/mlb/ general - 3 days left edition

Tonight's games

BAL-NYY 7:05
MIA-WSH 7:05
NYM-PHI 7:05
CHC-CIN 7:10
TOR-BOS 7:10
DET-ATL 7:35
TB-TEX 8:05
MIL-COL 8:10
MIN-CWS 8:10
CLE-KC 8:15
PIT-STL 8:15
SD-ARI 9:40
HOU-LAA 10:05
OAK-SEA 10:10
LAD-SF 10:15

All times EST

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>tfw no MiLB gf

I still don't know what this means.

Well /mlb/.. who comes through in the clutch?

>yfw the Phillies win the Eries next year

pop quiz /mlb/

which pitcher currently has the lowest FIP (fielding independent pitching)?

Anyone but that fatshit Miggy

haters gonna hate desu

>@BNightengale

>The three finalists voted on by the players for their Player of Year Award: Jose Altuve, Mookie Betts and David Ortiz

>no Trout

;----;

Pirates pls

Beat these cheating ass Cardinals in front of all their salad eating faggot """fans"""

is that a real stat?

...

It is.

So who will he give one too this year? Dare it be Bruce Helper?

4 runs is a lot in the NL, Not That Impressive.

damn

>mfw a doyer fan near me

is that 93 or 83? my eyes are messed up.

mfw kershaw actually gets a ring this season
He deserves it lads quit being rude

Best parts about final weekend:

>meaningful games
>hilarious bullpen implosions
>Harold Reynolds autism gets out of control
>good bantz

Worst parts about final weekend

>canadians
>rain delays
>cheesy retirement tours
>daddy pissboi's shitposting

He's undefeated thought. That's an insane stat regardless of the league.

true.

i predict seattle goes down tonight in epic fashion.

you now realize that one, if not both of these fanbases will experience crushing defeat over the next three weeks, and go yet ANOTHER season without a pennant

con't compare a consistent contender that just won 28 years ago with a historical failure like the cubes

I have a feeling cubes will collapse like the 2013 Dodgers. Anyone remember how good that team looked in the NLDS and the regular season? They had a stacked roster and their starting 3 all had sub 3's

Best parts about baseball:

>Arizona Diamondbacks
>Atlanta Braves
>Baltimore Orioles
>Boston Red Sox
>Chicago Cubs
>Chicago White Sox
>Cincinnati Reds
>Cleveland Indians
>Colorado Rockies
>Detroit Tigers
>Houston Astros
>Kansas City Royals
>Los Angeles Angels of Aneheim
>Los Angeles Dodgers
>Miami Marlins
>Milwaukee Brewers
>Minnesota Twins
>Montreal Expos
>New York Mets
>New York Yankees
>Oakland Athletics
>Philadelphia Phillies
>Pittsburgh Pirates
>San Diego Padres
>San Francisco Giants
>Seattle Mariners
>St. Louis Cardinals
>Tampa Bay Rays
>Toronto Blue Jays
>Washington Nationals

Worst parts about baseball:

>rags

Fuck Adam Jones - signed, O's Fan

i remember the first weekend of that september, my beloved redlegs swept em like the dirt that they were. first time i saw billy hamilton in person was that saturday game (latos v. grienke), frazier knocked him in off of brian wilson (kek) and i went absolutely fuckin nuts. we went out that night and i met this girl at a bar, offered to take her to the sunday night game (bailey v. kershaw) and i got to see:

• jay bruce rock kershaw twice in the same game
• ryan hanigan hit an rbi
• great american chock full of happy and excited fans for the last time since

Probably took 10 minutes to type that out, all for one shitty meme.

> doesn't know what copy and paste are
> rags fans

MVP - Trout
Best sideline reporter - Curry
Best fans - Halos
most improved pitcher - Nolasco

Things are looking up for us

>still looking at your keyboard when you type

All games are free on MLB.tv tonight.

nats game delayed start

And the one Nats fan on Cred Forums shrugs.

> gf got us tickets for the final home game sunday
> calls herself out on her own bullshit

we're all gonna make it, bros

pls no more

AND SHE USES PROPER GRAMMAR?
Marry her!!

I'm not sure which one of these scenarios I want to play out:
>Cards can't catch up to Gints, don't make it to the postseason
>Cards tie with the Gints, get beaten in a playoff with the Gints
>Cards beat out the Gints (either in a playoff or just win the slot) and fall to the mest in the WCG
>Cards win the WCG and get slaughtered by the Cubs in the NLDS

How do I bypass the blackout?

;_;

:c

I like the first one better

> Cards can't catch up to Gints, don't make it to the postseason

It hurts ;__;

stream from bosscast?

Did he have a point?

I should qualify my statement: Which would produce the most rage from all the aggravating STL fans I know on Facebook?

> draft picks
> baseball

Top tier shitposting right there

nice blog bro wat u think of mine?

whichever one you are, you're a massive faggot

Hey guys. Mom made Dino nuggets and curly fries tonight. YUM! MY FAVORITE!

Mariners win out and make playoffs

Should just call them playONS desu

lmao I was vulnerable that day

>Betts is clearly a fantastic defensive player, and he deserves credit for his all around game, but the reality is that the argument that Betts and Trout have had similar 2016 seasons is an argument for accepting the validity of single-season DRS at face value. We’ve probably done more to advocate for the acceptance of stats like UZR and DRS as anyone, but even I wouldn’t look at Betts’ 2016 defensive numbers and argue that we should accept that he was the best defender in baseball this year, and far more valuable defensively than Trout, who still plays the more demanding defensive position.

Y'all need to step up your mac game

According to a Cardinals fan, Jose Molina, a 2.7 career WAR player, was a good player because he was on 2 World Series teams

Why are people so fucking stupid lads?

Fenway rain delay.

It's true. The best player on a non-playoff team is actually the least valuable player.
But then you have to factor in that Trout sells the most jerseys in the AL, and is probably a big reason people show up to Angels games. This is why the word "valuable" is retarded.

>no NL babbies
Inferior league indeed

ok chill the fuck out, that's clearly not when it's referring to.

>His team doesn't have a roof

> his team is in a third world country

According to a Giants fans, Madison Bumshit, a mickey-mouse player, was a good player because he was on 3 World Series teams

Why are people so fucking stupid lads?

St. Louis has a lot of lead in the water.

Wouldn't be the first time a fanbase massively overrated some shitty backup catcher

Are we just going to ignore the nugget quads?

Frisco has a lot of LSD in the water.

According to Yankee fans, Yankees, a micky-mouse team, was a good team because they have 27 rings

Why are people so fucking stupid lads?

L

disrespectful desu. i hope this turns into another curse

Best breakfast pastry coming through.

mets phils

BASED PEDRO JUST SAID NOBODY ON THE NL IS WORTHY OF THE CY YOUNG 2016 BECAUSE KERSHAW HAS NUMBERS UNRIVALED BY ANYONE IN BASEBALL HISTORY.

HE ALSO CALLED ZITO AN ANALYTICS BABY LMFAO

Bumgarner is already a 27.4 WAR player through 6.5 seasons though

You see the difference right?

He also thinks Arenado should win MVP so literally nothing he says can be taken seriously

how many cy youngs?

At least 1 (one) CYA right?

>I value sabermetrics

lol

sad

how much of edward jones' marketing budget is devoted to mlb network?

don't they know that most of us watching mlb network are underwear-clad manchildren?

JOSE

MOTHERFUCKING

FERNANDEZ

He better win the Cy Young.

ARENADO IS MVP LMAO QUIT MEMEING NIGGA THIS DUDE WOULD HAVE 180RBI IF HE BATTED 5TH IN CHICAGO

>anyone other than the jints

This is 2014 all over again. Their meme magic can't be contained.

Jose Molina: .233 BA, .282 OBP, .327 SLG, 0 gold gloves

Madison Bumgarner: 2.98 ERA, 1.096 WAR, 8.9 k/9

WAR is just a quick summary of a player's value,but it's just an estimation

I love him but the CYA is not a pitty award. We already gave one out to your boy Arrieta in 2015. Fernández would have won at least one in his career if allowed but we just never saw it. Opening up the case for JoFer opens up a case for Kershaw and then it becomes a shitshow. Just let Max have it.

ALL THE SODA YOU CAN DRINK.

Reminder that Rick Porcello doesn't deserve the Cy Young

>Just let Max have it.

Well, according to Bill James and Tom Tango, Jon Lester is actually in the lead for the NL Cy Young, based on several mathemathingy algorithm analysis sabrmadoodle tools.

barry larkin, where art thou

In a parallel world, Alex Rodriguez is having a grand retirement tour.

What gifts are each team giving him?

Banging Brazillian traps probably

a painting of himself as a centaur

Bill James also said Kershaw should have been the Cy Young 2010-2016 so idk what you're arguing here. The point stands that the cy young is not a pitty award. It's beginning to lose its value when scrubs loke Hendricks with FIPs near 4 get consideration. Bumshit and Cueto are more deserving than him.
Lester or Max deserve it. Let them have it.

Trout is suffering from Bonds, Pujols, Kershaw syndrome where he's so consistently good every season that he gets passed up on awards.

>Chapman, Melancon, and Jansen all FA's this year
>Jints have tons of money and a shit bullpen
>They're gonna sign 2 of them
>Dodgers will sign the third
>Meanwhile, we're stuck with our shit bullpen and no money

Why does is hurt so fucking bad?

...

Reminder that this guy does

>Jim Edmonds still isn't in the Hall of Fame
>in fact he fell off the ballot

Still mad.

>>They're gonna sign 2 of them
Chapman is going back to NY. He looks uncomfortable with the Cubs culture. I can imagine him cringing at all the shut Maddon and those retards do.
Jansen is staying a Dodger and you're dumb as shit if you believe otherwise.
Nationals are going to contend for the next 5 seasons so I don't see them letting go of melancon unless he's unhappy.

Giants are done. Burry the meme. Bumgarner makes his final start of the season today.

Tune in.

>Stankees signing Chapman

They're not contending for a few years, m8. No reason to sign a hundred million dollar closer when his prime years will be wasted.

Doyers will probably keep Jansen, but the jints can easily outbid the gnats for the other two.

>Jeff Kent won't get in the hall of fame

End your life BBWAA

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>GOAT 2B not getting in the hall
>GOAT player not getting in the hall

>He looks uncomfortable with the Cubs
I'd be uncomfortable too if I went from the most successful franchise in sports to a team that can't beat a farm animal

Are you joking? Have you seen their farm? Frazier is what? 2 years away? Will maybe get called up late next year. They're in a position to win very soon. And Chapman said he liked NY.

The Giants are done bro. Look at their farm and current team. Cueto will opt out next season and they'll be forced to sign Posey and Bumshit for 160 and 200M each.

I really doubt the Giants will touch Chapman with a 10 foot pole
Obviously I'm not a fly on the wall in their office but it just strikes me as hard to believe

>they'll be forced to sign Posey

They already signed him years ago, dumbass. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.

B-but they weren't n-nice to me so they don't deserve it!!

Lol, fuck them. Both are GOAT

GOAT dugout fight too btw. 2 MVPs being the assholes they are. Pottery

>Jason heyward is still paid an incredibly large sum of money, per calendar year, to start in the outfield on a professional baseball team.

He's just baiting, don't respond

It's just pissboi slobbing Posey's knob again. He doesn't even know what a qualified pitcher is remember

How much of a chance do the M's have?

>the Giants are contenders
Is today the day the meme dies?
Also can anyone tell me why Bum isn't matched up against Kershaw? Is it to set him up for a possible 163 or ate they just dodging Kershaw?

i remember watching this game. they both hit HRs that game.

time flies

42.0%

>Based Barry walks and Kent gets to drive him in
>4-5 times per game,162 times per year
>You will never experience the joy of watching an MVP-level player bat after the GOAT year after year again

I still miss the Bonds era so fucking bad.

Had to mess with the rotation order due to a Cueto injury.

keep drinking

I really wasn't arguing anything there, friend. But, I will say that the Cy Young should be given to the pitcher who was the BEST for FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON. None of this half-season bullshit. If you were an integral part of the rotation and kicked ass the entire year, you should get the Cy Young.

Also, I know this will piss off some fuckboys on here, but the Cy Young should be given more objectively. I do think that it matters how the pitcher performs IN THE FLESH at the ballpark, removed from analytics. Every time a pitcher goes out to pitch, the setting is created for them: they get certain defensive players and even specific catchers. Relying purely on sabermetrics takes away from the genuine love of the game itself in that it brings in way too many "ifs."

That being said, I don't think giving the Cy Young to Jose Fernandez would be a pity award, considering that he was exceptionally dominant.

That being said, he had an ERA above 4.00 when he was pitching away. He was a kind of bi-polar pitcher.

That being said, I understand the argument that Kyle Hendricks should not win the Cy because of his low innings total. However, he was an important part of this team every 5 days and ensured that the team did well on those days. Sure, credit the defense and shit, but the defense wouldn't fully accomplish the same results if Jason Marquis was still pitching for the Cubs. Again, too many "ifs."

That being said, give it to Scherzer or Lester because they deserve it. I won't mind seeing Scherzer, Lester, Fernandez, or Hendricks winning the Cy Young. If anyone else gets it, I'll be pissed.

Sorry for the blocks of text, btw.

>tfw you went to the 2002 ws to see the Giants win 16-4

Fuck you Dusty Baker and fuck the Angels and fuck the Rally Monkey and fuck thundersticks.

Giants will probably sign Brad Ziegler
he mentioned he liked to play under Bruce Bochy in an interview

probably for both those reasons. its better to lose game 2 against Kersh than to lose game 1 with Bum.

>Giving the CYA to someone with under 200 IP

Only people that have any business even being discussed for CYA are Scherzer, Cueto, and Bumgarner.

No, this is the day Bumgarner was always going to pitch, it's only tomorrow's spot that is different. Would've been Cueto but he went yesterday

So will the Angels do something in the offseason like bringing in better players to improve the team or will they fuck their shit up again?

>Bumshit

lmao

Daily reminder that the Pirates willingly placed their entire 2014 season in the hands of Edinson Volquez by starting him in the 2014 NL Wild Card game.

Daily reminder that the Pirates willingly placed their entire 2015 season in the hands of Gerrit Cole by starting him in the 2015 NL Wild Card game.

Daily reminder that the Pirates willingly placed their entire 2016 season in the hands of a weak starting rotation and will miss the 2016 playoffs (and the 2016 NL Wild Card game) as a result.

>mlb.tv is always 2 pitches behind

That's pretty dope lad

I share your pain. Nostalgia is a bitch

Realistically, they'll go for Ziegler plus one of the super closers. They have a shitload of money, a narrow window of contention, and a JUST-tier bullpen

>Mariners postseason probablity: 10.4%

That's not a bad idea. He was very good for Arizona and handles high pressure situations great. He's familiar with the West too.

Dodgers would been 14 games under 0.500 if not for those 120 innings Kershaw supplied. Advanced metrics show that Kershaw is still the best in baseball even with a huge inning gap of 50+ between him and Max. If that's not a testament to greatness Idk what is. But even in can say that as great as Kershaw is, Max and lelster have put in the work to win this season. Not Fernandez and especially not Hendricks.

casilla, romo & lopez will be free agents.

don't think they'll sign casilla. im wondering what will happen with Romo and Lopez

Pitcher A: 2.71 ERA over 219.1 IP
Pitcher B: 2.79 ERA over 219.2 IP
Pitcher C: 2.82 ERA over 223.1 IP

Which do you pick, /mlb/?

Lopez is too old imo. I think they'll re-sign Romo though

I almost feel bad for Casilla because he dropped the ball in basically the worst way possible in his contract year
But on the other hand he was a fucking huge reason why the Giants collapsed as hard as they did

Lopez is fucking ancient and will probably retire. Casilla is too unreliable and completely despised by the fanbase at this point. Romo will get re-signed for sure.

Pitcher A definitely

Bumshit definitely isn't in there lmao

>39 years old

holy shit! i thought he was like 33
36 tops

Dumbest question I seen in my life.
Showe the FIP, XFIP, ERA+, K/9, S/W, BAA, LOB%, and RA9-WAR.

Oh, you...

Did you really set up that post just so that you could samefag?

I'm pretty sure Chapman's deal was literally a loan

Naw man, more than one fan you know. See all the Giants fans posting in here you dumb bitch?

Stay weird though lol

kek

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Bum was always scheduled today.

Hill was slotted in. Kershaw was bumped 1 day later because head to head

Postception

>Yanimal returning
Muh dick

Forgot pic

I'm still fucking steamed the Giants lost this game
Fucking Casilla

>but the Cy Young should be given more objectively.
>removed from analytics
>Relying purely on sabermetrics takes away from the genuine love of the game
Do you know what "objectively" means?

>tfw season is coming to and end
>summer already over "officially"
>some teams having their final games of the year
can't get around this feeling of immense sadness, lads

also all games are free to watch on mlb.tv so get to it

this is especially embarrassing when you realize the Dodgers are the worst LH hitting team of the last 3 seasons

so have playoffs been determined already?

When you factor in the times he cost us the game without officially getting tagged with the blown save stat, and the games we came back to win after he fucked up, he basically cost us 10 games this season.

An average closer will cost their team 3-5.

he's a cucks fan I gave him a short ans sweet answer. If you pick on his words choice too much he begins to pull strawman arguments and memes.

It's what happens when your team hasn't won shit for longer than VinScully has been alive.

Actually VinScully would have live and died and the Cubs would have still not gotten a WS

Makes me think.....

im not the casilla apologist but i think it was the bad play by Kelby on 2nd base.

Rangers v WC
Dodgers V Nats
Giants/Mets v Cubs
Boston v Indians

NL WC is a clusterfuck. Everything else is basically set in stone.

>le big steroid "this is our city" meme man's last x , y, and z bullshit

When will this end Jesus christ

Well then, you'd really love this ...

2016 season:
_ SF 7.0 GB of division
_ Casilla Blown Saves = 9
(btw, team blown saves = 30)
(almost 1/3 of the team's blown saves is his)

He single-handedly lost the division for the team

Casilla loaded the bases, though.
You're right that Tomlinson could've saved the day, but it should've never, ever gotten to that point.

Game 3 of the ALDS

thanks m8s. playoffs is the only time I watch baseball desu.

Fuggggg

Kelby has had several clutch, game-winning hits in the past month, so he's forgiven.

Also blew a couple of tie games in the ninth that didn't count as blown saves. Plus, he started shitting the bed in Colorado, got pulled, and someone else was tagged with the BS.

Most likely to be (not going to put division winner predictions because they already won):
>AL Wild Card
Blue Jays
Oreos/Orioles they are pronouced basically the same
Jays>Oreos
Rangers>Jays

>NL Wild Card
Mets
Giants
Mets>Giants
Cubs>Mets

...

IT'S TIME

I just want the cubs to snap their meme streak

>orange jerseys

I haven't watched an orange friday game in a long time because they always air them in that channel which i don't have. reeeee.

Here's what I mean and, in order to get my point, we gotta go back to an era where sabermetrics wasn't even a thought. If I was in 1925, I would give the Cy Young every time to the dude who got 30 wins, lowest ERA, strikeouts were good, shit like that. Those were just numbers that said the guy went out that day and was credited with actually doing those things. Its what actually happened and we got stats out of it.

What sabermetrics do is say that, IF the guy had certain conditions, he would have performed a certain way. But he didn't. He has a 2.35 ERA, not a 2.05 ERA. Or, he has a 2.05 ERA, not a 3.05 ERA. I want to know what the pitcher was actually credited with, not what they would have been credited with if their team was built a certain way.

When I say let's be more objective, I mean let's not purely rely on stats that imply certain things would have happened only IF. That "if" is not reality. Its theory.

tl;dr I'm tired of relying on old fucks who say "I think he pitched a great game today!" and nerd fucks who say "my computer says he would have been the best pitcher this season if his team's shortstop wasn't 250 pounds!"

The offense has not been good but when you factor in his BS and **Holds** ... the other problems^ almost become irrelevant.

^The offense, injuries, hitting coach, 3B coach, trades, bullpen inconsistency ...

The funnier part is its almost entirely because of kiké

NBC local channel?

seems to me you're trying to rationalize a case for Hendricks as Cy Young when clearly Max and Lelster are better. Fuck if we're being honest here it's almost a crime to deny Kershaw AGAIN.

With all this shit you just spouted let me know if you really believe Arrieta was Cy Young last season

>Your team
>Your home state
>Your current state if applicable

>What sabermetrics do is say that, IF the guy had certain conditions, he would have performed a certain way.
No? xFIP does that, but that's the only one I can think of. And no one uses it in Cy Young arguments.

cards vs. pirates

yeah i dont have that. weird

INDIANS tbqh

Yanimal back desu

Hopefully he has rediscovered his bat

>Matt Holliday's biggest contribution to the cardinals was getting injured in the world series so Allen Craig would get more playing time

Kek

>mfw Matt Holligay

>Since watching the Indians clinch at Comerica on Monday, Miguel Cabrera has responded by going 7-for-8 with 4 HRs, 1-2B and 11 RBI

THANK YOU BASED WINDIANS

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>le only hit homeruns team

Based tbqh

Hey we hit that single too
Also
>not hitting DINGERS off Pineda

>There is an MLB 16: The Show roster out there with seven hundred and fifty (750) Bartolo Colon's

Should I download it?

Yes. I think somebody made one of all Adam Dunn's too

Lmao another one

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savage

All to left too
Some real close fouls too. Bourn missed by a hair.

yeh. sim season. posts results.

Indians up 4-1 mid 3 at KC. Santana tripled and Lindor broke his slump with a double

y all da brothas in da out feeld?

You guys think we'll ever see a team shitty enough to be worse than the 2003 Tigers?

they b raysist n sheit

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>K
Terrible.

I like this kid, Merritt, hopefully he's got a future in the Indians. Doing very well tonight

I dunno if mlb is straight trolling with this shit or what

>Lillies fielding

NL BTFO

how?

A DH being considered for an MVP

I'm on it, the file is a little weird and I'm going through and releasing every player on every team who isn't Bartolo

>considered for MVP
>fan based poll
Of course he'll win.

kek

Almost as bad as this one:

youtube.com/watch?v=J5zfputJbuc

stop hurting our fast black man

I wonder if the Giants are watching this. I wonder how they must feel.

So if the Tribe finishes with the second-best record in the AL, they would have home field advantage in any series unless they play Texas in the ALCS?

no more a meme than NL """pitchers"""

Don't care really. We're competing with the Cardinals no the Mets. Mets are going to make it. I just want to scrape into the second spot

Even if we somehow tied the 1st spot with the Mets, the Mets would get home field advantage anyways

Jesus Christ I could have flown to Philly and still caught that ball.

is this Ichiros final season?

I'm starting to simulate a league of all Bartolo Colon's. Each team has 9 starting Bartolos, plus 4 bench Bartolos. 5 starting Bartolos, 4 relief Bartolos, plus 2 set up Bartolos and a closer Bartolo. The OG Bartolo stays with the Mets. Let the games begin, I will post results of the season after.

BIG

SEXY

DODGERS @ GIANTS
DODGERS @ GIANTS
DODGERS @ GIANTS
DODGERS @ GIANTS

ayyy

Jejejej le Epic Fatman meme!!!!!!!
So funny XDDDD.

Kys keep your meme

Been done on sbnation already familia. A Bartolo even managed to get a walk and some games would go 30 innings scoreless

As long as a team wants him, no

Yanimal comes back in the 8th!

wew lad

And Santana a dinger away from the cycle

Every time someone says
>Kershaw is GOAT
or something like that, I google "kershaw balk" or "kershaw rage" and have a laugh.

>mfw the zika shit cleaner will never experience a Kershaw CGSO
>me the zika shit cleaner gets baited by a leaf into a 345 reply thread about ecoli and how much he actually isn't drinking shit
stop trying to fit in Cred Forumsro you aren't shit

>mfw I just triggered the kershaw autist cuck
Never fails.

I sell baseballs and baseball accessories I tell you what.

Orioles would beat the Choke Jays.

Both of you need to leave

>Buchanan pitched better than Arrieta
Put him in the post season rotation

mariners athletics

Yan looking really fucking good Catching

Update on the Bartoloverse: The longest game this season: Mariners 1, Yankees 2, F/63

A Mariners Bartolo blew a save in the 21st inning

jasy attempting seppuku on a live beisbol broadcast

Everyone on EVERY team is Bartolo? Holy fuck that sounds so good

Zastryzny > Buchanan > Arrieta

>a fucking leaf

750 Bartolos. The MLB leader in OPS is a Rangers Bartolo with a .560. Nobody has any walks or steals so far.

>Live rosters updated today for MLB 16 The Show
>Jose Fernandez is now in Triple-A

What did they mean by this?

Thanks for nothing, Blew Jays.

Based Papi just for this one night

>.560 OPS
>zero (0) walks
>zero (0) steals
Any caught stealing?

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>inb4 he gets traded to the Angels

>Jays thinking they have a ghost of a chance in Post with that bullpen
>A pen that injures itself running onto the field in a skirmish

Don't think so. I also just noticed there's a Bartolo on the White Sox with an ERA of 0.06, and he's been worth 5.55 WAR through the end of May.

Ironically its the offense that sucks. If they could actually score runs they probably wouldn't be in this situation. The bullpen is what it is. I think they've averaged the least amount of runs in September.

Did they have ANOTHER blown save tonight?

Wew. Keep posting cool shit about Bartolos, my dude

>implying they can make it that far

Well, now we're at the All-Star break. The MLB leader in home runs is a Bartolo on the Indians, with 5. There are zero (0) players with positive offensive WAR. The aformentioned White Sox Bartolo leads the Majors in WAR, with 8.37. There's a Bartolo on the Nationals and the Rockies who each have four (4) triples. And on May 15, fans at Yankee Stadium sat through 63 shutout innings, before those who were left went home happy as shortstop Bartolo konocked in a run in the 64th inning to beat the White So 1-0. Shaping up to be quite the season, folks.

>lillies

A 64 inning game sounds about right for the Who's

Life imitates art

WINDIANS

windians!

A 64 inning in which they don't score. White Sox baseball is truly an art form.

WINDIANS

elbow/bone spurs/Tommy John/shoulder
elbow/arm fatigue/strep throat
elbow/shoulder/bone spurs
elbow/Tommy John/forearm soreness/ulnar nerve
knee
shoulder/labrum tear
old/fat

¡Los Síndios!

>Teboq

>teboq put in as a pitcher

Actually not that far fetched the way things are with Mest pitching

>dioshit

>0.5 GB

Buck truck rolls on

>a fucking leaf

Toronto baseball was a mistake

You used to call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

Ever since I left the city,
You got a reputation for yourself now
Everybody knows and I feel left out
Girl you got me down, you got me stressed out
'Cause ever since I left the city,
you started wearing less and goin' out more
Glasses of champagne out on the dance floor
Hangin' with some girls I've never seen before

You used to call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late night when you need my love
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

post the dinger NOW

They killed off the wrong Canadian team

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interesting

Windians

Yanimal looking good

>letting a non-champion hold the belt

Disgusting

damn this hit me really hard we live in the wrong timeline the timeline where they killed the wrong canadian team

based huebro got the screecap!

>spend all season telling the bandwagoners the offense is unsustainbly bad and the pitching and bullpen are overachieving and their eventual regression wont be able to sustain the shit offense
>get laughed at
>hurr durr we are winning
>literally word for word exactly what ive been saying happens
>oy vey who could have seen this coming

literally all of you need to open up and eat my shit you fucking casual dimwitted pieces of human garbage. Fuck you, im not happy we are missing the postseason but im glad you fucking faggots had to suffer through this shit along with me, fuck you, il see you 10 years from now when they can try to be a playoff contender again you fucking dumbasses

they killed the wrong canadian team

>getting mad at sports

lel have my (you)

Frankie to his haters, and wore that slumpbusters shirt

Merritt got his first start and win

Slamtana a dinger away from a cycle

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They are making the playoffs and this clearly devastates you. See you in 10 years bandwagoner.

We live in a wrong timeline. A timeline in which your mom didn't swallow you.

reported for gore

archive.4plebs.org/sp/search/image/7S45egIOj5I6OAcgmxnC1w/

do you think hes killed himself by now or somehow still holding on to some feint false hope?

They're still in the WC bro

>Croatia
I forgot about that guy. I guess he jumped ship.

The Expos aren't dead, they just moved to a real city and got better.

He's a bandwagon pessimist. He wants failure but won't admit it because he will get mocked when they win. A very weak minded individual.

Hopefully jumped off the bridge

I thought he was a leaf on holiday.

imagine actually literally thinking the jays offense can score more than 3 runs next game and imagine at the exact same time thinking the jays bullpen could hold a 3 run lead

Walks?

BARTOLOVERSE UPDATE: A Bartolo on the Yankees has officially stolen a base.

Why the FUCK is Navarro getting all these clutch PH AB's?!??!?

Yeah our fanbase on Cred Forums is the worst of any sport. He probably went somewhere better.

Indians - Red Sox now set since the Rangers won. Just a matter of determining home-field advantage now.

Kek literally how

>DC
>Real city

everyone knew that already idiot

Things to take away from the Windians tonight:
-Merritt looks like he could have a future with us. Looked very very good
-All bad things come to an end. Franky smacks a double and smashes in 3 with a homer
-We aren't afraid of away
-Yanimal is still amazing on defense, haven't seen offense
Anything else?

>tfw your team is run by retards but they were still smart enough to get rid of donuts

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I thought Gomes' hand was broken?

August 16th, 2011

DENVER -- About an hour before the 12:01 a.m. ET deadline, the Marlins reached agreement with first-round Draft pick Jose Fernandez, the team confirmed late Monday night.

According to multiple sources, the 19-year-old will receive a $2 million signing bonus.

Fernandez, who was born in Cuba, is a hard-throwing right-hander with a fastball that's been clocked as high as 97 mph.

The 14th overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft in June, Fernandez pitched three seasons at Baulio Alonso High School in Tampa.

As a senior, Fernandez was 13-1 with a 2.35 ERA and two no-hitters. His team won the Florida Class 6A state championship during his sophomore and senior seasons. This year, he struck out 134.

Building around pitching is the model with which the Marlins are most comfortable.

Had he not signed by the deadline, the 6-foot-3, 215-pound Fernandez had a commitment to the University of South Florida.

bryce harper is hitting .243 with an .815 OPS and has a golden sombrero tonight

why do people think he's good lol

It wasn't determined until just now, dipshit.

Fractured but healing. He can play defense so far and has been taking BP.

We're pst the All-Star Break, and nobody has taken a walk this season.

the only thing wrong with Homes was that his bat was broken

reminder that justin smoak is going to make 11 million dollars over the next 2 years to be a starting 1B there is LITERALLY NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT

Hahahahahaha. Baltmore. Cough. Cough.

are you guys excited for the e-trade world series on fox sponsored by mastercard?

hey if he has a great postseason performance you'll live with it

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Barry Bonds was a cheater and made baseball so much worse. In my opinion, he's ten times worse than Pete Rose. He shouldn't make it to the Hall of Fame, he doesn't deserve it.

>Harold with what looks like HS chemistry class notes

reddit tier

>Joe West removes the flower from the field
always knew Joe was a cunt

gaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

vin scully says angel pagan just tackled a fan running on the field

wish i could've seen that

I might have an aneurysm

ftw.usatoday.com/2016/09/detroit-tigers-postseason-scheduling-doomsday-scenario-omg-what-miggy-mlb

David Ortiz tested positive for a substance, and the government has made the file unavailable.

He stated that he didn't know what he took.

Somehow, everyone still loves him.

Hey Cleveland,

Pepper.

That.

Angus.

We're coming in dry, baby.

Also,
>Blow Gays
LMAO

great post

Bartoloverse Update: The most at-bats of a non-DH is the Yankees right fielder Bartolo, who has batted 553 times just after the ASB. He has 1,395.1 innings played in the field so far this season.

y-you too

once we bring the outfield fences in 15 yards and he hits 20+ homeruns next year, that contract is gonna look like a bargain

you may only reply to this post if your team has fewer than 30 bullpen losses this season

Who won the All star game and HR Derby?

KEK
E
K

Boston's worst nightmare will be Tito celebrating at their meme ballpark.

>Tigers are half a game out
Big Papi, pls kill the Blue Gays
PLEASE

LAWSUIT
A
W
S
U
I
T

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National League won the ASG 1-0, and Bartolo Colon won the HRD.

How many innings was the All-Star game, and how many home runs were hit in the HRD?

which team had the better choke, the giants or jays?

lmao

Kek no, storming the field is a misdemeanor in and of itself, he won't have the right to sue, also Pagan can claim self-defense because he can just say he felt threatened.

ASG ended in 9 on an unearned run for the NL. I didnt pain myself with watching 8 Bartolos try and hit home runs, so I have no HRD data.

>The Blue Jays scored the second fewest runs in all of baseball in the month of September (100 total).

Is there a real chance the Blue Jays don't make the playoffs?

Yes

They are literally tied in the loss column with detroit so of course.

Yup. Particularly if they lose both of the next two and get swept.

i think it's unlikely they'll get swept but they could lose two and watch detroit sweep the braves

I was hoping forward to a Ranger-Blue Jay rematch during the playoffs. Oh well.

>Indians secure HFA
>beat the Sox
>Texass inexplicably lose to whoever the WC is
>Indians have HFA over the WC
>Windians WS

Bartoloverse: The regular season has ended. Playoff teams:

Rays, 92-70
Tigers, 97-65
Angels, 86-76
Royals, 96-66
Yankees, 83-79

Braves, 86-76
Cubs, 90-72
Diamondbacks, 92-70
Dodgers, 88-74
Padres, 85-77

I would love every laugh

>beat the Sox
>with the state of your pitching
nah

So no teams that he actually played for, right?

He was on the Angels and the Yankees.

Anything can happen in a short series.

He was an Angel, and had a short stint with the Yankees

Before today's games were played MLB WC projections for the AL:
Jays:85%
Tigers:15%
fangraphs pos aligorthams

Damn, Bart's been around forever.

One of the biggest chokers of this decade
>deserves it
Kek, this year MadBum is gonna ace it up and rek the whole league AGAIN. For the FOURTH TIME KEK. While Kershaw cries from his sofa
>2016 WS
>Giants just won again, Madbum threw a 9 inning shutout
>Kershaw at home, in the dark
>His wife and child already in bed, little do they know they wont wake up because of the ricin Kershaw put in their drinks.
>Kershaw cries out for the last time. "I can't let
Madison cuck me again, nobody will ever cuck me again"
>Inhales deep breath
>He feels the cold steel of a shotgun on the bottom of his chin
>He exhales as he pulls the trigger
>Before lead scatters through his cranium, he has one last thought "Madison, Why? How?"
>ESPN Headline: Kershaw found dead, and surprisingly its not from choking
>Turns out only Kershaw's daughter died, and Madison consoles his wife
>Madison cucks Kershaw from beyond the grave and has a polygamist family with two wives

fangraphs had the jays winning the division not long ago

Very true, but I like our matchups outside of >>>>Price

But hey, it should be a good series.

The state of Kluber, Bauer, and Tomlin and the Indians bullpen. That's not at all a bad state.

>one of the best hitting teams in the league
>Best infield in the MLB
>Top 5 outfield in the MLB
>Best 1-2 pitchers in the AL
>Lights out bullpen
>Top 3 Front Office in the MLB
>Best Manager in the AL
>best record in the AL
>homefield in the playoffs

And not to mention
>Clutchiest team in the MLB
>Highest TWTW % in MLB History

This is perhaps the best team the Rangers have ever had going in the playoffs. So tell me /mlb/ how are you getting prepared for the inevitable Rangers World Series win? I promise not to rub it in your faces and shitpost about it too much.

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>have to live in a desert to be a true local fan
im sure there are decent pockets but not for me

>This is perhaps the best team the Rangers have ever had going in the playoffs.
And they will still choke when it matters. Probably get eliminated by the Jays or O's.

October will be a lesson in a regression for the >rags

;_;

>best infield in the mlb
cusb

even if they do like lets say the sox go back to back games where their starters each hit 5 jays batters while walking another 5, to score enough runs for the jays pen to get through 3 innings of full on implosion, how on earth are they going to win a WC game much less a fucking divisional series?

>clutchest twam and most TWTW out of everyone in the leagye
>choking
Your stale casual memes aren't going to work anymore, buddy

t. Butthurt disAstros fan for the 5th month in a row

lol no

>It's October

*tips*

Still waiting on Texas to clinch home field

Do us all a favor and never post again when the >rags fail yet again

>rags

>the offseason is approximately one (1) month away

>Multiple failed bunting attempts turns into a base hit

you now remember that games in april "dont matter" despite the fact that multiple teams playoff futures entirely rely on the results of 2 more games

Sorry your team isn't constantly a playoff threat like mine. Maybe if they were you wouldn't be such a butthurt faglord roflmao

They already did dumbo

Didn't they tonight? I thought they had the tiebreaker over Boston.

Even though it really looks like shit odds for all of the WC teams, there is historical precedent for WC qualifiers to make deep postseason runs. It's baseball bro, crazy, unexpected shit happens. Jasy are still in the 2nd WC spot right now, so its sad to see everyone writing them off. What a bunch of pessimistic babbies, seriously.

Tiebreaker has nothing to do with it. >rags have the advantage of beating up on the AL West so they have the best record.

They did. Rangers haters are just baseball casuals and fairweathers

Final Bartoloverse Update: The Dodgers won the World Series, 4-2, over the Angels. This includes the Cubs blowing a 3-0 NLCS lead against LA and losing Game 4 1-0 in 42 innings. The longest game of the playoffs was Game 2 of the NLDS, when the Dodgers took down the Diamondbacks in Arizona, 1-0, in the 58th inning. 3rd baseman Bartolo for the Dodgers hit a home run.

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What a shitty universe, glad I don't live in it

>zero (0) world series title

I don't think this semen slurping franchise is for me

top kek

I'm not arguing about how they benefitted from the AL Worst cause fuck the Rags. The tiebreaker does matter though since even if Boston tied them that's how they determine home field.

Most of your "fans" didn't show up until August and have been mostly quiet since concussionball started.

because this isnt a fucking choke

this is the offense we have had all fucking season, the reason we won games with this shit offense was because the starters were pitching out of their fucking minds in the first half of the season, happ and estrada gave us 7 innings of 2.5 ERA every fucking start, sanchez was pitching like a cy young frontrunner, the bullpen got its shit together for like 2 months and we managed to win some close games but thats gone now, everyone is tired and has regressed to their true level and its simply not enough to carry this shit offense, its not a matter of faith or belief its simple fucking math

calling this a choke is a complete disservice to how shit the offense has been all fucking year

I would definitely put up with a Dodgers ws title for the epic >cusb shitposting after blowing a 3-0 league

Could have had one.

How many strikes away?

>(0) None

lmao

Royals

I wonder how many mexicans would die if that eries ever came to pass

we came dangerously close in 2009

he does it again

there is a rape currently underway in the bay area

Could the Memeiners make it in?

LOST

AGAIN

DUDDERS

>when you're so excited about HFA you forget your trip

Time for bed though, enjoy the rape train LA

Same
Would more than top last year

Yes

>Pissboi is drinking himself to death as we speak

Reminder that Dave Dombrowski set up 3/5 of the Tigers rotation for the next 10 years lmao

You can see based on my very accurate map that the Dallas area is firmly in "non desert" territory.

We just might have a game 163 in both leagues this year.

I wish Rangers fans weren't the >US12s of MLB. It's really depressing actually.

G-go Rangers.

REMINDER

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there's room in the playoffs for the both of us

UPDATE

We are now on version 1.7 of the trials and tribulations of Daddy Greinke

From the Jays-Os thread the other night

Adrian Beltre can fuck my girl any day

I would totally eat his cum from off her face too

Keep being mad that the Rangers are getting their rings this year

Darvish and Hamels. Both taking Ls from. Kersh God and Meada games 1 and 2 shut up

jesus i can't get a handle on this trip

Careful though im posting waiting for mod attention so I can finally serve out my whole ban. This trip is marked and will be changed once a mod finally bans it.

Once my ban is over i'm going back to my original Tiki trip. Tired of using these semi icognito trips

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>there are people on this board who don't think David Ortiz is a first ballot HOFer

Well boys fuck my life. Giants are probably going to win the Series AGAIN. JUST FUCKING END MY FUCKING LIFE.

Thanks Bum ass Dodgers

Choke on those rings bitch

Daily reminder that beating the Dodgers is equivalent to winning the WS for Giants fans

daily reminder that the Los Angeles Dodgers UNIRONICALLY relate beating a team of AAA players to winning the national league pennant before the playoffs even begin

>roidbabby getting in first ballot
nope

>0 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB

What did McCarthy mean by this?

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Damn...BTFO

Kershaw on Bumgarner's outing tonight:
>"I didn't pitch today. Ask me tomorrow when I win game 92..."

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The Blue Jays should deeply consider getting swept by Boston

>mets have secured at least a tiebreaker

we did it lads

>made baseball worse
>who is canseco and mcgwire

casual dodger fan spotted

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>Brandon McCarthy had an ERA of 3.60 before tonight's game
>It's now 4.95

Really makes you think...

fangraphs.com/coolgraphs.aspx?lg=AL&div=A&stat=poff
Baltimore +1.0 (96.1%)
Toronto --- (66.8%)
----------------------------------
Detroit -0.5 (21.4%)
Seattle -1.0 (15.6%)

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fangraphs.com/coolgraphs.aspx?lg=NL&div=A&stat=poff&year=2016
New York +1.0 (98.7%)
San Francisco --- (77.7%)
----------------------------------
St. Louis -1.0 (23.7%)

He's only made like 5-6 starts so no, not really

HEY

>yfw TOR goes 1-1, DET goes 2-1, and SEA goes 2-0 for a 3-way tiebreaker

>6 ER
>0 IP

Really fires the neurons...

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Is he the most unlikable """superstar""" in baseball history?

>a parade of farewells from every team
>media frenzy about his last season
>record setting last season
>passing records of baseball legends every other week
>the municipality of you

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>If the boston red sox somehow win the WS, they will be forced to give Panda a ring

is there a more Based man in baseball?

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>mfw based 2002 rally monkey

>is there a more based man in baseball

Absolutely not

>Payed 40 million so far
>-2 WAR
>Literally being paid 20 million per win he costs us
>Might get a fourth ring for it

Delete this please

>Jints salvaging their season

IT'S NOT FUCKING FAIR! THIS WAS OUR YEAR!

ITT: Players you literally forgot about until 7 seconds ago

>gonna get dragged back to Detroit on an off day
Who's going to start for you guys? I'm thinking we'll go with Plutko or Cody Anderson, so basically no one of consequence.

Lance Niekro

Yes. He's related to Phil and Joe

>tfw no cheese steak pizza to snack on

>all thanks to roids

>Who's going to start for you guys?

I don't even know desu

Idiots ran on the field in San Francisco today

Posey had to shove a mofo and Angel Pagan tackled someone

Georgia and Puerto Rico in this bitch. They don't play that hippy shit

instagram.com/p/BLAWKHSgAPD/

Brad's going to have a tough choice - either start Fulmer against our scrubs because it's a must-win game, or save him for a possible tiebreaker or WC game on Tuesday.

That's a difficult one tbqh

time to call up Ishikawa for some even-year magic

jints was 1 guy to blame see

Think we need the Jays/Tigers to lose at least one more apiece and for us to win it out.

Although I think it's probably more complex than that. Like us winning at least one more and Jays/Tigers losing the rest of their games for a tie of some sorts.

I'm not convinced we'll make it, but things can change.

Yusss

>tfw comfy booze mode achieved, and all the recaps are finally up

Gonna miss this in a month. Ain't the same without basbel.

shitty quality because I ripped it from FB, but here's Belts Dinger

Marquis Grissom, although I haven't forgotten. I caught a home run from him when I was 13. We had season tickets in the center field bleachers so he'd throw us balls a lot too.

FUCK YOU DODGERS

do you wana see the mutiple entrees multiplied? No? then beat the Giants the next two games!

Your name makes me think of something, "mccoveychronicles.com/2013/11/14/5104890/a-j-pierzynski-trade-giants-twins-liriano-nathan-boof-jackass-case-studies"

I love this line, "[regarding Pierzynski's attitude]...He was more of a viceroy of Jackass Mountain back then instead of a king." I audibly giggled.

not postseason eligible (not on the roster before the cutoff) but that would have been glorious

Goosebumps every time, gotta watch the Morse homer to tie it too.

youtu.be/uogT8X26-ko

Radio calls are the best.

youtu.be/LNnJ3h15YdY

-AJ is top 5 fielding percent of catchers ever
-top 10 hits of catchers ever
-top 5 doubles of catchers ever
-top 5 HBP of catchers ever (lol)

look that up rather than some random nigger writing an opinion on a future manager/hof quality broadcaster's attitude.

He was a good catcher familia no bone about it. I just never liked the trade and also never liked him not being re-signed.

Posey ended up being pretty gud though so I guess the universe evened itself out.

m.mlb.com/glossary/transactions/postseason-eligibility
If he was on the 40 man roster by August 31st he should be eligible.

>dat ishi bomb for the ages

That's the thing, I'm just about sure that he was never on the 40-man this year.

Looks like you're right. I didn't realize it was a minor league deal he signed with you guys.

White player: "He's got a real love of the game. He goes 110% and puts it all on the field."
Latino player: "He's a thug."

Hmmmmmm

>This is what Miguel Cabrera looked like in 2003

Really thinks you make

Will Jorma Taccone play him in the inevitable ESPN Films production of the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series Championship

it's called swag senpai

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canada is almost eliminated

feels good mang

wew

fuck this guys attitude

Blue Jays losing helps the Red Sox get home field over the Indians, dummy.

new

Blue Jays losing helps everyone

Not in your case it doesn't.

My team's out already. Fuck the Jays

Assuming you're not a bandwagon faggot, your team clinched an ALDS spot.

I live in West Texas and can confirm the accuracy of this map.