Dominican Power
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Desmond is overrated because his defense is not that good.
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MLB 2014-2015 Offseason |OT| Playoff Dreaming
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Desmond is overrated because his defense is not that good.
I don't see it.
santeesioux
Member
Does he hit dingers?
Not really dingers, but he was brought in to platoon in the outfield w/ ruggiano: Ruggiano hits LHP really well, whereas Smith hits RHP well
Good trade I think, Maurer had a nice run in the BP but didn't seem to have much beyond that.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Ben Zobrist to the Mets please.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Castro for Harvey.
Ninja Scooter
Member
They'll be lucky to get 10 total WAR out of him.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Depends if he's healthy the whole year.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Now the Padres need to change their unis and their set!
Wonder if Maurer is gonna turn into a lights out closer.
Whatever. Relievers are relievers.
Bring on the platoon.
Also did you hear Jesus Montero lost 30-35 lbs? Maybe he is now taking his career seriously?
Dominican Power
Member
Worst unis in baseball.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Cubs need to go after Zobrist. Could play LF and back up both 2B and SS.
Perfect fit really.
Perfect fit really.
BFIB
Member
You've gotten good enough for my tastes.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Amazing facts about the Giants this season, thanks to Jayson Stark.
-- The Giants went 46-53 in their final 99 games of the season. The Mets, Cubs, and Padres all had better records in their last 99 games.
-- The Giants only got one quality start the entire postseason from a pitcher that wasn't Madison Bumgarner. It was Tim Hudson in the NLDS Game 2 against the Nationals. And they would have lost that game if not for Pablo Sandoval's game-tying RBI double with two outs in the 9th inning off Drew Storen.
-- The Giants starting pitchers never made it out of the second inning of either Game 6 or Game 7 of the World Series.
-- In the postseason games Bumgarner pitched, seven of the eight position players on the lineup had a lower slugging percentage than the pitcher.
-- Buster Posey did not have an extra-base hit in the entire postseason.
-- The Giants used Travis Ishikawa as their primary LF. He had never started a MLB game in LF until game #160 of the regular season.
-- Gregor Blanco was the lead-off hitter in every game of the postseason. He only hit .153 in the postseason and .143 in the World Series.
-- They went through an 8-game stretch in the postseason where the Giants hit no home runs, gave up 8 home runs, and still went 6-2 in those games.
-- They scored 20 runs during the postseason on plays that did not result on base hits.
-- In a 6-game stretch, the Giants averaged two runs a game on plays that did not result on a base hit and scored 12 runs in those plays as opposed to 10 runs on base hits.
-- In Game 3 of the NLCS against the Cardinals, the Giants had exactly two hits after the first inning. One of them was by Tim Hudson. The other was by Juan Perez, who hit .170 in the regular season and was only swinging because he botched two sacrifice bunt attempts. And the Giants ended up winning in extra innings.
-- Bumgarner got a total of 49 outs in the World Series. Their closer, Santiago Casilla, only faced two batters in the entire World Series; neither of which being a save chance.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12092111/mlb-strange-true-postseason-feats
-- The Giants went 46-53 in their final 99 games of the season. The Mets, Cubs, and Padres all had better records in their last 99 games.
-- The Giants only got one quality start the entire postseason from a pitcher that wasn't Madison Bumgarner. It was Tim Hudson in the NLDS Game 2 against the Nationals. And they would have lost that game if not for Pablo Sandoval's game-tying RBI double with two outs in the 9th inning off Drew Storen.
-- The Giants starting pitchers never made it out of the second inning of either Game 6 or Game 7 of the World Series.
-- In the postseason games Bumgarner pitched, seven of the eight position players on the lineup had a lower slugging percentage than the pitcher.
-- Buster Posey did not have an extra-base hit in the entire postseason.
-- The Giants used Travis Ishikawa as their primary LF. He had never started a MLB game in LF until game #160 of the regular season.
-- Gregor Blanco was the lead-off hitter in every game of the postseason. He only hit .153 in the postseason and .143 in the World Series.
-- They went through an 8-game stretch in the postseason where the Giants hit no home runs, gave up 8 home runs, and still went 6-2 in those games.
-- They scored 20 runs during the postseason on plays that did not result on base hits.
-- In a 6-game stretch, the Giants averaged two runs a game on plays that did not result on a base hit and scored 12 runs in those plays as opposed to 10 runs on base hits.
-- In Game 3 of the NLCS against the Cardinals, the Giants had exactly two hits after the first inning. One of them was by Tim Hudson. The other was by Juan Perez, who hit .170 in the regular season and was only swinging because he botched two sacrifice bunt attempts. And the Giants ended up winning in extra innings.
-- Bumgarner got a total of 49 outs in the World Series. Their closer, Santiago Casilla, only faced two batters in the entire World Series; neither of which being a save chance.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12092111/mlb-strange-true-postseason-feats
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Even Year voodoo
I was at NLCS Game 3.
It was a symbol for the Giants season.
They started off strongly, with four runs in the first inning.
Then they spent the next seven innings seeing their huge lead slowly whittled down until STL tied the game at four.
Then as soon as the game went into extras, they lucked their way into glorious victory.
It was a symbol for the Giants season.
They started off strongly, with four runs in the first inning.
Then they spent the next seven innings seeing their huge lead slowly whittled down until STL tied the game at four.
Then as soon as the game went into extras, they lucked their way into glorious victory.
Purple Cheeto
Member
Flukiest shit since the Angels title. And people wonder why I am not a big fan of the baseball post season.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
Can't find the story now but CC sabbathia went crazy at an airport for missing his flight to Jamaica. Police hd to be called.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Fuckin' witch craft.
BFIB
Member
It really is. You can't help but laugh and cry at the same time.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Dodgers designated Erisbel Arruebarenna for assignment. Kinda surprising.
BFIB
Member
I'd hate to be the guy that has to stitch that jersey.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
I'm the Mets I sign the guy. Cubans are golden Sandy!
HarryDemeanor
Member
Ned and his stupid contracts. Money down the drain.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Reds get Marlon Byrd for some reason.
Cubs sign Denorfia.
Cubs sign Denorfia.
BFIB
Member
Transcript of the Byrd trade:
Amaro: We'll take Hamilton.
Jocketty: Nope.
Amaro: We'd like Cueto
Jocketty: Nope.
Amaro: We'll take Bruce
Jocketty: Nope
Amaro: We'll take 5 top prospects
Jocketty: Nope
Amaro: we'll take less prospects, but still need 2 of your top end
Jocketty: nope
Amaro: we'll take 5 lower prospects
Jocketty: Nope.
Amaro: we'll take two lower prospects and a years supply of Skyline Chili
Jocketty: Nope
Amaro: We'll take a lower prospect.
Deal done.
Amaro: We'll take Hamilton.
Jocketty: Nope.
Amaro: We'd like Cueto
Jocketty: Nope.
Amaro: We'll take Bruce
Jocketty: Nope
Amaro: We'll take 5 top prospects
Jocketty: Nope
Amaro: we'll take less prospects, but still need 2 of your top end
Jocketty: nope
Amaro: we'll take 5 lower prospects
Jocketty: Nope.
Amaro: we'll take two lower prospects and a years supply of Skyline Chili
Jocketty: Nope
Amaro: We'll take a lower prospect.
Deal done.
Probably held up NSA for not letting them inspect his asshole.
chicagocubsfan
Member
Kind of a weird offseason for you guys. I though you would trade Cueto to try and get some good value.
sf2fanatic
Member
Is this the Guy that fucked up in the minors with his antics?
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I just found out about the Byrd trade. I thought it was pretty decent value. Are you commenting more on the Latos/Simon moves? I do think those are a bit questionable but it dumps payroll that we need. Admittedly I don't know much about Marlon Byrd other than his stat line the past few years. We could do worse and have worse.
Also Happy New Year MLB-GAF. Somebody please take this cold ass weather away and hand me a hot dog WITH MUSTARD and an overpriced beer.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
Something I found in Facebook. Found it interesting. What do you guys think?
Mr. Enigma
Member
Reports coming out saying the Padres made a strong push for Hiroki Kuroda before Kuroda decided to return to Japan.
Some reports came out saying the Padres offered Kuroda a 1-year, $18 million deal, but a team source has come out saying that figure is higher than reality.
Some reports came out saying the Padres offered Kuroda a 1-year, $18 million deal, but a team source has come out saying that figure is higher than reality.
chicagocubsfan
Member
They could have used him. Cashner is pretty injury prone.
Mr. Enigma
Member
The Braves have traded David Carpenter and Chasen Shreve to the Yankees for Manny Banuelos.
it makes sense. Scouts were very down on manny the last year and injuries started becoming a problem. in fact im glad they made a move now before he blew his arm out and the yankees got nothing for him.
