MLB Baseball 2017

[D3f3nd3r]

(FYI 2017 is going to be your year, 2018 too, to win the World Series, but once you have to legitimately pay the pitchers more than MLB minimum you won't want to do that)

[Glork]

I'm pretty sure that people still believe the Royals don't stand a chance.

[T-Bone]

(FYI 2017 is going to be your year, 2018 too, to win the World Series, but once you have to legitimately pay the pitchers more than MLB minimum you won't want to do that)

It's not the fans that don't want to spend any money...

[T-Bone]

BUMP

TOPIC CHANGE

OKAY

My favorite part of the season is that the Mets are using pitchers as pinch runners and hitters.

Tonight, Zach Wheeler pinched hit for Matt Harvey. He then ripped out a double. Can't believe we survived two years without his bat.

If the AL would get rid of the DH things would be much better.

[Lil Uzi Vert]

Red Sox fan here.

Still a lot of baseball left to play, including seven more games with the Yankees. We've won six straight now. Hopefully we can pull off a 10-12 game streak like we did toward the end of last year. That would most likely seal the division.

[D3f3nd3r]

Red Sox fan here.

Still a lot of baseball left to play, including seven more games with the Yankees. We've won six straight now. Hopefully we can pull off a 10-12 game streak like we did toward the end of last year. That would most likely seal the division.

[Lil Uzi Vert]

Red Sox fan here.

Still a lot of baseball left to play, including seven more games with the Yankees. We've won six straight now. Hopefully we can pull off a 10-12 game streak like we did toward the end of last year. That would most likely seal the division.

I absolutely would not be surprised to see him turn into the modern equivalent of Ryan Howard. Had an amazing call-up season and MVP season early in his career, does decently well at an All-Star level for a few years before becoming wildly average.

[D3f3nd3r]

As long as he falls apart after 2023 once he becomes a free agent, I don't care.

[Nero Cain]

I'm a fan of Kuroi's spitballs

[TwoInAMillion]

Can't believe the Mariners are still in the wild card race with all their injuries and the brutal august road schedule. They are showing a lot of resiliance which bodes well for the future. Now if we could just get a decent farm system instead of trading away all our good players.

[Lil Uzi Vert]

If they can take 2 out of 4 against the Angels and then win the Oriole's series, they'll be in good shape heading into Tampa.

[TwoInAMillion]

Anthony Rizzo of the Cubs has a triple and a single in four at bats with 3 innings remaining. Small chance for the cycle.

[Lil Uzi Vert]

Fastest Cub to reach a 100 RBI in a season since Sammy

[TwoInAMillion]

Fastest Cub to reach a 100 RBI in a season since Sammy

And sammy has an asterisk.

[T-Bone]

Cleveland Indians set a record today. That's pretty exciting.

[Mulch]

Go Braves!

[Lil Uzi Vert]

Cleveland Indians set a record today. That's pretty exciting.

Literally is borderline impossible, given the variance and parity that exists in baseball today. Truly remarkable run.

[D3f3nd3r]

The record was 21 though, so they need one more to top it.

[Lil Uzi Vert]

Playoff picture is set!

Thoughts? Predictions?

I'll start by going with both home teams in the Wild Card Games. I then see Boston of course and Cleveland advancing to the ALCS while the Dodgers host the Nationals in the NLCS. I dare not venture any further at this point.

[D3f3nd3r]

Neither the Dodgers nor the Nationals will make the NLCS. The Rockies will make it to the World Series and get swept by (probably) Cleveland.

[TwoInAMillion]

ALCS: Astros and Indians
NLCS: Diamondbacks and Cubs

World Series: Astros and Cubs

Winner: Astros in 7

[Lil Uzi Vert]

I think people still don’t realize we’re a pretty good team for post-season baseball. We have an ace, a lights-out pen, good speed, and good defense except at 3B. The last two games have shown me that the D.S. could be a coin flip. Benintendi will have to turn it around. To me, he's the key. I think Fister starts game 3, and I feel confident that he will give a poised, professional performance. It'll be interesting to see if Farrell starts Hanley at DH, or if Nunez fills that role. It's difficult to justify keeping Nuney out of the line-up if he can swing and run. There are a lot of ways to get him into the lineup including DHing Devers, or even benching Pedroia.
 

[pickemgenius]

ROCKTOBER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

[Aronis]

My Predictions:
NYY>MIN
COL>ARI (I feel like Arizona's the better team, but with the way Gray's been pitching, I'd prefer to have him over Greinke rn and even if Greinke outperforms Gray, Rodney could easily implode)

CLE>NYY
HOU>BOS (both of these are no-brainers imo, Houston and Cleveland are much more complete teams than those two)
LAD>COL
CHC>WAS (Washington is beat up and the Cubs are looking good, this should be a piece of cake for Chicago)

HOU>CLE
LAD>CHC (revenge for last year )

LAD>HOU

[D3f3nd3r]

ROCKTOBER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I’d say ROCKVEMBER but obviously I’d rather the Yanks sweep their way to a WS win, which would mean no November baseball.