I'm mostly a Red Sox guy, don't watch a whole lot of other team's games, but Kershaw is fun to watch.
edit: unless it's a Red Sox game.
edit: unless it's a Red Sox game.
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June MLB Game Thread
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There was a lull in all time great pitchers after Unit/Maddux/Pedro but he is absolutely in that category and its always worth watching him.
Kershaw's numbers thus far in 2016: 100.2 IP, 122k, 6 BB, .646 WHIP, 1.52 ERA, 1.58 FIP, 250 ERA+ 59 HA, 5 HRs. The most remarkable thing about this guy is that he is in the strike zone all the time and batters still have trouble touching him.
He isn't in the strike zone much at all. Everything is on the edges.
We are kind of saying the same thing but yes, his command is such that he is hitting his spots very efficiently.
Pedro's 313:37 K:BB in 99 was the best I have ever seen (and we all know his 00 may have been a bettdr year overall) but Kershaw is approaching that level
First three batters for the Tigers against Shields--home run, single, double. Damn, I wish Hawk was announcing this game.
Still at 9 k's, through 5 innings now. There are no other stats to speak of on his pitching line, except a bunch of zero's.
It's not getting any prettier. Now 5-0 Detroit with no outs in the 2nd
Batter # 17 spoils Scherzer's perfect game bid.
Shields has allowed 23 ER in his past 6.2 IP covering 3 starts.
Shields has allowed 23 ER in his past 6.2 IP covering 3 starts.
What makes you think that (after having given up 10 runs in his first start)? And people wondered why half the members of this site wouldn't have taken a chance on him...I think the white sox may want a mulligan
Philadelphia shutting out Toronto, in Toronto, 5-0, in the 9th...
And old friend Andrew Bailey pitches the 9th to close it out. 7-0 Philly. I consider a non-sweep a huge victory.
And old friend Andrew Bailey pitches the 9th to close it out. 7-0 Philly. I consider a non-sweep a huge victory.
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The majority of talk was moving Sandoval for him wasn't it? Useful isn't the first adjective that springs to mind.
Pretty sure there were those who advocated getting him if the price was low enough in prospect cost also
More useful spending the season on the DL and perhaps never playing baseball again than taking up a spot on the 25 man and actively losing games though, right?
Jameson Taillon dominant against the Mets in his second MLB start. 8ip 0er 1bb and 2h. 91 pitches, 61 for strikes.
This Nats/Cubs game is entertaining as heck the last few innings. Zimmerman up in bottom 9 with Harper on 2nd. Nats down 1, 1 Out.
edit: make that 2 out and Ramos up.
edit: make that 2 out and Ramos up.
It will only cost a team $508K to sign him pro rated with the Rockies still on the hook for the rest of this season and the $22Mill next year. A good value but probably "untouchable" from a marketing stand point. Ala Ray Rice. I suppose he deserves a shot but not on my team. Fuck him, he's getting paid. I got no sympathy. This incident happened in my "back yard".
Why does he deserve a shot? He "deserves" nothing. If someone gives him a shot, well, good for him I guess, but he doesn't "deserve" one just because he was or is a good player.
He's not a good player any more. That, unfortunately, is going to be most of the reason why teams will pass on picking him up, not because of his domestic violence incidents.
Yeah, for these franchises too often moral outrage seems directly related to talent level: the Yankees seem perfectly content to have Chapman as their closer, and the Cowboys welcomed all-world bad guy Greg Hardy to their defense last fall.
Anyway, Reyes did just put up a .910 OPS in 9 games in AAA. I wouldn't be stunned if some team takes a chance on Reyes, but at this point it does seem unlikely.
What's up with the Ichiro hit counter including his Japanese stats?
That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen.
I agree. I was going to start a thread about it. Does anyone legitimately believe that Ichiro has more hits than Pete Rose?
He undeniably has more hits. That's a silly question. Saduhara Oh has more Homers than Barry Bonds. That is also undeniable.
However, Pete Rose holds Major Leagues Baseball's record for most hits in a career... and it isn't even close.
Nuance is a fantastic thing... and Ichiro has accomplished quite a feat. Why we can't celebrate the feat without this weird non-controversy, I don't really understand.
However, Pete Rose holds Major Leagues Baseball's record for most hits in a career... and it isn't even close.
Nuance is a fantastic thing... and Ichiro has accomplished quite a feat. Why we can't celebrate the feat without this weird non-controversy, I don't really understand.
It probably wouldn't have been a controversy if Rose hadn't grumped about people noting that Ichiro's total hits in Japanese and MLB baseball matched his own.
Rose had 4,256 hits. Ichiro has 2,979 hits in MLB, and he started at age 27. Coming into this year, Ichiro averaged 196 hits per season for his entire MLB career. If we let him start at 22 in MLB like Rose did, that would be an additional 978 hits, taking Ichiro to 3,957 hits, which would still put him 300 shy of Rose.
Of course, Ichiro averaged 224 hits from 2001-2010; if you use that average, it gets him to 4,101.
Long story short, it would have been extremely interesting if Ichiro had played his entire career in MLB.
Of course, Ichiro averaged 224 hits from 2001-2010; if you use that average, it gets him to 4,101.
Long story short, it would have been extremely interesting if Ichiro had played his entire career in MLB.
The Competition Committee should change the rules so that the first 6 runs per game against James Shields don't count. For parity's sake.
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Now that smoke has cleared... updated Shields stats for last 4 starts: 11.1 IP, 32 H, 32 R (31 ER), 6 K/13 BB, .485 opp. average, 24.62 ERA.
Now that smoke has cleared... updated Shields stats for last 4 starts: 11.1 IP, 32 H, 32 R (31 ER), 6 K/13 BB, .485 opp. average, 24.62 ERA.