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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Jul 9, 2007 18:20:44 GMT -5
Pedroia? 2B of the future? NO WAI  |
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Post by taker1 on Jul 9, 2007 18:35:26 GMT -5
Pedroia? 2B of the future? NO WAI  Well things were looking bleak in April. And you never really know with prospects. |
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Jul 9, 2007 18:42:23 GMT -5
GREAT SCOTT!
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Post by Jimmy on Jul 9, 2007 18:43:19 GMT -5
BP's monocule > owl's monocule
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Jul 9, 2007 18:50:08 GMT -5
I dont understand how Brandon Phillips, a brother from North Carolina can be depicted as a proper old Englishman, then again, why does the owl act like that too/
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jul 9, 2007 18:53:57 GMT -5
I honestly dont think Rich Hill deserves to have a rating of anything higher than a C - he honestly has fallen apart Then you haven't watched enough or didn't watch at all during the start of the year. I don't care if he's had a string of 3 or 4 bad starts, you don't write a guy off for that. While he's teeing up more long balls, his strike out to walk ratio is still phenomenal, and his WHIP is going to remain low. If he can cut back on the long balls in the second half, his ERA is going to dip again. He'll be fine. It's not the same Rich Hill of 2 years ago, so I don't see where you can say he's "fallen apart". |
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Jul 9, 2007 19:02:26 GMT -5
Hes hating on Rich Hill cuz hes white, racist.
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Post by DWright on Jul 9, 2007 19:07:29 GMT -5
New York Mets - B+ Overall Record: 48-39 Standings: 1st in NL East Manager: Wille Randolph- B Pitching Coach: Rick Peterson - A Team MVP: Jose Reyes Worst Player: David Newhan Best Pitcher: Billy Wagner Worst Pitcher: Guillermo Mota Position PlayersC Paul Lo Duca- B C Ramon Castro- B+ 1B Carlos Delgado- C 1B Julio Franco- F 2B Jose Valentin- C+ 2B Damion Easley- C 2B Ruben Gotay- B SS Jose Reyes - A+ 3B David Wright - B+ LF Mosies Alou - n/a LF Endy Chavez- B LF Rickie Ledee- B+ CF Carlos Beltran- B+ CF Carlos Gomez- B+ RF Shawn Green- C+ RF David Newhan- D Starting PitchingLHP Tom Glavine- B RHP Orlando Hernandez- B RHP John Maine- A+ LHP Oliver Perez- B+ RHP Jorge Sosa- B RHP Mike Pelfrey- D Bullpen/ Relief PitchingLHP Pedro Feliciano- A RHP Aaron Heilman- C RHP Guillermo Mota- D LHP Scott Schoeneweis- D RHP Aaron Sele- C+ RHP Joe Smith- B+ LHP Billy Wagner- A Overall Thoughts- With all the talent they have, I was hoping for a better first half. It could've been worse with all the injuries, but guys like Carlos Gomez, Ruben Gotay, and Jorge Sosa have picked up the team. So far, so good. Ricky Ledee, a B+  A butcher in the field, can't run the bases and had 1 game in which he looked as if he belonged. He was DFA for a reason. ...he's terrible. LMILLZ TO THE RESCUE |
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Post by krush on Jul 9, 2007 19:53:32 GMT -5
I think Walt Jocketty/Cardinals organization needs to get a Y for ruining Anthony Reyes's career I'm pretty sure nobody in the Cards organization told Reyes to float belt-high 80 mph changeups right down the middle of the plate every other pitch. |
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Post by comebackkid on Jul 9, 2007 23:17:26 GMT -5
Houston Astros - DOverall Record: 39-50 Standings: 5th Place Manager: Phil Garner - F Pitching Coach: Dave Wallace- C Team MVP: Hunter Pence Worst Player: Morgan Ensberg Best Pitcher: Roy Oswalt Worst Pitcher: Too Many Position PlayersC Brad Ausmus - D C humberto Quintero - F 1B Lance Berkman - C 2B Craig Biggio - C 2B Chris Burke - C SS Mark Loretta - B+ SS Adam Everett - D 3B Morgan Ensberg - F 3B Mike Lamb - C LF Carlos Lee - B+ CF Hunter Pence - A RF Orlando Palmeiro - D Starting PitchingRHP Roy Oswalt - B+ RHP Jason Jennings - C+ LHP Woody Williams - D+ RHP Wandy Rodriguez - C+ RHP Chris Sampson - C+ Bullpen/ Relief PitchingRHP Brian Moehler - D RHP Chad Qualls - D RHP Dan Wheeler- D LHP Trevor Miller - F LHP Mark McLemore - Inconclusive LHP Matt Albers - C- RHP Dave Borkowski - F RHP Brad Lidge - C - Overall Final Thoughts: This Team has been horrible, When the Pitchers pitch great either the bullpen blows it or nobody Hits. When the hitters hit alot, The Pitchers give up more runs. The Bullpen is Atrocious and the reason why our Starts are missing 3-4 wins each. Lance Berkman is starting to heat up, too bad its the Second Half Already and Morgan Ensberg needs to be traded as he is a HUGE disappointment. Carlos Lee and Hunter Pence seem to be the only consistent ones out of the whole line up. Phil Garner can jump in a pool of lava because he is  ing terrible at managing the BullPen and In-game Situations. We haven't lost a Series since this Home Stand, hopefully a Decent trade and some consistent Baseball will give us some hope of making it a Race once again during the last few weeks...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2007 11:34:02 GMT -5
Baltimore Orioles pitching: C+
Hitting: D-
Fielding: B
Totally unexpected that pitching would be ousting the bats for the 'Birds.
I was extremely hyped for the O's, this year, after they started 14-6 in their first 20 . . . I don't think I'll ever see them in a series.
>=(
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Post by Flyrfn144 on Jul 10, 2007 13:37:07 GMT -5
Philadelphia Phillies - C+
Overall Record: 44-44
Standings: 3rd in NL East, 4.5 gb
Manager: Charlie Manuel- D
Team MVP:Chase Utley
Worst Player: Wes Helms
Best Pitcher: Cole Hamels
Worst Pitcher: Freddy Garcia
Position Players
C Rod Barajas- D
C Carlos Ruiz- C
1B Ryan Howard- A-
2B Chase Utley- A+
SS Jimmy Rollins- A
3B Wes Helms- F
3B Greg Dobbs- C+
3B Abraham Nunez- D-
LF Pat Burrell- C+
LF Micheal Bourn- C
LF Jayson Werth- C-
CF Aaron Rowand- B+
RF Shane Victorino- A
Starting Pitching
RHP Adam Eaton - B
LHP Cole Hamels - A+
LHP Jamie Moyer - C
RHP Kyle Kendrick - B+
RHP John Lieber - D-
RHP Freddy Garcia - F-
Bullpen/ Relief Pitching
RHP Antonio Alfonseca - D
LHP Mike Zagurski - C+
RHP Jose Mesa - F
RHP Brian Sanches - C+
RHP Ryan Madson - C
RHP Geoff Geary - C
Overall Final Thoughts: This team could be much better at this point. Injuries, stupid decisions by our manager and a bad bullpen is plaguing this team. Our starting pitching has been decent but very very inconsistent except for Hamels who is having so far the best season he has had ever. Our offense is once again the best run producers in the league. Howard, Utley,Rowand,Victorino and Rollins all have 10 or more home runs and more than 40 rbi's except for Shane who has 37. The teams biggest needs are pitching, a 3rd basemen and a catcher who isn't a waste of money like Barajas. This team could be at best in 1st place and be more than just a .500 team.
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Post by duan on Jul 11, 2007 19:45:26 GMT -5
New York Mets - B+ Overall Record: 48-39 Standings: 1st in NL East Manager: Wille Randolph- B Pitching Coach: Rick Peterson - A Team MVP: Jose Reyes Worst Player: David Newhan Best Pitcher: Billy Wagner Worst Pitcher: Guillermo Mota Position PlayersC Paul Lo Duca- B C Ramon Castro- B+ 1B Carlos Delgado- C 1B Julio Franco- F 2B Jose Valentin- C+ 2B Damion Easley- C 2B Ruben Gotay- B SS Jose Reyes - A+ 3B David Wright - B+ LF Mosies Alou - n/a LF Endy Chavez- B LF Rickie Ledee- B+ CF Carlos Beltran- B+ CF Carlos Gomez- B+ RF Shawn Green- C+ RF David Newhan- D Starting PitchingLHP Tom Glavine- B RHP Orlando Hernandez- B RHP John Maine- A+ LHP Oliver Perez- B+ RHP Jorge Sosa- B RHP Mike Pelfrey- D Bullpen/ Relief PitchingLHP Pedro Feliciano- A RHP Aaron Heilman- C RHP Guillermo Mota- D LHP Scott Schoeneweis- D RHP Aaron Sele- C+ RHP Joe Smith- B+ LHP Billy Wagner- A Overall Thoughts- With all the talent they have, I was hoping for a better first half. It could've been worse with all the injuries, but guys like Carlos Gomez, Ruben Gotay, and Jorge Sosa have picked up the team. So far, so good. Ricky Ledee, a B+ A butcher in the field, can't run the bases and had 1 game in which he looked as if he belonged. He was DFA for a reason. ...he's terrible. LMILLZ TO THE RESCUE the strikeout king. |
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Post by cooga99 on Jul 12, 2007 0:33:56 GMT -5
New York Yankees - C-
Overall Record: 42-43
Standings: 2nd/ 3rd Place in AL East (10 games behind)
Manager: Joe Torre - C-
Pitching Coach: Ron Guidry - C+
Team MVP: Alex Rodriguez
Worst Player: Bobby Abreu
Best Pitcher: Chien-Ming Wang
Worst Pitcher: Kei Igawa
Position Players
C Jorge Posada - A
C Wil Nieves - F
1B Doug Mientkiewicz - D
1B Jason Giambi - C-
1B Andy Phillips - C
2B Robinson Cano - C
2B Miguel Cairo - B
SS Derek Jeter - A
3B Alex Rodriguez - A+
LF Hideki Matsui - B
CF Johnny Damon - D
CF Melky Cabrera - B
RF Bobby Abreu - D-
RF Kevin Thompson - Inconclusive
Starting Pitching
RHP Roger Clemens - B+
RHP Chien-Ming Wang - A-
LHP Andy Pettitte - B+
RHP Mike Mussina - C+
LHP Kei Igawa - F
Bullpen/ Relief Pitching
RHP Brian Bruney - B
RHP Kyle Farnsworth - D
LHP Mike Myers - C
RHP Scott Proctor - B+
RHP Luis Vizcaino - C
LHP Ron Villone - C
RHP Edwar Ramirez - Inconclusive
RHP Mariano Rivera - B+
Overall I dont think the Yankees have done THAT bad. Lets look at it from a objective point of view. You're playing in the same division with the "best team in baseball" You've not had 5 complete starters all year long (little less the past 3 years). Your hitting is up and down and inconsistant.
Now look at it from a traditional Yankees standpoint. Boston is starting to slide. Starting Pitching wise the only thing they are gonna have is Beckett and Dice-K. Wakefield isnt gonna cut it and Schilling is on the way out. Add on that Big Papi could be facing a DL stint that means more walks for Manny which means less HRs and RBIs. 15days without Schilling, Papi could mean a 4-6 game swing in standings. Yankees really have everything set right now. The Pitching staff is old yes but it is expierenced. Knocking out Igawa and putting Hughes in there later on will make it stronger. 1 or 2 trades to help the Bullpen and get god for saking Abreu out of the Brox and the Yankees are right back in the chase. If this was any 2 teams but Yankees and Red Sox then i would say yes they are out of it. But its not its the Yanks and Sox and its not gonna be over until the last weekend in September.......Are the Yankees a playoff team?? Yes! Are they a world series contender?? Yes! Will they make it to the World Series?? No!
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Post by DWright on Jul 12, 2007 2:38:00 GMT -5
Ricky Ledee, a B+ A butcher in the field, can't run the bases and had 1 game in which he looked as if he belonged. He was DFA for a reason. ...he's terrible. LMILLZ TO THE RESCUE the strikeout king. ...we traded for Andruw Jones? |
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Post by ET had AIDS on Jul 12, 2007 3:26:18 GMT -5
yankees fans are funny. just ing pack it in already. god damn. |
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Post by Jean-Ralphio on Jul 12, 2007 8:26:29 GMT -5
No where did Ortiz say hes going to the DL and the Red Sox lost to the Tigers, its not like they got swept by the D-Rays.
The key for the Yankees not winning the division is that they dont play the Red Sox til August, it is going to take a massive hot streak and or losing streak for them to catch us. At least until they play each other again
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Post by Nash on Jul 12, 2007 23:23:05 GMT -5
Chicago White Sox - D-Overall Record: 39-47 Standings: 4th Place in AL Central (13 games behind) Manager: Ozzie Guillen - C- Pitching Coach: Don Cooper - B- Team MVP: Mark Buehrle Worst Player: Toby Hall Best Pitcher: Mark Buehrle Worst Pitcher: Jose Contreras Position PlayersC AJ Pierzynski - C C Toby Hall - F- 1B Paul Konerko - B+ 2B Tadahito Iguchi - C+ SS Juan Uribe - D+ SS Alex Cintron - D 3B Josh Fields - C+ LF Rob Mackowiak - C- LF Andy Gonzalez - C- CF Jerry Owens - C- CF Luis Terrero - D+ RF Jermaine Dye - C DH Jim Thome - B+ InactiveJoe Crede Pablo Ozuna Darin Erstad Scott Podsednik Starting PitchingLHP Mark Buehrle - A+ RHP Jose Contreras - D- LHP John Danks - C RHP Jon Garland - B+ RHP Javier Vazquez - A- Bullpen/ Relief PitchingRHP Ryan Bukvich - F RHP Dewon Day - F LHP Boone Logan - D RHP Nick Masset - F+ RHP Charlie Haegar - D LHP Matt Thornton - D- RHP Bobby Jenks - A- Overall final thoughts: THIS ING BULLPEN.......
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Post by duan on Jul 13, 2007 10:12:29 GMT -5
...we traded for Andruw Jones? burn. nah, atleast there is no more Franco. |
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Post by cooga99 on Jul 13, 2007 16:03:02 GMT -5
yankees fans are funny. just ing pack it in already. god damn. Just like Boston packed it in during the 2004 ALCS? Or just like the Yankees did last year when they were 11 games out?? Or like Joe Montana did when he was 90+ yards away from winning a super Bowl with "not enough" time remaining??? Quitters never win and winners never quit. Theres still aprox 80+ games to be played. Boston goes 40-40 and NY goes 50-30 then guess what?? Thats right NY is right back in it. NY has the best winning pct of the 2nd half of the season. Now i never said Ortiz was going to the DL i just said he MIGHT. We dont know. Either way Big Papi isnt Big Papi. The season isnt over and neither are the Yankees |
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