'd by the Guardians earlier this week, when I saw that he just celebrated his 31st birthday yesterday! (Some birthday present.) He is too young to be too old for baseball.

The past couple of years have not been kind to him, though. Perhaps all the bouncing around: four teams in two seasons, perhaps a fifth for somebody who needs a starter for the final month.

EDIT: Or maybe he has never fully recovered from his TJ surgery in 2020, missing that season and all but a couple of games in late September 2021. Interesting tidbit from Wikipedia about his surgery during the height of the pandemic:

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Syndergaard's decision to undergo an elbow repair surgery during a time when many doctors were canceling elective surgeries and conserving hospital resources for the pandemic was met with some controversy, and the hospital performing the surgery released a statement attesting that they had deemed Syndergaard's procedure to be essential. Syndergaard's teammate Pete Alonso similarly justified the decision, saying, "No athlete wants to go through a serious surgery and grueling recovery process. This surgery is done when it is absolutely necessary for their arm."

Was his condition life-threatening? No. Was his procedure necessary for his livelihood? Yes.

Syd Thrift · 08-30-2023, 02:06 PM

Meanwhile, surprised that this hasn't gotten brought up here but the Angels just waived everybody yesterday:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/...n-waivers.html

The dumb move in retrospect of course was making all these trades in the first place. Still, if this happened in OOTP people would be complaining to hell and back about the stupid AI...

Déjà Bru · 08-30-2023, 05:19 PM

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Meanwhile, surprised that this hasn't gotten brought up here but the Angels just waived everybody yesterday:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/...n-waivers.html

The dumb move in retrospect of course was making all these trades in the first place. Still, if this happened in OOTP people would be complaining to hell and back about the stupid AI...

Pow! Pardon, but positively a passel of players to peremptorily pull the plug upon. Punting pays perhaps.

Cobra Mgr · 08-30-2023, 06:21 PM

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Pow! Pardon, but positively a passel of players to peremptorily pull the plug upon. Punting pays perhaps.

Perplexed

Amazin69 · 08-30-2023, 08:42 PM

White Sox Fire Ken Williams, Rick Hahn.

Biggest in-season party on the South Side since Disco Demolition Night? Perhaps. Whole bunch of rounds got bought in a whole bunch of bars, I'd guess.

Déjà Bru · 08-30-2023, 08:43 PM

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Perplexed

Good thing you weren't in the room with me where I may have said something like that out loud. I have been known to unintentionally spit my P's on occasion.

Amazin69 · 08-30-2023, 08:52 PM

Alliteration alluring? Absolutely. Always.

Albeit abuse assuredly abhorrent. Agreed?

Déjà Bru · 08-30-2023, 09:06 PM

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Alliteration alluring? Absolutely. Always.

Albeit abuse assuredly abhorrent. Agreed?

Forsooth. Fortunately, I find no forum fiat forbidding this fun foolery. Just foul fusillades from frumpish fops.

[Forum foderator . . . I mean, moderator, I will stop now. How about those Mets and Yankees, eh? Talk about foolhardy futility!]

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Amazin69 Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,218 Infractions: 0/4 (4)	White Sox Fire Ken Williams, Rick Hahn. Biggest in-season party on the South Side since Disco Demolition Night? Perhaps. Whole bunch of rounds got bought in a whole bunch of bars, I'd guess.

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Amazin69 Banned Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Palmetto Pride! Posts: 4,218 Infractions: 0/4 (4)	Alliteration alluring? Absolutely. Always. Albeit abuse assuredly abhorrent. Agreed?