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Man if we opt for Hultzen over Cole i'll be unhappy. I dunno really much about either but..

Scouting Report: Tall righty whose fastball sits around 94-95 mph and tops out at 96. Also mixes in an above aberage low 80s slider and a 80 mph changeup. Smooth, effortless delivery. Aggresive with the strike zone.
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seems more interesting then

Scouting Report: Very athletic lefty. Throws upper 80s will touch low 90s occasionally. Real nice breaking ball and can hit his spots. He's a legit pitcher with a deceptive motion. His curve was also an above-average second pitch. He spins a tight breaking pitch, and also mixes in a changeup and a split finger pitch as well.
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I still can't believe the call for Granderson to bunt in the ninth inning last night by Girardi. Dude has been on fire, taking the bat out of his hands made no sense whatsoever.

Also, I was miffed by the decision to take out Quentin and pinch run with Lillibridge, turned out being the game winning managerial move as there is no way Quentin makes those two plays on the balls hit by Cano and Rodriguez. That Soriano HBP ended up costing us the game twice, the game winning run and robbing us of offense that would have ended the game.

Lastly, Soriano needs to get his head out of his ass.
 
ConradCervantes said:
The Crew is now 2-0 in games I've been to. Both games the opposition only mustered two hits. Clearly I am a godsend from the heavens above to guide Milwaukee to the promised land. I expect a perfect game thrown on May 15, when I make my next pilgrimage.
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I'm 2-0 as well. We've got the golden touch.
 
Granderson over the last two weeks - .357 avg, .400 OBP, 10 R, 5 HR, 9 RBI. ugh

Shitty numbers against right handers overall, that must've been what Retardi was looking at.
 
Soriano will straighten up...unless he's one of those guys that can't do the job if he's not being asked to close the game or something.

It's still April...no worries.

Retardi is still a retard, though.
 
BertramCooper said:
Good win by the Tribe tonight.

Sizemore is playing out of his mind right now.
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Sizemore was great, but Shin Soo Choo was by far the bigger pain in my team's ass last night.

I gotta give respect to the Indians, though, they're clearly on the right track. I'm still pulling for the Royals to get on top, of course, but if they plummet anytime soon, I do hope the Indians stay dominant.
 
Who would have thought that through April, Yo would have performed the worst of all members of the Brewers rotation, including Marco Estrada?

At least it doesn't seem to be a health issue. His command is just terrible.
 
The Cubs have made me truly feel the concept of schadenfreude.
 
tyguy20204 said:
Who would have thought that through April, Yo would have performed the worst of all members of the Brewers rotation, including Marco Estrada?

At least it doesn't seem to be a health issue. His command is just terrible.
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Hey, same with us. Volquez uhbuloowweeezzz
 
I was just looking up team pitching stats on Fangraphs, and guess which team is in dead last for starters' IP? The Yankees. lol
 
CygnusXS said:
I was just looking up team pitching stats on Fangraphs, and guess which team is in dead last for starters' IP? The Yankees. lol
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In their defense, they've played fewer games than some other teams. Here's IP/G:
Code: 
Team		G	IP 	IP/G
Cubs		23	126.1	5.482608696
Giants		22	121.1	5.504545455
Orioles		21	118.2	5.628571429
Reds		24	135.1	5.629166667
Mets		23	130	5.652173913
Yankees		20	113.2	5.66
Diamondbacks	22	127.1	5.777272727
Blue Jays	23	133	5.782608696
Pirates		23	133.1	5.786956522
Rockies		23	134	5.826086957
Astros		23	134	5.826086957
Nationals	22	129	5.863636364
Cardinals	23	135	5.869565217
Padres		24	141.2	5.883333333
Royals		23	136.1	5.917391304
Red Sox		22	131	5.954545455
Mariners	24	143.1	5.9625
Brewers		23	137.2	5.965217391
Tigers		23	139.2	6.052173913
Dodgers		25	152.1	6.084
Braves		25	152.2	6.088
Marlins		22	134	6.090909091
Indians		22	135.1	6.140909091
Twins		21	129	6.142857143
Rangers		23	142	6.173913043
Phillies	23	145.2	6.313043478
Athletics	24	153.2	6.383333333
White Sox	24	154.1	6.420833333
Angels		24	155	6.458333333
Rays		22	146.2	6.645454545
 
CajoleJuice said:
I'm going to lean towards no, considering he's under team control for 5 years, including this season. You're not going to get that much value from many trades. Wouldn't trade him for Shields, for example.
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I was just kidding around.

Remember a few of us entertaining the idea last season. Even he drops off, no one in the lineup has that kind of power.
 
South Florida Sun-Sentinel is reporting that the Marlins are currently engaged in trade talks with the Giants for Mark DeRosa.

AbortedWalrusFetus said:
WTF? Oswalt left the team?

Someone hold me. What is going on? I'm so confused.
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Sounds like he went home to check on his community after last night's storms.
 
Doytch said:
Personal leave sounds like. My roto pitching staff is so fucked.
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Yeah, in one of my leagues I'm completely fucked for pitching. Name every underperforming pitcher and I've got them on that team.

Bumgarner is also crushing me across 4 leagues, but I can make due with his asstastic start.
 
If the Braves win today, they are back to .500.

Good lineup.
Prado - LF
Heyward - RF
Chipper - 3B
McCann - C
Uggla - 2B
Freeman - 1B
Gonzalez - SS
McLouth - CF
 
CygnusXS said:
I was just looking up team pitching stats on Fangraphs, and guess which team is in dead last for starters' IP? The Yankees. lol
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Phil Hughes killed that average. His three starts were 4.0, 2.0, and 4.1 innings.
 
Stepped away from my desk for a bit with Kemp and Loney on and no outs.. thought I'd come back to a lead. Fuck you De (not) Jesus.

Ugh, now it's time to fuck Guerrier.
 
Via Pat, a guy at the OC Register actually counted them, or at least estimated, based on stills from the Nats' TV broadcast, and came up with an attendance figure of about 1,100.

Obviously, the weather stunk, it was Monday, it was a make-up game, and the Penguins had a playoff game that night.

What does it mean? The Pirates' attendance figures are never among the league's best or anything, but beyond that, probably nothing. The Pirates' attendance actually increased last year even as attendance was down slightly throughout baseball despite the opening of a new ballpark in Minneapolis.

You can just chalk the weak attendance figures on Monday up to all the extenuating circumstances. I went to the game on Saturday, and the attendance was really nothing like Monday's game, even though there was a rain delay of over an hour. Also, the Pirates' attendance so far this year hasn't been atypical for April. I don't think the poor attendance on Monday reflects any change in fans' enthusiasm about the Pirates.
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lmfao!
 
eznark said:
Brewers just announced they've sold 2 million tickets, on pace for the second best year ever.

lol Pirates
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Even though our current avg per game is the lowest since PNC Park opened. Florida, Tampa Bay, Cleveland, Kansas City still beat us in attendance suckitude!
 
Tampa is one of the more pathetic situations if you ask me. It's not like they have a history of being terrible, the people there clearly just don't like baseball.
 
eznark said:
Tampa is one of the more pathetic situations if you ask me. It's not like they have a history of being terrible, the people there clearly just don't like baseball.
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The problem is, that by the time their electric scooters get the fans to the game, it has finished.
 
Damn, the team is in a 625 million hole. The Wilpons def. have to go. And wtf with owing players money until 2029 lol
From: SI.com
Just how deep in the hole is the troubled franchise of the New York Mets?

As owners now shop a 49% stake in the team, it's been widely reported that the franchise has around $430 million in bank debt. But a potential investor who spoke to Fortune on condition of anonymity points out that the team's liabilities are closer to $625 million, from a buyer's perspective.

The $430 million figure reflects the loans refinanced last year by the team's main lender, JPMorgan Chase. But Sterling Equities, the group led by Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz that holds ownership stake in the Mets, has opened its books to interested investors, and those books disclose other financial commitments that give a more complete picture of the Mets' true obligations beyond bank debt.

According to the source, Mets financial statements disclose another $100 million in what the team calls "contingent liabilities." Much of that is deferred compensation still due to players long gone from the Mets roster. The documents give two examples of these liabilities: Bobby Bonilla, who left the team in 1996 and has $1.2 million per year coming to him for the next 25 years, and Bret Saberhagen, who left in 1995 and is owed $250,000 annually through 2029.

Investors were not shown a full list of the contingent liabilities; they were only informed that the figure is $100 million, and that these two particular commitments are examples.
The source adds another $70 million to the team's overall liabilities to cover this year's losses. The Mets lost $50 million in 2010 and are projected to lose $60 million this season. But they've already seen an 11% decline in attendance this year, which makes it likely that the team will lose closer to $70 million. Part of the franchise's annual obligations is an annual $50 million municipal bond payment for financing Citi Field -- these payments come from Queens Ballpark Company, a "wholly owned subsidiary of the New York Mets," according to the Sterling Equities website.

Combine the $430 million bank debt with the contingent liabilities and expected losses this season, and finally, add the $25 million owed back to the MLB from a loan made to the team in November, and a new owner would own part of a team that's roughly $625 million in the hole.

A spokesman for the Mets would not comment on the negotiations or the investor's information.

Meanwhile, the owners will have to deal with a pesky lawsuit from Irving Picard, the bankruptcy trustee tasked with recovering money for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. The $1 billion lawsuit accuses Wilpon and his partners of being aware of the scam while feeding more money into it. The official statement on the matter from Wilpon, Katz and the other Sterling Equities partners, as of March 20, reads: "Let us be very clear: we did not know that Madoff was engaged in a fraud. There were no red flags and we received no warnings." The team may end up reaching a settlement, which is yet another potential cost a buyer might take into consideration.

What the Mets want now, of course, is to find a Mets fan or a group of fans with pockets deep enough to buy a 49% share of the team for around $200 million. Such a deal wouldn't solve everything, but it would give the Mets a good start on the right path. Wilpon and Katz could pay back the $25 million loan to MLB (given by Bud Selig in November, though they didn't reveal it until February). They'd have funds to help cover this season's losses. They could set aside a reserve, if they need it, for the Picard lawsuit. And of course, they could continue doling out their $145 million payroll.

At the very least, Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz, and Mets fans can feel happy when they compare the dire situation in Queens to a similar, but worse, crunch in Los Angeles. The Dodgers are in about the same level of bank debt, but have additional liabilities at estimated levels much higher than the Mets. And Selig has refused to bail out Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, whose team has been taken over by the MLB, the way that he bailed out the Mets with a $25 million loan back in November.

For now, Mets fans will keep watching the field, and hope that the people watching the books keep an eye on the ball.
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