MLB 2010 Discussion Thread

[quote name='wildcpac']Lets calm down on the Rookie of the Year talk. We are only 4 weeks in on a 24 week season.[/QUOTE]

So says the guy who makes sweeping claims based on every game that is played.

speed:

I'm down. Which site would you prefer to use?
 
[quote name='wildcpac']Lets calm down on the Rookie of the Year talk. We are only 4 weeks in on a 24 week season.[/QUOTE]

I said Rookie of the MONTH, not year. Of course it's too early for RotY, but they do award Rookie of the Month as well.
 
[quote name='Feeding the Abscess']So says the guy who makes sweeping claims based on every game that is played.

speed:

I'm down. Which site would you prefer to use?[/QUOTE]


....and can't even read the difference between Rookie of the MONTH and Rookie of the Year.

I think Jamie should win it. He was more consistent all month. Freese had the one really good week at the end. In the AL I hope its Wade Davis. He's faced an opening day starter in every start of his and he is 3-1 with a 2.79 era. Plus I don't know of any other rookies that have had a great month.
Sabathia
Beckett
Buerhle
Sheets
Grienke
 
Cubs are well on their way to another one-run loss. We're playing the team with the worst team ERA in the majors and all we can come up with is 2 runs?
 
[quote name='Chitown021']Cubs are well on their way to another one-run loss. We're playing the team with the worst team ERA in the majors and all we can come up with is 2 runs?[/QUOTE]

I think the Pirates era has more to do with a couple of blowout loses than a game to game performance. Kind of hard for the Cubs to score runs when the Lee and Ramirez have done nothing so far. I am surprised that Soto is stuck in the 8th hole.
 
[quote name='integralsmatic']wooo we beat bronson arroyo hooray!

ive never done a keeper. i would be interested too.[/QUOTE]

More like Coco
 
Any Giants fans on here? Second straight start for Lincecum that was blown by the bullpen. I am pretty sure both starts had the bullpen blowing a 3 run lead.
 
[quote name='Feeding the Abscess']56 K in 42.1 innings for Big Time Timmy Jim. Doesn't get much more ridiculous than that.

Best pitcher in baseball, and it's not really close.[/QUOTE]
I'd put Halladay and Lincecum in the top tier by themselves. Halladay doesn't have the K to IP, but 3 CG, 2 shutouts, 4 walks, and a WHIP of 0.88 in 6 starts is friggin ridonkulous.
 
[quote name='Feeding the Abscess']I'm down. Which site would you prefer to use?[/QUOTE]
I've only used Yahoo for fantasy baseball, but I'm open if anyone else has a strong preference otherwise and can match or surpass free features at Y!
[quote name='integralsmatic']ive never done a keeper. i would be interested too.[/QUOTE]
Me neither. I've never trusted a group enough to go in on one. I think we should shoot for 12 teams.

In the league:
speedracer
Feeding The Abscess
integralsmatic

Anyone else want in? I'm looking at you guys:
dmaul1114
yukine
wildcpac
craven_fiend
MSUHitman
slickkill77
Proto Man
DomLando
dafoomie
bigdaddybruce44
Brownjohn
Chitown021
Chronis
ph33r m3
Jimbo Slice
Matt Young
JStryke
DestroVega
Regian
thingsfallnapart
KingBroly
n8rockerasu

Holy crap that's a lot of potential people. That would be AWESOME to have that many teams. With that many, even Astro 2B starters would look attractive.
 
[quote name='speedracer']I've only used Yahoo for fantasy baseball, but I'm open if anyone else has a strong preference otherwise and can match or surpass free features at Y!

Me neither. I've never trusted a group enough to go in on one. I think we should shoot for 12 teams.

In the league:
speedracer
Feeding The Abscess
integralsmatic

Anyone else want in? I'm looking at you guys:
dmaul1114
yukine
wildcpac
craven_fiend
MSUHitman
slickkill77
Proto Man
DomLando
dafoomie
bigdaddybruce44
Brownjohn
Chitown021
Chronis
ph33r m3
Jimbo Slice
Matt Young
JStryke
DestroVega
Regian
thingsfallnapart
KingBroly
n8rockerasu

Holy crap that's a lot of potential people. That would be AWESOME to have that many teams. With that many, even Astro 2B starters would look attractive.[/QUOTE]

I'm in.
 
Count me in

[quote name='speedracer']I've only used Yahoo for fantasy baseball, but I'm open if anyone else has a strong preference otherwise and can match or surpass free features at Y![/QUOTE]


ESPN's is pretty good. I think a lot of the stuff, that Yahoo charges (or used to charge) for, is free. I know they do live scoring and such.
 
Chitown, do not feel too bad. Cubs get Charlie Morton and his 7 homeruns in less than 20 innings, 13 era and 2.1 whip.
 
Horrible series for the Mets as they lose on another walk off homerun to the Reds. This time to OCab.

Can a Mets fan explain to me why Jerry Manuel double switched Wright out of the game for Tatis? Other than he is stupid.

Why did Manuel use Feliciano against right hand hitters?
 
[quote name='wildcpac']Horrible series for the Mets as they lose on another walk off homerun to the Reds. This time to OCab.

Can a Mets fan explain to me why Jerry Manuel double switched Wright out of the game for Tatis? Other than he is stupid.

Why did Manuel use Feliciano against right hand hitters?[/QUOTE]


I asked the same questions but i fear Jerry will only give us "Ahhhh i thought it was the right move ahhhhhhhh i didnt feel wright could hit owings ahhhhhhhhh i think tatis is better in that situation ahhhhhhh Felciano said he could get out righties even though i knew i shouldnt have put him against one ahhhhhhhh i dont know what im saying ahhhh.

The mets have yet to win a game from behind and plus RISP killed them again. They had ample opportunities to put this game away but again NO ONE can come up with a big hit and Jason Bay is looking more like Bust every game he hits. All he did today was chase strikes. 60 million for a mere 9 game hitting street,9 RBI,and 1 home run....i do hope its just a slump and the season vareity. Howie put it best, they are going to have to find some way to get the clutch hits. Its why the Reds won today. all of their hits were clutch and they won in the clutch...the mets rarely ever do so and need to start doing it.
 
Yankees trying their hardest to blow the game against the Orioles after having a 6-1 and 7-3 lead. Robertson just gave up back to back homeruns to make it a 7-5 game. Sucks that Joba and Rivera are not available.
 
[quote name='integralsmatic']I asked the same questions but i fear Jerry will only give us "Ahhhh i thought it was the right move ahhhhhhhh i didnt feel wright could hit owings ahhhhhhhhh i think tatis is better in that situation ahhhhhhh Felciano said he could get out righties even though i knew i shouldnt have put him against one ahhhhhhhh i dont know what im saying ahhhh.

The mets have yet to win a game from behind and plus RISP killed them again. They had ample opportunities to put this game away but again NO ONE can come up with a big hit and Jason Bay is looking more like Bust every game he hits. All he did today was chase strikes. 60 million for a mere 9 game hitting street,9 RBI,and 1 home run....i do hope its just a slump and the season vareity. Howie put it best, they are going to have to find some way to get the clutch hits. Its why the Reds won today. all of their hits were clutch and they won in the clutch...the mets rarely ever do so and need to start doing it.[/QUOTE]

Mets suck.
 
Lincecum's top dog, Halladay's a notch below him. After them, it's a significant drop to the next level. Several guys can match Halladay's peripherals, but none of them comes close to matching his volume.

So while I don't have too much of an issue putting Halladay near Lincecum's stratosphere, Timmy's almost in Pedro territory. He's throwing his 2-seamer more often, so I don't think his GB rate is a way-out-of-bounds fluke, either.

I'm cool with Yahoo as the league; I definitely prefer a keeper league, though.
 
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I'd be up for a keeper league. I'm already part of a CAG started fantasy league on Yahoo, and I think a keeper league would be fun.

[quote name='speedracer']Awesome Q&A with 3 stud retro pitchers asking them about drilling hitters.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/colum...ting9/100505&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines[/QUOTE]

That was awesome. Jim Palmer and Goose Gossage were almost complete opposites. Gossage seems like a mean mofo.
 
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[quote name='wildcpac']Yankees trying their hardest to blow the game against the Orioles after having a 6-1 and 7-3 lead. Robertson just gave up back to back homeruns to make it a 7-5 game. Sucks that Joba and Rivera are not available.[/QUOTE]

I just don't get Robertson. I've been such a huge advocate for him, but sometimes he just looks like he has no clue what he's doing. I still think Dave Eiland is overrated as a pitching coach. I guess the most significant thing he's done has been getting Hughes "turned around", but with so many veteran leader pitchers on the team, I don't even know how much of that credit he deserves. And I sure as hell am not giving him credit for anything CC, Burnett, Pettitte, Rivera, etc do. If he was a better coach, he'd have fixed Vasquez's problems by now as well. At least they were able to hold on today.
 
By the way, have you all seen Andruw Jones? He literally looks like a different person. Really glad I picked him up as a $5 FAAB pickup after seeing his new physique.
 
[quote name='Feeding the Abscess']Lincecum's top dog, Halladay's a notch below him. After them, it's a significant drop to the next level. Several guys can match Halladay's peripherals, but none of them comes close to matching his volume.

So while I don't have too much of an issue putting Halladay near Lincecum's stratosphere, Timmy's almost in Pedro territory. He's throwing his 2-seamer more often, so I don't think his GB rate is a way-out-of-bounds fluke, either.

I'm cool with Yahoo as the league; I definitely prefer a keeper league, though.[/QUOTE]


It really depends on how much you value the strike out vs just having great stats. Lincecum is a great pitcher but so is Halladay. Remember Halladay has been doing work in the AL East for the past 5 + years where as Tim has been doing his work in the pitcher confines of the NL West for his career. Division makes a big difference. Look at Peavy. He dominated for a long time in the NL and has struggled since his move to the AL. Granted its only been about 1 year total and he had injuries leading up to his trade but you should get my point none the less.
 
In the league:
speedracer
Feeding The Abscess
integralsmatic
DomLando
craven_fiend
vrs1650
slickkill77
Brownjohn

We'll wait another couple of days for more people and then start haggling on league rules.
 
"I was so mean, even my teammates were afraid to come on the mound. I remember once in San Diego, I was really struggling. They wanted to get the bullpen going, and [manager] Larry Bowa yelled to John Kruk to come out and talk to me to buy some time.

"There's dust flying, I'm kicking the ground and I'm mad as hell, and I sense somebody standing by me. It's Kruk, standing on the grass. I looked at Kruk and I said, 'This better be good, [expletive].' Kruk was just a rookie then, and he was petrified. He turned around and ran back to first base. He never said a word.''
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"I don't care if it's my No. 1 hitter or my No. 9 hitter, you know when the other pitcher is doing something on purpose. I remember one time in Kansas City, I had a 5-0 shutout going into the ninth inning, and Juan Beniquez was our center fielder [with Texas]. He hit a three-run homer that day, and in his final at-bat they threw a ball at his head and it went back to the backstop.

"Our whole team was yelling, and I knew what I needed to do. Sid Hudson, the pitching coach, came over and said, 'Don't do anything. Get the shutout, and we'll get them another time.' Frank Lucchesi, our manager, said the same thing.

"I didn't say anything. I went out there and took my eight warm-up tosses, and then I drilled Darrell Porter right in the ribs with my first pitch. To me, there's a time when you have to protect your teammates. If I didn't do that, I would have lost face with my ballclub. If I don't protect Juan Beniquez right there, I'm the biggest sissy out there. And I'm not a sissy."
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God I love this game.

Dodgers look like shit again.

Someone Help The Mets

Thank god Milton can hit a ball (or could once). Who knows what that nut would have ended up as otherwise.
 
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Funny night in baseball. Both the Nats and the Giants blow No hitters pretty deep in the game. DMat throws 60 pitches in the first inning but only gives up 4 runs. Red Sox have now tied it and are threatening for more. Pirates are just killing the Cubs tonight.

Angels have got to be the biggest disappointment so far this season. 6 straight loses and threatening for 7. And the Red Sox take a 6-4 lead. hahahahahaha. Wow what in the world did the Angels turn into?
 
[quote name='speedracer']God I love this game.

Dodgers look like shit again.

Someone Help The Mets

Thank god Milton can hit a ball (or could once). Who knows what that nut would have ended up as otherwise.[/QUOTE]

SEE!!!! that article is what every single Met complains about good ole Jerry. Meija is going to be ruined if he doesnt start developing other pitches and starts pitching more innings...he is supposed to be our future star starter...not another bullpen arm. He is already on pace to burn out Nieve and Takahashi. As i always said , i want these two gone. little by little the mets will be ruined and his management stinks....Kenny Williams and Mark Shapiro all picked up on it....c'mon Jeff do the same..get rid of these two BUMS!
 
[quote name='integralsmatic']SEE!!!! that article is what every single Met complains about good ole Jerry. Meija is going to be ruined if he doesnt start developing other pitches and starts pitching more innings...he is supposed to be our future star starter...not another bullpen arm. He is already on pace to burn out Nieve and Takahashi. As i always said , i want these two gone. little by little the mets will be ruined and his management stinks....Kenny Williams and Mark Shapiro all picked up on it....c'mon Jeff do the same..get rid of these two BUMS![/QUOTE]

Never going to happen. Omar doesn't care about 5 years from now. He is trying to win now to save his job. Mets are 15-13 and have surpassed expectations by about 7 wins so far this year. Remember that Omar said he would be happy to win 1 out of 3 in St Louis. Omar is happy for .333 ball.

AL West is looking like the worst division in baseball. Mariners who were 90 percent of the writers favorites to win the division have started off 11-17 and the Angels are 12-18 with a 7 game losing streak. Mariners are on 6 game losing streak.

Couple of things about the Mariners. Their offense flat out SUCKS. Chone Figgins is hitting .202. Griffey is DONE and needs to retire before he even further bastardizes his legacy. Guy is 1000 times worst than David Ortiz and Griffey is the DH. Griffey in 66 at bats so far has an OPS of .500 with 2 extra base hits (both doubles) and 5 RBI's. Thats not the kind of production a team that cannot hit needs from their DH. I am not even going to go on the Milton Bradley walking off the team fiasco after striking out.

Last thing that should be mentioned is that the Mariners as a team have hit 10 homeruns so far this year. Paul Konerko has 12, Ty Wiggington has 10, Andruw Jones and Cano have 9 in the AL. NL has Kelly Johnson with 10, Either and Reynolds with 9.


What are the odds that a single player this year out homers the Mariners?
 
Walk off grand slam for Ethier.

Is Kelly Johnson for real? I can't decide. Obviously he won't keep hitting em out 10 a month, but what about the rest of the fundamentals?
 
He's not 10 HR a month real, but I suspect he'll hit at something closer to 07/08 than 09 the rest of the way home. Last year seemed to be a BABIP-induced dip in production.

Wouldn't be shocked if he ended up with 30 HR and a .285/.380/.550 line. That's probably his realistic best case scenario for the year.
 
Josh Beckshit is a fucking piece of shit who needs to be suspended by baseball. Guy just injured Cano on the Knee and threw at the head of every other Yankee. I have to laugh that the Red Sox signed him already to a 4 year 68 million dollar extension. He has given up 14 earned runs in 10 innings so far against the Yankees. 7.46 era with a 1.66 Whip to start the season. That is Javy Vazquez bad.


Should also mention that Beckshit called Swisher F#GG#T.
 
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Ike Davis is turning into quite the stud. 2 Homeruns today and a 360 catch over the railing for the Mets dugout to end the top of the 9th.

Rod Barajas hits a walkoff 2 run shot for the Mets over the Giants.
 
Phil Hughes so far this year.

4-0, 1.69 ERA, .94 WHIP, 17 H, 31 K in 32 IP.

Drooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.



Two little fun facts from tonight. Braves have one of the worst offense in all of baseball.

Starlin Castro became the first player born in the 1990's to play in the MLB...and hits a HR in first AB.

Jamie Moyer became the oldest player in MLB history to pitch a shutout.
 
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Felix Hernandez with the worst start of his career. 3.1 innings, 8 runs, 3 homeruns and 4 walks against the Angels who just lost 7 in a row.
 
Great Ranger game tonight. CJ Wilson went from being a so-so set up man and terribad closer last season to becoming the team's Ace this season. The Rangers bullpen just needs a bit more help and Nelson Cruz' return will provide a huge boost.

Though the wins are over the Royals....
 
[quote name='wildcpac']Ike Davis is turning into quite the stud. 2 Homeruns today and a 360 catch over the railing for the Mets dugout to end the top of the 9th.

Rod Barajas hits a walkoff 2 run shot for the Mets over the Giants.[/QUOTE]

I am crossing my fingers Ike lives up to the bill...so far...all signs point to yes.

Whats gotten in to Barajas???? This feeling of clutch is new to me lol.

dont forget Big Pelf went in to the 8th inning with only throwing 85 pitches but of course jerry pulls him to work the bullpen even more.
 
Mets are looking like one of the luckiest teams for having Benji Molina play them and having to settle on Rod Barajas instead.
 
[quote name='GhostShark']Great Ranger game tonight. CJ Wilson went from being a so-so set up man and terribad closer last season to becoming the team's Ace this season. The Rangers bullpen just needs a bit more help and Nelson Cruz' return will provide a huge boost.

Though the wins are over the Royals....[/QUOTE]

Yeah playing the Royals right now is almost like having an extra couple days off that week. It's pretty pathetic. It always pisses me off that somehow when the Cubs play the AL Central in interleague play they usually draw all of the teams except for the Royals but the Cardinals get to play them every year because of the cross state rivalry.

Not that it would really matter this year since the Cubs are the turd in the punchbowl so far...
 
[quote name='integralsmatic']I am crossing my fingers Ike lives up to the bill...so far...all signs point to yes.

Whats gotten in to Barajas???? This feeling of clutch is new to me lol.

dont forget Big Pelf went in to the 8th inning with only throwing 85 pitches but of course jerry pulls him to work the bullpen even more.[/QUOTE]

Barajas is a terrible hitter. Luckily for us his occasional homeruns are coming in big situations.

I wasn't to happy with K-rod blowing it in the 9th. He is another player that looks like a big waste of money and another reason Omar should be gone. Looks like the Angels were right in letting him leave because he just is not as dominant as he once was.
 
[quote name='wildcpac']Royals won 2 out of 3 and almost swept the Rays in Tampa.

Mariners are the real cupcake this year so far to draw.[/QUOTE]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile...

The Royals should really think about trading Greinke right now while his value is at its highest. Greinke is a ace starter and has a very affordable contract. They could probably raid another organizations farm club in a trade.

They're not going anywhere in the next few years so they might as well try to stock up for the future.
 
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