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oh right this is fantasy baseball not regular baseball.
never mind. to add insult to injury the Jays replaced the Rays in the AL East Cellar.
basically the Jays are the Raulds of MLB.
(kill me now)
:D
Im just as surprised as you. In the future I doubt any teams gonna stockpile on a-list free agents if the Blue Jays keep at their current pace. Im just looking at it as a teamwide slump. I mean seriously...right now the Rays have a higher batting average than the Jays. That has temporarily written all over it.
DexterRiley
04-26-13, 10:52 AM
Well losing Reyes hurt really really bad. His on base percentage was ridiculous, and gave the pitchers fits when he was at 1st, which gave Melky the opportunity to connect with fast balls over the plate.
On the defensive side, while nobody is going to accuse jose of being a gold glove SS. he was certainly competent. But with Lawrie not good to go, we were forced to have Bonifacio in the infield.
Jays pitchers pitch to contact for ground ball outs. Thats outs Emilio not boot and drop.
Speaking of Emilio, his career stats are a mirage. Pretty much a player born to be on a NL roster, to enter the game as a pinch runner in the late innings. Everyday player, not so much.
This Astros GIF made me actu-laugh. Keep watching, just when you think it's done they screw up again:
http://1.media.todaysbigthing.cvcdn.com/90/52/e8d24d935261fd3ab7049864e830768a.gif
Looking like I might have a fourth player on the DL soon...three of them particularly good players, too. Oof.
rauldc14
04-26-13, 08:35 PM
Encarnacion is on a roll. Now I can't take Dex's lowball offers seriously.:D
Pirate starter Jonathan Sanchez:
1. Gives up home run to first batter.
2. Gives up home run to second batter.
3. Gives up line drive single to third batter.
4. Hits fourth batter.
5. Gets thrown out.
Not even kidding. This literally just happened.
Pirate starter Jonathan Sanchez:
1. Gives up home run to first batter.
2. Gives up home run to second batter.
3. Gives up line drive single to third batter.
4. Hits fourth batter.
5. Gets thrown out.
Not even kidding. This literally just happened.
Ugh! Poor basterd.
I was just about to post on Anibal Sanchez's awesome showing vs the Atlanta Braves. Thru 7 innings hes held them scoreless, and struck out 14. Whooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Daddy! :)
DexterRiley
04-26-13, 10:28 PM
grumble grumble grumble
rauldc14
04-26-13, 11:25 PM
Remind me never to leave Carlos Beltran on the bench again: 2/3 with 2 HRs and 3RBIs. I hate late scratches (Ruggiano) and cancelled games (Perez, Moustakas,Santana)
DexterRiley
04-26-13, 11:43 PM
Was nice to see Bautista finally connect tonite, but im getting really pissed off watching him wiggle waggle the bat and taking Paul Bunyan like cuts at every fricken pitch regardless of the count or the situation.
Hey Jose, wheres the humble dude that 1st season that just went about his business without chirpen at the Umps every called strike? Remember him? i liked him.
He also shortened his swing and sprayed the field. sure some line drives got elevated and went yard, thats great.
But ******** it wasnt your only fricken option.
/rant
mikeython1
04-27-13, 08:49 AM
Wow Yoda u are giving up a lot for Heyward. Taking a pretty big risk considering Heyward's current stats and he is on the DL. Big risk, big reward potential.
Yeah, that's the idea. I think he'll come back strong. I'm probably giving up more even then, but with Bourn coming off the DL soon I'm looking at sitting an above average hitter most days, too, so it's a depth consolidation thing.
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 12:45 PM
I'd like to invoke the sacred right of Champions, and hereby declare this past few days mulliganitus.
http://baynews9.com/content/news/articles/ap/2013/04/27/Sanchez_fans_17_to_set_Tigers_record/_jcr_content/contentpar/articleBody/image.img.jpg
Sanchez held the Atlanta braves....the frickin BRAVES scoreless for 8 innings, and struck out a Detroit franchise record (theyre one of the originals in baseball yknow) 17 batters in 8 innings HOLLER!!! :eek::)
Zimmermann gets me a win with his own 0 era, 4 K's, the rest of my roster didnt embarrass me, and I earned 14 points going up to 6th place in the ranking.
I know this is possibly temporary cause fantasy baseballs chock full of invariables, but for right now it feels pretty good.
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 08:25 PM
Serves me right for streamen a bosox pitcher, but good gawdamm Felix. Walking every batter aint cool bro.
Astros have 1 hit, but have plated 2 and the bases are full.
1st inning.
:facepalm:
Stanton breaks the seal and goes yard. It begins.
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 08:37 PM
So its the top of the 9th, and the Pirates have Wandy Rodriguez in to pinch hit.
yes hit.
Which he did! Hehe. I guess our bench was pretty depleted.
On the cusp of another great win against a good team. Really impressed with how we're playing during what, on paper, should be a very tough stretch of schedule. Awesome.
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 09:31 PM
Grilli allowed a run though.
How dare he.
(i really really miss the chat feature in stattracker)
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 09:34 PM
And what the hell. the White sox apparently yanked Gavin Floyd in the 2nd inning. Geez louise its just 2 runs.
And what the hell. the White sox apparently yanked Gavin Floyd in the 2nd inning. Geez louise its just 2 runs.
He was taken out due to a flexor muscle strain in his right elbow. The Sox knew something was wrong cause the Rays got two runs on him. ;)
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 09:42 PM
so are his stats wiped on account of injury?
that would be the righteous thing to do i think.
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 09:46 PM
Serves me right for streamen a bosox pitcher, but good gawdamm Felix. Walking every batter aint cool bro.
Astros have 1 hit, but have plated 2 and the bases are full.
1st inning.
:facepalm:
rough first inning, but cruisen now. Cmon Felix, Gavin is hurt, u gotta make up for his K's too. You can do it. Hell even Haren racked up a win today.
10 K's and a W Felix. you can do eeet.
Powdered Water
04-27-13, 10:23 PM
My Felix is better than your Felix. Just thought I'd point that out.
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 10:50 PM
My Felix is better than your Felix. Just thought I'd point that out.
my guy is better than Felix Jones though.
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsR/tve14290-19710219-253.jpg
DexterRiley
04-27-13, 10:56 PM
heh
Oof. Lots of guys on the DL and several set to miss time or just sitting down, so like half my lineup might be out.
But when they come back in the next 1-2 weeks, I'll have, like, four top 20 OFs.
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 02:22 PM
A Michael Bourn that doesnt steal bases at a crazy clip slips out of Top 20 wouldnt u agree?
If he stops stealing bases, yes. But I'm inclined to take the last several years of his career as more indicative of what he'll do than I am the 10 games before he got hurt.
Stanton breaks the seal and goes yard. It begins.
And again just now.
It continues.
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 02:32 PM
its really weird watching Dickey pitch wiffle ball, and wonder how major leaguers arent crushing it.
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 02:33 PM
and on cue, he gets crushed
:facepalm:
And again just now.
It continues.
And again. Home run, RBI single, another home run. Two bombs today and three in the last two games.
He's back. Finally.
http://sports.cbsimg.net/images//visual/whatshot/Giancarlo_Stanton062812.jpg
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 05:48 PM
Lackey is Backey.
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 06:41 PM
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ydk3KOgwe9s/TMZN6OpT_RI/AAAAAAAABfY/63UROVTEbP4/s1600/russell+martin+canada+front054.jpg
Russ was a bit of a dick before the WBC, saying he'd only play if he could play SS (which the pirates balked at).
but thats all forgiven.
(6/13 with 3 homers in 2 games will do that)
:D
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 08:51 PM
Sound the Alarm bells.
Tongs has just passed me on the leader board.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZOKDmorj0
Yeah, Martin's been red hot. I like McKenry a lot and I wanna see him play more, but I'll admit I was wrong about Martin. He's earned his PT.
Great win. Bucs in first place, and we're winning against good teams. Crazy. Maybe this is the year...just got a jersey in the mail, too. Have to get myself to another game soon.
Tongs passed Dex a little while back. ;)
Powdered Water
04-28-13, 09:25 PM
Don't hamper Dex with trifles.
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 09:28 PM
Tongs passed Dex a little while back. ;)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k14/harkie_0502/crosby_crying.gif
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 09:54 PM
Don't hamper Dex with trifles.
WAYYYYYY to early for comments like this.
Remember, just 7 days ago, I was in 4th, so no one is even close to out of reach, with just a couple of off days needed from pitching to send a guy plummeting to the middle of the list where I now reside. The stats haven't even started to calcify, at all. It's not even May yet!
:laugh:
Powdered Water
04-28-13, 10:00 PM
Sorry sir. I bow before one who has actually won this thing. I myself have not. I actually stink.
DexterRiley
04-28-13, 10:03 PM
I accept that position, and shall instruct the historians/biographers to note your respectful tone this day.
rauldc14
04-28-13, 11:35 PM
yeah, thats ridiculous. agree with yoda. btw dex, look at encarnacion go:)
DexterRiley
04-29-13, 01:05 AM
1/4 yeah that awesome EE. wtg
Frankly if the Jays dont win, i dont give a ****.
Wow...just wow....my team is imploding!
FIRE SALE! Do it!
SELL FIRE.
Well I thought I was dropping Wil Myers again to waivers to grab Garrett Jones, again, but I accidentally dropped Alfonso Soriano instead. Meh. I guess I dont care. Sorianos last year in baseball sure doesnt bring out any inspired playing for the first month of the season. I was gonna bench him anyway till he got on track.
http://binaryapi.ap.org/75b11884cf334af58a430d2cb6a1c048/512x.jpg
His names Daniel Straily. If I remember correctly he made a great impression last year, and I think Mark had him on his roster. He absolutely killed the Houston Astros his only big league game this year, and was surprisingly sent down. Tonight he is getting just one start vs the Angels. If he produces like he did vs the Astros, and they send him down again for the sake of Brett Anderson then Billy Beane should just fire himself.
Frightened Inmate No. 2
04-29-13, 09:46 PM
what the hell, pettitte?
Powdered Water
04-29-13, 10:35 PM
My team is dope.
Well it looks like the Angels are taking Straily apart :sick:
A ding dong dang! :mad:
Matt Harvey's left in to throw 121 pitches to complete 5.1 innings. If I were Patrick I'd be hella mad about that.
...and Stanton's on the DL. Of course he is.
Bourn, DL. Stanton, DL. Cueto, DL. Youkilis; missed about a week, might go on the DL. Tulo; out for a few games. Walker; out for a few games. Heyward, DL (though I traded for him, obviously).
Wow. Hope I can just stay somewhere around the middle of the field for the next couple of weeks...
DexterRiley
04-30-13, 09:40 AM
Oof. Lots of guys on the DL and several set to miss time or just sitting down, so like half my lineup might be out.
But when they come back in the next 1-2 weeks, I'll have, like, four top 20 OFs.
And again just now. (Stanton)
It continues.
oof. Hopefully Tulo doesnt miss much time yodes.
DexterRiley
04-30-13, 09:46 AM
Hanram back today, real game changer possibility for my squad. It will be really interesting to see where the Dodgers put him in the BA.
I'd love to see him in the 2 hole ahead of Kemp.
There have been so many injuries this first month. I'm getting a couple of guys back (Cespedes, Aybar, Saunders), but Sandoval had to go out early yesterday with elbow problems and Strasburg and Josh Johnson are having "tightness" issues, which always freaks me out with pitchers. Just stay healthy, dang it.
That's a bummer about Stanton, though. There's no one I like watching hit 460-foot bombs more than him.
Speaking of huge home runs, this one by Trumbo yesterday was the longest of the season so far:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26704051&topic_id=10025018&c_id=mlb
The sound it makes...wow.
I think it would be fair to say that Mark Trumbo is a power hitter.
On the upside, I did manage to snap a Freedonia Ducks team photo:
http://whyfiles.org/195bird_flu/images/hospital.jpg
DexterRiley
04-30-13, 06:35 PM
Jaime Lannister would fit in nicely with your group.
I had Trumbo last year when he was in the home run derby. His homers had more distance to them than anyones. By alot. :yup:
Yup, Youk officially goes on the DL, and so does Stanton. Six guys on the DL and eight out for the time being. All but one of them are guys I'd play every day.
DexterRiley
04-30-13, 09:47 PM
We ought consider for next season counting Pitchers that homer. Gollardo had as many as Stanton i think, plus Hudson just launched one.
:D
Yup, Youk officially goes on the DL, and so does Stanton. Six guys on the DL and eight out for the time being. All but one of them are guys I'd play every day.
8...out. We can only put 5 on our bench?! So thats 5 for the bench and 2 for the DL slots, and whoever the one guy is thats not an everyday starter will be kicked to the curb.
Throw your pride to the wind, let your move count grow, and work the waivers. I bet youll do more than tread water till they all come back. Just my 2 cents.
DexterRiley
05-01-13, 12:34 AM
Hanram back today, real game changer possibility for my squad. It will be really interesting to see where the Dodgers put him in the BA.
I'd love to see him in the 2 hole ahead of Kemp.
or 5th works as well. Hanram goes deep, on Bobblehead nite no less.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/943279_10151868531843508_391373409_n.jpg
sahweet debut
I see you're riding Russell Martin still, too. Wish his fine night wasn't going to waste with the Brewers putting up a 12-spot. Oy.
DexterRiley
05-01-13, 01:02 AM
I'll run Russ Martin til the wheels fall off. He's batting over .400 , 5 Runs 4 Dingers and 6 ribbies, plus hes Canuckian.
I have the worst pitching in the league, period, Not one guy playing well right now. Not one.
Oh, don't send trade offers - I will just reject them. The last couple I got clearly show the people sending them think I don't understand baseball stats or fantasy baseball at all.
No, I am not trading my first round pick for some guy you picked up in the 10th and a pitcher with an 8 ERA.
No, I am not trading my first round pick for some guy you picked up in the 10th and a pitcher with an 8 ERA.
Crap.
What about the 9th round? :suspicious:
DexterRiley
05-01-13, 11:04 AM
I have the worst pitching in the league, period, Not one guy playing well right now. Not one.
Oh, don't send trade offers - I will just reject them. The last couple I got clearly show the people sending them think I don't understand baseball stats or fantasy baseball at all.
No, I am not trading my first round pick for some guy you picked up in the 10th and a pitcher with an 8 ERA.
What round was Mike Trout picked up in last year i forget?
Yeah, but if Mike Trout were a pitcher his ERA would be lower than 8.00. :laugh:
DexterRiley
05-01-13, 11:19 AM
no doubt, my only point being that what the preseason ranks were, carry only so much weight.
Ive no idea what pitcher he was referring to, though i might add, what the pitchers era is Right now doesnt matter so much as what its been over say last 4 starts.
i mean a guy gets shellacked first time out of the gate in the 1st inning, his ERA is gonna be horrible. Except that # doesnt carry over and affect your fantasy team in teh slightest.
For instance
Cole Hamels had 2 starts for Tongs amassed 7 K's an ugly 10.97 era with a Whip just barely under 2 in 10 innings of work.
For me : 4 starts 27 K's, 2.33 ERA and a respectable Whip of 1.07 in 27 innings of action.
His overall stat-line therefore reads 1 win, 34 K's 4.98 ERA and 1.33 Whip
Disappointed in Jose Quintana, and decided to go with...Kevin Slowey. What an awful name, but hes getting it done, and does great at strikeouts. His team cant back him up though, but I feel the Marlins wont get worse as the season wears on. Quintana has.
rauldc14
05-01-13, 05:50 PM
1st round guys still have 1st round value, for the majority of them. 1 month of bad baseball doesn't kill a guys value that badly.
Slowly, I am now seeing holding onto Kemp, Encarnacion, and to a much lesser extent Bautista was a good idea and not overreacting to 4 weeks of baseball was probably a smart decision.
A 5-stat stud like CarGon is worth either another 1st round grab, or one of the top 5 starting pitchers in the league. If you disagree, we won't be trading. Nuff said. :)
So, the Bucs just went 13-6 against almost exclusively good-to-very-good teams ('cept for the Phillies). :eek: Atlanta, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee. Wow. And we went 6-4 on a just-finished road trip in which our starting pitchers averaged fewer than 5 IP per game, thanks to a huge power surge.
Every time I think I'm out...
Been reading the blogs about the ol' bucs. Fun stuff!
DexterRiley
05-02-13, 11:46 AM
A 5-stat stud like CarGon is worth either another 1st round grab, or one of the top 5 starting pitchers in the league. If you disagree, we won't be trading. Nuff said. :)
Has had only 1 season where he posted at least 30 homers and 100 ribbies in a season. I've owned him in the past, and still was shocked to learn this.
Has had only 1 season where he posted at least 30 homers and 100 ribbies in a season. I've owned him in the past, and still was shocked to learn this.
Yeah, Cargo has trouble staying healthy. He had only 518 ABs in 2012 and 481 in 2011. His only full season was 2010, when he went crazy (.336, 34 HRs, 111 Rs, 117 RBIs, 26 steals...damn), but even in only 500 ABs or so he's great to have. He has really high value just for the potential that he stays healthy.
Yeah Cargo is a worthy first rounder.
Got a question. If a game is postponed due to weather, they didnt get to the 5th inning to make it an official game, and theres no way theyll be able to make up the game later (Tampas not coming to KC at all again)......then what happens? Dont think anyone will know the answer to this, but I had 5 players going in that game, and dont even know if what they did will count.
Well, what they did won't count no matter what happens. If they don't get to 5 innings, it's gone forever, whether they play the game later or not. It's always a do-over.
If there's no way to schedule a makeup in conjunction with some upcoming series, I think they only bother to schedule it if it ends up affecting the pennant race.
Powdered Water
05-03-13, 09:39 AM
I was hoping maybe you'd get to watch Felix pitch in Pittsburgh Chris, but he's going tonight in Toronto, so you'll miss him. That's a bummer. I'm sure Dex will be glued to the Romero/Hernandez duel all night. He's a huuuge Romero fan as I remember.
DexterRiley
05-03-13, 11:28 AM
If Ricky Romero out Duels King Felix, the smile may never leave this ugly arse mug o mine.
:laugh:
Aaaaand Neil Walker goes on the DL. Of course he does. That's seven guys, which I hear whispered in my ear Samara-style.
Giancarlo Stanton
Neil Walker
Jason Heyward
Michael Bourn
Johnny Cueto
Kevin Youkilis
Ryan Madson
AWESOME. I see this every time I close my eyes now:
http://www.movieforums.com/upload/dl.gif
Aaaaand Neil Walker goes on the DL. Of course he does. That's seven guys, which I hear whispered in my ear Samara-style.
Giancarlo Stanton
Neil Walker
Jason Heyward
Michael Bourn
Johnny Cueto
Kevin Youkilis
Ryan Madson
AWESOME. I see this every time I close my eyes now:
http://www.movieforums.com/upload/dl.gif
Oh my god. :eek: Ok Ill send you an offer.
It's not so much them being on there as the fact that almost all of them should be on there for at least a couple of weeks. Bourn's the only one that currently looks likely to play next week. Maybe Cueto if I get lucky.
At least Tulo only missed a few. If he'd gone on, too, I'd probably have a seizure. :laugh:
DexterRiley
05-03-13, 07:32 PM
A lil variety for when u go sleepy time :
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TRcQCuP2b5A/SfFBYswgRII/AAAAAAAAF7A/yx2GRpycR3A/s320/ER.jpg
http://cdn0.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/4361663/SuperDL_large_medium.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMhdxp0FS-zRyX31Y71vIOD72HqhN_4mRZuipyXvRugkZgA_3W
http://troybecker.areavoices.com/files/2012/03/0301-Twins.jpg
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSeDyhdto06pbi4Bi7kT3UDEY61IzQhoOtxeCbtuSf4Leprhg73Lg
http://theclassical.org/sites/default/files/injurytight.png
:D
Could there be an 8th person on the DL for Yoda? Like Adrian Gonzalez?!
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasybaseball/players/playerpage/288903/adrian-gonzalez
DexterRiley
05-03-13, 10:26 PM
Could there be an 8th person on the DL for Yoda? Like Adrian Gonzalez?!
http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasybaseball/players/playerpage/288903/adrian-gonzalez
hurt his neck bumping into an umpire Wednesday night.
DL Wars: The Umpire Strike back
:laugh:
Tulo's scratched too?! AND AUSTIN JACKSON?! AND RAMIREZ'S GAME IS RAINED OUT.
I have three guys actually playing today. Three.
Three guys.
DexterRiley
05-03-13, 10:34 PM
Tulo's scratched too?! AND AUSTIN JACKSON?! AND RAMIREZ'S GAME IS RAINED OUT.
I have three guys actually playing today. Three.
Three guys.
http://lunkiandsika.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/three-amigos-movie-still-steve-martin-martin-short-chevy-chase-1986.png
Frightened Inmate No. 2
05-03-13, 10:41 PM
Tulo's scratched too?! AND AUSTIN JACKSON?! AND RAMIREZ'S GAME IS RAINED OUT.
I have three guys actually playing today. Three.
Three guys.
That ain't right. And I'm tired of what ain't right.
DexterRiley
05-04-13, 08:55 PM
Hanram back on the DL.
this is my emotions :
http://i.minus.com/iiD0TlBgErfpi.gif
A positively epic number of good players are hurt right now.
A positively epic number of good players are hurt right now.
Ah youll be ok. Just put some tussin' on it.
Just a fyi to anyone wanting to put their pitchers against the Rockies at Coors Field. bad idea! Matt Moore got rung last night as is David Price tonight. The balls when hit, dont fall. :indifferent:
Powdered Water
05-05-13, 10:39 PM
Manny Machado is on fire. I was so happy to snag him off the wire. My one or two younger guys I tried to take a swing on seem to be struggling a lot early on but man... Machado is now a starter! BAM!!!!!
I SAID BAM!!!
There are SO many great pitchers this year...and I have not a single one of them!
*shakes fist at bad pitching*
Powdered Water
05-06-13, 11:42 PM
Sounds like you may get to see Felix pitch after all Chris. I heard today he's set to go on Wednesday now. I bet this has got to be his first star there yeah?
Ouch the Rays lost to the Blue-Jays tonight, and we were up 7-0 at one point. Thats gonna leave a mark. :blush:
Kuroda has been fantastic, but I fear him pitching in Colorado. Just watched them slaughter Matt Moore and Price. Alex Cobb did allright though, and hes a righty like Kuroda. Already have 3 other pitchers going tomorrow so theres no need to take the chance. Probably wont take that chance. 4 pitchers would be alot though going all at once. Hm.
Sounds like you may get to see Felix pitch after all Chris. I heard today he's set to go on Wednesday now. I bet this has got to be his first star there yeah?
Here, yeah. He pitched against us in Seattle back in 2007 (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SEA/SEA200706210.shtml) but I don't think he's ever thrown against us in Pittsburgh.
Desmond Jennings just hit a line drive which struck pitcher JA Happ in his left temple. He hasnt moved and everyones scared to death.
They took him off the field on a stretcher and his arm was moving so thats good at least. Tropicana Field isnt big but you could hear a pin drop nonetheless. When that ball hit him, and the way he went down, youd think that it couldve killed him.
rauldc14
05-07-13, 10:08 PM
Zach McAllister has the goods to be a good pitcher in this league. Unfortunately sometimes he gets rocked, but not tonight. Very solid and I hope he can stick with it for the win.
Disappointed with Santana's outing tonight, but obviously he's been strong this year.
My offense needs to come alive again, Betancourt did his part, now who else will stand up?
Matt Harvey ain't got time to bleed:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJsvKirCMAAUjH6.jpg:medium
9 innings, 1 hit, 12 K's. I think I'm in love. On the season, 1.28 ERA, 0.69 WHIP, 3 billion strikeouts. It'd be cool if the Mets could score a run now so he can get a win, because I'm dead stinking last in that category.
AUGH! Thats the second lead we had on the Blue Jays and blew it! Our pitching this first month aint what it used to be. We got to at least win the next 2 to split the series.
DexterRiley
05-08-13, 11:22 AM
AUGH! Thats the second lead we had on the Blue Jays and blew it! Our pitching this first month aint what it used to be. We got to at least win the next 2 to split the series.
well the jays have lost like every game in that almost exact same fashion, so i cant be too broken up.
Its so strange what a difference a year makes though. last season Rays bullpen was lights out from 7th inning on.
rauldc14
05-08-13, 11:39 AM
Sick of being in last! Sad thing is, I actually don't mind my team either. Sure, I need pitching to step up, but the offense on paper seems fine.
DexterRiley
05-08-13, 11:47 AM
if only paper counted. the Jays would be 12 games above .500.
Traded for Reddick the other day because I needed to fill out my lineup. Guess what?
http://www.movieforums.com/upload/dl.gif
I feel like that Chapelle skit.
"DL!"
"1-2-3-4 DL!"
"Anything you say DL!"
I seem to have a lot of DL tags on my roster too. Both DL slots filled, and also two offense bench slots with the tag, currently. Head on down to my pitching section and I see two more DL tags floating, both placed on Boston closers.
Frightened Inmate No. 2
05-08-13, 05:37 PM
Yeah, my team sure does suck. Suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
rauldc14
05-08-13, 10:17 PM
So sick of stats on the bench. Lucas Duda is a monster when he's on my bench. In fact, he honestly has about 9 HRs, all coming when he's on my bench. And of course Moustakas with a 2 run dinger as well.
DexterRiley
05-08-13, 10:33 PM
So sick of stats on the bench. Lucas Duda is a monster when he's on my bench. In fact, he honestly has about 9 HRs, all coming when he's on my bench. And of course Moustakas with a 2 run dinger as well.
that sucks. you know what else sucks. when the team decides to scratch a dude in your starting lineup, but he comes in as a pinch hitter to do something yanno useful to the team like bunt a guy over say. Yeah, thats awesome but thanks a bunch for the ofer 1. Bastids.
rauldc14
05-08-13, 10:36 PM
Duda is somewhat garbage, but if i release him or keep him on the bench he'll be a star guaranteed :)
http://presscoverage.us/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/david-price.jpg
The Rays are not themselves right now. Ranked 26th out of 30 in pitching overall! :eek: Ranked 14th overall in offense! :eek: Thats actually great for us but it has equated to us blowing more leads than any team in all of baseball!!! :sick: Bad. Start.
Everyones healthy though which is refreshing. Month one goes to the BoSox in the AL East, Torontos doing worse than us which is an anomaly, and if anyone actually did predict this result for month one theyd were too afraid of public ridicule to voice it.
Tomorrow is a battle of the 2 current Cy Young award winners, and both of their stats are plain ass. Dickeys is better than Prices, but both probably needed a decompression chamber for how fast they plummeted after such awesome seasons.
http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/sports/baseball/2013/02/17/blue_jays_ra_dickeys_knuckleball_ties_hitters_in_knots_dimanno/ra_dickey.jpg.size.xxlarge.promo.jpg
A one-act play:
INT. FREEDONIA DUCKS CLUBHOUSE. THE TEAM'S GENERAL MANAGER, ME, IS WAITING TO GREET A NEW ARRIVAL, JOSH REDDICK, WHO THEY'VE JUST TRADED FOR
Me: Hello, Josh!
Josh: Hi there.
Me: Welcome to the Ducks.
Josh: It's great to be here. I could use a fresh start.
Me: Well, we could use you. We've been plagued by injuries and really just needed to get some warm bodies out there. It's okay if you take a bit longer to start hitting again; we really just need to be able to field a lineup.
Josh: Well, that I can definitely do. *reaches out to shake hands*
Me: Great! *shakes hands with Josh*
Josh: OW!
Me: What happened?!
Josh: My wrist kinda hurts.
Me: No.
Josh: Yeah, it feels kind of inflamed.
Me: No no no no no no no no.
Josh: I should probably get an MRI.
Me: *hangs head* Over there, by the water cooler.
Josh: Wow, looks new!
Me: The old one broke from overuse.
Aaaaand SCENE.
DexterRiley
05-09-13, 10:57 AM
Big day today for SP, rolling out
Dickey @ TB- 6 innings 7 k's an era i dare not contemplate
Hamels@ AZ- 8 innings 8ks 2er
Haren vs Det- This one is dicey, ive gone back and forth considering benching Haren for this one, but he **** down the braves, and their offense is scary as well. 6 innings 5ks 3 er
Lackey vs Minny- Lackey ought be stretched out now, hes going 8, and if pitch count is under a 100 may well finish the game. 7 ks 2er
Vargas @ Houston- 7 innings 9 ks 0 er
Big day today for SP, rolling out
Dickey @ TB- 6 innings 7 k's an era i dare not contemplate
Hamels@ AZ- 8 innings 8ks 2er
Haren vs Det- This one is dicey, ive gone back and forth considering benching Haren for this one, but he **** down the braves, and their offense is scary as well. 6 innings 5ks 3 er
Lackey vs Minny- Lackey ought be stretched out now, hes going 8, and if pitch count is under a 100 may well finish the game. 7 ks 2er
Vargas @ Houston- 7 innings 9 ks 0 er
Five starters going today?! Cant say I blame you. To break out from the bottom you gotta take some chances.
Haren vs Detroit.... :nope:
DexterRiley
05-09-13, 11:14 AM
The idea is to vault into 13th in K's. Era may be a lost cause, and yes Detroit can crush anybody on any given day, but Haren has been really stingy since the wakeup call of being dropped to waivers (i picked him back up before his next scheduled start).
..
I stumbled upon Freedonia Ducks new Shuttle service to DL for new aquisitions being flown in.
pretty cool yodes.
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Powdered Water
05-09-13, 10:20 PM
If there's some kind of reward for best post in this thread, I think Chris just won it back there. Sorry about that by the way. To top things off, hopefully, Jarrod Parker goes out against the (not mighty) M's and tosses a 1 hit shut out. I mean, why not, eh? EH?
Frightened Inmate No. 2
05-10-13, 12:07 AM
Adding Patrick Corbin was the best move I've made all year. He's been pitching great recently, and he's pitching a shutout tonight (so far).
The clouds are parting. Bourn's off the DL as of today. Heyward probably comes off on Monday, and Cueto's probably got one more rehab start. Let's hope that light at the end of the tunnel isn't really just a freight train comin' my wayyyyy-ay-ay.
Lineup's gonna be pretty sick when everyone's healthy. Bourn's gonna be my fourth outfielder. :eek:
Greinke's next start: May 15
WOW!
I guess he is already throwing heat in the 90s!
Looks like I get Granderson back next week, too!
Everything's coming up MikeAndChris-house! Together we will rule the galaxy.
So who is the smart guy that grabs Dan Straily of the A's and figures to stream him against the lowly offensive in a good way Mariners. This guy! Who is getting lit up in the first inning?! Dan Straily! Who is gonna fall in the rankings?!
http://offcolortv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/What-has-two-thumbs-and-hates-Todd-Packer.jpg
Powdered Water
05-11-13, 12:30 AM
The Mariners don't play.
Oh beautiful. Theyve torched him for 5 runs, and since Oaklands gonna send him down anyway theyre letting Straily stay in to give their bullpen a rest. Meanwhile Im squrming while my ERAs growing like some Dune worm before me.
DexterRiley
05-11-13, 12:48 AM
good thing i dont care much about ERA,. Hudson just got Strailified.
:D
I bench Timmy, because he has been just brutal to my WHIP and ERA, and of course he has his best game in years...
*punches self in face*
Yeah, but that's kind of like saying "the chamber was empty! I totally should've played Russian Roulette."
Anyway, Bourne's back, and Walker and Heyward both come back today. Cueto should be back in a week. I'll still be without Stanton, Youkilis, and Reddick, so the lineup should be pretty fearsome in another few weeks. But it's already looking strong again; the hemorrhaging of GP has probably ended.
Here we go. Time to turn the ship around.
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/283931/thumbs/s-DUCK-BOAT-large300.jpg
Granderson: Tomorrow!
Greinke: Wednesday!
DexterRiley
05-13-13, 11:20 AM
I bench Timmy, because he has been just brutal to my WHIP and ERA, and of course he has his best game in years...
*punches self in face*
A donation in your name has been made to the Human Fund.
Thumbs up/rep for each of the last two posts.
LET'S DO THIS MIKE. YOU AND ME BUDDY. COMING BACK. MOSTLY ME THOUGH.
WE (I) are going to win this thing! Just the TWO (one) of us!
rauldc14
05-13-13, 11:28 AM
I don't think it would have made a huge difference but my computer was down for 3 days. And now I see I'm in last again. Go figure.
DexterRiley
05-13-13, 11:42 AM
WE (I) are going to win this thing! Just the TWO (one) of us!
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Masterson is an inning away from another complete game... figured I would come in here and jinx it! ;)
rauldc14
05-13-13, 03:27 PM
you don't have to remind me Seds. He would have really helped out my rotation had I simply cut Beckett early this year. :p
I tried as hard as I could, staring at my screen with one eyebrow raised, all serious-like...but the guy still managed to punch out 9 Ks in 9 innings for another complete game. My powers had no effect.
Masterson is no ace, but from time to time, he acts like one.
Neil Walker....IS BACK!!
http://www.kffl.com/images/media/neil-walker-391x213-20090908.jpg
http://www.sethums.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sleep460.jpeg
Anyway, Bourne's back, and Walker and Heyward both come back today. Cueto should be back in a week. I'll still be without Stanton, Youkilis, and Reddick, so the lineup should be pretty fearsome in another few weeks. But it's already looking strong again; the hemorrhaging of GP has probably ended.
Yeah...maybe not entirely:
Austin Jackson.
DL.
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Dude. Your FBB team has the same effect on players like the Madden curse.
rauldc14
05-13-13, 09:00 PM
You've had insane bad luck. Probably the worst luck I've seen Yoda.
Speaking of which, apparently Niese has been playing through a neck injury.
Of course he has.
And Reddick might need surgery.
Yep.
Hey! If Zobrist ends up going on the DL dont look at me! :nope: He better not go on the DL...
rauldc14
05-14-13, 02:36 PM
Hey Tongs where is your report card like you've done in years past?
Things are starting to settle after the beginning of the season, and there will be a more clear power scheme in a couple weeks. I wouldnt be the most qualified to do a report card anyway. Yoda breaks out all the stats, projections, flow charts, and such. Dont think its a priority since his teams bout 2 steps from being quarantined lest his DL cooties enter the general public.
Yankees waiting all damn day to post player news...
*Curtis Granderson is injured and on your starting roster*
No.He.Isn't.
Catch up, Yahoo! He's off the DL, and I want his stats tonight!
rauldc14
05-14-13, 08:54 PM
Ricky Nolasco: Welcome to dumpsville. About 1 month too late. Hmmm who to pick up now and pray they can miraculously pitch well. Crazy man has given me a 4.20 WHIP thus far. That's pathetic.
I have 4 starters tonight, and quite honestly, don't expect 1 win unless C.C. can steal it from King Felix.
rauldc14
05-14-13, 08:58 PM
Correction: a 4.0 WHIP and an ERA of 27.Just pull that fool and let me take the loss.
rauldc14
05-14-13, 09:31 PM
Thanks Carlos Villaneuva.........now I'll be stuck in last for an eternity again.....
Yep - I started sitting a couple of these bum pitchers this week, and timmy's odd outing aside, it's been the right move so far. Lohse came off the tracks in the 5th again last night, so I lucked out, leaving his 5 walk/5 inning performance on my bench. The guy has yet to get his second win on the season - not a good starter.
Also sitting fat-ass Kennedy today. That guy is borderline droppable at this point.
Yes, I would rather start Greinke, who hasn't played a game in over a month, because he will probably have a better game than Kennedy.
DexterRiley
05-15-13, 10:06 AM
the extra 2 teams in the league has had a huge impact on the availability of players. Setting the lineups most days feels like this :
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DexterRiley
05-16-13, 12:06 AM
Phil Hughes managed to achieve an ERA of 94.50 tonight.
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David Price has easily been the worst pitcher on my roster this season. Theyre saying there was an allergy problem when he was on the road. Now its tight triceps. Yknow, I dont think hes gonna win the Cy Young this year.
Since Price hasnt emerged yet my only two Aces are Minor & Sanchez. Slowey, Vargas, Milone, and De La Rosa are far from untouchable. Slowey got crushed so bad by the Dodgers not only was his ERA big ass but he had 0 K's! :eek: I dropped him in fear then picked him up again as soon as he cleared. Why? No not because of flakiness but because I remembered AJ Burnett.
Had him last year, and he did great for a few games for me. Then one game he got pounded into a sandlike texture by the St Louis Cardinals. His ERA was in the 30s or something, and pretty much ruined his season era it was so high. I dropped him, and even though he pitched well for a few games after I never picked him up cause the frenzy done to my era was still fresh in my mind. Someone else eventually picked him up, and AJ did great FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR! DOH'! :facepalm:
So is Kevin Slowey this years veteran out of nowhere success like AJ Burnett was? Why not. Let the ERA experiment begin! Yee Haw!!! :)
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So apparently Niese's neck injury was a mechanical issue, and it may have been the reason for his struggling. He changed things up and threw great today, which is obviously very encouraging. But the news report says he did this by "watched himself in a mirror."
YOU MEAN HE COULD HAVE KEPT ON BEING GOOD IF HE'D LOOKED IN A MIRROR. WHAT.
:facepalm:
Yeah, Price got HAMMERED. I felt bad, and I am a Sox fan. Then I remembered he was on your team and I was all
http://komplexify.com/images/2012/Picard-YES-meme.jpg
Yeah, Price got HAMMERED. I felt bad, and I am a Sox fan. Then I remembered he was on your team and I was all
http://komplexify.com/images/2012/Picard-YES-meme.jpg
Savor the flavor Picard! BoSox are going down tonight!
Alexi Ogando, COME ON DOWN.
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Go sit next to Reddick, the other guy who hit the DL right after I traded for him.
But try not to, like, touch him or breath near him or anything.
Alexi Ogando, COME ON DOWN.
http://www.movieforums.com/upload/dl.gif
Go sit next to Reddick, the other guy who hit the DL right after I traded for him.
But try not to, like, touch him or breath near him or anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhmnOpoGAPw
Alexi Ogando, COME ON DOWN.
http://www.movieforums.com/upload/dl.gif
Go sit next to Reddick, the other guy who hit the DL right after I traded for him.
But try not to, like, touch him or breath near him or anything.
I think you need to start using your DL power for the good of humankind and trade for Kim Jong Un or those guys that made Meet the Spartans.
DexterRiley
05-16-13, 08:53 PM
Alexi Ogando, COME ON DOWN.
http://www.movieforums.com/upload/dl.gif
Go sit next to Reddick, the other guy who hit the DL right after I traded for him.
But try not to, like, touch him or breath near him or anything.
I couldnt decide what was more appropriate.
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Granted, this would be funnier if Yodes team was the Freedonia Wabbits.
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Kevin Sloweys getting rocked by the Diamondbacks now. He is no AJ Burnett. He sucks! To the waiver pile you go.
Oy! Jorge De La Rosas getting lit up too! Gah! There shouldnt be an ERA stat in baseball.
Tim and I went to the Bucs game tonight, and it was a lot of fun. Frustrating most of the game, as we were losing to the pitiful Astros, but Pedro hit a monster shot to the tie the game (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_05_17_houmlb_pitmlb_1&mode=video) that went right over our heads in right field. And then the game ended on this play (http://www.mlbgifs.com/2013/05/astros-lose-in-the-most-astros-way-ever/):
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Seriously. That was the last play. It was a walk-off bungled pop fly.
Ugh! What an awful finish. Ouch!
Well at least this time you know the next game you go to will be better than the last.
DexterRiley
05-18-13, 01:36 AM
did u wear your no-name jersey? was it the black or the gold?
Well, it's both; white, black and gold. It looks a little like this (but with no arm patch, and I think the lettering might be a little different):
http://www.jersey2shopsale.com/pic/20115142323596582.jpg
I also wore this shirt underneath, which is made by a business an extended family member runs:
http://d1nr5wevwcuzuv.cloudfront.net/product_photos/2775727/EyepatchGoldPROOF_large.jpg
But yeah, it was even more hilarious in person. And Pedro's ridiculous bomb went right over our heads. I tweeted that out to the Twitter account for the Pirates blog Tim and I run, and some other guy we follow/who follows us said the same thing. Turns out he was sitting three rows in front of us. :laugh:
Baseball for blind people. Pretty cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teaQjOclwMs
Nice. Bourn's 7 for his last 12 and had two stolen bases yesterday. Heyward's back, too. Finally fielding a full lineup again, and Cueto starts tomorrow.
Really think this team's going to be put up some very good numbers going forward. On paper it looks pretty tremendous; just hoping it's tremendous enough to fight its way out of this early-season hole.
rauldc14
05-19-13, 04:04 PM
Feel like I'm fielding a triple A lineup and pitching with double A prospects.
rauldc14
05-19-13, 04:12 PM
By the way, what is the record for least amount of pitching wins? Cause I'm pretty sure I'll shatter that one.
rauldc14
05-19-13, 04:16 PM
One more thing: go figure Nolasco has a good game once I cut him. My weekly grumbling is done for now.
rauldc14
05-19-13, 07:46 PM
It's time to cut ties with Moustakas. Just not worth waiting. If he does well later, good for him.
It's sad how excited I am to have only five guys on the DL today.
Let the healing begin.
DexterRiley
05-20-13, 07:31 PM
One of the benefits of Michael Bourne going down (srry yodes), is it forced the Indians, to give Michael Brantley an everyday role to see what he can do. And he responded, proving he can play everyday, hit for average, score runs and drive in a few if called upon.
One of the nicer FA pickups thus far.
Travis Snider with the grand slam! Bucs trailed 3-0, now lead 5-3. Awesome.
Well my team page looks like the Montreal Expos right now. Nobody playing at all except Doumit & Dirks. Thought Id try and bench everybody to see if the yahoo roto scoring system will give me a pass. Got a funny feeling I tried this at one time last year and it didnt work.
I have no idea what you mean about benching and getting a pass.
If theres no player scheduled to play I wondered if it would keep me at 0 instead of giving me minus points.
The only way you'll get a zero for that day is if no one passes you (or falls behind you) in any category. Your points aren't just a reflection of your performance; they're a reflection of your performance relative to everyone else's. If you have a great day and hit seven homers, and nobody hits any, maybe you move up 2-3 ranks. But if you hit seven and the guy just in front of you in HRs hits seven, too, you don't move up any ranks.
And because only three of the 10 categories are ratio categories (AVG, WHIP, ERA), and the other seven are just cumulative/counting stats, it's almost never a good idea to bench players. You can construct elaborate hypotheticals where it might make sense, but nearly all of them involve players so bad you can expect them to perform terribly (in which case you wouldn't want to own them), or very narrow circumstances late in the season. Other than that, wholesale strategic benching doesn't make sense.
Let me summarize it another way:
Your goal is to get the best possible numbers in as many categories as possible. Most HRs, highest ERA, etc. All of your start/sit decisions should be based on that. There can be some difficulty in trying to weight the value of "counting" stats that just go up or not (HRs, RBIs, etc.) versus "ratio" stats that the player can actually hurt (AVG), but that's really the only way it usually comes up. If you bench all your hitters, your average won't change, but you'll all-but-invariably lose ground in the other four hitting stats.
I assume you already understand this as it relates to pitchers: sometimes you don't think they'll do well and you don't want them to hurt your ERA and WHIP. It just comes up more often then, since for most starters you have as many ratio stats (two) as counting ones.
The tough choices for me is a guy like Timmy. He has dialed up 10 ks with only 2 walks, but gives up 5 runs on 11 hits, as well.
Keep him on the bench to keep 2 stats down...or put him in to keep up in Ws and Ks? I have trouble with these decisions.
Yeah. And that's a crucial distinction: with pitchers you risk as many categories as you gain in (since relievers get very few wins and starters get basically no saves). With hitters there's a lot more to be gained in the counting stats than lost in average, so you'd have to have some really bad hitters (or be protecting average late in the year at the expense of numerous other categories, which is possible but not very likely) to justify benching all of them on strategic grounds.
Ah well it was worth a thought. Guess Im just screwed.
Thanks Yoda.
That actually cleared it up big time, for me. I just need to look at the two halves of my roster in different ways (duh!). And people tell me I am smart... ;)
DexterRiley
05-23-13, 09:21 PM
The tough choices for me is a guy like Timmy. He has dialed up 10 ks with only 2 walks, but gives up 5 runs on 11 hits, as well.
Keep him on the bench to keep 2 stats down...or put him in to keep up in Ws and Ks? I have trouble with these decisions.
there are different approaches, not saying mine is correct, however i dont worry about my ERA early in the season. What i try and do is pile on the K's and wins as much as possible, and figure late in the season when my innings limit is getting close, dial back the starters and let my closers work on chopping away at ERA.
Thats what makes roto so interesting. I mean i'll get wins from Tim Hudson that i likely wont get from say Cole Hamels, even though Hamels will outpitch Hudson just about every start, regardless of opposition. At the end of the year, when Hamels is 18-10 with a sub 3.00 era, his season will be viewed as a success.
its just that we're in teh bubble of the daily grind, that things seem way out of whack moreso than they really are imo.
DexterRiley
05-23-13, 10:30 PM
hey mike, whats the backstory regarding this :
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The Pirates swept the Cubs. They're 11 games over .500. This is awesome.
They can't have another historic collapse, right? Right? It's early, but yeah, I'm sucked in already. I'm expecting a winning record and some genuinely consequential games in September, though I'd probably still bet against them making the playoffs. But man...even thinking about that...the idea of a Pirates playoff game is just ridiculously exciting. Penguin and Steeler playoff games are great, but they're also pretty numerous, so I think I'd actually be more excited about a Bucco playoff game at this point.
hey mike, whats the backstory regarding this :
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18okspwjkfe61gif/ku-xlarge.gif
Damn, I dunno - I was watching the Bruins last night... I will try to dig up the story in a bit. Pretty damn funny, though.
Ah, koji's usual round of hi-fives after a few strike-outs, and poor Victorino wasn't paying attention!
The Pirates swept the Cubs. They're 11 games over .500. This is awesome.
They can't have another historic collapse, right? Right? It's early, but yeah, I'm sucked in already. I'm expecting a winning record and some genuinely consequential games in September, though I'd probably still bet against them making the playoffs. But man...even thinking about that...the idea of a Pirates playoff game is just ridiculously exciting. Penguin and Steeler playoff games are great, but they're also pretty numerous, so I think I'd actually be more excited about a Bucco playoff game at this point.
I think the Pirates are better situated to maintain their pace than they were the past couple of years. Their pitching staff is leading the league in K's, which shows that they're not getting by on smoke and mirrors. The bullpen is crazy good, kind of similar to the Orioles last year, and I could see something similar happening with the Pirates this year. It'd be awesome to see that stadium, packed for a playoff series. It's too bad that they're in such a top heavy division and will probably have to get in through the wild card, but take what you can get, right?
Been waffling on what my new team name should be. Went with Moneyballers, but then decided to go with my first favorite baseball movie of all time - The Bad News Bears.
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I think the Pirates are better situated to maintain their pace than they were the past couple of years. Their pitching staff is leading the league in K's, which shows that they're not getting by on smoke and mirrors. The bullpen is crazy good, kind of similar to the Orioles last year, and I could see something similar happening with the Pirates this year. It'd be awesome to see that stadium, packed for a playoff series. It's too bad that they're in such a top heavy division and will probably have to get in through the wild card, but take what you can get, right?
Totally. It's weird, because two years ago we were something like 5 games over late in the year, but a lot of the advanced metrics suggested we were actually still playing a bit below average, so when we fell off in the second half of the year no one was too shocked. But last year we were, like, 10 games over post All-Star break, and it would've taken an historical collapse (as in, literally no team in the modern era has ever been X games over .500 past Y date and still failed to finish with a winning record) to finish with a losing mark, but we did. It was literally an historical collapse. That was shocking.
So I keep thinking: it can't happen again, right? That has to have been a wild fluke. Granted, we're not at that point yet; it wouldn't be weird to be this good early and much worse later. But if we're still sitting even 6-8 games over .500 late in the year, it's going to be both hard to see how we don't finish over .500, and hard to trust that we will, given how crazy last year was in that regard.
These last two paragraphs are what it's like to be a Pirates fan all the time, by the way. But it admittedly still beats being a doormat every year, like we've usually been over the last 20 years.
Either way, money on the line, I think at this point I'd bet we finish with a winning record; 84 or 85 wins. Which would be pretty great. But yeah, making the playoffs--even for that little one-game Wild Card deal--would be a whole different stratosphere of exciting. Just playing even one big game that really matters, like that.
I like the way the Pirates have added to their team. The offense is still not great, but it's intriguing. Russell Martin was a great addition, especially defensively, and Travis Snider and Gaby Sanchez were good, low-risk pickups last year. McCutchen is the superstar, obviously, but there are some good pieces around him.
Any news on when Gerrit Cole is expected to be called up? I just checked his numbers and his K/BB rate isn't looking so good. I thought he was on the fast track, but maybe it'll take a little more time.
DexterRiley
05-24-13, 07:13 PM
The Pirates swept the Cubs. They're 11 games over .500. This is awesome.
They can't have another historic collapse, right? Right? It's early, but yeah, I'm sucked in already. I'm expecting a winning record and some genuinely consequential games in September, though I'd probably still bet against them making the playoffs. But man...even thinking about that...the idea of a Pirates playoff game is just ridiculously exciting. Penguin and Steeler playoff games are great, but they're also pretty numerous, so I think I'd actually be more excited about a Bucco playoff game at this point.
Do you remember the Sid Bream slide?
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2hz65ghUgcPFVAYsQrsVgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYxMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/388/2012/10/12/bream-jpg_160844.jpg
I ask because at the time, i was pulling for the Pirates, the Braves Starting rotation was just ridiculous. Course when it was all said and done they didnt have a reliable closer, so it didnt matter.
Curtis Grandersons finger got broken tonight by a wild pitch. Dont know if he'll go on DL. Also just now, Phelps got tagged by a line drive and they yanked (no pun intended) him out of the game immediately.
Grandersons missing a minimum of 4 weeks. Ouch
Oh man. That's rough. Tough break, Mike. Literally.
That's OK, I will trade him to Tongo for Matt Kemp.
Uh, did he know about the injury when he offered that, or was that an offer floated before that he failed to pull back?
If he made that trade knowing Granderson is out at least a month, that's pretty inexplicable. It takes a lot to get me to vote against a trade, but yikes.
DexterRiley
05-25-13, 04:37 PM
That's OK, I will trade him to Tongo for Matt Kemp.
holy ***** i read this as a humour post, not the real thing.
Krikey.
It's a very interesting, sensible deal before the injury. After the injury, it's nuts. Especially given that it was just two weeks ago he was dealing FOR Kemp and telling us how much he believed in him. This is just starting to feel random.
This is just starting to feel random.
Im sorry you feel that way but I explained my reasonings in my PM.
Okay everyone here it is. A shoulder injury can permanently screw up a swings power. I do believe Kemp will recover, and Ellsbury too who is going thru the same power loss. Curtis Granderson will be back in a month with more power than Matt Kemp. I dont think Kemps power will show itself in the next month. Thats it.
It's perfectly reasonable to believe all that about his shoulder. But if you did believe that, you wouldn't have paid top dollar for him in the first place. This makes zero sense in conjunction with the CarGo deal, which made zero sense after you gave up a ton to get CarGo.
Every deal gets defended by talking up the guy you just got. Then you deal the guy you just got and talk him down a week later. And on and on.
Every deal gets defended by talking up the guy you just got. Then you deal the guy you just got and talk him down a week later. And on and on.
Very condescending. This is what I just got done typing in a pm. -
I gave up a ton for Cargo and it was a huge huge mistake! I didnt voice my regret because I did defend the trade! Ok?! Ive been offering Kemp in trades this past week. I feel I could get Granderson only with a month wait. Theres NO WAY Mike would trade a healthy Granderson, nor a healthy Longoria like last year. I have to grab them on the mend or pay thru the nose. If Kemp was playing at his old self pace then I could understand your stance, but he isnt and I dont think its gonna happen in the next month. I literally could get more out of Andy Dirks this next month waiting.
Im sorry if this bores or annoys you. Im done with it, and if its vetoed then so be it.
Condescending? I'm literally describing what happened.
Here's the magic solution to your problem: don't pay through the nose in the first place. How do you avoid doing that? By not getting fixated on specific players. Look at how you talk about Granderson: that this is the "only way you could get him." This isn't even true, but who says you have to get him, anyway?
DexterRiley
05-25-13, 05:49 PM
Very condescending. This is what I just got done typing in a pm. -
I gave up a ton for Cargo and it was a huge huge mistake! I didnt voice my regret because I did defend the trade! Ok?! Ive been offering Kemp in trades this past week. I feel I could get Granderson only with a month wait. Theres NO WAY Mike would trade a healthy Granderson, nor a healthy Longoria like last year. I have to grab them on the mend or pay thru the nose. If Kemp was playing at his old self pace then I could understand your stance, but he isnt and I dont think its gonna happen in the next month. I literally could get more out of Andy Dirks this next month waiting.
Im sorry if this bores or annoys you. Im done with it, and if its vetoed then so be it.
I dont think anyone begrudges you for sending Ellsbury,Kuroda and the other guy to Seds for Cargon Rob.
its the aftermath that is inexplicable give the time frame.
Kemp can sit around under-performing, just like the rest of my cruddy team :(
Hes right he wasnt being condescending.
I was trying to get Bautista and another player from Dustin, then he countered with Kemp instead. I remembered Kemp giving the shirt off his back to some dying kid and thought "Ah the hell with it". Now I had Kemp, have realized I was stupid, again, and now you all have a right to be mystified or annoyed because Im trying to move him so soon. I do think he will bounce back but dont have much patience. Rather have a "sure" earner in 30 days. So to you all I am sorry. This is fricking embarrassing, but I dont want you to think I dont give a crap.
Mu pitching the last 2 days:
http://buffetoblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/train-wreck-thru-building.jpg?w=848
Powdered Water
05-25-13, 10:11 PM
Hahahahahahah!!!!
What is the league record for batting average in a day? Yodas Ducks closed out with a .528 average today with a full roster.
Nah. There were some ridiculous days a couple of seasons back when I had Braun/Miggy/Bautista/Pujols/Cutch. But it was an exceptionally good day, yeah.
DexterRiley
05-26-13, 11:59 AM
My best day in recent memory was last monday. .571 BA, 2 wins, 26 K's, 2.54 era and 1.06 whip
Well, at least Youk's injury has led to the Josh Donaldson Experience. Dude's been one of the early season breakout starters, and his underlying numbers bode very well for him keeping this up. I'm almost certainly gonna have to find room for him in the lineup even when everyone's back.
Samarjidjzzzzaa with a two-hit shutout! Awesome.
Another great day offensively, too. Lineup's put up very good overall numbers since I got a couple of guys back, and more help's on the way from the DL soon.
I actually think, as bad as the injuries were, it was all early enough that I've still got a lot of time to come back. If my offense is cranking out 8-9 Runs and RBIs a night most nights, it's only a matter of time.
rauldc14
05-27-13, 11:55 PM
My team is stars or scrubs. Literally. Taking any possible offers for depth.
Thanks to everyone who didn't accept any of my Niese offers, too. Since he reworked his mechanics he's been great.
My team is stars or scrubs. Literally. Taking any possible offers for depth.
Make this your logo.
http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/scrubs-scrubs-165083_800_600.jpg
Have some great future promise from my DL bench. Corey Hart's back in about 2 weeks, David Price within a month, and Grandy in a month. After the all star break I get Derek Jeter. Have a feeling these boys will offer some significant pop, and must keep trying to tread water till then.
Pitching is always such a ballbreaker. It never was this hard to stream back in 2011. Also harder to nab a new closer. Competitions much fiercer now than then I guess. I think Marks gonna keep Leake and I wish I didnt drop him like a streaming arm for later. The Reds can back him up, and Mikey Leakes great for K's.
Tim McFadden drafted like a freaking champion. Been up in the top 3 since the start with altogether 5 moves for the season. Total. :eek:
mikeython1
05-28-13, 08:40 PM
I am really sorry guys Vito is my friend and he is acting like a jerk. I have called him to tell him to chill. He is not listening so I don't know what to do.
No worries man, nobody blames you. And it's big of you to say that.
DexterRiley
05-28-13, 08:56 PM
stop the presses. Captain Squib Single Michael Young just went yard. and vs the Red Sox no less.
good times are good.
I've got yer good times right here...
Ugh rain delays are the worst. I want to see if Gausman is worthy of the hype.
Oh well, at least we've got this totally unaltered .gif from earlier today:
http://i.imgur.com/y2SpJ1i.gif
DexterRiley
05-28-13, 09:17 PM
I've got yer good times right here...
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS0c4zG7C01vh-b1jnqp9_yQOc4c8sjnT-ujI0qILXftXFq1hwGnw
Yeah, let's get with the Yankees game already!
I am really sorry guys Vito is my friend and he is acting like a jackass. I have called him to tell him to chill. He is not listening so I don't know what to do.
Just curious, is he a little kid? It would make sense, but yeah man its not on you in any way.
mikeython1
05-28-13, 09:39 PM
No he is in his 30's
mikeython1
05-28-13, 09:43 PM
Just curious does anybody have the MLB package? I do and I love it. :)
DexterRiley
05-28-13, 09:44 PM
No he is in his 30's
lol
I think he doesn't realize that we have an entire thread here dedicated to discussing trades. Does he have an account on this site? Does he know it exists?!?! Maybe it would dilute his anger some if he knew that we actually, you know, talked about trades and stuff, and the lack of discussion on the Yahoo league page didn't reflect how much we cared about the league.
With that said, his arguments are hilarious, you could probably teach a course on logical fallacies just based on his posts.
The Rays barely pulled another victory out against the Marlins tonight with Jennings walk off RBI. I got to hand it to Miami because theyve been playing us very tough. At one point we had them 8-0 yesterday and they almost made a complete comback, and today they rocked Hellickson for 5 runs. Must be the interstate rivalry thing.
This year Hellicksons been getting knocked around alot and often. In all honesty hes dropworthy. I dont know what to do. :(
Wow David Phelps has an ERA of 108, and a whip of 18 right now!
On my roster.
http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/files/2010/11/Augh1.jpg
DexterRiley
05-29-13, 11:31 PM
So apparently the rule is the Phils only generate runs when hamels isnt pitching, and ive got the opps starter.
thats an awfully sh!tty rule. Henceforth i proclaim this predicament to be considered a Jobu.
ie
The Phils really Jobued me tonite yo.
Wow - big roster error for me yesterday, I logged on, and meant to sit Timmy (as usual) and start Kendrick, but I somehow grabbed the wrong guy and sat Kendrick and left Timmy in! The results were disastrous.
rauldc14
05-30-13, 11:32 AM
Big roster error for me: Starting Tillman against the Nationals. Not sure what I was thinking. My ERA and WHIP just keeps climbing.
Ah, well. At least I won the Dominic Brown sweepstakes.
Ah, well. At least I won the Dominic Brown sweepstakes.
You mean will win, and yes you will.
I decided to go with Ricky Nolasco over Rick Porcello . Nolasco seems to have finally regained his old form. Only hitch is hes going up against the Rays tonight in Miami, and I already have Woods, Minor, and Vargas throwing. Ev-er-y-time I pitch someone against my team, no matter how good they are, they end up getting rocked. So on the pine he'll go.
rauldc14
05-30-13, 01:01 PM
I hope Nolasco has things figured out. That guy killed me a couple of starts, but then he was solid when I cut him.
As for me, tempted to sit both Lohse and Pettibone, but ah what the hell, I'll start them both.
This is gonna sound like a crazy thing for a guy with my point total to be saying, but I kinda feel like I could just leave my team as it is and, by the last month of the season, it'd be contending.
Not that I'll necessarily stand pat and find out.
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