May 2018 MLB Game Thread

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This might be the most extreme shift we've ever seen in MLB, Verlander against Joey Gallo. Not sure you could get away with this with many other pitchers, almost anything to the left side is an easy double. Of course Gallo grounded right into the heart of the shift, heh.

 

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On the day they gave away Francisco Lindor "Mr. Smile" T-shirts in Cleveland, Mr. Smile hit 2 doubles and 2 home runs. I passed up tickets for the game to visit my parents for Mother's Day instead. I'm now questioning that decision.

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I guess there is no acknowledgement of the Yankees winning a game in total absoutle shame?

I've seen no less than 100 reviews the last couple years and this one in the Yankees v Athletics game is, without question, the worst REVERSAL I've ever seen.

Every single rule of replay was broken on that play. It's a shame all of the plays go through NY. With the way the year is going it could mean the division.
 

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A: I think the dodgers will end up being sellers at the deadline.

B: will showalter be fired or will ownership hold him blameless?
 

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I guess there is no acknowledgement of the Yankees winning a game in total absoutle shame?

I've seen no less than 100 reviews the last couple years and this one in the Yankees v Athletics game is, without question, the worst REVERSAL I've ever seen.

Every single rule of replay was broken on that play. It's a shame all of the plays go through NY. With the way the year is going it could mean the division.
I brought it up immediately in the Yankee gamethread. I did not think that was conclusive either. Someone said the YES feed had a definitive view, but I was on the A's feed and I thought I saw a pretty definitive view he missed the tag.

felt like the umps (yes, the ones in the review center) got caught up in the Yankee mystique in that moment
 

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I mean, the umps make wrong calls constantly both in favor of and against every team, ball/strike calls, calls that don't get reviews and calls that get reviewed and they still get wrong. This one it seemed like they got right, I don't think they actually go by 'conclusive', at least from what I've seen this year so far, it's like they try to make the call from scratch using whatever angles they have (sometimes more than the ones we have, I believe). I posted this still in the NY thread after the game and said:

"Not so conclusive, but it did look like he barely got him:"

 

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This pitch sequence is absolutely sick, both balls started at the red dot and ended in very different places.

Edit: I've probably watched this on loop 50 times now, the sinker isn't quite as sick as the famous Bard pitch but the combo is crazy.
 

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Yeah, remember his stuff from his time with the Nats - that slider is so nasty, but sometimes he absolutely cannot control it/throw it for strikes - he starts spiking them and when batters know to discount that pitch he can be hit hard....

In other news the Dodgers just dropped three games in a row at home to the awful Reds - I know it is early, but 16-23 and 8 games out is not where most folks thought they would be.
 

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In other news the Dodgers just dropped three games in a row at home to the awful Reds - I know it is early, but 16-23 and 8 games out is not where most folks thought they would be.
They lose again, swept by the Reds, and are just one game ahead of the Padres in last.
 

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The Angels walk off the Twins, they are now 24-10 when not playing BOS/NYY (0-6 when they do).
 

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Take a step back for one year, sell off some pieces like Puig, Ryu, Grandal (to Boston), keep Kershaw under 200 innings, reload in the offseason. They got $50+ million coming off the books.
 

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They have incredible upper-level catching depth, I was surprised they didn't trade Grandal or someone else (or even two guys) before the season.
 

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didn't you try to decipher nick cafardo this morning?
Not my source but I did read what he wrote. It does seem accurate in this case. Orioles fans I know would probably agree with it.
 

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The newly added Mark Reynolds with his second blast of the night to break a 4-4 tie off Archie Bradley in the 8th just now, 6-4 WAS now.

If WAS holds on, they finish the four game sweep in ARI (first series ARI lost all season) and the upcoming series on Tues/Wed against NYY will have the two hottest current teams (NY is working on a 19-3 streak, WAS 13-2).
 

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Gorgeous play by Hechevarria to out-deke a sprawled out Salvador Perez and sneak his left hand back in successfully, scoring what ended up being the winning run in a 2-1 game.

 

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Okay can anyone explain this one to me? Corbin starts the 7th and puts two men on. Reliever comes in and gets a fielders choice, runner thrown out at home. Later on, both runners now on base (one put on by Corbin) score, and both runs are credited against Corbin, even though he didn’t put one of them on base. I’m sure there’s some weird fielder’s choice rule at play here, but can someone lay it out for me?
 

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Okay can anyone explain this one to me? Corbin starts the 7th and puts two men on. Reliever comes in and gets a fielders choice, runner thrown out at home. Later on, both runners now on base (one put on by Corbin) score, and both runs are credited against Corbin, even though he didn’t put one of them on base. I’m sure there’s some weird fielder’s choice rule at play here, but can someone lay it out for me?
I’m sure someone can point to the actual rule, but basically since the fielders got to choose which runner they put out and no additional baseruners were put on, for who earned the run they basically pretend it’s the same runner.
 

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Rule 10.16(g):

"When pitchers are changed during an inning, the official scorer shall not charge the relief pitcher with any run (earned or unearned) scored by a runner who was on base at the time such relief pitcher entered the game, nor for runs scored by any runner who reaches base on a fielder’s choice that puts out a runner left on base by any preceding pitcher."

(I had no idea this was the rule until I just looked it up.)
 

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Andrew Miller blew up for the second time since coming back this week, coming in with a 8-6 lead in the 7th and one out, double, double, line-out, walk, walk, a third walk to force in the go-ahead run, and he was pulled before even finishing the inning.
 

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Poor Blue jays

Blew 4 run lead in the 8th.... Gave up 5 runs with two outs
 

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Tyler Clippard gave up a grand slam in the 8th, Axford and Clippard combined to torch a 4-0 lead, 5-4 A’s now.
 

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5-4 final, Blue Jays fall to 4th in the division behind TB.
 

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Rays are on a roll again. 6 in a row now. Swept KC and have taken the first three in Anaheim. It does wonders to get a break from the AL East. Tonight’s W gets them back to .500, which is actually pretty impressive after the tire fire of a start they had.
 

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Rays are on a roll again. 6 in a row now. Swept KC and have taken the first three in Anaheim. It does wonders to get a break from the AL East. Tonight’s W gets them back to .500, which is actually pretty impressive after the tire fire of a start they had.
You left out the best part (maybe announced after your post) which is that Sergio Romo will start tomorrow's game, just as he did today. He will be the first pitcher to start consecutive days after pitching at least one inning in the first game since Johnny Antonelli in 1954.
 

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Scherzer became the pitcher with the fewest innings pitched to reach 100 Ks. He's headed to Cooperstown, right?
 

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Scherzer became the pitcher with the fewest innings pitched to reach 100 Ks. He's headed to Cooperstown, right?
Sure would have been nice to give the Price money to scherzer a year earlier. Two years of mad max with Papi still around.
Then a few years of a Sale - Max one two punch.
 

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With a 2.1 inning save today (6ks, 1 B.B., no hits) Haders yearly stats:

27.1 IP, 7 B.B., 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 56ks, batting average against 0.080.
 

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With a 2.1 inning save today (6ks, 1 B.B., no hits) Haders yearly stats:

27.1 IP, 7 B.B., 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 56ks, batting average against 0.080.
Traded by both the Orioles (for Bud Norris) and the Astros (for Carlos Gomez), thankfully.
 

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You left out the best part (maybe announced after your post) which is that Sergio Romo will start tomorrow's game, just as he did today. He will be the first pitcher to start consecutive days after pitching at least one inning in the first game since Johnny Antonelli in 1954.
Disrupting “the unwritten rules” on starting pitching!
 

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You left out the best part (maybe announced after your post) which is that Sergio Romo will start tomorrow's game, just as he did today. He will be the first pitcher to start consecutive days after pitching at least one inning in the first game since Johnny Antonelli in 1954.
Yesterday's start by Romo was the first start by a pitcher over the age of 30 for the Rays in over 600 games.
 

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Braves score 6 in the bottom of the 9th to come back on Miami, 10-9. There are some seriously fun young teams out there, ATL is right up there with any of them.
 

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the Marlins just lost 10-9 by giving up 6 in the 9th inning, mostly with 2 outs to boot. Bunch of walks and singles for Atlanta down to the final out.

Teheran was surprisingly terrible at home and they were down 6-0 early, so they stole this one back.
 

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Only 8 strikeouts in over 20 IP? Woof.
There's a reason for that.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/cardinals-jordan-hicks-throws-mlbs-fastest-pitch-of-the-year-clocking-105-mph-twice/

"Hicks throws sinkers rather than four-seam fastballs. Yes, he touches 105 with a sinker. That unique pairing of movement and velocity yields the following profile:

  • Hicks is the hardest thrower in the game today.
  • Hicks in 22 innings this season has struck out just 9.5 percent of opposing batters, versus a league-average mark of 22.5 percent.
  • Hicks has a lofty groundball percentage of 60.6.
With the Sox infield defense, not a great fit here.
 

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No love for Ohtani? Is what he’s doing routine by now? Dude just went 7.2 innings, gave up 2 runs and K’d 9.