2018 MLB Thread

[Lowerdeck]

Let them throw more money.  Harper's overrated.  Stanton 2.0

[Your Mom]

Has anyone checked on Ghostmachine?  

[The Buscher]

22 minutes ago, Lowerdeck said:

Let them throw more money.  Harper's overrated.  Stanton 2.0

Harper had a down year but his swing is perfectly suited to get him 40+ dingers in that ballpark.

[Meacon Keaton]

He'll be perfectly protected hitting around Judge and, the apparently overrated, Stanton, too. 

[The Buscher]

BREAKING NEWS:  Stanton has announced that he will approve trades to the Red Sox, Astros, Brewers, or Dodgers this offseason.

[GhostMachine]

1 hour ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

Has anyone checked on Ghostmachine?  

I've been celebrating ever since I found out the Red Sox won.

(That, and watching shows I DVR'd. Just got done with THE FLASH, and am now on NCIS NEW ORLEANS.)

[Meacon Keaton]

Come on, man. Nobody likes a fair weather, front runner fan.

[DMN in the House]

This is the 'smuggling players out of Cuba' thing?

I'm struggling to feel any way about it, honestly. Humans should have freedom of movement, freedom of self-determination, so I'm not too bothered by it morally.

On 08/10/2018 at 21:34, Busch Luck Fale said:

The Dodgers are in serious 

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

@Meacon

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/if-relegation-existed-in-baseball-2/

Had been thinking about running a Cube diary where the MLB exists with regulation (which you can do in OTTP). This article popped up today. 

EDIT: Didn't even read it before I posted. It's literally just a picture.

[Meacon Keaton]

So Didi is undergoing Tommy John, which means he’ll miss 2019. 

Luckily there’s going to be a certain power hitting shortstop in free agency that fits the bill...

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

3 hours ago, Meacon said:

So Didi is undergoing Tommy John, which means he’ll miss 2019. 

Luckily there’s going to be a certain power hitting shortstop in free agency that fits the bill...

Awwww yeah, Alcides Escobar to the Yankees. 

[Draevyn]

So Houston vs Milwaukee for the finals? Yes please.

[GhostMachine]

Houston vs. Milwaukee = Me not watching.

 

[The Buscher]

22 minutes ago, GhostMachine said:

Houston vs. Milwaukee = Me not watching.

 

2 great teams playing.  THE HORROR!!!

[GhostMachine]

2  great teams I don't give a fuck about....

[Draevyn]

35 minutes ago, GhostMachine said:

Houston vs. Milwaukee = Me not watching.

 

So that's a yes?

[The Buscher]

I can understand not wanting to watch a weird because you hate the teams for one reason or another.  I’ve been there (2009 World Series, this year’s Super Bowl).

But the idea of a baseball fan looking at that series and feeling nothing but indifference is perplexing to me.

[Meacon Keaton]

1 hour ago, GhostMachine said:

2  great teams I don't give a fuck about....

We lost, mang. Let’s get over it.

[Your Mom]

Houston vs. Milwaukee could be ok because I can root against the Brewers

[gunnar hendershow]

Houston vs. Milwaukee will be great because they're both great teams who are a ton of fun to watch and the Brewers have secretly been one of baseball's best fanbases for years.