MLB 2017 Regular Season Thread

ShyMets wrote: »

Rumours doing the rounds last few months that he was leaving. Probably jumping before the inevitable push.

A nice guy but a coach with flaws. Misuse of the bullpen, over reliance on veterans, not giving young players a chance.

Best of luck with his retirement. The names mooted to replace him are less then inspiring

Manager's only as good as his players, and a manager with good players that underachieves loses his job. Terry Collins is an average to below-average manager. But, he's a company man first and foremost, never rocks the boat and was the stuckee in the job while the Wilponzis "righted" their corrupt bankrupt ship on the backs of the Met's fans. They all got very lucky in 2015 and in some ways moreso in 2016, bandaging over a decade+ of ineptitude. Now, if Collins goes and some clone like Bob Geren is brought in, well, it'll come down to whether or not the players are healthy and perform well. 2018 is not looking good, way too many risks and basically a lineup full of holes. Plus the Wilpons still own the team and are still broke, so they're going to be run like a small market team yet again.

Collins has cost the team games, this is pointed out all the time. And, his over-reliance on veterans is laughable, especially this year when the veterans were performing so badly and they needed some kind of spark. I say, good bye Terry, you're the only Mets manager in team history to lead the team to a playoff berth 2 years in a row, for which you'll be remembered.

There don't appear to be any great candidates out there. Ron Gardenhire maybe? This ould wan remembers him as Rusty Staub's pinch-runner during Rusty's final tour of duty as a Met when he set all kinds of pinch hitting records.

Would like a manager who has a record of success elsewhere. Not Bob Geren. Maybe Robin Ventura, I think with Ventura there, the infield defense would improve and there'd be less loafing (cf. Yoenis Cespedes). But even with Connie Mack or John McGraw, the team has so many issues the manager's not going to make a big difference right away.

circular flexing wrote:

Judge just broke the rookie HR record.

Delighted for him.. He's a tank and I hope he stays healthy for many years

Cubs win the NL Central again. First WS Champion team since the 2009 Phillies to win their Division the next season. Baseball is hard!!

Now for the Nats with a returning Bryce Harper. NL will be interesting. Hard to pick at this stage who is likely to come out on top.

AL is weird right now - only teams over .500 are those that have qualified for playoffs, everyone else is under .500. Angels and Royals can make it back over .500 if they win their last 4 games (winning 3 would be exactly .500).

jack presley wrote: »

That's interesting. I wonder is it common or is this a one off?

Probably a one off. 2 teams (Indians + Astros) are likely to win 100+ games which is unusual. Looking back over the last couple of years most divisions were won with between 88 and 95 games won, so I think Indians/Astros winning so many games skews the balance for everyone else.

59 up for Stanton

circular flexing wrote: »

And he regards Roger Maris' 61 as the real record! (But I guess he would say that).

Angels and Royals lost last night so they can only get back to .500 now.

Astros pummelled the Red Sox 12-2 in Fenway. Astros became the first team since 1887(!) to win 4 games in a row by 9 or more runs.

Wasn't the 61 in 154 games or was that Babe Ruth?

Roll on Tuesday night..

Flip of a coin for me even though you know who I'll be shouting for..