Major League Baseball

[Lostman]

Another no hitter yesterday, pretty cool for 6 pitchers to do it.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

**** that Rays-Marlins game was painful to watch yesterday.

 

[Fusion]

They took him in the late first round as well because people were scared that he was just torching the Jersey leagues because the Jersey leagues stink. My favourite part about him is his defence, he's amazing to watch.

He is indeed. His only weakness right now is that you can run on him, he doesn't have that great an arm for an outfielder. But that's a minor quibble. If he keeps this pace up not only is he winning ROY, but he's in serious discussion for the MVP (assuming Hamilton cools off of course).

 

[BackFootPunch]

Picks for MVP, ROY and Cy Young for each league?

AL: Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, David Price

NL: Joey Votto, Bryce Harper, Lance Lynn (if he goes the whole season) otherwise Cole Hamels.

 

[Lostman]

AL: MVP- Really open, Kornerko would be a good call though.
ROY-Trout
CY- Price

NL MVP- Wright
ROY-Harper
CY- Too many candidates to narrow it down right now.

 

[Fusion]

****ing Mike Trout. He continues to be super awesome. 40 games, 35 runs, 26 RBI, 15 SB, .354 average, .977 OPS. It seems like he’s a key part of every single Angels win. I so want to hate him but can’t. He’s just so good to watch. The Angels are now just 2.5 games behind Texas and are starting to give me a headache.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Picks for MVP, ROY and Cy Young for each league?

AL: Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, David Price

NL: Joey Votto, Bryce Harper, Lance Lynn (if he goes the whole season) otherwise Cole Hamels.

NL
MVP: Wide open now Kemp is out for an extended run. I still think he can win it, so he gets my vote. Matt Kemp
ROY: Duh. Bryce Harper
CY: RA Dickey

AL
MVP: Miggy
ROY: Duh. Mike Trout
CY: David Price. I hope I'm right about this one, my favourite pitcher in the game.

 

[Fusion]

Matt Cain just threw perfection for the Giants. 2nd perfect game this season!

 

[Lostman]

Matt Cain just threw perfection for the Giants. 2nd perfect game this season!

lol no hitters and perfect games are losing their luster, seems like every team has one going into the 8th inning on a weekly basis.

Odds for the next no-hitter? My rankings would be;

Verlander
Petitte
Price

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I just happened to be watching the last 5 innings of the Giants game cause I was bored after the Dream Team doco, got pretty lucky there.

 

[BackFootPunch]

lol no hitters and perfect games are losing their luster, seems like every team has one going into the 8th inning on a weekly basis.

Odds for the next no-hitter? My rankings would be;

Verlander
Petitte
Price

Strasburg or Verlander next I reckon.

Or Carpenter in Game 5 of the NLDS for the Cards

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Tigers finally getting a decent run together since Jackson came back. Been a pretty ****ty season so far given the strength of the lineup.

 

[Fusion]

Mike Trout makes another awesome play

DAMN YOU ANGELS FOR DRAFTING HIM!!!!

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Those were dumb deals.....Votto is not worth that much let alone 12 yrs....

Nah, Votto's a stud.

.354/.476/.639

Just sayin'

 

[DingDong]

Strasburg or Verlander next I reckon.

Or Carpenter in Game 5 of the NLDS for the Cards

i think it's unlikely they'd let strasburg go the 9 innings this season with the inning limit on him. could happen next season though

hamilton is still a lock for al mvp if the season ended today. great average, 2nd in hrs and 1st in rbis. the voters love rbis

 

[BackFootPunch]

Damn. Was really looking forward to all the "perfec-Chen" headlines.

 

[Fusion]

Anyone watching the HR Derby? Robinson Cano got booed mercilessly by the Kansas City crowd. They were vicious. I didn't even know they felt that strongly about the Yanks. All in good fun though...I hope.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Fairly sure they booed him because he didn't pick Billy Butler in the team. Similar to last season when the Arizona crowd booed Prince Fielders because he picked Ricky Weeks over Justin Upton.

 

[Fusion]

Yeah that makes sense. He seemed anxious to begin with and I think the crowd reaction added to the pressure. He finished with zero HR's.

 

[BackFootPunch]

I thought it was because Cano is a Yankee to start with too.

Pretty rough from those fans I reckon. Bautista had to be there, so did Trumbo. Fielder hasn't been smoking it but look what he did today.

What do you guys think about the winner of the All-star game getting home field advantage for the World Series? Certainly seems unfair some years.