The 2015 Major League Baseball Player Chatter, News and Fantasy Thread

[koz-man]

should be an interesting pennant race

Agree.

3 big ones Mon,Tues, & Wed (Stl @ Pit)

[Andy117]

[EmpireMaker]

How about those amazing Mets, they have led the NL in homers for the second half (who woulda thunk it ?).

[BarkingToad]

Carlos Martinez missing the rest of the season is a huge loss for the Cardinals.

[koz-man]

Huston Street exits with injury

The Angels' closer, who leads the AL with 40 saves, had to be helped off the field in the ninth with an apparent groin injury. L.A. manager Mike Scioscia's diagnosis? "It's not good." Street is not expected to return in the regular season.

[Chi_archie]

Carlos Martinez missing the rest of the season is a huge loss for the Cardinals.

wow he is out for the rest of the season?

[BarkingToad]

wow he is out for the rest of the season?

Yes, strained right shoulder.

[BigSpoon]

Blue Jays caught the Royals for best record in the AL. Only have to tie the Royals for these last 8 games for home-field advantage throughout the postseason.

[Shortstop]

How about those amazing Mets, they have led the NL in homers for the second half (who woulda thunk it ?).

Congrats and Cheers to all New York Mets fans!

[Shortstop]

Blue Jays caught the Royals for best record in the AL. Only have to tie the Royals for these last 8 games for home-field advantage throughout the postseason.

You gotta be thrilled, Spoon! Plus, Toronto would have home-field in the World Series.

Cheers to you!

[BarkingToad]

Huston Street exits with injury

The Angels' closer, who leads the AL with 40 saves, had to be helped off the field in the ninth with an apparent groin injury. L.A. manager Mike Scioscia's diagnosis? "It's not good." Street is not expected to return in the regular season.

Losing a closer is a big blow to a team that just found a pulse.

[EmpireMaker]

Harvey has one more scheduled start before the playoffs begin for the Mets on Oct. 9, and he wants to make 100 pitches in that outing, he says, in order to be ready for the playoffs.
Via John Harper's column in the New York Daily News:

If the Mets are going to make a deep run in October they'll surely need to count on Harvey being able to pitch, and while Collins made a point of saying the innings limits will still be in play, he believes Harvey, for whatever reason, has a different view of the situation.
“When he came to me last week he said, ‘I want to pitch. I want to stay out there. I want to throw 100 pitches and I want to do it twice (before the end of the season). “He said, ‘We're going to win this thing and I'm going to pitch in the playoffs, and I've got to be ready. And I'm not ready.' ”
Pitching coach Dan Warthen said Harvey delivered an even more forceful message to him.
“He said he wants to go 100 pitches every fifth day the rest of the way," Warthen said.

Take that, innings limit!
Don't tell Harvey (it's OK, Boras will remind him), but there is a downside to this plan. If he goes another 100 pitches as planned in his next start, that probably puts Harvey at 190 innings or so. If the Mets make it to the World Series and each round of the playoffs goes deep, Harvey could start as many as six postseason games. At 100 pitches per outing, and let's say six innings per outing, that's 225 or so innings for Harvey. Way above the agent-prescribed 185. If that's the way Harvey wants it.
If not, as CBS MLB Insider Jon Heyman reports, Bartolo Colon is standing by to take Harvey's spot in the rotation if the Mets advance beyond the first round and Harvey doesn't pitch anymore.

[BigSpoon]

You gotta be thrilled, Spoon! Plus, Toronto would have home-field in the World Series.

Cheers to you!

I'm pleased but nothing has been clinched just yet, not even the AL East. Still got 7 games to play all on the road.

[BigSpoon]

Congrats and Cheers to all New York Mets fans!

Meanwhile, the Nationals have really hit rock bottom, Williams is going to be fired seconds after the regular season is over.

[Chi_archie]

wish they would have knocked each other out cold

[koz-man]

Nationals remove Papelbon jerseys

Not only did Washington suspend Jonathan Papelbon for the rest of the year, it pulled the closer's jersey from the Nationals stadium shop today

[Shortstop]

Meanwhile, the Nationals have really hit rock bottom, Williams is going to be fired seconds after the regular season is over.

Yeah, there's gotta be a lot of frustration in that dugout.

Back in April, several of us said the Nationals won't make the playoffs this year even with all that talent.

[Shortstop]

wish they would have knocked each other out cold

Word!

[Shortstop]

Nationals remove Papelbon jerseys

Not only did Washington suspend Jonathan Papelbon for the rest of the year, it pulled the closer's jersey from the Nationals stadium shop today

Interesting move...

I thought Papelbon jerseys would be hot sellers this week?

[BigSpoon]

Blue Jays were linked with Papelbon before he went to the Nats. Dodged a huge bullet there with that non trade.

Magic number is down to 2 games to win the AL East.

[EmpireMaker]

Interesting move...

I thought Papelbon jerseys would be hot sellers this week?

I wanted to buy one because Harper is such a monumental douchebag.

[koz-man]

I wanted to buy one because Harper is such a monumental douchebag.

Agree.

The guy is so talented.... But the problem is he knows It!!!

[Chi_archie]

Nationals remove Papelbon jerseys

Not only did Washington suspend Jonathan Papelbon for the rest of the year, it pulled the closer's jersey from the Nationals stadium shop today

that is crazy

[Shortstop]

Mother Nature played havoc with the schedule tonight...

Toronto @ Baltimore, St. Louis @ Pittsburgh and Minnesota @ Cleveland were all postponed.

[MexicanStallion]

Mother Nature played havoc with the schedule tonight...

Toronto @ Baltimore, St. Louis @ Pittsburgh and Minnesota @ Cleveland were all postponed.

Double header Wednesday! Full day of baseball games now.

[BigSpoon]

Mother Nature played havoc with the schedule tonight...

Toronto @ Baltimore, St. Louis @ Pittsburgh and Minnesota @ Cleveland were all postponed.

Still a good night for the Blue Jays with the Yankees and Royals both losing. Magic number to win the AL East is now down to 1 game.

[EmpireMaker]

Lots of games carded for Wednesday should be a good day to play some baseball.

[Chi_archie]

Double header Wednesday! Full day of baseball games now.

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soooo much baseball!

[koz-man]

Double header Wednesday! Full day of baseball games now.

ya baby !!!!

[koz-man]

Clemente's last hit is No. 3,000

On Sept. 30, 1972, Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente became the 11th player -- and first Latino -- to reach 3,000 hits.

It came in his final at-bat of the regular season and ended up being his last career hit; he died in a tragic plane crash during the offseason.

[BigSpoon]

[Shortstop]

Clemente's last hit is No. 3,000

On Sept. 30, 1972, Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente became the 11th player -- and first Latino -- to reach 3,000 hits.

It came in his final at-bat of the regular season and ended up being his last career hit; he died in a tragic plane crash during the offseason.

Nominated!

[Shortstop]

Damn! It's about time!

[Shortstop]

Goosebumps and Chills...

[EmpireMaker]

The Mets don't need this, they still have a shot at home field over the Dodgers.


LOOK: Yoenis Cespedes exits game after being hit in hand by pitch

By Mike Axisa | Baseball Writer

September 30, 2015 9:07 pm ET

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In the third inning of Wednesday's game against the Phillies (GameTracker), Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes was hit by a pitch on his left hand by Justin De Fratus. It clearly was not intentional. Cespedes was removed from the game immediately.
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The Mets have already clinched the NL East, so removing Cespedes was a no-brainer. The team has since announced Cespedes suffered only a contusion on his middle and ring fingers only. There is no fracture. A relief, to be sure.
Cespedes, 29, came into Wednesday's game hitting .291/.326/.543 (137 OPS+) with 35 home runs and 105 RBI this year, including .287/.331/.610 (155 OPS+) with 17 homers and 44 RBI in 53 games for the Mets. He came over from the Tigers at the trade deadline.
The Mets have no shortage of outfielders to replace Cespedes in the short-term -- Curtis Granderson and Michael Conforto are starters with Juan Lagares, Michael Cuddyer and Kirk Nieuwenhuis among the reserves.
A long-term injury would have been another matter. Cespedes' power and presence can not be replaced. It's easy to fracture one of those tiny little bones in your hand on a play like that. The Mets and Cespedes escaped with no serious injuries.