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We need more flair and more bad guys in baseball. I wanna see bat flips. I wanna see Tatis do ballsy shit. I wanna see Bauer run his mouth/Twitter fingers. I wanna see Joe Kelly headhunt and then be like, yeah fuck Houston afterwards.
The game got too boring, too analytical. The three true outcomes make things suck. Four hour games suck. Players with no personality aren't fun to watch.
*Scarface bad guy speech*
I'd really like to see more steals. Saw a graphic the other day about Rickey Henderson and it really feels like an uncatchable record.
I'm pretty sure analytics mostly killed it. But now that teams cycle catchers so much I feel like it could come back
Whoever writes the MLB power rankings article on the Athletic is great....
7. Chicago White Sox Record as of 8/30: 21-13 Last Power Ranking: 12
Dingers. Just an unspeakable, ungodly amount of dingers. Look at this dinger:
There are more dingers where this came from. Dingers from first base, dingers from shortstop, dingers from the outfield, dingers from their DH. It wasn’t that long ago that it looked like the White Sox were in danger of flubbing their rebuild. Tim Anderson had a .281 OBP and Yoán Moncada was good-but-not-great for a 100-loss team in 2018, with Lucas Giolito sporting the worst ERA in baseball, and it was fair to ask if that was it for a team that had gambled everything on a rebuild.
It was not it. Oh, and about that Giolito cat …
Our own James Fegan has been on the Giolito-renaissance beat for a long, long time, so it’s no surprise that he dropped a couple of golden articles about the no-hitter here and here. Giolito had already arrived but, well, he arrived again.
The White Sox can mash, and they can pitch. What’s not to like?
Album analogy: Power Trip, “Nightmare Logic.” A modern classic with more power than anyone should rightfully have. Rest in peace, Riley.
29. Boston Red Sox Record as of 8/30: 12-22 Last Power Ranking: 27
The rotation is a collection of warm bodies, and the warmth is suggested, but not required. Also, get loose, you’re starting tomorrow. The team ERA is over 6.00, which means that not only can the 2020 Orioles laugh at them, but the 2018 Orioles can laugh at them, too. And their best hitter this season, Mitch Moreland, was just traded to the Padres, so the drubbings will continue until morale improves.
If there’s good news, it’s that Jackie Bradley Jr. can make them proud, but this is one of the roughest Red Sox teams that Boston has ever had to watch.
Album analogy: Nas’ “Nastradamus.” Weren’t the Red Sox just good? Like, five seconds ago? What is this? What happened?
The album analogies sections also reference everything from Aretha to Metallica to King Woman to Weyes Blood to The Jayhawks.
Whoever writes the MLB power rankings article on the Athletic is great....
7. Chicago White Sox Record as of 8/30: 21-13 Last Power Ranking: 12
Dingers. Just an unspeakable, ungodly amount of dingers. Look at this dinger:
There are more dingers where this came from. Dingers from first base, dingers from shortstop, dingers from the outfield, dingers from their DH. It wasn’t that long ago that it looked like the White Sox were in danger of flubbing their rebuild. Tim Anderson had a .281 OBP and Yoán Moncada was good-but-not-great for a 100-loss team in 2018, with Lucas Giolito sporting the worst ERA in baseball, and it was fair to ask if that was it for a team that had gambled everything on a rebuild.
It was not it. Oh, and about that Giolito cat …
Our own James Fegan has been on the Giolito-renaissance beat for a long, long time, so it’s no surprise that he dropped a couple of golden articles about the no-hitter here and here. Giolito had already arrived but, well, he arrived again.
The White Sox can mash, and they can pitch. What’s not to like?
Album analogy: Power Trip, “Nightmare Logic.” A modern classic with more power than anyone should rightfully have. Rest in peace, Riley.
29. Boston Red Sox Record as of 8/30: 12-22 Last Power Ranking: 27
The rotation is a collection of warm bodies, and the warmth is suggested, but not required. Also, get loose, you’re starting tomorrow. The team ERA is over 6.00, which means that not only can the 2020 Orioles laugh at them, but the 2018 Orioles can laugh at them, too. And their best hitter this season, Mitch Moreland, was just traded to the Padres, so the drubbings will continue until morale improves.
If there’s good news, it’s that Jackie Bradley Jr. can make them proud, but this is one of the roughest Red Sox teams that Boston has ever had to watch.
Album analogy: Nas’ “Nastradamus.” Weren’t the Red Sox just good? Like, five seconds ago? What is this? What happened?
The album analogies sections also reference everything from Aretha to Metallica to King Woman to Weyes Blood to The Jayhawks.
That's Grant Brisbee, formerly of SBNation. He is an amazing writer.
"After two amazing albums, there was a scandal involving Osbourne tinkling on the Alamo. A scandal involving a beloved Texas institution! If that’s not a direct, obvious analogy, I’m not sure what is. But even after all that, 'Bark at the Moon' was still pretty good. "
Astros getting zero ROI on that Verlander extension.
yeah probably should've just let him get healthy instead of pushing him into the restart. If the season would've started regularly he would've missed a ton of time but had a better recovery period being w the team.
Since I did ok at picking the playoff teams I will continue the prognostication of the first round:
Twins over Astros Rays over Jays Yankees over Indians (yuk, hope I’m wrong) White Sox over A’s
Braves over Reds (hope I’m wrong again) Marlins over Cubs (upset special—young marlin pitchers should stymie cold cubs bats) Dodgers over Brewers Cardinals over Padres (love the Padres bats but the recent injuries to Lamet and clevenger are worrisome)
Last year I picked a couple futures and cashed on Nationals future bet. This year my two teams are reds (20-1) and Padres (30-1). Enjoy the postseason; just glad they made it to October.
Post by actually @fortyfive33 now on Sept 28, 2020 18:42:53 GMT -5
Wild Card
Twins over Astros: The Astros don't deserve to be here. Rays over Jays: This probably the closest series, NGL. Could see it going either way. Indians over Yankees: Indians pitching will dominate. A's over White Sox: the white sox have zero momentum. Zero.
Reds over Braves: The Reds pitching will carry the day. Cubs over Marlins: the Cubs will have to win one game after Yu destroys the Marlins. Dodgers over Brewers: Dodger fan bias? perhaps. Padres over Cards: I think the Padres pitching is juuuuust good enough for the for their offense to get them over the line.
Division Series
Indians over Rays: The Rays don't have deep enough pitching. A's over Twins: big bats. Expect a slugfest.
Dodgers over Padres: The Padres don't have enough pitching rn. Reds over Cubs: Bauer/Castillo are going to be key.
CS
Indians over A's: I expect the Indians/Rays to be quicker than the A's/Twins series. That would be the deciding factor. Dodgers over Reds: Dodgers are too deep
WS
Dodgers over Indians: Eventually it's gotta happen, right? ....right?
Twins over Astros: The Astros don't deserve to be here. Rays over Jays: This probably the closest series, NGL. Could see it going either way. Indians over Yankees: Indians pitching will dominate. A's over White Sox: the white sox have zero momentum. Zero.
The White Sox were 14-0 against left handed starters this year. Make it 15-0 after today. That’s a lot of momentum. Interesting that the A’s with all their sabermetrics run possibly 2 left handers into that buzz saw.
Coming from a Reds fan - yesterday was agonizing to listen to while at the office. Having a runner on 3rd with either no outs or one in the inning 5 different times and not being able to score one damn run. That will sadly be Bauer last appearance in a Cincinnati uniform I’m afraid.