2018 MLB Thread

[Draevyn]

Whoever Jordan Schultz is states that he talked with Ichiro and he has stated that he's not retiring.

[Meacon Keaton]

4 hours ago, GhostMachine said:

Stanton is my favorite Yankee at the moment.

He just hit his second home run of the night, just for you big boy. 

[GhostMachine]

He was supposed to strike out 5 times again.... 

[The Buscher]

*turns on stream of afternoon Mets stream*
*immediately Jason Vargas serve up a meatball which Nick Markakis rips for an RBI double*
*realizes Julio Teheran is pitching for the Braves*
*turns off stream*

[Meacon Keaton]

2 hours ago, Buschoru Suzuki said:

*turns on stream of afternoon Mets stream*
*immediately Jason Vargas serve up a meatball which Nick Markakis rips for an RBI double*
*realizes Julio Teheran is pitching for the Braves*
*turns off stream*

...be glad you did. 

[thatshortguy]

7 hours ago, Meacon said:

...be glad you did. 

That was a good game.  First place is very nice.  

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Mets asked Harvey to go to minor leagues. He refused. He's being DFA'd. Byyyyyyyyyye!

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/05/mets-to-designate-matt-harvey.html

[ThrillhouseMAX]

[Draevyn]

Braves are bringing Bautista up to play third as expected. I really wish they wouldn't have split TBS and Peach Tree because I can't even watch them anymore.  

[The Buscher]

WONDERFUL!!!!!  The obsolete vessel known has Broken Matt Harvey has been DELETED from the New York Mets roster!  DELETE!  DELETE!  DELETE!  DELETE!  DELETE!

[Meacon Keaton]

Gleyber Torres just became the youngest Yankee since 1908 to hit a walk-off home run. Three-run blast.

Oh and youngster Domingo German pitched a no-hitter through six innings too. We gonna be good for a looooooooooooong time, friends! @GhostMachine!

[The Buscher]

The Mets just went 0-6 on their homestand, getting shutout in three of those games, and today they scored two quick runs in the first inning only to disappear again.They've pissed away nearly their entire hot start of the season, going from 12-2 to 17-15. And of those 12 wins to start the season, most of them were really close wins that really could've gone either way.  So those first two weeks were looking like a total fluke.  It's not a good team.

They can't do a thing offensively other than play the same station to station to baseball they always have under Alderson, which leads to massive stretches of offensive futility because Cespedes, Frazier and Bruce strike out 20 million times a week. Speaking of Cespedes, he's hurt his quad yet again. He's so fun to watch when he's on a hot streak, but the guy is made of glass. Conforto's shoulder injury may have wrecked his career, and he was the best homegrown offensive player the Mets have had in a decade.

The starting pitching is absolutely atrocious outside of deGrom and Syndergaard. For being supposed pitching geniuses, Callaway and Eiland have done nothing at all to help Matz, Wheeler, or the recently departed Harvey. The nearly 8 ERA Vargas put up in the second half last year appears to be the real deal for Vargas, two starts in and he already looks like an automatic loss.

There are so many holes on this roster. If I'm being realistic, I can't see this team finishing ahead of fourth place. And fourth place is essentially last place since the Marlins aren't trying to win games.

Look at all of the exciting, young position players the Braves and Phillies have. The Nats have a few guys on the way too. The Yankees have had 5 million guys come up in the past two years and play amazing right out of the gate. The Mets? Damn near everybody they call up tears the cover off the ball in Vegas in the hitter-friendly PCL and the second they get to the big leagues, they're completely overmatched.

Sustained winning can only come when you have young, cost controlled position players who can produce at the big league level and give you a window to go out and spend on pitchers who can reliably stay on the field. This "window" for the Mets has shown pretty conclusively that you can't build an entire organization around pitching and expect that to be enough. The injury risk is too high.

As much as it pains me to say this.....if/when the Mets are out of it in July, they may need to bite the bullet and trade deGrom. He turns 30 next month and he has two years left on his contract. Teams would give up a lot for him and that could jumpstart a rebuilding effort.

[gunnar hendershow]

The Orioles are an absolute dumpster fire. This is a pitiful organization that is somehow SEVENTEEN GAMES out first before Mother's Day. And they're using the off day today to presumably do nothing, which is pathetic.

[Meacon Keaton]

Just now, damsher hatfield said:

The Orioles are an absolute dumpster fire. This is a pitiful organization that is somehow SEVENTEEN GAMES out first before Mother's Day. And they're using the off day today to presumably do nothing, which is pathetic.

Watch them be stubborn and not trade Machado either.

[gunnar hendershow]

7 minutes ago, Meacon said:

Watch them be stubborn and not trade Machado either.

I've already accepted they'll hold out for the perfect deal that will never come. They need to trade everyone. If they only have 3 years of team control or less they need to unload all of them, replenish the farm system, call up some guys in the minors and fill holes with just random vets. Accept they're gonna suck for a few years. But they're so stubborn about this that they won't stick to a plan.

Brady Anderson is the GM-in-waiting, all because he's friends with John Angelos.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Roberto Osuna charged with assault on a woman. 

https://theathletic.com/346850/2018/05/08/blue-jays-closer-roberto-osuna-charged-for-assault-on-woman/

[Maxx]

Excuse me, I have to go make a roster move

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Mets traded Matt Harvey to the reds for Devin Mesoraco

[Meacon Keaton]

If this was 2014, that'd be a blockbuster.

But it's 2018.

So it's more like the video store Blockbuster. 

[ThrillhouseMAX]

Yeah. Solid move for the Mets, though. They get to dump Harvey and pick up a much needed catcher. Reds are also paying Mesoraco's contract, so that definitely helps. And the Mets are playing the Reds tonight, so I wonder if Devin will get an AB tonight.

 

For some reason I'm tickled by the image of a guy getting traded to the team he's playing against and he has to drag all his stuff to the other locker room.