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Who's your 2022 MVP?
This poll is closed.
Shohei Ohtani 50 59.52%
Aaron Judge 19 22.62%
Hey, the national league has an MVP too you know! 15 17.86%
Total: 84 votes
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Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

4 combined runs in 24 innings

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marioinblack
Sep 21, 2007

Number 1 Bullshit
Would've really liked a bat in the offseason, but nooo we'll offer Freddie Freeman slightly less than the Dodgers so we can say we tried.

Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer
Wrong thread.

Squall
Mar 10, 2010

"...whatever."

Hand Knit posted:

I think Cincinatti got more base runners in the first game than Tampa got in the whole, 24 inning series.

The goal of an offense is to score :smug:

But also, probably true.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
Welcome Rays fans, drinks are over by the buffet table.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

The Rays batted for 24 innings, scored 1 run, and only had one inning with two hits

e:

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1578854946971168769

lmao

marioinblack
Sep 21, 2007

Number 1 Bullshit
If Sternberg stroked out, it would make up for it

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



That Rays offense was pretty anemic this year so I can't say I'm entirely surprised

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!
The rays and guards both suck. If the Yankees lose to them that would be pretty pathetic.

camoseven
Dec 30, 2005

RODOLPHONE RINGIN'
Toronto fans... welcome!

sweet thursday
Sep 16, 2012

Jays really 8-1 on that loss

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..
[deep inhale]

So the Jays are in a lot better position going into this offseason as compared to last. All the key pieces are in place, they're not facing any huge losses like they did with Ray and Semien, and so they can focus entirely on adding.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Hand Knit posted:

[deep inhale]

So the Jays are in a lot better position going into this offseason as compared to last. All the key pieces are in place, they're not facing any huge losses like they did with Ray and Semien, and so they can focus entirely on adding.
They’ll probably be better next year

Berrios had a weird year and I would hope he can turn it around

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

FlamingLiberal posted:

They’ll probably be better next year

Berrios had a weird year and I would hope he can turn it around

Gausman also had a mysteriously awful BABIP year.

I assume they're not gonna just run it back because with Kirk/Jansen/Moreno at catcher they're probably going to be making at least one pretty significant trade. Other than just adding a fifth starter (assuming that Ryu spends the year in fake-retirement and they don't try Kikuchi again), they can upgrade at LF and 2B.

This year feels like a left tail result for these players. Next year looks like it could and should be a The Year.

Gorman Thomas
Jul 24, 2007
Well, it only took 3 days before I started reading reviews for ootp 2023 on Steam

Stabbey_the_Clown
Sep 21, 2002

Are... are you quite sure you really want to say that?
Taco Defender
I'm not sure what the Jays could reasonably do to improve their pitching. They paid for good-sized contracts with Ryu and Berrios, Ryu is out and is a question mark for next season, and Berrios wasn't good. Pearson was supposed to be their #1 Prospect, but he'll never pitch another inning at the major league level. The pitching just isn't there, and without pitching, there's nothing.

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

Stabbey_the_Clown posted:

I'm not sure what the Jays could reasonably do to improve their pitching. They paid for good-sized contracts with Ryu and Berrios, Ryu is out and is a question mark for next season, and Berrios wasn't good. Pearson was supposed to be their #1 Prospect, but he'll never pitch another inning at the major league level. The pitching just isn't there, and without pitching, there's nothing.

Pearson is a write off but a Manoah-Gausman-Berrios top 3 is in principle a championship caliber rotation, and you add Stripling to that and I think they're in the conversation for the best top 4 (though probably a step behind the Houstons of the league). The bullpen is okay to fine, and I think in principle good enough, but it would be pretty good if they could use the offseason (and maybe either Kirk or Moreno as the main piece in a trade) to bring back a top-level elite guy.

Arivia
Mar 17, 2011
What happened to Pearson?

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Don't like this!

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

Arivia posted:

What happened to Pearson?

I think he just TINSTAPPed.

tinstaach
Aug 3, 2010

MAGNetic AttITUDE


Rough day for Corey Kluber, gives up a series-losing homer for the Rays and somehow is also managing the Jays for their series loss.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

Sydin posted:

Welcome RJays fans, drinks are over by the buffet table.

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!
Picture of buffet that has been ravaged by Rays fans:

Arivia
Mar 17, 2011

Hand Knit posted:

I think he just TINSTAPPed.

I don’t know what that means.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

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Arivia posted:

What happened to Pearson?
He just never really panned out

I don’t think it helped that he missed a lot of time with various injuries

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

Arivia posted:

I don’t know what that means.

"There is no such thing as a pitching prospect." Term popularized with Moneyball to capture how pitching prospects just randomly burn out for no particular reason. While the understanding of pitching prospects has expanded greatly since then, you do still sometimes get guys like Pearson who accumulate a bunch of injuries that just kind of sap their effectiveness.

AlbertFlasher
Feb 14, 2006

Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band
stupid baseball

oh well. Jays should be better next year but holy poo poo losing after being up 8-1 is such a nut kick.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


i don't want to be rude but if a team i root for lost like the jays did today i would become a batman villain.

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

R.D. Mangles posted:

i don't want to be rude but if a team i root for lost like the jays did today i would become a batman villain.

Do you have any idea what Toronto sports is like? Like, on aggregate. This is nothing.

Arivia
Mar 17, 2011

R.D. Mangles posted:

i don't want to be rude but if a team i root for lost like the jays did today i would become a batman villain.

Don’t worry Toronto sports fans are used to this with the leafs already

Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer

Hand Knit posted:

Do you have any idea what Toronto sports is like? Like, on aggregate. This is nothing.

Well I mean, he is a Cubs fan and there was that little 108 year stretch...

Arivia
Mar 17, 2011

Popete posted:

Well I mean, he is a Cubs fan and there was that little 108 year stretch...

Meanwhile in Toronto it was 4-1 has turned into it was 8-1

we are so used to this

Shine
Feb 26, 2007

No Muscles For The Majority

sweet thursday posted:

Jays really 8-1 on that loss

welp

Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




Welcome Cardinals fans

DurosKlav
Jun 13, 2003

Enter your name pilot!

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Welcome Cardinals fans

Go everyone but the Dodgers, Yankees, or Mets.

DurosKlav fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Oct 9, 2022

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

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sweet thursday posted:

Jays really 8-1 on that loss

:golfclap:

Kilometers Davis
Jul 9, 2007

They begin again

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Welcome Cardinals fans

Hello

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

DurosKlav posted:

Go everyone but the Dodgers, Yankees. or Mets.

:hmmyes:

tomanton
May 22, 2006

beam me up, tomato
Yeah in Toronto we're used to being on the wrong end of these miracles* but this one for sure is top three. Team should be fine next year if they don't blow anything up

Front page of the local paper was Bo and Springer colliding :(

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Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

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Despite selling off all their stars at the deadline last year and their entire bullpen at the deadline this year, the 2022 Cubs somehow finished 3 games better than the 2021 Cubs.

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