2017 MLB Thread

[gunnar hendershow]

Just now, The Chiksrara Special said:

I am really happy for Meacon and Ghostmachine. Plus it means we could land Harper in Chicago next year!  

Yeah I would say Cubs are now the favorites to sign Harper. He and Bryant are best buds, they have a Schwarber-sized hole in the OF, etc.

[Your Mom]

Just have to be patient. Don't even have to give up anything. Do you think he'll get more money than Stanton? Am I wrong in remembering Stanton used to use a different first name?

[livid]

6 minutes ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

Just have to be patient. Don't even have to give up anything. Do you think he'll get more money than Stanton? Am I wrong in remembering Stanton used to use a different first name?

He went by Mike before and yeah, likely Harper gets more money.

[Your Mom]

I thought so! I thought maybe I was getting confused because there was another Mike Stanton. Is that why he changed it?

[livid]

1 hour ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

I thought so! I thought maybe I was getting confused because there was another Mike Stanton. Is that why he changed it?

I think he just wanted to go by his given first name so he could rep his heritage, etc.

[GhostMachine]

I repeat: FUCK THE YANKEES! 

Edited December 9, 2017 by GhostMachine

[Meacon Keaton]

No way. This is a great move for us, dude.

[Gabriel]

The Yankees pick up Stanton and now all I'm seeing are Jays fans talking about blowing it up by moving all of our in-their-prime players. I really don't understand how fans can see what's happened over recent seasons, with stacked teams under-performing, and scream that the sky is falling.

The Jays didn't have a great year, but they aren't a bad team. A good-to-great off season should keep us in the hunt, provided that injuries don't hamper us too badly. Giancarlo Stanton is a powerful bat and he really is very good... but if the Jays over-react and trade Josh Donaldson because of that pick-up, it's going to do major damage to the goodwill that they have with the fans... and with Rogers talking about potentially selling the team, now really isn't the time to be pulling that kind of garbage.

Stanton playing in the same lineup as Aaron Judge is fucking terrifying, but it wouldn't be the first time the Yankees or Sox completely loaded up, only to see a Toronto, Tampa or Baltimore perform considerably better. I think the major focus for the teams in the AL East should be to stay the course with what their plans have been. The addition of Stanton shouldn't change anyone's plans except for New York.

[GhostMachine]

I guess the Marlins want to play like a minor league team, not just dress like one.

Hopefully Stanton suddenly forgets how to hit a baseball, and Bryce Harper goes to the Red Sox. 

[Meacon Keaton]

He likely won’t have another season like this past year, and we still have question marks with our rotation, and I have no idea what the hell to expect with Aaron Boone as manager, but I’m so friggin ready to get to spring training that it’s not even funny. Let’s skip everything and go right to March.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Morrow to the Cubs. Very happy for him. Was hoping he'd sign with the Jays but I can't blame him for wanting to go some place he has a good shot of winning. 

[The Buscher]

Alan Trammell and Jack Morris have been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Modern Era committee.

Morris had 15 years to get on the ballot voted on by hundreds of writers, and now a few years later he goes in because 14 of 16 voters decided he should go in.

He's an even worse inductee than Jim Rice.

[gunnar hendershow]

I am very meh on Jack Morris but Trammell not going in initially was a joke so I'm glad that wrong was made right. He was robbed of MVP in '87, and an injury-plagued 30's from having much closer to 3000 hits. His most comparable players were all Hall of Famers as well.

Morris had plenty of shots on the ballot and didn't get in for the right reasons, putting him in now just feels a little odd. Much better pitchers who aren't in the Hall. 

[Meacon Keaton]

Jack Morris definitely deserves a spot...in the Hall of Above Average. 

[gunnar hendershow]

1 minute ago, Meacon said:

Jack Morris definitely deserves a spot...in the Hall of Above Average. 

Whereas Trammell I think wound up getting lost in the shuffle of a great generation of shortstops, people talk about Morris like was one of the greats of the 80s when he really wasn't close to that at all.

[GhostMachine]

Trammell should have gotten in years ago. Morris, though......nope. There are more deserving pitchers who aren't in, so why is he getting in?

[The Buscher]

Morris had a 3.90 ERA and an ERA+ of barely over 100 despite pitching in an era that was very favorable to pitchers.  He was a mediocre pitcher who had a couple of good years.  He had a great run in the 1991 World Series, and I think that one series alone is why people voted for him.

[VerbalPuke]

Morris was a killer for the 84 Tigers also, we won that year. I think that and longevity helped. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Yeah Morris is a great example of a guy who got in because of compiling. If you compare his career totals to a lot of HOFers you wind up thinking he belongs in. But man, when you look at his averages it's just a big fat no.

Trammell is the opposite. A guy who didn't get in initially because he lost out on his compiling years so his career totals didn't look as good as they should have. With the exception of Cal Ripken he was the best offensive SS of the 80s though, and with the exception of Ozzie and Ripken the best defensive SS of the 80s.

[Meacon Keaton]

All this talk about us maybe getting Gerrit Cole from Pittsburgh. Man, if that happens...I didn't think I could get any more giddy, but my laws my laws *fans self while taking a sip of ice tea*