Around Baseball 2014

[Muck Bartinez]

Jays playoff odds at 45.7%, division odds at 32.4%. (Knocks furiously on wood and wood-like products)

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx

[Angrioter]

Wade Davis is a beast

[S33n]

Wade Davis is a beast

 

Picked him up in my 12 team keeper. Too many k's.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Rays lose again.

 

Well done Oakland.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

They're baaaaaaack!

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/8/9/8/25939898/640x470_devil_rays_b4kiaxbo.jpg

[jaysfan2014]

And with Zobrist on the DL, their offense scuffling and their pitching having difficulty going deep into games, taxing the bullpen(most overworked pen in the majors thus far according ESPN) the spiral downward could get worse for the Rays.

 

Even Cobb may not help.. since he can't hit, something the Rays need badly, as they struggle to score runs. We don't know how Cobb will pitch after that injury.

 

BTW 1 hit, 7 walks? That's a sign of a very bad team when you walk the park and allow the opposing team to win on so few hits.

[Spoonovic]

The Rays may suck but we all know that the Jays still wont win a series down in Tampa all year.

[jays_fever]

Anyone else notice David Price has a better than 10/1 K to BB ratio but is getting BABIP and homered to death.

[NorthOf49]

Off-chance no49 may have.

I watch all of Price's starts! His peripherals are pretty crazy. He's getting all the swinging strikes he needs this year and not walking anyone. Velocity has averaged 95 over his last two outings too.

 

I'm worried he'll lose a lot of goodness if the Rays trade him to a team with a bad framer though. You can tell how much he needs Molina/Hanigan.

[G-Snarls]

MLB.com: With but one hit, A's manage 3-2 win over Rays

 

ST. PETERSBURG -

 

It's good to be the A's right now.

 

How good?

 

They were one-hit Wednesday night and still won for a fifth straight time.

 

Oakland's 3-2 victory over the host Rays, prompted by a fourth-inning solo home run from Brandon Moss and more than a little help by way of two defensive errors from the opposing side, is the club's fifth straight and 11th in its past 12 games.

 

"It's not the easiest way to win a baseball game," Moss said.

 

It is also extremely rare.

 

Since at least 1913, the A's had never done it in a regular-season game, only once accomplishing the feat with a one-hit win in Game 4 of the 1974 American League Championship Series at Baltimore on a Reggie Jackson double.

 

Moreover, Oakland is the first team to win with a home run as its only hit since the White Sox beat the Cardinals that way on June 22, 2006.

 

"One's all you need," a smiling Bob Melvin said.

[G-Snarls]

I watch all of Price's starts! His peripherals are pretty crazy. He's getting all the swinging strikes he needs this year and not walking anyone. Velocity has averaged 95 over his last two outings too.

 

I'm worried he'll lose a lot of goodness if the Rays trade him to a team with a bad framer though. You can tell how much he needs Molina/Hanigan.

 

Any chance some of it is Price getting more borderline calls in his favour due to his reputation as a guy with good control?

 

Then again, his on-field personality may hurt him a bit. LOL

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Good job A's. Watching this epic Tampa collapse has been very enjoyable.

[G-Snarls]

Googled for Price images and found this tidbit from a little over a year ago. Price nicknamed Giancarlo Stanton "Create a Player" because he said in baseball video games he would create monster power hitters and Stanton reminds him of the guys he would create. LOL

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/5/0/0/40808500/cuts/giancarlo_create_player_3i25ljld_xqd7noz2.jpg

[Atothe]

Googled for Price images and found this tidbit from a little over a year ago. Price nicknamed Giancarlo Stanton "Create a Player" because he said in baseball video games he would create monster power hitters and Stanton reminds him of the guys he would create. LOL

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/5/0/0/40808500/cuts/giancarlo_create_player_3i25ljld_xqd7noz2.jpg

 

That's brilliant lol.

[G-Snarls]

Good job A's. Watching this epic Tampa collapse has been very enjoyable.

 

Seriously

 

f*** THE RAYS

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Yeah I said it! Come at me bros. Come at me.

 

Me (played by Matt Cassel) ---------\

 

ECJF (Kenny Powers)

 

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Conceited Rays fanbois ----------------------------------------------------------^

Edited May 22, 2014 by G-Snarls

[G-Snarls]

That's brilliant lol.

 

FFS .305/.400/.588/.988 12 HR already

 

MVP numbers those are

[jaysblue]

And it was quite funny last season how many e-mails I got in the DDL league saying "Price isn't an elite starter anymore" lol.

[jaysblue]

FFS .305/.400/.588/.988 12 HR already

 

MVP numbers those are

 

Stanton is a beast. He never got much love around here in previous years.

[jaysfan2014]

And it was quite funny last season how many e-mails I got in the DDL league saying "Price isn't an elite starter anymore" lol.

 

Well, Price is still striking batters out.. but he's also getting hit around more. Weaker defense due to Escobar (-0.7 dWAR) and Longoria (0.0 dWAR) struggling defensively, and Zobrist's injury hasn't helped, either. Forsythe and S-Rod are downgrades at 2B.

[Angrioter]

The Royals option 3B Mike Moustakas to Triple-A Omaha; will recall INF/OF Jimmy Paredes prior to Friday’s game in Anaheim.

[Angrioter]

Baseball mascots involved in sex scandalhttp://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/assets/4494421/Screen_Shot_2014-05-22_at_8.25.21_AM.png

 

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/5/22/5741776/phillie-phanatic-sex-tape-scandal-fredbird-jackin-it

[jaysfan2014]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/05/22/5840321/fielder-surgery-possibility-dampens.html?rh=1

 

Fielder facing season-ending surgery. Tigers are winning the Kinsler/Fielder trade by a mile. Texas should've taken the deal with the Blue Jays for Kinsler, as Fielder is turning into a major albatross for the franchise.

 

And if that's not bad enough, another OF is DL-bound, as Daniel Robertson got hurt colliding into Alex Rios in CF.

[HERPDERP]

I think it's safe to say the 2014 Rangers have had worse injuries than the 2013 Jays

[Angrioter]

Wandy Rodriguez DFAed. How the somewhat above average have fallen.

[Sammy225]

Wandy Rodriguez DFAed. How the somewhat above average have fallen.

 

I would throw a team friendly minor league deal at him see if he can figure it out in AAA see what happens.

[Dylan]

That trade is looking even worse now. s***** luck, Fielder has been healthy his whole career.

 

Lind to Texas?

[reedjohnsonfan]

That trade is looking even worse now. s***** luck, Fielder has been healthy his whole career.

 

Lind to Texas?

 

Last I checked they also currently have no pitching depth.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

I would throw a team friendly minor league deal at him see if he can figure it out in AAA see what happens.

 

He's given up 3.4 HR/9

 

Clearly unsustainable. The guy is still a good pitcher.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Everyone could see this coming with Fielder from a mile away. He has a terrible body. That contract will go down as one of the worst in professional sports history.

[Dylan]

Last I checked they also currently have no pitching depth.

Confirmed

 

happ and lind to texas

 

O.o