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MLB Offseason '13-'14 |OT| Where the best fans live
- Thread starter Corran Horn
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I mean, the Braves were the third best hitting team in the NL last year.
Mr. Enigma
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There's also a chance the Nationals just decide not to hit again this year too.
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Looking at them side by side:
The bulk increase is pretty massive. That's quite the transformation.
Hey, the MLB Network commercials don't show Bryce juicing! He's pumping mad iron bruh!
Yeah. We can't hit - or shall I say clutch hit - worth shit. Some games we'll put up 7+ runs and dominate. Most games we give our stellar pitching zero run support.
yankeehater
Member
Arnt the Marlins about due to win a WS with a bunch of young guys nobody knows anything about, and then trade them all away.
With how bad the NL East is/getting I wouldn't be surprised. They already got there Livan Hernandez/Dontrelle Willis in the rotation.
Whoops, forgot to mention the Braves in that bit defending the Braves.
The point is that the Braves STILL have enough pitching to run roughshod over what is almost certainly the worst division in Baseball. So do the Nationals, mind you but the Braves should be good enough to be in it until the very end and at the very least compete for the wild card again.
They've had a couple ST games in Las Vegas in the past
yankeehater
Member
I looked into tickets for that game but they were way to much money, plus not sure I want to see the Mets or Cubs.
Shouldn't teams not be traveling so much in late spring training games? Could be worst they could be in Australia.
Cubs are in Arizona right now. Not much travel for them
Kris Medlen was a TAD mediocre for a bit last year and the only reason they were thinking of kicking him to the pen is because he's pitched out of the pen before. He was the Braves' best starting pitcher last year. Santana is a downgrade. Beachy was supposed to ease losing Hudson, but now we have neither Hudson nor Beachy and replaced with a smattering of Hale/Garcia/Floyd. Ugh. Calling it now. .500. Nats walk away with the division.
Whoa. I'll remember this when Santana is getting rocked.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
I guess since Vegas is our Triple A team. Promo or some shit. Don't know why for Montreal but I think its about sold out.
Guess it's some attempt to gauge some interest in baseball in Montreal. I guess the Mets were picked cause they're one of the Expos' old division rivals.
Dominican Power
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He's pitching in the NL with a good defense, in pitcher's park and in a shitty division.
Dude, let's do an Auction draft. It's way more fun.
Cubs/Dodgers at Cubs Park set Cactus League attendance record of 15,191 today.
IMHO, Cubs should just move to Mesa for a year and do the Wrigley renovations all at once.
IMHO, Cubs should just move to Mesa for a year and do the Wrigley renovations all at once.
They could just do what the Yankees did in the 70s and use U.S. Cellular like the Yankees used Shea.
Purple Cheeto
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Santana last 3 years:
7.01 k/9 2.83 bb/9 1.02 hr/9 3.93 xfip
6.72 k/9 3.08 bb/9 1.97 hr/9 4.38 xfip
6.87 k/9 2.19 bb/9 1.11 hr/9 3.69 xfip
Medlen last 2 years
7.83 k/9 1.50 bb/9 0.39 hr/9 2.97 xfip
7.17 k/9 2.15 bb/9 0.82 hr/9 3.55 xfip
Medlen also had the advantage of pitching in the easier league so there is that.
Rafa=FedKilla
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There's a certain kind of sadness I get when I see this Depends commercial that keeps running on MLB Network.
Mr. Enigma
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I think you were watching too many Rangers games, because Medlen was pretty bad in June/July of last year. They weren't going to put their best pitcher in the bullpen just because he'd been there before. lol what kind of logic is that? Medlen was pretty unlucky in April/May, but he was downright ass in June/July.
EDIT: from April 21 to August 13, he was 9-11 with a 4.07 ERA. Opponents were hitting .280 off him. So he definitely wasn't the Cy Young you were thinking about last year.
Mr. Enigma
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The Dodgers have announced Carl Crawford will not travel to Australia with the team because his wife is expecting a child.
HarryDemeanor
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So I guess that means Van Slyke will be playing in left.
I havent been keeping up with the offseason at all really. kinda weird for me...
But yea Im guessing Van Slyke in left, Ethier in CF and Puig in right... what is Kemp's status?
HarryDemeanor
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They're saying he's getting closer to coming back. He won't be making the trip to Australia and we'll see if he's ready to play the Padres series.
Lee Chaolan
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I'd love to go to more games. Only been to Jacobs Field, Turner Field and Camden Yards
HarryDemeanor
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He struck out two with no hits or runs. Good start.
chicagocubsfan
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Jose Iglesias expected to be out most of the season with a shin injury.
Stephen Drew come on down.
FLEECED
Dmncnby2k9
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Scott Boras did it
Ninja Scooter
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Who's the dad?
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
He gone!
Mr. Enigma
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Diamondbacks' Patrick Corbin has damage to his UCL. Will likely need Tommy John surgery and miss the season.
thehypocrite
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Pitchers continue dropping like flys.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Wow. Archie Bradley come on down.
Farrell said that the Red Sox were aware of some shin issues when Iglesias was in Boston, but nothing to the point that the shortstop is dealing with now.
Aware from the extent that we had to monitor it, said Farrell when asked of his awareness of Iglesias€™ physical issues. There were some games where we had to get him off his feet because he felt some pain and some soreness there. But to see whats come out now with the report. I feel sorry for the kid. Hes an exciting player. Anytime you see a player have to deal with an injury and miss time, you hate to see it. Hes fun to watch, he was a great kid to have on the team, fun to be around. Unfortunately, hes going to miss what looks to be a substantial amount of time.
Aware from the extent that we had to monitor it, said Farrell when asked of his awareness of Iglesias€™ physical issues. There were some games where we had to get him off his feet because he felt some pain and some soreness there. But to see whats come out now with the report. I feel sorry for the kid. Hes an exciting player. Anytime you see a player have to deal with an injury and miss time, you hate to see it. Hes fun to watch, he was a great kid to have on the team, fun to be around. Unfortunately, hes going to miss what looks to be a substantial amount of time.