Judge with 43 HRs already. Current pace is 67 for the year.

How many do you think he ends the year with?

I'll say 63.

posted by Heretic

If I were an Orioles fan, I'd be about to riot. Team plays great for a while, gets into legit playoff contention and still holds a fire sale, ditching Mancini and their All-Star closer for prospects. At least when the Pirates do that, it's after the season and they're like, "Well, that was fun...not gonna pay guys to make it happen again!" and not "Well, that was fun...but who really wants to push for the postseason?"

Yeah for sure. I’m heading to the Orioles game on Friday and great to know they big wigs have given up on this year.

Soto and Bell to the Padres

A team that’s not big big market and going in big…love it.

Tatis could be back in September 

Tatis, Soto, Machado….that’s fun

posted by Ironman92

Soto and Bell to the Padres

A team that’s not big big market and going in big…love it.

Tatis could be back in September 

Tatis, Soto, Machado….that’s fun

From what MLBrumors says, a potential stumbling block (although the article says the Padres are sure they can still push it through) is that Eric Hosmer is going to the Nationals to help with salary considerations. And Hosmer has a no-trade clause for a few teams, including Washington, and may not be all that keen on waiving it to wind up with the shittiest team in the sport.

posted by Heretic
From what MLBrumors says, a potential stumbling block (although the article says the Padres are sure they can still push it through) is that Eric Hosmer is going to the Nationals to help with salary considerations. And Hosmer has a no-trade clause for a few teams, including Washington, and may not be all that keen on waiving it to wind up with the shittiest team in the sport.

Throw a few million at him and see ya

posted by Ironman92

Throw a few million at him and see ya

Looks like now, Hosmer isn't part of the deal, but Soto and Bell will be going to SD regardless. Just might mean the rest of the package changes or that SD will be eating luxury tax or something else.

Ah, they replaced Hosmer with Luke Voit to complete that deal. And dumped Hosmer off on the Red Sox.

Average is average

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Rip to Vin Scully

So we are doing 4 days in DC and decided to hit up and Orioles game at Camden. Traffic was of course insane. I got too close to stadium and parking was a holy fuck. I told wife to buy tickets on LF side to avoid sun and 99 degree temps so she bought CF and we died in the sun until the 6th inning. Also, I had been watching attendance, most home games 15,000…even against division rivals. Tonight’s attendance was 40,800. It was jam packed everywhere.

Stadium was cool and I know all the what not to do’s next time. Glad I went but God was definitely testing me and my patience.

posted by BRF

I saw a tweet about the Angels that cracked me up. Can't precisely remember it, but the gist was that Mike Trout hit two homers and raised his average to .538 and Ohtani had three hits and pitched 7 shutout innings...as the team lost 5-3 to Detroit.

As a Pirates fan, the way the Angels suck is just beautiful. They have two generational talents and throw money around like crazy and, still, during the duration of Trout's career, they have fewer playoff appearances (3-1), fewer playoff wins (3-0) and fewer playoff advancements (1-0) than Pittsburgh.

Must watch….promise

99% of movies don't have a better ending than this 😂 pic.twitter.com/YXaMhPPfVc

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 18, 2022

The Guardians struck out 3 times to start the 8th inning yesterday. They then scored 6 runs on about 1 hard hit ball (Oscar Gonzalez 2B). They then recorded a 4th strikeout to end the inning (Giminez had 2nd and 4th). 

God bless the Detroit Tigers.

Judge hit #54

posted by Ironman92

Kind of sad that he and Trout have been wasted on that shit franchise.

In flip flops…good fastball for an old fat guy

If you need bullpen help in October, Call John Daly pic.twitter.com/RDhduEGHld

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 8, 2022

Pujols #700

I had doubts he would get there after his torrid start to the 2nd half had cooled off. So cool he did. 700, wow, that’s a number.

Glad he got there.

Greg Amsinger back in April 13th did a thing on Pujols and said he would play more than we think and get #700 on the road in September on Friday at Dodger Stadium

Decent call

posted by Ironman92

Greg Amsinger back in April 13th did a thing on Pujols and said he would play more than we think and get #700 on the road in September on Friday at Dodger Stadium

Decent call

Against Kershaw, who was scheduled to pitch and scratched for extra day rest. That guy has predicted some uncanny shit. Simpsons level…

Yeah…I’m a sucker for a cool stat

Ohtani finished 4th in the AL Cy Young voting…..he hit a HR off of each of the 3 ahead of him.

Think about that for a second