The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.
the fact that we can say this as fans of their rivals clearly shows how unbiased we are and how little anyone recognizes last year's "season" couldnt agree more
We didn't even make it a page without Smoltzy ruining the thread. Can we get some dbl debate in here instead?
Thanks. Not surprised it was an NL fan who didn’t. Imagine thinking double switches and sacrifice bunts are fun but not the Rays social media team.
For the sake of posterity in the proper thread, 2021 predictions that are sure to look awful in 6 months... AL EAST Yankees Blue Jays (WC2) Rays Red Sox Orioles AL CENTRAL Twins White Sox (WC1) Indians Royals Tigers AL WEST Angels A's Astros Mariners Rangers NL EAST Mets Braves (WC2) Phillies Nats Marlins NL CENTRAL Brewers Reds Cardinals Cubs Pirates NL WEST Dodgers Padres (WC1) Diamondbacks Giants Rockies PLAYOFFS ALWC - Blue Jays over White Sox NLWC - Padres over Braves ALDS1 - Yankees over Blue Jays ALDS2 - Angels over Twins NLDS1 - Dodgers over Padres NLDS2 - Mets over Brewers ALCS - Yankees over Angels NLCS - Dodgers over Mets WS - Dodgers over Yankees Awards AL ROY - Nick Madrigal NL ROY - Ke'Bryan Hayes AL CY - Gerrit Cole NL CY - Jacob deGrom AL MVP - Mike Trout NL MVP - Ronald Acuna Jr.
Today marks the start of the 20th season without the Mariners making the playoffs. Here are the most Mariners during that time: Yuniesky Betancourt Willie Bloomquist Richie Sexson Dustin Ackley Jose Vidro Chone Figgins Jason Vargas Jose Lopez Jarrod Washburn Raul Ibanez Carlos Silva Jeff Clement Munenori Kawasaki Carlos Triunfel Franklin Gutierrez Kyle Seager
White Sox start slow but catch fire in July, Eloy comes back, and Hahn adds a SP at the deadline. Hard to argue with your player picks honestly
AL EAST Yankees Blue Jays (WC1) Rays Red Sox Orioles AL CENTRAL White Sox Indians Twins Royals Tigers AL WEST Angels Astros (WC2) A’s Mariners Rangers NL EAST Braves Phillies (WC2) Mets Nats Marlins NL CENTRAL Brewers Reds Cardinals Cubs Pirates NL WEST Dodgers Padres (WC1) Diamondbacks Giants Rockies PLAYOFFS ALWC - Blue Jays over Astros NLWC - Padres over Phillies ALDS1 - Yankees over Blue Jays ALDS2 - Angels over White Sox NLDS1 - Braves over Padres NLDS2 - Dodgers over Brewers ALCS - Yankees over Angels NLCS - Braves over Dodgers WS - Braves over Yankees Awards AL ROY - Randy Arozarena NL ROY - Christian Pache AL CY - Shane Bieber NL CY - Drew Smyly AL MVP - Mike Trout NL MVP - Ronald Acuna Jr.
Spoiler AL EAST Yankees Blue Jays (WC2) Rays Red Sox Orioles AL CENTRAL White Sox Twins (WC1) Cleveland Royals Tigers AL WEST Astros Angels A's Mariners Rangers NL EAST Mets Atlanta (WC2) Nationals Phillies Marlins NL CENTRAL Brewers Cardinals Cubs Reds Pirates NL WEST Dodgers Padres (WC1) Giants Dbacks Rockies Playoffs ALWC - Twins over Jays NLWC - Padres over Atlanta ALDS1 - Yankees over Twins ALDS2 - White Sox over Angels NLDS1 - Dodgers over Padres NLDS2 - Mets over Brewers ALCS - Yankees over White Sox NLCS - Dodgers over Mets WS - Dodgers over Yankees Awards AL ROY - Madrigal NL ROY - Hayes AL CY- 1: Cole, 2: Giolito, 3: Bieber NL CY - 1: deGrom, 2: Castillo, 3: Scherzer AL MVP - 1: Trout, 2: Bregman, 3: Rendon NL MVP - 1: Soto, 2: Acuna, 3: Seager
Nick Madrigal looked like shit in the spring and is coming off surgery y’all loving a slap hitting 2B too much
Glad all the Braves fans popped in here from Smoltzy to put their predictions a together where Drew Smyly leads the Braves to a WS
I didn't like the ROY options and don't know when a bunch of better ones are getting called up. Most of that is because I don't really view Arozarena as a rookie at this point and wanted to pick someone else.
Is MLB At Bat the play? Usually illegally stream the Braves games. Living in Iowa currently, with no cable.
Nats can't help but catch covid. Dodgers play them April 10 and have their ring ceremony scheduled for that day.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-2021-staff-predictions/ Arozarena got 18 ROY votes Kelenic 6 Vaughn 5 Those were the top three and I almost went with Vaughn simply because I saw him in college. But Madrigal is projected to hit for a good average and score some runs and I think his floor is such that he'll at least be solid Arozarena is too problematic for me
Arozarena has played 67 big league games when you combine regular season (42) and playoffs (25). Almost 200 plate appearances. I know the rules are what they are, but it's dumb he's even eligible for the award again.