Marc in Calif Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, samhexum said: the Cards hope he's a Noteworthy Victorious Nut Bar. And probably half the world hopes he eventually shows everyone both his nuts and his bar. + WilliamM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BuffaloKyle Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) There goes the Mets season! Edwin Diaz hurt during the postgame celebration in the WBC last night. Waiting on the MRI results today but sources say he is expected to miss a significant part of the season. If I was the Mets I'd move David Robertson to the closer's role, Adam Ottavino in the 8th, and go out and sign Zack Britton as some more depth. Edited March 16, 2023 by BuffaloKyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloKyle Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Diaz undergoing surgery today a full tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee. Recovery time is six to eight months: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/03/edwin-diaz-knee-surgery-eight-months-patellar-tendon.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ purplekow Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 9 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said: Diaz undergoing surgery today a full tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee. Recovery time is six to eight months: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/03/edwin-diaz-knee-surgery-eight-months-patellar-tendon.html Yeah you need to do that surgery fast as the patella tendon can shrink down and there can be a resultant loss of strength and flexibility. As it stands, there is no guarantee he will ever be the pitcher he was as that knee will likely be weaker and it may not tolerate the strain of the pounding it would take from pitching. David Robertson is derivable and the Mets do have bullpen depth, but the loss of Diaxz probably costs them 4 to 5 wins over the course of the season and increases the stress on the bullpen in general over the course of the year. Braves are definitely now the favorite to win the division but there is a long season ahead and things may change as the season progresses. + Lucky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloKyle Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) Here are my preseason picks on standings and awards! AL East: Yankees AL Central: Guardians AL West: Astros AL Wild Cards: Blue Jays, Mariners, Angels NL East: Braves NL Central: Cardinals NL West: Dodgers NL Wild Cards: Phillies, Mets, Padres AL MVP: Shohei Ohtani NL MVP: Mookie Betts AL Cy: Framber Valdez NL Cy: Justin Verlander Edited March 23, 2023 by BuffaloKyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Lucky Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 (edited) I started liking Gio Urshela when he played for the Yankees. He spent a year with the Twins and is now with the Angels, for whom he hit a grand slam yesterday. Gio Urshela's grand slam (1) | 04/15/2023 | Los Angeles Angels WWW.MLB.COM Gio Urshela crushes a grand slam over the Monster in left field to give the Angels an early 4-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning Edited April 16, 2023 by Lucky sp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 http://Lin-Manuel Miranda attends Yankees-Twins game to watch cousin play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 One of the characters on the show is upset that his wife is leaving him because she's having an affair with a Yankee... Nestor Cortes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Move over Shohei Ohtani! Twins utility guy Willie Castro homered in the 7th then pitched the last 1/3 of an inning in today's blowout loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 (edited) An out man is off to a great start and is the early leader for rookie of the year. JAMES OUTMAN Center Fielder DOB 4/14/1997 (26) BAT/THR Left/Right Edited April 22, 2023 by samhexum for shits and giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 BIG DUMPER tripled tonight. That must've been quite a sight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 Zack Gallen, who had a long (41 inning?) scoreless streak late last season, started this one with 2 stinkers. His last 4? 27 IP, 11H, 0R, 1BB, 41K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 Oh, brother! 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. The Braves began the celebration after More than Sports, a local sports memorabilia collector, gave the hat to Ozzie Albies and A.J. Minter during opening weekend. The Braves confirmed to WSB-TV in Atlanta that the celebration was nixed because of the request from New Era. The larger-than-life hat received a lot of play, as Atlanta currently ranks second in baseball in homers, trailing just the Tampa Bay Rays. The celebration had become a fan favorite in a few short weeks, inspiring social media content. But fans noticed the absence of the hat this week, drawing negative feedback on social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 The Yankees were lauded when they sent Andrew Miller to Cleveland for a four-prospect package before the 2016 trade deadline. Clint Frazier and Justus Sheffield headlined New York's return for the reliever, which also included pitchers Ben Heller and J.P. Feyereisen. Frazier, who last season reverted to his given name Jackson, was released last week from Texas' minor league club. Sheffield was released last night from Seattle's minor league club. Heller had TJ surgery and never amounted to anything. Feyereisen eventually had some success with Milwaukee, then Tampa, but will miss most of the season and was traded in a roster-crunch move to Miami. I think it's safe to say the trade wasn't spectacular for the Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 On 4/26/2023 at 5:43 PM, samhexum said: Zack Gallen, who had a long (41 inning?) scoreless streak late last season, started this one with 2 stinkers. His last 4? 27 IP, 11H, 0R, 1BB, 41K Wanna be MORE impressed? On what was in many ways a difficult afternoon, Shohei Ohtani still came strikingly close to accomplishing something unprecedented. He missed by only a few feet. Ohtani came to bat in Thursday's eighth inning with a chance to become the first player in baseball history to hit for the cycle while also serving as that game's starting pitcher. He then drove the first pitch he saw into deep center field, bringing a sparse Angel Stadium crowd to its feet -- but Oakland Athletics center fielder Esteury Ruiz caught it right before crashing into the fence. It was a 389 feet out. "It was off the end," Ohtani said through an interpreter, "so I knew it wasn't gone off the bat." Ohtani, with a .278/.343/.526 slash line as a hitter this season, entered Thursday having allowed only two runs through his first 28 innings on the mound in 2023. Opponents were batting only .092 against him. He then retired the first nine hitters in order, striking out five of them. The fourth inning, however, saw Ohtani expend 36 pitches and cough up a five-run lead, a rarity for the two-way star who has developed into one of the sport's best pitchers. An entire ballpark was stunned. Ohtani allowed the first six batters of the fourth inning to reach -- one on a walk, one on a double, two on hit by pitches and two on home runs. The seventh, Aledmys Diaz, hit a 367-foot lineout. Ohtani felt he was "a little passive, trying to protect our lead too much." But he came back to retire eight of the next 10 batters, completing six innings to ultimately capture his fourth win. Despite allowing five runs, Ohtani scattered only three hits. It marked the 10th consecutive time Ohtani had allowed three hits or less, tying Jacob deGrom for the longest streak by a starting pitcher since the mound moved to its current distance in 1893, according to research from the Elias Sports Bureau. Had he managed a few more feet on his latest drive, he would have stood alone another way. Ohtani, who hit for the cycle in June 2019, would have become the first player since Jimmy Ryan of the Chicago White Stockings in 1888 to hit for the cycle during a game in which he also pitched. Ryan, though, started that game in center field and merely came in for relief. No player had accomplished the feat while also serving as a starting pitcher, an unsurprising circumstance given that Ohtani qualifies as the first two-way player since Babe Ruth. Instead, Ohtani became the first player to strike out eight batters and hit a single, a double and a triple in the same game since Dave Danforth of the St. Louis Browns on Aug. 25, 1923. During his last four starts, Ohtani has contributed more hits himself (seven) than he has allowed to others (six), an unprecedented feat. By the time the bottom of the third came to an end, Ohtani had already accumulated a single and a double as a hitter, while rolling through the worst team in baseball on the mound. Nevin began to consider the possibility of a hitting cycle and a perfect game simultaneously. Said Nevin: "You're thinking those things whenever he's out there." https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36307953/shohei-ohtani-only-feet-short-hitting-historic-cycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ deej Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 On 3/9/2023 at 7:13 AM, samhexum said: At EVERY public Q&A session, someone invariably asks Swanson what he uses on his hair to get that luxurious flow. His answer: nothing special. He says he uses whatever his wife leaves in the shower. The hair does what it wants. samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 1, 2023 Author Share Posted May 1, 2023 The Phillies are getting a new DH tomorrow. Bryce Harper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 There are too many weak NL teams for it to happen, but I think it would be hilarious if both the Yanks and Mets missed the playoffs with their payrolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloKyle Posted May 5, 2023 Share Posted May 5, 2023 The NL worst Cardinals have not had a losing record this century yet but at 10-22 looking like that streak will end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 5, 2023 Author Share Posted May 5, 2023 9 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said: The NL worst Cardinals have not had a losing record this century yet but at 10-22 looking like that streak will end. and somewhere @WilliamM cries... BuffaloKyle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 6, 2023 Author Share Posted May 6, 2023 On 5/5/2023 at 7:39 AM, BuffaloKyle said: The NL worst Cardinals have not had a losing record this century yet but at 10-22 looking like that streak will end. Cardinals To Shift Willson Contreras Off Catcher By Simon Hampton | May 6, 2023 at 1:30pm CDT On the face of it, the Cardinals’ decision to call up minor league catcher Tres Barrera didn’t seem like the sort of deal to make headlines around baseball, but the ramifications of it are significant. It’s not so much the call up of Barrera, but the fact his arrival means St Louis will shift Willson Contreras off catcher for the “next couple of weeks”, as Katie Woo of The Athletic reports, with Andrew Knizner to take over as the primary backstop. It’s a huge move to shift your star off-season recruit off his primary position just a month into his first season, but the Cards clearly feel this is the best move to help them turn around their 10-23 start to the season. Contreras, signed to a five-year, $87.5MM deal in the winter, will now serve as a DH/outfielder for the team, further muddying an already crowded outfield picture in St Louis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 14, 2023 Author Share Posted May 14, 2023 Still haven't watched an inning of baseball this season. I'll sit in front of my computer and hop back & forth between all the box scores for 2 hours, but have had no interest in watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 After Kolton Wong bombed to start the season as Seattle's 2B, a caballero has come riding in to the rescue... JOSE CABALLERO Seattle Mariners #76 Second Baseman .286 .382 .446 BATTING 2B Rodríguez (9, Muller) HR Kelenic (10, 1st inning off Muller 1 on, 2 Out); Caballero (2, 2nd inning off Muller 2 on, 1 Out) RBI Kelenic 3 (25), Caballero 3 (10) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloKyle Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 On 5/5/2023 at 7:39 AM, BuffaloKyle said: The NL worst Cardinals have not had a losing record this century yet but at 10-22 looking like that streak will end. Well since I posted that they have turned it around. Still well under .500 but in that weak division they can make up ground easily. samhexum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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