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[Adam Blade]

I bereave in the Anglols this year. Vernon Wells' career will rise from the ashes and he will blossom like a cherry flower playing in Amerikka. USA USA USA

 

[painey]

really hyped for this season. Got tickets to see the A's @ Twins for opening homestand Sunday woo!

 

[Enron]

I bereave in the Anglols this year.

Oh, don't worry, you will be.

 

[Enron]

Bold Predictions (fu philly)

AL lEast:
Red Sox
Rays
Yankees
Blue Jays
Orioles

AL Best:
Rangers
Angels
A's
Mariners

AL Central:
Twins
White Sox
Tigers
Royals
Indians



NL bEast:
Braves
Phillies
Marlins
Nats
Mess

NL West:
Giants
Rockies
Dodgers
Padres
D-Backs

NL Central:
Brewers
Cardinals
Reds
Cubs
Pirates
Astros


WS - Braves/Red Sox

 

[HarryDemeanor]

It's time for the Dodgers to turn their fortunes around and raise some hell! 4th place no more!

 

[Oxx]

I'm pretty damn excited for the new season, but I'm probably going to skip MLB.tv this year. I can only really watch day games in their entirety and ESPN America actually shows a decent number of them.

 

[Smithy C]

Let's go Astros! This is our year! (It will never be our year. Let's go home Astros.)

 

[Sumidor]

Go M's!!! They'll lose than 100 games for sure!!!

 

[Kuroyume]

Great thread!

Love the K-rod pic... lol

Not sure what to expect from the Mets this year. If the team stays healthy I suppose we can challange for the WC at the very least. It's not like the team is any worse compared to the '07 and '08 Mets... You know, when people were picking them to win the WS. Jose and Beltran will always find a way to get injured so we'll see what happens.

 

[eznark]

Great thread!

Love the K-rod pic... lol

Not sure what to expect from the Mets this year. If the team stays healthy I suppose we can challange for the WC at the very least. It's not like the team is any worse compared to the '07 and '08 Mets... You know, when people were picking them to win the WS. Jose and Beltran will always find a way to get injured so we'll see what happens.

Below .500

 

[Sharp]

Nyjer Morgan traded to the Brew Crew lulz

Keep yo head up Zach Greinke

 

[talisayNon]

I want to hear eznark pronounce nyjer morgan's name whenever he does something bone headed.

edit:

Re-Post!

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/morgan-dunn/

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#17org

 

[eznark]

Nyjer Morgan traded to the Brew Crew lulz

Keep yo head up Zach Greinke

FUCK! Doug Melvin ruining all the good will. I heard about this yesterday and was praying it wasmt true. We are cornering the market on atrocious center fielders.

 

[Y2Kev]

I want to hear eznark pronounce nyjer morgan's name whenever he does something bone headed.

edit:

Re-Post!

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/morgan-dunn/

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#17org

ROFL

 

[Doytch]

FUCK! Doug Melvin ruining all the good will. I heard about this yesterday and was praying it wasmt true. We are cornering the market on atrocious center fielders.

Really? Morgan's got a better bat and glove and more speed than Boggomez. What's the downside beside losing a guy with an awesome name like Cutter Dykstra.

 

[eznark]

The problem is Nyjer isn't better defensively than Gomez, so this doesn't fuckng help the team. He is literally an in-case-of-injury/pinch runner. Great use of a roster spot.

Plus, we gave up Cutter Dykstra. The name alone makes him more valuable than Morgan.

 

[Sharp]

Really? Morgan's got a better bat and glove and more speed than Boggomez. What's the downside beside losing a guy with an awesome name like Cutter Dykstra.

The only downside is that Nyjer is ass at virtually everything he does. I think he got as high as 0.1 WAR last year in well over 500 PA and that was probably overvaluing his defense. He's fast but makes mindbogglingly stupid baserunning decisions and takes the most circuitous routes to the ball imaginable. Then, when he gets frustrated with his play, he takes it out on opposing pitchers and catchers. He is not an asset.

 

[Doytch]

Yeah so I actually looked at the stats and you guys seem to be right.

 

[eznark]

This has been the worst spring training ever.

 

[Guileless]

I'm pretty damn excited for the new season, but I'm probably going to skip MLB.tv this year. I can only really watch day games in their entirety and ESPN America actually shows a decent number of them.

If you are a Red Sox/Yankee fan. But nobody has time to watch those interminable AL East games do they? And if those teams actually play each other, go ahead and set aside 5 hours.

Senior circuit rules!

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Giants gonna think twice before throwing at Fielder again. They dont want to unleash Morgan! Lol

 

[Doytch]

Giants gonna think twice before throwing at Fielder again. They dont want to unleash Morgan! Lol

I want to see Nyjer Morgan v. Barry Zito.

 

[Kingbrave]

http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2011/03/27/hicks-and-young-on-opening-day-roster/

Looks like Young and Hicks made the Brave's opening day roster. O'brien tweeted that Brooks did too. Guess Mather is out?

 

[Jubs]

AL:
Red Sox/Rays
Twins
Rangers

NL:
Braves/Phillies
Reds
Giants

WS: Braves over Red Sox in 7.

Need pitching Yankees? Here's your man:

 

[RBH]

AL:
Red Sox
White Sox
Rangers
Twins (WC)

NL:
Phillies
Reds
Giants
Braves (WC)


WS:
Red Sox over Phillies

 

[Lathentar]

Let's go Astros! This is our year! (It will never be our year. Let's go home Astros.)

The best thing for the Astros this year will be getting sold.

 

[Talon]

If the team stays healthy I suppose we can challange for the WC at the very least. It's not like the team is any worse compared to the '07 and '08 Mets... You know, when people were picking them to win the WS.

Fantastic.

 

[Oxx]

If you are a Red Sox/Yankee fan. But nobody has time to watch those interminable AL East games do they? And if those teams actually play each other, go ahead and set aside 5 hours.

Senior circuit rules!

Braves fan. But a 730 eastern start in the US equates to half past midnight over here and I'm attempting to not be such a night-owl this year.

 

[Macattk15]

Go M's!!! They'll lose than 100 games for sure!!!

Nah. They won't lose 100. They won't win 80 though either.

 

[Guileless]

Do you live in Europe? You can watch Cub games on mlb.tv. They play more matinees than anyone.

 

[mYm|17|]

For those who picked the Rays for the WC, I salute you. For those who didn't, fuck you

You know Manny and Damon are gonna beast this year

 

[Nobility]

Yes! Baseball is back!

AL East: Red Sox, Yankees (Wild Card), Jays, Rays, Orioles
AL Central: White Sox, Twins, Tigers, Royals, Indians
AL West: Rangers, Angels, A's, Mariners
AL MVP: Gonzales
AL CY: Lester

NL East: Phillies, Braves (Wild Card), Marlins, Mets, Nationals
NL Central: Brewers, Reds, Cards, Cubs, Pirates, Astros
NL West: Rockies, Dodgers, Giants, Padres, Diamondbacks
NL MVP: Pujols
NL CY: Halladay

DS: Red Sox v White Sox, Yankees v Rangers, Phillies v Brewers, Braves v Rockies
CS: Red Sox v Yankees, Phillies v Braves
WS: Red Sox v Phillies
WS MVP: Crawford

 

[Windu]

http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2011/03/27/hicks-and-young-on-opening-day-roster/

Looks like Young and Hicks made the Brave's opening day roster. O'brien tweeted that Brooks did too. Guess Mather is out?

Mather had a horrible spring so I'm not too surprised about that. All he needed to do was have a ok spring and he would have made the team too. Anyway good choices for the bench, just don't let Brooks any where near the field and don't let hicks start full time if gonzo goes down (call up Hernandez) and we should be good.

 

[Guileless]

For those who picked the Rays for the WC, I salute you. For those who didn't, fuck you

You know Manny and Damon are gonna beast this year

But that bullpen...

 

[mYm|17|]

But that bullpen...

Friedman put together a solid bullpen last year and I totally have faith in him this year

 

[Seda]

Go Cubs!

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Braves are probably going to release Kawakami after the game.

 

[Lambtron]

AL East: Boston, Tampa Bay, New York, Toronto, Baltimore.
AL Central: Minnesota, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, Cleveland.
AL West: Texas, Oakland, Anaheim, Seattle.
AL MVP: Adrian Gonzalez.
AL Cy Young: Francisco Liriano.
AL Rookie of the Year: Tsuyoshi Nishioka.

NL East: Philadelphia, Atlanta, Florida, New York, Washington.
NL Central: Cincinnati, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Houston.
NL West: Colorado, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Arizona.
NL MVP: Albert Pujols.
NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay.
NL Rookie of the Year: Freddie Freeman.

Playoffs:
Twins over Rays. Red Sox over Rangers.
Rockies over Reds. Phillies over Brewers.
Red Sox over Twins. Phillies over Rockies.
Red Sox over Phillies.
WS MVP: Jon Lester.

 

[newjeruse]

Thread title should say "bigger, better, batter."

 

[McNei1y]

lol Morse with another homer. batting .365

 

[Guileless]

Friedman put together a solid bullpen last year and I totally have faith in him this year

It was better than solid. Regression likely. Plus, Kyle farnsworth will be involved

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

This offseason I earned a spot on Knicks-GAF, but lost my spot on Yankees-GAF! I'm upset.

it's ok, as long as you are part of the Yankee council you are in for life. hey, not that i dont think Sanjuro did a great job with the thread but wasn't it supposed to be a fan of the world series winner? Corran or Xia?
edit: I'll make my predictions later.

 

[Sharp]

lol Morse with another homer. batting .365

M's fans all hate him for his defense. Then again, they all saw him playing SS... LF is a far less demanding position. I mean, we had Dunn playing LF.

 

[Kingbrave]

Mather had a horrible spring so I'm not too surprised about that. All he needed to do was have a ok spring and he would have made the team too. Anyway good choices for the bench, just don't let Brooks any where near the field and don't let hicks start full time if gonzo goes down (call up Hernandez) and we should be good.

Yeah, and apparently Christhian Martinez got the bullpen spot. I hope we just cut Proctor.

Edit: We did release Proctor. Woot!

 

[CygnusXS]

Yeah, and apparently Christhian Martinez got the bullpen spot. I hope we just cut Proctor.

Edit: We did release Proctor. Woot!

So there IS a God.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Braves news:

-- Scott Proctor released
-- Joe Mather placed on waivers
-- Cristhian Martinez wins final bullpen spot
-- Brooks Conrad, Matt Young, and Brandon Hicks win final three bench spots
-- Will wait a few days before deciding whether Jair Jurrjens will be on the roster or the DL (Braves won't need a 5th starter until April 9)
-- Kenshin Kawakami to begin season at AA Mississippi
-- Rodrigo Lopez to begin season at AAA Gwinnett

More on Kawakami: His contract is a rarity for a veteran, in which he does not have a right to refusal clause in his deal that would make him a free agent while keeping his salary guaranteed if he declines a minor league assignment. Kawakami has to accept his assignments or else he forfeits his salary.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

-- Brooks Conrad, Matt Young, and Brandon Hicks win final three bench spots

-- Brooks Conrad win final bench spot

-- Brooks Conrad win bench spot

-- Brooks Conrad win spot

-- Brooks Conrad

To quote the postseason thread...

Why is Brooks Conrad:

a) not a character in the legend of baggar vance
b) so bad at baseball

BROOKS CONRAD IS THE WORST BASEBALL PLAYER EVER

I have never seen as bad a player as Brooks Conrad in my life. Wow.

Brooks Conrad is such a shitty player. Unbelievable. Can Freeman play 2nd?

BROOKS CONRAD FOR GOLD GLOVE

Brooks has more balls than brains

Brooks Conrad cost the Phillies the World Series.

 

[ConradCervantes]

We traded for Morgan? The fuck, Melvin.

 

[mYm|17|]

It was better than solid. Regression likely. Plus, Kyle farnsworth will be involved

Kyle Farnsworth will surprise people and we will get "the dude" back this year

 

[bluemax]

M's fans all hate him for his defense. Then again, they all saw him playing SS... LF is a far less demanding position. I mean, we had Dunn playing LF.

He only played 2 games at SS after 2005 for the Mariners. The rest were OF/DH/1B/3B.

He didn't exactly hit for shit while with the Mariners.