I was watching the Mariners game and they said that they drafted 26 pitchers and 9 catchers...crazy! but its 50 rounds!

[Edited on June 10, 2011 at 12:32 AM. Reason : page 5]

6/10/2011 12:32:42 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6651634

two, 15-team leagues makes sense to me

Astros to the AL?

6/12/2011 9:06:14 AM

Season-long interleague play and increased travel? Do not want.

6/12/2011 10:56:17 AM

just add 2 more teams to the AL. 32 teams, 4 4 team divisions like football. throw another team in canada, and the other in... mexico

also, since there's no Royals thread, Mike Moustakas hit his first career HR in his 2nd game. Might be a pretty good player some day.

[Edited on June 12, 2011 at 11:36 AM. Reason : ~]

6/12/2011 11:34:56 AM

^ The Royals have some very good young players on their current roster and a couple of top notch prospects in the farm system right now. If they can keep that together for a few years they will be a serious contender in the 2013-14 seasons. They are looking a lot like the Indians of the mid-late 90's the way they're building their team.

[Edited on June 12, 2011 at 11:47 AM. Reason : .]

6/12/2011 11:47:00 AM

I'd be for retraction before expansion

6/12/2011 12:19:18 PM

^^I have full faith in Dayton Moore fucking it up badly and KC not breaking .500 this decade

6/12/2011 12:30:33 PM

Quote :

"They are looking a lot like the Indians of the mid-late 90's the way they're building their team."

There is nothing admirable about what the Royals are doing. They are a badly run organization, much like the Pirates. People praise the Rays but sucking ass for 15 years to have a few good seasons isn't what it's all about.

The Twins are the model small market franchise IMO, despite this year.

6/12/2011 12:41:47 PM

thanks, Royals Athletics, for Phil Humber!

[Edited on June 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM. Reason : should search before I post]

6/12/2011 1:06:22 PM

Quote :

"There is nothing admirable about what the Royals are doing. They are a badly run organization, much like the Pirates. People praise the Rays but sucking ass for 15 years to have a few good seasons isn't what it's all about. The Twins are the model small market franchise IMO, despite this year."

The if they can keep it together in my statement was the key. Seeing he moves KC has made over the last 15-20 years does not bode well for them doing that.

Comparing the Pirates and Rays by the way is not a fair comparison at all. The Rays have come into existence as a franchise and made multiple playoff trips including an AL banner since the last time the Pirates had a .500 record. Building a franchise from the ground up to compete with two of MLB's deepest wallets in less than 15 years is no small feat. It remains to be seen if they can maintain it, but for now, they've kept it rolling for longer than most thought they would when they first started to become competitive.

As for the Twins, you can't really argue with what they've done over the last decade. Injuries have really crippled them so far this season though. But there is still a long way to go.

6/12/2011 9:22:31 PM

Quote :

"The Twins are the model small market franchise IMO, despite this year"

Nothing says small market like being 9th in payroll (11th last year)

6/12/2011 11:21:57 PM

6/15/2011 8:53:47 PM

LOL at the Marlins. This is how you go from 2nd place to last in a matter of 3 weeks:

Wed. 1 @ Ari L 5-6 31-23 Putz Hensley 16,169
Fri. 3 Mil L 5-6 31-24 McClendon Nunez Axford 15,315
Sat. 4 Mil L 2-3 31-25 Gallardo Volstad Axford 17,204
Sun. 5 Mil L 5-6 31-26 Dillard Dunn Axford 13,208
Mon. 6 Mil L 2-7 31-27 Greinke Vazquez 12,404
Tue. 7 Atl L 0-1 31-28 Hanson Hand Kimbrel 13,302
Wed. 8 Atl L 2-3 31-29 Kimbrel Dunn Linebrink 14,626
Thu. 9 Atl L 2-3 31-30 Jurrjens Volstad Venters 16,613
Fri. 10 Ari W 6-4 32-30 Sanchez Saunders Cishek 18,888
Sat. 11 Ari L 5-9 32-31 Kennedy Vazquez 25,321
Sun. 12 Ari L 1-5 32-32 Hudson Hand 16,353
Mon. 13 Ari L 9-12 32-33 Owings Nolasco Putz 15,065
Tue. 14 @ Phi L 1-9 32-34 Hamels Volstad 45,424
Wed. 15 @ Phi L 1-8 32-35 Kendrick Villanueva 44,758
Wed. 15 @ Phi L 4-5 32-36 Madson Dunn 45,880
Thu. 16 @ Phi L 0-3 32-37 Lee Vazquez 45,628

The whole damn NL East is playing very well (except obviously the Marlins) with the Phillies winning 7 straight, the Nats 6 straight, the Braves winning 7 out of 9, and the Mets playing well despite last night. The two eastern divisions continue to set the standards for each league.


[Edited on June 17, 2011 at 8:13 AM. Reason : s]

6/17/2011 8:12:48 AM

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16028023

Joe Buck rules!!

6/19/2011 11:30:32 AM

Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Oh, and lest anyone forget: It's @OzzieGuillen the #Marlins want long-term. #MLB

----

Interesting. The White Sox have to be getting tired of the diarrhea that guy spews left and right...

6/19/2011 12:32:24 PM

^wrong. As much as I hate/love to say it I have an inside source

6/19/2011 1:40:10 PM

As a huge sox fan, I would looooooooooove it if OG was gone

6/19/2011 7:39:16 PM

Dude on MLBN just said the Stanley Cup was a beat up old license plate. Ouch.

6/19/2011 7:40:46 PM

per Ken Rosenthal - Cardinals' Pujols out 4 to 6 weeks with small fracture in wrist.

6/20/2011 1:05:08 PM

Almost to the point where'd he'd be better off signing a one year "Prove it" deal than trying to maximize his value off this season

6/20/2011 1:07:52 PM

My theory that Pujols is really like 35 and is going to start breaking down while his numbers fall off a cliff is slowly coming to pass

6/20/2011 1:11:23 PM

lets go Rockies, Cubs and Dodgers!

6/20/2011 7:14:51 PM

so far, so good

6/20/2011 8:34:26 PM

I'd like to see Jack McKeon make mound visits with a walker

6/20/2011 8:57:45 PM

^^agreed

6/20/2011 9:55:36 PM

Have Crawford down and watching the Red Sox score like crazy is killing me, fantasy wise.

[Edited on June 20, 2011 at 10:13 PM. Reason : .]

6/20/2011 10:13:05 PM

Its only 57 at bats, but I love the fact that the 40 year old Great Giambino is OPS'ing 1.067 this year.

Motherfuck Todd Helton.

6/22/2011 9:35:49 AM

http://www.petitiononline.com/ScullyWS/petition.html

6/22/2011 11:53:59 AM

America would be asleep by the 4th inning

6/22/2011 11:57:05 AM

lol Cardinals

6/22/2011 12:47:03 PM

god dammit

6/22/2011 1:11:22 PM

There's not a Minor League thread, so I'm going to post my cousin's news story (he's at AA for the Mariners) from the AA All Star Game here.

http://www.wbbjtv.com/sports/Jake-Shaffer-in-Home-Run-Derby--124244834.html

6/22/2011 5:10:30 PM

god damn Giambi

6/24/2011 7:30:35 PM

lots of umpire shenanigans tonight

6/24/2011 10:58:30 PM

Quote :

"America would be asleep by the 4th inning"

Scully is a triple espresso compared to Joe Buck.

6/25/2011 1:20:07 AM

Johnson is taking longer than predicted to return from the DL, Oswalt's back could be career-threatening, Sanchez is falling apart and now is on the DL, Lohse has been atrocious lately in terms of giving up the long ball.

Well, see you next year fantasy baseball

6/25/2011 5:10:40 PM

How the hell do the Dodgers owe Marquis Grissom $3 million

McCourt makes Fred Wilpon look like Warren Buffett

6/28/2011 6:12:08 PM

Anybody think Matt Kemp will reach 40/40?

I say he gets close but the power fizzles when he starts pressing at the end

42 steals, 37 bombs

6/29/2011 5:11:55 PM

no way, Jose

6/29/2011 5:13:29 PM

they just said on the broadcast of the phillies/redsox game that in the month of june cliff lee has driven in more runs than he's allowed. that is absolutely amazing. cliff lee this month has been a one man team, almost literally.

6/29/2011 8:11:33 PM

they just said on ESPN Radio that Verlander and Bumgardner are having better months according to FIP stats

but they're not knocking in runs I guess

6/29/2011 8:24:17 PM

Hey look Tree found a stat beyond Wins, Saves, strikeouts, WHIP and ERA

You're gonna go far kid

6/29/2011 8:27:21 PM

They're not the only ones

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2011&month=6&season1=2011&ind=0

[Edited on June 29, 2011 at 8:36 PM. Reason : HOW MANY HOME RUNS DID CLIFF LEE HIT]

6/29/2011 8:36:32 PM

lol Curt Schilling:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/ootp-12-general-discussions/210366-only-baseball-sim-ive-ever-gotten-addicted.html

6/30/2011 5:14:10 PM

It's absurd how much better the respective East divisions are in each league than any other...

[Edited on July 1, 2011 at 10:30 AM. Reason : x]

7/1/2011 10:30:31 AM

Mets would be half a game from fifth place in the Central

7/1/2011 10:45:03 AM

And 2 games out in the L column from the division lead. The two best records in the NL are in the East and the 3 best records in the AL are in the east.

And like I said in the other thread since the Mets 5-13 start, on April 20th, the Phils/Braves/Mets have the three best records in the NL.

7/1/2011 11:05:34 AM

You think the rest of the team will just lose all hope and tank epically when they trade Reyes in three weeks, or will they keep running on fumes for another month after he's gone and stay above .500

7/1/2011 11:11:29 AM

They aren't going to trade him. Not saying they'll re-sign him but they'd just take the draft picks at the end of the year. Now it would NOT surprise me to see both Beltran and K-Rod gone since they can't get picks for them. Won't get high value, but won't get nothing either.

7/1/2011 11:12:49 AM

I can imagine Mets management trying to swing a deal for prospects with the intent of re-signing Reyes in the offseason. That of course would never work because lol Mets.

7/1/2011 11:21:07 AM