2018 MLB Thread

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

11 hours ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

McCutchen looks so weird without a beard.  Yanks gotta get rid of that dumb ass rule and join us in the 21st century.

Apparently he shaved while holding his son to make sure his son would recognise him. 

[Meacon Keaton]

11 hours ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

McCutchen looks so weird without a beard.  Yanks gotta get rid of that dumb ass rule and join us in the 21st century.

Your mom does!

[gunnar hendershow]

Thank god the O's got swept by KC this weekend. We've now got a hefty lead on the top pick in the draft!

[Meacon Keaton]

1 minute ago, damsher hatfield said:

Thank god the O's got swept by KC this weekend. We've now got a hefty lead on the top pick in the draft!

You'll draft easily the best player there is, he'll ask for a reasonable amount for a #1 pick, Peter Angelos will low-ball him, and he'll end up going (back) to college instead of your cheap-ass franchise. 

[The Buscher]

Jacob deGrom pitches 7 innings of 2-run ball, takes the loss to send his record to 8-9 despite a 1.71 ERA.

The next day, Mets score 13 runs.

[The Buscher]

Nearly two and a half years since his last big league game, the Mets will be activating David Wright for the final homestand and will start him on Saturday the 29th in what will be the final game of his career.

Wright didn't say that he was retiring, but he characterized his injuries as "debilitating" and tearfully conceded that there's not much point in him continuing to try to push through it.  With two years left on his deal, I'd assume the Mets will do what the Rangers did with Prince Fielder and work out an agreement with the league and the insurance company so that the player can be released to free up the 40-man roster spot while the player still receives their normal pay and benefits.

Gutting situation, but I hope he can find some closure in getting one last game at Citi Field.

[Meacon Keaton]

A crappy end to a great career. Hopefully the Mets faithful show up in droves to say goodbye to a great one.

[GhostMachine]

Jacob deGrom will be playing elsewhere once he can either demand a trade or his contract is up.

David Wright could have just used "playing for the Mets" as grounds for retirement. More than acceptable. 

[gunnar hendershow]

I feel bad for David Wright. He was a great leader and a great player and then injuries took their toll. Probably in the same category as Chase Utley when HOF talk comes up when you look at their peak years and say "wow they're definitely a lock" and then realize after 30 they didn't manage to do much else. For the record I believe you only vote in on peak years and not career totals, but I'm in the minority.

[The Buscher]

Wright was still on a clear HOF pace through his tenth season (2013, 30 years old).  His RBI numbers took a hit because he was routinely the only player in the lineup worth a damn, but he was still on track.  Then in 2014 he only missed a month but was starting to press from carrying the lineup and he had his worst season, but I don''t remember thinking that he was on the downslide yet and he should still be able to get to Cooperstown.  I couldn't have imagined that he'd go on to only play in 75 more games across the next four seasons combined.

As it is, I'm wondering if the team will retire his number.  I don't think for a second that another Met will ever wear #5, but I don't know if they'll hang the number up on the wall or not because they are very selective about it.  Casey Stengel and Gil Hodges were special circumstances, beyond them the only numbers to be retired were Seaver and Piazza who just so happened to be the only two players to go into the HOF with a Mets cap which leads to the assumption that that's now the team policy.  At the same time, they have at least three numbers unofficially retired as Gary Carter's #8, Keith Hernandez' #17, and Willie Mays' #24 do not get issued.

Personally, I hope they bend the policy for Wright.  Mostly because I think unofficially retiring numbers is dumb, you either commit to it or you don't.  But also because it's not Wright's fault that his career got cut short.

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On 13/09/2018 at 22:39, GhostMachine said:

Jacob deGrom will be playing elsewhere once he can either demand a trade or his contract is up.

David Wright could have just used "playing for the Mets" as grounds for retirement. More than acceptable. 

Spoken like a true Yankees fan.

[gunnar hendershow]

On 14/09/2018 at 00:10, Busch Luck Fale said:

Wright was still on a clear HOF pace through his tenth season (2013, 30 years old).  His RBI numbers took a hit because he was routinely the only player in the lineup worth a damn, but he was still on track.  Then in 2014 he only missed a month but was starting to press from carrying the lineup and he had his worst season, but I don''t remember thinking that he was on the downslide yet and he should still be able to get to Cooperstown.  I couldn't have imagined that he'd go on to only play in 75 more games across the next four seasons combined.

As it is, I'm wondering if the team will retire his number.  I don't think for a second that another Met will ever wear #5, but I don't know if they'll hang the number up on the wall or not because they are very selective about it.  Casey Stengel and Gil Hodges were special circumstances, beyond them the only numbers to be retired were Seaver and Piazza who just so happened to be the only two players to go into the HOF with a Mets cap which leads to the assumption that that's now the team policy.  At the same time, they have at least three numbers unofficially retired as Gary Carter's #8, Keith Hernandez' #17, and Willie Mays' #24 do not get issued.

Personally, I hope they bend the policy for Wright.  Mostly because I think unofficially retiring numbers is dumb, you either commit to it or you don't.  But also because it's not Wright's fault that his career got cut short.

David Wright will probably always be the first player I think of when I think New York Mets.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Addison Russell placed on administrative leave after a blog post detailing abuse by his ex-wife. 

Edited September 21, 2018 by High Overlord Cloudfang

[gunnar hendershow]

"Administrative leave" is a fancy way of saying "we're kicking this can down the road"

[Meacon Keaton]

Braves clinched the NL East.

Orioles are expected to fire Showalter, and give Dan Duquette an extension.

[Lowerdeck]

8 hours ago, Meacxico said:

Braves clinched the NL East.

Orioles are expected to fire Showalter, and give Dan Duquette an extension.

If they were going to keep one, you think they'd keep Showalter.  Not his fault that he has a shit roster to work with.

[The Buscher]

This isn't a knock on the Yankees, but rather every team that's done this since the second Wild Card became a thing including the Mets two years ago - doing a whole champagne celebration merely for clinching a spot in a one-game playoff is so lame.

[Meacon Keaton]

You is!

[The Buscher]

May as well do a champagne bath for Opening Day, the All Star Game, and maybe even the trade deadline.

[Gabriel]

3 hours ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

May as well do a champagne bath for Opening Day, the All Star Game, and maybe even the trade deadline.

Congratulations! You haven't been traded!