The Official 2015 MLB Thread

Congratulations mr A-Rod on 660! Even more exciting to know that round tripper was the game winner! Pretty special moment for him, dont care what anyone says, him and bonds are still probably the two best hitters baseball has every seen.

 

I do think with all that's happened with him with the PED stuff people forget just how good Arod was back in the day, especially for a SS. And I agree no matter what he did or didn't do he's still one of the best baseball players in history.

I do love how people don't give credit to Bonds or Arod but are fine with saying they consider Hank Aaron the true home run king while ignoring the fact he (and probably at least 90% of the players back in those days) took greenies, which are now illegal to take in the MLB. But hey it doesn't fit the narrative I guess.

 

Totally agree, greenies, yellow jackets, cocaine.....I consider myself to be a fan of baseball, yes, I am a diehard Yankee fan, but im also a diehard baseball fan. I think what people tend to forget is, this game, it's solely for entertainment purposes. This is totally my opinion, but I like homeruns and big hits and I, personally, could not care less what players do to their bodies to provide the entertainment for me. Agree, disagree, not something i care to fight over. I just believe that people who ***** about A-rod being a cheater, tend to forget, your (finkle)sentiments, players in the 50's - 80's took all kinds of amphetamine type things and illicit drugs.....soo in my opinion, baseball has never been a pure sport. Sammie Sosa's corked bat and Mark McGuire's amphetamines helped baseball become America's game again. Bonds HR race, was fascinating to watch. In almost 10,000 at bats in bonds career, he only struck out 1500 times, all while collecting 752 HR's and 2500 BB's. How on earth can you not put that man in the Hall of fame? Best eyes and fastest hands, I've ever seen. Oh well, im sure the folks who write about baseball, know more than me (hahahha) so we'll let those jackwagons decide worthy and who isnt.

 

Yup agree 100%, well said. I also think think its funny when people say baseball isn't pure yet think/assume/whatever that other sports are. I'm sure whatever guys in the MLB are talking are the same as guys in the NFL, NHL, NBA, WWE etc. No sport is pure, so it's not worth getting all worked up over things so like you said better off just watching it for entertainment purposes and not worry about the non sense.

 

Porcello will be/is fine and I think Miley will bounce back. Buchholz is Buchholz so he'll either pitch like Cy Young or Matt Young. I'm worried about Masterson, I don't think he's going to make it through the year in the rotation. Kelly is a mystery because he has good stuff, throws hard but has problems executing pitches.

There's not much Cherington can do right now, no teams are in sell mode and I don't think he's going to rush any of their prospects up yet. I bet he goes them until the middle of May to see. Then I bet Brian Johnson and Matt Barnes get the first calls up.

As far as trades goes I still don't think Hamels is a real option, I bet they're looking more at the 2nd tier of pitchers like Scott Kazmir, Kyle Lohse, Matt Garza, those types.

I'm also pretty worried about their pen too. The team is a mess right now bottom line, even their bats haven't really clicked yet.

 

Would be really interesting to go into an alternative reality where Arod becomes a Red Sox in 2004. Fans would have absolutely loved the guy, something that never happened in NY and who knows if the PED stuff would have ever come out in 2009ish(?). Schilling claims the Sox wouldn't have won in 2004 with Arod on the team because he didn't have the "Idiot Personality" but who knows.

 

Hanley has a little Manny in him when you really have no clue what he's thinking. No I didn't think Warren threw at him but clearly Hanley did for whatever reason. I also thought it was stupid for Mujica to hit Ellsbury, especially at that point and situation in the game.

 

Like most beanball wars, it was silly and no reason for it. And yeah there are like 1000000000 other things I'd rather do then get hit by a Betances or Andrew Miller fastball.

 

I actually like listening to Schilling talk pitching. Say what you want about him personally but he knows pitching. He made some good points about Kelly last night, especially when he was breaking down Teixeira's first inning HR.

 

He also made some bad points about pitching already this year too. He downright embarrassed himself one telecast I was watching.

 

Why? What did he say?

 

He was talking about Carlos Martinez(of the Cards), and was saying his front knee shouldn't lock out. When asked why that was bad he babbled for 20 seconds before he even got a word out.

Then said he didn't finish in the "phone booth".

Many pitching experts herald Martinez as having some of the best mechanics in the game.


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Tom Koehler is a scrub... Harper with 3 at bats 3 homeruns and just the fifth inning so far today.Each ball located at the same spot. Asshat.

 

See how the elbow starts forward before hand and ball gets up to where arm is 90 degrees?






Alex Cobb for TJ? Not surprising...Late arm action is an epidemic in the game.

 

Sox clearly need to make some changes. Matt Barnes is being moved to the pen and should be called up shortly as the Sox really need a power arm in the pen. Rusney Castillo should be called up soon too now that he's off the minor league DL and playing, plus I think he can help spark the offense at the bottom of the order. I'm worried about Masterson, his velocity just hasn't returned, I bet they give him 1 more start then if he doesn't have it move him to the pen as a right handed specialist.

Good thing is everyone else in the AL kind of stinks too so Sox are only 4 games back in the East and 5 games back from a wild card spot. Still early but Sox need to start playing better.

EDIT: And just like that the Sox DFA Mujica and will be calling up Barnes.

 

Man I can't wait to read this book. And after hearing Pedro's hour long interview with Francesa the other day really made be miss that Sox/Yankee rivarly from 1999 to 2004. Nothing was better than those games, especially in 2003 and 2004. Now we're stuck watching semi-boring 4 hour long games with no juice or energy in the stands or on the field.

 

Red Sox just fired pitching coach Juan Nieves.

Time to hire Pedro, right?

 

So I guess Jorge Posada has a book coming out too:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...-posada-reveals-bitter-core-article-1.2216846

Seems like it might be semi-interesting, it doesn't sound like Posada likes Girardi (of course there had been rumors that the two never got along even when they were teammates) and the Yankee clubhouse is definitely different once Torre left, it seems like clubhouses are much different now then 10 years ago. He also talks about the game in 2011, where he refused to play because he was suppose to bat 9th, which for some reason he gets a free pass with the media and fans. And of course Posada touches on the Pedro/Zimmer 2003 incident.

One thing that always kind of annoyed me with Pedro's pitch to Garcia that no one ever brings up was Garcia ducked so the pitch is much closer to his head, if he stays in his stance it would have hit him in the numbers. I do wonder if Posada will address Pedro's claim that Posada started the jawing at Pedro by talking about his mother and when Pedro was pointing at his head Pedro was saying "I will remember that" and not the narrative that Pedro was going to hit Posada in the head.

Anyway I'm sure it's probably a must read if you're a Yankee fan you grew up during the glory days.

 

See I think Posada is a big enough jerk in real life that it would possibly make for an interesting read because there's potential that wouldn't hold back, unlike someone like Jeter, Bernie or Rivera whose books would be incredibly PC/vanilla because they're too classy and wouldn't want to cause trouble.

 

He talks about Pedro in the book and how he doesn't think he's a man because he threw at people's heads. Wonder if he'll say the same thing about his teammate Roger Clemens or if he talks about the Piazza stuff.

Just because he was friends and around those vanilla guys doesn't mean the book will be bad. I mean think about all the characters he was around like Arod, Sheffield, David Wells, O'Neill, Johnny Damon etc. I doubt it will be a tell all bash book but it could be interesting especially if he gets into the Yankee Torre years, much like how Torre's book was interesting.

As far as Arod, I think if he decides to ever write a tell all it would be amazing, assuming everything he writes/says isn't 99.9999% BS. Just the stuff with his "feud" with Jeter alone would be worth it. Of course if Arod ever did write bad stuff about Jeter he wouldn't be allowed back in the tri-state area for the rest of his life. But imagine him dishing dirt on Jeter, the Yankees etc. It would be gold.

 

Tonight...syndergaard vs arrieta. Better yet Syndergaard vs Bryant. This could be fun

 

arod? You mean lightning rod

 

Betting the "Run scored in the first inning" has been a money maker this season for the Yankees.

 

I love Justin Masteron and Shane Victorino but I think it's time to cut the cord on both of them.

 

He's throwing mid to upper 80s with his fastball, not striking anyone out and walking guys left and right. He's either hurt or done as a SPer.

Yes everyone is starting off slow but Masterson hasn't been good in a year and a half and is on a 1 year deal, Sox shouldn't and can't afford to wait around and see if he can turn it around.

I'm sure the offense will turn it around, because assuming everyone is healthy there's no reason they won't, too much talent. Even the SPers have had some bad luck and their advanced numbers suggest they haven't pitched as badly as their normal numbers say but it's starting to get late early (Happy Birthday Yogi).