MLB 2021 Season Catch-All

Prederick wrote:

Like, genuinely, human arms are not supposed to do that.

That's not an exaggeration, even a human arm capable of doing that broadly cannot do it for extended periods of time.

Unsurprisingly, De Grom's been pulled early from his last two starts.

Like, the dude's amazing, but quite genuinely, I don't think the human arm is designed to throw a baseball that hard, that often.

How often?

Look at this. DeGrom is 2nd in 100+ pitches this season with 128.

The next closest starter has eleven.

Did you hear about the Mets up and coming closer, that DeGrom kid? (That’s an insane stat).

I'm kind of digging Peacock's idea of blending broadcasters from both teams for their coverage. It's only a shame Vin Scully retired before they tried it.

Jacob deGrom pitched five scoreless innings in the first game of a doubleheader to lower his ERA to 0.50, the only hit coming on a catchable fly ball in the outfield, He did walk the opposing pitcher, however, so this was hardly one of his best outings, LOL.

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Like, this is difficult to do in OOTP, and OOTP lets you make some ABSURD sh*t happen.

I don’t know what sticky stuff deGrom uses, but I want that on my balls.

New stats like new D&D. The last time I played it, a lower Armor Class was better.

I perfectly understand ERA 0.50, wtf is is a 724 ERA+?

Carlbear95 wrote:

New stats like new D&D. The last time I played it, a lower Armor Class was better.

I perfectly understand ERA 0.50, wtf is is a 724 ERA+?

I believe that means his ERA, normalized across the league, is 624% better than league average.

Cheat Code: Mets ace Jacob deGrom inspected for sticky substances, demonstrates sticky glove

For those that don't know, umpires are required to check pitchers twice a game (I am unclear if that means twice a game total or twice a game per for a starting pitcher) for foreign substances.

It's not thought that deGrom will be affected at all by this because his pitches don't have an absurd amount of spin. They just go extremely fast exactly where he wants them all the time.

Vector wrote:

For those that don't know, umpires are required to check pitchers twice a game (I am unclear if that means twice a game total or twice a game per for a starting pitcher) for foreign substances.

It's not thought that deGrom will be affected at all by this because his pitches don't have an absurd amount of spin. They just go extremely fast exactly where he wants them all the time.

I believe it's not just about spin but also just grip, which probably still matters for fastball throwers to throw harder without losing control. That deGrom is not using sticky stuff just makes him all the more impressive.

Chairman_Mao wrote:
Vector wrote:

For those that don't know, umpires are required to check pitchers twice a game (I am unclear if that means twice a game total or twice a game per for a starting pitcher) for foreign substances.

It's not thought that deGrom will be affected at all by this because his pitches don't have an absurd amount of spin. They just go extremely fast exactly where he wants them all the time.

I believe it's not just about spin but also just grip, which probably still matters for fastball throwers to throw harder without losing control. That deGrom is not using sticky stuff just makes him all the more impressive.

Well that's a crux of the big argument. Players were able to combine rosin and sunscreen for generations and it gives players a better grip and more control. Batters were fine with it since it meant they wouldn't be hit more. The spider tack and other sticky substances is purely about increasing spin.

In a season that should have been defined by incredible performances (Guerrero's breakout, deGrom's historical dominance, Ohtani transforming into Babe Ruth) the MLB has managed to make it about how sticky the balls are.

It does not help that Scherzer is a Class A Weirdo.

Okay, now I am 100% in favor of this new policy.

All sticky stuff checks should involve the playing of "The Stripper."

The best case that can be made that this anti-goop policy is an overreach is that the San Francisco Giants are leading the league in home runs.

Did Scherzer coach the New York Jets at some point, because he's got those crazy eyes going.

Rat Boy wrote:

Did Scherzer coach the New York Jets at some point, because he's got those crazy eyes going.

He's an insane person and I love it. Really helps that he has heterochromia.

It is always fun to just go and randomly look at Baseball records sometimes, because I think it has more utterly unbreakable records than any other major sport in the U.S., due to the way the game has changed.

No-one, I repeat, no-one is breaking 59 wins or 678 IP in a single season (Ol' Hoss Radbourn), nor would anyone even be given the opportunity to lose 48 games (John Coleman in 1883) or allow 289 BBs (Amos Rusie in 1890).

Hell, Hack Wilson's 191 RBIs is becoming borderline unbreakable, no-one's going to beat 36 triples (Chief Wilson in 1912) and I wouldn't even put money on anyone beating Hugh Duffy's absurd .440 batting average (1894).

Prederick wrote:

Hell, Hack Wilson's 191 RBIs is becoming borderline unbreakable, no-one's going to beat 36 triples (Chief Wilson in 1912) and I wouldn't even put money on anyone beating Hugh Duffy's absurd .440 batting average (1894).

Heh, most of the those records seemed so outrageous, but I was less sure about triples. Without pouring through baseball reference, the two names that came to my mind in modern days who could have had a lot of triples were Ichiro and Rickey Henderson... the most either had in a season were 12 for Ichiro and 7 for Herderson.

Hector Santiago from the Mariners was the first player ejected under the new foreign substance policy. Mariner's Manager, Scott Servais, says that it was just a bunch of rosin. Today the league suspended Santiago for 10 games. He's appealing. It's now come out that the league didn't conduct any further investigation. It's amazing how the MLB front office consistently takes the worst possible course of action with everything they do.

Jesse Rogers wrote:

Per source, the league didn't need to inspect Santiago's glove any further. The ejection and discipline are based on the umpires’ report of having detected a foreign substance.

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Happy Bobby Bonilla day Mets fans.

Prederick wrote:

Trevor Bauer.

Can't imagine how much worse it could be, but for all I know he's pitching on Bill Cosby Day.

Bauer placed on 7 day "administrative leave." Isn't that what Dan Snyder's on over in the NFL?

DeGrom gave up a run in 4 innings with 6 Ks so far and his ERA went up