# MLB: March/April 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 27, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604 "2019-03-27T13:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/61 "2019-04-01T01:28:03Z")
If the Dodgers can continue averaging 10 runs per game for the remainder of the season, I’d give them a decent shot at winning their division. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/62 "2019-04-01T14:54:54Z")
The problem with the Dodgers is they averaged giving up more than 5 runs a game over the same stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/63 "2019-04-01T15:02:57Z")
Conclusions drawn from the first weekend: The Cubs should be 3-0 but are 1-2 because it appears that they have no bullpen. They led by at least 2 runs in both of the loses. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/64 "2019-04-01T15:06:22Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > and the Dodgers beat the hell out of the Rockies 18-5 > > but its getting jinxed by articles saying “are the dodgers the best team in the nl?” (well yes yes they are) its a bit too early for that aint it ? > > Besides they need to save some for the giants and the braves …… and the angels if they play them this year Wow, playing the Rockies and the Dbacks on the same day? Silly Dodger fans (but I repeat myself) think beating the Dbacks means something. We’ll be lucky if we win 60 games. Thanks, front office. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/65 "2019-04-01T15:12:55Z")
Hopefully, the Cardinals will start winning more games once they start playing teams that don’t have any Christian Yeliches on them. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/66 "2019-04-01T19:35:24Z")
In four games against Detroit, Toronto’s starting pitchers did not give up a single run. They still managed to lose two games because they didn’t hit much, either. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/67 "2019-04-01T19:58:17Z")
Hell, they gave up runs in what, 3/39 innings? Unfortunately they also only scored in 3 innings total. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/68 "2019-04-01T20:08:39Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Wow, playing the Rockies and the Dbacks on the same day? > > Silly Dodger fans (but I repeat myself) think beating the Dbacks means something. We’ll be lucky if we win 60 games. Thanks, front office. I didn’t see the first 12 times I looked it over …. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/69 "2019-04-01T20:14:53Z")
erm see that ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/70 "2019-04-01T22:56:58Z")
Bogaerts gave the red Sox a six year extension worth 120 million. It has an opt out at age 30. sounds like there’s also an option year. Meanwhile the Yankees how to put Stanton and Andujar on the DL. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/71 "2019-04-01T23:54:04Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Hopefully, the Cardinals will start winning more games once they start playing teams that don’t have any Christian Yeliches on them. I’d rather it be them playing the Milwaukee Yeliches then the Cubs doing it ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/72 "2019-04-02T12:26:18Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Meanwhile the Yankees how to put Stanton and Andujar on the DL. Ugh, Andujar has a small labrum tear in his shoulder. That makes 40% of the starting rotation and 50% of the defense on the IL. Still, nearly all of those guys are supposedly coming back over the next month or two. Andujar will probably require season ending surgery. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/73 "2019-04-02T23:55:14Z")
OK, 10 on the IL is a little nuts. Are all you Yankee haters happy yet? 10! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/74 "2019-04-03T00:05:59Z")
now if that said “sandiego” or SF … then id be happy ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/75 "2019-04-03T12:28:44Z")
I’m calling the Nats’ season. We have a crap manager who doesn’t understand pitching and who is scared of his stars; and a crap bullpen. We also have a schedule that is front loaded with division rivals and by the time we figure any of it out, we’ll be too far back to see first place. You made the right call Harper, the Nats owners are bush-league. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/76 "2019-04-03T12:49:55Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Ugh, Andujar has a small labrum tear in his shoulder. That makes 40% of the starting rotation and 50% of the defense on the IL. Still, nearly all of those guys are supposedly coming back over the next month or two. Andujar will probably require season ending surgery. Look at the bright side- no matter who the Yanks put at 3B now, it will be a defensive improvement. I’m getting a little impatient with Chapman. Sometimes he’s lights out, yesterday he gives up the big hit to a young Tiger (his first MLB hit, no less) and winds up giving up 2 in the 9th. I don’t think he’s as fearsome as he used to be. These fireballers eventually lose a few mph off the fastball, they either need to learn how to be a pitcher and not a thrower (like Frank Tanana did with great success) or they wash up in a hurry. With so much (probably too much) talent in the bullpen, he shouldn’t be the closer. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/77 "2019-04-03T14:58:57Z")
Toronto trades Kevin Pillar to San Francisco for two prospects and utility man Alen Hanson, who will be sent directly to Buffalo. Anthony Alford up from Buffalo to replace Pillar. This trade is sad - Pillar was vedry popular in Toronto - but he’s 30, starting to cost money, and while he’s legitimately a really good defensive player he’s not a player of high enough quality that he’ll remain good for the 3-4 years they need to construct a contender. Getting something for him while he’s worth something was a good move. More puzzlingly, the team handed a 5-year- $52 million deal to Randal Grichuk. Grichuk… he’s not a bad player. He hits some home runs. He’s an okay outfielder. He’s not that far above replacement level, though, because his K/BB ratio is dreadful and he isn’t REALLY good at anything else. This extension took me totally by surprise. Grichuk will have to get measurably better than he is now for this deal to be a good one, and if there is reason to be hopeful of that I don’t see it. His rookie year is still the best year he’s ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/78 "2019-04-03T16:29:23Z")
Three games into the season some nimrod in the LA Times was stating the obvious: the Dodgers’ big problem this year is going to be timely hitting. Where do they get these guys? Have you watched the Arson Squad in action, dude? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/79 "2019-04-03T16:36:28Z")
Timely hitting is literally every team’s problem all the time. I mean, no matter how many hits and homers a team has, if they could have that same number of hits and homers at all the right times, they’d be the greatest team of all time. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604/80 "2019-04-03T21:01:40Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I’m calling the Nats’ season. We have a crap manager who doesn’t understand pitching and who is scared of his stars; and a crap bullpen. We also have a schedule that is front loaded with division rivals and by the time we figure any of it out, we’ll be too far back to see first place. You made the right call Harper, the Nats owners are bush-league. It was a bit more exciting than I wanted, but the Nats beat the Phillies today 9-8. The season isn’t decided in the first week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2019/831604.md?page=5)