August MLB Thread
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His ERA in the first got worse with a sweet 27.00 tonight. But it didn't matter much because the Yankees had one hit. That's a sad, boring team right now. It's a joy to watch.
The Royals are more fun than their record indicates. I still get cable, which means I get Cardinals, Royals, and Rangers games for free. The Rangers have been interesting (they're winning!) but I'd rather watch the Royals any day than the Cardinals.
Those two teams have played some insane games this year. There was last night and I thought the KC announcers said that KC had come back from an 11-2 deficit in an earlier meeting.
He was last night's walk-off squeezer. But yeah another wild game. M's rookie Emerson Hancock was cruising through 4, then got into a jam in the 5th, almost worked out of it with minimal damage but gave up a grand slam to Bobby Witt Jr.
Munoz just wasn't hitting his spots in that 9th.
Tale of two teams with +61 run differentials (who happen to be playing each other now):
Orioles 74-46
Padres 57-63
I mean, over/underperforming your Pythag is not news, but 17 games???
Orioles 74-46
Padres 57-63
I mean, over/underperforming your Pythag is not news, but 17 games???
As much as it often seems like they have an endless supply of them, their pitchers seem to be dropping like flies.
It's mid-August, with most teams having 40 games to play, and the A's are just 4 games away from mathematical elimination.
They’ve already turned around Littell, I expect Faria and Lamet to have big roles for them down the stretch as well.
Wouldn't be surprising. As they did with Springs .... who is now a TJS after his 2 seasons of Flowers for Algernon pitching. Coincidentally, a returned-to-Earth Jalen Beeks was optioned so that they could return Littell from the IL.
Julio Rodriguez with 4 hits and two steals last night.
5 for 5 today with this bomb.
View: https://twitter.com/GeorgeOnTap/status/1692272742484336848?s=20
5 for 5 today with this bomb.
View: https://twitter.com/GeorgeOnTap/status/1692272742484336848?s=20
Only scoring in two of the extra innings games will do that to you. Esp with the Manfred Man.
Masyn Winn called up for the Cardinals. If you haven't had a chance to see him play yet, you should try to set aside some of your weekend. Solid 5 tool player, who might end up with the best SS arm in the game when all is said and done.
The Angels are calling up first base prospect Nolan Schanuel, their 2023 first round pick. He has played in just 21 minor league games.
View: https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1692541565326021084
Another tweet from that thread "The last US-born player to debut within 40 days of being drafted: Texas pitcher Jerry Don Gleaton in 1979. The last position player: Toronto catcher Brian Milner in 1978."
View: https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1692541565326021084
Another tweet from that thread "The last US-born player to debut within 40 days of being drafted: Texas pitcher Jerry Don Gleaton in 1979. The last position player: Toronto catcher Brian Milner in 1978."
John Olerud and Ryan Zimmerman both debuted the same year they were drafted, so I assume there's something about that 40 day qualifier. Zimmerman hit really well for a rebuilding Nats team that finished .500 (which was still last in the NL East that year). Olerud didn't even play in the minors, but here's what is kind of wild about it to me is that the Blue Jays were in the middle of a competitive stretch. Pretty bold to just hand him a full-time job, and then they traded away Fred McGriff on top of it!
MLB Pipeline has had him rated as the best arm in the top 100 the last 2 years.
Chris Sale, too.
In 2010 after 4 games in A+ & 7 in AAA, he was called up to the White Sox & pitched 23.1 innings over 21 games with a 1.93 ERA. 32 strikeouts.
View: https://twitter.com/BBisntBoring/status/1692578604788363682
Angels have had some pretty aggressive promotions. They drafted Zach Neto last year, hit well in AA (.320/.382/.492) and skipped AAA to play in the majors this year. Logan O'Hoppe skipped AAA to play in the majors (he hit .283/.416/.544 across both AA leagues). He's played 2 games in AAA as part of his rehab assignment. Bachman skipped AA to pitch in the majors, though he's currently on the 60-day IL.
The Dodgers, Angels and Padres games on Sunday all got moved to split doubleheaders on Saturday because of the hurricane.
The big piece in their deal for Giolito and Lopez was a catcher in AA they'd skipped straight to that level from low A; he turned 20 on AA opening day. The Angels have taken over from the White Sox as the most aggressive team in the league in promoting their prospects. The results were a mixed bag for the White Sox, we'll see how it goes with the Angels, but they're also being a bit more deliberate in targeting advanced guys and promoting guys with advanced skill sets (even Quero had a very developed plate approach, so it's entirely possible he got better development behind the plate in AA than he would've in High A).
EDIT: It is really annoying me that I cannot think of the White Sox teenage prospect that they ruined. Mid 2010s I wanna say.
This is an understatement, right now there are 5 players in MLB from the 2022 and 2023 drafts, and 4 of them are Angels.
He and Bobby Witt, this year and last year, are also the only players EVER to go 20-20 in their first two seasons.
Masyn Winn collects his first career hit in the MLB, Pete Alonso promptly takes the ball and chucks into the crowd. Cardinals dugout was pretty pissed. Can't tell if Alonso realized the situation or not, but his next at bat might be interesting.
Some people were saying Alonso threw it to Winn's family, but that does not seem to be true. Serious unnecessary dick move otherwise.
Within 40 days of being drafted is doing a bit of work here. For example, Pete Incaviglia was drafted in June 1985. He signed in Nov 1985 and debuted at the beginning of 1986 having never played a minor league game.
And there was Bob Horner in 1978– weeks after being drafted out of ASU, debuting and winning ROY (in only 89 games). Gotta be the only ROY to not have played a game in the minors (non Ichiro division).
Which is real "yeah, but" statistic because of the huge volume of players whose "first season" is a September cup of coffee.
Fair, but still, another 4 for 5 night tonight for Julio with a HR and 2 more steals.
Tatis hits a 2 run homer in the eighth to make it 4-0 as the AZ falls apart. Damn, I miss orsillo.
Tampa has first and third no one out in the ninth. Hit into a triple play. Angels up in the ninth. Tie game 6 -6
Edit : Tampa challenged block at plate. Play stands.
Edit : Tampa challenged block at plate. Play stands.
Tony Gonsolin let up 10 ER in 3.1 IP tonight, a game in which the Dodgers really needed him to go deep given they've got a doubleheader tomorrow. Probably has pitched himself out of their rotation.