Author Topic: MLB 2018 season (Read 3545 times)

BisMarckie · « **on:** March 03, 2018, 10:41:16 PM »

Can the Astros repeat? Will the Dodgers finally get over the hump? How will Stanton do in a Yankees uniform?

Who gives a shit?!

More interesting:
Which division is the bigger dumpster fire? NL East or AL Central?
Will some organization finally see the light and give Ozzie Guillen another shot at managing them?
Will Jake Arrieta become a full time political activist now since apparently nobody wants him to pitch?

Yeah, I didn't find a MLB thread on the first three pages but I thought it would be fun to occasionally whine about my shitty team throughout the year in this thread.

samfish · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2018, 11:40:43 PM »

I still can't believe the Indians lost to the damn Yankees last season. They still look like they'll have that pattern where they're on fire for about 4-6 weeks at a time and then go totally cold for a good 2 weeks after.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #2 on:** March 03, 2018, 11:54:49 PM »

I wouldn't worry that much about the Indians. They will win the division easily. The division is just that bad that even a really mediocre Twins team will finish second by default and probably even get a wild card thanks to the unbalanced schedule.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2018, 03:26:11 AM »

Hoping the Braves can take a step forw-

jk, we're gonna suck again. But at least Acuna will come up towards the end of April.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2018, 11:59:35 AM »

https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/d-backs-will-use-bullpen-cart/c-267973364

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2018, 12:20:32 PM »

We're bringing Ichiro back, because nostalgia is more important than winning.

Tasty · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2018, 12:38:08 PM »

Go Sox

BisMarckie · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2018, 10:22:29 PM »

Mike Moustakas cost himself 11 mil by rejecting the qualifying offer

I wish the White Sox signed him to that deal but they are still in full on tank mode

BisMarckie · « **Reply #8 on:** March 28, 2018, 10:11:23 PM »

TFW the shell of James Shields is your opening day starter

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Forgotten A. Turnbuckle · « **Reply #9 on:** March 29, 2018, 08:54:49 AM »

Quote from: KennyLoggins on March 28, 2018, 10:11:23 PM

TFW the shell of James Shields is your opening day starter

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A few years ago my girlfriend asked me "Who's Jordan Zimmermann?"

I had a brain fart and responded something like "Are you serious? You don't know who Jordan Zimmermann is?! He's that shithead who got away with mudering Trayvon Martin. Fuck that guy. Why, what'd he do now?"

Her: "Umm...Are you sure? I'm reading here that the Tigers just signed him"

Me: "Holy shit! OOOPS. Jordan Zimmermann, not George Zimmermann! My bad! Fuck YEAH!"

This was after the 2015 season where the Tigers stunk but made a few trades to get excited for in dealing Cespedes and Price at the deadline to get some pretty good prospects like Matt Boyd, Daniel Norris, and Michael Fulmer.
Verlander was coming back to form, Sanchez was still possibly a good pitcher battling injury, and the rest of our team sans bullpen was solid. Then we signed Justin Upton soon after and it felt like the Tigers were in a transition period where they could still contend in the "now" but that the future would also be bright without having to go through a teardown.

Now that's all gone to shit.

Oh, and Jordan Zimmermann is our opening day starter.

I meant to get in on a fantasy baseball league but totally lost track. That was about the only way I could get excited for this season. Now, as a Tigers fan, it's nothing but suck.

If Fulmer's great then he'll get traded at the deadline.
If Cabrera is great it'll just mean we won't be quite as bad as the Marlins or Royals so we lose a few spots in the draft order.

I didn't watch or listen to a single spring training game. I should have remembered to cancel the auto-renew on my MLB.TV thing. $140 down the drain.

I just hope Verlander and the Astros win it again and that Max Scherzer throws a perfect game. Not much else excites me right now. Didn't even pick up MLB The Show this year.

:'(

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10 on:** March 29, 2018, 11:20:21 AM »

Woohoo! Baseball season! Months and months of mediocrity and despair!!

Forgotten A. Turnbuckle · « **Reply #11 on:** March 29, 2018, 11:43:20 AM »

I'm pretty sure the Tigers couldn't sell out opening day this year.
Now that it's postponed I wonder how empty Comerica is gonna look tomorrow.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #12 on:** March 29, 2018, 12:12:40 PM »

What's with the opening weekend schedules? Ms play today, have tomorrow off, then play Saturday and Sunday before already leaving on a road trip to San Francisco, Minnesota and KC.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #13 on:** March 29, 2018, 12:19:11 PM »

Ozzie Albies looks like he's gonna be the real deal, Ronald Acuna Jr. could be rookie of the year, and when we finally bring Mike Soroka up he's probably gonna be a mid-rotation starter out of the gate.

...the Braves will still struggle to be a .500 team this year despite all of that, including Freddie Freeman playing out of his mind.

Gundam: lots of off days are a regular April feature as teams ease back into the grind. Also, the MLB schedule maker is insane.

Forgotten A. Turnbuckle · « **Reply #14 on:** March 29, 2018, 12:45:16 PM »

Quote from: Human Snorenado on March 29, 2018, 12:19:11 PM

Also, the MLB schedule maker is insane.

That's done by computer now, right?

Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I liked it more when that couple was doing it.

Probably a casualty of the always-on interleague schedule where you have classic opening day matchups like the Detroit Tigers versus the Pittsburgh Pirates.

bluemax · « **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2018, 01:22:14 AM »

Mariners 1-0! Can feel good about them for a day.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2018, 09:28:56 AM »

When I watched James Shields' first inning

but after that

He still sucks though and the Sox still traded Fernando Tatis Jr. for this bum.
Nice to see Davidson and Anderson with multi-homer games but the truth is:

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #17 on:** March 30, 2018, 11:39:38 AM »

Quote from: bluemax on March 30, 2018, 01:22:14 AM

Mariners 1-0! Can feel good about them for a day.

Felix had a solid 6 innings and gets the win! Kluber goes the distance and loses! Woohoo!!

Forgotten A. Turnbuckle · « **Reply #18 on:** March 30, 2018, 12:08:18 PM »

Verlander had a good start.
Stanton had two bombs.
Ohtani DH'ing
Tigers didn't lose.
Cleveland didn't win.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2018, 05:37:37 PM »

Gotta love video review. The Tigers walk-off celebration sure looks awkward now

Forgotten A. Turnbuckle · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2018, 10:37:10 PM »

Quote from: KennyLoggins on March 30, 2018, 05:37:37 PM

Gotta love video review. The Tigers walk-off celebration sure looks awkward now

I've been saying all of-season that I want the tigers to be entertaining while losing enough to get a high daft pick.
They exceeded my wildest expectations today. Unbelievable

El Babua · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2018, 12:32:01 AM »

Marlins win in 17

.500!

BisMarckie · « **Reply #22 on:** April 18, 2018, 09:19:41 AM »

White Sox on pace to win 47 games.

I thought they could be a actually decent offensive team with subpar pitching, but so far they have had a subpar offense and the pitching has been horrendous.

Somehow there are 4 teams with worse records

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #23 on:** April 19, 2018, 01:00:08 PM »

Extra innings rules need to change. Fuck tradition. No one enjoys these marathon games. There is no one left in the crowd and the announcers sound bored. All the hitters try to swing for the fences and teams have to exhaust their bullpens, leaving them fucked for half a week after.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #24 on:** April 19, 2018, 01:09:30 PM »

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Freddy Freeman got hit on the wrist and is out...

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #25 on:** April 22, 2018, 03:41:31 PM »

Only good thing about the Rangers this season:

Colon

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #26 on:** May 03, 2018, 01:21:06 AM »

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO

SPACE MOUNTAIN, FAT BOY

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #27 on:** September 06, 2018, 10:36:29 AM »

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/9/5/17796186/mcgwire-sosa-homerun-chase-1998-steroids-media

I've talked about this with my friends recently, but man when Sammy and McGwire were slamming them dongs back in 98, nobody gave two shits about how they were doing it, least of all the league.

BisMarckie · « **Reply #28 on:** September 06, 2018, 10:41:32 AM »

I couldn't muster much excitement for this season.
Every top prospect has underperformed significantly. Moncada is dreadful against lefties and K's way too much,
Anderson is allergic to walks, Giolito has an ERA of 6, Lopez looks like a reliever. Kopech is throwing 93 instead of 100. And Eloy Jimenez is pissed because he didn't get called up.
James Shields still on the team.

tldr:

Tasty · « **Reply #29 on:** September 06, 2018, 10:48:34 AM »

Himu · « **Reply #30 on:** September 06, 2018, 11:18:54 AM »

SO LONG RANGERS

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #31 on:** September 06, 2018, 06:17:40 PM »

Braves still somehow in first, won't ever feel good about the team this year

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #32 on:** September 07, 2018, 08:14:55 AM »

Indians are in the same boat. They are coasting through to a division title, but still the 4th best team in the American, so it won't matter.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #33 on:** September 07, 2018, 01:34:25 PM »

We're not even coasting, just a 3.5 game lead, and our schedule is way tougher than Philly's the rest of the way. Will probably come down to the 6 head to head games we have left with them.

It's dumb, Philly has a negative run differential but is somehow way better than the Nats in the standings. I wonder when the last time a team with a negative run differential won a division was?

BisMarckie · « **Reply #34 on:** September 07, 2018, 06:11:08 PM »

Michael Kopech needs Tommy John surgery.

Tasty · « **Reply #35 on:** September 08, 2018, 07:02:54 PM »

https://i.imgur.com/QzPV5Yy.mp4

Himu · « **Reply #36 on:** October 10, 2018, 10:25:40 PM »

This years alcs is going to be crazy. Pitching vs hitting at the highest level.

Tasty · « **Reply #37 on:** October 11, 2018, 10:45:53 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on September 06, 2018, 10:48:34 AM

SOX

Knocking the Yankees the fuck out

Himu · « **Reply #38 on:** October 11, 2018, 10:54:37 AM »

Stros are going to knock em out

I hope. Sox scare me.

Tasty · « **Reply #39 on:** October 11, 2018, 01:14:43 PM »

108 regular season wins

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #40 on:** October 11, 2018, 03:26:08 PM »

Regular season champions

Tasty · « **Reply #41 on:** October 11, 2018, 03:52:55 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on October 11, 2018, 03:26:08 PM

Regular season champions

Crushing Joe's head underfoot when the Sox win the World Series

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #42 on:** October 11, 2018, 04:40:54 PM »

Oh wow, another Boston championship, we’re all impressed.

Meanwhile, my team won almost 70 games and occasionally showed “grit” and “didn’t give up down the stretch”. I think they even came from behind to win once.

Tasty · « **Reply #43 on:** October 11, 2018, 05:07:56 PM »

BisMarckie · « **Reply #44 on:** October 11, 2018, 05:25:57 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on October 11, 2018, 04:40:54 PM

Oh wow, another Boston championship, we’re all impressed.

Meanwhile, my team won almost 70 games and occasionally showed “grit” and “didn’t give up down the stretch”. I think they even came from behind to win once.

My team ~~played~~ sucked so hard that they got a top 3 draft pick

Tasty · « **Reply #45 on:** October 18, 2018, 10:20:08 PM »

Sox Sox Sox

Himu · « **Reply #46 on:** October 18, 2018, 10:57:55 PM »

FUCK THE SOX

Tasty · « **Reply #47 on:** October 18, 2018, 11:00:26 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #48 on:** October 19, 2018, 10:15:58 AM »

TBH I'm not even sure a WS win would feel as good as that 16-1 Yankees game. Goddamn that was awesome. And in NYC too.

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Tasty · « **Reply #49 on:** October 20, 2018, 03:15:32 AM »

Quote from: Glen on October 19, 2018, 12:00:29 PM

Dodgers at 5:39 Pacific. Goddamn, please let us close this thing out. A Game 7 in Milwaukee would be the worst.

This would be over already if our team hadn’t committed like a million errors in Game 1.

Himu · « **Reply #50 on:** October 20, 2018, 03:19:27 AM »

Go Milwaukee. I’ve never been there and I’ve never heard much about besides John candy going there with his gang in Home Alone 1 but please kill the Red Sox. For the Astros. Do it for John Candy.

Tasty · « **Reply #51 on:** October 21, 2018, 12:20:37 AM »

Ohoho, this is gon' be fun.

Himu · « **Reply #52 on:** October 21, 2018, 01:07:21 AM »

Fuck. Now the World Series is between two flagship big market teams. Fuck this. You had one job Milwaukee.

Tasty · « **Reply #53 on:** October 21, 2018, 05:04:50 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #54 on:** October 24, 2018, 12:03:37 AM »

This has been a fun game.

Tasty · « **Reply #55 on:** October 25, 2018, 12:07:58 AM »

Tasty · « **Reply #56 on:** October 25, 2018, 05:02:20 PM »

Quote from: Glen on October 25, 2018, 06:24:17 AM

Fuck off, asshole.

Himu · « **Reply #57 on:** October 25, 2018, 05:45:24 PM »

Fuck Boston

Tasty · « **Reply #58 on:** October 27, 2018, 03:32:05 AM »

Congrats to the Dodgers!

Tasty · « **Reply #59 on:** October 28, 2018, 09:40:51 PM »

Quote from: Glen on October 28, 2018, 12:25:52 AM

Legit can't process or deal with the things that happened tonight after the first out of the 7th inning.

What happened is the Sox are a good team and you can't rest on your laurels against them.

As they're also demonstrating at the moment.

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Author Topic: MLB 2018 season (Read 3545 times)