VaBird1
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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:
Brnovich's name would be just as big if he wasn't missing a vowel at the front.
He’s been pitching well, hope he keeps it up.
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47 minutes ago, vab said:
They're not going to give up the Yankees-Mets, Angels-Dodgers, Cubs-White Sox and if you're going to have those you need the rest of the interleague slate to keep the schedules as even as possible within the divisions. The 19 division games should go, though. That's just too much, they need more balance in the intraleague when you have that wild-card spot up for grabs among the entire league.
Why not just put the Yankees and Mets in the same division?
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2 hours ago, Philip said:
I don’t see what the DH has to do with anything but I hate the DH in the NL as well. The subtle differences between the leagues are valuable. But interleague play is stupid.
I hate the DH but it looks like the NL will get it. That’s the only difference between leagues now. Umps are the same, no separate league offices, it’s all just for show.
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7 hours ago, Philip said:
I’m glad I’m not the only one who think so, but I personally despise interleague play. It’s an incredible waste of time we play teams we don’t follow, we don’t compete against And mostly don’t care about.
In the olden days when I was a lad, and gas was $.35 a gallon, and you could buy a brand new Gremlin for $2800, I think every ALteam played every other American league team 12 or 15 times and that was it.
That’s what we should do. Play American league teams, play them all an equal number of times and let the National League take care of itself. Interleague play is stupid. It answers no questions, creates no good, satisfies no need and fulfills no goals. It’s just a waste of time.
If they put the DH in the NL (as it sounds is likely) there isn’t any reason to not have a balanced schedule. The two “leagues” are now run by the same people and the DH is the only difference. Once that is gone they might as well put everyone together and you play each team the same number of times.
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Rutschman 2
Rodriguez 28
Hall 32
Henderson 88
Mountcastle 100
Kjerstad 109-
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22 minutes ago, big_sparxx said:
so let's get this straight then... it's cheating when you let the batter know what pitch is coming, and its cheating when the pitch is doctored....
why not just let it all go?
I don't think there is a rule against telling the batter which pitch is coming though...
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10 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:
I’d see what McCoy can do too. Especially since Bannon has the oblique issue.
Absolutely
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It’d be cool if the area where they grow turf next to the bullpen was in the field of play.
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Seems like a good trade
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21 minutes ago, sevastras said:
-No sunscreen during night games or stadiums with roofs
Seems reasonable
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1 hour ago, jabba72 said:
Would like seeing Leyba and Jones come up to play 2B and 3rd. Have them start the season in Baltimore next year until Grenier/Vavra/Ortiz are ready. Which could be midseason or even longer for Ortiz.
Since Franco isn’t getting it done, I’d add Brannon to the group too.
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22 hours ago, Jammer7 said:
Westburg has to be getting close on these top 100’s.
In the original list he was listed as “Just outside” FWIW. I’m excited about him.
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3 hours ago, OrioleDog said:
Baseball Forecaster 2021's injury log gives Means injury history as:
2019 - 26 days for strained biceps and shoulder
2020 - 14 days for COVID and shoulder fatigue
Even if this is only the annual pit stop, my guess is this will be the springboard for measuring his 2021 innings however Blood, etc. think best.
Colorado being such a weird place to pitch, I hope if he still goes it is just to wave and smile.
If Mickey Jannis were ever to have his One Shining Moment, seems like it would be about now. Stretching Valdez out even more perhaps also part of covering June's innings from here.
I wouldn’t mind they Mickey Jannis show. Wynns will have to catch him though.
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3 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
When's the last time the O's drafted and developed a player that walks this much? Markakis had a pretty good walk rate, but his walk rate was nowhere near where Adley's seems to be. A catcher who frequently puts up a .400 OBP would be insanely good. Are O's fans allowed to get excited after how their hopes were raised to helium levels by Weiters.
I gonna guess Randy Milligan.
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7 minutes ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:
Albert Belle could blister a baseball. I don’t regret that signing. That was bad luck, he had immense talent.
Absolutely!
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37 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:
Just lower the mound. (He talks about this towards the end of the video). What he did with showing you "the best player in baseball" for 250 milliseconds or whatever was cute, too.
The video makes some good points. But one thing I've not heard from the "move the mound back" crowd is the effect it would have on breaking pitches. This argument all seems to stem from having to deal with fastball velocity. But that hammer curve that drops in for a strike right now probably bounces on home plate with the mound moved back. That late breaking slider is easier to lay off. Which I guess is part of the point, batters have longer to gauge whether a pitch is a ball or a strike, but I don't see how pitchers are going to be able to adjust their breaking stuff to be able to get it over for a strike. I'm assuming that they won't be able to throw those hammer curves and late breaking sliders as fast in an effort to extend the length of the break and get the pitches over. I wonder if changeups would be more or less neutralized? Baseball got lucky with the 60 feet 6 inches thing, IMO, when in regards to how pitches act. That hammer curve breaking exactly as it gets to the plate is a thing of beauty. That cut fastball sawing off a batter as it darts in at the last second is perfect.
Baseball wants this whole balance thing that seems to be impossible to achieve. They want games that don't take forever, but they want increased offense. More offense = more pitches, more baserunners, more pitching changes = longer games. But I guess if those longer games have more action, that's okay.
I can see the pros and cons of moving the mound back. But I'd be in favor of just lowering it first.
I’ve been wondering why lowering the mound wasn’t the first suggestion vs. moving it back.
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1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:
This I agree with. I don't want the unbalanced schedule gone for competitive reasons I want it gone because I don't want to watch the Blue Jays 19 times a year.
100%.
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17 hours ago, Bahama O's Fan said:
Why are two different standards used for how much a pitcher has worked? In a game we count pitches but for a season we count innings. A six pitch inning is very different from a thirty five pitch inning. When we say a pitcher might pitch 200 innings, that could be ALOT of work or not as much. Has anyone ever considered a pitch count for the season?
I look at pitches thrown to evaluate work load on the kids I coach. I’m sure professionals do too. I suspect the data we see is not what the teams are using to make decisions.
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Just now, Can_of_corn said:
Saw that. Not perfect.
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Nice. Get another run!
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May 3 MILB
in Minors
Is Conner Greene really Norfolk’s opening night starter?
Knuckler Jannis Up, Sceroler DFA
in Orioles Talk
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My initial reaction was excitement. I then realized that the Orioles are so bad that I am excited to see a 33 year old journeyman pitcher purely because he throws a knuckleball.