laughedatbytime Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 A's with a 2.5 game lead on the Asstros and the 3rd best record in the AL. Meanwhile, the NL Best continues its dominance, with the Giants, Dodgers and Padres all playing well.Well, they have a 38 game head start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Got swept but not surprised since the A's are still the A's. Now on to Detroit who they're usually good against and they're worse anyways. Hoping for anything beyond a split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) The Dbacks are 5-37 in their last 42. This is a pace actually worse than the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, and for a quarter of a season. They WOULD have to lose their next 84 in a row to match the Spiders overall record though. Edited June 17, 2021 by laughedatbytime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) Grand slam for Taylor Ward! 7-1 Angels! Edited June 18, 2021 by invisible airwave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 If you didn't see the 9th inning of the Reds-Padres game, it's worth checking out on YouTube 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 And then there's Arizona with 22 losses straight on the road and 15 straight overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 If you didn't see the 9th inning of the Reds-Padres game, it's worth checking out on YouTubeI watched it live. Definitely worth watching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Can't give Jake another start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Suddenly the bats have reverted to April again. Home runs or nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 :ranton: Can somebody explain to me why Royals mgr Matheny keeps batting Soler (BA .182) and Dozier (.147) in the the middle of the lineup? Or at all, for that matter. If he believes they'll only come out of their slumps (when does a "slump" become "that's just how that dude plays now"?) by getting regular at-bats, does it have to be in the middle of the order? They are killing our rallies. We have some great prospects in Witt, Jr. and Pratto -- surely even adjusting to big league pitching they could do better than .147? Ugh. :beathorse: :rantoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 :ranton: Can somebody explain to me why Royals mgr Matheny keeps batting Soler (BA .182) and Dozier (.147) in the the middle of the lineup? Or at all, for that matter. If he believes they'll only come out of their slumps (when does a "slump" become "that's just how that dude plays now"?) by getting regular at-bats, does it have to be in the middle of the order? They are killing our rallies. We have some great prospects in Witt, Jr. and Pratto -- surely even adjusting to big league pitching they could do better than .147? Ugh. :beathorse: :rantoff:bring up prospects and their clock starts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 :ranton: Can somebody explain to me why Royals mgr Matheny keeps batting Soler (BA .182) and Dozier (.147) in the the middle of the lineup? Or at all, for that matter. If he believes they'll only come out of their slumps (when does a "slump" become "that's just how that dude plays now"?) by getting regular at-bats, does it have to be in the middle of the order? They are killing our rallies. We have some great prospects in Witt, Jr. and Pratto -- surely even adjusting to big league pitching they could do better than .147? Ugh. :beathorse: :rantoff:bring up prospects and their clock starts Yeah, I can see that argument -- you may recall a young guy named Kris Bryant and the timing of his call-up -- but surely that's more of an issue if your team doesn't really need the help or the season is already lost and you want the young'uns at full steam for next year, but the Royals are (still!) in that twilight where they could climb back into the wild card race with some regression to the mean. OTOH, you don't want to season a guy for five years and then have him move in time to make his breakthrough . . . Dozier did hit better yesterday, and Soler sat, so maybe I'll just wait and see.* (* I'll definitely just wait and see; what other choice do I have?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Tonight the crackdown on pitchers' use of substances starts. The slash line for the season to date is .239/.313/.400. Any guesses as to what it will be for the rest of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Tonight the crackdown on pitchers' use of substances starts. The slash line for the season to date is .239/.313/.400. Any guesses as to what it will be for the rest of the season? I think it might rise a bit but the TTO mentality of a lot of batters won't go away nearly as fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Tonight the crackdown on pitchers' use of substances starts. The slash line for the season to date is .239/.313/.400. Any guesses as to what it will be for the rest of the season? I think it might rise a bit but the TTO mentality of a lot of batters won't go away nearly as fast.Then there's Javy with the two true outcomes.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Umps already check Jacob DeGrom for sticky icky, even under his belt. What's next, "drop 'em?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) Tonight the crackdown on pitchers' use of substances starts. The slash line for the season to date is .239/.313/.400. Any guesses as to what it will be for the rest of the season? I think it might rise a bit but the TTO mentality of a lot of batters won't go away nearly as fast.Then there's Javy with the two true outcomes.... I got bored one day and was scrolling through some stat leaderboards, there's the obvious ones like batting average, ERA, home runs, WAR, OPS, then there's the dishonorable ones like strikeouts and grounds-into-double-plays. I didn't even need to look at the strikeout one to know who was gonna be right at the top. I think Javy exceeded whoever was in second place by 10-15 K's at one point. Edited June 21, 2021 by The Analog Cub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Baez yanked after forgetting the number of outs and getting doubled off first. :facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Yesterday - Enjoying the Denver thin air and plentiful sunshine! And the Brewers WON!! :sundog: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 God, this team is hard to watch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) Yesterday, 9th inning. 2 outs, Yelich on first. Omar Narvaez, with the count of 3-2, fouled back SEVEN consecutive pitches before grounding out. Yelich got to take off for 2nd and go back SEVEN straight times in the hot, thin Denver air. He was a bit tired! :o Edited June 22, 2021 by Principled Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driventotheedge Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Tonight the crackdown on pitchers' use of substances starts. The slash line for the season to date is .239/.313/.400. Any guesses as to what it will be for the rest of the season? I think it might rise a bit but the TTO mentality of a lot of batters won't go away nearly as fast.That and the shifts are by far the larger factors imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Fangraphs first 80 prospect, the Rays Wander Franco, connects for his first hit, a game tying 3 run shot vs Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 In a season with plenty of low-lights, the Royals performance against the Yankees, coupled with the Cardinals spanking by the Pirates (!), may represent the most flaccid displays of all. On to Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Asstros on a 10-0 streak. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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