OT: 2023 MLB Thread

[will1066]

I can already tell I'm going to hate Joely Rodriguez. On top of already hating Trevor May. LOL.

Really wished they added another arm to the bullpen.

Ive seen enough

 

[17futurecap]

That DJ contract and the 8th and 9th hitters needing to be pinch hit for every night is a big time yikes.

 

[rangers1314]

Kershaw PERFECT through 7 in Minny. 13K's. 80 pitches. And he gets pulled.

So pathetic.

 

[nyr2k2]

Peeeeeete.

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

Kershaw PERFECT through 7 in Minny. 13K's. 80 pitches. And he gets pulled.

So pathetic.

It's a joke. There have only been 23 perfect games in the history of baseball and he gets pulled when he's 6 outs away? Because he reached 80 pitches? In April? Give me a break.

 

[nyr2k2]

The pen is going to be a real problem for the Mets. The middle innings guys are apparently terrible and I have little faith in the back end. Hopefully they can add an arm or two.

 

[Ratelleitlikeitis]

It's a joke. There have only been 23 perfect games in the history of baseball and he gets pulled when he's 6 outs away? Because he reached 80 pitches? In April? Give me a break.

Apparently Rich Hill (2016) and Kershaw are the only two pitchers in the last century pulled in the 7th or beyond of a perfect game. Common thread...Dave Roberts was the manager both times.

 

[17futurecap]

Vladdy took a dump on the Yankees, playing a 7 man batting order every night doesn’t help.

 

[Inferno]

Cashman should absolutely have been fired over this offseason. Just a disaster

 

[RangerBlues]

WOW does Joey Gallo suck or what!

 

[LeetchisGod]

Cashman should absolutely have been fired over this offseason. Just a disaster

Ownership doesn't care about winning titles anymore. They care about the profit margin. All they have to do is field a moderately competitive team so fans will continue spending money.

 

[NYRFAN218]

The pen is going to be a real problem for the Mets. The middle innings guys are apparently terrible and I have little faith in the back end. Hopefully they can add an arm or two.

Castro for Rodriguez trade is off to a disastrous start.

 

[RangerBlues]

Ive seen this act. Its lame

 

[ElLeetch]

walk the bases loaded in the 9th with no outs, top of the order is now up, only ahead by 3. good work Chap

 

[17futurecap]

Great from King

 

[RangerBlues]

WHUPPP!
Jays were only shut out three times last season.

 

[PuckLuck3043]

The pen is going to be a real problem for the Mets. The middle innings guys are apparently terrible and I have little faith in the back end. Hopefully they can add an arm or two.

It really depends how far the starters go. If they can get through 6 then the BP will be fine. Anything less than that then it could be a problem. Smith, May, Lugo, and Diaz are decent to good and everybody else is a crapshoot. Loup was a big loss and Castro deal looks like shit right now.

 

[sbjnyc]

 

[LightningStorm]

Mets/Bolts fan here. Among the Rangers fanbase I'd be curious to know what the general % split is between Yankee and Met fans. I know its far more complex than the myth that the Rangers/Yankees and Islanders/Mets are pairings.

 

[Crease]

Mets/Bolts fan here. Among the Rangers fanbase I'd be curious to know what the general % split is between Yankee and Met fans. I know its far more complex than the myth that the Rangers/Yankees and Islanders/Mets are pairings.

Mets/Rangers

Grandparents grew up Brooklyn Dodgers fans. When the Dodgers moved west (57) there was no way to follow the team, and they hated the Yankees. So when the Mets were created (62), they became Mets fans.

 

[LightningStorm]

Mets/Rangers

Grandparents grew up Brooklyn Dodgers fans. When the Dodgers moved west there was no way to follow the team, and they hated the Yankees. So when the Mets were created, they became Mets fans.

This fits with my understanding for why the Mets have the biggest fanbase of all the NY teams who came 2nd. The Isles, Jets and Nets didn't get to inherit displaced fanbases the way the Mets did with the 2 former NY NL teams. I've even heard of cases of Mets fans who are fans of all the first teams in the rest of the sports.

 

[nyr2k2]

Mets/Rangers here. Dad was a Dodgers fan. Became a Mets fan.

Also, LFGM.

 

[sbjnyc]

My dad was a Yankee fan. My older brother was a Yankee/ranger fan then switched to Mets/isles. I was confused.

 

[LeetchisGod]

The Yankees offense is horrendous and unwatchable.

 

[17futurecap]

Go home Boone, you had two innings with a runner on second base and couldn’t advance the runner.