MLB 2014 Season Thread

After winning 8 in a row and 11 of last 12, the Royals are officially in 1st place. Half a game up on Detroit. Screw the wildcard, let's go ahead and win the division.

So Felix extended his record 7ip while surrendering 2 runs or less streak.

joeboo_sl said:

After winning 8 in a row and 11 of last 12, the Royals are officially in 1st place. Half a game up on Detroit. Screw the wildcard, let's go ahead and win the division.

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You're welcome.

Woo, Astros eclipsed last season win total with over a month to go!

Buccos lost 5 in a row. Not having Cutch took a few games to hit home but they're in full collapse right now without him=/

Grimmlokk_sl said:

Buccos lost 5 in a row. Not having Cutch took a few games to hit home but they're in full collapse right now without him=/

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Well they are due for 20 odd years of losing seasons in a row after so much recent success.

Holy fuck I never thought I would be able to type this sentence:

Mariners are leading the 2nd wildcard spot. What is this voodoo shit?

I'm really glad NFL is so close so I can stop paying attention to this handicapped Reds team.

Profundis_sl said:

Woo, Astros eclipsed last season win total with over a month to go!

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"Matress" Mack is gonna end up "losing" $4m in retail furniture.

Lol tigers

Keep on losing, Tigers.

Let's go Royals!
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Yes! Keep on losing Tigers!

Bye bye joeboo. That still loads even if you spoiler it.

Why do the Royals continue to use Chen for anything. He is fucking terrible.

Goddamn Ned Yost. Just handed away a perfectly winnable game. You don't bring in a reliever with a 7 1/2 ERA in a tie game in the 10th. That guy should only be pitching with a 5+ run lead in mop-up time.

So dumb.

It's become painfully clear that he no longer belongs in the majors. Most of his pitches are in the 70s and the only outs he gets are from hitter mistakes. It's not that he is getting unlucky or doesn't have command. This is as good as he is ever going to be for the rest of his career

Clayton Edward Kershaw


16-3 1.73 era 194 strike outs in 161.1 innings .84 whip. 8 strike outs behind the league leader with 6 games less pitched. In his last start for the first time all season he pitched with the Bases Loaded.

Absolutely ****ing ridiculous

Barring a major meltdown, he's going to win the MVP and Cy Young.

Here are the combined stats for the Royals 7th, 8th, and 9th inning relievers(Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, Greg Holland)
166.2 inning
209 Strike Outs
1.35 ERA
.99 WHIP

Needless to say, if the Royals can get to the 7th with a lead, the game is over. Davis and Herrera each have 20+ inning scoreless streaks going.

Kershaw has just been unreal. Those stats are insane.

Those KC numbers look like Houston's old rotation of Brad Lidge-Octavio Dotel-Billy Wagner, which was amazing while it lasted.

Houston has shown progress this year (already eclipsing last year's win total) but I am worried that when they finally can field a full major league lineup, outside of Jose Altuve, it's going to be just Rob Deer/Adam Dunn/Dave Kingman up and down the line up. .210 average, 38 homeruns, 200+ strikeouts.

Ritley_sl said:

It's become painfully clear that he no longer belongs in the majors. Most of his pitches are in the 70s and the only outs he gets are from hitter mistakes. It's not that he is getting unlucky or doesn't have command. This is as good as he is ever going to be for the rest of his career

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Bruce Chen designated for assignment by Kansas City Royals

Can you provide me some lottery numbers as well?