The 2021 Major League Baseball Player Chatter, News and Fantasy Thread

[stevenash]

JP?

I could use your opinion as to what to do with Chris Paddack

Currently I am sitting fourth and with a few minor tweaks to my roster I think realistically win the whole damn thing.

I drafted Paddack very late, mid 20th round (a bargain at around pick 289 overall)
He is what he is, a nice insurance policy stashed on the bench roster, a handy streamer too.

My pitching is fine.

My first four picks were
1. Giolito
2. Harper
3. Woodruff
4, Merrifield

Woodruff has been the best pitcher in the NL not named deGrom
With the exception of one brain fart I am pleased with Golito.
Both Harper and Whit are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.

I made sure I had the SB's and saves covered, and I'm pretty much leading the league in those categories.

I'm one power bat short from winning the whole damn thing.
I want to make a move for one more stick, that's the missing piece.

I have three pitchers I can use to deal for a bat.
What do you think Paddack can do for me (if anything), from here on out?

He's just a nice insurance policy for me right now.

I just need one more power bat, I don't need saves, and I don't need front line starters, nor saves, stolen bases nor average.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

JP?

I could use your opinion as to what to do with Chris Paddack

Currently I am sitting fourth and with a few minor tweaks to my roster I think realistically win the whole damn thing.

I drafted Paddack very late, mid 20th round (a bargain at around pick 289 overall)
He is what he is, a nice insurance policy stashed on the bench roster, a handy streamer too.

My pitching is fine.

My first four picks were
1. Giolito
2. Harper
3. Woodruff
4, Merrifield

Woodruff has been the best pitcher in the NL not named deGrom
With the exception of one brain fart I am pleased with Golito.
Both Harper and Whit are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.

I made sure I had the SB's and saves covered, and I'm pretty much leading the league in those categories.

I'm one power bat short from winning the whole damn thing.
I want to make a move for one more stick, that's the missing piece.

I have three pitchers I can use to deal for a bat.
What do you think Paddack can do for me (if anything), from here on out?

He's just a nice insurance policy for me right now.

I just need one more power bat, I don't need saves, and I don't need front line starters, nor saves, stolen bases nor average.

Drop Paddack and look on the waiver wire for someone else. I've completely lost confidence in him.

[Otters27]

Ohtani like a true two way player last night

[Chi_archie]

Ohtani like a true two way player last night

Pretty fun stuff

[Cross]

Royals pitching really overachieving right now and Twins underachieving. Still early, but interesting in AL central.

[stevenash]

Royals pitching really overachieving right now and Twins underachieving. Still early, but interesting in AL central.

I've been saying this as a baseball fan first and a Royals fan second, that is if they get any sort of pitching, than watch out world,
Did you see what that pitching staff did in that recent four game road sweep.
They didn't allow shit for four consecutive games.

Look at the boxes, my God.
Remarkable, who knew those kiddies can pitch.

The best move they made in the winter was Carlos Santana.
Reminds me of Hosmer some.

[batt33]

The Rockies are the worst team in the National League and its not even close. Giants should sweep this series and take advantage of the fact that they have the Rockies for 6 of the next 9 games. They can't take the Rockies for granted at home here with the Padres on deck in San Diego but they've been playing good ball so hopefully they keep it up.

Nice to see Buster start the season out fairly well!

[JMobile]

Dam, Dodgers lost again last night in extra innings. Unreal

[Stallion]

The Dodgers are beatable.

[BigSpoon]

Vlad Jr. one of the few bright spots for the Jays this season.

[stevenash]

Is it any wonder most of the up and coming superstars last names end in Jr.?

Mondesi Jr.
Vlad. Jr.
Bobby Witt Jr.
Tatis Jr.

[jrgum3]

Nice to see Buster start the season out fairly well!

Yes Buster has been key to the Giants being where they are this year. He's handled the pitching staff beautifully and he has rediscovered his power stroke. That year off last year helped him recover from the wear and tear of catching every day and now he's doing it at the plate and behind the dish which is vital to the Giants success.

[jrgum3]

Drop Paddack and look on the waiver wire for someone else. I've completely lost confidence in him.

Yeah Paddack is starting to look like a drop candidate in fantasy or if you can find someone who will pay for his name try to offer him up in a trade. Unfortunately most people are like Jake in that they don't have confidence that Paddack can turn it around.

[BigSpoon]

Is it any wonder most of the up and coming superstars last names end in Jr.?

Mondesi Jr.
Vlad. Jr.
Bobby Witt Jr.
Tatis Jr.

You forgot about Ronald Acuna Jr.

[stevenash]

You forgot about Ronald Acuna Jr.

Brain fart, him too,
Total brain fart on my part,

[Cross]

Twins are now 7-15. Really didn’t see that coming.

[EmpireMaker]

• Center fielder George Springer’s Blue Jays debut is on hold yet again. As of Sunday, manager Charlie Montoyo was optimistic Springer would debut tonight, but that wasn’t the case. Springer is “not ready yet,” Montoyo said (Twitter links via Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet), though he did take batting practice and run the bases on Tuesday. Montoyo added that “[Springer] feels great except the running.” The former Astro has been trying to work back since suffering a right quad strain three weeks ago. In better news for the Blue Jays, ace Hyun Jin Ryu is recovering well from the right glute strain he incurred Sunday and shouldn’t miss a start, Nicholson-Smith relays.
• The Braves are “likely” to activate left-hander Max Fried from the 10-day injured list next Tuesday or Wednesday, Mark Bowman of MLB.com tweets. If true, it’ll go down as roughly a three-week stay on the IL for Fried, who suffered a right hamstring strain during his most recent start on April 13. Once he returns, the 2020 NL Cy Young contender will try to rebound from a ghastly three-start, 11-inning stretch in which hitters victimized him for 15 runs (14 earned) on 23 hits and five walks.
• Tuesday brought some positive and negative health-related developments for the Astros’ pitching staff. The good news: Southpaw Framber Valdez is making tremendous progress from a left ring finger injury and could rejoin their rotation sometime in June, Jake Kaplan of The Athletic relays. Valdez turned in a stellar performance in 2020, but he hasn’t gotten a chance to follow up on it this year. As for the bad news, righty reliever Pedro Baez has halted his throwing program on account of lingering shoulder soreness. The Astros transferred Baez from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Monday, meaning he won’t make his first appearance with the club until June 9 at the earliest. Houston signed the former Dodger to a two-year, $12.5MM guarantee over the winter.
• Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland said Tuesday that he will “absolutely” pitch in the majors this season, per Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post (Twitter links). Freeland, a little over a month removed from suffering a strained pitching shoulder, had an “outstanding” bullpen session on Tuesday and could throw a sim game next week, according to manager Bud Black. However, there’s still no clear timetable for a potential 2021 debut for Freeland, who finished third on the Rockies in innings (70 2/3) and recorded a 4.33 ERA/4.95 SIERA with a 51.5 percent groundball rate last season.

[stevenash]

Twins are now 7-15. Really didn’t see that coming.

I think many over valued their pitching, when in reality their staff is pretty good, not very good.

If I were a Padres fan or a Dodger fan your team to fear are the Brews.
Milwaukee's top two can match both the West Coast teams top pair pitch for pitch and their line up has some pop too.
And they got that Bader guy too.

Here's your top ten Major League team pitching staff so far ranked my the team pitching WAR metric.

Hey, what's team ranked ninth in pitching.
That can't be right, shouldn't they be ranked 29th, not ninth?

Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	ERA	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB		WAR
NYM	9	9	2	68	19	3.17	150.2	10.75	2.93	0.6	0.295	65.80%	49.90%	10.10%		4.4
LAD	15	9	9	100	24	3.2	219.1	10.09	2.63	1.03	0.269	74.80%	46.20%	12.80%		4.2
NYY	10	13	6	94	23	3.34	205	10.62	2.77	1.1	0.277	74.30%	40.30%	11.30%		4.1
SDP	13	12	10	123	25	2.93	227	11.22	2.85	1.11	0.271	77.70%	44.40%	14.70%		3.8
BOS	15	9	6	103	24	3.81	212.1	9.32	3.6	0.64	0.302	70.00%	45.00%	7.80%		3.6
MIL	14	9	6	101	23	3.39	207	10.48	3.35	1.09	0.266	76.50%	47.00%	14.40%		3.5
CHW	12	10	4	91	22	3.78	190.1	10.54	3.31	1.13	0.299	72.60%	43.40%	13.70%		2.9
SFG	15	9	11	106	24	2.93	215	9.04	2.97	1	0.25	79.20%	49.80%	13.00%		2.7
KCR	14	8	8	101	22	3.94	192	9.33	3.52	0.89	0.305	71.70%	41.00%	10.00%		2.6
TBR	12	12	8	99	24	4.22	217.1	8.82	2.77	1.04	0.284	66.80%	39.60%	11.00%		2.4

[Chi_archie]

Twins are now 7-15. Really didn’t see that coming.

Do they turn it around?

[Otters27]

Wow. Could of made a fortune fading the twins.they had to be favorite in most games

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Vladdy Jr tearing it up early on...will he live up to the hype?

[Stallion]

Is Springer ever gonna play this season??? Like WTF???

[JMobile]

I can't believe Dodgers lost last night

[Cross]

I can’t believe Cubs offense is really this bad. So sad to watch.

[jrgum3]

Vladdy Jr tearing it up early on...will he live up to the hype?

He was a dud tonight and I played him in DFS one day too late. Probably should have faded him after the ridiculous night he had last night against Scherzer.

[EmpireMaker]

The Padres could welcome back Dinelson Lamet from the injured list to start Sunday’s game against the Giants, writes AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. The righty got through a bullpen session this afternoon and the team will monitor how he responds over the next few days, manager Jayce Tingler told reporters. There was plenty of concern when Lamet, a 2018 Tommy John patient, left his first start of the year with forearm tightness after having his season debut delayed by a biceps issue. However, it seems he’s avoided any serious problems and could return after spending the minimum ten days on the IL during this most recent stint.
More from San Diego and the rest of the National League:

• Padres starter Ryan Weathers left his outing this evening against the Diamondbacks after one inning with left arm soreness, per a team announcement. The young southpaw topped out at 92.8 MPH with his fastball, down rather significantly from its typical mid-90’s range, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune was among those to note (Twitter link). That prompted a mid-inning visit from the team trainer, although Weathers did finish the frame and didn’t appear to be in obvious pain while he was on the mound. It isn’t yet clear if Weathers is in jeopardy of missing any future starts.
• Brewers starter Zack Godley is headed to the injured list with a bruised finger, per Todd Rosiak and Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The right-hander left this afternoon’s game against the Marlins in the fourth inning after sustaining the injury on a bunt attempt the frame before. Today’s outing marked Godley’s first appearance of the season, as the 31-year-old was only selected to the 40-man roster earlier in the day. With Godley out, Eric Lauer will start tomorrow against the Dodgers and could be in line to join Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, Freddy Peralta and Adrian Houser in the rotation.
• Cubs catcher Austin Romine went on the injured list early this week, and it seems he’s in for an extended absence. Manager David Ross called Romine’s left wrist sprain “significant” and said the backstop would be out for a while (via Russell Dorsey of the Chicago Sun-Times). Tony Wolters was selected to the roster to back up Willson Contreras with Romine on the shelf.

[Chi_archie]

Is Springer ever gonna play this season??? Like WTF???

Ridiculous

[Otters27]

Kershaw with a gem

[stevenash]

deGrom with a gem which resulted in yet another Mets loss.

Seriously, I think he's going to lose his shit one day and take an AK to the entire dugout starting with Lindor first and Smith second before wiping out the rest of the team.

And I wouldn't blame the guy if he drinks himself to sleep every night with a bottle of vodka.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Another Padre(Weathers) leaves game early with arm issues...this is getting worrisome...

[stevenash]

Another Padre(Weathers) leaves game early with arm issues...this is getting worrisome...

Usually that happens with curve ball pitchers, but he's pretty much fastball/change up

[BigSpoon]

Is Springer ever gonna play this season??? Like WTF???

Made his debut last night at DH but went 0 for 4.

[stevenash]

Made his debut last night at DH but went 0 for 4.

Tigers hot shot number one overall draft pick last year 3B Torkelson begins his pro career tonight (minor leagues)

[JMobile]

Trevor Bauer back on the mound tonight

[Stallion]

Degrom should just be like Aaron Rodgers and demand to be traded.