2016 MLB Season Thread

Marlins pursuing trade for Jake Odorizzi.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Marlins pursuing trade for Jake Odorizzi.

Really solid 4-5 starter type. Cubs were rumored to be interested in the offseason. He's gotten slightly better each year he's been in the bigs too. I have to hand it to the Marlins, they're totally in the thick of things for the WC.

13 K's for Fernandez today. Cubs are missing Fowler badly.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

13 K's for Fernandez today. Cubs are missing Fowler badly.

They're really dinged with minor injuries. Guys hurt all over the place. Certainly the roughest stretch of the season by far. Thankfully, everyone will be back before long. Its a good thing they got off to such a hot start though.

I could hurt Peavy right now. Blowing my underdog bet with that batting practice pitching. Oh well, Wimbledon WTA/ATP bets have been going great so far..

Jose Fernandez pinched hit at the Top of the 12th inning, hit a 2 run go-ahead double to win the game lol. Guy is delivering wins without pitching.

Jose pitches today, could deliver back to back wins.

Congrats to you guys who are Mets fans. After the Cubs bullpen imploded late in the first game of the series, you guys just owned us the rest of the way. It was beyond ugly. The Cubs have played like crap for two weeks. I'm hoping they can get it back together over the break and start the second half strong.

Stanton is not from this planet

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Congrats to you guys who are Mets fans. After the Cubs bullpen imploded late in the first game of the series, you guys just owned us the rest of the way. It was beyond ugly. The Cubs have played like crap for two weeks. I'm hoping they can get it back together over the break and start the second half strong.

Seems like we can beat the Cubs with our pitching but nothing can silence Revenge of the Murphy vs NYM. Guy has like 20 RBI and 5 or 6 homers against the Mets already this year....Guess Kevin Long really helped Murphy hit for power a little too well last season. So I guess what Im saying is....Can we play the Cubs some more? Id rather take my chances with Bryant (even though hes from another planet) and Rizzo, then Daniel freaking Murphy.

"Boik14 wrote:

Seems like we can beat the Cubs with our pitching but nothing can silence Revenge of the Murphy vs NYM. Guy has like 20 RBI and 5 or 6 homers against the Mets already this year....Guess Kevin Long really helped Murphy hit for power a little too well last season. So I guess what Im saying is....Can we play the Cubs some more? Id rather take my chances with Bryant (even though hes from another planet) and Rizzo, then Daniel freaking Murphy.

He was certainly unstoppable for you guys in the playoffs last year. It was like facing up Bonds at his most roided level!

Marlins advertised next ticket purchase 1% off per HR hit by Stanton in the HR derby.. Now theyre backtracking because it would be 61% off.. lol theyre telling fans the most they can do is 25% off... which you can get from some ticket scalper lol..

Scumbag leadership doing scumbag leadership things.

Way to go Sampson/Loria.

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"Unlucky 13 wrote:

He was certainly unstoppable for you guys in the playoffs last year. It was like facing up Bonds at his most roided level!

Yeah, he started changing his swing late last year. He's always been a level swing line drive type hitter but late in the year you saw him pulling the ball more and while the results weren't always tangible you could see the change. Now he's kind of staying level but he's hitting more for power then he ever has. If his defense wasn't so awful, I'd be furious NYM let him walk.

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/755876163415707648

Badly needed trade for the Cubs, who have a lot of bullpen problems, and especially needed a LHP. Volgebach, who they traded away, is a very interesting case. Literally from the moment he was drafted in the second round in 2011, Cubs fans have looked at him not as a potential player for our own team, but as a guy who we hoped would develop so that we could trade him, because he's so limited on defense that he's likely limited to DH only. Great power and a good eye, and I'm curious to see him play with Seattle. Seems like a great kid.

"Vertical Limit wrote:

Marlins advertised next ticket purchase 1% off per HR hit by Stanton in the HR derby.. Now theyre backtracking because it would be 61% off.. lol theyre telling fans the most they can do is 25% off... which you can get from some ticket scalper lol..

they are not allowed to offer any more than 25% off any ticket due to a clause in the CBA and MLB rules. However, I did read they are trying to work out a one time deal with MLB to offer a limited amount of tickets at the 61% off. I hate the ownership of the Marlins too, but their hands are really tied.

"Finfangirl wrote:

they are not allowed to offer any more than 25% off any ticket due to a clause in the CBA and MLB rules. However, I did read they are trying to work out a one time deal with MLB to offer a limited amount of tickets at the 61% off. I hate the ownership of the Marlins too, but their hands are really tied.

They really should have noted the 25% cap then, because I think it was a pretty good bet that Stanton would exceed that.

https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/756874067399942144

There have been other things that contributed to their losing streak before the break (especially the bullpen), but Fowler has been very important to the club, and they're lucky he came back after rejecting offers elsewhere.

This situation with Chris Sale keeps getting weirder. Now, apparently the root of his tantrum today was that he didn't want to wear throwback uniforms. The White Sox clubhouse is full of spoiled toddlers, it seems.

Chapman is now a Chicago Cub

Multiple sources all over baseball now confirm that the Cubs have acquired closer Aroldis Chapman from the Yankees, and that the deal is now done. The Yankees get back the Cubs top prospect, SS Gyleber Torres, RP Adam Warren (who the Cubs had gotten from the Yankees this past offseason for Starlin Castro, AA OF Billy McKinney (who was once a top prospect, but has fallen off), and one more minor leaguer to be named.

Its a big haul to give NY for two months + the post season for a RP, but the pen has been a dire need for the Cubs, who otherwise have their best team in....well, almost anyone's lifetime and are going for it. I'm relieved that they didn't include Kyle Schwarber (who I want to keep around) or Jorge Soler (who I hope they can trade for a SP in the offseason). Torres was blocked well into the future in Chicago, so he was always more of a trade chip than someone the Cubs expected to play at Wrigley.

Chapman will almost certainly take over the closer role from Hector Rondon, who's pitched pretty well, and he'll move into the 8th inning role for the Cubs, while Pedro Strop and newly acquired Mike Montgomery will split other high leverage roles depending on the situation.

Cost for RPers is pretty high I guess. Any team on the bubble that has good RPers should be sellers right now.

"Ray Finkle wrote:

Cost for RPers is pretty high I guess. Any team on the bubble that has good RPers should be sellers right now.

We still have Betances and Miller to dangle out there.....

Boston needs to figure out their bullpen. Yesterday, almost blowing an 8-2 lead. Matt Barnes can't be your guy in the 7th/8th of a playoff game.

"LiferYank wrote:

We still have Betances and Miller to dangle out there.....

I'd have rather gotten Miller for the Cubs! There were rumors last night that he and Soler were also involved in a HUGE trade between the teams. I guess someone backed down from there.