MLB

[Naraka]

The Mets were absolute dirt this season. Too much reliance on Verlander and Scherzer before they were traded. They under performed in a massive way, especially when you consider the money they were paid.
Vogelbach is a waste of space too.
It'll be interesting to see who they sign as manager with Showalter gone.

[StoutAndAle]

Scherzer was touted as the Mets' saviour in the 2021 trade but did little to show for it. Couple of shut outs but nothing remarkable. He got handed his ass more often than not this year.

They definitely leaned on him too much this season, pinning all hope that he'd right himself along with McNeil and a few others but it didn't happen. Now Scherzer is in Texas with his feet up for the post-season (counting millions of dollars) after getting injured.

Francisco Lindor is probably the one bright light in the Mets' gallery currently. They'll probably trade him... 

Do you ever look up the pitching roster that the Mets have? It's fucking insane in its number - they have more pitchers than some ball clubs have players!

[Naraka]

That's a World Series that very few would've predicted at the start of the Sean!

[StoutAndAle]

If I were a Phillies fan, I would be inconsolable today. Especially after the way that they saw off Atlanta in the last series round.

[Mower Liberation Front]

MLB can't be too happy. Wanted Astros v Phillies for the ratings. 
Funny sort of season, after all the early hoopla about the AL East, it turned out to be a paper tiger of a decision. As for the Yankees, I think we're looking at some years of mediocrity coming up. Unlike his old man or his brother, Hal Steinbrenner puts making money ahead of winning. Can't imagine George allowing Nike putting their logo on the shirt, never mind that huge Starr Insurance patch.
And I see the Mariners (yet again) and the Cork Renegades won the Irish leagues this season, Cork doing it in their first ever season.

[Mower Liberation Front]

11-0 on the road.
Amazing by the Rangers.

[StoutAndAle]

Yep. I was hoping for this series to run to Game 7 (so that I could watch one live game at least).

After a close Game 1 and the way that Arizona performed in Game 2 - I thought that it had legs.

The way that he Rangers did it though was phenomenal.

[Naraka]

My wife just got tickets for the London Series in the pre-sale. Hopefully, a better season for the Mets next year will make this a trip to look forward to.

[StoutAndAle]

My wife just got tickets for the London Series in the pre-sale. Hopefully, a better season for the Mets next year will make this a trip to look forward to.

Deadly. The Cubs played in the last London series - looked like great craic.

I'm headed to New York again in July. Mets are on the road, Red Sox are @ Yankees (can't imagine I'll score a decent ticket) so I'm gonna go see the Brooklyn Cyclones. I've been to a few MiLB games and they're a lot of fun. Sometimes more fun than the majots - in the case of the Vancouver Canadians game that I went to a few months ago.

[StoutAndAle]

The L.A. Dodgers signing Shohei Ohtani on a 10-year deal for $700 million has to be one of the maddest things to happen in US sports for a while. His former team, the Angels, are being bollocked left and right for not tempting him back but they've been going nowhere for over 15 years and not even Shohei could pull them out of it. They haven't made a playoff in nearly a decade.

No doubt that Ohtani is a serious player but he's nearly 30 years old and he won't be a dual option next year because his pitching arm is giving him trouble so he'll be earning his paycheck as a designated hitter only.

Nuts. In my opinion anyway... Come back in 10 months after Shohei has broken Barry Bonds record and won the World Series for the Dodgers.



Though, all that being said, when the Cubs were in for him last week at $300 million over ten years - I was thinking "Bargain!". 

[Naraka]

He's an unbelievable talent but that is crazy money. I read this morning that $680 million is in deferrals.
Now that Ohtani has signed, the Yamamoto drama will begin. I watched some footage of him on YouTube, he's a class pitcher and still only 25 years old. Hopefully, the Mets can sign him. Both Yamamoto and Sengha would be a very tasty partnership.

[Naraka]

Great to have baseball back. The pre-season should be interesting. The Senga injury is a big early blow for the Mets.

[StoutAndAle]

Looking forward to getting the Spring Training preamble out of the way.

It's something that I'd love to go see in person but I get bored of it fairly quickly sitting at home. 

I think that the only way to enjoy pre-season baseball (and not be there) is to have a lot of games running concurrently and then sit in a bar with a beer watching them with your neck on a swivel - like an owl.

Glad to see Cody Bellinger get his contract renewed by the Cubs.

[StoutAndAle]

My Cubbies are doing prettay, prettay good (for the Cubs). Mike Busch is the first Cubs rookie since 1901 to hit homers 4 games in a row.

Suzuki, Morel, Swanson, Happ and Bellinger are all stepping up. Imanaga is settling in quite nicely.


The Yankees are looking very impressive so far. 12-4.

The Dodgers aren't running away with the NL West as pundits predicted. Not yet anyway.

[Mower Liberation Front]

New Mets uniforms are out (that City Connect shit Nike are pushing), and they're "inspired by"... concrete.