MLB 2019

[Maxx]

Speaking of former players in the booth, A-Rod was terrible on opening day

[Meacon Keaton]

32 minutes ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

Watching the free preview of Extra Innings. It's so weird for me to hear local announcers who aren't my guys. This is something I very rarely experience. Like @Meacon who are these dorks that call your games? Any former players or anything?

I’m at LAX right now so I’m not watching. It’s likely Michael Kay, David Cone, and maybe Paul O’Neill.

[Your Mom]

Based on context clues I would say that's right. A guy named "Coney" talked about giving up a HR to Jim Thome 20 years ago, there is a guy named Paul and there is a third guy who talked at some point. This Kay guy is cringe worthy with some of the stuff he says though.

 

Kay: He is really slinging some hash out there on the mound!

 

Complete silence for nearly 15 seconds  

[The Buscher]

It probably didn’t help Bryce that not long after he signed, a Philadelphia newspaper put out an article talking about how Bryce is slated to make more money per at-bat than the median household income for the entire city of Philadelphia.

[Your Mom]

Orioles are playing surprisingly well considering I have never heard of a single one of them

[Meacon Keaton]

28 minutes ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

Based on context clues I would say that's right. A guy named "Coney" talked about giving up a HR to Jim Thome 20 years ago, there is a guy named Paul and there is a third guy who talked at some point. This Kay guy is cringe worthy with some of the stuff he says though.

 

Kay: He is really slinging some hash out there on the mound!

 

Complete silence for nearly 15 seconds  

Yeah “Coney” is David Cone. And Kay is great once you’re used to him. He’s corny but great.

[Your Mom]

I am warming up to Kay. It seemed like he was trying too hard to have a catchphrase for everything earlier but he is pretty great now. Still corny as hell though  

[The Buscher]

Nice to open the season with a series win in Washington but my god, for a former pitching coach Mickey Callaway can’t manage a bullpen.

Seven run lead and he’s using his second best reliever Seth Lugo.  Clearly doesn’t have his best stuff, Mickey leaves him in to throw 40 pitches in the second game of the season which means he’s probably out for a few days.  And Edwin Diaz ended up needing to close it out in an emergency.

[GhostMachine]

11 hours ago, RoHitman Reigns said:

Does that shock you in an instant gratification society? 

I cant wait for if the Phillies fail to win the World Series this year to hear the meltdown of the fanbase saying Harper wasnt worth it.

They *might* make it to the playoffs as a Wild Card (still think the Braves will win the NL East), but they won't even make it to the Series, so that meltdown is coming.

(I've a feeling we might get a Red Sox-Dodgers rematch.)

 

[Meacon Keaton]

Sonny Gray is really struggling in his first start for the Reds, which is weird since he said the reason he was so terrible was all the Yankees fault.

[gunnar hendershow]

On 30/03/2019 at 14:44, The Chiksrara Special said:

Orioles are playing surprisingly well considering I have never heard of a single one of them

Heck yeah they are! 2 out of 3!!! Gonna ride this high all the way until reality sets in at some point this season.

[Meacon Keaton]

We left more runners on base in the last two games than pretty much all of last season.

[gunnar hendershow]

8 minutes ago, Meacon said:

We left more runners on base in the last two games than pretty much all of last season.

Yeah Yankees are fine, just bad luck getting runners home. Oriole pitching is still very bad and got let off the hook a bunch over the weekend.

[The Buscher]

Xander Bogaerts joins the extension club.  Seven years, $132 million.

[The Buscher]

With the Bogaerts extension, MLB teams have now guaranteed $4 billion in player salaries since November 1st, which shatters the previous record.  This is coming on the heels of a report that the league encourages teams to suppress salaries in arbitration.

MLB:  "NO COLLUSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Toe]

I think players are getting their guaranteed money now to protect themselves from the inevitable lock-out or strike.

[GhostMachine]

That would be my assessment as well, because the way things stand right now, there is no way in hell a lock out or strike isn't coming. Might not even be this season, but it is coming.

 

 

[The Buscher]

The CBA expires after the 2021 season so that's likely to be when it happens.  Guys are well served getting their money now and for guys like Syndergaard who have said they aren't interested in an extension are going to roll the dice on free agency anyway, they need to be careful with their money.

Similarly I believe the NFLPA has been warning players for the last couple of seasons because a lockout after 2020 is a given there too.

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Hey, I thought the Mets were supposed to be the New York team with all the injuries?

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah. Add Stanton and Andujar on the IL for today alone. Luckily we called up Frazier and Tyler Wade, two guys that probably could have been on the opening day roster anyway. But still. This crap has to stop or we're going to be putting Handsome Luchador in the outfield.