Thread: Mlb 2019

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Yeah, not a good start.

If not for the wind, it could be 4-0. 4 hits so far in 2/3 of an inning. I cant wait for Opening Day 2023.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

If not for the wind, it could be 4-0. 4 hits so far in 2/3 of an inning. I cant wait for Opening Day 2023.

My DFS team needed that homer to be Andujar’s, not Voit.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

My DFS team needed that homer to be Andujar’s, not Voit.

Andujar had one knocked down by the wind in the very next at bat

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Andujar had one knocked down by the wind in the very next at bat

Yeah. Got both games on.

Poor Orioles. They have no chance. So who else is tanking for #1 this year? Marlins. Royals. Rangers.

Reported today that three teams will exceed the MLB luxury cap of player salaries. Two of them reside in the AL East. The other is the Cubs.

Poor Orioles. They have no chance.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

Poor Orioles. They have no chance. So who else is tanking for #1 this year? Marlins. Royals. Rangers.

Reported today that three teams will exceed the MLB luxury cap of player salaries. Two of them reside in the AL East. The other is the Cubs.

Poor Orioles. They have no chance.

A few years with the #1 draft pick and actually looking into the international pool and we should be just fine. Adley Rutschman come on down.

JV with a first inning HR. Sad face.

Originally Posted by SR

JV with a first inning HR. Sad face.

No problem. Springer, Brantley and Altuve to the rescue. Third straight season Springer has homered on Opening Day - that's a record.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

A few years with the #1 draft pick and actually looking into the international pool and we should be just fine. Adley Rutschman come on down.

IIRC, the Orioles hired away one of the Astros' brains to run their front office. Of course, as long as you have that terrible owner, the Orioles will stay in the basement.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

No problem. Springer, Brantley and Altuve to the rescue. Third straight season Springer has homered on Opening Day - that's a record.

Springer's homer was a BLAST. Loved seeing Brantley hit a homer in his first game as an Astro. Tuve being Tuve.

JV turned it on in the third and was money through seven. If he and Cole can duplicate last season and with the addition of Miley plus McHugh and a combination of Fromber Valdez/Josh James/Brad Peacock I think they have the best starters in baseball. They have one of the best relief pitchers in the league in Ryan Presley and a stud closure in Roberto Osuna. I would love to see 2017s offense with 2018 pitching.

Tigers shut out the Jays in 10! 7 innings, 1 hit, best performance by Zimmermann in a long time, and this is a guy I think by rights ought to be a #5 starter, not an opening day guy. Maybe he'll up his trade value!

He was perfect through 6 1/3, Dread.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

IIRC, the Orioles hired away one of the Astros' brains to run their front office. Of course, as long as you have that terrible owner, the Orioles will stay in the basement.

The good news is Pete is getting old and handing daily operations over to his sons more and more each day. That's the reason they've woken up and gone to a more analytics approach by hiring Elias and Mejdal.

And let's not forget, from 2012-2015, the O's won more game over a 4 year span than any other team in MLB. So, we don't suck all the time under the Angelos regime. Just most of the time. That said...as it pertains to the next few years of rebuilding...Go Phillies!!!

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

The good news is Pete is getting old and handing daily operations over to his sons more and more each day. That's the reason they've woken up and gone to a more analytics approach by hiring Elias and Mejdal.

And let's not forget, from 2012-2015, the O's won more game over a 4 year span than any other team in MLB. So, we don't suck all the time under the Angelos regime. Just most of the time. That said...as it pertains to the next few years of rebuilding...Go Phillies!!!

I would lament being in the same division as the free-spending Red Sox and Yankees would be like being in the same NFL division with the Patriots and Steelers. It's gotta suck.

Originally Posted by OrangeHoof

I would lament being in the same division as the free-spending Red Sox and Yankees would be like being in the same NFL division with the Patriots and Steelers. It's gotta suck.

The more frustrating part hasn't so much been their ability to sign whoever they want, but more their ability to run a quality organization that is capable of developing players and making smart decisions. The O's dont have home grown talent like Judge/Hicks/Severino/Betts/Bradley/etc. Instead we had Machado...and then failed to offer him an extension before his free agency came up. We'll never be able to afford Stanton's and Sale's, so we have to get it right with our development.