MLB 2026 Off season

HesCalledDyer

F Me In The Brain said:

Extra Innings is on.

Statistical Anomaly:
My Reds have the most Walks in MLB

My Reds also see the fewest pitches per batter in MLB


That should not be possible for those two stats to be true.
But they are.

They still can't pitch.

Speaking of your Reds, this is amazing:

F Me In The Brain

Votto is a freak

He is also hilarious.

My favorite, non hockey playing, Canadian of all time.

darwinstheory

Holy shit! That is insane.

tempo_n_groove

Wait so he either strikes out, grounds out or gets a hit?

no sac flys?

that is a ridiculous stat...

Cliffy6745

Pop up as in infield I assume 

F Me In The Brain

Yes, infield pop outs.

igotid88

more games being postponed by rain

HesCalledDyer

F Me In The Brain said:

Yes, infield pop outs.

Yeah, I believe the criterium for a pop up is 140ft or less. And not necessarily outs, ether. Could drop in foul territory, out of play, or drop on defensive error/miscommunication or just out of reach. I also saw that he has NEVER popped out to C, P, or 1B in his career. That’s just insane. 

HesCalledDyer

Innovative idea.  I like it!

https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/07/30/oakland-as-unveil-as-access-for-2019/

F Me In The Brain

$4 beers! 

igotid88

Bryce Harper is available for trade

Cliffy6745

This has gotten pretty wild. Trades every couple minutes

igotid88

Archer to the Pirates

Jearlpam0925

Buc-Os made out in that deal - Glasnow and Meadows.

F Me In The Brain

C'mon, someone give the Reds something juicy for Harvey

Cliffy6745

igotid88 said:

Archer to the Pirates

Going from the worst stadium in baseball to possibly the best.

igotid88

1 minute. Although trades can still happen

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

Bryce Harper is available for trade

He ain't going nowhere.

HesCalledDyer

Well I'm glad my Cubs picked up a 60 year old washed-up Cole Hamels and yet another mediocre reliever in Brandon Kinztler.  Meanwhile every other contender in the NL went and got All-Stars.  And Jacob deGrom is still in a Mets uniform.  Good job, Jed.

With Yu Darvish being a complete $180million headcase (who didn't see that disaster coming?!), Byrant & Rizzo not doing jack shit all season, Brandon Morrow not being able to stay off the DL (who didn't see that coming?!), and Maddon's completely baffling, almost-daily preference for Ian "0-5 w/ 4K" Happ over Albert Almora Jr... this team may as well book their vacations in October because the playoffs aren't happening.  If they do, it will be an early exit.

They fall behind EVERY game and fall behind EVERY series and have to play catch up.  60% of their wins are of the "come-from-behind" fashion.  And while that's great they've been able to pull it off up 'til now, you can't expect to do it that consistently against playoff caliber teams. Law of averages is bound to set in at some point and we're starting to see that now.  You can't give up runs in the first inning every game, never have your bats come alive until the 6th or 7th, lose game 1 of every series, and expect to accomplish much.

It seems like many of these guys' heads blew up after winning it all and just don't feel the need to perform at the levels they're well capable of.  If anyone, I would've thought Baez would be the biggest culprit of inflated ego, but it turns out he is one of the few that have elevated their level of play to MVP status (I'm talking team MVP, not league, although he certainly could be in that discussion).  He, Almora, Heyward (!!), & Lester are the only ones who seem to go out there and perform at their absolute best every day.  When a 37 y/o Ben Zobrist who doesn't even play daily is your 4th best offensive output player of the season, you've got problems that need to be addressed with urgency.

How about that performance by Jake Arrieta last night?!  Fuck you, Scott Boras!  That man would still be in a Cubs uniform if not for his greedy, arrogant ass!

Cliffy6745

Scott Boras' job is to literally be greedy and get his players as much money as possible