The 2017 MLB Random Thoughts Thread

[THEREALBRAND]

McCullers slated to return Saturday vs. Seattle
OAKLAND -- Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. is expected to return from the disabled list and start Saturday in Seattle, manager A.J. Hinch announced Tuesday in Oakland.

McCullers was placed on the DL June 9 with lower back inflammation. He threw a bullpen session Monday and will throw another one in Oakland before starting Saturday, if everything goes well. Hinch was encouraged by how Monday's bullpen session went.

 

[lepard]

Remember when people argued with me in this thread that it was still early for the Mets.



Injuries et. al - but they suck

 

[3rd Koast Kang]

Just need Keuchel back to make the cipher complete

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Meet Brazil's Most Valuable Arm
When MLB's international signing period opens July 2, Eric Pardinho is poised to collect an eye-popping seven-figure payday. Can the 16-year-old pitcher live up to his father's sales pitch?

n the rolling hills of Ibiuna, high above the eucalyptus trees and about 50 miles west of downtown Sao Paulo, a major league scout stands behind home plate at the Yakult Academy stadium on a Sunday afternoon in April. From the darkness of the official scorer's booth, he points a radar gun at the mound, where 16-year-old right-hander Eric Pardinho is blowing away overmatched adolescents who have no earthly business stepping into the box against him.

Nearby, another evaluator raves about the young hurler's textbook technique. About how he rotates the lower half of his body to create leverage that someone who's generously listed at 5-foot-10 shouldn't be able to create. How his hands are in perfect position when his front foot strikes the ground. And that follow-through. "You sign guys and work with them for three years in the minor leagues to get them to do all that," the scout says.

Eric Pardinho got a story on the home page of ESPN.com

The story is too long to post here, but here's a link

Meet 16-year-old Eric Pardinho, Brazil's first million-dollar arm

 

[Remote]

Reminder that Jason Heyward sucks, that contract is horrific, and I was right.

 

[Canada Goose]

The 2017 NL West is looking like 2015 NL central, where there will be three teams with 90+ wins.


Hopefully dbacks and Rockies come out on top, let these small market teams eat.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

I have to go to an A's game at some point. Their fans always look like they're having a good time, all 10 of them.

 

[Regular_P]

This fakkit Jarrod Dyson.

 

[Regular_P]

I have no problem with bunting for a hit during a no-hitter if it's a 1-2 run game, but it's 4-0 and Verlander had a perfect game going in the 6th.

 

[Knights89]

I have no problem with bunting for a hit during a no-hitter if it's a 1-2 run game, but it's 4-0 and Verlander had a perfect game going in the 6th.

i was about to tag you. like wtf Dyson

 

[FaTaL]

This fakkit Jarrod Dyson.

amin

• FaTaL
• Mar 3, 2016

 

[FaTaL]

I have no problem with bunting for a hit during a no-hitter if it's a 1-2 run game, but it's 4-0 and Verlander had a perfect game going in the 6th.

Fuk these unwritten rules

 

[ineedsleep212]

 

[Regular_P]

Fuk these unwritten rules

fukk you too.

 

[Forlife44]

So y'all still think dyson was wrong?