6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

[steelerfan]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

The Rangers are on that struggle bus.

Thank goodness too.

I'm disappointed with the Astros going just 6-4 on a 10-game home stand that included the White Sox, M's and A's but at least Texas did their part to help Houston gain some ground.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Incredibly nonsensical to have the Futures Game not be during the day tomorrow. Or if you're going to have it tonight, make sure there's no Sunday Night Baseball game. Not that I'd even watch that crap, but it makes no sense to have All-Star Festivities commence while a regular game is still going on.

[PhilliesFan13]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Phillies laying the beat down on the Rockies right now 10-2. Maikel Franco just killed a baseball for a 471ft 3-run homer. Went onto the concourse in left field.

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[Majingir]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Josh Donaldson is just the 6th player in MLB history to go into the All Star Break with 20 HRs and 80 RBI.

He's legitimately having as good or better a year as he did in 2015.

And an impressive list of guys he joins. Gherig,Frank Thomas,A-Rod,Reggie Jackson and Ted Williams are only others who has ever gotten 20HR and 80 runs before the break.

[Jr.]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Y'know, it's nice to finally see the REAL Troy Tulowitzki these days oh and if you take away Dickey's April and May he's having a pretty damn solid season. The Jays are in a much better position heading into the break than they were last year.

I don't think you can take away half of a season's worth of data and say someone is having a good season.

Nice to see he's pitching effectively. I love when knuckleballers do well.

[SPTO]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

I don't think you can take away half of a season's worth of data and say someone is having a good season.

Nice to see he's pitching effectively. I love when knuckleballers do well.

Oh I know, This is the 2nd year in a row where Dickey started off pretty slow then got stronger as the year went along.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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And an impressive list of guys he joins. Gherig,Frank Thomas,A-Rod,Reggie Jackson and Ted Williams are only others who has ever gotten 20HR and 80 runs before the break.

Impressive no doubt...we truly have a glut of outstanding 3B in this game right now with Arenado, Bryant, Carpenter, and Lamb in the NL and Machado, Longoria, Seager, and Donaldson in the AL.

Some stats...

Arenado 23 HR 70 RBI 60 R .287/.359/.570 125 wRC+ .387 wOBA 3.5 fWAR

Bryant 25 HR 65 RBI 73 R .286/.384/.578 153 wRC+ .403 wOBA 4.5 fWAR

Carpenter 14 HR 53 RBI 56 R .298/.420/.568 162 wRC+ .414 wOBA 3.4 fWAR

Lamb 20 HR 61 RBI 49 R .290/.371/.615 152 wRC+ .408 wOBA 3.5 fWAR

Machado 19 HR 53 RBI 62 R .318/.375/.569 144 wRC+ .392 wOBA 4.1 fWAR

Longoria 19 HR 47 RBI 47 R .290/.338/.527 129 wRC+ .360 wOBA 3.2 fWAR

Seager 18 HR 61 RBI 54 R .287/.365/.537 139 wRC+ .376 wOBA 3.2 fWAR 

Donaldson 23 HR 63 RBI 80 R .304/.418/.598 167 wRC+ .424 wOBA 5.2 fWAR

And that's without counting guys like Matt Duffy, Justin Turner, Anthony Rendon, Martin Prado, Maikel Franco, Yunel Escobar, Nick Castellanos, Todd Frazier, or Adrian Beltre who are solid players.

We may see 3B win both MVP awards this year (Donaldson and Bryant).

[Speedy]

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Side note fact about Arenado:

He's said a couple of weeks back we've been saying his name wrong. It's RR-eh-nah-doe and note AIR-eh-nah-doe.

One of the unnecessary wrinkles I pink up in my brain from watching MLB Network.

[Mabster]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

So and so... No hitter (excuse the edit) .... Something something... San Francisco..... Yadda yadda....

[Mabster]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

San Fran made an error already. MadBum going for a no-hitter.

Got me. I had just switched over from the futures game. Didn't pay close enough attention.

[Majingir]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Looking forward to 2nd half of season. First time going into all star break, I actually feel like Jays got realistic shot of making the playoffs. Even last year, before the deadline, they were headed for another typical Jays season(not horrible,but not playoff bound either).

But this year, going into the break with their best record since 1992, it's at least encouraging. Especially seeing how they did most of this without a healthy offense, and struggling bullpen. Only 45 or so games this year they've had both Tulo and Bautista in the lineup together, they've played 91.

All the extra offdays they got compared to O's,Red Sox, definitely should be beneficial to them. The way things are going, this could be first time that 3 teams in same division made the playoffs in the AL. O's-Jays-Red Sox are currently 3 of the top 5 teams in the AL.

[Godgers12]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Such a joke Seager isn't in the ASG. .290 18 HR 64 RBI. Wasn't even on the final vote ballot, even though he has superior numbers to those that were. Makes no sense. Cruz sould be there too. But Seager got ripped off.

[TripleCrown9]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Such a joke Seager isn't in the ASG. .290 18 HR 64 RBI. Wasn't even on the final vote ballot, even though he has superior numbers to those that were. Makes no sense. Cruz sould be there too. But Seager got ripped off.

That's all on Mariners fans.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

At least we got one Seager there.

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[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

That's all on Mariners fans.

What's a "Mariners fan"? I haven't heard of such a thing for decades.