Monkeypaws

The stadium cycle has pretty much run through MLB. There are your last old gems in Fenway and Wrigley, a couple expansion era gems in Dodger and Kauffman. Meh stadiums in Anaheim and Oakland, and ugly domes in Toronto and Tampa. The rest are The followers of the Camden Yards retro model, except one: Chicago White Sox appropriately named Guaranteed Rate Field. The Braves dumped Turner, which is now the stadium for Georgia Tech. Texas is building Globe Life Field to replace Globe Life Park, which, as new as it still seems to me is actually the 11th oldest park in MLB. I doubt the White Sox get a new stadium anytime soon, so I'd vote Texas, seeing as the balls are rolling. Still seeing that the Raiders are gone, and real-estate in Oakland has gone through the roof, I could see something happening in the East Bay pretty soon. TB gets honorable mention. I guess my real thought was by 2050, how many of these current parks will still be around. Thoughts?

2018 is a small sample size, but his 2017 lends credibility to the narrative. He put up very good numbers for a 22-23 year old. According to fangraphs, that age would be league average between A+ and AA, 22.4-23.8.

Promote Wade. Barely younger than Max.

My favorite 2018 Berrios stat: 27 2/3s innings pitched so far this season, and he's only given up runs in 2 of them.

Glad to see the Twins turn the tables on what ESPN wanted to make the Francisco Lindor show, especially with Berrios and Rosario playing key roles. Apart from the fake grass, I really like Hiram Bithorn Stadium. Looks cool from the field level.

Classic glass exactly half empty. ashburyjohn, I always had you pegged as an optimist....

Aww, your no fun anymore....

Any ideas?

Well, he was only hitting .500 with an ops of 1.000 Expected better from him.

Considering his age, and Louisiana pedigree, success!

Wowza, JT Chargois v. Buster Posey with the game on the line. Posey wins, 1-1 bottom of 8. Filthy pitch as well. Still, LA likes/trusts the cajun. edit, doubleplay on the next guy, and JT out. Hmm, miss that guy.

Perfectly negative thread - thanx,

Real sleeper of a prospect - hope he becomes more than the last 2nd base prospect for the Twins out of Venezuela, Luis Rivas. Not a bad player actually, just not special. Still, played for the Twins age 20-25. Pretty amazing he held his own. Never hit below .250. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rivaslu01.shtml Plus, he had the whole Rodney thing going on with the hat: Sorry, not trying to hijack - Arraez has won MiLB batting championships. Hope he comes back from surgery with a vengeance.

Pretty damn exciting bunch of talent down there - I'm thinking road trip. Been to Cedar Rapids once before and it was a blast. I remember $3.50 craft brews, seeing Felix Jorge pitch and Garver hit, and meeting a mascot. The rest is a blur.

Brett Gardner looks like a child when he stands next to Aaron Judge. Dang he is huge.

Whoah - Made my first visit last summer. While many rust-belt cities edge toward recovery, Pittsburgh shucked it off and went hi-tech. Beautiful city with lots of cool neighborhoods. Amazingly, there is almost no sprawl. You can be in total forest just a few miles from downtown.

BTW, if you have never seen a ball game in Pittburgh, it is well worth it.

Buxton's rip to LF in the big inning: make the substitution.... http://www.baseball-almanac.com/images/willie_mccovey_peanuts.jpg

Gotta say, every game this season has been worth watching, win or lose. Only 158 more

Who is the poster with the old Metrodome scoreboard ghost "Walks will haunt" as an avatar? They are the honorary poster of the day.

Buxton is almost too quick on the gassers - he has hit at least 6-7 fastballs foul down the 3rd baseline today, and smoked a few fair. Contact is good - bat control comes next.

Duke Deduno!

Sounds like something a travel agency would offer.

Interesting fact about Duke - he twice topped 200 innings as an MLB starter for Pittsburgh as a 23 and 26 year old. Led the NL in hits allowed in 2006 with 255.

Often when I watch a game, I check other teams players to see when and by whom they were drafted. Saw Taillon was a 2nd overall, and he looks like it today. Bell was another I was wondering about, and saw he was 1st pick of round 2 in 2011. The rabbit hole led me to the Twins 2nd rounder that year, Madison Boer, then the rest of the 2011 class. There may be a worse class overall, but this one is truly awful: Headed by just released Levi Michael, Travis Harrison, Travis Boyd, Boer...etc. 3innings pitched of Jason Wheeler were all the Twins got out of it. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?team_ID=MIN&year_ID=2011&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year 40th rounder Kyle Barraclough (pronounced Bear Claw)didn't sign, got taken by by St. Louis in the 7th in 2012, and has made a career in Miami.