2018 MLB Regular Season Thread

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by skeetskeet:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

I cant remember when I saw a pitchers stuff decline so rapidly as Justin Verlander's. He has gone from having dominating stuff and throwing 99 in the 9th to throwing about 91 now.

Tim Lincecum?

Originally posted by skeetskeet:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by skeetskeet:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

I cant remember when I saw a pitchers stuff decline so rapidly as Justin Verlander's. He has gone from having dominating stuff and throwing 99 in the 9th to throwing about 91 now.

Tim Lincecum?

Ubaldo Jimenez went downhill fast.

Dontrell Willis

Timmy never had the explosive fastball that Verlander had. Also, I dont think Timmy's stuff has declined as much as his command has. He still has dominating stuff when he has command which he has shown this month. Jimenez.. guy had 1 good year.

I am talking about an elite pitcher who seemingly overnight lost several miles on his pitches and struggles to blow anyone away.

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by skeetskeet:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
I cant remember when I saw a pitchers stuff decline so rapidly as Justin Verlander's. He has gone from having dominating stuff and throwing 99 in the 9th to throwing about 91 now.

Tim Lincecum?

Originally posted by skeetskeet:

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by skeetskeet:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
I cant remember when I saw a pitchers stuff decline so rapidly as Justin Verlander's. He has gone from having dominating stuff and throwing 99 in the 9th to throwing about 91 now.

Tim Lincecum?

Ubaldo Jimenez went downhill fast.

Dontrell Willis

Timmy never had the explosive fastball that Verlander had. Also, I dont think Timmy's stuff has declined as much as his command has. He still has dominating stuff when he has command which he has shown this month. Jimenez.. guy had 1 good year.

I am talking about an elite pitcher who seemingly overnight lost several miles on his pitches and struggles to blow anyone away.

Verlander didnt lose his velocity overnight though. Hes been slowly declining since we de-throned him in the World Series.

Originally posted by jrg:
Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras, and 2015 1st round pick to TB for David Price deal apparently "has merit" according to MLB Network

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:
Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras, and 2015 1st round pick to TB for David Price deal apparently "has merit" according to MLB Network

Since when can you trade future draft picks in MLB? I dont see the Cards dealing Taveras and Miller for a year and 2 months of Price

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:
Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras, and 2015 1st round pick to TB for David Price deal apparently "has merit" according to MLB Network

Since when can you trade future draft picks in MLB? I dont see the Cards dealing Taveras and Miller for a year and 2 months of Price

Guarantee there is 0 chance the deal is done if Price doesn't commit long term. I REALLY don't want to trade Taveras. The only people I'd trade him for (that COULD be traded) are Stanton or Tulo. If the deal gets done, the Cardinals rotation could be scary good.

Wainwright
Price
Wacha
Lynn
Kelly/Martinez

We'll see.

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:
Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras, and 2015 1st round pick to TB for David Price deal apparently "has merit" according to MLB Network

Since when can you trade future draft picks in MLB? I dont see the Cards dealing Taveras and Miller for a year and 2 months of Price

Guarantee there is 0 chance the deal is done if Price doesn't commit long term. I REALLY don't want to trade Taveras. The only people I'd trade him for (that COULD be traded) are Stanton or Tulo. If the deal gets done, the Cardinals rotation could be scary good.

Wainwright
Price
Wacha
Lynn
Kelly/Martinez

We'll see.

Like I said this trade is b******t because you cannot deal future picks

The latest rumor is a doozy. It has the Cardinals perhaps offering top hitting prospect Oscar Taveras and young pitcher Shelby Miller plus their competitive balance pick, as mentioned by Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

While Nightengale didn't say definitively that that proposal had been made, he suggested it was at least possible. Nightengale wrote, "[The Rays] know they could receive a tantalizing package from the St. Louis Cardinals that could include [Taveras] and [Miller] and the first-round pick."

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:
Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras, and 2015 1st round pick to TB for David Price deal apparently "has merit" according to MLB Network

Since when can you trade future draft picks in MLB? I dont see the Cards dealing Taveras and Miller for a year and 2 months of Price

Guarantee there is 0 chance the deal is done if Price doesn't commit long term. I REALLY don't want to trade Taveras. The only people I'd trade him for (that COULD be traded) are Stanton or Tulo. If the deal gets done, the Cardinals rotation could be scary good.

Wainwright
Price
Wacha
Lynn
Kelly/Martinez

We'll see.

Like I said this trade is b******t because you cannot deal future picks

Just going off what I heard on MLB Network John. The pick they'd be dealing is a competitive balance draft pick they were recently awarded.

The latest rumor is a doozy. It has the Cardinals perhaps offering top hitting prospect Oscar Taveras and young pitcher Shelby Miller plus their competitive balance pick, as mentioned by Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

While Nightengale didn't say definitively that that proposal had been made, he suggested it was at least possible. Nightengale wrote, "[The Rays] know they could receive a tantalizing package from the St. Louis Cardinals that could include [Taveras] and [Miller] and the first-round pick."

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Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by jrg:
Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras, and 2015 1st round pick to TB for David Price deal apparently "has merit" according to MLB Network

Since when can you trade future draft picks in MLB? I dont see the Cards dealing Taveras and Miller for a year and 2 months of Price

Guarantee there is 0 chance the deal is done if Price doesn't commit long term. I REALLY don't want to trade Taveras. The only people I'd trade him for (that COULD be traded) are Stanton or Tulo. If the deal gets done, the Cardinals rotation could be scary good.

Wainwright
Price
Wacha
Lynn
Kelly/Martinez

We'll see.

Like I said this trade is b******t because you cannot deal future picks

Just going off what I heard on MLB Network John. The pick they'd be dealing is a competitive balance draft pick they were recently awarded.

The latest rumor is a doozy. It has the Cardinals perhaps offering top hitting prospect Oscar Taveras and young pitcher Shelby Miller plus their competitive balance pick, as mentioned by Bob Nightengale of USA Today.

While Nightengale didn't say definitively that that proposal had been made, he suggested it was at least possible. Nightengale wrote, "[The Rays] know they could receive a tantalizing package from the St. Louis Cardinals that could include [Taveras] and [Miller] and the first-round pick."

link

Well.. you said a first rd pick. The competitive balances picks can be traded. Completely different

Originally posted by valrod33:
Cards don't need more pitching. They need offense.

Originally posted by valrod33:
I'm sure back in the days when he was a lot younger he was great but Vin Scully is just horrible to listen to. Like nails on a chalkboard.
I had to mute him and listen to the game on the at bat app

Originally posted by valrod33:

I'm sure back in the days when he was a lot younger he was great but Vin Scully is just horrible to listen to. Like nails on a chalkboard.
I had to mute him and listen to the game on the at bat app

Originally posted by jrg:

Originally posted by valrod33:
I'm sure back in the days when he was a lot younger he was great but Vin Scully is just horrible to listen to. Like nails on a chalkboard.
I had to mute him and listen to the game on the at bat app

Disagree.