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White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:43 am
by DavidGee24
The Crockies are off to a 4-23 start and they are just beyond atrocious. They can't even hit at Coors Field.
That's a franchise that might never make the postseason again. It's at the point that nobody wants to pitch there, and they can't draw free agent hitters because they know they'll never have pitching and thus no chance of winning.
Surprisingly, with all the bad Mariner teams there have been and with the franchise being the worst in MLB history, our highest loss record is only 104.
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:07 am
by bpj
The worst part is they don't even automatically get a top draft pick after being terrible.
That's one thing I think the league did right, eliminating the benefits of tanking.
Just glanced at the Rockies roster. Apparently Kris Bryant is just done for...
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:35 am
by Donn Beach
Bryant was recently diagnosed with a chronic, degenerative back injury that has landed him on the injured list. On Sunday, he told reporters that he's not ready to give up on playing baseball, but that he knows how hard his fight back will be.
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:55 pm
by Donn Beach
So the orioles are stinking it up too
Is this the Orioles’ rock bottom? Or just who they are now? | ANALYSIS
A week after one of the most ignominious losses in team history, O’s find themselves at a crossroads
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:33 pm
by D-train
Donn Beach wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:55 pm
So the orioles are stinking it up too
Is this the Orioles’ rock bottom? Or just who they are now? | ANALYSIS
A week after one of the most ignominious losses in team history, O’s find themselves at a crossroads
Another massive tank job rebuild blowing up?
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 5:24 pm
by GL_Storm
I don't understand how the Orioles are so bad.
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 5:35 pm
by Donn Beach
Yeah, they seemed pretty bullet proof. It's like a but for the grace of God go thee
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:07 am
by DavidGee24
bpj wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:07 am
The worst part is they don't even automatically get a top draft pick after being terrible.
That's one thing I think the league did right, eliminating the benefits of tanking.
Just glanced at the Rockies roster. Apparently Kris Bryant is just done for...
And even if they did, there's virtually no benefit to tanking in baseball as the top draft picks are far from a sure thing and they won't contribute for a few years. Tanking works better in football and basketball.
Even with 3 years of tanking, the Asstros still had to dip into the free agent market to field the teams they did.
This just made me think of the Philadelphia 86'ders. They tanked for something like 4-5 years, got all kinds of top draft picks (including Markelle Fultz of the Huskies as a #1 overall pick), and ended up topping off at second-round playoff exits before bottoming out again. So even in other sports tanking is far from a guarantee.
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:10 am
by D-train
DavidGee24 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:07 am
bpj wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:07 am
The worst part is they don't even automatically get a top draft pick after being terrible.
That's one thing I think the league did right, eliminating the benefits of tanking.
Just glanced at the Rockies roster. Apparently Kris Bryant is just done for...
And even if they did, there's virtually no benefit to tanking in baseball as the top draft picks are far from a sure thing and they won't contribute for a few years. Tanking works better in football and basketball.
Even with 3 years of tanking, the Asstros still had to dip into the free agent market to field the teams they did.
This just made me think of the Philadelphia 86'ders. They tanked for something like 4-5 years, got all kinds of top draft picks (including Markelle Fultz of the Huskies as a #1 overall pick), and ended up topping off at second-round playoff exits before bottoming out again. So even in other sports tanking is far from a guarantee.
Not to mention it is just a loser mentality.
Re: White Sux might have their loss record broken in just one year
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 1:04 am
by bpj
DavidGee24 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 12:07 am
bpj wrote: ↑Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:07 am
The worst part is they don't even automatically get a top draft pick after being terrible.
That's one thing I think the league did right, eliminating the benefits of tanking.
Just glanced at the Rockies roster. Apparently Kris Bryant is just done for...
And even if they did, there's virtually no benefit to tanking in baseball as the top draft picks are far from a sure thing and they won't contribute for a few years. Tanking works better in football and basketball.
Even with 3 years of tanking, the Asstros still had to dip into the free agent market to field the teams they did.
This just made me think of the Philadelphia 86'ders. They tanked for something like 4-5 years, got all kinds of top draft picks (including Markelle Fultz of the Huskies as a #1 overall pick), and ended up topping off at second-round playoff exits before bottoming out again. So even in other sports tanking is far from a guarantee.
That's true, I always have these day-terrors where I flash back to ending up with Dustin Ackley instead of Stephen Strasburg.
They don't even get the top pick now. No wonder there's a lot of teams that seem to be shooting for 54%.
Most teams have 2/3 of the roster with names I've never heard of.
It seems like careers are ending a lot sooner these days and more young guys are getting called up.
Probably all stems from the elimination of performance enhancing drugs.