MLB Random Thoughts [8/5-8/11]

[MVPete]

American League
AMERICAN	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Boston	68	45	.602	-	39-21	29-24	568	464	+104	Won 2	7-3	95.0
Tampa Bay	66	45	.595	1	37-21	29-24	505	437	+68	Won 2	7-3	89.0
Detroit	64	45	.587	2	37-19	27-26	557	420	+137	Won 8	9-1	94.1
Oakland	64	47	.577	3	35-20	29-27	488	431	+57	Lost 1	5-5	76.4
Cleveland	62	49	.559	5	37-19	25-30	525	476	+49	Won 2	9-1	51.2
Texas	62	50	.554	5.5	33-24	29-26	477	451	+26	Won 1	6-4	51.8
Baltimore	61	51	.545	6.5	33-25	28-26	527	506	+21	Lost 2	4-6	25.2
Kansas City	56	52	.519	9.5	27-24	29-28	429	416	+13	Won 2	9-1	10.1
NY Yankees	57	53	.518	9.5	29-25	28-28	420	431	-11	Lost 1	4-6	5.6
Seattle	52	59	.468	15	29-28	23-31	454	507	-53	Won 2	4-6	0.3
LA Angels	51	59	.464	15.5	30-29	21-30	504	513	-9	Lost 1	3-7	1.1
Toronto	51	60	.459	16	28-28	23-32	510	541	-31	Won 1	5-5	0.1
Minnesota	48	60	.444	17.5	26-27	22-33	433	488	-55	Won 3	5-5	0.1
Chicago Sox	40	69	.367	26	22-28	18-41	394	481	-87	Lost 10	0-10	0.0
Houston	36	74	.327	30.5	18-37	18-37	417	579	-162	Lost 4	2-8	0.0
National League
NATIONAL	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Pittsburgh	67	44	.604	-	38-20	29-24	432	376	+56	Won 2	7-3	98.6
Atlanta	67	45	.598	.5	38-15	29-30	509	393	+116	Won 10	10-0	99.9
St. Louis	65	45	.591	1.5	32-17	33-28	549	399	+150	Won 1	3-7	99.3
LA Dodgers	61	49	.555	5.5	31-25	30-24	435	418	+17	Won 4	8-2	84.1
Cincinnati	61	51	.545	6.5	33-19	28-32	483	418	+65	Lost 1	3-7	78.2
Arizona	56	55	.505	11	30-24	26-31	458	453	+5	Lost 2	4-6	26.9
Washington	54	57	.486	13	31-25	23-32	413	447	-34	Lost 1	6-4	6.5
San Diego	52	60	.464	15.5	31-25	21-35	447	499	-52	Won 1	7-3	2.0
Colorado	52	61	.460	16	31-26	21-35	487	514	-27	Lost 2	3-7	1.7
Philadelphia	50	61	.450	17	27-26	23-35	417	505	-88	Lost 5	1-9	0.2
NY Mets	49	60	.450	17	22-32	27-28	443	480	-37	Lost 2	3-7	1.3
San Francisco	49	61	.445	17.5	28-27	21-34	421	478	-57	Lost 2	3-7	0.8
Chicago Cubs	49	62	.441	18	23-33	26-29	434	463	-29	Lost 4	3-7	0.6
Milwaukee	47	64	.423	20	27-31	20-33	433	500	-67	Won 1	5-5	0.1
Miami	43	67	.391	23.5	26-32	17-35	354	439	-85	Lost 2	5-5	0.1

[MVPete]

[Woy]

[Senser81]

[Warner2BruceTD]

TWIB!

[NAHSTE]

[EmpireWF]

Mets called up (besides D'Arnaud) their most ready offensive prospect in IF Wilmer Flores.

Just turned 22-years-old last week.

[Woy]

Mike Matheny was agitated after all the questions about the excess amount of bunt attempts last night.

He had Matt Carpenter bunt (fouled it off and then swung away) with a man on first in the earlier innings, Carlos fucking Beltran give up an out by bunting with two men on and no outs in the 7th, and then Jon Jay bunt (popped out to first) with Kozma on first and no outs in the 8th.

Kill the damn bunt already. That was a winnable game and Matheny fucked the team over by giving away outs.

[NAHSTE]

Mike Matheny was agitated after all the questions about the excess amount of bunt attempts last night.

He had Matt Carpenter bunt (fouled it off and then swung away) with a man on first in the earlier innings, Carlos fucking Beltran give up an out by bunting with two men on and no outs in the 7th, and then Jon Jay bunt (popped out to first) with Kozma on first and no outs in the 8th.

Kill the damn bunt already. That was a winnable game and Matheny fucked the team over by giving away outs.

If you having manager problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a sub-optimized lineup or over-reliance on the sacrifice bunt ain't one.

My only gripe with Fredi lately is when he leaves the starter in to hit after the 6th. There was no way Minor was getting through the lineup a 3rd time last night, he was laboring hard and clearly didn't have his usual sharpness, but Fredi lets him bat in the top 7th and run out there for the bottom half. Sure enough first batter he faces is the Hairston, the lefty masher, and he promptly bangs a double off the wall. Didn't cost us since the Nats couldn't drive the run home, but it was so obviously a terrible decision at the time.

[Obst]

He mad.

[NAHSTE]

He mad.

He didn't want it with Colombian Jesus though, as soon as Julio gave him the face he was done chirping.

Teheran claims it wasn't intentional, but I guess when you're 14.5 games back and your season is falling apart things can get a little emotional.

[Woy]

[Guest]

Mike Matheny was agitated after all the questions about the excess amount of bunt attempts last night.

He had Matt Carpenter bunt (fouled it off and then swung away) with a man on first in the earlier innings, Carlos fucking Beltran give up an out by bunting with two men on and no outs in the 7th, and then Jon Jay bunt (popped out to first) with Kozma on first and no outs in the 8th.

Kill the damn bunt already. That was a winnable game and Matheny fucked the team over by giving away outs.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/and-the-worst-bunt-of-the-year-goes-to/

[Woy]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/and-t...-year-goes-to/

Yeah, I read that yesterday. I'm relieved that Mike didn't call it, but I'm wondering what possessed Beltran to go ahead and lay it down. Stupid.

[Villain]

Since June 22, the Dodgers lead MLB with a 33-8 record. The Rays are second at 28-11. Should make for an awesome weekend series.