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MFisH · Negus

RE: MLB Talk

Jpoo · Guru

NL EAST
1)Nationals
2)Braves
3)Phils
4)Mets
5)Marlins

NL CENTRAL
1)Cardinals
2)Reds
3)Brewers
4)Pirates
5)Cubs

NL WEST
1)Giants
2)Dodgers
3)Diamond Backs
4)Rockies
5)Padres

NL WC: Dodgers, Reds

AL EAST
1)Rays
2)Blue Jays
3)Orioles
4)Yankees
5)Red Sox

AL CENTRAL
1)Tigers
2)Royals
3)White Sox
4)Indians
5)Twins

AL WEST
1)Angels
2)A's
3)Rangers
4)Mariners
5)Astros

AL WC: A's , Jays

World Series: Rays vs Nationals

Winnah: Nationals

Jpoo · Guru

The guys they got fromt he Marlins were few of the only productive players.

Josh Johnson - a true ace if he can stay healthy

Mark Buerhle - Innings eater and always reliable

Jose Reyes - All start SS who now has a supporting cast capable of driving him in whenever he's on base

Emilio Bonifacio - Super Utility Man (2B/CF/OF/SS) Who is capable of being a every day player. I love this guy.

I think they did great in their trades this year, but I still think the Rays are better

MFisH · Negus

true, i guess we'll see. they remind me of the angles last year, a lot of big moves but didnt ge tthem anywhere.

growing up in nj in the 90's i dont think i ever saw the day the yankees and red sox would be predicted as the bottom 2 teams in their own division. i still think there going to make the playoffs, they got decent pitching and enough hitting to survive these injuries. plus im sure if they are close around the trade deadline they will make a move.

Jpoo · Guru

I dunno for the Yankees beyond CC and Kuroda there really isn't much there... and even CC showed diminished velocity yesterday. The Skanks are in for a looooonnnggg season. Red Sox can def make it interesting though.

MFisH · Negus

wow this is big:

Robinson Cano to hire Jay-Z

Roc Nation, an entertainment company founded by Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, will announce on Tuesday that it is getting into the sports representation business through a partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

The company, which will be known as Roc Nation Sports, has signed its first client, the New York Yankees' Robinson Cano. Cano, who has left agent Scott Boras, is in the final year of a six-year, $57 million deal with the team.

"At this point in my career, I am ready to take a more active role in my endeavors on and off the field," Cano said, in a statement. "I am confident that the pairing of Roc Nation Sports and CAA Sports will be essential in helping me accomplish my short and long-term goals. I am making this important decision now so I can keep my focus on helping the Yankees succeed in 2013, while minimizing any distractions for me and my teammates."

Jpoo · Guru

BAHAHAHAHA WOWWWWWWW

MFisH · Negus

he left boras too.

Jpoo · Guru

Yankees Triple Play

MFisH · Negus

ya i saw that. i know its extremly early still but how are the o's doing this year so far? is it back to reality and miss the playoffs by 30 games?

Jpoo · Guru

Nah offense has been strong. Pitchings a little wonky but they'll figure it out. Should b another good season

6ixty · Young Money

went to the nats game yesterday. they are supposed to be good? psh lost 9-0 and were swept by the braves. good thing the beer was delicious (but $9)

MFisH · Negus

how much different is it going to a nats game vs an o's?

do u actually have to sit in the seats that u bought?

6ixty · Young Money

haha yeah it was much different. we had to sit in the seats we bought (for $28 instead of 4) and everytime there was a big play it got really loud. it was weird.

awesome ballpark thou, fish you gotta make a game there

MFisH · Negus

ya im down one day in the summer. i still need to go to a caps game!

Jpoo · Guru

Braves are BEASTING at the moment, runaway train at 11-1

MFisH · Negus

speaking of baseball stadiums, its so weird seeing yankee stadium as half empty a lot of nights. looks like they priced out the die hard fans once they switched over. its sad, yankee stadium use to have one of the best if not the bets home field advantages and now its like playing in a library

Jpoo · Guru

A) Yankee Stadium blows. Citifield is so much more superior and fan friendly it's not even funny.

B)Yankee fans are front runners and the second their team doesn't do well they stop showing up to the stadium.

C)The stands were even empty during the playoffs last year.

D)**** THE YANKEEEEEEESSSS

MFisH · Negus

ya i remember the playoffs last year and thinking it was bad. i remeber the playoff games in college vs the red sox and it was like a football game and last year was pathetic.

MFisH · Negus

this is someone i wanna party with:

The previous time Milwaukee Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo made the police blotter, in 2010, it was because he was a victim of a robbery at gunpoint.

Authorities in Milwaukee County arrested and cited him Tuesday morning for drunken driving. ESPN Wisconsin was the first to report that Gallardo blew a .22 blood-alcohol content, which is nearly three times the legal limit in the state.

he knows the true champ always drives home

Jpoo · Guru

I know you guys probably won't care, but I can't get over this. This is Yu Darvish of the Rangers pitching against Albert Pujols. What you're seeing is about 8 different pitches. They all have the same release point, but look at the varied movement among them. This is incredible

MFisH · Negus

the gif isnt showing up for me.

btw, how albert doing this year? back to his old self or still struggling in the AL?

Jpoo · Guru

He's doing fine, he got Plantar Fascitis though, so he's been relegated to DH'ing

MFisH · Negus

MFisH · Negus

MFisH wrote:
1 bold prediction: blue jays are going to struggle. i dont see how adding a bunch of players from a horrible marlins team is going to boost them into 1st place in the toughest division in baseball

that video of matt harvey was funny. whats the deal with the mets always struggling, they had a cy young winner last year and the starter in this years all star game, whats the deal?

also, i dont get much of my baseball predcitions right, but u gotta give me some props this was a good one!

Jpoo · Guru

Why the mets are miserable: no big league outfielders, their first baseman can't hit the ball anymore, their catcher is hitting sub 200 for the last month and half plus, their SS of the future forgot how to field his position and is currently in AAA.

Harvey is the truth though, he is electric.

Keep an eye on the Jays, second half swoon coming your way!

MFisH · Negus

http://screen.yahoo.com/sports-friends/first-030000013.html

6ixty · Young Money

6ixty · Young Money

HERE WE GO PIRATES HERE WE GO!!

MFisH · Negus

congrats, i know you have been dieing for this day for the past 20 years.

so now that mlb has changed their playoffs around last year to 2 wildcards with the 1 game playoff, how do people like it? i like the idea that the 3 division winners get more of an advantage, but i dont like the 1 game playoff for the wildcard teams. so you play 162 games and then it comes down to 1 game? couldnt it be a best of 5 or at least a best of 3? i just dont like how teams never play 1 game series the entire regualr season and then all of a sudden 1 game will end your season.

Jpoo · Guru

I'm jumping on the Pirates post season bandwagon for sure this year.

Yeah I like the extra card, but I don't like the one game playoff. That isn't baseball it's silly, they really should make it at minimum a best of 3 series.

6ixty · Young Money

the last thing i would advocate is even MORE baseball but yeah one game elimination is dumb

MFisH · Negus

when are baseball teams going to learn that these long term deals NEVER work out. anytime a 30 year old gets a 7 year (or longer) deal, the team always regrets it by year 3. the worst contract in history is Arods deal, and isn't pulous not too far off at this point?

why seattle??

Jpoo · Guru

Unfortuantely when your team is as ****ty as Seattle's is you have to massively over pay to get guys to come pay for you. Your mortgaging the future for a chance for today. It's an awful contract, but if they didn't offer it, they'd have nothing.

MFisH · Negus

why cant they just draft good like the rays or a's? is seattle 1 player away?

Jpoo · Guru

Baseball drafting takes forever. Whoever is drafted this year might not be ready to contribute to the team until 2017-2019. Sometimes you just have to buy pieces. The Mariners in particular have some things going for them, but will need more. You also have to understand its 80+ games in one stadium that they constantly need filled. By adding Cano that will add a good number of people easily. There's a lot of aspects to baseball, but it's stupid, they need a Salary Cap system, period.

6ixty · Young Money

pirates are doing it pretty well. made the playoffs last year for the first time in 25 years and made that stud mccutchen their star player at like 5 mill a year.

sounds like their build through the 2000-2005 draft strategy is coming around

Jpoo · Guru

Pirates are gonna be good for a long time, low cap figure, high end players in McCutchen/Alvarez/Cole/Marte/Walker with a few more in the minors. It's a good time to be a pirates fan.

MFisH · Negus

josh, so is mike trout worth it? hahah

The price for one WAR has basically been set at $6 million per season, which, as we've seen with Robinson Cano, can lead to very large numbers if a player projects well. The thing is, projections for next season have Trout down for anywhere from 8.2 to 9.7 WAR, which if you're scoring at home, is between $49.2 and 58.2 million in market value. Dan Szymborski has him down for 9.5 WAR next year, and a total of 76.1 over the next 10 years. If you apply modest 5% annual inflation to the cost of a win, he projects to be worth around $560 million over the next decade, with $400 million of that coming after he'll be eligible for free agency. Obviously, Mike Trout is not going to be paid half a billion dollars, but it looks like he's going to get closer than anyone thought.

http://regressing.deadspin.com/mike-trout-has-finally-broken-baseballs-math-1529828226/@kylenw

MFisH · Negus

josh what the hell is this eephus pitch all about?

i saw the crazy one from last night and i also saw the one darvish threw a week or so ago, is this like a new pitch the japense invented?

Jpoo · Guru

Heh, I think it's basically a "**** it, lets have fun" thing. I mean it's legal, but it'll be hard to get it called anything else but a ball.

MFisH · Negus

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/11023744/japanese-pitcher-fools-batter-ump-epic-eephus-pitch?ex_cid=awesome.

looks more like an overhand softball pitch

MFisH · Negus

josh break down the lester trade for me. I get why the A's did it, they get an ace pitcher without giving up a top prospect, but why did boston do this? I guess they would rather have an accomplished player for next season if they bounce back as opposed to a prospect?

Jpoo · Guru

They're out of the race this year, they will not be competing, having a stud pitcher does nothing for Boston right now.

Adding Cespedes to their outfield though? Thats huge.

Not to mention Lester is a free agent at the end of the year and will most likely re-sign with Boston this off season.

So basically Boston got Cespedes for loaning Lester to Oakland for a few months

This is an epic win for Boston

MFisH · Negus

why did Oakland trade this dude instead of a prospect? do they not think they can sign him back whenever his deal is up?

Jpoo · Guru

Pretty much, next year is his last year. They run on a small budget and he'll probably grab a monster contract.

He also doesn't fit into their hitting philosophy (High OBP, minimal strike-outs, etc.) So it kinda makes sense.

MFisH · Negus

set a record for how much baseball I watched this post season! I even went to game 2 of the ALCS and watched the whole thing! with that said:

Don’t u think it was dumb of baseball to schedule game 7 of the world series 1 day before lebrons 1^st game back with the cavs? Baseball ruined a chance at great publicity with a really good postseason and a 7 game series which is now out the window with everything being focused on lebron tonight and going forward.

6ixty · Young Money

only for espn

MFisH · Negus

right. cuz TNT isn't currently there as well right?

or currently on the front page on si.com?

Predicting LeBron's return season

by SI.com Staff October 30, 2014

MFisH · Negus

josh, why did the dodgers trade for rollins and then the next day trade kemp away to a division rival?