Laika

Like a white Bill Cosby in his prime

He was a true phenom. To come all the way back from the gutter like he did and still be good enough to lead Major League Baseball in WAR (2010) is f***ing insane. Could have been one of the greats! Like a white Griffey, honestly.

There was a specific point in the early goings of 2014 where I was actually regretful that I traded Jon Villar for Randall Delgado.

33 KK - Brett Oberholtzer 34 JB - Brandon Phillips 35 JF - Marco Estrada 36 SVG - Latroy Hawkins 37 BTS - Clay Buttholez 38 TRM - Joel Peralta 39 SPK - A couple o pints 40 N49 41 GP 42 JF 43 SVG 44 HVK 45 KK 46 JB 47 SAM 48 SPK 49 SPG 50 TF 51 ZRO 52 TCA 53 HVK 54 JB 55 DD 56 SVG 57 TF 58 TRM 59 FTD 60 N49

33 KK - Brett Oberholtzer 34 JB - Brandon Phillips 35 JF - Marco Estrada 36 SVG - Latroy Hawkins 37 BTS - Clay Buttholez 38 TRM 39 SPK 40 N49 41 GP 42 JF 43 SVG 44 HVK 45 KK 46 JB 47 SAM 48 SPK 49 SPG 50 TF 51 ZRO 52 TCA 53 HVK 54 JB 55 DD 56 SVG 57 TF 58 TRM 59 FTD 60 N49

Not a fan of that non-change.

2015 Waiver Draft Order 1 GP - Yasmani Tomas 2 KK - Steven Souza 3 BOX - Jesus Montero 4 GP - Joe Smith 5 DD - Jung-Ho Kang 6 TH - Jonathan Broxton 7 SAM - Aaron Hill 8 SPK - John Jaso (to njh) 9 SPG - Scott Van Slyke 10 TF - Danny Farquhar 11 ZRO - Danny Santana 12 TCA - Rafael Soriano 13 NJH - Bryan Shaw (to Spanky) 14 TH - Hunter Strickland 15 DD - Jeurys Familia 16 TH - John Holdzkom 17 TCA - Zach Duke 18 TRM - Brandon Maurer 19 TH - Pierce Johnson 20 N49 - Jacob Lindgren 21 GP - Marcus Semien 22 KK - Nate Karns 23 SPK - Bobby Parnell 24 HVK - Stephen Vogt 25 JF - Chris Iannetta 26 TH - Jordy Mercer 27 SAM - Casey Janssen 28 SPK - Neil Ramirez 29 SPG - Yonder Alonso 30 TF - Junichi Tazawa! 31 DD - Bark Muehrle 32 TCA - Travis Snider 33 KK - Brett Oberholtzer 34 JB - Brandon Phillips 35 JF - Marco Estrada 36 SVG - 8.55pm 37 BTS 38 TRM 39 SPK 40 N49 41 GP 42 JF 43 SVG 44 HVK 45 KK 46 JB 47 SAM 48 SPK 49 SPG 50 TF 51 ZRO 52 TCA 53 HVK 54 JB 55 DD 56 SVG 57 TF 58 TRM 59 FTD 60 N49

At least Mookie Betts is still unowned

Jays_Fever is on the clock and Jaysblue can pick a legitimate player whenever he realizes that his add was illegal.

Alcantara is an owned prospect.

lol @ BTS and Silvergun leading the league in hookups

Don't whine. Yes.

Guys, please email whoever is next. It takes like 2 seconds and I won't do it for you. 1 GP - Yasmani Tomas 2 KK - Steven Souza 3 BOX - Jesus Montero 4 GP - Joe Smith 5 DD - Jung-Ho Kang 6 TH - Jonathan Broxton 7 SAM - Aaron Hill 8 SPK - John Jaso (to njh) 9 SPG - Scott Van Slyke 10 TF - Danny Farquhar 11 ZRO - Danny Santana 12 TCA - Rafael Soriano 13 NJH - Bryan Shaw (to Spanky) 14 TH - Hunter Strickland 15 DD - Jeurys Familia 16 TH - John Holdzkom 17 TCA - Zach Duke 18 TRM - Brandon Maurer 19 TH - Pierce Johnson 20 N49 - Jacob Lindgren 21 GP - Marcus Semien 22 KK - Nate Karns 23 SPK - Bobby Parnell 24 HVK - Stephen Vogt 25 JF - Chris Iannetta 26 TH - Jordy Mercer 27 SAM - Casey Janssen 28 SPK - Neil Ramirez 29 SPG - Yonder Alonso 30 TF - Junichi Tazawa 31 DD - Bark Muehrle 32 TCA - Travis Snider 33 KK - Brett Oberholtzer 34 JB 35 JF 36 SVG 37 BTS 38 TRM 39 SPK 40 N49 41 GP 42 JF 43 SVG 44 HVK 45 KK 46 JB 47 SAM 48 SPK 49 SPG 50 TF 51 ZRO 52 TCA 53 HVK 54 JB 55 DD 56 SVG 57 TF 58 TRM 59 FTD 60 N49

captain serious here.

to make you feel small? did it work?

???

If only we had a detailed trade history somewhere...

Yes, but keep in mind that you've never won anything and your opinion is meaningless.

Maybe Josh Hamilton and Dez Bryant got in a coked out cage match with some underage hookers? who knows

Finally disciplining him for straight up murdering the ball chasing dad in Texas a few years ago?

Raisel?

BOOM! What do I win?

The batter's box provision seems particularly weird. I understand the desire to speed up the game a little bit, but I really don't see hitters stepping out of the batter's box as a thing that has consistently slowed down games. The most significant impacts on game speed seem to be a) pitchers taking a long time in between pitches, which really adds up over an entire game, and delays in and around pitching changes and commercial breaks. There is also c) delays caused by manager arguments and/or replay periods. But, c) doesn't really amount to significant delays IMO and it also seems pretty easy to address in the context of replays, by making managers stay in the dugout (which they've done) and the general speeding up of the replay process which should occur as the league office becomes more practiced at it. I don't think they accomplish much with the batter's box rule and it actually may slow down the game. It could lead to arguments when it actually gets called, and players who are uncomfortable with it (veterans like Ortiz) might end up asking for time a lot more often before a pitch is delivered. I don't like the idea of making relief pitchers warm up less on the mound because that might lead to more injuries, as guys don't get the requisite number of warm up pitches. Sure, they can warm up 100% in the bullpen in theory, but in practice managers will call them in as soon as they can and pitchers won't be 100% truthful about their warmth. The only true and good solution to me is a pitch clock. Hopefully it works out in minor league trials this year. I don't like the big glaring number and the formal clock idea... I would just support more judicial enforcement of the rule much as it currently is. Let it operate like the 5 second rule in basketball inbound plays - umpire discretion. I don't like the idea of formally penalizing a pitcher who by chance starts his motion at 21 seconds after receiving the ball, provided that pitcher is under 20 most of the time.

Hyun-Jin Ryu's back is already seizing up. It begins....

Pffft. Who needs custom ranks. Yahoo gives you nice o-ranks anyway. Just rely on those...