MLB 2009 thread

yeah 2 of my fantasy teams much perfer Tim pitching well unfortunatly the rest of the 2 teams are still slumping.

red001
 
Thank you Jacoby for ruining Garza's perfect game/no-no bid. I don't care if they tagged 13 runs on us, this one hit was essential. But now the real beating begins for three games. I hope the Tampa bandwagon will enjoy it.
 
I regret picking up Beckett for my fantasy teams, what a disappointing season he's having so far. I also got Nolasco on too many of my teams. Sigh.
 

maildude

Postal Paranoiac
The Toronto Blue Jays doing well? What is this...Field Of Dreams????? :helpme:
 
Well this is certainly an active thread. *ahem*

quote of the year so far:

Tony La Russa, after Albert Pujols nearly injured his ankle on an awkward slide into second base:

"My heart got quiet, but my underwear didn't"

:1orglaugh
 
Rangers looking like the best in the AL, Dodgers looking like the best in the NL, boy there's a discrepancy there.
 
Well I can say with the Rangers I hope it is safe to say that a lot of people were expecting the Dodgers to do well.

Yeah, I say that because Texas is last in the league in pitching, and only 4th in hitting in the AL, whereas the Dodgers are 2nd in the NL in both categories. I smell some falling off for Texas coming, there's bound to be a regression.
 

Skyraider22

The One and Only Big Daddy
Yeah, I say that because Texas is last in the league in pitching, and only 4th in hitting in the AL, whereas the Dodgers are 2nd in the NL in both categories. I smell some falling off for Texas coming, there's bound to be a regression.

I can see what you are saying there I have been saying now for about the last three weeks when will the LA Angels turn it on and stop just playing .500 baseball:dunno:
 
and the Rangers are doing it with minimal contibutions from Josh Hamiliton and Chris Davis both of which where important last year plus Padillia pitched a decent game last night. I think the Rangers are in it all year

red001
 
Probably not many Jay’s fans here but I have been a fan for years.
It’s too bad they are in with the Yankees and the Sox.
They started of good but have cooled off as of late.
 
Probably not many Jay’s fans here but I have been a fan for years.
It’s too bad they are in with the Yankees and the Sox.
They started of good but have cooled off as of late.

Jays fans right here, friend. I pray that Halladay isn't seriously injured. He's been the best pitcher in the AL so far this season (including Greinke) and the Jays would be completely out of the running if he is seriously hurt, although they're pretty much out of it anyway. Go Jays!
 
I am cracking up here reading Andruw Jones statement that he left the Dodgers because owner Frank McCourt didn't respect him :rofl2:

Yeah, he only signed you to a 36 million dollar contract despite the fact your numbers were declining and gave you every conceivable opportunity to perform despite the fact you showed up for work looking like The Pillsbury Fucking Doughboy and exhibiting the energy of a slug. If you don't respect yourself don't expect anybody else to.

Maybe you're miffed because he didn't respect your production?
Well let's see: 75 games played, .153 batting average, 3 home runs, 14 runs batted in. That equates to 12 million per home run and 2.5 million per RBI :rofl2:
Would you respect that kind of return on investment if it was your money? Somehow I don't think so.

Jones you are a piece of crap. So is your agent. Great examples of egos run absolutely amok. The Dodgers were ecstatic to get rid of your fat sorry ass, capital loss notwithstanding. I don't think I've ever used this emoticon before but it's appropriate in this instance. Just for you Andruw :thefinger :thefinger
 
Dodgers looking like the best in the NL

Yes BUT, if they hope to go all the way they had better get serious about picking up another starting pitcher. Thanks to Manny getting suspended they've got an $8 million rebate to work with.
 
I can see what you are saying there I have been saying now for about the last three weeks when will the LA Angels turn it on and stop just playing .500 baseball:dunno:

The Angels aren't that good, right now they're playing at their collective ability levels. Last year was statistically one of the luckiest seasons for the Angels in the history of any team.

and the Rangers are doing it with minimal contibutions from Josh Hamiliton and Chris Davis both of which where important last year plus Padillia pitched a decent game last night. I think the Rangers are in it all year
red001

I don't think the Rangers are as good as they're playing right now. Young is OPSing almost 70 points higher than his career average, and his batting average on balls in play is an unsustainable .349. Nelson cruz is OPSing almost 200 points higher than his career average, and his ISO is nearly 100 points higher than his career average, both of which will undoubtedly regress. Ditto that for Blalock as well. The problem is that their pitching is performing above their career averages as well, and adding all of these factors together to me screams regression.

Yes BUT, if they hope to go all the way they had better get serious about picking up another starting pitcher. Thanks to Manny getting suspended they've got an $8 million rebate to work with.

The Dodgers pitching staff is by in large under-performing right now. There is really no reason to believe they won't perform better. They would certainly benefit from an above league average starter, but there aren't really any out there or that can be had for a reasonable price.
 
True to all those numbers shayd but sometimes a team overachives. The Dodgers have plenty of options to scout even though he is hurt currently i'd talk to the padres about jake peavey, and cubs about any starter but carlos

red001
 
True to all those numbers shayd but sometimes a team overachives. The Dodgers have plenty of options to scout even though he is hurt currently i'd talk to the padres about jake peavey, and cubs about any starter but carlos

red001

You're right on that account, my friend. But personally, I'm hoping the regression does take place :D

As for trades, yeah there are guys out there, but the Dodgers don't really have anyone outside of Kemp that they can realistically trade, and their farm system is to be light, average at best. But who knows, desperation at the trade deadline could actually work in the Dodgers favor.
 
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