The 2017 MLB Thread

[ckfree]

https://twitter.com/KnuckleballFRS/status/763775247828914177

heyman says its not likely though since they didnt show much interest before the trade deadline

if they wait until rosters expand they could carry him as pinch hitter and occasional DH but it doesnt make sense before that

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Strop has to get an mri but whenever a player can't put weight on there knee or has to get helped/carted off it usually is never good so I expect the worst

Edwards came through last night, was brought in wit runners on 2nd & 3rd 0 outs wit trout and pujols up struck out trout,got pujols and simmons to ground out he's shown a lot this season and can take over strops role if necessary

with rondon already aching and that strop injury looking ugly cj is gonna have to step up

even before the injuries i really like the idea of edwards in late game situations

i think hes been ready

contreras blocking 4 or 5 pitches in the dirt in the 8th was huge

he should catch every game in the post season

Edwards,Rondon and Chapman still nasty but wit strop that's 4 cats that can shut down the end of the game.He shoulda let baez get the ball(especially with baez routinely makin that play) I don't know wtf he was doin but yea edwards been impressive this year which is why I won't trip if the injury is serious.

Yup he's also improved calling games with hammel ,hendricks and lackey the chemistry is way better now than it was when he 1st came up.If it wasn't for arrieta montero wouldn't be on the postseason roster.Contreras defense is game changing

red sox fans said 'we want arod' and then bood him

lmao

what i found the funniest though was this

down 9-4 with nobody out in the 9th david ortiz fouled a nasty looking ball off his right shin

he was down for a few minutes and then needed help to the clubhouse (something similar ended texeira season last year)

count was 2-2 when it happened

cameras followed ortiz into the dugout and didnt even try to catch bryce brents come in to finish the at bat

you can see ortiz being helped into the dugout

you hear the sound of a ball hitting a glove in the background and then the commentator quickly mentions bryce striking out

https://twitter.com/MikeSilvermanBB/status/763591203002744832?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

 

[ckfree]

i cant wait to watch contreras in the playoffs because you know of all the current cubs he is most likely to give us the most ignorant bat flip after a momentous hr lol

but yeah this kid is maturing before everyone eyes

watching him block pitches in the dirt like that has to give the pitchers confidence

 

[ckfree]

another no run support quintana game

another extra inning loss in kc with blown saves

comcast captured the exact moment when the white sox finally shattered the last shard of jose quintana soul
https://twitter.com/SouthSideSox/status/763570354262536192

his restraint and poise is beyond the limits of normal humans

i can only imagine if sale had to deal with this

free Q

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

https://twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/763835928506867712?lang=en

out 4-6 weeks

 

[StoneColdMikey]

Luckily it's not THAT serious

 

[King_MOEbra]

Pistol-whipping the Angels right now.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Matt holliday broke his thumb he was hit by a pitch, last time the cubs hit a cards player kris bryant got beaned :#

I hope these despicable cheating fools don't try to retaliate

The cubs won on a bases loaded walk being objective ball 4 was not a ball it was a well located strike

 

[King_MOEbra]

Cubs are shitting on the Cardinals.

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Crush these fuckin ants wit a sledgehammer.Cubs will be 14 games up on st louis after today

 

[King_MOEbra]

Starting to whoop on the Angels again!

 

[King_MOEbra]

Shitting all over these LAMEgels! #itsvadertime

 

[AggieLean.]

Freddie Freebandz mashing the ball lately. Always great when we beat the Nats, especially with us struggling against them in DC. Fck em

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Arod last game was kinda sad, it seemed forced they basically hit duke wit the office old man gif

 

[ckfree]

Arod last game was kinda sad, it seemed forced they basically hit duke wit the office old man gif

leave it up to the yankees to somehow make a guy who is despised throughout the league somewhat likable again

the guy was controversial but regardless hes 1 of the best players to ever play this game and even if theres a lot of hard feelings surrounding him he should have gotten a better send off or at elast one not as awkward

you cant fully tell the story of baseball without alex rodriguez

 

[ckfree]

outside of april bryce harper has been basically a bench player

.219 ba

.365 obp

.362 slg

thats his line since may 1st

hes been a below average hitter for much of the 2016 season -- its weird -- a month in everyone was talking about how he had eclipsed trout as the best player in the game -- i was looking at his line the other day and hes at just over 1 WAR after posting a near 10 WAR season last year --retty amazing how humbling this game can be

 

[ckfree]

at this point heyward ABs are much like rose trying to shoot 3s

if he didnt play such good defense id say bench him but he does

he looks so uncomfortable at the plate though

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

at this point heyward ABs are much like rose trying to shoot 3s

if he didnt play such good defense id say bench him but he does

he looks so uncomfortable at the plate though

Yea they gotta adjust his swing this off season straight up, a mechanical breakdown cuz heyward hits way too many grounders and he has no power at all

Contreras,Soler and Baez all have more homers with way less ab's.I'd platoon heyward with bryant/soler/zobrist in certain match ups

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Yankees called up aaron judge and tyler austin and they hit back to back hr's in their 1st ab's

Too bad no yankee fans post here that's the 1st time in mlb history that ever happened

 

[ckfree]

at this point heyward ABs are much like rose trying to shoot 3s

if he didnt play such good defense id say bench him but he does

he looks so uncomfortable at the plate though

Yea they gotta adjust his swing this off season straight up, a mechanical breakdown cuz heyward hits way too many grounders and he has no power at all

Contreras,Soler and Baez all have more homers with way less ab's.I'd platoon heyward with bryant/soler/zobrist in certain match ups

supposedly he rolls his wrist over the top of every swing instead of driving his hands back at the pitcher

i think its deeper than that because he could just not do that

i think hes having problems with his swing due to that early season wrist injury

whatever it is hes turned into mr. 4-3