Ceetar

Edgy MD wrote: Italy climbs out ahead of both the Dominican Republic and Enchanted Isle of Puerto Rico but ends up spitting the bit and giving the lead back both times and exiting. I don't know how those players are going to be able to show their faces back in Italy, if they ever decide to visit ever. considering I don't think Italy even scored in the last Classic, I think they'll be just fine.

I would love if he 'bulked up' a little, power wise, to get to 30 doubles. I just hope he can get his OBP up a wee bit to more 2011 levels and still keep his slugging higher than that. Hopefully he stays healthy, because I don't really like the drop off to the other guys. .292/.345/.360. 28 doubles, 1 HR. value-negative 10/15 SB. His typical average to slightly better defense at short. 2.8 WAR (misses the 3 because of the CS)

Edgy MD wrote: Yesterday's report had a scout calling him the best outfielder in the division. Not that we want to carry a bat that's utterly unready, or hamper any possible development he's got left by putting him in a position to fail, but a superior defender in the middle could help mask a lot of defensive flaws in the team's lineup. I think it's possible if Duda is actually mashing (and hopefully meaning the offense is looking okay as a whole) but still looking significantly negative defensively you'd be more likely to see MdD. or hell, he's a great 25th man in the playoffs, defensive replacement/pinch runner guy.

I didn't get past the first paragraph.

@IntentionalTalk: Who is the real Captain America: Derek Jeter or David Wright? @IntentionalTalk is LIVE today at 3pE. #WBC this is not a joke. And I DID block->report spam.

They're already being (overly?) criticized for over using some/most of their pitchers (Byrdak, Feliciano, etc etc) no way they should carry less.

The closest he gets to New York is when he goes to New York New York on the strip after the 51s game.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ceetar wrote: Edgy MD wrote: The problem is that when you complain that he media is treating you unfairly, however true that may be, they smell blood and really go after you. Sure. But we don't have to buy what the media is selling. Because we have more access to information these days. Ah, yes. "The Media" got together and made this story up. They can grab a narrative and run with it better than a dog with his favorite bone.

Edgy MD wrote: The problem is that when you complain that he media is treating you unfairly, however true that may be, they smell blood and really go after you. Sure. But we don't have to buy what the media is selling. Because we have more access to information these days.

he's the media's "run him out of town" target this year. I wouldn't make anything of it, although there are plenty of inconsistencies with the stories all over the place. It seems like Santana came to camp expecting to be ready, and his shoulder didn't quite respond, strength-wise, the way he expected it to.

He'll be the closer all year because he was, and is, the Mets best reliever and is actually pretty good. He'll bump his K/9 rate up a bit to 8.2, 60% GBs, 65 IP.

metirish wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Well, that kills my thread. yeah really, nothing more fucking boring than Manning..... It's the vague allusions to their humor that seem comparable. Quiet but quietly devious. Things like Eli Manning changing teammates phones to the Japanese setting.

Duda strikes me more as an Eli Manning type.

Recker's all but assured. It'll be Hicks on the infield. Seems like Cowgill will get one of the non Nieuwenhuis/Duda/Baxter spots. I think those three are pretty set. Byrd probably gets one of the others, though I'd like to see Brown.

pasting my email here, I think I'm missing someone's email in my list. REMINDER: Draft is Wednesday night at 8:30. I'll send out a reminder email at 8:25 if everyone is not there, and we'll wait a couple of minutes if someone's running late. I did a draft Saturday that took 2-3 hours, it seems like we have about as many roster spots left here as well. Thoughts: Glance at your roster once or twice before the draft to figure out which positions you're targeting, which may help with deciding who to nominate for auction. Pay attention to the injury wire too. (Zack Grienke is headed to the doctor) Also keep an eye for players with the same name. I know there's a scrub Jose Bautista out there, make sure you're nominating the right guy.

because it's not the striking out that's the problem, it's the not-enough quality AB otherwise, and these guys generally have mashed the ball in the minors to the point that the strike outs weren't a problem. look at Ryan Howard, or Adam Dunn.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I didn't see if this has been acknowledged already and I won't start buying papers again for a few weeks probably but Tracky has officially graduated to the role of "MLB Insider" at the Snooze and Kristie Ackert has taken over official Beat duties. I'd seen her retweeted, but had no idea why. @Kristieackert on Twitter. She apparently was once a reporter for the Modesto Bee.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Kick Kelly is a hell of a name though. a little misogynistic though.

6/8/1887 Louisville at Baltimore (AA) � In the third inning, Hub Collins tripled and sprained his leg. Chicken Wolf took his place on the base and scored on a hit by Pete Browning." Wolf then hit in his own spot in the batting order, immediately after Browning, and flew out to RF. At the beginning of the fourth, there was controversy as to who would replace Collins. Louisville's manager Kick Kelly wanted to substitute Guy Hecker, thus giving Louisville a potential fresh pitching arm, but Baltimore captain Oyster Burns protested this move and as a result, Lave Cross was placed in RF and Wolf moved to left. It's like we don't care about names anymore. Takes time. I think in 50 years or so, we're gonna be looking back at some of these weird names with the same.."names were cooler back then" or something. Here are a few of the highlights from Baby Center's very strange list: Girls: Fashion-conscious: Couture, Fedora Rolling Stones fans: Jagger Altered names: Joshitha J-names: J'adore, Jazzy, Jeevika, Juju, Jury Aspirational: Ace, Admire, Excel, Monalisa, Oasis, Queenie Places: Americus, California, Zealand Just plain weird: Inny, Yoga Boys: Aspirational: Bond, Casanova, Jedi, Legacy, Popeye, Rogue, Elite Nirvana fans: Cobain Altered names: Devid, Donathan, Villem, Xenon, Zaniel Religious: Exodus, Savior Dad picked this: Espn, Burger, Ball Just plain weird: Cello, Drifter, Four, Goodluck, Google, Haven'T, Hippo, HToo, Pate

Ashie62 wrote: Terry says hes ok with Santana on the DL 4/1 but they are not planning it... uh..no disrespect but a Santana DL stint here is a lock. hardly.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar wrote: what a great play that was. den Dekker certainly can field. Even if he never hits, he might stick around the league as the Endy Chavez defensive replacement type. But not on my team. What did LWFS say about den Dekker? That he's the Rey Ordonez of center field? That's just fucking great. (Not.) well, I did say 'around the league'.

TheOldMole wrote: Mets cuts: Wheeler, McHugh, Robles, Germen, Ramirez, Gorski, Havens, Legares, Tovar, Cuello. put $20 on Red 7 for me guys.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Today's Den Dekker highlight special here. what a great play that was. den Dekker certainly can field. Even if he never hits, he might stick around the league as the Endy Chavez defensive replacement type.

Fman99 wrote: Mexico @ USA, live from Chase Field in Arizona, currently being aired on the MLB Network. And, if you're at the Fman house, served up with cold Fresca & gin and viewed on a 55" HDTV set. Yeah, that's right. Baseball, bitches. I've been watching competitive baseball all day. this is fun.

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