The 2018 Major League Baseball Player Chatter, News and Fantasy Thread.

**cincinnatikid513** · 10-01-18, 05:00 PM

khris davis hits .247 for 4th straight year unreal

**yisman** · 10-01-18, 06:03 PM

pretty troubling for Chicago that they couldn't get on base against Chacin

meanwhile, Addison Russell's future is in doubt

MLB punishing him for domestic abuse

**JMobile** · 10-01-18, 06:12 PM

So does this mean the Wild Card winner will face the Brewers?

**Cross** · 10-01-18, 06:23 PM

Gross offense by the Cubs, should be able to beat Rockies with Lester/Hamels though.

**EmpireMaker** · 10-01-18, 11:01 PM

With Yoenis Cespedes set to miss some portion of next season as he recovers from two heel surgeries, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon admitted on Sunday that the team will have to plan as if he won’t play in 2019 (via Tim Healey of Newsday). “You probably do have to plan that way, given the fact that it’s uncertain,” Wilpon said of Cespedes, who will enter the penultimate season of a four-year, $110MM contract in 2019. Fortunately for the Mets, it appears they have at least two starting-caliber corner outfielders on hand in 2018 breakout star Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto, and their presences should make Cespedes’ absence less noticeable for however much time he misses next year.
Here’s more from New York and one other East Coast city:

The re-signing of Cespedes in 2016 has been the Mets’ biggest free-agent splash in recent years, but Wilpon suggested that hasn’t been because of an unwillingness to spend on the team’s part; rather, it was outgoing general manager Sandy Alderson recommendation that the club avoid high-priced free agents, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports. Mets fans don’t seem to buy it, though, as the responses to Puma’s tweet indicate.
Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez has come under fire for his difficulty with blocking pitches – he was the majors’ third-worst catcher in that department during the regular season, according to Baseball Prospectus – but general manager Brian Cashman isn’t overly concerned about that aspect of his game. “Believe it or not, that falls down (the list) compared to the other things he brings to the table, including his bat,” Cashman told NJ.com’s Brendan Kuty, who goes into detail about Sanchez’s subpar regular season. After establishing himself as an elite offensive catcher from 2016-17, his first two seasons, Sanchez fell flat during an injury-shortened year with a .186/.291/.406 line in 374 plate appearances. The 25-year-old continued to provide considerable power, though, evidenced by his 18 home runs and .220 slugging mark, and may have deserved better production in general. Not only did Sanchez post a .220 batting average on balls in play, down from .308 over the previous two years, but he logged a .357 expected weighted on-base average – up 53 points from his .304 wOBA (per Statcast). And for all the handwringing over his defense, Sanchez actually earned a positive overall mark from BP.

**hotcross** · 10-01-18, 11:17 PM

Originally posted by hotcross

NL seems ripe for at least one tiebreaker game after 162

2x tiebreakers, so Dodgers win NL West and the Brewers take the Central

Next = Rockies at Cubs for the Wildcard game. Tough travel for the Rockies leaving Los Angeles in the evening. Cubs only have a short drive back from Milwaukee.

**cincinnatikid513** · 10-01-18, 11:30 PM

so they couldn't of scheduled the american league wild card game 1st on tuesday to give the nl teams a day of rest cmon man

**JaimeMiro** · 10-01-18, 11:53 PM

It's about to get interesting; which teams goes all the way? I have the Astros, but no longer confident they'll win it all...

**JaimeMiro** · 10-02-18, 12:00 AM

Fivethirtyeight.com is projecting the Astros to win it all: 22%, Boston and Dodgers at 20%... Interesting read

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**BarkingToad** · 10-02-18, 01:21 AM

Did any team ever finish over 60 GB like the Orioles?

**Otters27** · 10-02-18, 06:51 AM

Would love to face Rockies or Cubs after they have already played 2 games

**batt33** · 10-02-18, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by hotcross

2x tiebreakers, so Dodgers win NL West and the Brewers take the Central

Next = Rockies at Cubs for the Wildcard game. Tough travel for the Rockies leaving Los Angeles in the evening. Cubs only have a short drive back from Milwaukee.

That's Fricking Crazy....

**koz-man** · 10-02-18, 10:53 AM

The Dodgers beat the Rockies, 5-2, and have won their sixth consecutive NL West title. They will now host the Braves on Thursday for the start of the NLDS, while the Rockies face Jon Lester at Wrigley Field in Tuesday's wild-card game. The Dodgers are only the sixth team to go from 10 games below .500 to a division title in the same season.

**ApricotSinner32** · 10-02-18, 02:04 PM

Good luck tonight everyone!

**El Nino** · 10-02-18, 02:04 PM

Cubs bullpen will blow it again.

**Chi_archie** · 10-02-18, 04:08 PM

Originally posted by cincinnatikid513

khris davis hits .247 for 4th straight year unreal

that is an awesome achievement!

**JMobile** · 10-02-18, 04:47 PM

I wonder how Yu Darvish is feeling right now.

**yisman** · 10-02-18, 05:58 PM

Yu just wants to cash the checks from an organization dumb enough to give him a long term deal.

**BigSpoon** · 10-02-18, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by Chi_archie

that is an awesome achievement!

Increased his HR total in each of the 4 seasons too I think.

**hotcross** · 10-02-18, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by hotcross

2x tiebreakers, so Dodgers win NL West and the Brewers take the Central

Next = Rockies at Cubs for the Wildcard game. Tough travel for the Rockies leaving Los Angeles in the evening. Cubs only have a short drive back from Milwaukee.

Actually my bad....Monday's game was in Chicago....there were more Brewers fans in attendance than normal. Kinda a reversal of how more Cubs fans usually at the Brewers home park whenever they play in Milwaukee.

**batt33** · 10-02-18, 11:10 PM

well now we have extra innings......

**EmpireMaker** · 10-02-18, 11:39 PM

The Cubs have acquired outfielder Terrance Gore from the Royals, per an announcement from the Kansas City organization. Cash considerations will head back in return.
Gore, 27, will presumably reprise his role as a late-season/postseason threat on the bases. No doubt he’ll begin his tenure with the Chicago organization in the upper minors, where he has typically resided until rosters expand in September.
Since first cracking the majors in 2014, the light-hitting Gore has taken only 14 plate appearances at the game’s highest level. But he has appeared in 49 total games and racked up 21 steals.
Of course, utilizing a specialist in that manner only requires the commitment of a 40-man spot once rosters have expanded. For the time being, the Cubs won’t even need to tie up a slot on Gore, who had re-joined the Royals on a minors deal over the winter after being cut loose last fall.
Whether or not Gore could also feature on the Cubs’ presumptive postseason roster remains to be seen. The Royals carried him throughout the 2014 and 2015 postseasons, up to but not including the club’s successful return to the World Series in the second of those two memorable campaigns. Despite being in uniform for quite a few contests, Gore has only appeared in eight total playoff games, stealing four bags but never striding to the plate.

**ApricotSinner32** · 10-03-18, 12:12 AM

Man is the a's the play tommorow?

**BarkingToad** · 10-03-18, 12:46 AM

Cubs season ended with a thud in final 2 home games.

**cincinnatikid513** · 10-03-18, 01:43 AM

less is more

**Otters27** · 10-03-18, 07:08 AM

Want to take Yankees today but every once in a while severino lays an egg

**JaimeMiro** · 10-03-18, 10:27 AM

Originally posted by Otters27

Want to take Yankees today but every once in a while severino lays an egg

Hoping they get it done

**BigSpoon** · 10-03-18, 10:55 AM

Originally posted by BarkingToad

Cubs season ended with a thud in final 2 home games.

Lots of beer and champagne showers in visiting clubhouse the past two nights.

**yisman** · 10-03-18, 11:36 AM

Buck Showalter will not return in 2019.

Cubs scored 2 runs in 22 innings at home against the Brewers and Rockies.

**mr. leisure** · 10-03-18, 12:39 PM

Cubs with a pathetic showing at home the last two games .

**El Nino** · 10-03-18, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by yisman

Buck Showalter will not return in 2019.

Cubs scored 2 runs in 22 innings at home against the Brewers and Rockies.

Team is a fraud. Pretender dynasty. Have been saying that all year.

**koz-man** · 10-03-18, 03:39 PM

MLB announces that Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell has accepted a 40-game suspension without pay for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The unpaid suspension of Russell is retroactive to September 21st. Russell has agreed not to appeal the discipline.

**JMobile** · 10-03-18, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by koz-man

MLB announces that Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell has accepted a 40-game suspension without pay for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy. The unpaid suspension of Russell is retroactive to September 21st. Russell has agreed not to appeal the discipline.

Slap in the hand...

**Cross** · 10-03-18, 10:19 PM

Cubs have too much talent to go away. They will keep contending year after year.

**batt33** · 10-03-18, 11:09 PM

Was hoping for a little closer game tonight......