MLB 2018 Regular Season

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:25 am

I am satisfied with the baseball season thus far.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 11:49 am

12-2. I'm having a hard time finding things to complain about. We lost a catcher for the year, but frankly he's ALWAYS hurt. They need to move on from that idiot. Thankfully in that trade was also got Thor so shrug.

Harvey isn't impressing and I have a feeling he will never come close to how he first started. Too many injuries sapped his throwing speed and stamina. He's better than last year, but that's not really something to brag about.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:04 pm

uh hey whassup with Darvish's 6.00 ERA??? You guys wrecked him

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:31 pm

Mets - Nats series starts tonight. I hope they can win this series. A reverse sweep would suck.

The amazing thing about this entire start is that Cespedes has been terrible. Once he heats up omg..

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:54 pm

There have been something like 22 postponed games so far in MLB. Sox/Twins had their entire weekend series called by Friday night.

Lorini wrote: ↑Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:04 pm uh hey whassup with Darvish's 6.00 ERA??? You guys wrecked him

Damaged goods, thanks to Houston and the Dodgers.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:40 am

I think this is the right thread...

The Red Sox are on pace to go 144-18.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:28 pm

Harvey needs to be taken out back and shot. He's done and the sooner they get him out of the rotation the better. He just is never going to come back from all the injuries he has had. Sucks for him as he will be a free agent next year. He will not get many offers if any really.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:57 pm

I'd love to see the full list (but I'm not paying for it) - baseball's worst contracts:

Tulo
Kennedy
Bailey
$$$

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:58 pm

Octavious wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:28 pm Harvey needs to be taken out back and shot. He's done and the sooner they get him out of the rotation the better. He just is never going to come back from all the injuries he has had. Sucks for him as he will be a free agent next year. He will not get many offers if any really.

I think that 9th inning vs KC broke him.

Sorry about that.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:58 pm

stessier wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:40 am I think this is the right thread...

The Red Sox are on pace to go 144-18.

Jinx them much

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:17 am

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:58 pm
stessier wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:40 am I think this is the right thread...

The Red Sox are on pace to go 144-18.
Jinx them much

It's how I know all is right in the world.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:57 am

Soo Darvish's ERA is going higher and higher?? I thought Imlawboy said the Cubs were going to fix his pitch tipping?? (whew talk about bad contracts!!!

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Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:58 am

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:57 pm I'd love to see the full list (but I'm not paying for it) - baseball's worst contracts:

Tulo
Kennedy
Bailey
$$$

At the same time, even with his bad luck/dumb decisions MadBum has to be the steal of the century.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:48 am

stessier wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:17 am
Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:58 pm
stessier wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:40 am I think this is the right thread...

The Red Sox are on pace to go 144-18.
Jinx them much
It's how I know all is right in the world.

So what's your revised final record? 17-148?

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:49 am

El Guapo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:48 am
stessier wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:17 am
Pyperkub wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:58 pm
stessier wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:40 am I think this is the right thread...

The Red Sox are on pace to go 144-18.
Jinx them much
It's how I know all is right in the world.
So what's your revised final record? 17-148?

I mean, recent trends would indicate that is a reasonable conclusion.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:54 am

I'm interested where the three extra games would come from.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:56 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:54 am I'm interested where the three extra games would come from.

They'd be doing so badly that MLB would just go ahead and assign them three extra losses. Obviously.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:50 pm

Exodor wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:58 pm
Octavious wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:28 pm Harvey needs to be taken out back and shot. He's done and the sooner they get him out of the rotation the better. He just is never going to come back from all the injuries he has had. Sucks for him as he will be a free agent next year. He will not get many offers if any really.
I think that 9th inning vs KC broke him.

Sorry about that.

He's probably my biggest disappointment of a player ever. He came in like a god, and then quickly showed he as an ahole. Which was fine as well he was lights out. Now that he sucks AND is still an ahole I just want to see him gone.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:12 am

Lorini wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:57 am Soo Darvish's ERA is going higher and higher?? I thought Imlawboy said the Cubs were going to fix his pitch tipping?? (whew talk about bad contracts!!! )

Turns out the damage from pitching a half season with Dodgers was worse than anyone could have expected.

I'm not too concerned (yet). His last couple of games have been going OK until he hits a bad inning. Hopefully things will smooth out soon and he'll pitch more in line with what's expected. I'm a long view kind of guy on these types of things, and tend not to panic over small sample sizes.

El Guapo · Post by **El Guapo** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:12 pm

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:12 am
Lorini wrote: ↑Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:57 am Soo Darvish's ERA is going higher and higher?? I thought Imlawboy said the Cubs were going to fix his pitch tipping?? (whew talk about bad contracts!!! )
Turns out the damage from pitching a half season with Dodgers was worse than anyone could have expected.

I'm not too concerned (yet). His last couple of games have been going OK until he hits a bad inning. Hopefully things will smooth out soon and he'll pitch more in line with what's expected. I'm a long view kind of guy on these types of things, and tend not to panic over small sample sizes.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:05 pm

El Guapo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:12 pm

When did you get the camera installed in my living room????

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:46 am

Presenting your 2018 Dodgers

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 3:09 pm

ahah

We had to give up tonight's Giants vs Smurfs tickets. Ethan has been having some serious behaviour issues and felt a late night would end in disaster

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:41 pm

I'm sorry to hear that. Good thing (I think!! our bullpen is so bad) you missed today's game.

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:48 am

funny to see Panda pitch

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:31 am

We should recruit him for our bullpen!!!

naednek · Post by **naednek** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:05 am

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 1:46 pm

That's awesome

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:00 am

naednek wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:48 am funny to see Panda pitch

pr0ner · Post by **pr0ner** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:01 am

Also, the Cubs have rebounded a bit from early season struggles and are only half a game back of first place.

Meanwhile, the team I watch in person a lot, the Nationals, are a tidy 6 games back and are 4 games under .500. Their depth is really getting tested with all the injuries.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:26 am

Someday this season the Dodgers may appreciate the Nationals beating the Dbacks but right now I'm not sure it matters. Getting ready for an ass whuppin by the Dbacks this week, wonder what the front office is going to do and when they might do it? Who knows but I think this road trip will be defining. When they bench one of the few players that are actually hitting, you know it's getting testy.

Octavious · Post by **Octavious** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:18 am

Aside from the top 2 starters the Mets are in serious trouble with the rest of the rotation. Harvey got demoted to the pen (God I never would have thought I would be saying that), Wheeler is only a meh pitcher and will never be elite (There are bags of balls smarter than him. Watch an interview it hurts), Vargas got LIT UP in his first start of the season, Matz is pitching like crap and is of course complaining about some injury. I think he may be made out of paper. Seriously it shouldn't be this hard to have more than 2 pitchers that don't totally suck.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:59 am

pr0ner wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:01 am Also, the Cubs have rebounded a bit from early season struggles and are only half a game back of first place.

Four game sweep of Milwaukee with 3 shutouts. Cubs are now 7-1 against the Brewers this year with 5 shutouts. Cubs weren't hitting a ton (no more than 3 runs in any game), but it was pretty brisk at Wrigley (and Bryant missed the first couple of games recovering from getting hit in the head earlier in the week), so hopefully things will pick back up offensively with the warm front that rolled into town overnight.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:04 pm

Seager needs Tommy John surgery so see you guys in the playoffs next year.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Tue May 01, 2018 10:42 am

Search MLB Live on Facebook on Thursday 12:30 PDT to watch the Dodgers take yet another beating. (I totally understand not everyone is on FB, this is for those who are).

Kelric · Post by **Kelric** » Tue May 01, 2018 11:56 am

Lorini wrote: ↑Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:04 pm Seager needs Tommy John surgery so see you guys in the playoffs next year.

It is always disappointing to see a star go down to injury for so long, especially someone so good at such a young age. At least as a position player he could be ready for Opening Day next year, or shortly afterward.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Thu May 03, 2018 9:35 am

So now the best starter on the team (no not Kershaw, Ryu, he's got the best ERA and the best WAR) goes down. We did win, but if Ryu's out for an extended period of time, that's a huge loss.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Thu May 03, 2018 11:14 pm

The Facebook stream was pretty cool because there were no commercials, lots of interviews and stuff like that. AND the Dodgers won even!!!

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri May 04, 2018 1:03 am

Nothing like a visit from the Baltimore Orioles to cure what ails ya.

Lorini · Post by **Lorini** » Fri May 04, 2018 8:09 am

Jaymann wrote: ↑Fri May 04, 2018 1:03 am Nothing like a visit from the Baltimore Orioles to cure what ails ya.

I was going to watch that game til I saw the score in the 5th inning!