The 2020 Major League Baseball Player Chatter, News and Fantasy Thread.

[koz-man]

Hopefully they don't stick with the new Extra Inning rules next season. This is nerve racking sweating a bet on a road team when the home team is awarded a man at 2nd Base. Nope I liked baseball where you had to earn your way on base and earn victories instead of being gifted a huge built in advantage.

I was open to this rule @ first.
But watching it play-out this season. Not a fan of it...

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Exciting!

I know I'm beating a dead horse here but this kid is an absolute monster

[Mr KLC]

Oakland's SP Chris Bassitt had an ERA of 1.08 and a WHIP of 0.90 in 16.2 innings over his last three games.

[stevenash]

Tatis with 2 more bombs in a 1 run loss

I rostered him in all my DFS games at SS last night.
Made me some nice coin.

Right now you can’t fade Whit at 2B (or OF) and Tatis at SS in dailies, you just can’t.
You find a way to budget those two in your lineups but right now Whit and Tatis in DFS is straight up cash money.

[JMobile]

Tatis and Whit, the to best young players today.

Padres just need consistent pitching

[stevenash]

Padres just need consistent pitching

Royals too.
I like the way KC is headed, we got some nice pieces.

[jrgum3]

Some bad blood brewing between Oakland and Houston which led to a benches clearing brawl today. Interesting that it was the A's were hit by a pitch 5 times in the series while the Stros weren't hit by one pitch. You can bet your ass the A's will have payback on their mind the next time these two teams face each other.

[EmpireMaker]

The New York Yankees will make a decision about Aroldis Chapman’s timeline to return to action after a throwing session on Tuesday, per ESPN’s Marly Rivera. Chapman has yet to make an appearance this season. He tested positive for COVID-19 back on July 11th after showing mild symptoms. Chapman has been working his way back to full strength and hopes to return to the back end of the Yanks bullpen shortly. Last season, Chapman put together another top-notch campaign with 37 saves in 60 games and a 2.21 ERA/2.28 FIP while striking out 13.4 batters per nine innings.

• Charlie Morton of the Tampa Bay Rays left his start today with right shoulder inflammation, per Juan Toribio of MLB.com. The Rays do not appear to be overly concerned about Morton in the long-term. The 36-year-old hasn’t gotten off to a great start with a 5.52 ERA across three starts, though it’s obviously s small sample, and a 4.06 FIP isn’t quite so pessimistic of his performance.
• The Washington Nationals aren’t any closer to coming to terms on an extension either for manager Dave Martinez or GM Mike Rizzo, per Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post (Twitter links). Both are in the final year of their current deals. The Nationals have proven a fairly conservative organization and one that won’t budge due to public perception. For their parts, both Martinez and Rizzo appear to have great trust in the organization. Given that the Nats are coming off a World Series championship, it’s hard to imagine either man moving on. Rizzo is the longstanding architect of these Nats – one of the most sustainable contenders of the last decade – while Martinez is the culture of the club in its current iteration. He has both the respect and the admiration of his players, by all accounts. This is pure conjecture, but Nats ownership may be taking a principled stance by waiting on these extensions. They’ve routinely let star players play out the final seasons of their deals, and it shows some organizational continuity to do the same with Rizzo and Martinez.

[Otters27]

Mid anybody see the Nationals tarp debacle

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Tatis another homer...NL MVP?

[Chi_archie]

Mid anybody see the Nationals tarp debacle

No, got a link?

[Cross]

Houston Astros need to be banned this year.

[BigSpoon]

Tatis another homer...NL MVP?

Big feature story on ESPN about your boy today Jake: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...-back-baseball

[JMobile]

Tatis another homer...NL MVP?

Don't jinx it bro

[stevenash]

Tatis another homer...NL MVP?

Tatis or Blackmon.

[Stallion]

Tatis

[stevenash]

Looks like the Nats found their hitting shoes, they romped 16-4 over the Mets.
Soto went nuts going 3 for 4 with a dinger and 3 RBI.
As-Cab hit a pair of homers too.
Nats banged out 17 hits.

Speaking of hitting shoes there's 18 runs scored so far in the Rockies game and it's still in the seventh inning.
27 combined hits to boot.
Coors is a joke.
Blackmon is hitting like a man possesed all year, he's 3 for 4 and now hitting .476 and he's played every inning so far of every game.
He's got to be considered as an MVP.

There's 15 runs scored so far in the Red Sox game, and they're still batting.
I always make it a point to roster JD Martinez in dailies as he is the best hitter in the game vs. LHP
(Tatis is a beast too against LHP)
JD Martinez is 2 for 3 tonight so far with a home run, his first, about time.
Nice to see Xander find his stroke too.

There's 15 runs scored so far in the Oakland game.
Oakland is up 9-6, still playing.

Seattle has put up a 10 burger so far and that game is still going on.
10-2 there.

Phillies beat the Braves earlier 13-8

That's 102 runs is 6 games.

You're eating steak tomorrow if you had the over on the SALAMI.


And I just read a big article in Baseball Prospectus on how to ball is de-juiced this year.
Not tonight.

[jrgum3]

Tatis or Blackmon.

Blackmon hitting .476 right now. I know I said it couldn't be done even in a shortened season but if anybody could hit .400 in 60 games it would be someone who plays his home games in Coors Field.

[stevenash]

Blackmon hitting .476 right now. I know I said it couldn't be done even in a shortened season but if anybody could hit .400 in 60 games it would be someone who plays his home games in Coors Field.

His career home/away splits.
He was born to hit at Coors.

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	Home	521	485	2268	2034	437	713	118	38	99	311	72	27	171	325	0.351	0.408	0.592	1	1204	17	38	10	15	14	19	0.378	129
	Away	554	497	2304	2117	289	558	114	9	76	218	57	27	132	440	0.264	0.316	0.434	0.75	918	24	34	12	9	10	18	0.299	72

[batt33]

Mid anybody see the Nationals tarp debacle

What the heck happened?

[stevenash]

Mike Trout is not human!

He hits a 2 run bomb in the fourth inning to cut Oakland's lead to 9-6.
Then after Ohtani tied the game at 9 and 9 with a two run blast in the sixth, Trout untied it with a solo shot in the eighth.
This game is off the chain. 10-9 Angels top of the ninth, A's gagged on a 9-4 lead.

Stay tuned.

[Cross]

Trout is not human, still best in the game and never see him because he is out west.

[stevenash]

Trout is not human, still best in the game and never see him because he is out west.

Unless you are a vampire like me at stay up to 2 am EST to watch him.
Shame, but even though he's a NJ/Philly boy Anaheim is where he wants to be.
He could have hooked up with Bryce in his home town Philly if he wanted.
Yankees could have paid him too.
Can you imagine a lineup with a healthy Stanton, Judge, Trout, DJ, Sanchez, the kids Torres, Urshella, Ford, Voit?
Holy Mother of God that lineup with Trout in it would be one of the best ever.

And to think the Yanks could have drafted him......

[EmpireMaker]

Injured Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons is closing in on a return, manager Joe Maddon said Monday (via Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times). Simmons, who landed on the IL on July 28 with a left ankle sprain, has progressed to taking batting practice.
Ankle problems have slowed Simmons since last season, during which the 30-year-old totaled only 103 games played. Simmons’ well-known defensive wizardry continued then, but his offense dropped off a cliff compared to his respectable 2018-19 performance. Still, as Jeff Todd of MLBTR explained, Simmons entered this season as an especially interesting pending free agent. Thanks to the shortened campaign and the time he has already missed, though, Simmons doesn’t have much time to rebuild his stock before a potential trip to the open market.
Since Simmons went down in the first week of the season, the Angels have turned to David Fletcher at short. Fletcher has been highly productive so far, and the Angels surely want his bat in the lineup every day, but he’s versatile enough on the defensive side to move around the diamond. That will give Maddon the freedom to pencil the two in on a daily basis when Simmons is able to return.

[EmpireMaker]

Matz is horrible right now, but the Nats hitting does seem to be heating up at the same time.

Looks like the Nats found their hitting shoes, they romped 16-4 over the Mets.
Soto went nuts going 3 for 4 with a dinger and 3 RBI.
As-Cab hit a pair of homers too.
Nats banged out 17 hits.

Speaking of hitting shoes there's 18 runs scored so far in the Rockies game and it's still in the seventh inning.
27 combined hits to boot.
Coors is a joke.
Blackmon is hitting like a man possesed all year, he's 3 for 4 and now hitting .476 and he's played every inning so far of every game.
He's got to be considered as an MVP.

There's 15 runs scored so far in the Red Sox game, and they're still batting.
I always make it a point to roster JD Martinez in dailies as he is the best hitter in the game vs. LHP
(Tatis is a beast too against LHP)
JD Martinez is 2 for 3 tonight so far with a home run, his first, about time.
Nice to see Xander find his stroke too.

There's 15 runs scored so far in the Oakland game.
Oakland is up 9-6, still playing.

Seattle has put up a 10 burger so far and that game is still going on.
10-2 there.

Phillies beat the Braves earlier 13-8

That's 102 runs is 6 games.

You're eating steak tomorrow if you had the over on the SALAMI.


And I just read a big article in Baseball Prospectus on how to ball is de-juiced this year.
Not tonight.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Big feature story on ESPN about your boy today Jake: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...-back-baseball

Great article! The baseball community is starting to realize what was very evident to me last year in his rookie year.

[Chi_archie]

Unless you are a vampire like me at stay up to 2 am EST to watch him.
Shame, but even though he's a NJ/Philly boy Anaheim is where he wants to be.
He could have hooked up with Bryce in his home town Philly if he wanted.
Yankees could have paid him too.
Can you imagine a lineup with a healthy Stanton, Judge, Trout, DJ, Sanchez, the kids Torres, Urshella, Ford, Voit?
Holy Mother of God that lineup with Trout in it would be one of the best ever.

And to think the Yanks could have drafted him......

Imagine how big he'd be as a yank

[stevenash]

Imagine how big he'd be as a yank

Derek Jeter big.
1986 NYC Mets big.

He'd own the mother freaking city.

[BigSpoon]

Derek Jeter big.
1986 NYC Mets big.

He'd own the mother freaking city.

Dad strength Trout is scary this season.

[Carseller4]

Over 50 pitchers hitting the DL so far this season.

What is going on? Besides the lack of a full spring training.

[koz-man]

What the heck happened?

[JMobile]

Can't believe the Padres beat the Dodgers last night

[Stallion]

That's 2020 right there.

[jrgum3]

Houston Astros need to be banned this year.

Hitting coach got 20 games for instigating that brawl against Oakland. That's pretty much the same thing as being banned this year lol.

[Cross]

Jon Lester found the fountain of youth, again proving he is Cubs best free agent signing of all time.