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Post by potentpotables on Mar 28, 2024 12:53:02 GMT -5
As an eternal optimist, I do see a path for the Pirates to contend for a wildcard.
- Hayes is maybe the best defensive player in the game; if he hits like August/Sept last year, that's a 5-6 win season. - Cruz is going to hit missiles and steal bags, and be an average defensive shortstop because of his range (length) and cannon. Another 5 win guy possible. - Reynolds is steady, 3 win guy. - Triolo at second, if he hits league average, should be good enough defensively to be among the best in the game, and Michael Taylor still can really field in center. - Henry Davis breaks out with his bat, catching defense is maybe a bit below average. Robot umps now! Make "framing" a non-skill. - The rotation is short, but Jared Jones is a top 100 guy, and Skenes supposedly the best pitching prospect since Stras. Of course, TINSTAAPP (iykyk). Still, that lengthens the rotation a bit, and Martin Perez can eat some innings. - the pen, once Mlodzinski and Holderman come off the IL, is one of the best in the game with Bednar and Chapman. Innings 7-9 should be in safe hands with those four.
Optimistic for 85 wins! I think less is most likely, but 85 wins is contending into the last week of the season for a WC.
It's really tough to rule out any team of a playoff spot before the season. Most of the worst teams play in questionable divisions, so you can really make a case for anyone. Hope springs eternal.
It's really tough to rule out any team of a playoff spot before the season. Most of the worst teams play in questionable divisions, so you can really make a case for anyone. Hope springs eternal.
Happy opening day to all
I think you'd have a hard time making a case for the Rockies, Royals, White Sox, maybe Nats...but otherwise, with 3 wild cards, very true!
Post by Capital Cincy on Mar 28, 2024 13:22:17 GMT -5
I don't know enough about the league to make predictions but I think Reds will get a wildcard spot as long as Friedl and McLain get healthy quick and our pitching is half decent
It's really tough to rule out any team of a playoff spot before the season. Most of the worst teams play in questionable divisions, so you can really make a case for anyone. Hope springs eternal.
Happy opening day to all
I think you'd have a hard time making a case for the Rockies, Royals, White Sox, maybe Nats...but otherwise, with 3 wild cards, very true!
Rockies would be a longshot but I really just can't take it as a given that someone is going to run away with the AL Central.
It's really tough to rule out any team of a playoff spot before the season. Most of the worst teams play in questionable divisions, so you can really make a case for anyone. Hope springs eternal.
Happy opening day to all
I think you'd have a hard time making a case for the Rockies, Royals, White Sox, maybe Nats...but otherwise, with 3 wild cards, very true!
The Red Sox aren't really trying, and their owner is now a cheap bastard.
Post by piggy pablo on Mar 28, 2024 19:25:04 GMT -5
I drafted a fantasy baseball team for the first time ever. Ten team league:
C - Yainer Diaz 1B - Bryce Harper 2B - Ozzie Albies 3B - Jose Ramirez SS - Trea Turner OF - Michael Harris, Spencer Steer, Jordan Walker Util - Elly De La Cruz (3B, SS)
Bench - J. Lowe (OF), Naylor (1B), Z. Gelof (2B)
SPs - Skubal, Sale, Grayson Rodriguez, Verlander, Sonny Gray
Post by RyDolla$ign on Mar 29, 2024 8:59:54 GMT -5
One game and its the A's, but I'm feeling good about this team. Feels like their is more energy than last year and the young guys look more confident at the plate. As long as he is able to adjust to playing in the OF, I think Tyler Freeman will be a big upgrade over Myles Straw offensively. Shane Bieber was lights out and his fastball velocity was back up. If he and the rest of the rotation can stay healthy, could be a good year.
Post by piggy pablo on Mar 31, 2024 12:34:20 GMT -5
The city of Oakland is offering the A's a five year lease to continue playing there while the Vegas ballpark is being built. It's supposed to be finished in 2028.
The city of Oakland is offering the A's a five year lease to continue playing there while the Vegas ballpark is being built. It's supposed to be finished in 2028.
Part of the deal is allowing the city to find a buyer who will keep them in Oakland, isn't it? That seems like a deal breaker. How are they going to build a stadium in Vegas while maybe not having a team?
Post by piggy pablo on Mar 31, 2024 18:54:35 GMT -5
The document obtained by ESPN and KGO-TV in San Francisco reportedly reveals that the City of Oakland has dropped many of the demands in the original draft of the lease extension. Instead, the city is asking MLB to pick one of three options: facilitate the sale of the A's to a local ownership group; leave the A's colors and name in Oakland (meaning the team in Vegas would have a new name, mascot, and colors); or give Oakland a "one-year exclusive right to solicit ownership of a future expansion team."
Two items have reportedly remained on the offer. First, the lease term would be for five years with an opt-out after three. And the A's would be required to pay a $97 million extension fee, which is nonrefundable even of the team opts out after three years.
The figure of $97 million is symbolic. Via ESPN:
The $97 million — the shortfall the city says Fisher walked away from on the multibillion-dollar Howard Terminal project — is what [Oakland chief of staff Leigh] Hanson says the city needs from the A's to help Oakland's $170 million general fund deficit. She indicated the city will earmark those funds to cover public-safety expenses.
As someone who's an enthusiastic but still pretty green baseball fan - what's a good way to keep up with the stats of individual pitchers?
For starting pitchers ERA is still a solid metric (or even ERA+ if you want more in depth analytics). WHIP is still good too imo. Wins & Loses are completely antiquated though and don't tell a full story of a player at all. A lot of people like FIP now as well. K/9 is a go-to for me if I'm looking at how a dominant a pitcher is or can be. K/BB to a lesser extent too. Of course WAR is an all-around value metric but its accumulative so it also doesn't necessarily give a complete picture.
They should just have Fisher sell the team and keep the A's in the East Bay.
I think everyone would win in this scenario. Hope that's what happens. Vegas and baseball just seems weird, and if they really want a team they can throw their hat in the ring for expansion.
The stadium plan in Vegas is just weird too. Why only 30k seats?
If you were forced to bear witness to the attendance of every A's game you'd probably think 30k was a reasonable number, too.
Tbh probably because they mostly expect it to be tourists and don't expect to sell a lot of season tickets. Probably also anticipate a ton of gambling revenue, so don't need as many to attend to make bank.
Most fastballs sacrifice something. Whether it’s in the vertical approach angle (VAA), the induced vertical break (IVB), the velocity, or the extension, there generally needs to be some sort of tradeoff between these factors due to the limitations of the human body. Tall pitchers generally throw harder and extend further off the mound but struggle to release the ball low to the ground, making it difficult to create a tricky vertical approach angle. Smaller pitchers, on the other hand, might not have as much extension or velocity but have an easier time getting low at release, allowing for a flat approach angle that confounds hitters. The necessity of making these tradeoffs is true for everyone besides, apparently, the Pirates rookie Jared Jones, who posits an alternative theory: What if a fastball sacrificed nothing?