Running 2017 MLB postseason thread

Is Sabathia HOF? 237-146 3.70 ERA in a HR era American League. 1 Cy Young, 4 top 5 finishes
If this is his last year he leaves as the #2 winning-est active pitcher and #1 active strikeout leader.
Only 1 20 game season

 

He should be, but the "It's not the Hall of Very Good" get-off-on-withholding folks will keep him out.

 

He's very Jack Morris

 

But also a Cy Young Award, a World Series ring and maybe the last "get on my back" performance we're ever gonna see by a starting pitcher (2008 w/Milwaukee). No doubter. And he's not retiring this year, so he'll be adding to those figures.

 

Shit sorry, didn't see you'd mentioned the Cy Young Award.

 

He was on the very short list of best and most consistent pitchers of his time, all while putting up numbers (wins, games started, maybe even strikeouts) that are unlikely to be topped anytime soon, if ever. He's made 509 starts! Someone would have to start 30 games a year for 17 straight seasons to equal that. #IWasToldThereWouldBeNoMath Of course, wins and games started aren't the be-all, end-all, but durability mixed with sustained excellence needs to be appreciated by the electorate. At his peak (2001-12), he had an ERA+ of 125, which is right within the HOF bell curve. By the time he's eligible, he is going to be viewed as the last of a breed by younger voters not conditioned to the whole "grrr he didn't get to 300 wins, therefore he must not be great" idea.

 

Shut up about CC Sabathia.

 

Who are the Nationals starting tonight?

It's past 2:30 PM and the MLB website is still saying TBD.

Isn't there some kind of pre-game deadline to make an announcement? I guess all things are subject to change (like if someone came down with explosive diarrhea), but I would think MLB has some sort of threshold to notify the media and fans with some heads up.

 

Regarding Strasburg and the shutdown a few years ago:

A diehard Nationals fan asked me the following - if the Nationals had some max innings plan for Strasburg, why didn't they start him off more slowly or later in the spring so that he would not have hit that maximum in September?

I don't have an intelligent answer for that, aside from thinking it was a plan based on not making the playoffs, and then... oops.

 

I don't think there's any deadline other than bringing the lineup card to home plate.

 

And... I just refreshed the MLB website and it now lists Gio.