John_Havok

Reporting since stang didn't post my pick in his paste sine we both posted at the same time. Reyes (3pts) -bowld, bluejays0988 Melky (2pts) - Orgfiller, JaysAllMighty, wilko, G-snarls Bautista (1pt) - Chappy, flafson, jaysguy34, Dylan, Stangstag Edwing (1pt) - Jonn, Spanky99, guylaroche5 Lawrie (2pts) - Deadpool, LetTheBallFly, Gen.Dissaray, GD, jays4life19 Navarro (5pts) -Frenchsoup Tolleson (8pts) - JohnHavok Gose (7pts) - Pillar (7pts) - Angrioter, Atothe, Glock, letsgobjs

f*** Zaun... "Janssen might force teams to re-define what they look for in a closer." Why? Because he's 1 of like 2 closers that don't fit the prototypical flamethrower closer mould suddenly all of baseball might change the guys they want in that situation? Sorry, Janssen is nailz but he doesn't deserve that kind of praise.

Reyes (3pts) -bowld, bluejays0988 Melky (2pts) - Orgfiller, JaysAllMighty, wilko, G-snarls Bautista (1pt) - Chappy, flafson, jaysguy34, Dylan Edwing (1pt) - Jonn, Spanky99, guylaroche5 Lawrie (2pts) - Deadpool, LetTheBallFly, Gen.Dissaray, GD, jays4life19 Navarro (5pts) -Frenchsoup Tolleson (8pts) - JohnHavok Gose (7pts) - Pillar (7pts) - Angrioter, Atothe, Glock, letsgobjs Feeling lucky again

Could certainly make a case for it. Let's hope it plays out that way

Yup. Huge pro-Red Sox crowd in Atlanta today too.

In comes the closer, Sox up 8-6.

He's getting good results, but there still lots to be desired. He's still walking too many guys and that will always come back and bite you in the long run. He has to cut down the walks to really turn any corner

That's Balki, not Melky.

Scrubs out, overall good health from key players, Francisco not yet turning back into a pumpkin, e5 breaking out in May after a bad April, Kratz being allowed to play more and the rotation starting be effective.

I just watched the video, bottom of the 7th... Up by 5... Sure it could seem a little offside in the unwritten rules, but it's certainly not egregious. What's stupid is Escobar walking and pointing to the bench telling at them. Who cares if they're yelling at you, just point to the scoreboard and be done with it.

Ump stole that AB from him though... That called strike 2 was just terrible.

GAME 51 BONUS - PICK TWO PLAYERS Reyes (3pts) - Melky (2pts) - P2F, Stangstag, johnhavok Bautista (1pt) - P2F, Jonn, King, GD, Dylan Eddy (1pt) - Jonn, Orgfiller, Angrioter, Stangstag, Lawrie (2pts) - King, Orgfiller Navarro (5pts) - Kratz (4pts) - GD, Angrioter, Dylan, JohnHavok Tolleson (8pts) - Gose (7pts) - Pillar (7pts)

I hesitate to give AA the chance to be bent over by two GMs instead of 1. We'd likely end up giving up Rasmus, Stroman and Sanchez and be left with nothing but international slot money and whatever Sp AA had a hard-on for 5 years ago who's now nothing but a long reliever in the Mexican league.

NotGraphs is just a place where people write fake stuff for entertainment value. It's not real and it doesn't pretend to be. Even if Buerhle felt this way(and who could blame him if he does) he'd never say it publicly.

Typically a player is placed on waivers after being designated for assignment for the purpose of outrighting him to one of the club's minor league teams. A player who is outrighted to the triple A is removed from the 40-man roster but is still paid according to the terms of his guaranteed contract. A player can only be outrighted once in his career without his consent. However, a player must clear waivers (that is, no other team may place a waiver claim on the player) to be sent to a minor league team. Also, if the player has five or more full years of major league service, he must give consent to be assigned to the minors. If the player withholds consent, the team must either release him or keep him on the major league roster. In either case, the player must continue to be paid under the terms of his contract. Trade the player Once a player is designated for assignment, he may be traded. Some teams have been known to designate players for assignment to increase interest in the player, especially among teams that are not at the top of the waiver list (the order of which is determined by record). For example, in May 2006, Rangers reliever Brian Shouse was designated for assignment, and was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers four days later. The Brewers could have waited until Shouse was placed on waivers so they would not have had to give up a player in a trade, but according to the waiver rules, the other 13 NL teams would have had preference in claiming him. Also, under the "ten-and-five rule," if a player has ten years of Major League service, the last five with his current team, he cannot be traded without his consent. Release the player If a player is not traded, and clears waivers, he may be released from the team. The player is then a free agent and may sign with any team, including the team that just released him. The team that releases him is responsible for the salary the player is owed, less what he is paid by the team that signs him (in practice, the amount paid by the signing team is usually a pro-rated portion of the Major League minimum salary). Outright from the 40-man roster If the player clears waivers when being designated for assignment, they can most commonly be outrighted from the 40-man roster and play for any class in the Minor Leagues.

Designated for assignment is a contractual term used in Major League Baseball. A player who is designated for assignment is immediately removed from the team's 40-man roster, after which the team must either:[1] return the player to the 40-man roster within 10 days from the date of designation, or make one of the following contractual moves: 1. Place the player on waivers (which can only be done within the first 7 days of the 10-day period) 2. Trade the player 3. Release the player 4. Outright the player from the 40-man roster into the Minor Leagues

There a fine line between being selective and passive at the plate. Right now they on the side of passive.

Another first pitch curve in the middle of the plate... They should be killing those hangers

Jays should be sitting on that curve and just adjusting to the fastball... He's only throwing 89-90 with the FB, they should be able to at least foul it off while waiting or that slow meatball hook

This is true. If his KB is at it's best, he'll be fine. But if it's not, this lineup will be on base all day long. Other more free swinging lineups might still have issues with a less than ideal knuckleball, but this lineup her will just watch it float by and go to first.

Game 50 Reyes (3pts) - Jonn, JohnHavok Melky (2pts) - GD Bautista (1pt) - JaysAllMighty Eddy (1pt) - jaysguy34, vdub Lind (2pts) - Spanky99, jays4life19, G-Snarls, Dylan, Chappy, Deadpool Juan (1pt) - Lawrie (3pts) - Orgfiller, flafson, bluejays0988 Thole (8pts) - Atothe Gose (7pts) - Angrioter BONUS - How many total jays home runs today? (+1) 0 - 1 - jays4life19, Dylan, Deadpool 2 - Jonn, GD, Spanky99, G-Snarls, jaysguy34, vdub, Angrioter, bluejays0988, johnhavok 3 - Atothe, Orgfiller, JaysAllMighty, Chappy 4 - flafson

Game 50 Reyes (3pts) - Jonn Melky (2pts) - GD Bautista (1pt) - JaysAllMighty, JohnHavok Eddy (1pt) - jaysguy34, vdub Lind (2pts) - Spanky99, jays4life19, G-Snarls, Dylan, Chappy, Deadpool Juan (1pt) - Lawrie (3pts) - Orgfiller, flafson, bluejays0988 Thole (8pts) - Atothe Gose (7pts) - Angrioter BONUS - How many total jays home runs today? (+1) 0 - 1 - jays4life19, Dylan, Deadpool 2 - Jonn, GD, Spanky99, G-Snarls, jaysguy34, vdub, Angrioter, bluejays0988, johnhavok 3 - Atothe, Orgfiller, JaysAllMighty, Chappy 4 - flafson

Wouldn't it be weird to see a team go from last in the east, to WS champs, then back to last in the next year? That's probably never happened

Just need Chris Davis to be suspended for steroid use and Baltimore would start losing too. f*** that guy doesn't even swing with effort and the ball somehow goes 450 feet. At least Jose and Edwin are like max effort swinging to get theirs.

Same. Hendricks really didn't pitch that well, but the W for the team is all that matters