2022 MLB Thread formerly the 2021 thread..

[pg1067]

Jeez, apparently Gausman is just throwing BP to the Padres right now.

Needless to say, you were feeling much better about two hours after you posted this.   

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Jeez, apparently Gausman is just throwing BP to the Padres right now.

Needless to say, you were feeling much better about two hours after you posted this.   

    indeed! I almost gave up watching the game. It's almost like the Giants saw the Dodgers win their game and kicked it up a notch to make sure they beat the Padres.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Thank you D-backs for beating the Dodgers tonight, let's do it again tomorrow!

[pg1067]

Thank you D-backs for beating the Dodgers tonight, let's do it again tomorrow!

Once a month the Dodgers come up against a scrub pitcher and decide he needs to have the game of his life.  Here's hoping the D-backs do us a solid and get tough against the Giants and that the Padres sputter for the next three before finishing strong.

Absolutely NO ONE wants to deal with a win-or-go-home game against the Cardinals.

[King Postwhore]

Red Sox only had to win one game at home vs. the Yankees to be in a good position to lead the wild card and couldn't do it.

[T-ski]

Brewers 8th inning guy….

“ Devin Williams is being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured right hand. He told us he had too much to drink after Sunday’s celebration, got upset about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand. He will need surgery. ”

Un-freaking-believable.

[KevShmev]

Brewers 8th inning guy….

“ Devin Williams is being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured right hand. He told us he had too much to drink after Sunday’s celebration, got upset about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand. He will need surgery. ”

Un-freaking-believable.

Wow.  What is that old saying...you can't fix stupid.

I wish I still cared about baseball, because I'd be having a blast with this all-time winning streak the Cardinals are on.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Brewers 8th inning guy….

“ Devin Williams is being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured right hand. He told us he had too much to drink after Sunday’s celebration, got upset about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand. He will need surgery. ”

Un-freaking-believable.

Now the Dodgers just need someone to go on the IL with a hand fracture and we can complete the trifecta, since Brandon Belt just went on the IL with a broken hand after being hit by a pitch.

[pg1067]

Brewers 8th inning guy….

“ Devin Williams is being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured right hand. He told us he had too much to drink after Sunday’s celebration, got upset about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand. He will need surgery. ”

Un-freaking-believable.

I heard them mention this on the Dodgers broadcast.  Nomar Garciaparra is the color commentator, and he did everything but call this guy a selfish idiot.  What I thought was bizarre was how breaking your pitching hand and needing surgery only lands him on the TEN day IL.

Now the Dodgers just need someone to go on the IL with a hand fracture and we can complete the trifecta, since Brandon Belt just went on the IL with a broken hand after being hit by a pitch.

I'm pretty sure the Dodgers have lost 932,621 man-games to injury this year.  We're covered.


And what a crazy game the Dodgers played last night.  Dodgers scored 4 runs in the bottom of the first and seemed to be headed for an easy victor, but Max Scherzer had easily his worst outing of the year and gave up 6 runs (5 earned) over the next five innings to give the Padres a 6-5 lead, which inflated to 9-5 against Brustar "Gas Can" Graterol (what a complete disappointment that guy has been this year).  Dodgers got 1 in the bottom of the seventh and then scored FIVE in the eights on FOUR homers.  Of course, the Giants continue to refuse to lose, so it'll likely be academic.

[dparrott]

Dodgers down 9-5 in the 7th hit 5 HOME RUNS IN TWO INNINGS to beat the Padres 11-9!!!   

Echoes of their 2006 comeback win, again against the Padres.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Brewers 8th inning guy….

“ Devin Williams is being placed on the 10-day IL with a fractured right hand. He told us he had too much to drink after Sunday’s celebration, got upset about something and punched a wall with his pitching hand. He will need surgery. ”

Un-freaking-believable.

I heard them mention this on the Dodgers broadcast.  Nomar Garciaparra is the color commentator, and he did everything but call this guy a selfish idiot.  What I thought was bizarre was how breaking your pitching hand and needing surgery only lands him on the TEN day IL.

Now the Dodgers just need someone to go on the IL with a hand fracture and we can complete the trifecta, since Brandon Belt just went on the IL with a broken hand after being hit by a pitch.

I'm pretty sure the Dodgers have lost 932,621 man-games to injury this year.  We're covered.


And what a crazy game the Dodgers played last night.  Dodgers scored 4 runs in the bottom of the first and seemed to be headed for an easy victor, but Max Scherzer had easily his worst outing of the year and gave up 6 runs (5 earned) over the next five innings to give the Padres a 6-5 lead, which inflated to 9-5 against Brustar "Gas Can" Graterol (what a complete disappointment that guy has been this year).  Dodgers got 1 in the bottom of the seventh and then scored FIVE in the eights on FOUR homers.  Of course, the Giants continue to refuse to lose, so it'll likely be academic.

That was a hell of a game from the Dodgers.

The Giants game was a nail biter all the way through.

[Cool Chris]

At the end of today's games, on Sept 30, the Mariners are tied for the second wild card spot, with 3 games to play. This is unbelievable.

[T-ski]

Would have been sweet to see both Toronto and Seattle beat out the Yanks and Sox.

[pg1067]

So...we're now down to the final series of the year.  It looks like every team except the Braves have played 159 games.  I didn't look, but I'm assuming the Braves got rained out and, now that they've clinched the NL East and are locked into the third best record among division winners, won't make up the game.

American League
- Tampa Bay has clinched the AL East and the best record in the AL
- The White Sox and Trashtros have clinched the AL Central and West divisions.  Houston has a two game lead for the better record and the right to host the ALDS.
- The Yankees have a two game lead over the Red Sox and Mariners in the AL Wild Card race, and the Blue Jays are one game behind the Sox and Mariners.
- The Rays and Yankees play each other in the final series, so the Rays will get some say in who gets the two Wild Card spots.
- The Red Sox play in Washington against a really bad Nationals team.
- The Blue Jays host the Orioles.
- The Mariners host the Angels (FWIW, I heard on the radio this morning that Otani isn't going to pitch in what would be his normal spot on Sunday).
- The White Sox host the Tigers.
- The Astros host the A's.

I think it would be fantastic if the Yankees, Red Sox, Mariners and Jays all finish with identical records.  Alternatively, if the Yankees get swept and are left outside looking in, that'd be cool too.  The Red Sox should sweep the Nats, but they seem to be pretty Jekyll and Hyde this season.


National League
Things are a bit more settled here.
- The Brewers and Braves are locked into the 2 and 3 spots respectively, so they have nothing to play for this weekend.
- The Dodgers remain 2 games back of the Giants, and whichever of them doesn't win the NL West will be the home team for the Wild Card game.
- The Cardinals have the #2 Wild Card spot.  They only thing they have to play for this weekend is keeping their momentum going.
- The Brewers play in Los Angeles and should absolutely rest all of their top players and spend the weekend evaluating prospects.
- The Giants host the Padres.  It's about time the Padres muster up some pride and play angry, but I suspect they bend over and take it like the little bitches they are.

REALLY not looking forward to having the Dodgers host the Cardinals in a 5:10 PDT game.  There's a decent chance that both Scherzer and Wainwright take no-hitters into the 5th or 6th inning.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

- The Brewers play in Los Angeles and should absolutely rest all of their top players and spend the weekend evaluating prospects.

You would love that 

The Brewers haven't been playing the best baseball over the last couple weeks, but I expect this whole series to be a low scoring affair. I don't envy anyone that has to face Burnes.

[lonestar]

Brewers up 5-1 in  the 3rd 

[Glasser]

Yanks just cannot beat Tampa Bay. Pisses me off. Kevin Cash did not seem to be worried about the 9th inning tonight and they still fell short. Albert Abreu is not mlb ready yet and honestly they should have walked Franco with a  3-0 count and faced Cruz right on right. If the Yanks get the Wild Card and even win it they are to inconsistent to go deep. I’ll revisit this Sunday.   

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Brewers up 5-1 in  the 3rd 

And a grand slam just tied it up 

[lonestar]

Brewers up 5-1 in  the 3rd 

And a grand slam just tied it up 

Goddamn, they're like fucking herpes man.

At least the Giants won, magic number is officially 1

[jingle.boy]

Alternatively, if the Yankees get swept and are left outside looking in, that'd be cool too.  The Red Sox should sweep the Nats, but they seem to be pretty Jekyll and Hyde this season.

Not inconceivable.  Mariners/Jays need to win their final two; Sox split; Yanks get swept.  They all finish 91-69.  Biggest factor could be how hard the Rays play, I guess.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Let's win today and take the division, then y'all can take tomorrow off.

[lonestar]

Let's win today and take the division, then y'all can take tomorrow off.

Please. Time to put the Dodgers to rest.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Ugh...

[axeman90210]

Two trips to Yankee Stadium this season, two blowout losses

[TAC]

Two trips to Yankee Stadium this season, two blowout losses

You're getting Season Tickets for Christmas.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Two trips to Yankee Stadium this season, two blowout losses

You're getting Season Tickets for Christmas.

[Glasser]

Two trips to Yankee Stadium this season, two blowout losses

You're getting Season Tickets for Christmas.

  

[lonestar]

Ugh...

And double ugh... They're gonna push this to a fucking one game Giants Dodgers playoff man

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Ugh...

And double ugh... They're gonna push this to a fucking one game Giants Dodgers playoff man

Apparently the Brewers have decided to just roll over now that they've won their division...

[lonestar]

Ugh...

And double ugh... They're gonna push this to a fucking one game Giants Dodgers playoff man

Apparently the Brewers have decided to just roll over now that they've won their division...

And the Padres are trying to instigate some latent, last minute revenge over tanking the 2010 season to us....

[T-ski]

The AL Wildcard is fun. Go M’s and Jays!

[lonestar]

Can't deny the idea of a Red Sox-Yankees first round one game wild card at Fenway is about at baseball as it gets.


As traditionally 'baseball' as a SF-Dodgers tiebreaker game in SF sounds, let's just forego that one and have the Giants win today, k?

[Glasser]

Can't deny the idea of a Red Sox-Yankees first round one game wild card at Fenway is about at baseball as it gets.


As traditionally 'baseball' as a SF-Dodgers tiebreaker game in SF sounds, let's just forego that one and have the Giants win today, k?

Lonestar, How about the Yankees win the WC and sweep the Rays?

[lonestar]

Can't deny the idea of a Red Sox-Yankees first round one game wild card at Fenway is about at baseball as it gets.


As traditionally 'baseball' as a SF-Dodgers tiebreaker game in SF sounds, let's just forego that one and have the Giants win today, k?

Lonestar, How about the Yankees win the WC and sweep the Rays?

Yeah... That'd be a no from me dawg... My family has long roots in Boston. With all due respect, fuck the Yankees.

[jingle.boy]

Can't deny the idea of a Red Sox-Yankees first round one game wild card at Fenway is about at baseball as it gets.


As traditionally 'baseball' as a SF-Dodgers tiebreaker game in SF sounds, let's just forego that one and have the Giants win today, k?

Lonestar, How about the Yankees win the WC and sweep the Rays?

Yeah... That'd be a no from me dawg... My family has long roots in Boston. With all due respect, fuck the Yankees.

I agree, fuck the Yankees. And I usually default to hating Boston teams above all others.