The 2016 Major League Baseball Player Chatter, News and Fantasy Thread...

[EmpireMaker]

Thoughts on baseball I watched today:
Archer pitched well after the 1st
Stroman didn't pitch as well as it looked, decent but not as solid as it might look, Rays lots of swinging at 1st pitch BJ good fielding plays
Meloncon little rusty but OK
EE swinging great without much spring training
Martin made good contact unlucky with getting no hits
Wainwright not sharp
Soria was no good
Harvey not on top of his game yet

[Otters27]

Jays Lineup looking good early. Can't really pitch around guys.

[LT Profits]

Jays Lineup looking good early. Can't really pitch around guys.

Not surprising considering they have same lineup as last year.

[koz-man]

The Reds are -168 vs the Phillies. Wow. A lot of love for Igleias I guess.

[BigSpoon]

Jays Lineup looking good early. Can't really pitch around guys.

They will lead the league in runs scored again most likely. Colabello won't repeat his numbers from last year though. Have my doubts about Pillar batting leadoff.

Huge dropoff if any one of Donaldson, Tulo or Martin miss significant time. Tulo a lock to miss time with his injury history.

[Shortstop]

The Reds are -168 vs the Phillies. Wow. A lot of love for Igleias I guess.

It should have been even higher! Haha!

Break out the Reds!

[u21c3f6]

It should have been even higher! Haha!

Break out the Reds!

Interesting to note however that Iglesias was losing when he was taken out!

Joe.

[Andy117]

The Reds are -168 vs the Phillies. Wow. A lot of love for Igleias I guess.

The Phillies suck.

[EmpireMaker]

Luke Gregerson will open the year as the Astros’ closer, manager A.J. Hinch announced and Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle reports. The 31-year-old will reprise his 9th-inning role of a year ago, beating out recent addition Ken Giles for the job, though certainly the young flamethrower will be knocking at the door if a need arises. For the time being, said Hinch, Giles will “pitch in a couple different roles, depending on what the highest leverage situation of the game would be” — including, perhaps, some save chances. Even the analytically-inclined Astros apparently believe that roles matter, though; as Hinch explained: “for the purposes of getting guys prepared, I think it’s important that they know sort of generally how they’re going to be used.”

[Otters27]

Rockies go off on Diamondbacks. We will see how well Grienke does outside of Dodger Stadium

[LT Profits]

Rockies go off on Diamondbacks. We will see how well Grienke does outside of Dodger Stadium

Not only is he leaving a pitcher's park but also Chase Field is a great hitter's park.

[mr. leisure]

Not only is he leaving a pitcher's park but also Chase Field is a great hitter's park.

Punked by Trevor Story

[koz-man]

The Phillies suck.

Well. There Bull Pen sure does.
giving up 5 runs in the 8th!

Ya baby. Reds undefeated. and tied for first Place...

[EmpireMaker]

Noah Syndergaard

This guy was great today, I'm looking for a huge year from him.

[Shortstop]

I'm expecting a break out year for Jake Diekman.

A southpaw that can top off the gun at over 100 MPH.

He was the "other guy" that went to Texas along w/Cole Hamels.

Along with Tolleson closing, the Rangers have a formidable, top notch bullpen...

[Shortstop]

Gregory Polanco agrees to a 5-year deal with the Pirates!

[EmpireMaker]

Walker is such a huge defensive improvement to Murphy, it is night and day.
Trevor Story is this year's Abreu or Bryant the guy is pounding the ball.
Syndergaard is a Cy Young candidate this year, he is now throwing a 95mph slider for strikes, ultra-impressive.

[BarkingToad]

Jose Fernandez is pitching at home today, you know what that means.

[Chi_archie]

Gregory Polanco agrees to a 5-year deal with the Pirates!

gotta love it!!!

[LT Profits]

Syndergaard is a Cy Young candidate this year, he is now throwing a 95mph slider for strikes, ultra-impressive.

Any of the Mets top three starters is a Cy Young candidate.

[BigSpoon]

Blue Jays lose yesterday due to the 'Chase Utley' slide rule.

[mr. leisure]

Trevor Story with HR`s in his 1st 3 games .

[koz-man]

4 players have now homered in each of their 1st 2 games:
-Cano
-Martínez
-Correa
-Story

(Story & Cano 1st 3 games)

[Chi_archie]

Noah Syndergaard

This guy was great today, I'm looking for a huge year from him.

great hair

[Andy117]

Blue Jays lose yesterday due to the 'Chase Utley' slide rule.

I don't know if I like the rule but I also think what Utley did shouldn't be acceptable.

[EmpireMaker]

Jose Fernandez is pitching at home today, you know what that means.

the 17-0 streak ended today, he pitched decent but today wasn't his day

[Otters27]

Story lifts the Rockies to 2-1. Any chance this team goes above 500.?

[Chi_archie]

Here is a piece that is quite pessimistic on Nacasio, as well as on some other Spring Training wonders...

Four Spring Training Flukes

very good first start of the season for Juan!

[u21c3f6]

Blue Jays lose yesterday due to the 'Chase Utley' slide rule.

Blue Jays lost because he intentionally grabbed the guy's leg. He didn't even try to make it look accidental!

Baseball will now need the mandatory acting lessons that basketball and football players get.

Joe.

PS. And soccer players!

[LT Profits]

very good first start of the season for Juan!

He just continued his hot spring, but you have to expect regression to kick in at some point.

[El Nino]

Story lifts the Rockies to 2-1. Any chance this team goes above 500.?

Doubt it.

[supersaintjames]

maybe a mets yankees world series on the horizon ?

[Shortstop]

very good first start of the season for Juan!

It sure was!

Nicasio (W, 1-0)	6.0	2	1	1	0	7	1	84-59	1.50
Caminero	1.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	34-20	0.00
Watson (H, 2)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	0.00
Luebke	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	20-11	0.00
Melancon (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.86
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: Nicasio 14/20; Caminero 4/7; Watson 0/1; Luebke 1/4; Melancon 1/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: Nicasio 19-9-18-13; Caminero 8-3-5-4; Watson 0-0-1-1; Luebke 3-1-5-2; Melancon 2-0-0-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Nicasio 4-7; Caminero 1-2; Watson 1-0; Luebke 0-1; Melancon 1-0 Game Scores: J Nicasio 71

[BigSpoon]

San Diego Padres set the MLB mark with 27 consecutive scoreless innings to open a season.

Dodgers swept the 3 game series with a 25-0 run scoring edge, ouch.

[BarkingToad]

San Diego Padres set the MLB mark with 27 consecutive scoreless innings to open a season.

Dodgers swept the 3 game series with a 25-0 run scoring edge, ouch.

congratulations to the Padres for their record setting performance.