Random news and notes for MLB 2018

[bigredrobbo]

It's Joe West's world - we just live in it!

[bigredrobbo]

WOW - Reds just pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the 9th against the Cards. They won't win, of course, because, Cardinals, but it was fun to hear Busch collectively groan!

[bigredrobbo]

And after Suarez tattoos one out for a 5-3 lead, it's fun to hear Busch shut the hell up!

[MoreTrife]

Man oh man some bad contracts out there...

 

Eric Hosmer's contract...7 years left over $100 million. Woof.

 

Pujols age 39-41 seasons averaging around $30 mill and 700 OPS and falling.

[DuWayne Steurer]

https://deadspin.com/brett-phillips-somehow-stays-in-game-after-top-speed-co-1828815524

 

Brett Phillips eats it hard running into wall at full speed. Somehow, he stayed in the game after this.

[jerichoholicninja]

I was looking at the standings today and noticed something about the teams with the worst records this year.

 

.295 Bal

.333 KC

.390 SD

.396 Mia

.403 Det

.403 CWS

.424 Cin

 

How many of these teams would you say are "tanking"? Miami and maybe the White Sox is about all I see. The Orioles are just horribly run. The Royals tried to hold on for too long after their World Series and now have a horrible major league team with an equally bad minor league system. The Padres have bounced back and forth between trying to win and trying to build but I would say the Hosmer signing takes them out of tanking territory. The Tigers tried to spend their way to a title for a decade and are paying for it now. The Reds have completed the tank and I would guess will try to get some big league pitching this offseason. Seems like being a horribly run organization has more to do with a bad record than rebuilding...I mean tanking.

[lcbj68c]

I remember the ballyhoo when Jeter "faked getting HBP". This is awesome!

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24593957/mets-todd-frazier-comes-clean-fake-catch

[gypcasino]

Detroit Tigers' Mario Impemba, Rod Allen have 'severe' physical incident

 

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/09/06/detroit-tigers-mario-impemba-rod-allen/1210999002/

 

The contentious personal relationship between Fox Sports Detroit’s top two Detroit Tigers broadcasters, Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, has boiled over.

 

The pair was involved in a physical altercation immediately following Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox, according to multiple persons with direct knowledge of the situation.

 

The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the incident, which was described as "severe" by one person who was present. Katie Strang of The Athletic was first to report the news.

[Baldkin]

Sean Doolittle is awesome.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/09/05/sean-doolittles-home-run-challenge-is-his-greatest-idea-since-the-bullpen-cart/

 

[JosephC]

Detroit Tigers' Mario Impemba, Rod Allen have 'severe' physical incident

 

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/09/06/detroit-tigers-mario-impemba-rod-allen/1210999002/

 

The contentious personal relationship between Fox Sports Detroit’s top two Detroit Tigers broadcasters, Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, has boiled over.

 

The pair was involved in a physical altercation immediately following Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox, according to multiple persons with direct knowledge of the situation.

 

The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the incident, which was described as "severe" by one person who was present. Katie Strang of The Athletic was first to report the news.

 

Time to break out the Rod Allen video:

 

[dlk9s]

Doolittle is one of the best people in MLB.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I remember the ballyhoo when Jeter "faked getting HBP". This is awesome!

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24593957/mets-todd-frazier-comes-clean-fake-catch

 

 

I love this. Teams might "tank" (hate that word), but the players are going out there and busting their asses trying to win those games, even when they're 100% out of the playoffs. In some cases, even cheating!

[hurricanecrush]

Sean Doolittle is awesome.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/09/05/sean-doolittles-home-run-challenge-is-his-greatest-idea-since-the-bullpen-cart/

 

Hahaha... this is my favorite line:

 

"If you got your feelings hurt, that’s on you. If a guy hits a home run off me, drops to his knees, pretends the bat is a bazooka and shoots it out at the sky…I don’t give a s—."

[remfire]

This made me laugh...hard! Just another reason why Joe Maddon is a complete whiner, crybaby, and hypocrite.

 

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/media/Cubs-Joe-Maddon-on-Friday-s-rainout-We-1335915.php

 

I had to watch it multiple times to believe he was actually saying what he did.

[bacon06]

Luis Ortiz got called up by the Orioles and made his debut last night. Faced seven batters and retired two of them.

 

0.1 IP 3 H 3 R 3 ER 2 BB 1 WP

[DHonks]

But Jorge Lopez has been awesome for the Royals

[tmwiese55]

Was prepping for fantasy playoffs and my opponents has Acuna from ATL. Did some math on his stats if extrapolated to 150 games, he's only played like 93 this year. He'd have 41 HRs, 86 RBI, 23 SBs with a slash of 293/367 and 950ish OPS at age 20. That's just crazy.

 

Made me look at Soto as well at age 19 for 150 games. 25 HR, 87 RBI with a 298/426/922.

 

Way less hype around these guys than Trout/harper but they're up there. Trout's first year at age 20 playing 139 games (he did get his feet wet the year before at 19 though) he had 30 HR, 49 SB, 83 RBI and 326/399/963. Harper played 139 at age 19, 270/340/817 with 22 HR 59 RBI and 18 SB.

[ecjimg]

Brett Phillips at DH today. You know, that guy who is known for his bat and not his defense.............

[Eye Black]

I believe the connection is that they workout at the same gym (along with Clay Matthews), but I got a kick out of Baker Mayfield sporting an autographed “YELI” jersey as he walked from the bus to the locker room for Thursday night football.

 

 

 

 

Edit: After the game in which he made his first career appearance and led the Browns to a comeback win, Baker Mayfield finished his post-game press conference with a “Christian Yelich for NL MVP” mic drop, Twitter Link.

[Ennder]

But Jorge Lopez has been awesome for the Royals

 

Not sure a sub 7 K/9 and over a 3.5 BB/9 with a 41% hard contact% constitutes awesome. Lopez hasn't shown me anything i'm going to miss so far this year though it is still way too early to close the books on him obviously.

[liveforoctober]

Oof. Lopez got rocked tonight. 1 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 0 BB, 0 K. Tough one.

[jerichoholicninja]

Was bored this morning and watched a bunch of ejection videos on MLB.com. I noticed two interesting things. There were a lot of managers that were tossed as they were calmly walking from the dugout, not saying a word, just coming out to talk and they get tossed immediately. The other was that in a couple videos, the announcers said you can't argue a balk. I've never heard that before.

[ThisIsMyCrew]

I believe the connection is that they workout at the same gym (along with Clay Matthews), but I got a kick out of Baker Mayfield sporting an autographed “YELI” jersey as he walked from the bus to the locker room for Thursday night football.

 

 

 

 

Edit: After the game in which he made his first career appearance and led the Browns to a comeback win, Baker Mayfield finished his post-game press conference with a “Christian Yelich for NL MVP” mic drop, Twitter Link.

 

For some reason I’m hearing AL MVP...nevertheless, love seeing the extra love!

[pacopete4]

[sarcasm]Let's trade Rodgers for Manziel Mayfield.[/sarcasm]

[tmwiese55]

Deadspin article on Addison Russell domestic issues with his ex wife. Could prove relevant to the playoffs. Really I don't think they'd lose much other than depth/flex as their best lineups are likely having Baez at SS.