Roto Riteup: May 17, 2016
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Roto Riteup: May 13, 2016
Clayton Kershaw threw a complete-game shutout. Somehow, he managed to keep Bartolo Colon from going yard. No other Mets pitchers homered, either. That’s how you know Kershaw was in a zone. The 13 strikeouts hint at it, too.
Still, pitchers hitting is all the rage, and because Kershaw didn’t bat flip at any point, Zack Greinke wins the day.
#PitchersWhoRakeAndBatFlip pic.twitter.com/8TsLBjiwqn
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) May 13, 2016
Roto Riteup: May 12, 2016
The new Modern Baseball album is out and it is terrific. I mention this because the band’s name is what it is, and because, to get cheeky, Noah Syndergaard was playing the exact opposite kind of ball on Wednesday. He saw Bartolo Colon’s home run and raised it one more, becoming the first pitcher to homer twice in a game since 2007.
What can’t he do?
#HRDerby with @Mets pitchers … who you got?https://t.co/Kmv2E5YmvR #PitchersWhoRakehttps://t.co/WKEQErjbOu
— MLB (@MLB) May 12, 2016
Oh, and I guess that elbow he quietly had examined two weeks ago is just fine for hitting.
Roto Riteup: May 11, 2016
Some days, you’ve just got it like that.
Ender won’t save them, but he’ll make them a little more watchable.
Roto Riteup: May 10, 2016
While Stephen Strasburg is stacking paper to the ceiling, the rest of us are left to feel like this.
Roto Riteup: May 6, 2016
I wish I could give each and every one of you one of these. Happy Friday.
Making friends, @MiguelCabrera? pic.twitter.com/6lGKGCxNgN
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) May 5, 2016
Roto Riteup: May 5, 2016
“Don’t throw a fastball down the middle to Big Papi.”
That’s Carlos Rodon’s advice to the world after feeding David Ortiz a 93 MPH fastball down the chute for a home run. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Also, here’s this:
#OurMoment #Jays Hanser Alberto blows a big bubble and then……… pic.twitter.com/dqWR3CzA8Y
— Craig Robertson (@Craigerphotos) May 5, 2016
Roto Riteup: May 4, 2016
When your steaming recommendation gives up three home runs, five walks, and five runs in five innings:
The Nicholas Tropeano suggestion was, well, this, basically:
Oh well. You can’t wear these for long. On to the next.
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Roto Riteup: May 3, 2016
I’ve long wanted to toy around with a league format where pitcher’s hitting stats – only the counting ones, not averages – are a bump to your team. It’s tough, because the value between pitchers in the two leagues is already a little askew, and N.L. arms would get a boost, but wouldn’t you love for one of your star pitchers to also give you this:
The Cardinals turn everyone into a hitter.