Around Baseball 2014

[BallsDeep]

Darvish hurt his back? Seeing specialist.

[BlueJaysGirl]

If Texas took Izturis, Thole, and Happ, I wouldn't even ask for any players in return. Addition by subtraction.

 

Oh man, that would be soooooo great. Kratz > Thole, Dustin, Redmond, Rogers > Happ, and Kawasaki > Izturis (maybe not talent-wise, but he's fun to watch).

[G-Snarls]

Darvish hurt his back? Seeing specialist.

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2004295-yu-darvish-injury-updates-on-rangers-pitchers-neck-and-return

[G-Snarls]

Ban

 

LOL. I swear you must have a bot that types 'BAN" any time it auto-detects a bleacher report link

 

I swear this is true - I googled "Yu Darvish injury" and clicked on the first link that looked fresh. It was this one. If showed a bunch of relevant tweets, seemed useful, and copied the link and posted it here. It was only then that I realized it was from bleacher report. As I clicked "post" I had a pained look on my face and I consciously thought "BTS will see this and complain about using bleacher report as a new source"

[NorthOf49]

It's a deserved ban. The "article" is some teenager giving us a bunch of tweets that all say the same thing, and then him pretending to be a doctor for a couple paragraphs. Nothing to see there. Don't go on Bleacher Report.

[G-Snarls]

It's a second offense too

 

5 day ban imo

 

Oh FFS

 

LOL

 

That site's writing is absolute crap, but what's wrong with linking to a story showing relevant tweets about Darvish?

[G-Snarls]

It's a deserved ban. The "article" is some teenager giving us a bunch of tweets that all say the same thing, and then him pretending to be a doctor for a couple paragraphs. Nothing to see there. Don't go on Bleacher Report.

 

OK, I promise to stop using BR

 

Satisfied?

 

You guys crack me up

[G-Snarls]

Please don't stop. I enjoy the backlash when you post your monthly BR article.

 

I've done it like twice max!!!

[jaysfan2014]

Baseball's most snake-bitten teams:

 

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/25/5545792/injuries-baseball-team-list-rangers-braves-padres-athletics

 

Rangers, Padres and Braves fans probably are feeling the same concerns Jays fans had in 2013.. especially considering the Rangers and Braves were supposed to contend. If Darvish is out long-term, the Rangers could easily be a 4th place team, especially with Oakland, LA and Seattle ahead of them.

 

Braves are lucky the NL East is weak outside of they and Washington. No idea on the Padres, though..

[IBTrini]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2004295-yu-darvish-injury-updates-on-rangers-pitchers-neck-and-return

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/tex/yu-darvish-scratched-from-texas-rangers-opening-day-start?ymd=20140325&content_id=70070800&vkey=news_tex

[wilko]

[h=1]Santana to be Indians regular 3B:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/03/carlos-santana-will-be-indians-regular-third-baseman.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook[/h]

[wilko]

Can't be worse than Miguel! Also means Gomes is going to be everyday C. Going to haunt us with his skills that we let go for a fringe 5th starter

 

Poor Chisenhall, getting screwed out of a job. I wonder if he can play 2B?

[G-Snarls]

Worley traded from the Twins to the Pirates for cash

 

Mmm, cash

 

Can we get some cash for JA Happ?

[G-Snarls]

The Nats released Jamey Carroll

 

Say hello to your new vetrin prezentz man!

 

AA is all over this

 

Who does he DFA to make room?

[G-Snarls]

s*** he tried to trade for Carroll this off season didn't he?

[G-Snarls]

[wilko]

After losing Geo Soto to injury. Texas taking hard look at Cub catcher George Kottaras .

— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) March 25, 2014

 

Gross.

[TheHurl]

The Nats released Jamey Carroll

 

Say hello to your new vetrin prezentz man!

 

I was big on the Jays signing him prior to the 2012 system

[G-Snarls]

Gross.

 

Grosser than JP Arencibia?

[G-Snarls]

I thought Carroll was a free agent

 

Oh yeah. Was supposedly interested in acquiring anyhow.

[G-Snarls]

No, Vizquel lol

 

 

Ah, of course

 

Izturis was actually pretty decent until he became a Jay

[bendera3]

I know it isn't very major but Fred Lewis signed with my hometown Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League. It's the same team that Bonaparte Tallet pitched for last year.

[BlueJaysGirl]

Oh yeah. Was supposedly interested in acquiring anyhow.

 

A bunch of s***** utility guys became available...Ty Wigginton, Kevin Frandsen, Jamey Carroll...

 

Sign them all.

 

They are all better than Izturis.

[BlueJaysGirl]

You could be correct. I have a serious hate on for "meh" Izturis.

[G-Snarls]

[G-Snarls]

[Chappy]

Robbie Ross was dominant today, and looks like a lock for Texas' rotation now. This is pretty intriguing. Guy is a lefty with a career 7.42 K/9, 2.97 BB/9, and 54% GB rate.

 

Traded for him in one of my dynasty leagues a month ago for this very reason. At worst he could make a great holds guy, but the SP potential is appealing from a low cost fantasy perspective.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

So is Stephen Drew just not going to play baseball anymore?

 

How the f*** could a player be ok with missing an entire spring training?

[Chappy]

Picked him up off the waiver wire in the DDL last week. He has definite potential as a top-notch SP5 or SP6 in a 20-team league.

 

Yup. Won't win you anything, but if he can pitch a bunch of innings with decent peripherals, every team can use that.

[jaysfan2014]

Thought I'd mention our old friend Kelly Johnson, despite a decent bat in spring training, is butchering 3B quite a bit, with 5 errors this spring, including 2 tonight.

 

No wonder scouts are considering the Yanks infield the worst in MLB defensively..