I was just reading about the Astros, and I had somewhat forgot or pushed out of my mind that Dusty Baker is the manager. Cancel the season!

Haha, I experienced the same thing a few days ago!

Too hard to predict with all the "injuries" already, and I highly doubt there will be 60 games played, but

Angels u31.5
Astros u 35.5
dbacks u30.5
doyer u37.5
marlins o 23.5
reds u 32.5

If the season goes off, I predict the Rays get a lead in the WS, but the series gets canceled. I haven't looked at their roster, but seems possible.

I'll give you seven to one odds on any amount you'd like that we don't have a team from the AL win multiple playoffs series, get crowned AL champs, but no world series winner.

Mets Rays WS imo. Mets +2200 and Rays +1600 on Bodog. Not great odds, but I may take the Mets.

I was kind of making a joke. lol at 7:1. If they get that far they'll almost certainly see it through, even if it kills them.

If you're actually looking to bet, I'll take the Dbacks o30.5 for up to 100. Pick the amount and it's booked. I'll take any of the others for 25 each.

apologies in advance for sharing a 100 slide page (i hate the format too) but it's one of the only times i've ever found the content worth the clicks

https://www.stadiumtalk.com/s/worst-...1694ada4234c8f

Speaking of bets, txdome, are we still on for our Braves vs Phillies regular season wins straight up?

If you want to cancel because of the shortened regular season, that's cool... if you want to let it ride, that's cool too, just let me know before opening day

When I have time I'll dig through the thread and find the amount, but I wanna say it was $50 or $100

Not really looking to bet on this season because of how unpredictable it is, and I don't think it is going the full 60.

Tj even though I think I'd probably win, lets cancel the bet.

List seems off if Raul Ibanez not on it.

not sure how much kboddy still posts in this thread, just want to say that the content posted by yourself, driveline, deven morgan, and the rest of the driveline staff on twitter etc is amazing. The pure joy shown by the players (especially when they hit a round number or PR) is a sight for sore eyes and reminds me, always, why I love the game so much. Thank you.

(ps: the content Morgan posts with his kids is top notch and should be required viewing for all dads and amateur coaches)


ETA: Like seriously, the hop this kid did at the start of this video is awesome. No idea why he's so excited-I'm assuming it's because a friend had a great exit velocity or something-it's just amazing to watch

https://twitter.com/DrivelineBB/stat...16021285933056

Always next year

...hopefully

I really wish they weren't playing fake crowd noise.


That said I've really been enjoying watching the White Sox intrasquad games and I can't wait for the season to get going!

Fake crowd noises probably better than real crowd noises. Dumbasses whistling as loud as they can because Josh Reddick likes wrestling is annoying as ****. Just muting it is the best option, unless you have Jim Deshaies, who is the only sports announcer I've ever liked.

edit: Harry Carey and Bill Brown get some love too.

Wow, Daniel Bard has made the Rockies roster.

He hasn't appeared in the bigs since April 2013.

relevant xpost

Posada did that too


Moisthands Alou

lol wow

n1 BH!

Vlad never used batting gloves did he do that too?

Nobody asked, but here are the 162 game milestones prorated down to a 60 game season. Obvious caveats apply (hot start, injuries, adjustments, etc.). I certainly hope nobody did this already on the internet somewhere that I could have just C/P'ed because this took me a while to do.

- A 100 win team will win approx 37 games this year (100/162*60=37.037). Same for RBI or strikeouts or whatever. A 33 win team is like an 88 win team, which is usually good for a wild card spot. If you're going to do your own math, multiplying stuff by .37 will pro-rate to a 60-game season, as we're playing 37% of a season this year.

- 50 HR pace is 18 (50/162*60= 18.52)

- A pitcher who strikes out ~111 batters is on a 300 K pace. This one is dodgy depending on how many starts they make and how teams are able to manipulate their rotations, but I think the math works out to be close regardless of how we arrive there. The last to strike out 300 in a season was Max Scherzer, getting exactly 300 over 33 starts, or 220.2IP, good for 12.2 k/9. 33 starts prorated to a 60 game season is 12.2, which kind of takes in to account skipping a 5th starter for an extra start for the ace after an offday so I'm inclined to go that way, but I've gotten anywhere from 108-112 depending on how I math it. No all-star break this year.

-Similarly, a 20 win pace works out to 8 wins? 20/162*60= 7.41. Old Hoss Radbourn won 60 games back in 1884 for the Providence Grays. Of course, they only played 112 games back then. To win at the same rate as Old Hoss, you'd need 33 wins (60/112= wins in 53.6% of the team's games, 55% of 60 is 33).

- A batter qualifying for the batting title needs 186 BA's, if it's 3.1PA/ team game played, which I think? With that in mind, if a player wants to bat .400 and qualify for the batting title, they will need to go 75/186 to bat .403 (74/186 is .398). More likely would be something like 96/240.

- Wanna break Bonds Single season HR record? 73/162*60= 27.04, so you'll need 28.

-Hack Wilson's RBI record (191)? 71... I don't think there were 162 games in a season back then, so. He did it in 155 games, 709 PA's.

- Bonds' walks record (232)? 86

- Henderson's 130 steals (this is a modern era record, Hugh Nicol stole 138 in 1887)? 130/162*60 =48.1, so you'll need 49.

-Mark Reynolds' 223 strikeouts? 83 (223/162*60= 82.5)

-Ichiro's hit record? 262/162*60= 97.03

-Dave Stewart balked 16 times in 37 starts in 1988, or .52 balks/9ip, or .43 per start. Depends again on how you'd divvy up starts or innings, given 4 man rotations and double-digit complete games for Stewart that year, but the equivalent is somewhere in the 5.25-5.5 area. Suffice to say if someone balks 6 times this year, it will be the hardest balking ever. Sidenote: 1988 had 4 of the 5 balkiest seasons, with Stewart, Bob Welch, John Candelaria and Juan Guzman each balking 12+ times. John Dopson balked 15 times in 1989!

-Mike Piazza allowed 155 sb's across 1255.2 innings, the equivalent of 139.5 9-inning games, which corrects for days off, partial or otherwise, and extra innings. That prorates to 51.6 games caught over a 60 game season. If a catcher allows 58 steals this year, they're the worst, but 57 is okay. (1255.6/9= 139.5, 155/139.5= 1.11/game. 51.6*1.11=57.3 steals)

-On the other side of the same coin, Jody Davis caught 89 runners (48%) in 1986, which blows my god damn mind. He did that over 1257.2 innings, or 139.7 9 inning games. That translates to .64 CS/gm. Using the same math work as above, 139.7/162*60 equates to 51.8 games caught, and .64 CS per game works out to 33.2 runners gunned down over a 60 game year.

-The equivalent to K-Rod's 62 save season would be 23.

nice post, totally forgot about john dopson

Really appreciate the effort, TBE59!

Appreciate the work. Maybe I will throw some bets down, but this **** ain't going 60, which obviously complicates things.