The 2017 MLB Thread

[infamous114]

https://twitter.com/doug_hanks/status/854761120674062336

Please :grin:

 

[ckfree]

hopefully loria never touches another team in baseball

considering hes killed off the expos and fucked over miami for his own gain

 

[ckfree]

https://twitter.com/JesseSanchezMLB/status/855100912007651328

luis roberts sweepstakes have begun

its being said that at worst hes a high 1st round pick if he was eligible for this years draft

some thing hed be the #1 pick

jeff passan says hes basically a top 20 prospect in mlb right off the bat

white sox, padres, cardinals and astros are 'most likely' to sign him

i suspect that the cardinals will make the strongest push for this guy since theyre over the cap and they lost a couple of draft picks

 

[HustleThaDon]

Mccullers with another strong start yesterday. Correa should be back in the lineup tonight vs tampa. Gotta keep rackin up Ws

 

[time_is_mon3y]

Damn what has happened to Byron Buxton

 

[ckfree]

i chalk this up to bad management from the twins organization

i cannot remember a prospect being pushed this unnecessarily through the minors

before being called up buxton played less than one full major league season above single a and he didnt dominate in any of those levels

what the twins did with buxton would be loosely similar to the yankees calling up gleyber torres last year (except torres hasnt been hurt and lost a season like buxton has)

 

[time_is_mon3y]

i chalk this up to bad management from the twins organization

i cannot remember a prospect being pushed this unnecessarily through the minors

before being called up buxton played less than one full major league season above single a and he didnt dominate in any of those levels

what the twins did with buxton would be loosely similar to the yankees calling up gleyber torres last year (except torres hasnt been hurt and lost a season like buxton has)

I dropped him in fantasy fuck that lol. Probably foolish to, but I refuse to believe he is this bad. He has to get better.

 

[AggieLean.]

Swept the Padres only to turn around and get swept by the Nats. We can't beat those clowns

 

[King_MOEbra]

Glad that we swept the Twins; time to do the same thing to the White Sox.

 

[O.G.]

https://twitter.com/sportingnews/status/855540988521197568
https://twitter.com/denisebrownLA/status/855584465376100352
https://twitter.com/CryingJordan/status/855556827244789762

I'ts fuck San Fran all day, but I hope he gets well soon. (Really I do. )

 

[ckfree]

2 months because of a dirtbike accident?

really what kind of white trash hillbilly are you madison bumgarner?

fantasy implications post

 

[ckfree]

i chalk this up to bad management from the twins organization

i cannot remember a prospect being pushed this unnecessarily through the minors

before being called up buxton played less than one full major league season above single a and he didnt dominate in any of those levels

what the twins did with buxton would be loosely similar to the yankees calling up gleyber torres last year (except torres hasnt been hurt and lost a season like buxton has)

I dropped him in fantasy fuck that lol. Probably foolish to, but I refuse to believe he is this bad. He has to get better.

cuban jesus aka yoan moncada is holding one of my 4 bench spots so i couldnt afford to hang onto buxton any longer either

i dropped him for cesar hernandez early last week

Spoiler

heres the thing about buxton and his perceived fantasy value though

his prospect star always had a lot of defense factored into it -- as touted as he was he was always a much better real life prospect than fantasy prospect to me -- assuming his bat doesnt get him sent to the minors buxton will be in the conversation for a gold glove at a very premium position

this is how fangraphs graded buxtons skills

notice his three best

speed

field

throw

his raw power rating is great too but defensive prowess doesnt score fantasy points and thats arguably always been the surest and strongest part of buxtons game

 

[ckfree]

outside of the bullpen none of the white sox assumed trade assets has been looking very good

unless you considered avi a trade asset coming into the season

theyd better reap a windfall from the relievers because right now Q isnt going to bring the return theyll need and frazier, melky, abreu and the rest are fast losing any value they might have had -- whether due to poor performance or injury it will definitely put a crimp in an accelerated rebuild

they needed these guys to perform

to make matters worse theyre one game from being .500

at this mediocre rate the white sox will be out of the seth beer sweepstakes

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Cubs and Reds having a slug fest.The cubs pitching can't be even close to last year they STAY giving up 1st inning hr's

 

[ckfree]

i think jason heyward is back

 

[King_MOEbra]

We shut the White Sox out again!

 

[ckfree]

https://twitter.com/OldComiskey/status/855879353670008832

SHIT

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

https://twitter.com/soshnick/status...io/iframe/twitter.min.html#856935017657847812
https://twitter.com/flasportsbuzz/s...io/iframe/twitter.min.html#856941042188271617

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

i think jason heyward is back

Yes indeed
https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/856653919753302016

Ob%,avg,ops all in the career average range

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

https://twitter.com/soshnick/status...io/iframe/twitter.min.html#856955413258014720