Around Baseball 2015

[jays4life19]

no trade for justin upton (not yet anyway), who's out of game. muscle tightened up. precautionary due to weather - heyman

 

Great. I have him in DFS. lol

[GD]

Dallas Keuchel

[jaysfan2014]

Yanks planning to stand pat at the deadline:

 

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/13288269/brian-cashman-new-york-yankees-says-strong-possibility-team-stands-pat-trade-deadline

 

No surprise.. the team, while contending, is in a transition phase.. they need to keep their prospects to eventually replace Beltran, A-Rod and Teixiera, who will leave in the next year or two due to free agency and/or retirement. They also need to keep Luis Severino as well.. who could be a weapon in August for the rotation or bullpen. They can't afford to trade Judge, Sanchez, Mateo, etc.. especially considering that they can no longer expect to replace guys via free agency due to increased revenues helping smaller clubs.

 

So don't expect Cueto, Hamels, Kimbrel, etc. in a Yankees uniform. Only likely move will be for a 2B, if they can find one, possibly similar to last year's Prado deal (Aaron Hill?)

[jaysfan2014]

Stepehn Piscotty getting called up to St. Louis to help out the 1B situation.

[GreekFatAss]

Stepehn Piscotty getting called up to St. Louis to help out the 1B situation.

 

I remember last offseason I was hoping that if we were dealing Bautista I wanted Piscotty + Wong + Martinez/Miller. Curious to see how he performs.

[Angrioter]

[Boxcar]

 

Hahahahahaha

[Dr. Dinger]

Wow, angrioter correcting someone's grammar... that's awesome.

[jaysfan2014]

Well, pink slips are probably being readied for Farrell, Cherington and Mike Napoli as the Sox continue to spiral down again.. Ed-Rod got smoked for 7 runs in 1.2 IP (with Pujols hitting his 27th HR.). His ERA is now up to 4.64.. and worse for Boston, it's a double-header (2nd game is on Sportsnet BTW). Long night ahead..

[CrackerJack]

Well, pink slips are probably being readied for Farrell, Cherington and Mike Napoli as the Sox continue to spiral down again.. Ed-Rod got smoked for 7 runs in 1.2 IP (with Pujols hitting his 27th HR.). His ERA is now up to 4.64.. and worse for Boston, it's a double-header (2nd game is on Sportsnet BTW). Long night ahead..

 

... yeah and then they hop on a plane and fly to Houston to face the resting Astros tomorrow.

[jaysfan2014]

... yeah and then they hop on a plane and fly to Houston to face the resting Astros tomorrow.

 

Ever since Pedroia came back, the losing attitude has come back.. they've lost 5 of their last 6(including tonight, which they are now down 11-1, and will have to make multiple roster moves after tonight's game to refresh the bullpen.) When Holt was playing 2B, the team seemed better offensively.. or it could be possibly because Pedroia was rushed back too early without a rehab assignment.

 

And Brian Johnson is making his MLB debut tomorrow.. could be a tough match-up. And considering the Sox need a starter on Friday, Kelly could be called up, or Owens/Couch could make their MLB debut..

[Laika]

[ElNik2013]

Ever since Pedroia came back, the losing attitude has come back.. they've lost 5 of their last 6(including tonight, which they are now down 11-1, and will have to make multiple roster moves after tonight's game to refresh the bullpen.) When Holt was playing 2B, the team seemed better offensively.. or it could be possibly because Pedroia was rushed back too early without a rehab assignment.

 

And Brian Johnson is making his MLB debut tomorrow.. could be a tough match-up. And considering the Sox need a starter on Friday, Kelly could be called up, or Owens/Couch could make their MLB debut..

 

You may be on someteeng there. Same thing happened with Jays after Travis came back. Remember they won 11 in a row without little Travis.

[Laika]

Edited July 21, 2015 by o2cui2i

[RealAccountant]

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[Laika]

Mods

 

[HERPDERP]

f*** me for opening this thread on my phone using my data

 

@ NJH

 

[Laika]

How much data does one Denim Bautista take up?

[jaysfan2014]

You may be on someteeng there. Same thing happened with Jays after Travis came back. Remember they won 11 in a row without little Travis.

 

That has more to do with certain other players slumping(like Bautista), not Travis.

When Pedroia plays, the Sox are 29-43(including today). When Brock Holt starts, they're a .500 team. It makes you wonder if he's a cancer on the team. Oh, and Pedroia's slumping badly..

When Brock Holt was playing 2nd and batting 2nd for the time Pedroia was DL'd, the Sox played a lot better, going 10-6 until the All-Star break. When Pedroia returned, the Sox crashed.. they can't score again, and they have given back all of their gains they had before the All-Star break. Lose tonight vs. the Angels in the 2nd game of a doubleheader, and the Sox may as well start selling..

[jaysfan2014]

Rays lose to Philly.. this is pathetic! Good teams aren't supposed to lose to last place teams.. but Tampa has so little offense that it makes Philly look good. They let a guy with a 8+ ERA beat them.. and worse, they get Aaron Nola tomorrow.

[HERPDERP]

Lincecum career over?

 

edit: nope

Bochy says the affliction is common in athletes, and Lincecum will rest for four or five days. It is not considered a career-threatening injury.

[ElNik2013]

That has more to do with certain other players slumping(like Bautista), not Travis.

When Pedroia plays, the Sox are 29-43(including today). When Brock Holt starts, they're a .500 team. It makes you wonder if he's a cancer on the team. Oh, and Pedroia's slumping badly..

When Brock Holt was playing 2nd and batting 2nd for the time Pedroia was DL'd, the Sox played a lot better, going 10-6 until the All-Star break. When Pedroia returned, the Sox crashed.. they can't score again, and they have given back all of their gains they had before the All-Star break. Lose tonight vs. the Angels in the 2nd game of a doubleheader, and the Sox may as well start selling..

 

 

Well, maybe Gibbons knows Travis is a cancer to his team and that's why he's slotting him 9th in the order despite being the team's 4th or 5th best hitter so far this season.

 

Maybe being short is a cancer although Pedroia certainly has lost a lot of hair for a guy in his early 30's (?)...

[LTR]

It's official: Boston still sucks.

[jaysfan2014]

Well, maybe Gibbons knows Travis is a cancer to his team and that's why he's slotting him 9th in the order despite being the team's 4th or 5th best hitter so far this season.

 

Maybe being short is a cancer although Pedroia certainly has lost a lot of hair for a guy in his early 30's (?)...

 

I think Gibbons hits him 9th due to the lineup's depth, and because it's like having a 2nd leadoff guy. He's not a guy that should hit middle of the order...yet. And he struggled as a leadoff man, remember?

 

As for Pedroia.. I meant that he is a problem in the clubhouse. Of course, potentially losing 6 of 7 doesn't help.. major changes are coming in Boston, which will include trades and the canning of John Farrell, Ben Cherington and Larry Lucchino (Nick Cafardo said Tom Werner is planning to take more of a role in the Sox day-to day operations. Don't be surprised if he cleans house if this is true.)

[43211234]

How much data does one Denim Bautista take up?

82 KB, aka barely anything.

[Laika]

82 KB, aka barely anything.

 

Weak. I thought he had a bigger hog than that.

[CrackerJack]

I think Gibbons hits him 9th due to the lineup's depth, and because it's like having a 2nd leadoff guy. He's not a guy that should hit middle of the order...yet. And he struggled as a leadoff man, remember?

 

yeah, it's nice when your # 9 guy can get on for Donaldson & Bautista.

[Maahfaace]

yeah, it's nice when your # 9 guy can get on for Donaldson & Bautista.

 

Tony Larussa liked to hit his pitcher eight near the end of his managing career citing the positives of having a better chance with runners on for pujols after the first go around. Harrold Reynolds no likey

[Atothe]

Jaysfan2014 is dumb, don't hit Travis in the middle of the lineup because he struggled as a leadoff guy lol. Travis is the third/fourth best hitter on this team right now and has the fourth best fwar. He should be hitting in the middle of the lineup and Reyes hitting ninth

[jaysfan2014]

Jaysfan2014 is dumb, don't hit Travis in the middle of the lineup because he struggled as a leadoff guy lol. Travis is the third/fourth best hitter on this team right now and has the fourth best fwar. He should be hitting in the middle of the lineup and Reyes hitting ninth

 

And who's going to lead off?