2021 mlb regular season

Yankees off to a good start to the season with Sanchino hitting and Judge and Stanton not landing on the IL.

Not sure why I have even watched the last 2 Rockies games since they were written off after 2019 and Dodgers and Padres have locked up the NL West for the next few years. However there seems to be a few breaths of life left in the Colorado bats. After getting beaten by a bad bounce that began the Dodgers comeback tonight, Josh Fuentes tied up the game in the seventh by sending a pitch over the wall.

Baseball is fun.

OMG! Raimel Tapia at the wall... again!!!

...and the Dodgers re-take the lead.

Thursday at the link

Tonight he had it but managed to hurl it back onto the field which resulted in an inside-the-park home run as he was injured on the play.

Baseball is fun.

Wait - teams are playing baseball? Really??

   - Mets fans

I am so, so glad this is back.  Beautiful day at the ballpark.

Alex Cora

Come on guys! Is there any life in there? The season started three days ago.

Otani’s night was insane!

@T_Thomas posted:

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Never mind - I don't want to corrupt this thread.  Sorry for the detour.

So, for those of us who actually like MLB, can we please have this thread be about the season, and not yet another place for some of you to complain about how you don't like it?

@anotherparent posted:

So, for those of us who actually like MLB, can we please have this thread be about the season, and not yet another place for some of you to complain about how you don't like it?

Yes. I came to that same realization a couple minutes after my original post.

I went to a game yesterday, and had a great time.  In fact, the restricted seating meant that no-one had to climb over your lap to get to and from their seats.  I guess some might miss that part of the experience, but I thought it was just fine not to have to deal with it.

The game had hits, home runs, booing, plays, double-plays, an error, walks, substitutions, a beautiful rendition of the national anthem, the organ, the jumbotron, sunshine, screamy kids, peanuts, all of it.  Now that I think of it, there were no pickoff attempts.

Continued a tradition with my kids that began 17 years ago, now they are both much taller than I am.  What could be better than that?

I wanted to go to the Otani Game last night but the Angels were asking $150 for lower deck seats.  C'mon.   

I don't know if she has checked in lately but the son of one of our users is currently leading the Majors with a .692 batting average.

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Well, the good news is the O's are undefeated (3-0)   and the bad news is the Nat's have yet to play a game (Covid issues) .

It is going to be a long year.  159 games to go, hopefully.  Starting out 0-3 is still better than not playing at all.

I think the red Sox offense is going to be OK, they still have talent but their pitching will be very bad.

Should be better than the Orioles though but could be 4th place.

The Sux hitting will be better. The pitching will be worse. The upside is 74 wins. The downside is 68 wins if the pitching completely unravels. The win number will determine fourth or fifth place.

if Martinez is having a good year chances are he will be traded for prospects. I’ll push in all my chips on Ottavino being traded for prospects at some point before the trading deadline. With the money shortstops are getting Bogaerts will be traded by the trading deadline in 2022. He can opt out after 2022.

@RJM posted:

The Sux hitting will be better. The pitching will be worse. The upside is 74 wins. The downside is 68 wins if the pitching completely unravels. The win number will determine fourth or fifth place.

if Martinez is having a good year chances are he will be traded for prospects. I’ll push in all my chips on Ottavino being traded for prospects at some point before the trading deadline. With the money shortstops are getting Bogaerts will be traded by the trading deadline in 2022. He can opt out after 2022.

Spot on RJM.  I have no problem pulling the trigger on trading prospects for Martinez and Ottavino when the time and terms are right.   But, I'm having an issue with Bogaerts 2022 opt-out.   The issue has nothing to do with the player or the club but the jacked-up shortstop marketplace with many talented free agents (Story, Seager and Correa) coming to market at the end of 2021.   Bogaerts (6yr/$120M) has seen Tatis (14 yr/$340M) and Lindor (10yr/$341M)  get their monster contracts.   I'd like to see the Red Sox front office get creative (yes, I know a big ask) to grow and extend Bogie's contract.  He's the leader, core and best player on the team.  He is underpaid given the new SS market.   Got to keep him! 

Tatis is young.  I believe SD is taking a big risk there and they overpaid, but it is worth taking.  SD is back in the MLB conversation...they got talent.   Tip of the cap to the Mets for getting a proven talent in Lindor in his prime years.   The way I look at it there are 4 elite shortstops...Tatis, Lindor, Bogaerts and Story.  Bogaerts is also entering his prime years.  If you have one of these guys you've got to keep him.   Certainly, there are new market pressures here.

I figure if the Sux are too cheap to resign a talent like Betts, Bogaerts is a goner. I wouldn’t be shocked if a contender is willing to overpay a little for Vasquez he will be traded in July as well,

What the heck is this?