MLB Regular Season 2021

[snuffbox]

I don't think San Diego's doing it on purpose, though.

 

[strummer]

Errr, I meant gone in the tank (was going off treble's post)

Mets, Red Sox, Pads, Jays have all plummeted at the same time. Phils too to an extent

 

[snuffbox]

I was hoping the Reds would've given up weeks ago. But no. I hope Milwaukee can take 2 of 3 starting tomorrow night.

 

[strummer]

We also could be headed for a Red Sox/Yankee wildcard play in game which MLB would cream themselves over.

 

[alkeiper]

Last year the MLB season was only 60 games. I think teams and pitching staffs flat out running out of gas could be more of a thing than usual.

 

[snuffbox]

Definitely.

 

[strummer]

going into yesterday's game the Mets had held a lead just once in their last 70 innings

 

[treble]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429876589882449927

The whole team can't hit in high leverage situations, but it seems impossible to not even luck into a bloop single here or there over 19 plate appearances.

 

[alkeiper]

Have you seen Jarred Kelenic this season?

 

[King Kamala]

5 Texas Rangers players test positive for COVID-19

Five members of the Texas Rangers are now on the injured reserved list after testing positive for COVID-19.

www.fox4news.com

Brock Holt visited a pediatric cancer ward during Rangers series with Red Sox this weekend so this could potentially be bad...

 

[alkeiper]

This caught my eye looking at the Orioles. In July they played 22 games, scored 97 runs. 4.4 per game. In August they've scored 64 runs in 21 games, 3.0 per game. But their OPS is actually higher this month than last. Without digging through all the stats they're hitting .153/.211/220 with Runners in scoring position this month with is absolutely Grichuk-esqe. That all probably doesn't matter though because opposing batters have a .935 OPS this month. Essentially Orioles' opponents are the equivalent of facing Edgar Martinez every at bat.

 

[alkeiper]

Bryce Harper in his last 50 games:
.335/.460/.682. 12 HRs, 35 RBIs, 40 BBs, 21 2Bs. Harper's OPS+ in three seasons with the Phillies is 148, higher than it was with the Nationals.

 

[strummer]

Add the Reds to the teams who seem to be collapsing down the stretch. This is pretty unreal. It's probably happened before but I sure as hell don't remember it. Al is probably right that teams are running out of steam after last year's shortened season.

America's true team the magic aided Cardinals are going to swoop in and snag the last wildcard spot at this rate

 

[alkeiper]

I tuned into the Brewers’ game in time to see Vogelbach’s grand slam. Of the playoff front runners they’re the team I most want to see make a deep run.

 

[snuffbox]

To win like that versus the Cardinals made it even better. I admit, I want this to finally to be their year.

 

[King Kamala]

There's a chance that all the Wisconsin pro sports teams could win championships this year. Could this bode well for Brody's POTY tournament chances?

No...TSM doesn't have a POTY tournament anymore.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Salvador Perez is (quietly) going nuts over in Kansas City. He's put up a 130 OPS+ with 41 HR and 102 RBI at age 31.

 

[strummer]

Garrett Cole just left the Yankees/Blue Jays game with an apparent injury

 

[alkeiper]

MLB Hall of Fame induction today. Kudos to Larry Walker, Ted Simmons, Marvin Miller and anyone else the Hall is inducting today.

 

[snuffbox]

He's still inconsistent, sometimes wildly so, but Luis Urias is becoming one of my favorites.

 

[alkeiper]

The Brewers' starting pitching has been awfully good this year. Starters' ERA of 3.14 is the lowest in team history.

 

[snuffbox]

While Burnes, Woodruff, and Peralta (rightly) got a lot of attention, Hauser and Lauer have quietly gotten better and better all year long. And those 2 have had the best starts for the team the last few weeks! It has been incredible to watch. Brett Anderson has been cursed by injuries all season but he's done his job well enough when he's been out there.

For over a year, it looked like Stearns got bamboozled on the San Diego trade. Trent Grisham and they flipped Davies for Darvish. Lauer and Urias the inverse of that for Milwaukee to start. Now, I'm as confident when Lauer takes the mound as when Woodruff does. And Urias has 19 home runs already and has played well at 2nd, 3rd, and shortstop (where he had last night's circus catch).

 

[sfaJack]

Anyone noticed some of the eye-popping attendance figures yesterday?

TEX/ARZ: 6,354
MIN/CLE: 11,037
DET/PIT: 8,382
NYM/MIA: 6,378
CHW/OAK: 8,147
KC/BAL: 4,965 (all time low for OPACY; "shatters" the record of 4,981 set the night before)

 

[Hawk 34]

Well with the exception of Oakland, all those towns are out of the playoff picture, school is back in session and there is this pesky pandemic floating around so I suppose those numbers look about what they should be.

 

[King Kamala]

I think Oakland has always had attendance issues, outside of the Bash Brothers era.

I'm honestly amazed that they are still around. I guess it helps probably having one of the wealthiest fanbases in the country? Them having one of the wealthiest fanbases in the country? This is purely speculation. I know Oakland is historically poor but they're surrounded by (and what fans they have are) mostly Bay Area techbros?

 

[909]

I think the main problem is that tickets for bad baseball teams cost too much. They don't really cost a lot in some cases but they cost too much to pay to watch such a bad team. Field level for the Orioles and D-Backs costs between 50-165 bucks. Would you pay 200 dollars to take your family of four to an Orioles game? It's hard to believe anyone would be willing to pay that. Back in the 80s when baseball was more popular tickets cost almost nothing.

 

[alkeiper]

Lack of season/group ticket sales to prop up the numbers. Weekday day baseball after Labor Day is a tough sell

 

[King Kamala]

Chris Sale tested positive for COVID and will miss his next start. Red Sox might find a way to blow it after all...

 

[alkeiper]

Hell of a piece on Stan Jefferson, former MLB player and NYC police officer.

Stanley Jefferson, former Met and NYC cop, still haunted by his 9/11 experience | FOX Sports

Stanley Jefferson was a Met and then an NYC cop, which is why he's still dealing with the pain of 9/11, Alex Coffey writes.

www.foxsports.com

 

[Mickey Massuco]

This Yankees collapse is pretty wild. Not having a lead throughout a four-game home stand against a divisional rival would have George Constanza rolling in his grave.