Forum: Around The Majors

I don't think it's fair for a one-game playoff deciding which of the 2 wild card teams make it to the divisional best-of-five series. My suggestion is to have a best-of-three series. 3 days (Tues/Wed/Thurs) in a row at the #1 seed's home ballpark. This is to eliminate any extra travel issues. The revenues generated for all games are equally divided between the 3 organizations. The wildcard team with the better record is the "home team" for the 1st & 3rd games. Consequently, both divisional...

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...

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

With the recent SCOTUS decision and the prominence of New Jersey in the discussion, I think this is threadworthy. Here is some material: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/us/politics/supreme-court-sports-betting-new-jersey.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22847790/nba-mlb-preparing-profit-supreme-court-ruling-new-jersey-gambling-case

I personally think with Cano out, the playoff teams are already set in the AL. The only question is weather or not the Yankees or Red Sox face Ohtani. I’d still take the Yanks or Sox at home against Ohtani in a one game playoff, but by no means am I confident. Very possible that a 100 win team gets bounced in the Wild Card round, whether it be against Verlander, Ohtani, or Paxton.

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.

So far the only All Stars to come out of that draft are Kris Bryant, Aaron Judge, and Corey Knebel. Should also be noted the Yankees have first rounders Clint Frazier (#5 overall) and Billy McKinney (#24 overall) still in the organization. Kris Bryant and Aaron Judge are pretty similar players at this point, but gun to my head I’d still probably take Bryant.

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

A month in and David Price and Sonny Gray have both been disappointments to say the least Gary 27 IP, 1-2, 6.67 ERA, 1.926 WHIP, 4.5 IP per start Price 37 IP, 2-4, 5.11 ERA, 1.405 WHIP, 5.3 IP per start So which one "turns it around" and has a better year. The answer to this question might have a lot to do with which team wins the AL East this year.

https://deadspin.com/mlbpa-files-grievance-against-four-teams-for-being-chea-1823356960

What team won the World Series the year you were born? You don't have to say the year, just the team. For me it is the Los Angeles Dodgers.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/ballplayer-sues-white-sox-over-injury-at-guaranteed-rate-field/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/x-rays-of-mlb-baseballs-provide-further-compelling-evidence-that-the-balls-are-juiced/ar-BBJLeC9?ocid=spartanntp Basically they have proven that the ball is different in a variety of ways and that the change occurred in 2015. Wonder what everyone thinks of this?

The Mets just signed Todd Frazier to a two $17 million deal. Since he made $13 million last year, the Mets got him at a good discount. I liked Frazier, a NJ homeboy. Given David Wrights health Problems Todd should provide good insurance at third. Way to go Todd. I wish you well Andy

“The past is the past, I mean I have to learn from my experiences. It was my first time though, I mean nothing is going to be perfect, nothing is going to be great as always, but at the very end we came up on top and that’s all that mattered. I am just going to learn from my experience and make the best out of it,”-Ken Giles