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MLB Regular Season 2013 |OT| - Natinals Already Won

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The Angels have also had a really poor record drafting, IMO. Before 2012 Trout, who was their best offensive player home grown? Kendry Morales? Howie Kendrick?

Jean Segura

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Jonathan Pettibone had another solid start last night. If he can keep this up all year I am sure he will be in the running for RotY. Sadly I think teams will eventually figure him out. He really pitches to contact and that is tough to make a living out of. It is crazy though the only one of his starts that the Phils have lost is when he gave up 3 runs to SF. Man if only Adams hadnt blown that game against the DBacks they would be .500 already.
 

EvilMario

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Seeing my first game in person since 2010, when it was also the Giants @ Jays. Being from the Bay Area, my friends always want me to wear my Giants hat to the game so they can boo me.
 

sangreal

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I love the overhead cameras. Wish every stadium had them

Also, despite being nowhere near the plate, that pitch really does have some pretty sick late movement
 
Top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler experienced soreness in the clavicle in the front of his right shoulder and informed the Triple-A training staff Monday. He will be examined by team doctors in New York today and is likely to miss one start with Las Vegas. The interruption, which is being labeled extreme caution by the Mets, should further ensure Wheeler is not called up until after the deadline for receiving an extra year of arbitration.

Wheeler’s agent, Al Goetz, Marc Carig in Newsday that the issue has “been more of an annoyance than anything else for the last couple of starts.”

not good,not good at all. doesnt seem like its serious though.
 

EvilMario

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Watching Arencibia catch every day, it's so apparent he doesn't know how to frame pitches and it is part of the trouble the Jays staff has been having. He definitely stabs and picks at the ball as it comes in, rather than letting it come to him and getting some of those borderline calls. His offense is so outstanding, he's going to stay in there, but I hope his technique does improve as the season goes on.
 

eznark

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Varitek is maybe one of the worst ever. Guy was just a trash receiver.

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Look at how loud his glove is, even while the pitcher is in his delivery. Insane. He also drops his head. If your catcher is dropping his head when he catches a ball you should run onto the field and kick his throat.
 

Sanjuro

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That's why we gave real catchers police escorts to the stadium.

He was notorious for doing that though. Varitek after injuries/age mounted really didn't excel at almost anything at the catching position. We had the silly argument, "...but he catches a good game!", which ultimately didn't make a lick of sense with pitcher ERAs in the 4+ range. Ultimately he was a very likable player at a weak position.
 

Sanjuro

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He used those leg pads, no one should like his lazy ass. A catcher who can't crouch is not a catcher at all.

This is true.

The other thing that pissed me off was from the 2011 season, was Saltalamacchia doing his shitty Tony Pena stance. Not only does the catcher look too relaxed for framing pitches correctly, he basically concedes most pop-outs behind the backstop.

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ZIPS/Steamer or w/e Fangraphs is using for their projected standings really, really love the Tigers. They think Detroit will outscore their opponents by a wider margin in the next 125 games than any other team will do over 162 games. They have the Tigers at +108 for the remaining schedule; their projected end-of-season Pythag runner up is the Rangers with +104 over the entire season.

In fact, the Tigers and the Rays are the only teams currently above .500 that are hardly given any regression towards the mean in their projected remainder of the season.
 
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