That would be surprisingly easy to align in the field.
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MLB Offseason '13-'14 |OT| Where the best fans live
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Atlanta: the only media market that is consistently scooped by other city publications
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Heyward will sign a 15 yr contract with the braves. He is never leaving. NEVER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLDbhFW8Uqw&feature=youtu.be&t=27s
Original Famous Ray
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Just woke up to hear that baseball and Mets broadcasting legend Ralph Kiner passed away. 
He was a gentleman and a baseball treasure! I grew up watching and hearing him doing Mets broadcasts on the local NYC station along with Tim McCarver among others. His stories were always a treat to hear and he sure lived a heck of a life.
RIP Ralphie boy..
He was a gentleman and a baseball treasure! I grew up watching and hearing him doing Mets broadcasts on the local NYC station along with Tim McCarver among others. His stories were always a treat to hear and he sure lived a heck of a life. RIP Ralphie boy..
Mr. Enigma
Member
The Marlins have signed Carlos Marmol to a 1-year, $1.25 million deal.
CheDominik
Member
As a longtime MLB.tv subscriber I love to watch the Mets broadcast even when the team is playing bad baseball. I really liked when Kiner visited the booth, told stories of his playing days and doesn't shy away from criticizing players and the official scorer like nobody seems to do nowadays.
RIP
CheDominik
Member
100k for every strike he throws. Nice deal.
Marmol is one of my favorite relievers to watch(If I was a fan of the team he pitches for it would be different of course) always walking the tight rope and losing/finding it out of nothing.
I wonder how many 8/9th innings leads he's going to blow via HR to the likes of Harper in that division. He really is fun to look forward to whenever your team is down to his.
I'd pay him that much to wear his fucking cap correctly.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I'll miss Rodney.
Went from having one of the greatest seasons ever for a reliever in the history of baseball back to being Fernando Rodney last year.
Not a terrible signing for the Mariners but I'm glad we have Balfour instead.
Went from having one of the greatest seasons ever for a reliever in the history of baseball back to being Fernando Rodney last year.
Not a terrible signing for the Mariners but I'm glad we have Balfour instead.
Spoken like a true Yankees captain
harper has said in the past that he wants to be a yankee.
and i wouldnt want heyward...i would take an outfield of trout, harper and stanton though =)
Mr. Enigma
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Freddie Freeman breakdown:
2014 (age 25): $5.125 million
2015 (age 26): $8.5 million
2016 (age 27): $12 million
2017 (age 28): $20.5 million
2018 (age 29): $21 million
2019 (age 30): $21 million
2020 (age 31): $22 million
2021 (age 32): $22 million
Also gets a $2.875 million signing bonus. No word award or performance incentives. There are no club or player opinions and the Braves don't do no-trade clauses.
2014 (age 25): $5.125 million
2015 (age 26): $8.5 million
2016 (age 27): $12 million
2017 (age 28): $20.5 million
2018 (age 29): $21 million
2019 (age 30): $21 million
2020 (age 31): $22 million
2021 (age 32): $22 million
Also gets a $2.875 million signing bonus. No word award or performance incentives. There are no club or player opinions and the Braves don't do no-trade clauses.
Mr. Enigma
Member
He turns 25 in September, so that's technically what they are.
Yeah but he plays the majority of the season at 24, so the convention is to list it as his age 24 season.
Mr. Enigma
Member
I've always wondered about that. What happens with a player whose birthday is in the end of June? How do you classify that?
I think people usually just pick a date around then and sort appropriately.
It wasn't even the best season for a reliever in 2012.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
If we got Cruz that would make for a fun season
Joe Nathan's corpse is significantly better than Fernando Rodney. Rodney was insane in 2012 no doubt, but all but one of Nathan's seasons from 2003 to present are better than every non-2012 Fernando Rodney season. And (unfortunately) I'm sure he'll be great for the Tigers.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
considering the division and competition, yes it was.
that being said, the season he had completely came out of left field. he had an 86 ERA+ in 2011...and a 641 ERA + in 2012....??
Mr. Enigma
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The Rockies will retire Todd Helton's #17 in a ceremony at Coors Field on August 17. Helton's #17 will be the first retired number in Rockies franchise history (alongside Jackie Robinson's #42, which was retired league-wide in 1997).
Ninja Scooter
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They should put his mugshot up on the jumbotron during the ceremony
They should put his mugshot up on the jumbotron during the ceremony
:lol :lol
Looks like Seattle wants to ease Farquhar into the job by having him pitch setup, but it wouldn't surprise me if he steals the job before next year.
His google image search is a horror show. My god.
At this point in their careers ... not that much is separating them stats wise.
Of course Joe Nathan is/was a better pitcher for a long time ... that doesn't matter now.
Joe Nathan gave up a much smaller than his averages number of HRs last year, that is why his ERA was so shiny.
xFIP's for both of them in the 3.1-3.2 range recently.
Eh. Don't think Cruz will be remotely worth what we pay him ... if it's ANYTHING more than 2/16.
We'd also have to trade Smoak ... not that I'd mind or care.
Could happen. Tom Wilhelmsen could also not suck anymore too.
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
Matt Vasgersian is calling women's moguls right now for the Olympics. Makes me want baseball even more
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
It was the lowest ERA in the history of baseball for a reliever with 50 plus innings (0.60 in 74.2 IP) . Lower than Eck's best year. You can take your WAR or whatever and shove it!
Kimbrel: 26 ERA -, 21 FIP -, 23 xFIP -
Rodney: 16 ERA -, 54 FIP -, 64 xFIP -
All those numbers are league and park adjusted. Rodney had the ERA advantage while Kimbrel had the advantage in pretty much every advanced stat. You can even look at some more traditional stats and Kimbrel still has the advantage in some of them.
Better K%, K/BB, AVG, WHIP. Rodney's HR/9 and BB/9 advantage is no where close enough to make up for the massive K/9 advantage Kimbrel had. Kimbrel allowed less runners to reach base and stranded the ones he left on at a higher rate.
I will say that Kimbrel had a better defense behind him but the Rays were no slouch either. I'm not ignoring ERA as it has value but Kimbrel has the advantage in my opinion.
BFIB
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I'm ready for the regular season OT. I'm ready for the Council to lose their collective minds with no A-Rod. I'm ready for the new blood that has to endure the bandwagon comments. I'm ready for eznark's snarky responses. I'm ready for that one Marlins fan to grandpasimpson.gif his way in and out of the OT.
Hell, I'm even ready for the hate that MLB-GAF has for the Cardinals. Why!? Because that means baseball is officially back!
Hell, I'm even ready for the hate that MLB-GAF has for the Cardinals. Why!? Because that means baseball is officially back!
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I suspect for many, Cardinals hate is year-round!
It qualifies as a religion in some regions.
BFIB
Member
We will convert you....we'll convert all of you!
Hey Parch, I sent you a PM and email regarding the GAF fantasy league. Get back to me as soon as you can.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
yeah I kinda sorta hate 'em. but not too much. they are powerful and evil like my Yankees so I appreciate that actually.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Seems like an opt out clause is whats stopping a deal between Mets and Drew. He wants one after the first year and Alderson is steadfast about not giving one. He's willing to give him 3 years if necessary. No reason to rush it now.