MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[rok]

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Does he still come up with silly nicknames too?

Has he ever done anything else? ESPN has the biggest collection of unwatchable stiffs in the history of tv.

[nakedman1664]

http://www.royalsreview.com/2015/7/19/89...the-royals

[rok]

Ed Farmer has always been a joyless, crusty piece of garbage, so that doesn't surprise me at all.

[funkster]

What a fuckbag.

[Runnys]

That entire announcing crew is a bunch of shitbags. TV and radio.

[funkster]

http://deadspin.com/bryce-harper-doesnt-...1718994669

[jstraw]

douchetastic!

[Andy]

It looks like Bill Miller was consistently calling the location a strike for left handed hitters (upper strikezone and inside).  The key word being consistently.  Looking at these charts, only a few of the called strikes were really all that bad.  Though I can understand how it would play with a batter when they take the strike, thinking it was a ball and now have to swing at pitches they wouldn't otherwise swing at to protect themselves from being called out.

 

Pitch chart of called balls and strikes (not hit).

[funkster]

Like I said in that game thread, I'm not a Harper hater by any means...but he didn't make a very good case for himself with those comments.

[rok]

What he said doesn't really bother me all that much. He didn't insult Greinke, mostly the ump. He still called him a great pitcher.

[4FP]

I didn't know that pitchfx is from the umps POV. Well, I guess I've known in each context I looked at, but this is the first time I doubted it, so now I know.

[rok]

KC is demoting opening day starter Yordano Ventura to AAA after a rough year. Wonder how this all ends and if he will be dangled in trades at some point.

<a class="bbc_url" href="http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/21/royals-demote-opening-day-starter-yordano-ventura-to-triple-a">http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/21/royals-demote-opening-day-starter-yordano-ventura-to-triple-a</a>

[Boiler]

KC is demoting opening day starter Yordano Ventura to AAA after a rough year. Wonder how this all ends and if he will be dangled in trades at some point.

<a class="bbc_url" href="http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/21/royals-demote-opening-day-starter-yordano-ventura-to-triple-a">http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/21/royals-demote-opening-day-starter-yordano-ventura-to-triple-a</a>

You think they'd take Scott Feldman?

[rok]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="rok" data-cid="254619" data-time="1437510595">
KC is demoting opening day starter Yordano Ventura to AAA after a rough year. Wonder how this all ends and if he will be dangled in trades at some point.

<a class="bbc_url" href="http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/21/royals-demote-opening-day-starter-yordano-ventura-to-triple-a">http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/21/royals-demote-opening-day-starter-yordano-ventura-to-triple-a</a>

You think they'd take Scott Feldman?</blockquote>
Luhnow would do that deal.

[1060Ivy]

With the latest injury to Dodger starter - Anderson appears to have injured his achilles, whom do you believe the Dodgers will pick up and at what price?  Lots of options noted in article including: Cueto, Hamels, Price, Kazmir, etc.

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/dodg...ont-office