G-Snarls

Those are good players, yep Will Trout ever get back to highest WAR in the game? Dunno.

Yeah I don't know what he's going to do with Rasmus and Lind Both are worth what they're getting paid this year, but both are due for raises either from the contract (Lind) or arbitration (Rasmus)

Agree you might as well ask. There's not another available player that would result in a bigger net gain. Replacing our worst regular (Izturis) with Robinson F'n Cano would be monstrous. Realistically, he almost certainly wants more years than the Jays will provide, and he probably does want to be a #Yankeeforlife and if so that's fine. But you at least try to negotiate with him. And yeah - signing Cano and dumping Romero or Bueuhrle's salary in a deal would actually be fathomable in terms of the finances.

I have less of a problem with a straight up blown call, even if it's a bad one In this case, like so many, I have a much bigger issue with the ump: A) appearing ready to call the pitch a ball no matter where it was, due to Burnett's reaction to the previous pitch (unfortunately, not shown in the clip) and Immediately ejecting a catcher for questioning the call in a very quiet manner

Yeah neither is realistic but especially Lee. Way too much money tied to 1 SP. I recognize that. Though then again I never thought we'd see AA take on a salary like Buerhle's either.

Dunno where else to put it. Just offi ial now. We all knew the move was coming. (Though you never 100% trust this team with activations until its official)

Cliff Lee anyone? MLBTR: As with most partial no-trade clauses, Cliff Lee and his agents at Frontline had the opportunity before the season to restructure his. Lee can block trades to 20 teams, writes Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports, including the Yankees, Red Sox, Rangers, and Orioles. Most of the 20 are projected trade deadline buyers, a source tells Morosi. Keep in mind that the presence of these teams does not mean Lee will automatically block a trade to them; it just means he has leverage if the Phillies strike a deal with one. Lee, 34, has been dominant for the Phillies in 2013. His 88 1/3 innings rank second in the National League, his 2.45 ERA ranks eighth, and his 5.69 K/BB ratio ranks second. The Phillies, winners of two in a row, are 7.5 games back in the NL East and faring about the same in the wild card. Nonetheless, Clay Davenport's projections give them a 15.6% chance of making the playoffs. On May 11th the Phils were five games back, and around that time, a "Phillies insider" told Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, "Every time I hear a Lee rumor, I don’t believe it. Don’t think we’d be that dumb unless what we got back in return was so overwhelming that we’d be dumb to pass it up. Will that happen? My gut is it won’t." By Sunday, however, a couple dozen executives, scouts, and players polled by Cafardo named Lee the best starter expected to be available at the trade deadline this year. Lee signed a five-year, $120MM deal with the Phillies in December 2010. At the deadline he'll be owed about $6.25MM this year plus $62.5MM covering 2014-15, for a total of $68.75MM. That's if the record-setting $12.5MM buyout is paid on his 2016 club option, which becomes guaranteed if Lee is not on the disabled list at the end of 2015 season with an injury to his left elbow or shoulder, and has 200 innings in 2015 or 400 in 2014-15 (according to Cot's Baseball Contracts). If the option vests, it will probably be a good thing, but then the commitment would become $83.75MM through 2016. At any rate, Cliff Lee needs to start checking MLB Trade Rumors. A Lee quote from Morosi: "Every time I’ve been traded, before that every organization would say, ‘You’ll be the first one to know if we’re ever going to move you,’” Lee said, recalling that he learned of each trade while watching television. “I was the last one to know every time." It's been an odd career for Lee since becoming an ace in 2008, as he's been traded three times since. The difference this time is that he comes with a market-value financial commitment.

Story continued... Yankees counter during the All Star break with 185M via a few extra incentives Jay-Z and Cano accept and party like it's 1995

Nice start!

Oh. Wow.

Then guys like Bautista, Youkilis and Price will hardly ever get to play!

The clip doesn't show the pitch before. Looked like a strike. Burnett visibly unhappy with the call but doesn't say anything. All too common sequence where ump is thinking "FU pitcher. I'm calling the next pitch a ball no matter where you throw it". And then ejects when people complain.

f*** off Lassogna Martin said something to him but completely avoided showing him up. He said it quietly without even turning around. No one heard it except the two of them and the batter. Should have left it be.

Here's the bad call and ump show from Pirates-Braves http://m.mlb.com/video/#/topic/8879838/video/27708005

But Puig is getting his major league debut so that's kinda exciting

Carlos Quentin not in the starting lineup vs Dodgers tonight Boo

Sweet

Another ump show, in Atlanta tonight AJ Burnett robbed on at least one and probably 2 calls in one at bat Russell Martin very quietly complains and gets tossed immediately. Manager comes out and tossed.

Overbay has had one fly ball hit to him through 7 innings Bases were loaded Took an ugly route but he caught it

Miami starting to run away with it now 50-37

Oh wait! He doesn't like that. I forgot... http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120509&content_id=30820710&notebook_id=30820958&c_id=tor OAKLAND -- J.P. Arencibia was caught off guard on Tuesday night when he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the top of the ninth inning with a runner in scoring position. Manager John Farrell opted to take Arencibia out of the game for veteran Omar Vizquel with the go-ahead run on third base in a 2-2 ballgame against the A's. The move came as a surprise to Arencibia, who was already in the batter's box by the time he received word from the dugout that he was being pulled. "Throughout my career I've always driven in runs, I've always been a guy in those situations, and I feel like that's when I thrive," said Arencibia, whose club eventually lost 7-3 on a walkoff home run in the ninth. "He's our manager and I support every decision and all I want to do at the end of the day is win, that's all I care about."

DeRosa should pinch hit for Arencibia in late inning clutch situations

That's the kind of depth you need

Of course he did f*** The Yankees

No way Burnett leaves Pittsburg He's had problems everywhere else and he must be happy with his current situation and they must be happy with what they're getting #Marriagemadeinheaven