Another solid start by Skenes. He's obviously a cinch for the ASG, right?
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 July 2024 01:21 (three months ago) link
i’m happy duran is doing well and playing well, but honestly needing to wear stuff emblazoned with ‘fuck ‘em’ because ‘it means so much to’ him is kinda pathetic
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 July 2024 02:08 (three months ago) link
you read the thing about this being his personal mantra against the times he was suicidal right
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 6 July 2024 05:52 (three months ago) link
12 straight hits!
https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-miranda-consecutive-at-bats-hit-streak
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 July 2024 20:59 (three months ago) link
Calling all math majors: please calculate the probability of a .300 hitter (where he was when the streak started) getting 12 consecutive hits.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 July 2024 21:40 (three months ago) link
1 in 1,881,676
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 6 July 2024 21:52 (three months ago) link
INCREDIBLE
what did Joe Ryan just do pic.twitter.com/8qaFMA9V4s— Addison (@YankeeWRLD) July 9, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 9 July 2024 10:34 (two months ago) link
gave himself urethral cancer?
― 龜, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 11:15 (two months ago) link
He shouldn’t be at risk if there’s no powder to dick contact right, like if he’s just dusting his upper thighs? Assume that’s where baseball uniforms chafe most in heat
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 9 July 2024 11:20 (two months ago) link
i think he's de-moisting skin-to-skin zones in the groin area. you're right as long as it's only powder-to-skin contact should be OK.
― 龜, Tuesday, 9 July 2024 11:42 (two months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/dg5AALu.jpeg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 July 2024 03:06 (two months ago) link
After 11 starts, Skenes is fourth among NL pitchers with 3.1 bWAR (Greene leads with 3.5).
― clemenza, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:08 (two months ago) link
Skenes is going to start the All-Star game, only the fifth rookie to ever do so -- Nomo, Valenzuela, Fidrych, and Dave Stenhouse. I had to look Stenhouse up, he's not a hidden gem, had a solid first half in his rookie year of 1962 but nothing spectacular, and was out of the majors after 1964.
― omar little, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:08 (two months ago) link
I suspect Skenes is going to wind up being the best draft pick in our fantasy league in terms of value relative to where he was chosen.
― omar little, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:09 (two months ago) link
so much pulled pork this year for pitchers, kind of worried already for Skenes
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:10 (two months ago) link
Nomo, Valenzuela, Fidrych
Sounds about right: the media coverage of him this summer and the fan interest are very comparable to what those three experienced.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:14 (two months ago) link
i read all the stuff about how skenes didn't really start pitching until college and i remember what the tommy john doctors said about the UCL developing until age 24 so i'm hoping that skenes will be alright for awhile since his UCL doesn't have as much wear on it as your average rookie arm does
also hope that he's a genetic freak
― 龜, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:17 (two months ago) link
He seems much more likely to last being built the way he is, for example what happened with Spencer Strider seemed like an absolute inevitability.
― omar little, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:22 (two months ago) link
also i have it on good authority he never pitched his team to the championship game in summer koshien, so he’s got that going for him too
― 龜, Friday, 12 July 2024 17:32 (two months ago) link
2nd pick in the last last round! hats off to that mad flier of a pick.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 12 July 2024 17:45 (two months ago) link
oof i was gonna pick him next (i swear it, i do)
― francisF, Friday, 12 July 2024 23:59 (two months ago) link
did not have the a's beating ranger suarez tonight
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 July 2024 01:17 (two months ago) link
everybody could use an (all star) break
― 龜, Saturday, 13 July 2024 01:20 (two months ago) link
I jinxed him this morning.
https://i.postimg.cc/gJMWyXRj/grid.jpg
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 July 2024 01:23 (two months ago) link
what the heck is going on with rece hinds
― 龜, Saturday, 13 July 2024 02:46 (two months ago) link
in AAA this season his OPS was .698
― The Yellow Kid, Saturday, 13 July 2024 03:10 (two months ago) link
Tarik Skubal has allowed 67 home runs in his career (495 IP). Only four have been to left handed batters. Reminded of this by seeing Freddie Freeman hit one off him.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 13 July 2024 16:16 (two months ago) link
I'm thinking that the two best pitchers in MLB this season are Tarik and Sale, right? I'd really love to see the latter continue on and have a full healthy season, get that nice number of 20 wins and that long overdue Cy Young award.
― omar little, Saturday, 13 July 2024 16:38 (two months ago) link
I would never in a million years guessed who the best pitchers were going to be this season
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 13 July 2024 16:43 (two months ago) link
I went into the year really really bullish on Skubal but he's definitely exceeded all expectations. so many of the guys who have remained healthy and ascended the ranks are players I just never imagined would be doing what they're doing. Lugo? Suarez? You do love to see it.
― omar little, Saturday, 13 July 2024 17:03 (two months ago) link
Skubal was really good last season. Easily would have said him, with Kirby up there. Kirby could still end up there tbh but he’s had some very poor starts
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 13 July 2024 17:13 (two months ago) link
Lugo I feel is like Hicks in that they’re both converted relievers and the innings might tell on them soon…Hicks hasn’t looked great his last few starts.
if Kirby turns a corner into more dominant territory he could be a nu-Maddux, as is he's still one of the best pitchers in MLB.
― omar little, Saturday, 13 July 2024 17:51 (two months ago) link
Yeah he’s still only in his second full season, his control is absolutely on another planet compared to the rest of the league. He is a very emotional pitcher and he can lose the run of himself especially if he isn’t getting run support. Servais says everyone avoids him in the dugout if he’s pitching and they haven’t got him any runs.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 13 July 2024 18:07 (two months ago) link
One guy who may have turned a corner is Jameson Taillon, he's been pretty spectacular lately. I've got to believe the Cubs are going to trade him, and there's some speculation the Orioles have interest. They really could probably use him, after the luck they've had this season with their SPs.
― omar little, Saturday, 13 July 2024 18:36 (two months ago) link
Hopefully the Cubs have turned a corner tbh
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 13 July 2024 18:49 (two months ago) link
Kirby’s FIP is like 40-50 points lower than his era, so I think he must have has some bad luck - but so far Gilbert has been the dominant arm for the mariners this year; which isn’t totally surprising to me. Went pretty hard for him in my auction league.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 13 July 2024 19:06 (two months ago) link
He definitely has, the Mariners infield has been desperate. Not surprised by Gilbert’s year at all.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 13 July 2024 19:17 (two months ago) link
Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac)Posted: 13 July 2024 at 19:49:27Hopefully the Cubs have turned a corner tbhlmao I just saw the score 💀
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 13 July 2024 19:22 (two months ago) link
this alec burleson guy is carrying my fantasy team right now. even when top prospects like jordan walker don’t live up to the hype, the cards still have the kind of devil magic that turns 40 fv prospects into shoulda-been all stars
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Saturday, 13 July 2024 19:40 (two months ago) link
ok he probably isn’t all star level but still, very very useful player
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Saturday, 13 July 2024 19:45 (two months ago) link
My fav kind
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 13 July 2024 21:22 (two months ago) link
heard herston kjerstad placed on IL with concussion, scary
― 龜, Saturday, 13 July 2024 21:41 (two months ago) link
Top 5 SP I think we're looking
Wheeler [+]SkubalBurnesSaleGlasnow [+]
Ragans knocking on the door of those with tight backs
― francisF, Saturday, 13 July 2024 23:34 (two months ago) link
This season?
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 13 July 2024 23:54 (two months ago) link
yep. Honestly I was interested so I just looked up some consensus from fantasy sites, so priories there may've skewed the results
― francisF, Sunday, 14 July 2024 00:59 (two months ago) link
Saw a great game today. (Coming back to all this news is amazing--we must have been in the car on the way home, surely word would have spread quickly through the park.)
Three-hour drive from St. Marys to Detroit, so we missed the top half of the first. Last week I missed an Alvarez HR; today, a leadoff triple by Ohtani.
But the day was saved when he hit a HR his third AB--his 200th. I was there for Ohtani's 200th!
Tigers went into the bottom of the ninth down 9-4. They tied it up with 5 runs, including a game-tying HR with two outs from Colt Keith. Then they won it in the 10th with a HR from Urshela.
https://i.postimg.cc/T14KTvQq/tigers.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 July 2024 02:03 (two months ago) link
Nice work! I only saw the last couple of innings of that game but it was ridiculous. Keith smashing the gang tying hr off the first pitch he saw was unreal.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 14 July 2024 08:36 (two months ago) link
Travis Bazzana, Australian, goes #1 in the draft 🇦🇺
― H.P, Sunday, 14 July 2024 23:22 (two months ago) link
hearing the phils got mason miller?!
― 龜, Monday, 15 July 2024 01:27 (two months ago) link