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

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frink85 said:
I want to be the old dude in the prince clothing and cowboy hat sitting courtside at laker games :pimp: even saw him in Oakland during the finals
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yeah his swag is out there, looks like Johnny Depp will wind up playing his life story ..


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onewearz said:
everything Schilling says or does till this day irritates me ... even how he's holding the ball while he broadcasts make me wanna step on his chest and watch him beg for air ....


never forget 04' >:
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Sheesh, easy there.
 
Thank you Dodgers for that rout :pimp: . Benching Duffy didn't hurt me.
 
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I need my Mets to dump salary this year and sign Justin Upton in the offseason.

Trade Grandy, Cuddyer, Murphy. Free up some cash and get someone actually in his prime that can produce in Citi Field.
 
what's the status on Wright?

i think they should keep him out until he's 120% healthy. back issues are no joke
 
I've got him written off as done forever.

Sandy said he might come back after the all star break but that's probably a smoke screen.

I need this team to get rid of the deadweight and build a well balanced team. Flores, Herrera, Tejada, Duda, Lagares and the catchers need to stay, every other position player has gotta go.
 
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He probably had it for years and this dumbass medical staff missed it or thought nothing of it. It explains why his power disappeared.
 
Today in Baseball History
June 22nd

1925 Max Carey gets two hits in both the first and eighth innings when the Pirates beat the Cardinals at Sportsman's Park, 24-6. The feat will not be accomplished again until Rennie Stennett, also with Pittsburgh, collects two hits in one inning twice, the first and the fifth frames, in 1975.

1926 The Cardinals pick up future Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander, who was placed on waivers by the Cubs. The acquisition of 'Old Pete' will prove to be pivotal to the Redbirds' World Series triumph over the Yankees when the 39 year-old right-hander wins Games 2 and 6 and saves Game 7 of the Fall Classic.

1932 The National League finally approves the use of uniform numbers to identify players. Although some teams in the AL implemented digits on their jerseys on a regular basis a few seasons ago, the Senior Circuit had refused to follow suit, probably as the result of the Cardinals being harassed by opposing players and fans when they wore numerals on their sleeves in 1923.

1936 At Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, Ival Goodman hits an unusual home run when his fifth-inning fly ball lands and stays on top of the scoreboard in right field. With the perched ball considered in play, the three Dodger outfielders watch the Reds' right fielder round the bases for an easy inside-the park round-tripper in their 7-2 loss to Cincinnati.

1941 In their 5-4 victory over Detroit, the Yankees establish a new record by hitting at least one home run in 18 straight contests. Joe DiMaggio's sixth inning blast not only breaks the major league mark, previously held by the Tigers, but also continues his own consecutive game hitting streak to 35 games.

1944 In the first game of a twin bill, Charley Schantz gets the win when the Phillies blank Boston for 15 innings, matching the longest shutout in franchise history. Philadelphia right-fielder Ron Northey's homer in the top of the frame scores the game's only run in the 1-0 victory at Braves Field.

1944 Boston right-hander Jim Tobin holds the Phillies hitless in the shortened five-inning nightcap, blanking Philadelphia at Braves Field, 7-0. In April, 'Abba Dabba' threw a full-game no-hitter against Brooklyn.

1947 After pitching a no-hitter four days ago against the Braves, Reds hurler Ewell Blackwell loses his chance for a second consecutive no-hitter when Dodger second baseman Eddie Stanky singles with one out the ninth inning at Crosley Field.

1959 Sandy Koufax goes the distance, beating Philadelphia at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, 6-2. The Dodger southpaw fans 16 Phillies to set a new record for strikeouts in a night game.

1962 Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole player to homer over the center field hedge at in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium with a 469-foot blast off Don Schwall in the Birds' 4-3 victory over Boston. In 1957, Yankee superstar Mickey Mantle became the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat.

1962 Al Jackson throws the first one-hitter in franchise history when the Mets beat the Colt .45's, the National League's other expansion team, at the Polo Grounds, 2-0. The lone hit given up by the southpaw is Joey Amalfitano's line drive single to left field in the first inning.

1966 At the Astrodome, Houston sets a home attendance mark which will last for 22 years. Dodger southpaw Sandy Koufax, who tosses a complete game to improve his record to 13-2, beats the hometown team, 5-2, in front of the 50,908 fans attending the Wednesday contest.

1976 In the seventh inning of a 4–2 Padres win over home town San Francisco, Randy Jones ties Christy Mathewson's NL mark by going 68 innings without issuing a base on balls. The southpaw's streak will end when he walks Marc Hill leading off the next frame, keeping the 63 year-old record intact.

1977 In a 7-4 victory over the Orioles at Memorial Stadium, the Red Sox collect their 100th round-tripper of the season, the earliest the club has ever reached the milestone. Today's homers, hit by George Scott, Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk (2) and Butch Hobson all off Jim Palmer, contribute to a major league record of 29 home runs launched by one club in a span of eight consecutive games.

1982 Phillies' Pete Rose moves pass Hank Aaron into second place for career hits when he doubles off of Redbird right-hander John Stuper for his 3,772nd hit. 'Charlie Hustle', 419 hits shy of Ty Cobb's record will surpass the Georgia Peach's total in 1985 with his 4,192nd hit, a single to left-center field at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium off San Diego's Eric Show.

1984 In an emotional home plate ceremony prior to the Twins contest at the Metrodome, a letter of intent is signed by Calvin Griffith and his sister Thelma Hayes, ending the longest family ownership of a team in baseball history. The franchise, originally based in Washington, D.C. and owned by the Griffiths since 1920, is sold to Carl Pohlad, a Minnesota banker.

1987 After spending over two weeks training to make a comeback with the Mets, Tom Seaver announces his retirement. The future Hall of Famer ends his career with 311 victories, of which 198 came wearing a Met uniform.

1993 On his final day as a professional baseball player, 45 year-old White Sox backstop Carlton Fisk catches his 2,226th game to surpass Bob Boone as the all-time leader. 'Pudge' played the first 11 seasons in his 24-year major league career with the Red Sox.
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Top 10 MLB prospects update
Keith Law, ESPN Insider

Dear Jeff Luhnow, Terry Ryan, Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, Chris Antonetti and Jon Daniels:

Stop screwing up my top prospects lists.

Thanks,

Keith

I posted an updated top 25 prospects list on May 26, and since then, seven of those players have been recalled, including Kyle Schwarber just this week. I'll do a more thorough re-ranking right after the Futures Game, expanding to 50 names, but this is the top 10 I highlighted on Baseball Tonight on Thursday evening, with a few quick notes on each player.

1. Corey Seager, SS/3B
Los Angeles Dodgers
Current level: Triple-A (Oklahoma City)

Seager continues to rake in Triple-A, helped by some recent road trips to hitters' parks, and seems very likely to contribute to the major league club later this summer. He also has had a handful of starts at third base, which could be his eventual position. That gives him the versatility that the Dodgers have already shown they value.

2. J.P. Crawford, SS
Philadelphia Phillies
Current level: Double-A (Reading)

Crawford reached Double-A after just 84 games in high Class A, and if anything, he still looks like he's too good for the level; he has more walks than strikeouts and has shown outstanding defense to go with his .296/.387/.444 line through his first 18 games for Reading. I don't know that he should be in the majors this year, but if it happens, he won't look out of place.

3. Lucas Giolito, RHP
Washington Nationals
Current level: High Class A (Potomac)

Giolito was a little off in his first official start out of extended spring training, but since then he has a 2.97 ERA with 52 strikeouts and 10 walks in 39 1/3 innings, and that's despite allowing a BABIP over .400 because the defense behind him is so bad.

4. Julio Urias, LHP
Los Angeles Dodgers
Current level: Double-A (Tulsa)

Urias made three starts this spring, then went on the DL for an elective procedure to fix the ptosis of his left eyelid, with an expected return before the All-Star break.

5. Miguel Sano, 3B
Minnesota Twins
Current level: Double-A (Chattanooga)

Sano started a little slow this year after losing 2014 to Tommy John surgery, but since late April, he has been back on track, even better than he was in Double-A in late 2013. Over his past 40 games, he's hitting .293/.376/.558 with nine homers.

6. Tyler Glasnow, RHP
Pittsburgh Pirates
Current level: Double-A (Altoona)

Glasnow has been out for a month due to a sprained ankle but is expected to make a rehab start Friday night for West Virginia and should be back with Altoona shortly afterward. He had been off to a tremendous start before that, walking just six batters through five starts; that's a good sign given his slightly high walk rates before this season.

7. Yoan Moncada, 2B
Boston Red Sox
Current level: Class A (Greenville)

I'll see Moncada live for the first time this weekend against Lakewood. He has been a little disappointing so far, in a small sample and in his first real competition since 2013, playing exclusively second base.

8. Nomar Mazara, RF
Texas Rangers
Current level: Double-A (Frisco)

Mazara continues to hit for average, get on base and show modest power even though he's the second-youngest player in the Texas League, older than Royals prospect Raul Mondesi Jr.

9. Rafael Devers, 3B
Boston Red Sox
Current level: Class A (Greenville)

Devers is hitting .307/.338/.442 for Greenville -- he's part of that same loaded infield with Moncada and Javier Guerra -- even though he won't turn 19 until October. In fact, Devers is younger than …

10. Brendan Rodgers, SS
Colorado Rockies
Current level: Rookie League (Grand Junction)

My No. 1 player in the 2015 draft class and the third overall pick, Rodgers turns 19 in August, and he should be the Rockies' long-term replacement for Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop. Colorado doesn't run a complex-league team, so Rodgers will go right to Grand Junction in the Pioneer League, a good hitter's environment but an advanced assignment for a player right out of high school.
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Grant Bodison, human rocket, makes one of the craziest leaping catches you'll ever see

Think back to what you were doing as a junior in high school. Staring blankly at the Common Application? Probably. Doodling in the back of trigonometry class? Definitely. Figuring out that whole "talking to members of the opposite sex" thing? Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Anyway, keep that in mind, because while 16-year-old you was just surviving high school, Mauldin (SC) High School junior infielder/sorcerer Grant Bodison -- one of the top high school prospects in the country and currently committed to play at the University of South Carolina -- is busy playing in Perfect Game showcases and doing things like this:

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According to Bodison's Perfect Game profile, he "really stands out defensively." That may need a rewrite, preferably with lots of exclamation points and/or references to his apparent ability to levitate.
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Female French teen makes MLB history
Shortstop Mayeux is first woman added to international registration list
By Lindsay Berra / MLB.com | @lindsayberra | 8:17 AM ET

At noon on Sunday afternoon, a 16-year-old French girl made Major League Baseball history.

Melissa Mayeux, a shortstop on the French U-18 junior national team, became the first known female baseball player to be added to MLB's international registration list, which means she will be eligible to be signed by a Major League club on July 2.

International prospects, Mayeux included, are typically added to the international registration list at MLB-sanctioned events after verifying their dates of birth and citizenship; while anyone can technically be added to the list, only those who have the potential to actually be signed are customarily registered.

Is it possible that Mayeux will be signed? Sure. Is it likely? Probably not, but the simple fact that Mayeux has been added to the list solidifies her status as a legitimate player. Mayeux, for her part, just wants to play. She speaks little English and is unaware that her presence on the registry might be seen as newsworthy in the United States.

"Melissa just wants to have to most opportunity she can in baseball," said Boris Rothermundt, a coach with the French national team who has been working with Mayeux since she joined the program two years ago as a member of the U-15 team. "She is not at all thinking about being the first female on the list."

Mayeux, who has been a presence on the international youth scene for a while, is simply focused on keeping her baseball career going.

"I would like very much to continue playing baseball in France until I'm 18 years old," said Mayeux, "and then have the ability to leave for university or another opportunity abroad. I'd like to stay in baseball as long as possible."

MLB Director of International Game Development Mike McClellan has been watching Mayeux play for two years.

"She's a legitimate shortstop who makes all the plays and is very smooth and fluid in the field," he said. "She swings the bat really well and is fearless."

McClellan recalls an at-bat the right-handed Mayeux had during a tournament in Barcelona in April. She was facing a 19-year-old Dominican pitcher who was throwing 91 mph, which is considerably harder than most pitchers in her age group can throw. "She ripped a base hit off of him, just to the right of second base," McClellan said. "She just went with the pitch, and she looked good doing it."

As a further testament to her athleticism, Mayeux is also a member of France's senior national softball team and often and adeptly switches between facing overhand baseball pitchers and underhand fast-pitch softball pitchers.

Mayeux is one of only four players from the French team to be selected to participate in MLB's European Elite Camp in August. There, she will work with former big league players and managers, most notably Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin. In the 10-year history of the European Elite Camp, 76 players who have been chosen to participate have gone on to sign with MLB teams. Two -- Italian Alex Liddi and German Donald Lutz -- have reached the big leagues.

"It gives us an opportunity to have the best coaches in the camp," Mayeux said. "Everyone wants to go, everyone wants to battle to get to go to the camp, and voilá."

Mayeux will also be attending a pitching and hitting camp next week in Germany, where she is slated to work on her swing and approach at the plate with two-time All-Star Steve Finley.

Mayeux's older brother Dylan, 18, also plays for the French national team -- currently the U-19 club -- and he is projected to be on the senior national team in the near future. The Mayeuxs also played together for a club team, the Cougars de Montigny-le-Bretonneux.

"I grew up with the same boys, so we've known each other since I was very little," she said. "I've never had a problem with integration or respect. We're very well connected, and that makes a good team."

Should Mayeux be signed by an MLB team, she would likely be invited to extended spring training next year for evaluation. Though even if signing a deal with a Major League organization is in the cards, it likely wouldn't come for a couple of years anyway, as European prospects -- unlike their counterparts in Latin America -- often sign when they are closer to 18, as opposed to 16.

Should she go unsigned, Mayeux would be eligible to play in the American university system. It is also a possibility that she could be one of the top 25 French players who would make the roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic, when she will be two years older and likely stronger and faster. That is, if the French team doesn't -- as McClellan puts it -- "ring 'er up."

"In 2017, she'll still be on the young side, but she's improved steadily over the last two years and will continue to improve," McClellan said. "So could she play for France in the WBC? In her lifetime, I think she can."

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/132044338/melissa-mayeux-france-eligible-sign-mlb
 
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