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Post by fw91 on Jan 28, 2011 22:45:34 GMT -5
Rubin reports that one of the people suing Wilpon for clawbacks could be looking for as much as 1 billion dollars. Not likely he'd get that much but this can't be good. Speculative names on who could buy a minority stake (and perhaps takeover the team ala the Hicks situation) could include guys like Dolan, Trump, Cuban, Jerry Seinfeld, etc... Seinfeld and Cuban would meet my approval. I hope to god it's not Dolan and especially Trump. "So what's the dealll with our pitching staff? It's awfullll!" trump would be great. Come on iimagine him going up to Ollie and Castillo and teliing them each "Youre Fired"
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 28, 2011 22:53:14 GMT -5
Mark Reynolds, over/under 45 bombs in Camden Yards.
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Post by ani on Jan 28, 2011 22:54:01 GMT -5
Mark Reynolds, over/under 45 bombs in Camden Yards. 40 homers but he'll hit .198 and somehow not get 100 RBI's.
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Post by mrwednesdaynight on Jan 28, 2011 23:18:06 GMT -5
I like that the O's are at least trying to put together a good team. I still can't name a single player on their pitching staff, unless they brought back Kevin Millwood. But this is what the AL East has needed for a long time, the other teams stepping up and at least pretending like they can compete. As oppose to just laying down and playing dead for the Yanks and Sox every year.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 23:29:11 GMT -5
Our? Thought you were a Nats fan? Oh and I still am not seeing the O's having a great lineup even with Vlad. Both. 1. Brian Roberts 2. Nick Markakis 3. Derek Lee 4. Luke Scott 5. Adam Jones 6. Vlad Guerrero 7. Mark Reynolds 8. Matt Wieters 9. JJ Hardy Obviously the lineup would change if Vlad doesn't go to Baltimore, but Reynolds, a guy who can hit 40 homers is batting SEVENTH? Come on... That's a sick lineup if you are from Baltimore, i'll tell you that.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jan 28, 2011 23:31:45 GMT -5
Brian Matusz is going to be a stud. The first true top of the rotation guy since Mussina.
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Post by S-Chrome on Jan 28, 2011 23:39:08 GMT -5
I like that the O's are at least trying to put together a good team. I still can't name a single player on their pitching staff, unless they brought back Kevin Millwood. But this is what the AL East has needed for a long time, the other teams stepping up and at least pretending like they can compete. As oppose to just laying down and playing dead for the Yanks and Sox every year. Right, because the Rays haven't won the AL East two of the last three years, and the Jays haven't been .500 or better five of the past six years. It's just the Yanks and Sox getting 54-57 easy wins over those jobbers, huh?
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 29, 2011 0:20:53 GMT -5
Yeah, the AL East is always extremely competitive. Where did this idea come from that the Yankees and Red Sox are the only two good teams in that division? Has nobody seen what Tampa and Toronto have been doing for the last 5+ years?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2011 0:50:34 GMT -5
Yeah, the AL East is always extremely competitive. Where did this idea come from that the Yankees and Red Sox are the only two good teams in that division? Has nobody seen what Tampa and Toronto have been doing for the last 5+ years? Exactly. Toronto actually finished over .500 last year. Do I see that happening this year? Doubtful. Here's how I see it. 1.) Red Sox 2.) Yankees 3.) Rays 4.) Orioles 5.) Blue Jays 3rd and 4th could flop though, you never know. Maybe 5th as well. It's anybody's race.
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Post by domrep on Jan 29, 2011 10:52:26 GMT -5
I just want the O's to have a .500 season. After that it's gravy. I think we can finish 3rd this year, but who knows. I'm just hoping whatever Showalter was doing with this team in the 2nd half of last season carries over this year. I believe they were playing 9 games above .500 with him as manager.
As for prospects, we have Zach Britton and Manny Machado. Britton was ranked 11th in Keith Law's top 100 prospects, and Machado was ranked 26th. After that he's pretty bare, most of their top prospects are already in the majors.
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Post by 747 on Jan 29, 2011 11:41:12 GMT -5
It is not out of their control, they can move the damn games to somewhere near Toronto or Miami. They dont have to immediately move the games to the visiting team. Oh and security concerns for the 2010 G2, yet there was a G2 Summit in Pittsburgh and oh right, there were Pirates games on at the same time. And everyone should be treated the same in a legit sport, no matter the attendance. You guys really need to stop defending the undefendable. Except, SkyDome is right next door the convention centre where the actual leaders were and thus it was in the super big security area. Believe me, figuring what happened in Toronto that weekend, it was a good idea not to have the series played in Toronto.
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Post by 747 on Jan 29, 2011 11:43:54 GMT -5
Yeah, the AL East is always extremely competitive. Where did this idea come from that the Yankees and Red Sox are the only two good teams in that division? Has nobody seen what Tampa and Toronto have been doing for the last 5+ years? Toronto's been stuck in the same pattern for 12-13 years now. They've never been terribly bad (2004 an exception), but they've never been that good. They end up with 80-85 wins and third or forth place in the AL East. My predictions for the season: 1. Boston 2. New York 3. Tampa 4. Toronto 5. Baltimore
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Post by Cyno on Jan 29, 2011 12:12:36 GMT -5
Where did this idea come from that the Yankees and Red Sox are the only two good teams in that division? Has nobody seen what Tampa and Toronto have been doing for the last 5+ years? From someone who has no idea what they're talking about? The AL East has always been pretty beasty. The 4th Place Toronto Blue Jays could've been 2nd place in a few other divisions. And last year you had the Yankees and Rays neck and neck for 1st place in the division, with Boston nipping at their heels and Toronto not too far behind either. And while Baltimore had a horrendous 1st half, they had an amazing bounceback for the 2nd half. It may have been too little, too late for the standings, but they had one of the best second halves in baseball. It made for a very exciting baseball season if you're a fan at all of that division. I really feel for Tampa. They were a great team for the past few years, but no one cares. I'd love to see them move to either a location people would want to go to (from what I understand, Tropicana Field is in an AWFUL location) or get the hell out of Florida to a city/state that'd actually want to support them. It sucks they had to drastically decrease their payroll, but the fans (or lack thereof) brought it on themselves. That said, I see Toronto and Baltimore flaring up and Tampa taking a dive . I predict the AL East standings will be (as wacky as they are): 1. Boston 2. New York Yankees 3. Baltimore 4. Toronto 5. Tampa Is it statistically possible for all the teams in a division to finish over .500? If so, I could actually see that happening. (in b4 post about how a salary cap would fix all of baseball's woes and create a magic sense of parity)
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Post by Massive G on Jan 29, 2011 14:25:23 GMT -5
Mark Reynolds, over/under 45 bombs in Camden Yards. 40 homers but he'll hit .198 and somehow not get 100 RBI's. FWIW, Bill James has him currently projected for .233/.320/.433 AVG/OBP/SLG, good for 34 HR & 94 RBI, to go with 211 Ks. I would have guessed significantly worse.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 29, 2011 14:29:49 GMT -5
It is not out of their control, they can move the damn games to somewhere near Toronto or Miami. They dont have to immediately move the games to the visiting team. Oh and security concerns for the 2010 G2, yet there was a G2 Summit in Pittsburgh and oh right, there were Pirates games on at the same time. And everyone should be treated the same in a legit sport, no matter the attendance. You guys really need to stop defending the undefendable. Except, SkyDome is right next door the convention centre where the actual leaders were and thus it was in the super big security area. Believe me, figuring what happened in Toronto that weekend, it was a good idea not to have the series played in Toronto. Then play the series on a neutral field, you could do that if you weren't lazy. Football did it once and it was a disaster. Since then, they have made damn sure their games were played on neutral fields if there is a problem. Hell, even college football gets this one right. Why can't baseball???
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 29, 2011 15:09:11 GMT -5
FWIW, Bill James has him currently projected for .233/.320/.433 AVG/OBP/SLG, good for 34 HR & 94 RBI, to go with 211 Ks. I would have guessed significantly worse. James projects his slugging % at .490. The guy will hit for power and should have no problem reaching 35+ HR, but he's also a terrible contact hitter and his OBP is average at best. He's also a below average defender. I'm not nearly as high on the guy as some people around here seem to be. Exactly. Toronto actually finished over .500 last year. Do I see that happening this year? Doubtful. Here's how I see it. 1.) Red Sox 2.) Yankees 3.) Rays 4.) Orioles 5.) Blue Jays 3rd and 4th could flop though, you never know. Maybe 5th as well. It's anybody's race. That's pretty much my prediction as of now. I see a lot of people thinking the Rays are destined for last place and a significant drop-off. This is still a pretty solid team with a strong 1-5 in the rotation, provided Shields bounces back (and I think he does - his peripherals last year indicate a good amount of bad luck). They lost a lot of pieces in the bullpen but Peralta/Farnsworth/Howell/McGee can do a respectable job of replacing the outgoing arms. They also added a .400 OBP guy in Manny and still have the best 3B in baseball. They're probably an 80+ win team in the AL East as currently constructed. Someone's still upset about the ALCS and losing out on Cliff Lee.
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Post by Massive G on Jan 29, 2011 15:23:45 GMT -5
FWIW, Bill James has him currently projected for .233/.320/.433 AVG/OBP/SLG, good for 34 HR & 94 RBI, to go with 211 Ks. I would have guessed significantly worse. James projects his slugging % at .490. oh yeah, I don't know why I typed his slugging% from last season. At any rate, he's probably about a 3 win player, technically a little above average. Probably worth the $5 million next season, as long as O's fans are willing to live with his occasionally terrible D.
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Post by Insomniac on Jan 29, 2011 16:11:55 GMT -5
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Post by ani on Jan 29, 2011 16:43:25 GMT -5
I love it when fading stars think they can still hit .300 with 40 homers ;D
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Post by BRV on Jan 29, 2011 17:16:51 GMT -5
I love his quote about Vladimir Guerrero: "They were concerned about his inability to play any sort of defense at all." I don't know if what Lance Berkman does can be described as "defense". I guess, by definition, he plays defense. I mean, he stands in the field with a glove on, so technically he's playing defense. I'm sure Texas was more concerned about Lance Berkman's inability to provide any sort of offense at all.
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