Around Baseball

[digiblader]

With the Mets injuries, he may be up as soon as September.. Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler will be shut down soon.

[GD]

Dunno where else to put this, but Travis Snider is currently worth -0.6 fWAR and less valuable than J.P. Arencibia. That's actually a bit sad

[Angrioter]

welcome back dude

[z3r0s]

welcome back dude

 

Such and un-Raylike move

[GD]

You just know he's gonna put up like 6 WAR next year, because Rays

[G-Snarls]

Rays claim David DeJesus off waivers.

 

They're busy!!

[G-Snarls]

When is deadline for players to be post season eligible for their new teams if traded??

[GD]

When is deadline for players to be post season eligible for their new teams if traded??

 

I believe August 31st.

[Orgfiller]

throwing money at rubbish (see the Angels with Pujols

 

I've been trying to catch up on the last ten pages, and his comments about everything else are insulting (IQ drop-inducing) to those with eyes and more than one brain cell, but for some reason I found calling a future first-ballot HOF (obviously ruling out any positive steroid tests that may be found) "rubbish" quite comical, I'll stick with it for my quote of the night.

[digiblader]

That Travis Snider looks bad on both sides..

[digiblader]

Delmon Young is a free agent--he's not returning to Tampa Bay after the season. He was only signed to find a fill-in DH for Luke Scott, who's on the DL.

[digiblader]

Kurt Suzuki goes back home--A's have reacquired him for a pitching prospect.

[GD]

Rays acquire David DeJesus according to Marc Topkin

[G-Snarls]

Oakland acquires Kurt Suzuki

 

Sounds like a good move. I guess they've been having catcher problems.

[digiblader]

A lot of catcher problems--Jaso(concussion), Norris(foot) and Montz are hurt.

[BlueJayWay]

d'Arnaud up to 6 walks

[digiblader]

Wonder what Farrell would have to say about the Yanks farm?

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130823/yankees-farm-system-joe-kelly-cubs-stats/

 

Yankees are even thinner than the Jays--none of their bats are developing, and they're thin in young pitching as well.

[digiblader]

And the Royals are rapidly falling out of the playoff race..

[digiblader]

Bud Norris is getting lit up early vs. the A's.. bad sign for the O's, who need this series to keep playoff hopes alive.

[Convo]

Boni has 0.4 WAR as a Royal already.

 

6 SB in 29 PA with KC, 12 SB in 282 PA with BJs... WTH

[digiblader]

All that hype about the Yankees should die now once the Rays take care of them.. the Yankees aren't that great of a team--they've had the benefit of playing bad opponents like the Jays and an overrated Red Sox team that is due for regression.

[Convo]

All that hype about the Yankees should die now once the Rays take care of them.. the Yankees aren't that great of a team--they've had the benefit of playing bad opponents like the Jays and an overrated Red Sox team that is due for regression.

 

I'm not sure but I think the Yankees would be below .500 if they never played the Blue Jays?

[digiblader]

Pretty much.. Tampa, Oakland, Texas, Detroit and Cleveland are better teams than the Yankees.

[digiblader]

What a mess in L.A. (Anaheim):

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/scott-miller/23286878/broken-angels-tense-atmosphere-nearly-included-pujols-hunter-fight-in-2012

 

Looks like it won't be getting better in the Angels org. anytime soon--they're a worse organization than the Jays, with little hope of a Red Sox style recovery.

 

One interesting quote regarding Angels ownership:

 

“Arte needs to stay out of the baseball business,” one baseball person says. “Arte thinks he knows the game. He doesn't know the game. He only knows the money, the business side.

 

And you thought Rogers was bad...

[BlueJayWay]

Bud Norris is getting lit up early vs. the A's.. bad sign for the O's, who need this series to keep playoff hopes alive.

Baltimore scores 6 in the inning, leading 6-3

[BlueJayWay]

I'm not sure but I think the Yankees would be below .500 if they never played the Blue Jays?

Outside of their record against Toronto, they're 56-58 with a run differential I think in the -20s

[digiblader]

Yes--the Yankees are in reality a bad team that has only benefited from our futility. I mean, the Yanks didn't really deserve to win most of the recent games against us.. but bullpen struggles and Bautista's injury gave the Yanks an advantage.

[BlueJayWay]

Now that they have Arod and Granderson and Soriano I don't know if they're bad. But they're not particularly good (especially if Kuroda's hitting a wall).

[digiblader]

And Baltimore just coughed up the lead.. it's 7-6 now.

[digiblader]

And Sabathia and Hughes are awful as well..