#LAA @ OAK

[juergenklopp]

HUNTER RENFROE of the Los Angeles Angels makes an unbelievable no-look catch during the MLB Opening Day game against the Oakland Athletics (March 30, 2023)

[anthrofreshtodeath]

What baseball game are you guys watching today?

[zackcollins]

Hugs: Launched || LAA vs OAK || 10/05/22

[corbincarroll]

july 19, 2021 | laa v. oak

[rask]

oak @ laa - aug. 12, 2020

[twins2994]

Where Are They Now?

Let’s take a look at where Ex-Twins are as spring training games start this week in Florida and Arizona.

Kohl Stewart RHP (BAL), Tommy Milone LHP (BAL)

Martin Perez LHP (BOS), Trevor Hildenberger RHP (BOS), Juan Centeno C (BOS) 

Aaron Hicks OF (NYY), Zack Granite OF (NYY)

Nick Anderson RHP (TB), Oliver Drake RHP (TB), Ryan LaMarre OF (TB), Chris Hermann C (TB), Aaron Slegers RHP (TB), John Curtiss RHP (TB)

Adalberto Mejia LHP (CWS) and Daniel Palka OF (CWS)

Kennys Vargas 1B/DH (DET), Niko Goodrum IF (DET), CJ Cron 1B (DET), Jonathan Schoop 2B (DET), Hector Santiago LHP (DET)

Randy Rosario LHP (KC) 

Ryan Pressly RHP (HOU)

Luke Bard RHP (LAA), Jason Castro C (LAA), Neil Ramirez RHP (LAA)

Liam Hendriks RHP (OAK), OF Robbie Grossman (OAK) 

Kyle Gibson RHP (TEX), Lance Lynn RHP (TEX), UTIL Danny Santana (TEX) 

Shane Robinson OF (ATL)

Brandon Kintzler RHP (MIA), 1B Lewin Diaz (MIA), James Rowson HC (MIA)

Stephen Gonsalves LHP (NYM), Rene Rivera C (NYM), Eduardo Nunez IF (NYM)

Deolis Guerra RHP (PHI), Francisco Liriano LHP (PHI), Blake Parker RHP (PHI), Anthony Swarzak RHP, IF Logan Forsythe (PHI)

Kurt Suzuki C (WSH), Fernando Abad LHP (WSH), JB Shuck OF (WSH)

Ian Miller OF (CHC)

Mike Morin RHP (MIL), Logan Morrison 1B (MIL)

Nick Burdi RHP (PIT), Nik Turley LHP (PIT), John Ryan Murphy C (PIT), Derek Shelton MGR (PIT)

Eduardo Escobar 3B (ARZ)

Tim Colins LHP (COL), Tim Mellville RHP (COL), Drew Butera C (COL)

Brusdar Graterol RHP (LAD)

There are lots of former Twins sprinkled across Major League Baseball. Kohl Stewart and Tommy Milone have a good chance to make a roster spot on the Orioles. Trevor Hildenberger might earn a bullpen job for the Red Sox. Zack Granite returns back to New York and will start the year at AAA for the Yankees. The Rays have former Twins Nick Anderson and Oliver Drake in their bullpen. Adalberto Mejia and Daniel Palka will likely start at AAA Charlotte for the White Sox. The Tigers have tons of former Twins with Niko Goodrum, CJ Cron, and Jonathan Schoop making the team. Kennys Vargas returns to the Majors, but will need to earn it. I love the Marlins signing Brandon Kintzler for their bullpen. Stephen Gonsalves already has a 40-man roster spot for the Mets and Eduardo Nunez is vying for a bench spot. Francisco Liriano, Blake Parker, and Anthony Swarzak are trying to beat each other out for bullpen roles with the Phillies. Fernando Abad looks to make the Nationals bullpen. Logan Morrison is a non-roster invitee with the Brewers. Nick Burdi, Nik Turley, and John Ryan Murphy look to make the Pirates. I’m anxious to see where Brusdar Graterol ends up with the Dodgers at seasons end. 

-Chris Kreibich-

[retiredthotporcello]

Top 5 mistakes in Sox history (in terms of trades and acquisitions, RIP my chaotic son Joe Kelly)

in no particular order:

1) Rich Hill to LAA

2) Jon Lester/Jonny Gomes to OAK (in terms of losing those guys but not in terms of cespedes who was then traded for my mans)

3) THORNBURG FOR TRAVIS SHAW

4) Pablo Sandoval

5) Jeff Bagwell to HOU

i didnt list babe ruth bc its an obv one

[adondeirhoy]

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[randomthoughts]

FBB 2022: My 2022 Team

The 2022 Spears Carriers

My Run of the Mill Catchers

C - Luis Torrens, SEA $6 C - Max Stassi, LAA $1

My Stacked Infield 1B - Anthony Rizzo, NYY $20 2B - Andres Gimenez, CLE $4 SS - Corey Seager, TEX $38 3B - Matt Chapman, TOR $17 MI - Trevor Story, BOS $41 CI - Yoan Moncada, CHW $16

My Sketchy Outfield OF - Cedric Mullens, BAL $5 OF - Andrew Vaughn, CHW $10 OF - Ramon Laureano, OAK $7 OF - Kevin Kiermaier, TB $1 OF - Brad Miller, TEX $1

My Basher DH Franmill Reyes, CLE $23

My Better Than Average Starters SP - Alek Manoah, TOR $18 SP - Shane McClanahan, TB $5 SP - John Means, BAL $7 SP - Chris Flexen, SEA $5 SP - Corey Kluber, TB $11

My Risky Closers RP - Gregory Soto, DET $5 RP - Lou Trevino, OAK $5 RP - Ken Giles, SEA $4

I made a note in my draft strategy document which said:

Spend Early, the Talent Thins Out Quickly -- and it did. I sort of went overboard in the 1st Round and took Corey Seager ($38) and Trevor Story ($41) in back-to-back picks.

This move, of course, changed the rest of the draft for me, but it gave me a kick-ass infield. My outfield, on the other hand, is not all that strong. 

I like my very affordable starting staff, but my relief core is a risky ride.

Keys to Victory A lot of things to go right and some timely pick-ups or trades

What Needs to Happen for Me to Win

My SPs deliver and maybe even step up a little

Both Seager and Story perform or over-perform

My 3rd or 4th OF over performs 

Road to Defeat

Two or more of my SPs get injured or dramatically underperforms

My pseudo closers becomes just that

Seager, Story, Reyes, and Rizzo underperform

My low-cost SPs take a step backward

Most Likely Scenario

Seager or Story meets expectations

My OF remains shaky and I pick up an in-season replacement

Vaughn is mediocre

One or two of closers do get saves and the 3rd one does not

I trade either an SS or Moncada for something

Parting Shots I like the potential of this team and I see a 2nd or 3rd place finish with some changes

[juergenklopp]

Shohei is just absolutely ridiculous on the mound

[palesmokeisinthevoid]

Did an oc thing

And just for fun, Explanation!

Tax evader: Bath Sunfire (Mosd), she canonically commits tax fraud

Cottagecore lesbian: Sabrina Snowstar/Envystar (Mosd), everything about her to me screams cottagecore lesbian

Himbo: Grassland (Tolabl), he and his husband are both himbo's, enough daid

Communist: Sparky (Tolabl), I have no idea what Sparky would be considered but I just went with her as the communist because I thought it fit the most

Catboy: Beanie Mightyfree/Envystar (Mff), he's literally a catboy, enough said

Manic pixie dream girl: Magnolia cookie (Cookie run), I actually had to look up what this was and I guess Magnolia fits it? Idk I saw pixie and thought of her

Homophobic homosexual: Tyson Newcrow (Mosd/Mff), all but one of the people Tyson has tried to kill isn't straight/j

Enby thot enemy of state: Thistle Newcrow/Mew (Mosd), they tried to destroy an entire country out of spite

He's just trying his best: Mar Oak (Cold), he just wants to make sure his family is ok, unfortunately for him he's in the apocalypse so not much can be done to help with that

Furrycon attendee: Achilles Walker (Oldaima), I mean, he's an Anthropomorphic cat (though technically everyone in his world is a furry/j)

Dilf: Clover Envyfruit/Sunfruit (Mosd), he's a dad, he's tired, his husband's dead, he could probably make himself look like what most consider a dilf considering he's a shapeshifter-

Dumbass bisexual: Wine bottle (Osc), I thought I had too many oc's from Mosd so I chose one of my Osc oc's (since I'm getting back into a little) who is bi

Hot topic employee: Dione Walker (Oldaima), Dione works at hot topic after she gets out of the dark curse/j

Poggers: Choco pudding cookie (Cookie run), I found a good name for Popstar Cookie so now she's known as Choco pudding, anyway Choco pudding would 100% say poggers

Gay wine aunt: Petri Julio (Oldaima), Petri is more like a parent to Dione and Achilles but for a while they were pretending to be their aunt for a year before they realized that she was in fact a different person but technically she's still an aunt since future events in my Miitopia fic I won't spoil.

SoundCloud rapper: David_Space18 (Laa), idk he fit the most

Avid Sophia the first watcher: Cherry (Osc), Cherry would watch Sofia the first, he would get his sibling and parents to, and even some of his friends

The normal one: Smoke Toad (Multi-fandom), ...they were the most normal one I could find, which is saying alot considering their a dimension hopping alien who's a doodle who through a simple touch can temporarily turn others into doodles, and accidentally got adopted by a Toad who decided to start a revolution and won

[corbincarroll]

july 19, 2021 | laa v. oak

[rask]

oak @ laa - aug. 12, 2020

[webbie20mlb]

WEBBIE ODDS AND NOTES FOR 05/03

WEBBIE ODDS AND NOTES FOR 05/03 #mlb, #mlbpicks, #gamblingtwitter, #freepicks, #sportsbetting @webeattheline @allsportsnobull @ecsportsinvest

NOTES: The beginning of this week sees new matchups like all new weeks do. Some good series look to be TBR/LAA, TOR/OAK, CLE/KC, MIL/PHI, NYM/STL, ATL/WSH, and HOU/NYY! Today my model has 2 underdogs as small favorites. They are MIL Houser and TOR Matz. My model also likes LAD bigger than the sportsbooks. It like MIN less than the sportsbooks so it favors TEX. There are 2 games with pitchers…

[randomthoughts]

FBB 2021 Team Awards & Review

This team was supposed to finish in last place according to my Rotowire draft software. In the end, I finished in 3rd place. (I dropped from 2nd on the last day of the season.) So, I stand with this theory for my success; this was a “made” team. And boy, was it fun.

I decided early on to go with high-risk, young starters. Ergo, why I have Cease, McClanahan, and Manoah on my roster. McKenzie came later, as did Rasmussen. These guys were hot hands with great promise and great risk. I listened to the analysts on these guys. Maybe too much, but it worked out. 

My team fluctuated between 2nd and 6th place most of the season, but once my young starters settled in, I stayed around 3rd place. 

Team MVP: Cedric Mullins $1 - when Oscar Mercado didn’t make the team with Cleveland, I had an opening in my outfield. I knew there was a good chance he’d get decent playing time, but never did I believe that he would explode for a 30/30 season. What a bargain.

Next Best: Matt Olson $15

Team Cy Young: Dylan Cease $1 - heard Vlad Guerero Jr say he was the toughest pitcher he had faced in the minors, so I grabbed him when one of my starters went down. Cease was inconsistent at times, but delivered the Ks. 

My Value Pick: Cedric Mullins $1 - I mean, $1 for a 30/30 season

Trade Evaluation: Early on in the season, I traded Jake Odorizzi and Greg Holland for Amed Rosario. (I was trying to get Wander Franco.) I felt my team was in bad shape, so I looked long term. It took some time for Rosario to get going but he finished strong.  

Regrets: Trading Carlos Correa when I thought I was really out of it. He was solid all season and Vidal Brujan never got the call up. 

My Re-Made Team

I usually subscribe to the idea that your team is made in the draft, but this team proves that this is not entirely true. Other than my catchers, I only retained 5 of my position players from the draft. 

As for my pitching staff, I only retained 2 of my original pitchers.

STARTING TEAM                       FINAL TEAM

C - Sean Murphy OAK $9          Sean Murphy OAK $9

C - Kurt Suzuki, LAA $7             Kurt Suzuki, LAA $7

1B - Matt Olson, OAK $15         Matt Olson, OAK $15

2B - Hanser Alberto, KC $1       Andres Gimenez, CLE $20

SS - Carlos Correa, HOU $32  Ramon Urias, BAL $1

3B - Joey Wendle, TB $7         Joey Wendle, TB $7

MI - Freddy Galvis, BAL, $1     Amed Rosario, CLE $19 

CI - Renato Nunez, DET $7    Owen Miller, CLE $1

DH Franmill Reyes, CLE $28   Franmill Reyes, CLE $28

OF

Ramon Laureano,OAK $25    Jake Meyers, HOU $1

Manuel Margot, TB $17          Manuel Margot, TB $17

Randal Grichuk, TOR $20      Randal Grichuk, TOR $20

Oscar Mercado, CLE $7        Cedric Mullins, BAL $1

Yoshi Tsutsugo, TB $1           Jose Siri, HOU $1

[NOTE: I would have had Ramon Laureano still on my team but he got suspended for a PED violation. Plus, I have Andrew Vaughn reserved at the end of the season.]

SP

Jake Odorizzi, HOU $11         Shane McClanahan, TB $1

John Means, BAL $3             John Means, BAL $3

Domingo German, NYY $7    Drew Rasmussen, TB $1

Yusei Kikuchi, SEA $4           Dylan Cease, CHW $1

Kris Bubic, $3                        Alex Manoah, TOR $14

                                              Triston McKenzie, CLE $3

RP

Kirby Yates, TOR $25           Lou Trevino, OAK $1

Greg Holland, KC $15          Alex Colome, MIN $21

Bryan Garcia, P DET $4      Greg Soto, P DET $1

Greg Soto, P DET $1

[I also have Pat Sewald $1 SEA]

[juergenklopp]

Shohei was so fucking close to a natural cycle. After having started as a pitcher. Holy fuck.