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BOS:Travis Shaw forced out with shin contusion
TEX:Colby Lewis (lat) to miss at least two months
SEA:Taijuan Walker (foot) won't start on Friday
TOR:Russell Martin cranks three-run homer vs ARI
CHC:Montero knee injury not considered serious
CHC:Anthony Rizzo exits with back stiffness
NYY:Sabathia (ankle) X-rays come back negative
STL:Aledmys Diaz goes 3-for-4 with HR vs. Cubs
STL:Wacha beats Arrieta, Cardinals sweep Cubs
HOU:Will Harris allows run but earns sixth save
NYM:Matz (elbow) reports no discomfort after BP
PIT:Orioles showing interest in Francisco Liriano
You may respond to this post if your team have won every home game this month
>>68834452
*has
First and second for Injuns
a fucking leaf
American-made thread is this way
>>68834388
>>68834388
>>68834388
Royals
Jays
>>68834514
just take the L with your late, mest-centric thread
>>68834514
your thread was created later and posted later
sorry
>Pie Rats in charge of holding a lead
A's
>>68834617
How fucked are they?
windians!
DON'T FORGET ABOUT DG'S UP TO DATE NL CY YOUNG RANKINGS!
1. Clayton Kershaw 5.7 WAR
2. Noah Syndergaard 3.8 WAR
3. Stephen Strasburg 3.7 WAR
4. Johnny Cueto 3.2 WAR
5. Jose Fernandez 3.1 WAR
Hello darkness my old friend
![jose-reyes-smiles[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cHPqquN.jpg "jose-reyes-smiles[1].jpg")
miss me yet, Mets?
Buck truck rolls on
Flaherty with his first career hit, run, RBI, homer, and reaching on an error
>>68834756
>no WPA/LI
Shit rankings, it's like you don't even know anything about amateur sabermetrics
>>68834802
>L10
>2-8
wew
Are you fuck niggas ready for the return?
>Syndermeme finally headed for Tommy John
KEK
I wonder if that weeaboo mets tripfag will ever post here again. Months and months of posting exploding_elbows.webm and it finally happens. LOL.
Is there any better feeling in sports than seeing meme teams get absolutely exposed? There's no way that shitty no offense, injury prone team will ever compete again. I hope Metsfags enjoyed their 1 year of moderate success lmao.
>>68834725
Will we always be bros because of Shapiro and Atkins?
i want to die
>>68834961
>saying "fuck niggas"
lewd
>>68834802
today was a good day, FaM
>koji
>>68834916
And Ubaldo Houdini-ing out of designating again
>Bombston
>>68835036
I thought the Mariners were going to be a rival within the division. I had a feeling they would shit the bed and give the division to the Rangers I just didn't think it would be this soon.
Feels boring when you are Far and away the best team and no other team can give you a good series.
>>68835116
You're alright in my book Canada
who /sweeps tomorrow/ here
>>68835248
I wouldn't count the astros out just yet.
>>68835306
Astros have no chance against the Rangers regardless of what they do
>>68835303
oh fuck its a 4 game series! i thought we just got swept. wow
>>68835248
Well you thought wrong dumbass
MiLB worker here
>veteran player released this morning
>tfw see him around the ballpark during the game today thanking the host families, vendors, radio crew, saying goodbye to the bullpen and grounds crew
>Phillies can't end an inning unless they are trailing
>>68835338
This is true the rags own them head to head. I'm intrigued by them during the 2nd half. They have way too much talent to be this shit.
>>68835234
I still don't trust the Who's with a lead like that.
>Tigers BP at this very moment
>>68834756
>almost 6 WAR near the ASB
anyone think Kersh will finish with 10+ WAR? 12? Last time a pitcher not named Kershaw got that high was Pedro Martinez, who had about 11.5 in based 1999 or 2000, idr which. Might have been another season like that since then too
>Pitchers keep dying and sucking
The price for Teheran just keeps going up. Either else on the market is either garbage or damaged g oods.
>>68835384
RIP you dusty old fart
>>68835549
fucking autocomplete
>>68834992
>Jays have Shapiro and Atkins from Indians
>Indians have Tito from BoSox
Awkward triangle
>>68834802
>>68835036
Keep the faith M's
>>68835408
I concur. I don't know what happened to them and I'm not gonna say last year was a fluke for them
holy shit farrell is such a faggot
John Farrell is such a shit GM it's unbelievable.
>Asking for a review
Lmao what a faggot
>>68836042
And by GM I would skipper oops
What even happened?
>>68836027
>>68836042
>>68836156
bogaerts doubled, farrell thought it was a home run, so he challenged. call was upheld. double
two batters later, chris young hits an obvious foul ball (like 2 feet foul) and farrell goes HURR DURR I WANNA CHALLENGE THAT ONE TOO DERPITY DERP
he wasn't granted the second challenge
>>68835471
yeah, he had 11.8 in 2000. since then a few other pitchers got 10+, too
>Randy Johnson (10.8, 2002)
>Greinke (10.4, 2009)
Greinke had 9.9 last year, too.
>shitty team shelling out $$$ to placate a star pitcher who will wither away in the desert
>the city of the D-Backs
>the city of greinke's 2016 stats
>>68836042
he's the manager. Dombrowski is the GM
>>68834974
>the buttblasted cuckshed of (you)
KEK
who /losingstreak/ here?
THOR IS OK
>the nuclear wasteland of kansass shitty
>>68834974
checking in with a (you)
you jinxed it, bud
whoever your team is, thor will probably rip it a new asshole in the playoffs now
hope you're happy senpai
Are the Injuns legit?
>Pirates
>>68836493
I hope so
>bombston "bullpen"
>>68836674
Other than price, wright and kimbrel, who the fuck do they have for pitching?
>>68836576
yo no lie that was a sick throw
>>68836712
wright is the best pitcher in the american league though
>>68836753
But he only pitches every 5 days though.
>wright is the best pitcher in the american league though
AYE PHILLIES TAKE A 4-2 LEAD OHYEAH BABY A TRIPLE
ALSO TEH TWINS JERSEYS ARE SICK
DID YOU KNOW JULIO URIAS IS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD?
>>68836909
the nationals better light this kid up
i'm gonna be fucking steamed if the dodgers sweep the nats
>>68836960
they're doing it right now
>roid sux
l m a o t b h
m
a
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t
b
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>the "wins" part of the Twins uniform is abnormally far apart from the "T" part
Refuse 2 lose
>bumstun
>>68836909
Whats up with his eye?
Wait...what's this "division lead" I keep hearing about?
>the phillies will never finish an inning with a lead in your lifetime
>>68835396
>immediately blowing a 3-run lead
>>68836712
Taz is pretty great desu, really reliable (though I'm not watching the apparent BP massacre right now)
Also
>price is the worst pitcher signing since Mike Hampton
anyone notice how the phillies road uniforms look a lot like the Blue Jays home uniform?
>>68837352
>price is the worst pitcher signing
Big game james is here to prove you wrong
Sup guys how's it going?
Me? Oh you know just enjoying being the best team in the league.
>>68837463
Shields is throwing a CGSO tomorrow
>>68837496
The arcade league maybe
but competition's not exactly stiff there
>>68837352
holy shit I just realized
>price has been the worst pitcher signing since Mike Hampton
>twice
>mfw I have no face
>the city of dave dombrowski
t. a Red Sox fan
how do you stop this meme team?
>Bruce horper
>letting a rookie strike you out
>mvp
>>68837664
face them in the world series
>>68837664
wait for their run differential to catch up with them
>>68837664
>7 games against the T___s coming up
They're going to meme their way to the best record in MLB by the ASG
>>68837395
Not really.
>>68837664
give them one strike to win the WS in 6 games
>>68837732
no, cause Cubs get 7 games vs the Reds/Braves in the same span
>>68837740
I just think the stripes on the sleeves and pants are similar
>>68837693
I kinda want Beltre (now a top-10 GOAT third baseman of the live era btw) win it all though. he's still a legit madman at what, 38?
ok does corey seagar even have competition for roty
not a dodgers fan either
>>68838015
Trevor Story and that guy the Cubs just called up
>>68837952
Beltre is a Top 5 greatest 3rd basemen of the live ball era
I was watching the the Dodgers game, and while they were flashing back to 2002, this popped up.
I'm sure most of you that jump from baseball video to baseball video on Youtube are familiar with it.
>Syndergaard MRI shows no damage
TJSfags BTFO. Who can stop this madman?
>>68838254
>implying this isn't just the beginning
>>68838254
>Colon hurt
>Syndermeeme hurt
>De Grom injury prone
>Matz injury prone
>Wheleer hurt
>Harvey shit
>Cespedes hurt
>Murphy a National
>Wright's career is over
>Darnaud hurt
>Conforto shit
>rest of the mest roster shitty and irrelevant
>>68837952
for those wondering, here's the top 10 live-ball 3B by JAWS (sorting by WAR is very similar)
>Schmidt
>Mathews
>Boggs
>Brett
>Beltre
>Chipper
>Santo
>Robinson
>Molitor
>Scott Rolen
Edgar Martinez is #11 fwiw
>>68838423
Edgar Martinez does not count as a 3B
>>68838517
> my opinion is dogshit and everything i say is wrong
>"Top three candidates for rookie of the year are all rookies"
Quality analysis from John Smoltz
>>68838579
he meant true rookies in the sense that they made their debuts this season. don't be a pedant
>>68838517
Just like David Ortiz isn't a 1B, right? stale bait m8
>>68838665
I would not include Ortiz when talking about great 1Bs either
Memeietta has been exposed
>>68838801
>yfw Arrieta cucks Kershaw out of another Cy Young
>>68838713
until they establish a DH category in the Hall (on the7th of never at this point), the HOF has to go by their primary field position. ergo Edgar is a 3b and David is a 1b
how the fuck do all of these dodgers southpaws get that killer curveball
do they like harvest them or something
>>68838966
If either of them gets in then yes they should establish a DH category
>>68834352
>Memeiners
>Doyers
>defense
Yo is anybody watching the dodgers game
Can I get a webm of the dude on the bench facepalming after the dropped foul ball
When did everything go so right?
>>68839066
>Lastros have a better chance at the Playoffs than the Memeiners
TOP KEK
>>68839012
heartily agreed. keep in mind, too, that there are already HOFers who played a LOT of time at DH (I think Rod Carew was one notable iirc) and are still considered fielders instead.
Personally, I'm for both getting in, but the way things are going I think they'll be VC cases or get shut out completely before their 10 years run out
Edgar Martinez is deserving of HOF
David Ortiz is not
>>68839066
Felix will literally never pitch in the postseason
http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69490714/v846575183/sfpit-strikeemout-throwemout-ends-ballgame/?cid=mlb
>Trying a Hit-and-Run on Buster
>>68839066
Those playoff odds things are kind of a load desu
This dude Harper stuck out 3x against Urias and at the third AB he got his ass in an 0-2 on two swings.
>>68839493
Harper is so fucking shit it's not funny.
>>68839538
>>68839493
HEY
FUCK YOU
>>68839493
It's almost like he's an overrated meme or something
>>68839572
WHERE'S
I've seen enough.
Julio Urias is the next Kershaw.
This dude striking out 14K/9 over his last three starts.
>yfw he passed Molina in career WAR
>two half innings of an interview
Can't wait til ESPN dies desu
>>68839881
Me too bro. I have fucking loathed ESPN baseball coverage for over a decade.
>>68834974
top kek
How old is Julio Urias fám?
>>68840098
HE'S A TEENAGER!
2017 1st overall draft pick here we come
>>68840279
Not if the Barves have anything to say, loser.
>>68840279
>implying
>>68840279
kek weren't the lillies like 10 games over .500 at one point?
>>68837545
If the Red Memes lose to Games Shelled that might redeem the O's getting swept by Houston by a HUGE margin
>>68840193
But he's got the poise of a veteran on the mound! WOW!
>>68840318
>>68840328
>His team doesn't have a 9-game losing streak
>Julio Urias was scouted on a trip to Mexico in where the only attraction was Yasiel Puig who was holding a public workout for multiple MLB teams
>The Los Angeles Dodgers were the only club who ever spoke to Urias
Epic L for 29 major league teams.
>>68840407
yo can you beat the nationals tonight
>>68840405
>His team doesn't have an historically awful bullpen
Being a resd fan is suffering
>>68840426
shut the fuck up they need to lose so the nl west gap gets wider
the mets are a shoe in for the wildcard anyways
>>68840464
Phillies bullpen has actually been pretty garbage as of late.
>>68840426
this tbqh
>duda back when
>wright back when
>wheeler back when
is this dogs/nats gamethread
les git it
wew lad
>>68840279
>6-26 since mid-May
>about to lose 10 games in a row
>about to get swept by the team with the worst record in the league
JUST ONE FUCKING WIN IS ALL I FUCKING WANT YOU FUCKING FUCKS
FUCK
>>68840508
but we actually won tonight dad
>>68840548
>cespedes day-to-day
>wheeler still feeling ghosts in his arm
at least noah is ok
>>68840587
>>68840631
yeah well so did the giants.
i will NOT tolerate san fransisco choking away the division this year
> TFW the Rangers are only 1.5 behind the Cubs for the best record in the MLB
>>68840703
>ONE
who /courtney on mfc/ here?
all while watching baseball tonight
What is the biggest regular season choke job in the history of baseball?
2013 Giants or 2011 Bravesn?
>>68840796
2011 Barves. I hadn't felt that bad since the 96 WS.
>>68840796
The Giants choke came at like 60 games into the season. Nothing at all compared to the Braves choke.
>>68840703
>the Cubs are le 27 Yankees
>both the Cubs and Yankees have 47 wins
>the Giants have 46
The chubs and memeietta aren't even seeing the LCS desu
>>68840762
>AND A HALF GAMES
>>68840932
>AWAY
>>68840929
Rangers*
>>68840703
and only 125 runs behind them for best run differential
>>68840954
>FROM BEST RECORD IN MLB
>>68840703
>tfw only 2.5 back from them
>tfw only 1 from you
>>68840977
>>68840703
>>68841055
>still on top
>>68841108
>fucking dying over here
Who /FACING TWO FRAME JAMES/ tomorrow?
How many home runs will we hit? Should I grab my glove and go catch some?
>>68841108
but not for long lad. savor it.
>>68841164
You going to somehow mystically tank, earning a side bar in the Who's exhibit at the MoMA.
>>68838251
god damn i watched that game live
the best part was that armando was always pretty mediocre so it came out of fucking nowhere
damn you jim joyce
;_____;7
>>68841164
I can't wait to see him fuck it up.
>>68841164
>implying he won't throw a no hitter
>>68840688
idk you guys seem like you're the much better team this year, even in pitching
kershaw is the best pitcher in baseball but he's only one guy, kenley is the only other "great" pitcher on that team
>>68840796
>What is the biggest regular season choke job in the history of baseball?
51 dodgers
>13.5 game lead in august
>>68841160
>tfw you sent the phillies in this tailspin
forgive us, phillies
>>68841184
even if we were to fall behind this week, we'd be firmly back on top by the all star break
Here are some major team stats and where the Rangers rank in the AL
>Pitching
ERA: 3.94 (4th)
FIP: 4.56 (15th)
xFIP: 4.55 (14th)
fWAR: 4.4 (11th)
RA9-WAR: 10.5 (1st)
combined WAR: 7.5 (6th)
kwERA: 4.58 (15th)
SIERA: 4.48 (15th)
Rangers get fewer strikeouts than any pitching staff in the league and they walk guys (11th in the AL). Despite that they're middle of the pack in allowing line drives AND ground balls. I would have expected them to be higher in the ground ball department.
This is probably not as good of a pitching staff as it seems to be. But I think their peripheral stats will get better as the season progresses so I don't think they're in for a total pitching collapse or anything like that. Plus they will get Darvish and AJ back. In the bullpen Kela and perhaps a trade acquisition can stabilize things.
>Defense
The Rangers are the best American League team in terms of both UZR and DRS by a lot.
This is the biggest reason the pitching staff looks better than it does. They're particularly strong in getting double plays which is a real testament to their defense considering the pitching staff is not that good at inducing ground balls
>Batting
Runs: 336 (4th)
HR: 86 (6th)
BB%: 6.9% (13th)
K%: 19.0% (5th)
ISO: .164 (8th)
AVG: .265 (4th)
OBP: .321 (8th)
SLG: .429 (7th)
wOBA: .322 (5th)
wRC+: 95 (10th)
A solid offense with aggressive hitters generally. There's room for improvement here, and the good news is it can come from within. Choo getting back and staying back should help as well with either the improvement or replacement of one of Moreland/Fielder.
>Baserunning
The Rangers are 6th in the AL with 44 stolen bases, but are 2nd in terms of successful stealing base attempts (78.6%). They're 5th in the AL in baserunning overall. The rub is that if you believe BsR there's only five teams in the AL who are any good at running the bases. There's a huge gap between the Rangers and the 6th place team, the Orioles.
>>68841253
the problem is players are dropping like flies
pence and duffy are both out and the bullpen is extremely shaky. the only reason the giants are even up six games is because the dodgers hitting has been absolute dogshit and that's not going to be forever
meanwhile, at least from my perspective, the Mets have better odds at a wildcard run than a division win, so I would've thought you'd be rooting for the dodgers to go down
>>68841399
Jints are prolific chokers from April-September. It's you who should be rooting for the mest to go down.
>>68841448
DG no matter how many times you try and force this meme it isn't gonna work
>>68841399
yeah i guess, it's just kind of weird to be rooting for your division rival to win
it's not exactly like we're completely out of the race yet, we're super injured and could go on a streak when some more guys come back
and idk the dodgers just don't seem that good to me
we'll see tho
>>68841277
O's or Rsox are going to fuck them up if they meet in the playoffs
Ejohnson went 4IP with 9hits and 6ER today
Unless Tatis somehow turns serviceable, we didn't lose that much in the Shields trade.
Still horrible though. We should have got timmy jim instead. Fucking Hahn.
>>68841522
the dodgers aren't playing well which is unfortunately a far cry from not being good
i hope your guys get better soon, it sucks to have injuries drag down what would've been a winning season. at least you didn't lose your BFG
Occasional reminder that the only team in the NL West (and only team in California) not good enough to win a pennant in 27 years is the Los Angeles Dodgers.
who /superior sox/ here?
here comes the doyer vs jints flamewar
>>68841545
Erik Johnson was unredeemable shit that they kept trying and failing with year after year. Good riddance
Even though, lame James has had 4 historically bad starts so far, I still believe he has some Royals meme magic left in him
Come on Royals meme magic, don't let me down
Ramos is definitely an All-star, he's got to be
>>68841588
When you run the formulas they've actually won several. And at the same time the Giants haven't won any. Also they say that Kershaw really won the 2015 CYA.
I would share these formulas, but I don't share them.
>>68841581
yeah thank god
tfw you have a cy young candidate on your team is too good tbqh
>>68841608
>whos won the season series against the Rangers and Red Sox
Is this part of the abstract art?
>with even one win against the Blue Jays in upcoming weekend, they'll have won the season series against them too
Art
>>68841448
I'd rather choke in September, meme my way into the postseason and go Super Saiyan
Who can stop them lads?
>>68841683
lewd
>>68841656
>kc leads 2-0
>>68841265
also 2008 red sox
and idr if it was the same year but the barves choke a few years ago was pretty epic
also 1978 was pretty bad on the red sox' part, the Bucky Dent tiebreaker game only because they had a bad september while the yankees caught fire
>>68841694
this was the game we actually won
>>68841694
not to mention they dropped several runs on syndergaard after he pulled that stunt with escobar in the first pitch
then after his team bails him out and wins the game, he gets all tough in the postgame interview.
>>68841614
He used them all up on that WC game fampai
>>68840796
>With a seven-game division lead on September 12, the Mets suffered a historic collapse by losing 12 of their last 17 games and missing the postseason.
>>68840279
>>68840328
>>68840405
>>68840464
>>68840533
mfw my Resd and Fills fans in a one-up debate over who's worse
Redpill me on the Jints. I shouldn't be this fucking hyped.
>>68841865
slightly out preforming their run differential
>>68841806
Glavine choked or Willie pulled a Grady Little in that game pic? idr
>>68841865
brace for injuries
i have seen the future, and it is an AAAA outfield
>>68841906
pitched 0.1 innings, 7 earned runs
>>68841865
Bum and Cueto are legit but mildly overperforming.
They're masking a weak bench (Giants' trademark) and a bullpen that is undergoing shifts (a new Giants development)
Bauer's curveball was sexy tonight. nothing like a good curve
>>68841608
Who is the white Sox official anime mascot? Is it Taiga?
Rangers have Tomo
>>68842128
>your team
>player you feel is rotting away in the minors and the FO is too stupid to call up
Carlos Frias
>>68842128
Its been Poplar since 2009
>Chris fucking Hatcher just got Harper out with the bases loaded
this kid has done nothing all day
>>68841959
>7 ER in 1/3 IP
did Willie know he had a bullpen for things like that? fuckin hell... I'm getting a case of the feels just because he's my MA homeboy and blew up that badly in that game.
>>68842128
tomo a shit
a SHIT
also fuck poplar, isn't poplar anon the whiny faggot
I vote rin, we have a couple edits of her
if it werent for shawn "let me throw a meatball" tolleson the rangers would *****literally****** own the best record in the majors
do the jints have an anime waifu
Just a reminder that Syndergaard's little elbow flare up today is a premonition of his future
>>68842187
>fuck poplar
Fucking newfags
Is Chris Sale for sale Rangers might need him.
>>68842139
I dont watch that who is that?
>>68842171
?
>yer team
>unjust HOF reject from your team (IYO)
>Red Sawx
>Luis Tiant or Dwight Evans
>>68842187
also inami > kotori > yamada > poplar > manager > blondie
>>68842204
>new
poplar is old news, I'm the fag who makes all these images anyway
>doyers gonna lose by a run
Based washington hope you make the eries
>>68842187
>Tomo a shit
You take that back right now you faggot
>choosing someone who pleasures old men for money
disgusting
>>68842219
>jints
>inb4 >bonds
>>68842235
who if not Bonds then? JT Snow?
>the city of the nashitnals
What an absolute joke of an ending
>>68842230
>babby's first manga
holy fuck,
>gnats
>N >A >S >T
>A
>S
>T
OH
MY
FUCKING
GOD
>NATSHITALS
THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST FUCKING THING I'VE EVER SEEN
THANK
YOU
BASED
PUIG
GET
FUCKED
HATERS
did puig kiss a player?
lmao
ELITE
>michael
>a
>taylor
fucking nats
>the fucking lead wont grow
>>68842209
You don't remember 2009?
tybasedpuig
WE LOVE IT
>Nast
>THREE BASE ERROR
>NAST NAST NAST
>>68842290
>sticker
>NAST
LMAO
Lel gg nats
Jesus fucking christ nationals hahaha
FUCKING NASHITTALS ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS BEAT THE DOYERS
>>68842253
JT was nice but I'd put Thrill or Sheriff Kent in.
>>68842198
It's Yayoi
If Booby trades for Michael Taylor when Angel and Span get hurt I will reeeeeeeeeeee
>be michael a taylor
>attain a platinum sombrero in a 9-inning game
>commit a 3-base error to lose the game
HAHAHAHAHA
he's gonna kill himself tbhwy
Hahaha holy shit nats hahah
>Nots
