HarryDemeanor
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Man, are they pumping in something into the water supply for the mean streets of Vegas?
Girl Scouts selling steroids.
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MLB Offseason '13-'14 |OT| Where the best fans live
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Little Green Yoda
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It's a fair and valid point about how much things can change in one year (much less 4 or 5). No doubt the Cards will want to shore up that 3B depth in the minors in the next few years so ultimately, it's a matter of having a 33, 34 y.o. Marp vs some other guy as a stopgap. Or maybe a prospect will show up and challenge Marp for the starting job by that time.
If 3B is locked down for the next 5-6 years, I wonder what happens to Peralta if he's no longer an adequate defensive SS in a few years (as many people seem to predict).
I could've sworn I read somewhere that injury history was a better predictor of future injury than age. Older players simply take longer to recover from the same injuries as a younger player. Don't remember where I read that - perhaps I imagined it lol.
Dominican Power
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The M's are going to be a lot worse than The Yankees.
They are very similar in a lot of ways. Tough divisions, good pitching, serious holes at certain positions. M's are younger with horrible management while Yankees should lead the league in time on the DL and have better management.
Dominican Power
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Don't wish ill on my squad, son.
I hope they are lucky and stay healthy but they are old as dirt. The east is a better division when it is an all out war and not just a two way battle.
Last year we had Aaron Harang, Jeremy Bonderman, and Joe Saunders make some starts at SP.
They are replaced by Taijuan Walker (hopefully), James Paxton and Erasmo Ramirez this year.
No more Brendan Ryan, no more Humberto Quintero/Kelly Shoppach/Henry Blanco to be complete shits. Hopefully no more Endy Chavez.
I don't see how you can say with current rosters the Yankees are MUCH better than the Mariners. If Frailsbury or Teixeira gets hurt ... you guys could be in a world of trouble. Your pitching staff isn't all it's cracked up to be.
yankeehater
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Better record wise? I dont see anyway the Phillies could do worse so they would be my NL pick. I think the Orioles will be better in the AL.
CheDominik
Member
White Sox (homer pick, but no really they possibly can't be worse offensively and their pitchig is solid) and Rockies.
CheDominik
Member
Girl Scouts selling steroids.
Ah the old 20 pounds of muscle in one offseason...
But Dee Gordon looked ripped in a preseason picture. He looks as skinny as ever in uniform.
Adam Dunn only getting half the playing time will alone make the white sox a better team
CheDominik
Member
Adam Dunn only getting half the playing time will alone make the white sox a better team
Adam Dunn should play every day and maybe a team will get desperate at the deadline.
The nightmare is almost over anyways, and I loved the signing when it happened...
nah... let him only face right handers and inflate his numbers... if he is batting .280/.400 with 15-20 home runs at the deadline the sox might actually be able to move him for an interesting prospect.
As for the original signing of him... I have hated it since day 1. I dislike low average, high strike out power hitters in general. Sure their end numbers might be fine but it's all or nothing with them which not only makes them really streaky but tends to make a team streaky as well. The thing that drives me the most crazy about the left handed hitters like dunn though is the fact that if he spent an off season practicing bunting he would become a .300+ hitter as at the start of the season he could just take all the free hits (I mean he doesn't even need a good bunt, he just has to bunt it hard towards third and it would get through just fine) he is given when they put on that monster shift and keep taking them until they stop the shift, then go back to hitting like normal with a weaker defense in the area he likes to hit. I really don't care if he was signed to be a power hitter. I would much rather he take the free hits (and have a few less solo homeruns) and abuse what should be a moronic idea of shifting your 3rd baseman and second baseman to the right side of the infield :/
CheDominik
Member
Adam Dunn signing was exciting IMO because of the Mark Kotsay/Anruw Jones shitshow in 2010. I thought he would easily hit 40 HR year in year out and be the OBP machine he always was.
The bunt thing though I agree somewhat. But I assume players are aware of the possiblity of some cheap hits here and there, but if they feel uncomfortable doing that and it messes up their overall approach they should do what they always did as long as they stay productive. That being said Adam Dunn should have bunted almost exclusively starting June 2011.
Is that .280 OBP? Cause he hasn't hit higher than .226 against righties in the last three years.
CheDominik
Member
Now I'm depressed. Thanks.
nah... I am hoping that with only playing half the time against the pitchers he is slightly better against he will have more energy thus better numbers. (I am expecting him to hit .150 with 200 strike outs in 300 at bats with 8 home runs by the all star break >.>)
to be fair he hit decently well the second half of last season... so maybe he can have an ok first half.
Either way I am hoping dunn and konerko just rotate the DH slot and the only time they are both in the line up is when one came in to pitch hit late in the game.
This is actually good news since now they won't mistakenly use him in the rotation again.
a pitcher with a single good season (as a reliever) where he could have been easily replaced any other season isn't really a tough loss... I would consider losing someone like Salvador Perez for the season would be more of a tough loss.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Bla bla 5th spot bla bla
Nick Franklin for Nunez and a bag of hot dogs with ketchup.
Dominican Power
Member
Sounds good.
Keep Nunez and throw some mustard on that dog. Deal.
Lifetime supply of mustard but you have to take Nunez. You're already getting garbage back in mustard, why not take on more?!
I'm so sorry cards' ageOn the Cards broadcast today, Hrabosky steps out in the 3rd
Then in comes Tim McCarver:
Lifetime supply of mustard but you have to take Nunez. You're already getting garbage back in mustard, why not take on more?!
I'm so sorry cards' age
I just can't willingly take Nunez.
Randy Wolf getting destroyed today ... thank god. Hopefully that keeps him off the team.
the only thing Tim McCarver is good for, thinning the Cardinal population.On the Cards broadcast today, Hrabosky steps out in the 3rd
Then in comes Tim McCarver:
Purple Cheeto
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Are they though?
I mean I'd say:
Rotation: Yankees (but mostly because of the back end)
Bullpen: Wash
Infield: Mariners
Outfield: Yankees
Bench: Wash
Catching: I have no idea
The Yankees infield is gonna make a lot of people in New York sad this summer.
BFIB
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Probably the part I'm going to look forward to the most w/ MLB.TV is being able to select the away feed.
ackley's having a great spring training
...Do I dare to dream?
He still isn't hitting or offering at the outer half of the zone pitches
Eyyyyyyyyyy DJ Peterson hit a HR. Good to see good prospects perform.