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Nope.

I seen it. It was solid.

What? This isn't topic for which there are two sides with equally valid ideas. This is a situation in which a sizable portion of MLB players are uncomfortable being themselves because they fear institutional discrimination.

1.Los Osos Blancos Strengths: Everything. This team is elite everywhere and is a huge favourite to finish first overall again. Questions: Will the baseball gods take a s*** on Dinger's chest in the playoffs again this year? 2. London Slayers Strengths: The best 1-3 in the league in Kluber-Darvish-Hamels, and a very deep lineup anchored by Edwin and Lucroy. Questions: Will Melky in Coors stay healthy and provide SG with another elite bat? (I f***ing hope not). Does Aramis Ramirez have anything left in his last season? 3. BALCO Pharm Team Strengths: Elite offense with reliable impact bats lined up 1-9. Deep rotation fronted by Price and Carrasco, with solid innings-eaters rounding out the top-6. Questions: Can Carlos Carrasco repeat his 2014 and give North a second ace? 4. The WAR Puigs Strengths: A top-3 rotation anchored by Felix, Strasburg, and Iwakuma that's six deep. Elite young core in Puig/Gomez/Rendon. Questions: Will catsass once again be to drunk to manage this excellent team to the playoffs? (I f***ing hope so) 5. The Butt Stallions Strengths: Depth: The lineup and pitching staff are loaded with potential impact talent. Questions: How will the large number of boom-or-bust players pan out? Castillo, Pearce, Davis, Souza, Arrieta, and Salazar are all capable of highly productive seasons, but all have significant questions. 6. Twist and Trout Strengths: The best hitter and pitcher in the game, and a deep pitching staff that is filled with reliable quality inning eaters behind Kershaw. Questions: Is the lineup good enough behind Trout? Every other hitter on the team has significant warts, and if Trout goes down or struggles a bit things could get ugly. 7. 2nd Leg to Stanton Strengths: A deep lineup anchored by Stanton, with impact bats like Donaldson, Jones, and Holliday in support. Questions: Is the pitching deep enough? Samardzija and Cueto are studs, but the collection of geezers that follow are not inspiring. That said, those geezers eat innings, and all accept Wilson are still pitching at a high level. 8. Triple Hawpe Brewed! Strengths: One of the best young offensive cores in the league featuring Freeman, Posey, Tulo, Brantley, and Arenado. Questions: How good is the pitching staff after Greinke? Ross, Hughes, Minor, and Peralta all have things going for them, but there are reasons to doubt all of them. How well will jaysblue be able to cope with injury/attrition? There are no picks and nothing at all on the farm. 9. ISO Horny Strengths: A lineup anchored by Goldsmidt and a bunch of other solid contributors that should be a top-10 group. Questions: A high-risk pitching staff that could vault torontofan into the playoffs if things break right. Guys like Latos, Wheeler, Medlen, Hutchison, Smyly, Gausman, and Anderson have huge ability, but also huge question marks. A couple reliable front-end starters would go a long way. 10. Taijuan On! Strengths: A very deep lineup without holes that will do damage. Questions: Will Spanky acquire help for a pitching staff that offers little hope beyond Cobb, Holland, and Archer? This is a team in need of an ace. 11. B. Inge Drinking Strengths: Mesoraco, Santana, Longoria, Springer, and Ozuna are one of the better young offensive cores in the league. Questions: With Fernandez out until the break, can Hurl piece together a pitching staff good enough to support the solid offense? 12. The Bryce Is Right Strengths: A solid lineup anchored by impact bats like Upton and Harper. Power up and down the lineup with no real holes. Questions: Does speedygose know that this league counts pitching cats? 13. (insert clever name) Strengths: Huge upside at multiple spots. d'Arnaud, Kang, Polanco, Myers, Singleton, and Guerrerro are all capable of becoming top-100 offensive players, and Tanaka, Bundy, Johnson, and Ventura all have SP1 upside. This team has darkhorse playoff potential of a lot of things break right. Questions: See: strengths. How many things break right? 14. Burrito Boyz Strengths: A young rotation featuring Richards, Cole, Bauer, and Corbin. Top young OFs Heyward and Yelich. Questions: Heyward and Yelich are both capable of huge things offensively, but will they break out? If so, havok has a couple of building blocks around which to construct his offense. 15. The Lyon Tamers Strengths: An enviable top-3 in the rotation with Gray, Stroman, and Wacha. Questions: Will Sammy decide to tear the offense down? It's a veteran group that's reliable enough to compete in a lot of weeks, but isn't likely going tolead to a playoff berth. 16. Gryffindor Strengths: An offense without any real holes, though one that lacks impact talent. Questions: Can Nova, Pineda, Martinez, and Garza stay healthy? If so, this team likely improves significantly from last year. 17. Georgia Peach: Strengths: A very good young core of Marte, Soler, Arcia, Tomas, and Semien. Questions: When will Gibbers decide to supplement the youngest team in the league with enough reliable talent to make the playoffs more than a pipe dream? 18. Bye Week Strengths: Harvey and Ryu are a fine 1-2 punch for any team, and there are several intriguing starters behind them. Questions: Will the offense win a single week? 19. KingKat Strengths: Umm... Aroldis Chapman is really good. Questions: Is Boxy's single-season loss record in jeopardy?

I had no idea that MLB had someone doing work like this, but it's very necessary. Dozens (hundreds?) of gay players pass through MLB clubhouses every year, and there has never been an openly gay player. Being uncomfortable introducing your partner to coworkers, who are likely also your best friends, would be terrible. MLB, and other major sports leagues, have a long, long way to go in this regard. The idea that Bean should 'keep his gayness to himself' is absurd.

I have no idea what you mean by this. What is Bean doing that he shouldn't be?

This is not Christian at all. Christian teaching is to stone homosexuals to death. Source: the bible.

I would prefer that Murphy had done what most racists do: keep his ignorance and bigotry to himself.

Yeah, I think there are 9 teams separated from the rest. Of the 9, Dinger, North and and silvergun are in their own tier at the top IMO.

I also have you 19th ahead of KingKat!

Don't look now, but Frag is up big and creeping up on the last playoff spot. The next two weeks are going to be a bloodbath.

Goddammit Spanky, you're garbage.

Spanky, you're killing it!

lol, I suppose not

Game Day. Not everything is about you GD.

It's worth the read.

300 big league innings. Mr. Big shot.

I hope tercet is willing to admit he was wrong about Sanchez. For years all he posted about was how Sanchez is the next Cliff Lee, and now that Sanchez is struggling he'll probably deny it.

I'm optimistic. ZiPS and Steamer think he's a 120 wRC+ guy, and that's obviously not accounting for the fact that he was on fire last year and then struggled after getting hurt. I think a healthy Choo is capable of being the huge offensive force he's always been.

Sports are silly.

I'm expecting Trumbo to hit 30+ homerz again if he's healthy.

I wouldn't say it blows. I think it will be average. I'm hoping a bit better.

I like my pitching staff, but not my offense so much. I'm not expecting to be a serious contender for the MC this year, but i think I'll make the playoffs as a lower seed.

So is that actually not njh? Creepy.

9th place rotation