Around Baseball 2014

[intentional wok]

Headley walks off the Yanks. Dammit.

[jaysfan2014]

And Headley hits a walk-off single.

[S33n]

Everyone in the division wins/ winning today except Boston. :/

[Angrioter]

Cashman and Headley 1

Fat Greek 0

[intentional wok]

Everyone in the division wins/ winning today except Boston. :/

 

The dog days, indeed.

[jaysblue]

Tim Lincecum picked up the save in Philly lol

[HERPDERP]

Jesse Litsch

[KingKat]

Jesse Litsch

 

[Nox]

"The Rays don't draft or develop well" - various posters

 

Here's a 2.5 win guy that they get for the next 6 years. I guess he drafted and developed himself?

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/tampa-bays-new-center-fielder-of-the-future/

[HERPDERP]

and here I thought he was some random nobody utility player. I never recognized his name as a top prospect.

[Nox]

and here I thought he was some random nobody utility player. I never recognized his name as a top prospect.

 

Probably thought the same thing about Zobrist.

[burlingtonbandit]

"The Rays don't draft or develop well" - various posters

 

Here's a 2.5 win guy that they get for the next 6 years. I guess he drafted and developed himself?

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/tampa-bays-new-center-fielder-of-the-future/

 

He is hitting a lot better than anyone would of thought. Wouldn't be much different of a player if Gose showed some power over a few months if he developed a leg kick.

[Atothe]

Probably thought the same thing about Zobrist.

 

So for every Zobrist we have a Reid brignac, Tim backham and Delmon Young. What happened to that good bat Bj Upton had his few years to the finished product he became as a free agent? They're about average in developing players. They make shrewd trades.

[BTS]

So for every Zobrist we have a Reid brignac, Tim backham and Delmon Young. What happened to that good bat Bj Upton had his few years to the finished product he became as a free agent? They're about average in developing players. They make shrewd trades.

 

Upton gave them like 22 wins. Nothing wrong with that.

[KingKat]

Upton gave them like 22 wins. Nothing wrong with that.

 

Thankfully, he turned down the extension that they wanted to give him. In what might just be the luckiest break in the history of the franchise, they were resigned to offering the extension to their second choice, Evan Longoria.

[Dylan]

Class act by McCutchen and the entire pirates organization. I love seeing this stuff

[HERPDERP]

Class act by McCutchen and the entire pirates organization. I love seeing this stuff

 

and then he proceeds to get beaned near the head, resulting in the Pirates retaliating and ending with a few ejections and heated talks

[Nox]

So for every Zobrist we have a Reid brignac, Tim backham and Delmon Young. What happened to that good bat Bj Upton had his few years to the finished product he became as a free agent? They're about average in developing players. They make shrewd trades.

 

Weird post.

 

A) I didn't imply they were even good (above average) at drafting and developing. Rather that they were not bad at it as many on this board would lead you to believe.

 

The current regime didn't draft Delmon Young. In fact, they inherited that mess and fixed the situation with one of their best trades. Not sure why this would be in your points against column.

 

C) "What happened to that good bat Bj Upton had his few years to the finished product he became as a free agent?" - I don't really know what you're trying to say here. I think something along the lines of "they f***ed BJ Upton up". That doesn't make any sense. 22 wins while under team control exceeds rational expectations.

[jaysfan2014]

Seattle losing 2-0 to Colon and the Mets.. a Mariners loss and a Jays win puts us right in the mix at 0.5 GB. So we should knock off the sell talk..

[jaysfan2014]

Who would you cheer for in the BAL/SEA series? We're right in the wild card mix, but we want to catch Baltimore.. who should we support?

[jaysfan2014]

Colon has a perfect game through 6 innings.

[Orgfiller]

Who would you cheer for in the BAL/SEA series? We're right in the wild card mix, but we want to catch Baltimore.. who should we support?

 

f*** the Orioles, winning the division is more important anyways, winning the second wildcard doesn't guarantee the playoffs.

[Chappy]

Who would you cheer for in the BAL/SEA series? We're right in the wild card mix, but we want to catch Baltimore.. who should we support?

 

Seattle. The division lead needs to be trimmed down more than the wild card, plus the goal should be to take the division and avoid that silly 1 game WC playoff.

[Inklink]

Last time I tuned into one, it got ruined that very inning. Lets see if it happens again.

[jays4life19]

Mets barely hang on for the win. 3-2

[jaysfan2014]

Well, now that Sanchez is in the majors, let's see what has happened to the rest of the Lansing trio:

 

Syndergaard AAA (Vegas) , 8-5, 5.34 ERA, 1.527 WHIP, 10.9 H/9IP, 2.9 BB/9IP, 9.1 K/9IP.

 

Nicolino: AA, 8-3, 3.12 ERA, 1.073 WHIP, 8.5 H/9ip, 1.1 BB/9IP, 4.2 K/9IP. He's been passed by Anthony Desclafani and Andrew Heaney on the depth chart. Most of his K's were left in Lansing.

 

Syndergaard will likely reach the majors next.. but not until September or 2015, as his command isn't there yet. Of course, playing in Vegas doesn't help. Nicolino may not reach the majors until mid-late 2015 or later, as he has yet to reach AAA.

[Rajais Mitten]

Let's all pray to the baseball gods for an orioles loss

[eastcoastjaysfan]

How the f*** did Alex Cobb not break his elbow? That looked horrible.

[jaysfan2014]

Let's all pray to the baseball gods for an orioles loss

 

Agreed. Luckily, Jered Weaver is going tonight. BTW, love that MLB on Fox Sports music.. why the heck did the main Fox network replace the music with the NFL music?

[ElNik2013]

How the f*** did Alex Cobb not break his elbow? That looked horrible.

 

 

He's not a Blue Jay, that's how.