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[3N16MA]

Going into this year, which team from the AL and NL will fare better in 2014 compared to 2013?

My AL pick is the Angels. For NL, I'm picking the Nationals.

AL: Yankees
NL: Nationals

 

[rando14]

wtf the marniners just came back from 8 runs down

SPRING TRAINING GODS

 

[CygnusXS]

ackley's having a great spring training

...Do I dare to dream?

The problem with dreams is that they can transform into nightmares.

 

[Loco4Coco]

The Mets can't start the season with Tejada as the starting SS. He's still popping up the ball and still making errors in the field.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Royals and Nats.

 

[Malo]

wtf the marniners just came back from 8 runs down

SPRING TRAINING GODS

It's going to be sad to see all this optimism gone :/

 

[Macattk15]

It's going to be sad to see all this optimism gone :/

Jesus Montero with 2 doubles this game. My optimism is at unmatched values!

Spoiler

not really, we're a .500 team

 

[CygnusXS]

The Mets can't start the season with Tejada as the starting SS. He's still popping up the ball and still making errors in the field.

What's really the difference though?

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

The Mets can't start the season with Tejada as the starting SS. He's still popping up the ball and still making errors in the field.

Time to run Flores at the short.

 

[Jangocube]

That's what you get Burnett

 

[Pryce]

Zach Lee is a FUTURE GOAT.

 

[Malo]

Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1 7m
Scouts had Pineda with 1 fastball at 93, mostly 90-92, mainly 91. Worked inside well/aggressively. Slider was wipeout at 80-82mph #Yankees

Erik Boland ‏@eboland11 17m
One veteran opposing scout on Pineda tonight: "Very impressed. Yankees should be pumped." Had fastball at 91-93 mph

.

 

[rando14]

Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1 7m
Scouts had Pineda with 1 fastball at 93, mostly 90-92, mainly 91. Worked inside well/aggressively. Slider was wipeout at 80-82mph #Yankees

Oh yeah!!? Well Fattero went 2-2 today and is batting over .300 in spring training!!

Spoiler

everything is pointless

 

[Little Green Yoda]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...s-pitcher-doug-fister-held-elbow-inflammation

VIERA, Fla. -- Washington Nationals right-hander Doug Fister was scratched from his scheduled start Friday against the Houston Astros because of inflammation in his elbow.

Nationals manager Matt Williams says he'll "push him [back] a couple of days, just to make sure; get it out of there."

Fister, acquired in an offseason trade with the Detroit Tigers, threw 30 pitches over two innings Sunday in his spring debut. Williams says Fister felt discomfort in his right elbow after the game.

How good does Robbie Ray et al. have to be to make the trade reasonable if Fister misses a year due to TJ surgery?

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Matt Harvey ‏@MattHarvey33 4s
2014 Harvey day will happen


Matt Harvey aiming to come back this year. gotta love the determination

 

[Enron]

Matt Harvey ‏@MattHarvey33 4s
2014 Harvey day will happen


Matt Harvey aiming to come back this year. gotta love the determination

That's admirable but if the Mets let him take the mound this year the entire front office, medical/training staff should be led outside the stadium and shot, hah

 

[rando14]

Matt Carpenter has signed an extension for 6/52 million

 

[Fox318]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsG_jgM4eKs

 

[BigJonsson]

Sources say the Jays have signed or are close to signing Ervin Santana to a 1 year deal

 

[yankeehater]

Sources say the Jays have signed or are close to signing Ervin Santana to a 1 year deal

Good move for the Jays.

 

[BigJonsson]

Other sources say Santana is waiting until 5:00 to see if he gets a better offer

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Blue Jays are close to an agreement with Ervin Santana on a 1-year, $14 million deal. Blue Jays would surrender their 2nd round pick in the draft (50th overall).

 

[cashman]

My most improved teams would be

AL: Blue Jays
NL: Nationals

It seems like every year I pick the blue jays to have a good year, heh.

 

[snack]

SANTANA

 

[CygnusXS]

That's admirable but if the Mets let him take the mound this year the entire front office, medical/training staff should be led outside the stadium and shot, hah

This *is* the Mets we're talking about.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Fuck it. Its he's ready he's ready but maybe he means a Harvey Day in Brooklyn!
Fuck Harvey Day, it's Thorsday!

 

[Parch]

Yay Santana. Happy for a mid-rotation guy, but that's all the Blue Jays can get under desperate situations.

Sounds like there was a lot of concern about his elbow. Perhaps only committing to a one year deal is a good thing.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

MLB: Expanded replay will not be available for Dodgers/Diamondbacks Australia series

 

[matthewwhatever]

Yay Santana. Happy for a mid-rotation guy, but that's all the Blue Jays can get under desperate situations.

Sounds like there was a lot of concern about his elbow. Perhaps only committing to a one year deal is a good thing.

Yeah, I'm not crazy about Santana on the Jays (a homer-friendly pitcher in Rogers Centre probably won't go well), but on a one-year deal, it's hard to be too opposed. My expectations for this season aren't that high, so the absolute worst-case scenario is that he's as bad as I'm expecting. Anything better than that will be amazing.

 

[Doogdogg]

Fangraphs Schedule strength

lol Orioles

AL East: WAR ZONE

 

[BigJonsson]

Now they are saying the Orioles are the frontrunners for Santana

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Fuck the Nats!

 

[Pryce]

Nats, Braves, Cards and Dodgers have it so easy.

LOL SORRY ASTROS.

 

[CygnusXS]

Nats, Braves, Cards and Dodgers have it so easy.

LOL SORRY ASTROS.

Keep in mind, part of the reason their schedules are easier is because they're all really good teams and don't have to face themselves, but worse teams have to face them.

 

[McNei1y]

lol that Nats schedule.

AJ Cole and Taylor Jordan went nuts today. I'm happy with either of them if Fister is out for a period of time.

 

[Sanjuro]

Had no idea Alex Gonzalez was playing for the Orioles. Looks like he is back on the roids again. Should be fun!

 

[rando14]

Fangraphs Schedule strength

lol Orioles

AL East: WAR ZONE

Cards get all the breaks!!

 

[Macattk15]

Time for some Mariner spring training games on MLB.TV.

Annnnd Brad Miller 2 run dinger.

Annnnnd Michael Saunders 2 run dinger.

 

[Lambtron]

Byron Buxton, y'all.

 

[rando14]

saunders is having a great day

 

[Parch]

Now they are saying the Orioles are the frontrunners for Santana

ESPN Deportes reports that Ervin Santana is debating between accepting offers from the Blue Jays and Orioles.
The Blue Jays have apparently offered a one-year, $14 million deal, while the O's are said to be on the table with a one-year deal worth $13 million plus incentives.

 

[rekameohs]

Cards get all the breaks!!

Granderson wants in.

 

[BFIB]

Granderson wants in.

Ha, I saw that during the game yesterday. Its like when Punto tried to go up to his elbow in Schumaker's little rectum in 2011 after a walk off win.

 

[Pryce]

I'd rather play for Baltimore, and it wouldn't be close. Hell, just not having to play in a dome would nearly do it.

 

[Loco4Coco]

Syndergaard was a lil shaky out today.

 

[McDougles]

Fangraphs Schedule strength

Dat Expos...er, Nationals opponents WAR.

 

[aFIGurANT]

Dat Expos...er, Nationals opponents WAR.

It's just that the NL East is terrible without Harvey in it. There's barely two teams worth consideration and one still has to prove last year was a fluke.

Also about the Grandy .gif...I thought football was the most latently homosexual sport - way to prove me wrong.

 

[newjeruse]

John W. Henry ‏@John_W_Henry 20m

They should apologize for their regular season lineup.

 

[Talon]

God damn.

 

[Macattk15]

Dustin Ackley is the man this Spring.

Batting .500 on the Spring, HR away from the cycle today ... 2 RBI's. Please Ackley-san ... live up to your prospect hypes.