2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

[jewbacca2]

Bonifacio has made two awful throwing errors tonight. His baseball instincts are so bad

 

[nick.]

Emilio Bonifacio is still in the league!?

last time i heard his name was during his great start with the Marlins a few years ago then he kinda fell off the earth

 

[jewbacca2]

@astros: Final pitching line for @vjvelasquezrhp in MLB debut: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 5 #whiff. 89 total pitches, 56 strikes. Well done. #Astros

not bad kid

 

[based mod]

Huddy tried his best to give the Mets a W :\

 

[madj55]

Torii Hunter with an unbelievable ejection. Threw his uniform on the field.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Torii Hunter with an unbelievable ejection. Threw his uniform on the field.

Must get footage of this 

 

[bishopstrongbow]

Tori

 

[johnnyredstorm]

gotta see this

 

[nick.]

Torii Hunter with an unbelievable ejection. Threw his uniform on the field.

that was hilarious

 

[jewbacca2]

Astros lose again.

Scoring only 1 run.

Pen giving up 3 homers







But Springer did go 5-5. Finally looks like he's not trying to hit every ball 800ft

Altuve is really struggling right now

 

[johnnyredstorm]

not sure if astros or mets.

 

[CJ616]

 

[madj55]

Looks like the Nats and Stros will be getting the new spring training facility they wanted

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/p...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

jewbacca2

 

[jewbacca2]

Looks like the Nats and Stros will be getting the new spring training facility they wanted

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/p...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

jewbacca2

I know there's been some formalities, but figured it would happen

Crane owns a golf course near by or something like that

 

[jewbacca2]

Hinch just said Springer has toned down some of the violence in his swing.

I've only been calling for that all year

 

[johnnyredstorm]

*It's happening gif*

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/the-indians-draft-a-switch-pitcher/

 

[jewbacca2]

Harvey gave up 3 bombs :x

"He hit that ball into the dark night..." -Harold Reynolds

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Looks like his mechanical issue is leaving him susceptible to balls up in the zone. He needs to stop rushing and get back to how he pitched in high school.

http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/PitchingMechanics101/Analyses/MattHarveyPitchingMechanics.html

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Piece quoted below was written in 2010. Could we be witnessing the end of Stras?

http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/PitchingMechanics101/Analyses/StephenStrasburg.html

Going forward, the way this typically works for Inverted W guys -- at least for those who don't change their mechanics -- is that they come back from the surgery and look great for a while. Then their mechanics again take their toll, but on the shoulder this time (think B.J Ryan who is technically an Inverted L guy). Given Strasburg's velocity, I'm thinking that, if nothing changes in his mechanics and he remains a starter, then the Nats will get one or two years of value out of him before his shoulder blows up.

For Strasburg to have any chance of pitching more than 5 years he's got to change his arm action and get rid of the Inverted W. He also needs to ditch the slider because that is an absolute killer of the elbows. Changing his arm action may knock 5 or so MPH off of his velocity, but that's what it's going to take to reduce the load on his arm.

 

[suavamente]

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Kenley giving us extra innings it seems. I'll take more Sculley every day of the week

 

[jewbacca2]

@ESPNStatsInfo: George Springer is 1st player in modern MLB history to have 5+ hits in a game where his teammates combined for 2 or fewer (via @EliasSports)

 

[macbk]

No way Torii was legit that angry .

And something is definitely up with Harvey .

 

[johnnyredstorm]

it's his mechanics. he's rushing the ball and not realizing it. he's grooving fastballs in hitter's counts. he either needs to use his change up more, fix his mechanics, or locate his pitches and be smarter with his pitch variation.

 

[d3si]

Harvey :x Three home runs allowed. It'd be nice if we have a fielder who could actually play LF.

The Mets and Brewers have had preliminary trade talks, Jon Morosi reported. Marc Carig reported that the Mets are interested in Brewers 3B Aramis Ramirez, while Adam Rubin noted the Mets are not expected to pursue Ramirez.

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