Baseball Thread

[Bassomatic]

So the Yankees and Phillies and D backs all got slapped silly today. Double digits.

 

[Local Fed]

So the Yankees and Phillies and D backs all got slapped silly today. Double digits.

Arizona's game is especially interesting. Their starting pitcher Brandon Pfaadt was credited for allowing 8 earned runs without getting a batter out before being pulled. Washington ended up scoring 11 runs in total before ending the top of the first inning after Scott McGough gave up 3 of his own prior to his team getting to bat. The game's in the sixth inning now and the Nats have been shutout since, but Arizona's making a comeback and it's 11-7 (Randal Grichuk just a two-run homer.)

The top of the first inning started with Washington having their leadoff batter, CJ Abrams, get hit by a pitch. He was then hit again, this time by McGough, later in the same inning. Washington also ended up hitting 5 doubles (4 off of Pfaadt.)

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Bo Bichette has been on a tear lately, hitting 3 HRs in the last 4 games, including coming off the bench while day-to-day with a sore back to hit a PH HR to beat Texas 2-0 ( in a series that the Jays won 2 out 3 by scoring 6 runs total).

This was after having an okay year to date, but lacking power otherwise with only 4 HRs all year before the hot streak (though lots of doubles).

The broadcast mentioned that Bo is the 1st Blue Jays SS to ever hit 100 HRs with the club.

Looking up the all-time leaders (the club started in 1977), it only takes 18 HRs to make the Jays' Top 10 career HR list at SS.

#4 with 36 is Mr. Glass himself Troy Tulowitzki, who barely played in Toronto because he was hurt all the time.

#5 with 24 is Senor " Tu es maricon" Yunel Escobar who the triggered Leafs ran out of town for writing "You are a faggot" on his eye black.

Tied for #9 with 18 is Freddy Galvis who only played half a season up North before being put on waivers after no one wanted him at the trade deadline.

You don't even have to have hit these HRs while playing the SS position for the Jays because Clement is on the list at #13 with his 16 dingers, most of them while playing 2nd or 3rd.

Although the list must have some sort of inclusion criteria for who they consider a SS because Troy Glaus isn't on the HR list when JP Ricciardi & John Gibbons were crazy enough to play Glaus at SS sometimes back in the aughts to try to wring out more offense.

 

[Trombonista]

LOL the Dodgers crushed the Yankees so hard that Ohtani took a nap in the dugout. Meanwhile, my Cubs beat the Reds again.

 

[five of em]

LOL the Dodgers crushed the Yankees so hard that Ohtani took a nap in the dugout. Meanwhile, my Cubs beat the Reds again.

I had to turn that Yankee game off, it was just too painful to watch.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

I had to turn that Yankee game off, it was just too painful to watch.

In @Trombonista 's Ohtani nap game Dodger-Yankees, the YES guys are way too pumped about Judge hitting a couple of dongs in a game they were losing by two touchdowns.

 

[blahblahblah678]

And Yankees fans, IMO, are the most naive motherfuckers alive if they think Aaron Judge is 100% clean.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Francisco Lindor apparently passed Derek Jeter over the weekend for 4th place all-time for career HRs at SS at age 31.

I would never have guessed that Cal Ripken is the all-time leader (for HRs hit while actually playing the SS position), ahead of Alex Rodriguez by only 1. But I suppose A-Rod ended up moving off SS for good for Jeter when he went to the Yankees.

I suppose it's a funny record because it requires players to compile HRs when they are young because SS is a young man's game and you will eventually be moved off of it in your 30s.

Most of the HR leaders at SS are relatively modern guys. The only old hat guy who I never saw play was Ernie Banks. And apparently he moved off SS to play 1B halfway through.

I don't know how true it is, but I saw claims that Lindor is one of the oldest starting SS in the league at 31.

 

[Tommy John Surgery]

I don't know how true it is, but I saw claims that Lindor is one of the oldest starting SS in the league at 31.

Using the powers of autism and Baseball Reference, I'm averaging the age of all SS with the most plate appearances (I will be checking whether utility/bench players get more starts at SS). For IL players, I will be using the injured player's age but for being sent down to AAA, I will use the replacement player's age.

The average age is 26.63. The most common age is actually 23 years old (the lowest) with the youngest of the bunch being Jacob Wilson, a first-round pick for the A's. What brought up the average was 8 players being 30+ years old with the oldest being Xander Bogaerts at 32 years and 245 days old. If we exclude IKF, JP Crawford and the defensive wizard Dansby Swanson, the trend is that all ofr the 30 year olds still starting are established stars: Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor, Corey Seager, Trea Turner, and Trevor Story (despite his injury woes).

In conclusion, there is some truth to SS being a young position (as common sense would suggest) and since I'm not cross-referencing any more dates, Lindor is definitely one of the 8 oldest starting shortstops in the league

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

The most common age is actually 23 years old (the lowest) with the youngest of the bunch being Jacob Wilson

I learned over the weekend that rookie As phenom Jacob Wilson (who is hitting something like .345 and challenging for the batting title) is the son of former MLB Pirates shorstop Jack Wilson.

Genetics for the win.

Just off the top of my head, nepo babies on the Jays (or until fairly recently) included Vlad Jr, Bo Bichette, Daulton Varsho and Cavan Biggio until last year.

This contrasts to other funky ways that guys get discovered and make the show

- Current starting 3B on the Jays Addison Barger is a missionary homeschooled rich kid. Before high school when he was 14 or so, his rich dad built a baseball diamond on their property and then imported an entire traveling team's worth of Dominican tweens for 30k for two months to live in their garage because Barger was still being homeschooled and didn't have a school team to play on.

- Short, pudgy, slowest footed catcher Alejandro Kirk was discovered by some rando Toronto scout in a Mexican semipro league when he went to scout another player but cannoball Kirk stood out. He had to lobby the front office to offer Kirk a contract by prefacing everything with "but he phat". The main reason they signed Kirk was because they'd blown their entire international signing pool on Vlad Jr. the year before and were under penalty the next year, not being able to sign any of the actual top talent guys.

 

[Tommy John Surgery]

This contrasts to other funky ways that guys get discovered and make the show

Reminds me of how much of a dawg Edgar Martinez was. He had just finished a gruelling overnight shift at a factory job and felt like he couldn't swing the bat anymore during his walk-in tryouts. Somehow, he still impressed Seattle enough to get signed and the rest was history

 

[Local Fed]

The Rockies are now a robust 12-50 with 100 games left in the season. They completed a three game series sweep of the Marlins today to achieve their first series sweep since May of last year.

 

[Ainchiemi]

The Rockies are now a robust 12-50 with 100 games left in the season. They completed a three game series sweep of the Marlins today to achieve their first series sweep since May of last year.

Marlins reminding everyone why they're the 3rd worse franchise in mlb.

 

[Preferred Penne]

Speaking of the Rockies, a lone Rockies fan showed up to the game and had the audacity to cheer for his favorite team. Local cunt demands his immediate removal.

 

[Armor of God]

Speaking of the Rockies, a lone Rockies fan showed up to the game and had the audacity to cheer for his favorite team. Local cunt demands his immediate removal.

That bitch needs to have some more gratitude in her life.

I'm thinking that she needs an all expense paid cruise...the kind which involves riding from Libya to southern Italy on a life-raft surrounded by rapist niggers and floating in turbulent, shark-infested waters.

 

[blahblahblah678]

She's probably Cuban, so send her goofy ass back to La Havana.

 

[JJLiautaud]

Jomboy talks about MLB being a minority stakeholder in Jomboy Media:

I like Jomboy and hope the MLB doesn't fuck it up.

 

[Armor of God]

Dodgers fans are hyperventilating about Clayton Kershaw wearing a special cap for the faggot festivities which also contains a Bible verse.

It's well known that Clayton, being a true and honest Christian isn't with all of this fag shit.

I'm also blaming these fag and tranny colored caps/helmets being the reason why Shohei went 0-4 last night and broke his little hitting streak.

 

[Mister Ferro]

For the 1st time since May 21, the Texas Rangers are at .500!!!

 

[Local Fed]

A huge trade is taking place between the Red Sox and Giants.

Boston is sending third baseman/designated hitter Rafael Devers to to the Giants for starting pitchers Kyle Harrison and Jordan Hicks, along with two prospects (22 year old outfielder James Tibbs who was the 13th overall pick last summer, and 20 year old pitcher Jose Bello.)

Added interest is that the two teams begin a series on Friday in San Francisco.