2015 MLB thread

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by cartman

Thank you Arte Moreno.

Angels: You're welcome, cartman.

[cartman]

only a month

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by cartman

only a month

Yeah, keep fucking that chicken lol.

New year, same Josh.

It will take him at least a week longer than projected to come back, and then another three weeks before he starts to look normal hitting the ball "rounding into shape", then he'll get hot for a week and then slump until mid-August--when he will suffer some kind of oblique injury and miss the rest of the year on a "day to day" basis.

[lighthousekeeper]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Yeah, keep fucking that chicken lol.

New year, same Josh.

It will take him at least a week longer than projected to come back, and then another three weeks before he starts to look normal hitting the ball "rounding into shape", then he'll get hot for a week and then slump until mid-August--when he will suffer some kind of oblique injury and miss the rest of the year on a "day to day" basis.

Doesn't matter, even if Hamilton retires tomorrow, the Rangers already got better value from him than LAA.

Hamilton with Angels: 2.9 WAR for ~$100M = they paid $34M per W
Hamilton with Tex in 7 games: 0.5 WAR for ~$8M = they paid $16M per W


Plus, every day Hamilton sits on the DL, the check he's getting from LAA is still more than the check he's getting from Tex.

Unless Hamilton gets the entire roster hooked on the rock, there's no way Tex will end up regretting that deal.

[Subby]

"Unless Hamilton gets the entire roster hooked on the rock, there's no way Tex will end up regretting that deal."

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

Doesn't matter, even if Hamilton retires tomorrow, the Rangers already got better value from him than LAA.

Hamilton with Angels: 2.9 WAR for ~$100M = they paid $34M per W
Hamilton with Tex in 7 games: 0.5 WAR for ~$8M = they paid $16M per W


Plus, every day Hamilton sits on the DL, the check he's getting from LAA is still more than the check he's getting from Tex.

Unless Hamilton gets the entire roster hooked on the rock, there's no way Tex will end up regretting that deal.

Duh.

Everyone knows the Angels got screwed on the deal with Hamilton. The thing I find funny is anyone thinking the Rangers really are going to get anything.

He's not costing them a lot, because frankly, he's not worth a lot.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

Doesn't matter, even if Hamilton retires tomorrow, the Rangers already got better value from him than LAA.

Hamilton with Angels: 2.9 WAR for ~$100M = they paid $34M per W
Hamilton with Tex in 7 games: 0.5 WAR for ~$8M = they paid $16M per W


Plus, every day Hamilton sits on the DL, the check he's getting from LAA is still more than the check he's getting from Tex.

Unless Hamilton gets the entire roster hooked on the rock, there's no way Tex will end up regretting that deal.

Pretty much this. Like I said after the deal got announced, even if he hits .250 with 15 homers each season, the Rangers made out like bandits. If you just took what the Rangers are paying him, his salary would barely break the top 400 in the league.

[Subby]

Originally Posted by cartman

Pretty much this. Like I said after the deal got announced, even if he hits .250 with 15 homers each season, the Rangers made out like bandits. If you just took what the Rangers are paying him, his salary would barely break the top 400 in the league.

Except that if he does that, it's not even replacement level for an OF and they are likely losing production from someone else because they feel compelled to play Hamilton.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Subby

Except that if he does that, it's not even replacement level for an OF and they are likely losing production from someone else because they feel compelled to play Hamilton.

For a starter yes, but for someone coming off the bench, $2 million per isn't much at all in today's game for that level of production.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by cartman

For a starter yes, but for someone coming off the bench, $2 million per isn't much at all in today's game for that level of production.

The Rangers have already shown they are inclined to start him when he's healthy.

Moot point, though--he won't be.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Subby

Except that if he does that, it's not even replacement level for an OF and they are likely losing production from someone else because they feel compelled to play Hamilton.

Is it? Kole Calhoun is at .266/.325/.396 and has a wRC+ of 108. Curtis Granderson isn't a great style match, but his .225/.335/.358 is right at league average. .250 & 15-20 HR's might not be that bad.

Btw, Paul Goldschmidt is up at a .470 OBP too? Damn.

And in depressing Red Sox news, out of 169 qualified hitters we have #'s 53, 73, 131, 148, 151, 157, 159 in BABIP. Not all of that is luck (shifts hurt Ortiz more than others f.e.) but jeez, the pitchers came back to the mean as predicted (and Rodriguez looks great), but it's paired with an equally horrific offensive slump that no one saw coming. Good thing we're in the weakest division in baseball!

[stevew]

The Astros are getting rid of that ridiculous flag and hill at the end of the season.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by stevew

The Astros are getting rid of that ridiculous flag and hill at the end of the season.

It's about freaking time.

[JeeberD]

Sad day...

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by stevew

The Astros are getting rid of that ridiculous flag and hill at the end of the season.

Nooooo!

[Tellistto]

Very nice 2 game start to a career from Chi Chi Gonzalez for Texas. 3 hit complete game shut out tonight, not a single ball hit hard. Nothing straight to the plate. Solid solid.

Tell

[MrBug708]

Kershaw was lights out today. Not de Groom potential good, but pretty darn good

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Kershaw was lights out today. Not de Groom potential good, but pretty darn good

Was a great game overall, Garcia pitched well.. not Kershaw well.. but good nonetheless!

[stevew]

Gerrit Cole was only about 2/3 of a deGromm today but he still survived

[CraigSca]

Matt Wieters hit one of his last homers as an Oriole today.

[claphamsa]

you think they will trade him at the deadline? I think they keep him the next 3 months

[claphamsa]

Correa getting the call up tomorrow.

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

you think they will trade him at the deadline? I think they keep him the next 3 months

I think they'll probably keep him and watch him go as an FA. Angelos has always had a hard time letting go of his players when there's even a hint of a playoff run in the team. Even back in the 2000's, when there was no hint, he'd block trades all the time.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by stevew

Gerrit Cole was only about 2/3 of a deGromm today but he still survived

If that's DeGromm at his best, Cole might have still had a no hitter.

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

Correa getting the call up tomorrow.

Happy day!

Edit: And Vince Valasquez, too...

[PilotMan]

Justin Verlander gave away part of his signing bonus for milk : theCHIVE

Although 10th grade was a long time ago for Justin Verlander, it was obvious even then that he was going to make it. That’s why his best friend Daniel Hicks, after being asked by Verlander for 50 cents for a chocolate milk, made a counter offer. If he gave him the two quarters, Verlander would pay him back with 0.1 percent of his signing bonus when he went pro. They inked the deal on a napkin and the debt was official.


Luckily for Hicks, Verlander ended up clocking a $3 million signing bonus when he signed with the Tigers. Hicks and Verlander are still best friends, but Verlander had long forgotten about the debt. Well, until Hicks came over and whipped out the tattered napkin and collected his $3,000 on what has to be the best ROI ever. What did Verlander have to say about his debt?
“Was a chocolate milk worth $3,000? I want to say yes. I was parched.”

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Love watching the games during the Father's Day road trip the Royals have each year. All players are allowed to invite 'Dad' along on the road trip closest to Father's Day. It doesn't necessarily have to be their actual dad. Could be a father figure or in-law. They get all expenses paid and get to travel with the team for the entire road trip (nine games this year).

What makes it fun is watching the various dads react to their son's plays. You can tell they love it. Usually catch them on camera giving high-fives to other dads too.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Love watching the games during the Father's Day road trip the Royals have each year. All players are allowed to invite 'Dad' along on the road trip closest to Father's Day. It doesn't necessarily have to be their actual dad. Could be a father figure or in-law. They get all expenses paid and get to travel with the team for the entire road trip (nine games this year).

What makes it fun is watching the various dads react to their son's plays. You can tell they love it. Usually catch them on camera giving high-fives to other dads too.

Yeah. It's a cool thing. A bunch of teams have been doing this for a while. I think the Red Wings started doing father road trips back in 2005 or so. It's good stuff.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

All-Star Voting update is out. Royals now have seven of the nine starters, with Eric Hosmer bumping Miguel Cabrera out of the starting lineup.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/129318...ll-star-voting

[Shkspr]

It's really kind of an indicator how shitty and fairweather the Royal fan base is that they can't even muster up the effort to vote Omar Infante in. What the fuck is an All-Star, if you're going to ignore the guy with the .230 OBP?

[Izulde]

I bet deGrom can't do what this guy does. I also expect to see Atlantis announced as an expansion team next year, and this guy the #1 pick in the expansion draft.

Newspaper celebrates MLB's first amphibious pitcher - SBNation.com

[stevew]

If he's a half deGromm with each arm does that make him a full deGromm or does he also need to be on?

[stevew]

Originally Posted by Shkspr

It's really kind of an indicator how shitty and fairweather the Royal fan base is that they can't even muster up the effort to vote Omar Infante in. What the fuck is an All-Star, if you're going to ignore the guy with the .230 OBP?

They can vote all day and night with their Google Fiber so it's unfair.

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

All-Star Voting update is out. Royals now have seven of the nine starters, with Eric Hosmer bumping Miguel Cabrera out of the starting lineup.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/129318...ll-star-voting

And the all-star game becomes even more unwatchable

Alex Rios in 4th place!!! HAHA

[lighthousekeeper]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

All-Star Voting update is out. Royals now have seven of the nine starters, with Eric Hosmer bumping Miguel Cabrera out of the starting lineup.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/129318...ll-star-voting

if the KC area keeps this up, MLB's gonna take our voting rights away.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

if the KC area keeps this up, MLB's gonna take our voting rights away.

David Glass is rolling over in his grave thinking about the number of All-Star bonuses he'll have to pay. You have to figure Wood and Holland are shoe-ins as well.

Wait, David Glass isn't dead yet?

The other thing making me happy is Joe Buck having to unhappily announce all those Royals players for a few innings.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

if the KC area keeps this up, MLB's gonna take our voting rights away.

Hopefully they take all fans voting rights away or make it count for 25% or something like that.

[Logan]

The Mets' "offense" is allowing something special to occur through 8 tonight...if you're interested in tuning in.

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by Logan

The Mets' "offense" is allowing something special to occur through 8 tonight...if you're interested in tuning in.

[Logan]

Wonder how many fans aren't switching over from the Finals game. You guys have been spoiled.

[Logan]

That's a generous backwards K there.

[Easy Mac]

No one has hit more than 2 batters in a complete game while not allowing a hit

[Logan]

Congrats to Heston.

If I'm Collins, I fine Granderson and Tejada their game checks for those attempted at bats.

[kingfc22]

First Giants rookie since 1912 to throw a no-no.

[SackAttack]

I kinda love that I'm the lone Dodger fan in a fantasy league full of Giants fans and I'm the one who got to benefit from Heston's no-hitter.

Muahaha.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Well, on most nights, the Royals throwing a one hitter would be the pitching performance of the night.

Back in first place again. The no-doubter by Perez was fantastic. I'm not sure I've ever seen a batter turn away and drop the bat that quick.

[JeeberD]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

Correa getting the call up tomorrow.

And he hits his first home run in just his second game!

Too bad the rest of the team has forgotten how to hit...

[lungs]

A friend's little (big) brother just got drafted in the 27th round by the Angels. It'll be fun to follow him as he tries to take this baseball thing as far as he can.

[MizzouRah]

Originally Posted by lungs

A friend's little (big) brother just got drafted in the 27th round by the Angels. It'll be fun to follow him as he tries to take this baseball thing as far as he can.

Keep us updated, that's awesome!

[kingfc22]

Giants not impressed with Harvey.