The Orioles are .500, 30-30 only 3 gb of the yankees, feels like last year.

Thru 60 last year they were 31-29 but 5.5 gb

Too bad they have the 2nd worst pitching in the AL, only ahead of the Red Sox which was evidenced in their 13-10 game. They've allowed 276 runs which is 2nd to Boston 289 in the AL

Fucking Castillo. Why try to turn that into a double when there are two outs. Your run meant nothing.

Another cool stat about the Jays offence: if you don't count the entire month of April's run total, they still have more runs scored than Seattle and Philly

Dammit, Phillies

Phillies are in the way of the Orioles buzz saw next week

Going to see D'Backs vs. the Angels on Thursday. Praying to God that the Halos don't rest Trout.

I'm going Wednesday

:fu:

RUSSELL MARTIN!!!!

Woooo 10 in a row for the Jays!

The Os win tonight and it's 6 in a row which matches their longest winning streak last year.

Phillies recall Domonic Brown from AAA. NOOOOOOOOOO

Honestly don't understand this Yankees team. Either stay hot, or stay cold. Not both.

Twins call up the #1 prospect in baseball, Byron Buxton.

Remember when Joe Mauer was gonna be the savior of the Twins?

Orioles have won 6 in a row, longest winning streak since they won 8 in 2005.

Ryan Goins of all people with a 3 run homer and the Jays are up 6-0 in the 4th. Here comes 11 wins in a row!

13-5 in the 7th now. This offence is fun.

franchise record 11 straight wins for the Jays.... they need pitching, but I don't want them to fuck with this offense at all.....maybe try and finagle Lawrie & Clippard from Oakland for a shit ton of prospects....

Hooray! Yankees avoid the sweep.

Clippard would be nice and wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. The bullpen has been better lately.

Really weird road trip schedule for the Dbacks the past week or so. Played 3 in LA vs the Dodgers, had an off day, played 3 in San Fran, now are headed BACK to LA/Anaheim for 2 at Angel Stadium, then come home to play 2 against the Angels at Chase Field.

Stupid rain delay yesterday. Got to watch 5 innings of baseball and see a 450+ foot bomb from Miggy but had to hit the road so bailed after about an hour of the delay. Hot win though

<font color=goldenrod>Padres fire Bud Black</font>

aaron nola

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another big <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Phillies?src=hash">#Phillies</a> prospect move... Mark Leiter to <a href="https://twitter.com/ReadingFightins">@ReadingFightins</a> to replace <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronNola10">@AaronNola10</a>.</p>&mdash; Chuck Hixson (@PHLBaseballNsdr) <a href="https://twitter.com/PHLBaseballNsdr/status/610245563733397504">June 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

All that money they spent on free agency. The trades and moves they made. And you mean to tell me that the Padres couldn't wait a year to see how it pans out?

Welp, A.J. Preller better pray this team turns it around. Cause I don't think he comes out this alive in the end if San Diego already axed Bud Black.

<font color=goldenrod>Your weekly Royals All Star Game update. Omar Infante and his .204/0/17 stat line has now replaced Altuve as starting 2B, giving the Royals 8 projected starters.

At this point the best thing that could come from this would be Bochy starting Bumgarner for the AL for the LOLz.


CATCHER

1. Salvador Perez, Royals: 7,202,292
2. Stephen Vogt, A's: 3,260,864
3. Russell Martin, Blue Jays: 2,225,889
4. Brian McCann, Yankees: 1,154,530
5. Alex Avila, Tigers: 868,321

FIRST BASE

1. Eric Hosmer, Royals: 5,777,363
2. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers: 5,301,216
3. Prince Fielder, Rangers: 1,794,589
4. Mark Teixeira, Yankees: 1,032,924
5. Albert Pujols, Angels: 931,585

SECOND BASE

1. Omar Infante, Royals: 4,518,765
2. Jose Altuve, Astros: 4,209,702
3. Jason Kipnis, Indians: 1,859,756
4. Ian Kinsler, Tigers: 1,632,770
5. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox: 1,210,882

THIRD BASE

1. Mike Moustakas, Royals: 6,505,258
2. Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays: 4,880,315
3. Nick Castellanos, Tigers: 923,589
4. Adrian Beltre, Rangers: 908,343
5. Manny Machado, Orioles: 881,635

SHORTSTOP

1. Alcides Escobar, Royals: 6,332,981
2. Jose Iglesias, Tigers: 3,491,530
3. Jose Reyes, Blue Jays: 1,649,076
4. Marcus Semien, A's: 1,132,210
5. Jed Lowrie, Astros: 978,177

OUTFIELD

1. Lorenzo Cain, Royals: 6,611,781
2. Mike Trout, Angels: 5,944,068
3. Alex Gordon, Royals: 5,581,096
4. Alex Rios, Royals: 3,952,551
5. Adam Jones, Orioles: 3,248,559
6. Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers: 3,165,784
7. Jose Bautista, Blue Jays: 2,794,526
8. Michael Brantley, Indians: 2,101,577
9. Jacoby Ellsbury, Yankees: 1,788,449
10. Josh Reddick, A's: 1,517,538
11. Hanley Ramirez, Red Sox: 1,188,662
12. J.D. Martinez, Tigers: 1,172,305
13. Rajai Davis, Tigers: 1,073,790
14. Torii Hunter, Twins: 1,041,097
15. Carlos Beltran, Yankees: 1,012,302

DESIGNATED HITTER

1. Kendrys Morales, Royals: 5,422,250
2. Nelson Cruz, Mariners: 4,873,273
3. Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays: 1,430,262
4. Victor Martinez, Tigers: 1,188,737
5. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: 1,176,506</font>

Do they have like voting booths at the seats of the royals games so they can just press a button and vote during every pitch?

The Kansas City Royals Vs. the National League.

They'll lose again

Was watching Reds and Cubs last night and Chapman beamed the first base umpire from the bullpen. All that renovation at Wriggly they need to build a proper bullpen.

Preller was the one who axed Black. And while I certainly don't blame him for the current record,he's part of the problem and the move is a long-term in Preller building his team.

Black was an awfulin game strategist who bunted far too often and had questionable lineup usage. I doubt a new voice makes a difference,as I don't buy into that bs, but clearly Preller and the ownership want their own guy.

Totally screwed myself by dropping Mark Teixeira after my draft. Guy's having an unbelievable year.

I picked him up early after he went undrafted and I got saddled with Garrett Jones.... Gotta love auto draft....

They'll be under the bleachers next year as part of the renovation.

Also.....lol Alex Rios at #4

Lol Jose Bautista!!!!

<font color=goldenrod>lol holy shit what a game. and I was supposed to go but decided not to because the forecast was calling for a heavy chance of rain. god dammit.</font>

Blue Jays lose
Red Sox lose
theeeeee Yankees lose

Fucking Rays won though

<font color=goldenrod>The FBI is investigating the Cardinals for hacking the Astros for information on player personnel.</font>

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sp...ml?smid=tw-bna

<font color=goldenrod>I'm sure this will end up being something one or two idiots did. But if somehow it turns out the entire front office was in on it...damn, just imagine the potential sanctions.

-Massive fines
-Forfeiture of draft picks
-Loss of draft pool money
-Loss of international free agent pool money
-Forced to bat Pete Kozma leadoff for the next 10 years</font>

Paying off someone to get dirt is one thing (Steinbrenner). But hacking? In a world these days where it's all over the news? China, Anonymous, ISIS Hacking Unit, Home Depot, Target.

IF this is true, I think this is a whole new low for sports altogether. It'll be Manfred's first big test as Commissioner.

Fuck the Jays need to deal for a closer. Cecil just isn't one.

Some of that info the Cards supposedly got by hacking like scouting and player reports can easily have been gotten from regular places since everyone reports about those. Wonder why just the Astros though.

Figured the Astros being good this year is more of the AL West being a bit weak and their young/cheap guys finally developed well. Past several years the jokes have been about them being a "minor league" quality team because of how cheap the new owner was.

Every team evaluates differently. Lunhow was also a vital member of their organization so they likely value both his and his staff's opinion.

Poor Jerome Williams, did a split and probably tore something after 6 runs in .2 of an inning

That's how it goes for the PHILLIES

9-0 orioles in the 2nd

12-0 in the 3rd

13-1 6 Homers for the o's through 3+ innings

Marlins welcomed back Nate Eovaldi back in the best way possible. Lit him up for 8 runs in the first inning and sent him packing.

15-2 in the 6th

Phillies pitcher just gave up 7th homer, threw next pitch right at JJ hardy, got tossed and walked off the mound with a big fuck this demeanor

Pretty much this. Apparently the 2 systems were exact copies of one another (Luhnow brought it with him to Houston from St. Louis) and even the passwords were exactly the same, so Cards brass just logged in using the same passwords that were used before.

Info per Deadspin

I feel bad for Screech

Jeff Francoeur of all people pitches for the Phillies 123 inning lol

Well you don't need to rub it in, Droford :(

8th homer off Francoeur new Os single game record

If the Red Sox had lost this might have been a top 5 best baseball night ever with the Rays and Yankees getting blown out

I signed up this past weekend for the mlb.com dunkin donuts 140 runs on tuesday promotion and there were 140 runs scored as of now so woooo for that too

<font color=goldenrod>Picked a great game to go to last night. Harvey.</font> :love:

<font color=goldenrod>lol jesus christ. The Mets' bullpen had been getting taxed over the past week or so, and a bunch of the big league ready relievers were injured. So they called up a 22 year old kid from Single A just because he was already on the 40-man roster. The idea would be he'd just be the 8th man in the bullpen for a week or so but would only pitch in a blowout or if there was a crazy extra innings game.

Instead, Collins decides to put the Single A pitcher in with the Mets only down 3-0. Against the Toronto offense. Gave up 5 runs in 2/3 of an inning. The poor kid's confidence is probably completely shattered.</font>

That's better. Lol as soon as I saw Morris walk Donaldson I thought "this kid is going to get slaughtered".

<font color=goldenrod>Yep. No idea what Collins was expecting to happen. Morris has great stuff and has been dominating the lower levels so far, but kids at that level just haven't learned to locate yet.</font>

Danny Valencia hit a home run off a right hander in Morris. That says it all lol.

Just think what the Jays will look like with Travis at 2nd. Fuck that offence is good. I really wish they'd deal a couple of their 1000 pitching prospects for a God damn closer or a starter.

Really wish the Jays hadn't dealt Thor for R.A. Dickey. Fuck he looked amazing Monday.

I think the Cardnials need a distraction for the rest of the world.

Do people want to know the terrifying truth? Or see some Dingers?!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hxszN_1k6fQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

DINGERS!

<font color=goldenrod>I'm not really sure why Dickey hasn't panned out in Toronto. I mean his 2013 and 2014 seasons weren't atrocious, they were serviceable numbers for a back-end starter, but they were expecting him to be an ace. Can't blame it on age for a knuckleballer. And it's not like his 2012 Cy Young year was a fluke either, he was very good for the Mets in 2010 and 2011.

Maybe it's just the AL being more used to knuckleballers in general because of having to deal with Tim Wakefield for ages.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>But yeah the trade was a heist. Thor has some nasty stuff and the makings of a top flight-caliber guy.

d'Arnaud's also finally put together his offensive game since getting recalled last June. Only thing I worry about him are injuries, although his injury this year he got hit with a pitch and broke his hand so that isn't his fault.</font>

A theory is, Dickey pitches in a dome stadium a lot of the time, which means there's no wind to make his knuckler dance.

Thu, Jun 18 Pablo Sandoval is being benched Thursday for violating the Red Sox's social media policy.

Advice: Sandoval was "liking" provocative photos of a woman on Instagram during Wednesday's loss to the Braves. He acknowledged to reporters Thursday that he grabbed his phone before taking a between-innings bathroom break. "I let my teammates down," said Sandoval. "It ain't going to happen again. I'll take the punishment." Travis Shaw is starting at third base for the Red Sox in Thursday's series finale with Atlanta.

More: Tim Britton on Twitter
<cite id="yui_3_10_3_2_1434658945099_3295">(Rotoworld.com)</cite>

Castro may be the answer a few seasons down the line, but they have no choice but to make a play with the offense this team has.... barring a lot of injuries, they need to "bet the farm" on this season and maybe overpay for an established closer....

Panda likely facing a punishment from the MLB besides what he got from the Red Sox for breaking phone rules.

Sox rules is all cellphones have to be off 30 minutes before a game.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Farrell notes that Sandoval was in violation of MLB policy prohibiting use of social media during a game. MLB likely to discipline him</p>&mdash; Gordon Edes (@GordonEdes) <a href="https://twitter.com/GordonEdes/status/611643807008952321">June 18, 2015</a></blockquote>
<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Must've been some hot pics

Lol Vito Cruz might denounce the Mets if they lose today. R.A Dickey has 5 walks through 4 innings and hasn't allowed a hit or a run.

<font color=goldenrod>They probably will lose. 1 run is often times insurmountable for these Mets. They're fortunate to be where they are in the standings right now...but if they don't trade for a hitter soon (and all indications are that they won't) the lack of offense is gonna wind up burying their season.

The "Pitching wins championships" mantra only works in the playoffs...and you need hitting to get there first.</font>

<font color=goldenrod>They have like the 2nd or 3rd best home record after YEARS of playing horribly in Citi Field...but the 2nd worst road record in fucking baseball. What a waste.

3-0 now. Game over.</font>

Lol I really want to see how many Dickey will walk today.

This about to get ugly

And Joey Bats makes it 6-0

<font color=goldenrod>At this point I'm ready for the NL to adopt the DH just because it's the only way Wilmer Flores has any real value on this team. He's got good power for a guy his age and he's had some big hits this year.

But he's fucking atrocious at SS. And with Dilson Herrera the long-term solution at 2B and Wright signed at 3B through 2020...Flores has no other place to play.</font>

Duda leads the Mets with 29 rbi.

Pillar
Bautista
Donaldson
Encarnacion
Martin
All have more than 30 rbis

Goins, Travis, Colabello and Smoak all have more than 20 rbi's.

<font color=goldenrod>Wilmer Flores has 32 RBIs. Duda and Murph have 29 each, Cuddyer has 27.

But yeah...still terribad.</font>

Oh wow, didn't realize Flores had that many.

Lol send Harvey and Thor our way

Logan Verrett. This should be interesting.

Well ya look at that.

<font color=goldenrod>Dillon Gee has to have had the most mentally defeating season of all time:

-Gee, a career starting pitcher arrives to camp, assigned to bullpen because the Mets rotation is stacked
-2 weeks into camp, Wheeler gets TJS, Gee to rotation
-Opens the year in the rotation, sucks, and the fans call for Thor or Matz
-Lands on the DL, Thor comes in his spot and beasts
-About to rejoin the staff as a reliever, is suddenly asked to start extra rehab games so the Mets can go to a 6-man rotation
-Makes his first start off the DL, gets absolutely rocked
-Not even a week into the 6-man rotation, is told that the experiment is ending and he's going to the media
-Vents to media, telling them he feels useless to the team and he's given up trying to figure out the team's plans for him
-Makes his first relief appearance during the Chris Heston no-hitter, gets rocked
-Lands on the bereavement list for the death of his grandmother
-Comes off of the bereavement list, is asked to make a spot-start out of nowhere, gets rocked
-Designated for assignment so the team can call up a 22-year old rookie from Single-A
-3 days after being DFA'ed, and still technically in the organization...the #35 he had worn for 6 seasons is immediately re-issued to rookie Logan Verrett

I mean...god damn. How can you not feel bad for the guy?</font>

:lol:

<font color=goldenrod>Yankee fans seriously believe that Sam Dyson intentionally pitched around A-Rod in the 8th inning to avoid being the one to give up hit #3000.

The Yankees were up 5-3 at the time and already had a runner on first with no outs. The game was still in striking distance for the Marlins. Any pitcher who purposely pitches around a guy in that spot just to avoid being on the wrong side of history needs to be sent down or released immediately.</font>

fuck off arod

cunt

Word

All aboard the pain train Droford

Lol Baltimore just walked in two straight batters. Tremendous.

<font color=goldenrod>A no-name rookie for the Braves has thrown 5 scoreless innings on the Mets so far, of course.

Mets have scored 1 run in their last 28 innings. Fuck my life.</font>

Blue Jays are on manager #3 after gibbons and hale got tossed lol

<font color=goldenrod>Flores with another mental error and suddenly deGrom is in line to take a big fat loss. This team sickens me.</font>

Gdammit, Phillies. How do you walk 7 guys in 4 innings? I don't think I'll make it to September.

:y: Eduardo Rodriguez.

Won today to go to 3-1. Rebounded nicely after getting shelled by the Jays last time. Maybe could have been 4-1 had the Sox scored more in a no decision he had (lost that game 0-1).

Just a rookie but he's been the best consistent pitcher for the Sox this season.

Red Sox beat the Allstar Team.

<font color=goldenrod>lol the guy who caught A-Rod's 3,000th hit is getting all kinds of crap for deciding to keep it.

Who can blame him? I'd probably give back a milestone like a 500th HR or something...but something as rare as 3,000 hits? I'd be hard pressed to. The guy who caught Jeter's 3,000th hit and gave it back wound up getting showered with gifts from the Yankees...which in turn caused him to lose thousands of dollars in taxes.

At least if you were to sell it on e-Bay or something, you'll still get taxed on your earnings but you'll still wind up making thousands on it.</font>

Dude has been filthy so far. Fun to watch

<font color=goldenrod>Max Scherzer hits a batter with 2 outs in the 9th inning of a perfect game against the Pirates. Nats announcers bitching and moaning that the hitter leaned into it.

Gets the next guy out to settle for the no-hitter instead.</font>

Damn 2 outs in the 9th and Scherzer beams the guy. Still got the no hitter though.