March/April MLB game thread: “It’s big ball chunky time!”
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They have a ton of minor league talent too still, they have some SP questions for now but they are indeed scary.
This was prescient since the Dodgers are hammering him now, 6 runs and 3 HRs in 3.1 innings so far.
How many games is Josh Hader gonna be worth to the Brew Crew in the standings this year? Like, 17?
I can't think of many other MLB players I would rather steal right now and drop onto our roster as built.
Cs fans: would you forfeit a Celtics-Bucks second-round series if it meant the Brewers would give us Hader?
I can't think of many other MLB players I would rather steal right now and drop onto our roster as built.
Cs fans: would you forfeit a Celtics-Bucks second-round series if it meant the Brewers would give us Hader?
And all of the “LOL Boston is racist” crap that would come with it? I know I shouldn’t care about that but I do.
Was a record for opening day at 7 HR, now 8. It is windy in California today, LOL.
Ugh, oh yeah. I guess I was so seduced by his stuff and numbers that story slipped my mind.
Just re-googled. Homophobic and misogynistic, too. "Hader," indeed.
Never mind....
Just re-googled. Homophobic and misogynistic, too. "Hader," indeed.
Never mind....
Nope. I was there.
Pedro pitched 7 shutout innings at Safeco. Lowe faced the minimum and finished in 9.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA200004040.shtml
Because I think it's interesting context, looking at all games in 2018, it happened 6 times, twice to Jon Gray:
- 9/9 Heaney 12K, Reynaldo Lopez 10K
- 7/1 Snell 10, Morton 11
- 6/12 Nola 10, Jon Gray 10
- 6/1 Foltynewicz 11, Strasburg 10
- 5/13 Freddy Peralta 13, Jon Gray 10
- 4/21 Manaea 10, Sale 10
Yandy Diaz with a freakin’ laser beam HR to dead center to lead Rays to 4-2 win over HOU. Matches his HR total from his previous 2 seasons in game # 2.
I have the same question logistically but apparently it's happened three times since 1908, all over 100 years ago.
Were the three pitchers just considered good enough to get the win? I know prior to 1950 it was a lot more subjective but this is nuts, especially since it's why OHR has 59 wins, not 60, in 1884 going by specifically modern acceptances of statistics.
Bruce Springsteen was there too. He was playing in Tacoma that night and couldn't resist going to Opening Day and seeing Pedro. He ended up showing up late for his gig, but it was all good.
I had to choose between Pedro and Springsteen. Two gods. I knew there was a chance I'd see Pedro later in the year, so it was an easy choice.
5.5 hours for 12 innings feels very wrong to me. and I don't like the pitch clock idea that much.
I've never seen this. In the STL/MIL game, Woodruff was called for a balk when he threw to 1st & Thames didn't have his foot on the bag. STL bunts the runner to 3rd & Goldy drives him in.
Rays take 2nd in a row from HOU, 3-1. Glasnow with a solid start, 1 run in 5 innings. Pretty good out of the gate against an incredibly tough team.
“Yu Darvish is the first pitcher since Pat Malone to allow 7+ BB and record 4+ K in fewer than 3 IP.
Pat Malone did it on August 2, 1930.”
Russell Martin pitched the 9th to finish a 18-5 win last night, first non-pitcher to do that since 1963.
https://www.mlb.com/news/russell-martin-makes-history-on-the-mound
https://www.mlb.com/news/russell-martin-makes-history-on-the-mound
Sonny Gray's Reds debut lasts 2.2 innings: 2 earned runs on 5 hits, 4 walks and no strikeouts. He also committed an error. Less than half his pitches found the strike zone.
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The pitcher came up twice, RBI single and bases loaded walk. Good thing they locked him up through 2022...
Rays take 3 of 4 from HOU, 3-1, behind 7 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K from Chirinos and HR #2 of the year from Meadows.
Great opening series to set the tone.
Great opening series to set the tone.
Andrew Miller has been bad all three times he's pitched so far, solo HR in game 1, a run allowed and three baserunners in game 2, and a HBP and BB to the only two batters he faced today.
2 IP total, a 3 WHIP and a 9 ERA which could go higher if either or both of these runners score.
2 IP total, a 3 WHIP and a 9 ERA which could go higher if either or both of these runners score.
Rays stomp Rockies 7-1 behind an opener/bulk guy/bullpen game. 4 in a row since losing on opening day.
