Forum: Around The Majors

If the Yankees game does not resume, David Robertson will have entered in a save situation (he wouldn't have been left in to finish, but it's a save situation in that blowing it would have given him a blown save) and held the lead. Can a pitcher who wasn't the last pitcher get a save if the game gets rain-shortened while his team is batting in the next half inning?

Jesus, Schwarber just butchered two balls in LF, part of a big inning for the Marlins.

Tonight he became the first pitcher since 1912 (probably ever) to have a game with all of this: 1 1/3 or fewer innings At least 3 strikeouts (I doubt anybody had 3 strikeouts in 1 1/3 or fewer innings before 1912) At least 1 reached on error At least 1 grand slam At least 1 walk At least 1 hit by pitch At least 4 unearned runs 0 earned runs

He was activated from the disabled list, and I don't see a topic for him.

Manny Machado leads the AL in batting average and RBI and is 1 behind Mookie Betts in home runs. Imagine if Machado leads MLB in all three categories but doesn't win the Triple Crown because he gets traded to the NL.

On ESPN Scott Boras was defending Harper average (.217) and blaming the new shifts we are seeing. Made the following statement that it's unfair towards lefties, especially power hitting lefties. Makes some valid points. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23991198/scott-boras-sticks-client-bryce-harper-numbers-dipped-contract-year "I've certainly come to the conclusion that shifting is grandly discriminatory in the game against power left-handed hitters. The reason for that is, you see...

Does the 26th man for a doubleheader have to be one player going up and down? Can the Yankees activate Tanaka, have him serve as kind of the 26th man, and send somebody else down after the doubleheader who would have gone done to activate Tanaka if there wasn't a doubleheader?

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23724818/to-shift-not-bullpen-shuttle-mlb-next-big-thing links to https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/40088/baseball-therapy-how-beat-shift/ which says shifts are bad defense because they increase walks more than they decrease singles. It has a lot of statistics. It says: "When asked about it, pitchers often talk about how The Shift made them uncomfortable. It was rarely put into words further than that, perhaps because pitchers didn’t want to...

Since the Mets are horrible and the manager usually gets blamed, does anyone wonder if Joe is a possible replacement?;)

Oh well. Should have been more aggressive to get him. Instead we are stuck with Sonny.

Gardner reached second when the ball went through the first baseman's legs and got stuck under the wall, although I thought the ball could have been pulled out. What is the text of the ground rule double rule in terms of applying it to reaching on an error, which isn't a double?

The average slash line for a major league hitter this year: .245, .317, .405, .723 The “tanking” epidemic has hit baseball and hit it hard. Look at the lineup that the Rays are trotting out tonight. There are about 10 franchises actively trying to win. The rest are just using their big league club as an avenue to develop players. It sucks for guys like Adam Lind who couldn’t get a job despite coming off a year in which he hit .300.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23512723/robinson-cano-seattle-mariners-suspended-80-games-violating-joint-drug-agreement is titled "Mariners' Robinson Cano suspended 80 games by MLB." Michael Kay said that the only way to eliminate PEDs is to give a lifetime ban for a first positive test. I have a proposal that is not a lifetime ban, but is much bigger than the current 80 games. I propose that after a first positive test, players can never make more than the MLB minimum. Therefore...