2019 MLB Season Thread [ARCHIVED] Baseball • Page 1143

At least I have DJ in fantasy.

 

Vlad went deep again

 

1st place.

 

true king

 

welp, with Springer day to day now, it has to be time... please let it be time.

 

3 against 15-31 Baltimore
4 against 15-31 KC

Hopefully this week goes better than the 1st week of the season when they were supposed to clean up lol

 

So the Braves just traded away their only experienced closer on their roster. Could this be gearing up for a run at Kimbrel?

 

The unsung skill helping Bellinger chase .400

It's fun to watch Bellinger fly around the bases, but where he really stands out is the first 90 feet. And his home-to-first speed has had a real impact on that .405 batting average he's carrying into Los Angeles' series opener against the Rays on Tuesday.

If you can get down the first-base line in under four seconds, that's serious speed -- the type of speed that can turn groundouts into infield hits, and make bunting for a hit a weapon at your disposal. Bellinger has that extra dimension. He has the most sub-4 home-to-first times of any player this season.

Most sub-4-second home-to-1st times, 2019
1) Cody Bellinger (LAD): 12
2) Kevin Kiermaier (TB): 8
3-T) Billy Hamilton (KC): 7
3-T) Dee Gordon (SEA): 7
3-T) Delino DeShields (TEX): 7

Five of Bellinger's sub-4 home-to-first times have resulted in infield hits. On two others, he also singled, the ball just happened to get through to the outfield.

Bellinger is fast

 

bellinger is good

 

I had no idea he's that fast

 

Trevor Story and Gallo are both dudes who I did not anticipate being fast. Story is Bellinger fast, Gallo is just decisively above average, which makes no sense to me

 

Yes both ankles

 

what the hell, cespy?

 

Van Wagenen: "Violent fall in which he stepped in a hole and put his leg and foot in a difficult position"

Also added "did not fall off a horse"

 

what the hell is going on with the mets

 

this has been the mets for the last decade+

 

they still have one NL pennant, at least.

 

I'm not sure this is a sign the Braves are in on Kimbrel. Arodys was done as a Brave once it was announced he was out for the year. He's basically just in the trade to offset salary and make the financial terms fair. Mariners are basically hoping they can get something out of Biddle and Braves are hoping they can get something out of this new guy they acquired.

I do think the Braves will make a run at Kimbrel after the draft, but I see other teams making stronger offers. Maybe he'll take a lesser offer to rejoin the Braves, but I wouldn't count on it.

 

Gleyber loves playing Baltimore.

 

My adorable son.

 

Happ still bad.

 

Just turned this on, glad to see Happ still sucks to start games

Maybe throw 30 real pitches in the bullpen and get the bad pitches out of your system guy