2022 MLB Season Thread - Zombie Runners Back from the Dead

[Xno Kappa]

Rizzo gets HBP by a pitch coming into the batters box. Ump rules he didn’t make an effort to get away. Pitch was called a ball anyways. Fucking clown show.

[archibaldcrane]

i mean, what do you expect from a guy who also took steroids

first they came for the steroid users, and I spoke up immediately because, well, you know

[Mertron]

Rizzo gets HBP by a pitch coming into the batters box. Ump rules he didn’t make an effort to get away. Pitch was called a ball anyways. Fucking clown show.

the comments make it clear who has never swung a bat in their life

there is no place for rizzos leg to go after he picks it up to anticipate the pitch

https://twitter.com/talkinyanks/stat...8KoGLN6p6OfeZg

[Celeras]

LCS schedule this year won’t have off days between games 3 through 7. Sounds like starting rotational depth is gonna be crucial this postseason.

Wait no, we're supposed to pitch deGrom-Scherzer 5 times...

[archibaldcrane]

Rizzo clearly leaned into that one. I've seen more egregious (Votto last week) but I don't mind that call at all.

[Mertron]

lol

https://twitter.com/hgomez27/status/...8KoGLN6p6OfeZg

[Krandor]

Tatis is not as important to baseball as his family and David Ortiz seem to think.

[Mertron]

when keeping it real goes wrong

https://twitter.com/jomboymedia/stat...8KoGLN6p6OfeZg

https://twitter.com/talkingfriars/st...8KoGLN6p6OfeZg

[Mertron]

the more i watch the more im happy for rojas being like “fine, fuck you then, I’ll go for it”

[Obsidian]

If you're being lectured on maturity by Manny Machado, you've fucked up.

[Mertron]

https://twitter.com/mike_petriello/s...sH2lKygCK0SIHg

[Koyangi]

*Cue Enter Sandman for new appearance music?*...

[Mertron]

imagine how bad the yankees offense is gonna be next year when hal tells cashman to offer judge 20m/year and he walks

[Obsidian]

Catch of the year. https://twitter.com/Roto_Frank/statu...46212403847168

[Krandor]

And then Kimbrel blows it lol

[Melena]

Elvis Andrus got released by the A's. Was throwing a fit about not starting every day as he feels he should be a starter. Has a clause in his contract where the team option in his contract becomes a player option if he reaches 550 AB's.

He was only batting .237 with 8hr and 30 rbi's.

[archibaldcrane]

An average-hitting SS with plus defense is a solid asset, surprised he was cut for nothing. This was his best year at the plate in 5 seasons!

[Melena]

An average-hitting SS with plus defense is a solid asset, surprised he was cut for nothing. This was his best year at the plate in 5 seasons!

4 seasons. He batted 275 in 2019.

His defense really was his only saving grace. 130th in OPS in the majors, his baserunning was awful. 7 steals to 4 caught stealing is not a good ratio at all. His day game numbers were even worse. If he played only night games against left handed pitchers, he'd be really good though.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/spli...5/elvis-andrus

[archibaldcrane]

4 seasons. He batted 275 in 2019.

it's the year of our lord 2022 nobody gives a single fuck about batting average

his wRC+ is 97 this season, it hasn't been above 76 since 2017.

[Melena]

it's the year of our lord 2022 nobody gives a single fuck about batting average

his wRC+ is 97 this season, it hasn't been above 76 since 2017.

Tell that to Joey Gallo. If he was hitting bombs and driving people in, they wouldn't care as much. A barely league average hitter with slightly above average defense isn't going to cut it on a team that's going youth movement, and there's no secondary trade deadline via waivers. So it's either keep him on the bench/platoon start and listen to him whine the rest of the year, or cut him now, eat the cost and be done with it.