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Welcome to our 4th annual Major League Baseball general thread where we discuss all things related to our National Pastime. During the offseason, the following events occurred:

Robert Manfred replaced Bud Selig as the Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
San Diego and Boston acquired a lot of talent while Atlanta and Oakland lost a lot of talent.
MLB is testing a new pitcher's clock system.
Anthony Bosch, the man who gave A-Rod his steroids, has been sentenced to 4 years in jail.
While Cincinnati is going to host the next All Star Game, San Diego has won the 2016 ASG while Miami has won the 2017 ASG.

The following free agent signings have occurred:

Max Scherzer (DET) signs with the Nationals
Jon Lester (OAK) signs with the Cubs
James Shields (KC) signs with the Padres
Hanley Ramirez (LAD) and Pablo Sandoval (SF) signs with the Red Sox
Yasmany Tomas (CUBA) signs with the Diamondbacks
Adam Laroche (WAS), Melky Cabrera (TOR), and David Robertson (NYY) signs with the White Sox
Nelson Cruz (BAL) signs with the Mariners
Nori Aoki (KC) signs with the Giants
Alex Rios (TEX), Kendrys Morales (SEA), and Edison Volquez (PIT) signs with the Royals
Billy Butler (KC) signs with the Athletics
Russell Martin (PIT) signs with the Blue Jays
Jung-ho Kang (KOREA) signs with the Pirates
Ichiro Suzuki (NYY) signs with the Marlins

Notable Trades:

Athletics trade Josh Donaldson to Toronto for Brett Lawrie
Angels trade Kevin Jespen to Tampa Bay for Matt Joyce
Dodgers trade Andrew Heaney to the Los Angeles Angels for Howie Kendrick
Rangers trade Luis Sardinas to Milwaukee for Yovani Gallardo
Braves trade Jason Heyward to St. Louis for Shelby Miller
Red Sox trade Yoenis Cespedes to Detroit for Rick Porcello
Dodgers trade Matt Kemp to San Diego for Yasmani Grandal
Braves trade Justin Upton to San Diego
Rays trade Wil Myers to San Diego
Rays trade Ben Zobrist to Oakland
Diamondbacks trade Miguel Montero to the Chicago Cubs
Nationals trade Ross Detweller to Texas
Braves trade Evan Gattis to Houston
Diamondbacks trade Wade Miley to Boston

So, I may have missed some trades and signings, but that can't be helped. What teams will live up to the hype and go into the playoffs? What teams will disappoint and fail? What teams will do what the Royals did last year and shock the baseball world? Who will meetup and win the 2015 World Series?

First for Back to the Future II is right.

I haven't seen any Jaws 19 announcements lately.

The last time the Mariners made the playoffs, it took a tie for most regular season wins in MLB history… and didn't even make the World Series. They then preceded to "suffer" two back-to-back seasons of 24 games over 500, missing a chance at a postseason run due to being stuck in the AL West and not having the benefit of a second Wild Card slot. After that, they were pretty much doomed to wallow in baseball's basement.

And then Félix Hernández came along. He's all ours.
Then Kyle Seager. Hisashi Iwakuma. Robinson Cano. Now, Nelson Cruz.
Could the streak- the curse- finally be over? 2013 gave what Seattle sports fans couldn't have imagined in their wildest dreams. How sweet a title felt. 2014 gave us more success, but ended in a reminder of the kind of disappointment that defined us for so many decades. And it also gave us a Mariners team that could win, and win convincingly. With but one more of those wins, they could have finally tasted October again. Alas, it was not meant to be.
Could it be meant to be in 2015? We'll see.

That moment when the Phillies suck

lolnope

enjoy (at least) six more years of second place

>mfw Dombrowski hasn't done shit to fix the Tigers bullpen

Getting swept in the ALDS here we come!

2-3 (11)
1-4 (11)
2-8

0-3

Oh you'd know all about choking in the playoffs wouldn't you?
:^)

Dammit, Jurickson Profar is going to get surgery again. Thank goodness we have Rougned Odor.

>rick porcello is the best pitcher on the red sox

b-but Joe Kelly is the cy young r-right

Jacob deGrom and Jacob deGrom's hair are the best pitching tandem in the majors.

Go Mest!

Yoan Moncada just signed with the Red Sox.
Rangers exercise Adrian Beltre's 2016 option.

Uh oh, Josh Hamilton is in trouble.

Good

he can fuck right off for the entire season and I wouldn't care one bit

Spring Training has begun!

There was a time when the Phillies were a threat to win the World Series, and the Braves had the NL East on lock.

Now the Phillies are coming off of a season with as many losses (89) as the Nationals had wins (96), and Atlanta has cleared out its roster for rebuilding.
 
No team in the NL East had .500 records outside of Washington last year, and the only possible challenge to the throne is Miami, the team that won the World Series twice under the Braves noses when the Braves won the Division the Marlins were in for 11 straight seasons.
 
I'll be over here watching the Hawks.

Darvish is kill
Pence is kill
Hamilton is kill

Yu Darvish may need Tommy John Surgery.

The Braves just no hit the Astros in a 2-2 10 inning tie.

Will Ferrell is playing all 9 positions in five random baseball games today.

>no-hitter
>game ends in a tie

Braves look like contenders.

Predictions for the season standings:

NL East:

Washington – 94-68
Miami – 88-74
New York – 83-79
Atlanta – 75-87
Philadelphia – 68-94

NL Central:

St. Louis – 90-72
Pittsburgh – 89-73
Chicago – 84-78
Milwaukee – 80-82
Cincinnati – 78-84

NL West:

Los Angeles – 93-69
San Diego – 91-71
San Francisco – 86-76
Arizona – 78-84
Colorado – 74-88

AL East:

Boston – 93-69
Toronto – 85-77
Baltimore – 84-78
New York – 79-83
Tampa Bay – 75-87

AL Central:

Detroit – 91-71
Cleveland – 88-74
Kansas City – 83-79
Chicago – 81-81
Minnesota – 77-85

AL West:

Seattle – 92-70
Los Angeles – 90-72
Oakland – 83-79
Texas – 78-84
Houston – 70-92

NL East:

New York – 96-66
Washington – 90-72
Miami – 88-74
Atlanta – 70-92
Philadelphia – 69-93

NL Central:

Chicago – 95-67
St. Louis – 89-75
Pittsburgh – 85-79
Milwaukee – 79-83
Cincinnati – 79-83

NL West:

San Diego – 93-69
Los Angeles – 92-70
San Francisco – 87-77
Colorado – 76-86
Arizona – 72-90

AL East:

Toronto – 90-72
Baltimore – 88-74
New York – 84-78
Boston – 80-82
Tampa Bay – 71-91

AL Central:

Cleveland – 93-69
Kansas City – 87-77
Detroit – 86-78
Chicago – 80-82
Minnesota – 78-84

AL West:

Seattle – 100-62
Los Angeles – 94-68
Oakland – 85-79
Houston – 74-88
Texas – 67-95

NL Wild Card: Los Angeles over Washington
NLDS: New York over Los Angeles, Chicago over San Diego
NLCS: Chicago over New York

AL Wild Card: Los Angeles over Baltimore
ALDS: Seattle over Los Angeles, Toronto over Cleveland
ALCS: Seattle over Toronto

World Series: Chicago Cubs over Seattle Mariners

Meanwhile on the KYM side poll:

What do you think?

Would you say you are more or less interested in the start of the 2015 Major League Baseball (MLB) season than you were last season?
6%
More interested
4%
Less interested
13%
About the same
77%
I am not a fan of Major League Baseball

Dear 77%,

St. Louis – 3
Chicago – 0

BASEBALL HAS RETURNED!!!

In other news, the Padres have acquired Craig Kimbrel and Melvin Upton Jr. from the Braves.

I am angry
ANGRY ABOUT SEATTLE

So, how does last place feel my friend?

feels indifferent man

we'll for sure lose tomorrow tho since CJ "chub jockey" Wilson takes the mound

Richards pls get well soon

If last place feels bad, how about getting one hit in your first game would feel.

Opening Day kings reign again.

>memeattle memeiners
>making CJ Wilson look like a Cy Young candidate

>jokeland pathetics
>losing to the rags

looks like the mariners aren't going much of a threat after all…

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>ragners

You think our injuries are funny? Well then, fuck you!

I would taunt, except I'm too busy pulling the grey hairs out of my fucking scalp from these last two damn games.

>MLB opens us up with sixteen straight divisional games
>go 13-3

I never want to wake up from this dream.

(Also weren't the Marlins supposed to be good or something?)

you know it's a shit division when the Astros are in first place

> D-backs actually have a positive record

Is this real life?

Rangers, Angels, and Mariners are tied in last at 6-9.

>6-9

Josh Hamilton traded back to Texas.

Pay your respects to The King.

I get a really spooky scary feeling when watching the Orioles game today.

My god, the Astros might actually not be a fucking joke this year.

Alex Rodriquez has passed Willie Mays on the all time home run list with home run number 661.

Excellent, I was just wondering if there was some kind of sports forum, this is even better.

nvm just saw how not active you all are wtf. I love posting during games, and I'll watch any team play. Aren't you all listening or watching to the game every day anyway…??

Arrieta's carrying a nono through 3 atm~ We're playing the Mets.

Sports forum has been brought up before, but since there's only a main group of 5 or so people that would probably post in it, it was calculated it would be the slowest board behind the major irrelevant Books and Comics which is probably going to be ousted eventually.

Yeah, when I saw there was no sports forum or anything really relating to real life at all I was like remember where you arrrre

Oh well. Is there another Cubs fan here anywhere? I'd feel slightly out of place randomly spewing all of my thoughts on the lineup to no one, but I'm not against it completely.

There maybe another Cub fan here somewhere, but I don't know. I'm a Rangers fan, Jimmy is a Mets fan, Kurt Warner's Ghost and Lil B are Angels fans, 0.999=1 is a Mariners fan, xTSGx is a Tigers fan, and Maus is a DBacks fan. Sorry if I forgot anyone else.