Major League Baseball 2016 Thread

[redleghunter]

For all the baseball fans out there regardless of team affiliation. This thread is for you to brag on your team, share MLB news and events. And to a tolerable level a bit of smack talk when our teams oppose each other.

Enjoy.

pinging @TX_Matt @StanJ and @Uncle Siggy

 

[redleghunter]

From MLB.com:

Epic picks: Draft delivers awe, intrigue


http://m.mlb.com/news/article/183099326/mlb-draft-hard-to-predict-but-fun-to-watch?topicid=167757330

 

[StanJ]

Blue Jays picked 21st in yesterday's draft and got a RHP from the University of Pittsburgh. It's nice for us to get pitchers but we need to stop trading them all away when they get to Triple A.

 

[redleghunter]

Blue Jays picked 21st in yesterday's draft and got a RHP from the University of Pittsburgh. It's nice for us to get pitchers but we need to stop trading them all away when they get to Triple A.

Yes thank you for this guy:

 

[SnowyMacie]

I've never been one to pay much attention to drafts, especially in baseball. I don't think you can accurately project a player's pro potential as much as most people think.

 

[StanJ]

Yes thank you for this guy:

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That's Boyd right?

 

[redleghunter]

I've never been one to pay much attention to drafts, especially in baseball. I don't think you can accurately project a player's pro potential as much as most people think.

I once spoke with one of the UT athletic directors reference the MLB draft. He alluded the draft is akin to finding one or two gems they can turn around quickly and get in the upper tier minors. Then the rest of the draft looking for some potential the organization development team could whip into MLB shape.

It's a huge draft. Unlike the NFL draft, MLB can draft HS seniors.

 

[redleghunter]

That's Boyd right?

No Dyson.

 

[StanJ]

No Dyson.

Oh, right, Matt Boyd was the guy we traded to Detroit for Price.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Draft info
What: 2016 MLB draft

When: Rounds 1-2: Thursday
Rounds 3-10: Friday
Rounds 11-end: Saturday, 11 a.m.

Where they drafted on Day 1: The Rangers had the 30th pick of the draft, which was a supplemental first-round pick they received when the Orioles signed Yovani Gallardo. The Rangers lost their first-round pick when they signed Ian Desmond.

No. 30 selection (Round 1): Cole Ragans, LHP - North Florida Christian HS (Tallahassee, Florida)

No. 63 selection (Round 2): Alex Speas, RHP - McEachern HS (Powder Springs, Georgia)

No. 99 selection (Round 3): Kole Enright, 3B - West Orange HS (Winter Garden, Florida)

No. 129 selection (Round 4): Charles Leblanc, SS - Pittsburgh

No. 159 selection (Round 5): Kyle Roberts, LHP - Henry Ford CC (Dearborn, Michigan)

No. 189 selection (Round 6): Kyle Cody, RHP - Kentucky

No. 219 selection (Round 7): Sam Huff, C - Arcadia HS (Phoenix, Arizona)

No. 249 selection (Round 8): Tai Tiedemann, RHP, Long Beach CC

No. 279 selection (Round 9): Hever Bueno, RHP, Arizona State

No. 309 selection (Round 10): Josh Merrigan, OF, Georgia Gwinnett College

 

[StanJ]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16229497/colorado-rockies-designate-jose-reyes-assignment

All I can say is I'm glad we got Tulo for him and didn't have to eat any of his salary! I never really liked him when he was with Toronto.

 

[redleghunter]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16229497/colorado-rockies-designate-jose-reyes-assignment

All I can say is I'm glad we got Tulo for him and didn't have to eat any of his salary! I never really liked him when he was with Toronto.

Reyes was suspended for PEDS a couple of years ago IIRC.

 

[StanJ]

Reyes was suspended for PEDS a couple of years ago IIRC.

IIRC?

The Blue Jays have nobody left from that blockbuster trade that involved Reyes.

 

[redleghunter]

This was posted on another thread but thought appropriate for here as well:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

 

[redleghunter]

Mike Trout may be the best player in MLB, but the Angels' future may be the worst
CBS Sports
Jonah Keri

From 2012 through 2015, Mike Trout was the best player in baseball.

There are those that would argue that Bryce Harper might've now caught up with or even surpassed him for that title. Or that upstarts like Manny Machado might be getting close. Whatever the case, Trout certainly warrants a place on the Mount Rushmore of active ballplayers, a toolbelt terror who helps his team in too many ways to count.

Yet despite another terrific season for their best player, the Angels are in dire shape. Even after winning two straight against the sad-sack Twins, they've still lost seven of their past 10 games. They own the third-worst record in the American League. At 29-37, they're on pace for their worst season since 1999, the final year before Mike Scioscia, and a season that ended with a young go-getter named Joe Maddon managing the final 29 games. And there's not a [redacted] thing that any one player can do ... even if that player is the best in the game.

The problems start with the rotation. C.J. Wilson started the season on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis, hasn't pitched a game all year, and doesn't look likely to return any time soon. Andrew Heaney made one start, hit the DL with a flexor strained and a damaged ulnar collateral ligament, hasn't pitched since, and doesn't look likely to return any time soon. Nick Tropeano hit the DL June 3 with shoulder discomfort. He might return soon, but he isn't particularly good, having given up 58 hits, 28 walks, and eight homers in 55 1/3 innings before going on the shelf. The biggest blow came in May. Garrett Richards left his May 1 start with what the Angels believed was simple cramping and dehydration. Five days later, they found the real culprit: a torn UCL. Like Heaney, Richards chose to forego Tommy John surgery and try other methods to heal, opting for a platelet-rich plasma injection.

Any team losing four of its starting pitchers would likely be in a tough spot. But the Angels' alternatives are particularly bad. Hector Santiago owns a 5.30 ERA. Jhoulys Chacin was a Hail Mary pickup from the Braves who doesn't miss enough bats to succeed. And while Matt Shoemaker has pitched impressively of late, he's more than negated by Jered Weaver. How bad has it gotten for the Angels' erstwhile ace? This bad:

More at the CBS site:

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/m...n-mlb-but-the-angels-future-may-be-the-worst/

 

[StanJ]

This was posted on another thread but thought appropriate for here as well:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

This link didn't work for me but I was watching that game and had just glanced down at my tablet when it happened, so I actually missed the play that he made in the stands. I did see him with the ball raised in the air and his daughter sound asleep on his lap.
Apparently he sacrificed his french fries to catch the ball.

 

[Uncle Siggy]

Mike Trout may be the best player in MLB, but the Angels' future may be the worst
CBS Sports
Jonah Keri

From 2012 through 2015, Mike Trout was the best player in baseball.

There are those that would argue that Bryce Harper might've now caught up with or even surpassed him for that title. Or that upstarts like Manny Machado might be getting close. Whatever the case, Trout certainly warrants a place on the Mount Rushmore of active ballplayers, a toolbelt terror who helps his team in too many ways to count.

Yet despite another terrific season for their best player, the Angels are in dire shape. Even after winning two straight against the sad-sack Twins, they've still lost seven of their past 10 games. They own the third-worst record in the American League. At 29-37, they're on pace for their worst season since 1999, the final year before Mike Scioscia, and a season that ended with a young go-getter named Joe Maddon managing the final 29 games. And there's not a [redacted] thing that any one player can do ... even if that player is the best in the game.

The problems start with the rotation. C.J. Wilson started the season on the disabled list with shoulder tendinitis, hasn't pitched a game all year, and doesn't look likely to return any time soon. Andrew Heaney made one start, hit the DL with a flexor strained and a damaged ulnar collateral ligament, hasn't pitched since, and doesn't look likely to return any time soon. Nick Tropeano hit the DL June 3 with shoulder discomfort. He might return soon, but he isn't particularly good, having given up 58 hits, 28 walks, and eight homers in 55 1/3 innings before going on the shelf. The biggest blow came in May. Garrett Richards left his May 1 start with what the Angels believed was simple cramping and dehydration. Five days later, they found the real culprit: a torn UCL. Like Heaney, Richards chose to forego Tommy John surgery and try other methods to heal, opting for a platelet-rich plasma injection.

Any team losing four of its starting pitchers would likely be in a tough spot. But the Angels' alternatives are particularly bad. Hector Santiago owns a 5.30 ERA. Jhoulys Chacin was a Hail Mary pickup from the Braves who doesn't miss enough bats to succeed. And while Matt Shoemaker has pitched impressively of late, he's more than negated by Jered Weaver. How bad has it gotten for the Angels' erstwhile ace? This bad:

More at the CBS site:

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/m...n-mlb-but-the-angels-future-may-be-the-worst/

If they're smart they will trade Trout for 5-6 good prospects and start the rebuilding process and hunt down the old GM and give him one of those good old fashioned "out behind the barn" sessions...

 

[redleghunter]

That's Boyd right?

Saw th st Joey Bats heading to DL for 15 days.

 

[StanJ]

Saw th st Joey Bats heading to DL for 15 days.

Yeh he got his toe caught on the right-field fence last night hunting down a fly ball and apparently was a lot worse than it looked like although afterwards he did appear to be a lot of pain. Anyway he's still in pain today and they're saying he's out for 15 days at least but he thinks it may be even longer.
They're going to bring up Darrell Ceciliani, who we got from the Mets in February for the good old PTBNL. He will probably sit on the bench unless one of the other outfielders goes down with something. Ezequiel Cabrera is replacing him in right field.


Given the Jays are without his bat in the lineup tonight, they are thumping the O's 11-2 in the bottom of the fourth.

 

[redleghunter]

Cubs 47-23

Rangers 47-26