Around Baseball 2014

[Orgfiller]

I'm all for buying low on talented youngsters and adding a 'bench bat,' but Jesus Montero hasn't hit since 2010 (which is longer ago than you think -- three full seasons have passed) and really doesn't have a position. He can't catch.

 

If you think about it, Montero would be like a rich man's Arencibia, the rich obviously in the potential with the bat.

[G-Snarls]

If you think about it, Montero would be like a rich man's Arencibia, the rich obviously in the potential with the bat.

 

"The best player I've ever traded" - Brian Cashman

[Abomination]

If you think about it, Montero would be like a rich man's Arencibia, the rich obviously in the potential with the bat.

 

Arencibia is much better defensively. Montero is a fairy tale (or nightmare) for teams right now. He's the new Brandon Wood except he can't play the field.

[G-Snarls]

Arencibia is much better defensively. Montero is a fairy tale (or nightmare) for teams right now. He's the new Brandon Wood except he can't play the field.

 

"The best player I've ever traded" - Brian Cashman

[GD]

Anyone else's fangraphs being a whiny little bitch?

[Abomination]

Anyone else's fangraphs being a whiny little bitch?

 

Little bit, but still useable

[GD]

Little bit, but still useable

 

Getting loooooooots of timeout errors and the like. Was going through a bunch of profiles so I just said f*** it and opened like 20 tabs while I could still use it lol.

[G-Snarls]

[G-Snarls]

Is that Gomes?

 

Yeah

[jays_fever]

That looks like one of those really bad before and after pictures..with the after having a fresh tan..good lighting, nice camera angle, the person doesnt look grumpy as s***

[G-Snarls]

Who is Nate Karns? Traded from Nationals to Rays.

 

Edit: 25 year old relief pitcher with 12 big league innings under his belt. Decent minor league stats though.

[KingKat]

Who is Nate Karns? Traded from Nationals to Rays.

 

Edit: 25 year old relief pitcher with 12 big league innings under his belt. Decent minor league stats though.

 

I remember Nate Karns making a top 100 prospect list last year. Maybe Law's?

[jays_fever]

"as of 5:30 p.m., the average ticket price for Jeter's last game was $1,153.01, up 278.2 percent from 2 p.m."

 

Nevermind the inflated prices..how is an average ball ticket already that much to begin with

[G-Snarls]

Nice arm for the Rays.

 

It didn't come cheap though. Lobaton was useful for them. 100 games and 2 WAR.

[G-Snarls]

"as of 5:30 p.m., the average ticket price for Jeter's last game was $1,153.01, up 278.2 percent from 2 p.m."

 

Nevermind the inflated prices..how is an average ball ticket already that much to begin with

 

Imagine if he gets hurts mid season, Yankees are out of contention September 1 and you're stuck with a $1200 ticket for a meaningless Tuesday night game against the 4th place Orioles.

[jays_fever]

Imagine if he gets hurts mid season, Yankees are out of contention September 1 and you're stuck with a $1200 ticket for a meaningless Tuesday night game against the 4th place Orioles.

 

Its at Fenway so its the last regular season game vs the Yanks..but yea if Jeter goes down its a basic late season game vs the Yanks. Either way, 1200 bucks for a baseball game is ridiculous.

[G-Snarls]

Its at Fenway so its the last regular season game vs the Yanks..but yea if Jeter goes down its a basic late season game vs the Yanks. Either way, 1200 bucks for a baseball game is ridiculous.

 

Oh that game. I thought this was referring the last Yankees home game

 

Same still applies in a way

[G-Snarls]

Its at Fenway so its the last regular season game vs the Yanks..but yea if Jeter goes down its a basic late season game vs the Yanks. Either way, 1200 bucks for a baseball game is ridiculous.

 

Yeah I paid less than that for two World Series tickets

[G-Snarls]

Rays must really like Karns.

 

Likely watched him for more than 1 bullpen session?

[Sammy225]

Rays must really like Karns.

 

I was thinking the same thing. They must see something I am missing. He does have pretty sexy K numbers but knowing the Rays this guy will be lights out.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Karns has some nasty minor league numbers. Look at those K/9 and H/9.

 

Rays will turn him into a dominant late inning guy.

[Angrioter]

ChrisCotillo 32s

#Mariners Franklin Gutierrez will miss the entire 2014 season, and has been placed on the restricted list.

 

Gose + Santos for Franklin+

[G-Snarls]

High ish walk rates too though

 

Oh well, we'll see

[Abomination]

ChrisCotillo 32s

#Mariners Franklin Gutierrez will miss the entire 2014 season, and has been placed on the restricted list.

 

Gose + Santos for Franklin+

 

I'm pretty hesitant to give up Gose without having much in the way of a backup for CF (pretty much just Pillar I think, who's more of an emergency guy there), but maybe we could get Saunders from them as part of the trade. We're also going to have potentially 2 outfield holes next year, and not much available at center.

[Angrioter]

LOL Mariners

 

- Montero shows up fat

- Iwakuma likely out for April

- The only capable CF defender on the roster is out for the season

 

What a clusterf***.

 

Noesi and Walker hurt

[G-Snarls]

Noesi and Walker hurt

 

They need a 22 WAR season out of Cano and another 18 from King Felix

[Abomination]

They pretty much have to sign a starter now. After spending all that money, they can't start the season with Paxton, Ramirez, Baker, and Beavan/Maurer rounding out the 2-5 spots in their rotation.

 

Or trade for one (like Price). There was a lot of talk about that earlier this year too.

[Angrioter]

They need a 22 WAR season out of Cano and another 18 from King Felix

 

and anotha Ace reliva = C. Janssen

[KingKat]

MLB Trade Rumors ‏@mlbtraderumors 2m

#Nationals announce acquisition of Jose Lobaton, Felipe Rivero, and Drew Vettleson from #Rays in exchange for Nate Karns

 

Geez, Vettleson too...

[G-Snarls]

Geez, Vettleson too...

 

This Karns had better be f'n good