Around Baseball 2015

[Swervin81]

Orsillo's a good PBP man. Lol why fire him?

[Dr. Dinger]

The Padres are playing Gyorko at SS today... wat

 

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Wind 3 MPH L-R

 

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San Diego Padres

@ Washington Nationals

 

3B

Y. Solarte (S)

 

2B

C. Spangenberg (L)

 

RF

Matt Kemp ®

 

LF

Justin Upton ®

 

1B

Yonder Alonso (L)

 

SS

Jedd Gyorko ®

 

C

Derek Norris ®

 

P

James Shields ®

 

CF

T. Jankowski (L)

 

 

Lineup Pending...

 

 

SD: James Shields ® (9-5, 3.74)

WAS: Stephen Strasburg ® (7-6, 4.22)

 

Line: WAS -175

O/U: 7 Runs

 

 

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[Brownie19]

The Padres are playing Gyorko at SS today... wat

 

 

Pat Murphy must have Gyroko in a dynasty league....trying to increase his value by making him SS eligible. That's honestly the only logical explanation.

[BTS]

So Gyorko is a better shortstop than, say, Solarte? The Padres are a clown show org.

[Brownie19]

(after randomly looking at the Padres stats on Fangraphs) - holy lord the Padres suck. You know you suck when Melvin Upton, ex. Blue Jay cast off Brett Wallace AND pitcher Tyson Ross all have higher WARs than Matt Kemp, Wil Myers, Gyroko and Will Middlebrooks. #tuurrrrrribleoffseason

[Dr. Dinger]

(after randomly looking at the Padres stats on Fangraphs) - holy lord the Padres suck. You know you suck when Melvin Upton, ex. Blue Jay cast off Brett Wallace AND pitcher Tyson Ross all have higher WARs than Matt Kemp, Wil Myers, Gyroko and Will Middlebrooks. #tuurrrrrribleoffseason

 

Ok, but Tyson Ross is actually a good pitcher. But yes, the Padres are terrible, laughably so.

[HERPDERP]

(after randomly looking at the Padres stats on Fangraphs) - holy lord the Padres suck. You know you suck when Melvin Upton, ex. Blue Jay cast off Brett Wallace AND pitcher Tyson Ross all have higher WARs than Matt Kemp, Wil Myers, Gyroko and Will Middlebrooks. #tuurrrrrribleoffseason

 

Will Myers is like Colabello. He should not be anywhere on the field except 1B.

[Brownie19]

Ok, but Tyson Ross is actually a good pitcher. But yes, the Padres are terrible, laughably so.

 

Ross as a hitter has put up a higher WAR than Kemp and Myers. 0.4 WAR in 50 PAs.

[BTS]

Remember when the media and casual fans acting like Preller was an early candidate for GM of the year, when in reality he set the franchise back a good 5 years and lost hundreds of millions of dollars of value?

[jaysfan2014]

Dave Dombrowski doing the 1st good thing for Boston, moving HanRam to 1B, where he should be at this point in his career:

 

[baubau]

Remember when the media and casual fans acting like Preller was an early candidate for GM of the year, when in reality he set the franchise back a good 5 years and lost hundreds of millions of dollars of value?

 

You mean outfield defense is a thing? Get out. Here I thought Kemp had magically bounced back after last season despite being confirmed for having arthritis on his hips.

[HERPDERP]

Thats why I'm not afraid of the Astros.

[L54]

Delino DeShields does not sound very smart.

[Followthelight]

Thats why I'm not afraid of the Astros.

 

The Royals are the only team that worries me.

[Stangstag]

The Royals are the only team that worries me.

 

We can take the Royals. The team that worries me is the Yankees. Their pitching is solid, and if their offense is ON they are tough.

[HERPDERP]

The Royals are the only team that worries me.

 

Yankees/Royals are very dangerous. I'm concerned about the Yankees most, however. They are the only wildcard team that could do damage against us.

[Followthelight]

Yankees/Royals are very dangerous. I'm concerned about the Yankees most, however. They are the only wildcard team that could do damage against us.

 

Royals > Yankees. yanks offense is coming down to earth.

[HERPDERP]

Royals > Yankees. yanks offense is coming down to earth.

 

Yankees offense is the 2nd best in the league, and even with regression it is good enough to support their pitching.

[Dr. Dinger]

One of the best teams in baseball has Jed Lowrie batting in the 3-hole and Colby Rasmus batting clean-up....... the f***!?!?!?

 

They could have had Bryant playing 3B and batting 3rd for them today, but Mark Appel was just too good to pass up.

[Followthelight]

Yankees offense is the 2nd best in the league, and even with regression it is good enough to support their pitching.

 

Maybe, but Nova is inconsistent and tanaka's arm could fall off at any moment. We are better then the Yankees, even the royals on paper. Our pitching does worry me but that all depends on if Stroman can get back by mid-late Sept. The yanks offense has over achieved all year and is rergressing.

[GD]

They should at least have Carlos Gonzalez batting 3rd.

 

Gomez?

[baubau]

All those Spaniards look the same to me.

 

[GD]

[Krylian]

[jaysfan2014]

I wonder what this guy will be saying to Zaun and Hayhurst(if he were still working for Sportsnet) when the Jays play the Rays.. watch him play crappy defense and strike out 3-4 times a game..

 

[Maahfaace]

I wonder what this guy will be saying to Zaun and Hayhurst(if he were still working for Sportsnet) when the Jays play the Rays.. watch him play crappy defense and strike out 3-4 times a game..

 

 

haha he makes his return!!!!!!

[thatoneguy]

We can take the Royals. The team that worries me is the Yankees. Their pitching is solid, and if their offense is ON they are tough.

 

Thing I'm most concerned about the Royals is that they have several loose cannons in the pitching staff who seem to enjoy taking liberties with opposing batters. In the high pressure situations in the playoffs, that can be a big problem.

[Followthelight]

Thing I'm most concerned about the Royals is that they have several loose cannons in the pitching staff who seem to enjoy taking liberties with opposing batters. In the high pressure situations in the playoffs, that can be a big problem.

 

The umps/baseball needs to take care of that...unlike the last idiot that was the umpire when we played them. Sanchez getting the suspension was a joke.

[TwistedLogic]

So Tito and Epstein took the fall for the 2011 collapse, and now Orsillo is out because ratings are down. It isn't possible to just f***ing suck sometimes, there always has to be a scapegoat. How does anybody work for that team without suffering from anxiety?

[BigCecil]

Don't look now but those pesky Twins, who Id given up for dead, are right back in the WC hunt....They just don't quit.