Game Thread: 4/28 Madres @ Midgets

[calsnowskier]

 

[calsnowskier]

 

[msgkings322]

Out of the cellar, bitches!

 

[calsnowskier]

Out of the cellar, bitches!

If the season ended today...



We would be picking 4th in the draft...

 

[msgkings322]

QS for Shark who I was a little too tough on in this thread...

 

[msgkings322]

If the season ended today...



We would be picking 4th in the draft...

Wait, it doesn't?

 

[calsnowskier]

QS for Shark who I was a little too tough on in this thread...

I went from getting kinda excited for something to cursing his name in the span of about 2.5 mins...

 

[msgkings322]

FYWW too...

I believe that was Melancon's first 1-2-3 save

 

[calsnowskier]

Wait, it doesn't?

If we had lost, many of us would be acting like it does...

 

[msgkings322]

If we had lost, many of us would be acting like it does...

Thank god for the Padres

 

[calsnowskier]

Hey guys...

3-2 in our last 5...

 

[msgkings322]

Hey guys...

3-2 in our last 5...

97 win pace!

 

[LHG]

FYWW too...

I believe that was Melancon's first 1-2-3 save

Yup! And he hasn't allowed a run since his first game of the year.

 

[msgkings322]

ESPN saying MadBum out until after the ASB.

So what, our ace is pitching tomorrow!

 

[Stokes1931]

Wait, it doesn't?

Nah, it ended a week ago. These are just practice games from now on. "Friendlies." They don't count.

 

[SFGRTB]

Glad the Giants are fun again

 

[SFGRTB]

Seriously, though...

Belt is looking pretty good out there.

As a LFer, I am MUCH more OK with Belt and his contract than I am with him as a 1B...

Sorry to bring this up again but.....

What's wrong with Belt's contract? In all honesty? He's a bargain. Smack dab middle of the road in earnings among 1st basemen. Even though we disagree on how good he is, I think you can agree that he's at least middle of the road?

The contract should not be bothering you in the slightest.

Hosmer is about to make $100M+, that should concern you.

And by the way, Belt's contract would make him the 4th highest paid LFer.

 

[msgkings322]

Sorry to bring this up again but.....

What's wrong with Belt's contract? In all honesty? He's a bargain. Smack dab middle of the road in earnings among 1st basemen. Even though we disagree on how good he is, I think you can agree that he's at least middle of the road?

The contract should not be bothering you in the slightest.

Hosmer is about to make $100M+, that should concern you.

And by the way, Belt's contract would make him the 4th highest paid LFer.

 

[SFGRTB]

Panik
Arroyo
Belt
Posey
Crawford
Pence
Nunez/Morse
CFer
P

I hope we see this often.

 

[LHG]

Sorry to bring this up again but.....

What's wrong with Belt's contract? In all honesty? He's a bargain. Smack dab middle of the road in earnings among 1st basemen. Even though we disagree on how good he is, I think you can agree that he's at least middle of the road?

The contract should not be bothering you in the slightest.

Hosmer is about to make $100M+, that should concern you.

And by the way, Belt's contract would make him the 4th highest paid LFer.

Okay, I'll get pulled back in. In the last five years, Belt has been . . .
2012 - 11th in WAR (closer to 10th in WAR)
2013 - 9th in OPS, 7th in WAR (one point from 8th in OPS, closer to 8th in WAR)
2014 - not enough at-bats to qualify, but still ranked tied for 23rd in WAR
2015 - 8th in OPS, tied for 6th in WAR (equally distant to 7th and 9th)
2016 - 6th in OPS, 5th in WAR (closer to 5th in OPS, closer to 6th in WAR)
This is among all qualified MLB 1st basemen. Right now, he is 8th and 6th in OPS and WAR, respectively for 2017. He has moved his way from being a top 10 1st baseman to, arguably, a top 5.