MLB Thread

[Emperor Smeat]

AL sending in some solid pitchers. Might be what makes the difference this All-Star game. Shocked that Betances made the team. Only one of the Yankee Killer B's to make something of himself.

Starting lineup ain't that great. Twinkies only sending Suzuki and Perkins to the game. That's gotta be a kick in the balls for being the host city and a fan.

At least its better than when KC hosted it. All they got was the DH spot I believe.

[Frank Drebin]

Jays got a steal in Reimold. Always liked him save for being made of glass. At this point he probably puts together 1 solid season where he stays on the field for 125 games. Dunno when that will be though.

[Droford]

He was pretty close to being forced out of baseball due to injuries so I'm fairly confident he won't suddenly not be plagued by injuries.

[Frank Drebin]

Droford already pissed about losing him.

[Droford]

Not really. The O's didn't have a spot for him and even if they did, it would have probably ended with him getting hurt again. Good for him if he can keep healthy, it does suck he ended up in the division though.

[Frank Drebin]

So pissed about losing Reimold right now. So underrated much like the entire Orioles franchise.

[Damian Rey]

They may have just taken the best deal available. That, and with all the middle infield depth they have, they may be able to move Castro for some pitching.

[Nicky Fives]

Jays are hurting big time, which is a shame because they were onto something.....

[Droford]

Manny went 5-6 with a HR as a part of a 6 run 3HR 11th vs the Nats

[road doggy dogg]

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2014-07-07/yankees-fan-caught-sleeping-on-tv-suing-espn-for-10-million-andrew-robert-rector-dan-schulman-john-kruk-mlb-video

want to literally and figuratively stab this guy in the neck

[Damian Rey]

Padres GM search continues, as Kim Ng has been getting quite the pub here recently. She does seem incredibly qualified, much the way Jed was very much qualified when he interviewed/took the job.

Of the current list of candidates, I like the Marlins' Beinfest, Logan White of the Dodgers, and Ng. My two favorite candidates, Jason McLeod and David Forst have bowed out of contention, so those are the three the Padres are left with that I consider ideal hires, for a number of reasons.

I think Ng is hungry. Regardless that she's a woman and the hire would be shattering the current glass ceiling, she has an amazing track record, is clearly hungry for the job considering she's been interviewed multiple times (including by the Padres), and could be the right mind for the job.

[Bad News Gertner]

Ng Nog.

[Droford]

Former Oriole (kind of) Tsuyoshi Wada pitched well for the Cubs. Surprise.

[Frank Drebin]

Trade him back to you for Machado. Cubs need some infield help in their minor league system.

[Droford]

You can have Ryan Flaherty back (rule 5 pick from the Cubs). Might even throw in some baseball cards.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w0UsunuFJOs/TZH2Gg15bJI/AAAAAAAAYko/PMI0ZPXZFtI/s640/Derrek+Lee+Orioles.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zPXJAOLLjYA/TuVr6M99_EI/AAAAAAAAD6c/R9TzcA-YTTs/s1600/09pieudopc.jpg
http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Images/Cards/Baseball/280/280-246Fr.jpg
And a bobblehead

http://sportsexclusives.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Baltimore-Sammy-Sosa-20071.jpg

[Frank Drebin]

Hmmmm.....k. But you have to bring back Lou Montanez

[Damian Rey]

Can we have Rizzo back?

[Skippord]

I want the Rockies to fire their front office and owners somehow and hire Kim Ng to run the team.

Then I want the Rockies to not be injured to death.

[DaveBrawl]

I want the Rockies to fire their front office and owners somehow and hire Kim Ng to run the team.

Then I want the Rockies to not be injured to death.

This.

Everything was going so well like 6 or 8 weeks ago and then it all just fell apart.:'(

[road doggy dogg]

That Dodgers/Tigers game last night was a lot of fun. JV got torched early for a 5-spot in the first inning, then it was all Detroit. 20 hits last night, no HRs. No VMart either. Fuckin' JD Martinez is on fire right now.

[Skippord]

This.

Everything was going so well like 6 or 8 weeks ago and then it all just fell apart.:'(
At least we all got to see Yohan Flande pitch for 2 weeks

*gunshot*

[DaveBrawl]

Makes me want to cry when the only pitcher that can get a win is Franklin Morales.

[ClockShot]

Red Sox DFA A.J. Pierzynski.

Sign of the times. Big time name of the past getting sent down or released these days.

[road doggy dogg]

Tanaka going for an MRI on his pitching arm

you fucking kidding me

fuck you, baseball

[Innovator]

I'm done

[ClockShot]

Well. Atleast it's right before the all-star break. He's got some time. Probably miss 1 game tops.

[Droford]

Its gotta be the Orioles year, right? I would never have imagined the rest of the AL East imploding into a black hole of suck and injuries like they have.

[Emperor Smeat]

Either Red Sox are about to give up on the season or are planning on a bunch of trades soon.

Starting 5 rookies for tonight's game and probably staying that way till the break.

[Evil Vito]

Well. Atleast it's right before the all-star break. He's got some time. Probably miss 1 game tops.

<font color=goldenrod>Have you not been paying attention this season?

See you in 2015, Masahiro Chono Masasto Tanaka</font> :(

[ClockShot]

Don't be a downer, Vito. Think positive. This could be minor, it could be the worst.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Chris Sale and Anthony Rizzo win MLB All-Star Game Final Vote. Nice work, Chicago. <a href="http://t.co/hw5iKcRuK5">pic.twitter.com/hw5iKcRuK5</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/487341253370322944">July 10, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yadier Molina out 8-12 weeks.</font>

[Droford]

Don't be a downer, Vito. Think positive. This could be minor, it could be the worst.


Jeff Passan ‏@JeffPassan 36s
The reality: Unless he’s in the vast minority of players for whom rehab works, Masahiro Tanaka eventually will need Tommy John surgery

He's out 6 weeks for rehab according to reports.

[Droford]

Stat line of the night/year

Colby Lewis 2 1/3 innings. 13 hits. 13 runs. 11 ER. 0BB. 1 SO. 1HR.

[Frank Drebin]

Sale and Rizzo deserve it. Especially Rizzo. He's having an outstanding year.

Waiting for Hawk Harrelson to start demanding that the White Sox sign his adopted son AJ.

[ClockShot]

Unless Cashman swings a trade for a big time pitcher, Yankees are pretty much done. Kuroda can't do this himself. And I don't trust McCarthy.


Gonna be a looooooooooong 6 weeks.

[road doggy dogg]

Raul Ibanez is SO bad. So comically hilariously deliciously bad.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Tanaka should really just get the surgery now and aim to be back by the 2015 All Star Break. Rehabbing this kind of shit never works.</font>

[Droford]

All the attention going to Tanaka but the Molina injury is probably just as big news.

[RoXer]

Raul Ibanez is SO bad. So comically hilariously deliciously bad.

http://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IbanezTigers.gif

[Droford]

Raul Ibanez is SO bad. So comically hilariously deliciously bad.

https://thefundamentalsblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ibanez.gif?w=636&h=320

Fuck him anyway

[Droford]

Kershaw's scoreless streak is over

[Frank Drebin]

The Tanaka injury is another shit thing for baseball. The whole idea of pitching injuries is alarming. Seems like everyone has a ligament injury at some point. So many reasons for it. Max effort every pitch. Throwing sliders at too young an age. Too many pitches thrown in a whole life...reasons are endless.

At the end of the day with all these possibly pre existing conditions that put stress on the arm/elbow, what's an mlb team to do? Tanaka threw an average of 105 pitches this year. Should the yanks have been more cautious? Should the Rays not have David Price throw 110 pitches every game? I dunno.

[Droford]

The Tanaka injury is another shit thing for baseball. The whole idea of pitching injuries is alarming. Seems like everyone has a ligament injury at some point. So many reasons for it. Max effort every pitch. Throwing sliders at too young an age. Too many pitches thrown in a whole life...reasons are endless.

At the end of the day with all these possibly pre existing conditions that put stress on the arm/elbow, what's an mlb team to do? Tanaka threw an average of 105 pitches this year. Should the yanks have been more cautious? Should the Rays not have David Price throw 110 pitches every game? I dunno.
Tanaka was throwing 150+ (upwards of 220) innings a year since the age of 18 in japan. The thing that saved his arm there was 6 days between starts. Kind of funny hearing everyone come out of the woodwork saying they saw this coming because of that load on his arm but no one was saying much 2 months ago, or even back when they signed him.

As for the injuries, I'm pretty sure it all comes down to the fact the human arm was never intended to repeat the throwing motion of a ball 200+ times (don't forget warmups) every 5 days for 7 months. It probably comes down to who has the best pitching mechanics and can consistently repeat a good pitching motion.

[poopfromweiner dude]

You're pretty sure, probably

I agree. Drotherfordium has the inside scoop

[ClockShot]

Yankees acquire Jeff Francis and a sack of monopoly money from the A's for a PTBNL.

Yeah. Not the "big move" I was talking about.

[Droford]

Reimold left the jays game with a calf injury. Took him longer to get injured than I figured.

[Frank Drebin]

Agreed Droford. Seems like the bottom line is just that with max effort of the throwing motion, ligaments get worn out over time like a tire and need to be replaced.

Two more points concerning the topic:

With this being an issue, why don't we see more of the maddox, glavine, or even buehrle type guys? Are they forgotten about because they don't blow up a radar gun and never get enough coaching to refine their skills? Does a pitcher have to be able to throw 95 mph gas to be effective these days?

It's interesting to see how this is shaping the way rosters are constructed. The cubs are clearly banking on hitting being a market deficiency because they consider it easier to find a guy who throws gas.

[Sepholio]

So the Braves got a player on the anti-allstar team. Guess who it is?

Hint: It's Dan Uggla.

[The Fraze]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>That guitar solo, though. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SFGiants?src=hash">#SFGiants</a> <a href="http://t.co/uZNGoD4l5I">pic.twitter.com/uZNGoD4l5I</a></p>&mdash; Matt Fraser (@TheFraze408) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFraze408/statuses/487823271669149696">July 12, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[road doggy dogg]

dat* doe*

ugh

love you fraze but plz kill yourself

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Some All Star Game roster shuffling:

AL out: Edwin Encarnacion (TOR), Masahiro Tanaka (NYY), Alex Gordon (KC), Victor Martinez (DET)
AL in: Kyle Seager (SEA), Koji Uehara (BOS), Eric Aybar (LAA), Ian Kinsler (DET)

NL out: Yadier Molina (STL), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS)
NL in: Miguel Montero (ARI), Henderson Alvarez (MIA)

There could very well be some more shuffling tomorrow. Guys pitching on the Sunday before the game are no longer required to sit out but if they decide to pitch in the game they can only go 1 inning and are on a pitch count. Very possible a few more guys will pull out. If things stay as they are now, the first place Nationals will not have anybody playing as Zimmermann was their lone rep.</font>

[The Fraze]

dat* doe*

ugh

love you fraze but plz kill yourself

Being grammatically correct is a choice. It's one I make on purpose. Perhaps, I'm being facetious towards the idiots who aren't.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Brad Miller struck out looking. He disagreed with the call, but started to walk back to the dugout. Bob Davidson actually followed him, continuing to jaw at him, and the second Miller turned back around Davidson ejected him. What an asshole.</font>

[ClockShot]

Yankees release Fonsie.

It's been cool. :'(

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>aaaaand Todd Frazier makes it to the finals of the Home Run Derby with 1 home run. :|

I'd rather they cancel the Derby than use this format again.</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>That moment after winning your 2nd straight Home Run Derby. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB">@MLB</a>) <a href="http://t.co/G7og5E1ybT">pic.twitter.com/G7og5E1ybT</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/488900880360816640">July 15, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Droford]

I think I heard Adam Jones was the one that brought the belt, he's a big WWE fan.

[Frank Drebin]

The Minnesota camera angle is the worst. No concept of the strike zone.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Pretty boring All Star Game but still better than last year's.

The Padres tweeted this picture out after the game:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BspBFUdCUAAhB3-.jpg

Cannot fucking believe MLB/FOX didn't do anything for Gwynn during the ASG, his name was not even mentioned once during the broadcast. But hey who cares when you can see Jeter standing in the dugout at least once per half inning.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Didn't catch the ASG (had other commitments) but damn that sucks if they actually didn't do anything for Gwynn. Pretty huge oversight.

[Droford]

I hate long west coast road trips

[road doggy dogg]

I hate the All Star break.. so happy baseball is back on tonight

[ClockShot]

Braves cut Dan Uggla loose.

CC Sabathia opts for season ending knee surgery.

[screech]

What was the story with Uggla? He just mad over losing the starting job?

[Damian Rey]

No, he just sucked, so the Braves made the choice on one else would make; the right choice.

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays are gonna pick up Uggla. Just watch.

[Frank Drebin]

After the Mariners sold the farm for a pitcher once before you think they'd, ya know, not try to do it again.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The Astros fail to sign #1 overall pick Brady Aiken, first time in 31 years the top pick went unsigned.

Aiken and the union are exploring legal action against the Astros as they offered him $6.5 million only to rescind it and offer $5 million.</font>

[Droford]

Manny Machado should take a page from Dolph Ziggler and be on Twitter as #heelMachado

fans booing him all night, what does he do..2 run blast off Samardzija

[RoXer]

Manny Machado should take a page from Dolph Ziggler and be on Twitter as #heelMachado

fans booing him all night, what does he do..2 run blast off Samardzija

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[ClockShot]

The Astros fail to sign #1 overall pick Brady Aiken, first time in 31 years the top pick went unsigned.

Aiken and the union are exploring legal action against the Astros as they offered him $6.5 million only to rescind it and offer $5 million.

According to what I read, a red flag came up on his elbow. And that was the cause why the Astros knocked off some bucks from the deal. The debate if that is probable cause to do that is for MLB/Astros and the Union to fight over.

[ClockShot]

In case you missed it.

Angels acquire Huston Street and Trevor Gott from the Padres for Taylor Lindsey (Angels top prospect), R.J Alvarez, Jose Rondon, and Elliot Morris.

So they grab Grilli from the Pirates and now Street. Either DiPoto is really on the hot seat and is making moves to keep his job, or there's something bigger in play. Giving 2 of your tops guys is a steep price to get another closer.

[RoXer]

http://i.imgur.com/7QvThlc.jpg


...twice

[RP]

C.C. Sabathia expects a lot of gravy for his biscuits, to be made from his surgery, because he's fat.

[Nicky Fives]

I would not be surprised if Sabathia's career was over... not the same pitcher since losing the weight.

[Damian Rey]

Think age is why CC's breaking down.

[ClockShot]

Yankees acquire Chase Headley and $1 mil. from the Padres for Yangervis Solarte and Rafael De Paula.

Hmph. I would have preferred pitching arms. But we needed a 3B, too.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Based on their production this year Solarte for Headley seems like a lateral if not a slight decrease. But Headley was really good 2 years ago and Solarte's been a career minor leaguer up until this year so it's not a bad experiment.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

The Headley experiment got off to a good start, we'll see if he keeps it up. Don't think the Yanks have a shot this year though unless both Baltimore and Toronto really shit the bed (entirely possible)

[road doggy dogg]

Nice to see the Detroit Rangers pick up Soria as well. DD has already given Nathan the dreaded "public vote of confidence" after the move, because that always works well.

[screech]

Phillies "discussing" releasing Ryan Howard after this year and eating his $60 million. I know he's been pretty bad lately, but I've never been a fan of the whole "eating the contract" thing. He's got basically a year and a half left on the deal. Might as well ride him out and platoon at 1B in the meantime.

[ClockShot]

Yankees acquire Chris Capuano from the Rockies in exchange for cash.


Don't know how hard I should laugh.

[Bad News Gertner]

Holy mother of fuck has Marcus Stroman evet been amazing.

[Nicky Fives]

He's had one really bad start and a handful of sub-par ones, but he's ben VERY consistent... not much more you can ask for from a kid.....

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Trade just went down:

Red Sox get: P Heath Hembree, P Edwin Escobar
Giants get: P Jake Peavy</font>

[Damian Rey]

Being a huge Jake Peavy mark, my heart has been ripped to shreds knowing I'll have to endure him pitching against the Padres in a Giants uni.

[RP]

What a year Rizzo is having. Really promising future this guy has. And apparently Soler and Baez are close to being called up. Oh and Kris Bryant might be a top 10 player in baseball and he's not even in the big league yet.

[Damian Rey]

I love Rizzo. When Cash leaves the Padres in 2 years, that trade well look even worse. Any of our resident Cub fans think Castro may get moved for pitching with so much middle infield depth on the brink?

[ClockShot]

Hall of Fame board knocked down the eligibility years from 15 to 10. McGwire is the big name on the list who got 2 more years to go now.

Players who are in the 11-15 range now (Don Mattingly coming up on his 15th and final year, Alan Trammel (14th), and Lee Smith (13th) are all still eligible.

Interesting move.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol how is Jeff Francis on a major league roster?

[Evil Vito]

Hall of Fame board knocked down the eligibility years from 15 to 10. McGwire is the big name on the list who got 2 more years to go now.

Players who are in the 11-15 range now (Don Mattingly coming up on his 15th and final year, Alan Trammel (14th), and Lee Smith (13th) are all still eligible.

Interesting move.

<font color=goldenrod>This definitely fucks shit up for McGwire and any other steroid era players. They needed the 15 years hoping all the "old school" voters would have stopped voting by then.</font>

[The Fraze]

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[Damian Rey]

Awesome.

[The Fraze]

Apparently Peavy is already going to start tomorrow night's nationally televised game between the Giants and Dodgers. Should be interesting.

[Emperor Smeat]

<font color=goldenrod>Trade just went down:

Red Sox get: P Heath Hembree, P Edwin Escobar
Giants get: P Jake Peavy</font>

Not surprised at Peavy being the one getting traded. This season and last season he's been more miserable than good (although not all his fault).

Everyone else in the rotation either would have been bad deals (ex. Lester, Lackey) or too low in value because of injuries (Doubront, Buchholz).


<font color=goldenrod>This definitely fucks shit up for McGwire and any other steroid era players. They needed the 15 years hoping all the "old school" voters would have stopped voting by then.</font>

Wouldn't be surprised if in the future the MLB sets aside a year or two for a special committee who just votes for Roid era guys. That way the Hall can get the big name players and the era itself gets official Hall status like every other era in baseball history.

[Damian Rey]

Think the Sox are going to have to deal Lester at some point. They're not winning, long term contracts have not been good to them, and with the Rays winning and Price not seemingly on the market as of yet, they may be able to fetch a king's ransom for him. He's having a career year in a contract season, and considering his career numbers, I highly doubt how he is pitching this year is the guy you'd be getting beyond this season.

[ClockShot]

Blue Jays broke the streak today.

[Bad News Gertner]

Blue Jays broke the Red Sox back today and made them humble.

[Droford]

before that they made the trade for Danny Valencia, clearly a division winning trade

[Bad News Gertner]

Mother fuck is Stroman ever sick. If the Jays actually show patience and not deall the farm, their rotation is going to be sick.
,
Stroman
Sanchez
Norris
Hoffman
Castro/Nolin/Foley

[Droford]

http://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/assets/4331249/its-happening.gif

unless it isn't. I'm not sure if I want Lester for a 2 month rental..hmph

[Droford]

Lester traded to Oakland for..

Cespedes?!?

lol

[screech]

what

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>A's get: Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes
Red Sox get: Yoenis Cespedes

WOW. Gonna be funny when Lester signs back with Boston in the off-season.</font>

[ClockShot]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA?

Well, Cespedes got 1 more year before he hits free agency. However, since Boston probably won't be doing any big money contracts for a while, I'll assume he walk. I'll laugh if Beane somehow retains Lester. Oakland got a quality pitching staff going right now.

[road doggy dogg]

There was no way Oakland was going to keep Cespedes either when he becomes a FA.

That being said, pitching wasn't exactly holding them back. Wild trade.

[The Gold Standard]

Great trade for Red Sox. No way Lester stays in OAK. This allows Boston to resign Lester in the offseason.

[ClockShot]

A's acquire Sam Fuld from the Twins for Tommy Milone.

Beane ain't playing around today.

[road doggy dogg]

Boston shipping out Lackey to the Cardinals for Allen Craig and Joe Kelly

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Sounds like the Mets are going to be sitting on their hands at the deadline. Again.

Yeah they're 4 games under .500 but they're still in striking distance with the Wild Card and even the division. They're 15-10 through July with amazing pitching and a lineup playing far better than it was in April and May.

Just annoying. I don't expect a superstar or anything but a guy like Alex Rios, Asdrubal Cabrera, or Josh Willingham can at least give them a little something extra without costing the Mets a major prospect. I think it ultimately comes down to the owners being broke even though they don't want to admit it publicly.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Sounds like Rios may go to the Giants

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>An insider on MLB Network just guaranteed that Price is traded by 4 PM. Mariners or Pirates.

If they can get a haul then I guess it's worth it, still kinda shocking to see them give up on the season while they've been red hot.</font>

[Droford]

I'm kind of annoyed the o's are the only team in first place that hasn't made a move yet, but they're also in the division with two of the big teams essentially throwing in the towel for this season. plus the blue jays haven't made a big move and the Yankees big moves so far are negligible anyway..

[DaveWadding]

Good bye Geraldo Parra :-(

[road doggy dogg]

Asdrubal Cabrera to the Nats

[road doggy dogg]

Andrew Miller to the Orioles

[road doggy dogg]

Tigers get Price!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Whoa</font>

[Innovator]

Yankees gets Stephen Drew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait.....what?

[Droford]

The Rays didn't nearly get what I thought they would for Price. Nick Franklin, Drew Smyly and an 18 year old SS prospect..

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure how I feel about the Lester trade. Not confident the Red Sox will get him back in the offseason but the trade does help their hitting woes.

Shame Lackey got traded since I liked how much he improved the past two seasons. At times this season, he was better than Lester.


Yankees gets Stephen Drew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait.....what?
:lol:


What did the Ms get from the Price trade since they sent someone to the Rays to help the Tigers?

[Droford]

Yankees gets Stephen Drew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait.....what?

he's playing 2b cause they got rid of Brian Roberts

[Droford]

What did the Ms get from the Price trade since they sent someone to the Rays to help the Tigers?

Austin Jackson for Nick Franklin

[Dragon]

Not sure how I feel about the Lester trade. Not confident the Red Sox will get him back in the offseason but the trade does help their hitting woes.

Shame Lackey got traded since I liked how much he improved the past two seasons. At times this season, he was better than Lester.



:lol:


What did the Ms get from the Price trade since they sent someone to the Rays to help the Tigers?

Ms got Austin Jackson. Rays got Nick Franklin, Drew Smyly and the Tigers 30th best prospect apparently. Pretty weak trade for the Rays. Seemed like they could have gotten a ton more.

[Dragon]

Tigers rotation is absurd -

Scherzer-Price-Sanchez-Verlander-Porcello

[Dragon]

Yankees also traded for Martin Prado.

[Evil Vito]

The Rays made one of the worst trades in the history of baseball. Jesus. They'd have gotten more just letting Price walk and getting the draft compensation.

[Droford]

lol..the Yankees owed Brian Roberts a $250k bonus if he got 350 plate appearances. they pulled him early a couple games ago and sat him out the last 2 leaving him at 348 plate appearances before they dfa'ed him.

[Droford]

lol Booker t threw put the Astros first pitch yesterday and their mascot did a spinaroonie

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/assets/4835556/orbit_spinaroonie.gif

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Hate baseball

gonna jump on dat Tigers bandwagon

[ClockShot]

Stephen Drew?

Is he supposed to be Derek Jeter Jr. or something? Oh, wait. He's playing 2B.

Ichiro is on his way out with Prado in the mix now.

[ClockShot]

Prado is under team control until 2016. I'm cool with this. It ain't a rental.

[Damian Rey]

They also gave up next to nothing to get him after reports stated the DBacks weren't looking to move him.

The Rays got fucking hosed. Good christ. For all the good they did in raping the Royals for Myers, they did the exact opposite in dealing Price. Smyly is solid, and Franklin might be a decent starter, but you just gave away a top 10 starter in baseball and you didn't get back not one potential stud. Sheesh.

[road doggy dogg]

Ya giving up Smyly and Ajax for Price, I'll take that trade 100 times out of 100.

[Damian Rey]

Oh yeah, forgot about Jackson going to the M's. Good pickup for them. Better than what they have. They also took Denorfia from the Padres. When going well, Deno is killer agains lefties.

[road doggy dogg]

Haha this is awesome. Right after the Tigers made the Price trade, Dave Dombrowski (Tigers GM) texted BIlly Beane (A's GM), "You have one minute to acquire Chris Sale"

Love reading stuff like that

[Droford]

something to be said about a 0-0 game in the 12th..ugh

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Nolan Reimold with two jacks. Jays keep winning with surprise performances.

So glad they kept Sanchez and Stroman. If you haven't seen 5"8 Marcus Stroman pitch, you're in for a treat. He's been unhittable.

[road doggy dogg]

I was in Houston earlier this week and had the chance to catch an Astros game. Had tickets right on 1B line, 3 rows up. Seeing Altuve in person was hilarious. He's so tiny.

[Sepholio]

Braves get Bonifacio, Russell, and some loot from the Cubs for a minor league catcher prospect. Good trade for the Braves, I guess.

Have to wait til after next season for them to do anything decent I guess as we are still stuck paying Dan Uggla 13 million/year to sit at home unemployed. That bastard.

[Nicky Fives]

no moves by Toronto, cannot say I am surprised...fairweather fans are bitching about the lack of movement, but they are not ready yet....

[RoXer]

I feel like I should type words about the A's and Dbacks trades but I dunno. whatever

[Bad News Gertner]

no moves by Toronto, cannot say I am surprised...fairweather fans are bitching about the lack of movement, but they are not ready yet....

Yeah, like do you want to deal Stroman and Sanchez for a rental who will more than likely not resign? It's ridiculous.

I'm all for just dumping Colby Rasmus at this point.

[Droford]

the orioles have played 7 straight 1 run games (5-2) which is getting annoying

[road doggy dogg]

Was it last year or two years ago when they had some ridiculous record in 1-run games

[The Fraze]

Brilliant pitching displays going on in Queens right now between the Mets and Giants. Zeros across the board for BOTH teams through six.

[ClockShot]

Jim Thome signed a 1-day contract with the Indians and calls it a career.

22 seasons, 612 homers, feared hitter, clean.

I think he'll get into the hall of fame without a problem. Only thing that'll hold him back is no world series titles.

[screech]

Jim Thome was one of my favorite players. Bummed he never won a ring, but he should be a lock for the Hall regardless.

[Emperor Smeat]

Jim Thome signed a 1-day contract with the Indians and calls it a career.

22 seasons, 612 homers, feared hitter, clean.

I think he'll get into the hall of fame without a problem. Only thing that'll hold him back is no world series titles.

Him being in the roids era is going to be the bigger problem but won't in the end. 500-600 HRs usually guarantees a spot in the Hall and wasn't tainted by the roids debate during his career.

[Droford]

Was it last year or two years ago when they had some ridiculous record in 1-run games

2012. They won today to the first time in team history 1-0 on a leadoff hr.

the offense is fucking putrid right now, hitting about .190 in July/August and yet by the power of their pitching they're 19-9 in that stretch and are back up 3.5 on Toronto with a huge series in Toronto coming up this week.

[ClockShot]

Busy news day.


Nats acquire Matt Thornton from the Yankees. Who/what New York is getting in exchange is unknown at this time.

The search for Bud Selig's successor has been narrowed down to 3. MLB chief operating officer Rob Manfred, MLB vice president of business Tim Bronson and Red Sox chairman Tom Werner. Voting goes down at next week's owners quarterly meetings.

Finally, 1-year to the day, feds do another round of arrests in the Biogenesis scandal. With Tony Bosch surrendering to the feds today. Word going around is that there are more players involved than originally thought and there could be more suspensions coming down in the near future.

[road doggy dogg]

Irrationally excited to see Price's Tigers debut tonight

[Frank Drebin]

Jim Thome was one of my favorite players. Bummed he never won a ring, but he should be a lock for the Hall regardless.

Randomly saw him in Peoria years ago. Just the nicest guy you could imagine.

[Frank Drebin]

Javy Baez time. I rely on prospects for excitement because my team sucks.

[road doggy dogg]

Even though we were pbping it, feel the need to discuss how cool it was to see Joba in a Tigers uniform with a vicious-ass beard bean the crap outta Jeter last night

[ClockShot]

Padres hire Rangers asst. GM A.J Preller as their new GM.

Kim Ng gets spurned again.

[Damian Rey]

Her lack of any real experience in identifying, scouting, drafting and developing amateur talent works against her.

[Emperor Smeat]

Finally, 1-year to the day, feds do another round of arrests in the Biogenesis scandal. With Tony Bosch surrendering to the feds today. Word going around is that there are more players involved than originally thought and there could be more suspensions coming down in the near future.

At least 5 new players were discovered by the Feds although names weren't released yet. The biggest surprise was those players weren't tied to the clinic but to A-Rod and his cousin.

[screech]

Roberto Hernandez put on waivers by the Phillies, claimed by the Dodgers. PHI to get to PTBNL or cash money. Of course he's gone now that he's won his last three decisions.

Also Cole Hamels claimed by "mystery team." Oooooohhhhh

[RP]

Javier Baez is my daddy!

[Droford]

RP should be happy that mystery team that claimed Hamels was the cubs

[RoXer]

Lester is looking really good through 5

[Nicky Fives]

Lester is going to dominate in the AL West

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Mets finally DFA Chris Young.

Thank god. What a waste of $7.5 million.</font>

[Droford]

Caleb Joseph has homered in 5 straight games for the Orioles. Matt Wieters who?

[ClockShot]

Ooof. Red Sox and Angels went 19 innings last night. 6.5 hour game.

[RP]

Travis Wood I'd pitching a no hitter today.

[RP]

Tomorrow

[RP]

RIZZO!

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Tigers-Blue Jays is the 1st 19-inning game in MLB since ... yesterday's game between Red Sox/Angels :)</p>&mdash; ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/statuses/498613011553452032">August 10, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[road doggy dogg]

Tigers/Jays game today was insane. We lost but it was a fantastic game. Feel for the jays, having to go through our murderers row of pitching, play that 19 inning ge, then fly to Seattle to face king Felix. Ouch.

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays will win. You watch.

[Droford]

aside from being worried about Machado, great night for the O's 11-3, 7 up on the Yankees

[road doggy dogg]

Can't wait to watch BUCK FARMER toss the ball on Wednesday

[Droford]

Jays will win. You watch.

http://i.imgur.com/AkJJFxF.gif

[Droford]

party like its 1985 in Kansas City

[El Fangel]

Been watching baseball since I am off a bit. Jays aren't doing too poorly but that flub on first in the 9th sealed it against Seattle.

[Droford]

absolutely amazing 8th inning for the Os, down 2-1 Schoop hits another Homer vs the Yankees to tie it of Betances and then Adam Jones hits a 3 run homer to give em the lead.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Nationals beat the Mets at Citi Field for the 10th straight time. They are now 42-16 vs. the Mets since the 2011 All Star Break.

The latter is a fucking ridiculous stat. Probably historic.</font>

[Droford]

Jays had lost 17 straight in Yankee stadium until recently

[ClockShot]

Yankees gotta turn it around like right now. Possibility of Tanaka returning late is more and more unlikely if the Yankees fall out of the race.

[Droford]

Yankees are closer to last place (7 games) than they are first place (8 games)

I'm dying for the Red Sox and Rays to get just hot enough to put the Yankees in last place. O's winning the division PLUS the Yankees in last place? I do not know what I would do..

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>THIS JUST IN: Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki will undergo surgery on his left hip Friday, will miss rest of season. <a href="http://t.co/YHw8JuBgF8">pic.twitter.com/YHw8JuBgF8</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/499751190541131776">August 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[road doggy dogg]

If I was the Yankees I wouldn't rush Tanaka back. Between LAA and the DET/KC race, I don't think they even have a chance in the wildcard race, no point tempting the baseball gods with their investment.

[screech]

Yankees gotta turn it around like right now. Possibility of Tanaka returning late is more and more unlikely if the Yankees fall out of the race.

Would you want to risk further injury to him, though, for a longshot at a wildcard game?

[Evil Vito]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>THIS JUST IN: Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki will undergo surgery on his left hip Friday, will miss rest of season. <a href="http://t.co/YHw8JuBgF8">pic.twitter.com/YHw8JuBgF8</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/499751190541131776">August 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<font color=goldenrod>Man...as much as I would love for the Mets to have a bat the quality of Tulo or even CarGo in their lineup, it's becoming more and more apparent that neither guy is worth the 2-3 top prospects it would take to land them. They are made of glass.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Actually with both of the Colorado guys off of the table, the Marlins trying to extend Stanton, and the Cubs (justifiably) asking for the moon for Castro or any of their top hitting prospects, I'm having my doubts that the Mets will be getting the big time bat they need this offseason.

They're pretty much gonna pin the 2015 season on hoping Wright bounces back from his poor season, d'Arnaud and Duda play like they have the past month and a half, and Murphy has another All Star season. That's a lot of ifs for a division that should still feature really good Nats and Braves teams and a Marlins team that is ready to be a serious playoff threat.</font> :-\

[Evil Vito]

Yankees gotta turn it around like right now. Possibility of Tanaka returning late is more and more unlikely if the Yankees fall out of the race.

<font color=goldenrod>Rushing Tanaka back would be a comically bad decision by the Yankees.</font>

[Innovator]

Stay classy, Nathan

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[road doggy dogg]

tbh the feeling is mostly mutual

[Emperor Smeat]

Next MLB comish down to either Rob Manfred from the MLB or Tom Werner from the Red Sox after Tim Brosnan from the MLB dropped out of the race.

According to ESPN, Manfred is the heavy favorite with around 20 teams leaning towards voting for him.


EDIT: Final vote ended up happening very quickly
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>BREAKING: Rob Manfred elected as MLB's new commissioner, replacing Bud Selig. (via multiple media reports) <a href="http://t.co/tNRuphzUX8">pic.twitter.com/tNRuphzUX8</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/500040878661337089">August 14, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[El Fangel]

That good or bad?

[Innovator]

Thank god not Werner

[Sepholio]

....and the Braves continue to hit like they are JV.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The Ben Affleck Curse lives on! Red Sox lose to Astros, 5-3. Boston is 0-15 on actor’s birthday since &quot;Good Will Hunting&quot; came out in 1997.</p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/500476699692515328">August 16, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Knew they lost a bunch of times on his birthday but wasn't aware it's been an actual streak

[road doggy dogg]

they also lost a bunch of other games too

[El Fangel]

Jays haven't won since I've started watching them. :(

[ClockShot]

Rays got all the way back to .500 after being as far as 18 games down. 4th team to do it.

Way to go, Yankees. Ya made history for another team......again.

[RP]

Sometimes I feel like all I have is the Starlin Castro hit streak.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Not a single game on at the 1 PM EST time slot. Fucking FOX.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Yesterday was the Beat the Streak in a Day thing... I only got 36/57 :'(

[RP]

<font color=goldenrod>Not a single game on at the 1 PM EST time slot. Fucking FOX.</font>

Yah, as someone who purchased the package, I'm upset.

[El Fangel]

I am thankful no Jays games seem to be on today. Everytime I turn it on I see the last three or four pitches.

[El Fangel]

I start watching as Jays have the Sox tie it at 3 runs a piece. Fuck sake.

[Bad News Gertner]

Can't wait till Daniel Norris gets called up. He's faced 38 batters since getting called up to Triple A and struck out 23 of them. 1 walk.

[road doggy dogg]

Somehow got a good performance against King Felix tonight even though our bats have been bad.com

David Price is the best

[El Fangel]

Fuck yes. Also, I do not know why RDD but that sig constantly makes me think you are Damn Inator.

[El Fangel]

Thought Jays and Brewers played tonight. Spent like ten mins trying to find it. Watching Angels vs BoSox ATM. BoSox be my second team so I'm half interested.

[road doggy dogg]

how is your "second team" a team in your team's division

so dumB

[El Fangel]

Not so much second team I guess. More like the Bruins in hockey. While not truthfully a fan I'll root for them unless they play Montreal.

And since the Expos had to fuckoff to Washington I'm stuck with Toronto to cheer for.

[road doggy dogg]

ah that makes a bit more senses

[Innovator]

Yankees are putting in metal detectors to get into the stadium, "standardized security" for all parks

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>With 2 outs in the 9th inning and his team losing, a batter gets the 3,000th hit of his career but is thrown out trying to stretch it into a double, ending the game. The closer gets his 400th save and the starting pitcher gets his 300th win in the process.

WHO GETS THE BALL?</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Yankees are putting in metal detectors to get into the stadium, "standardized security" for all parks

Comerica tried doing that, Opening Day game was a fucking nightmare getting in. Think they gave up on the idea after like two games because it was fucking awful.

[road doggy dogg]

<font color=goldenrod>With 2 outs in the 9th inning and his team losing, a batter gets the 3,000th hit of his career but is thrown out trying to stretch it into a double, ending the game. The closer gets his 400th save and the starting pitcher gets his 300th win in the process.

WHO GETS THE BALL?</font>

Saves and wins are honestly the two WORST and most over-rated stats in all of professional sports. Ball goes to hitter.

[Emperor Smeat]

<font color=goldenrod>With 2 outs in the 9th inning and his team losing, a batter gets the 3,000th hit of his career but is thrown out trying to stretch it into a double, ending the game. The closer gets his 400th save and the starting pitcher gets his 300th win in the process.

WHO GETS THE BALL?</font>

Give it to the pitcher. The 400th save ended up being a fluke because of the batter while the 3,000 hit ended up being meaningless because the batter got greedy.

[El Fangel]

Was that Jeter?

[Bad News Gertner]

Not so much second team I guess. More like the Bruins in hockey. While not truthfully a fan I'll root for them unless they play Montreal.

And since the Expos had to fuckoff to Washington I'm stuck with Toronto to cheer for.

Surprise suprise, Fangels second arebthe defending champs.

Did you buy your Drew Doughty and Tony Parker jersey yet?

[El Fangel]

Nationals won recently? Dude I think the BoSox won in 04 and broke a curse. Otherwise I can't tell you a single World Series winner lol.

[El Fangel]

Also the Jays winning one would be nice to watch.

[El Fangel]

Tony Parker. Let's see without looking if I can remenee his position. Wanna say 3rd base for some reason.

[El Fangel]

He's a basketball player. Here I was thinking you were referring to a Nationals player. They have a Tony?

[screech]

He's talking about the Red Sox

[El Fangel]

Oh.

[Bad News Gertner]

Curt Schilling's cancer was from chewing. Ugh such a hard habit to kick, from first hand experience.

[El Fangel]

Fuck yes. Bautista you glorious fucker!!!!!!!!

[ClockShot]

Giants win their protest against the Cubs with the groundscrew/tarp snafu.

They'll pick things up Thursday afternoon, bottom of the 5th, Cubs up 2-0.

The historical fact here is that this is the first successful protest since '86.

[El Fangel]

Oh wow. Also Jays finally won. But what the fuck was Sanchez doing. Was he drunk?

[Innovator]

Hey, Yanks lost again.

[El Fangel]

That's weird to hear.

[OssMan]

Tony Batista

[Droford]

Giants win their protest against the Cubs with the groundscrew/tarp snafu.

They'll pick things up Thursday afternoon, bottom of the 5th, Cubs up 2-0.

The historical fact here is that this is the first successful protest since '86.
The funny thing is there's supposed to be terrible storms tomorrow so good luck getting in half a game. It actually still hurts the giants if they have to hang around since they're supposed to be in DC on friday. I'm kind of pissed myself cause I don't know if I'm going to get much touristy stuff done or not if the storms are bad.

Os won tonight the game I went to 4-3 for the sweep. 15,000 people announced and I dare say at least half were O's fans. Wasn't really impressed with the ballpark. Shitty location really and it has like no "character" to it. Will say that everyone in Chicago has been awesome so far, much better than my trips to NY and Boston.

[road doggy dogg]

Garrett Richards suffered a pretty serious knee injury while covering 1B yesterday. Hate the Angels but that sucks, he was having a fantastic year.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>Angels ace Garrett Richards suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee. He's anticipated to miss 6 to 9 months. <a href="http://t.co/3tDzSvMGxc">pic.twitter.com/3tDzSvMGxc</a></p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/502561501639876608">August 21, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Best case scenario is him returning around the same time everyone else starts their pre-Spring Training routines while worst case is missing a month or two next season.

[El Fangel]

When does World Series happen? Feel it's November.

[ClockShot]

Yankees avoid the sweep against the George Springer-less Houston Astros.

Heh. McCarthy went the distance. 4-hit shutout. Not bad.

[Damian Rey]

That's been a decent pickup for them. A steal really.

[Droford]

Yankees are still 9 games back.

going to Wrigley Field today, can't wait.

[road doggy dogg]

David Price throws a complete game 1-hit 9K no walks and 1 unearned run game... and loses.

First time a pitcher's thrown such a game since 1914.

This Tigers team is maddening lately.

[Droford]

Back in October of2012 the O's beat James Shields / Rays 1-0 on just 2 hits, one of which was a Davis homer despite Shields striking out 15 in a CG. Not quite what Price did but anyway.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah this was a super-specific set of qualifiers. Regardless, these types of games are pretty rare.

David Price is the best though. Hope we still make the playoffs at this rate because between him and Porcello and Scherzer right now it'll be a tough team to beat.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The A's seem to have completely fallen apart. Even though I want to see them do well, I have to admit it'd be kinda hilarious if even after all of those trades they have to go into a one-game playoff with Detroit and Detroit knocks them out for the third year in a row.</font>

[RoXer]

There's still plenty of division games including games against Houston left

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah it should be a tight race to the end. Just kinda shocking how bad they've been since the break. Big series this weekend.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Weird thing I just realized about the A's - their team leader in batting average is technically now Cespedes at .256, Derek Norris doesn't have enough ABs to qualify for it yet.

Donaldson would overtake him with a couple of multi-hit games though.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Well Richards going down really hinders LAA going forward. Obviously it will only affect 1/5 of their games going forward but the trickle-down effect of their rotation may see Oakland have a resurgence. Who knows.

In other news though, how about friggin' Washington? 10 in a row, 5 walk-offs in their past 6. Playing some pretty good ball right meow.

[screech]

I hate that Washington is playing well because haha they're our rival, but I love Werth and Strasburg so I "secretly" want them to do well.

[ClockShot]

Red Sox win the Rusney Castillo sweepstakes. 7-years, $72.5 mil.

[Emperor Smeat]

Somewhat surprised but more at how quickly Cherrington managed to fix that atrocious outfield.