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Post by Oregon Norm on Jul 26, 2013 0:27:26 GMT -5
No sympathy for the Bronx baseball machine here. It's a short, sharp analysis, from Deadspin, of the MFY business model, and how small time it looks now that they're apparently trying to bilk their insurer. And probably no made-for-TV movie out of this particular mess. It stinks so bad, we can smell it all the way out West.
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Post by amfox1 on Jul 26, 2013 8:35:29 GMT -5
Joe Sheehan ? joe_sheehan 11h If Soriano goes to NYY, #Yankees will have nine players making $15M or more in 2013. Rest of AL has 12. #mlb
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Post by GyIantosca on Jul 26, 2013 8:57:17 GMT -5
Who plays 1st Buch or Arod?
The whole deal with the MFY's exposes there farm system. They got hit with multiple injuries. By the way what do u expect when u keep depending on mid to late 30 year old's? No help from there awesome system. I don't buy the argument that they have there talent in lower levels. There should be something at AAA or AA.
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Post by jdb on Jul 27, 2013 12:27:38 GMT -5
Pujols. Only 8 years left LAA fans
#Angels DH Albert Pujols has returned to SoCal to be evaluated. Re-injured L foot Fri night. Doesn't look good. Out for a while.
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 27, 2013 16:12:10 GMT -5
Pujols probably should take the rest of the year off anyway. He's not getting any power off his front foot, and I think he's playing through it to try to justify his contract. He reminds me of 2009 David Ortiz right now. Not to say that he has an Ortiz-esque comeback in him, but Pujols had a set of skills that shouldn't have deteriorated so quickly. His contact rates haven't fallen much, but he's basically meeting the ball rather than driving it.
He's obviously done as the best hitter in baseball, but I wouldn't be surprised if he can put up an .850 OPS again.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Jul 27, 2013 20:59:35 GMT -5
Pujols probably should take the rest of the year off anyway. He's not getting any power off his front foot, and I think he's playing through it to try to justify his contract. He reminds me of 2009 David Ortiz right now. Not to say that he has an Ortiz-esque comeback in him, but Pujols had a set of skills that shouldn't have deteriorated so quickly. His contact rates haven't fallen much, but he's basically meeting the ball rather than driving it. He's obviously done as the best hitter in baseball, but I wouldn't be surprised if he can put up an .850 OPS again. I think it's really just a question of health. If he can get over the foot issues, he'll be productive. Hitters who are THAT good tend to stay good as long as health allows. Pujols is 34 for this year. To compare him to a couple other great righty hitters of recent vintage, Manny Ramirez was a .304/.409/.527 hitter from ages 35-39 and Frank Thomas was .265/.382/.518 from 35-40.
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Post by James Dunne on Jul 28, 2013 9:33:36 GMT -5
Exactly. And the player with Pujols' highest similarity score through his age on B-Ref is Hank Aaron, who had a .601 SLG from ages 35 to 39. I guess it really depends on whether his plantar fasciitis is degenerative or not. If it is, this might be it for him. If it isn't, then he should've taken two weeks off in May rather than tried to be the hero and play through the pain, because that's just making it worse and leaving him unproductive.
I hate being one of those people who says when someone should or shouldn't be playing, because I'm not a doctor and I don't know these players personally, but it seems clear that in many cases a counter-productive macho-ness can lead to long-term problems for player and team.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Jul 29, 2013 22:12:31 GMT -5
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Post by awall on Jul 30, 2013 10:52:35 GMT -5
sigh, Arroyo has now won 100 games for the Reds.
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Post by fenwaythehardway on Jul 30, 2013 15:38:00 GMT -5
sigh, Arroyo has now won 100 games for the Reds. But if Will Middlebrooks Willy Mo Pena can just learn some plate discipline, imagine what a star he'll be with that power.
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Post by bentossaurus on Jul 30, 2013 18:13:14 GMT -5
sigh, Arroyo has now won 100 games for the Reds. But if Will Middlebrooks Willy Mo Pena can just learn some plate discipline, imagine what a star he'll be with that power. Touché my friend.
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Post by curll on Jul 30, 2013 19:05:15 GMT -5
sigh, Arroyo has now won 100 games for the Reds. But if Will Middlebrooks Willy Mo Pena can just learn some plate discipline, imagine what a star he'll be with that power. WILY MO, you disrespectful slog.
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Post by ray88h66 on Jul 30, 2013 20:37:27 GMT -5
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Post by johnsilver52 on Jul 30, 2013 21:06:01 GMT -5
When that deal went down? Thought Hags was going to be the one that bit the team in the rear in the end and you are right.. Masterson has been fairly solid. He's off and on and lefties still hit him pretty decent, but man would it be nice to have him back.
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Post by Don Caballero on Jul 30, 2013 23:57:00 GMT -5
But if Will Middlebrooks Willy Mo Pena can just learn some plate discipline, imagine what a star he'll be with that power. WILY MO, you disrespectful slog. WMP had maybe the best swing on an awful player ever. I miss watching him being all around bad on the field while looking goofy doing so.
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Post by johnsilver52 on Jul 31, 2013 12:09:44 GMT -5
Cards possibly looking for a catcher. Molina has been playing with a bum knee for awhile:
It's always been hard to find a guy who throws better than Shoppach and he just exercised his MiLB opt out with the Nats.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 31, 2013 12:16:22 GMT -5
Cards possibly looking for a catcher. Molina has been playing with a bum knee for awhile: It's always been hard to find a guy who throws better than Shoppach and he just exercised his MiLB opt out with the Nats. Price for Ruiz probably just went up. I wanted the Sox to look hard at him. Haven't heard much about Ross lately.
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Post by grandsalami on Jul 31, 2013 14:52:28 GMT -5
RT @tbtimes_Rays: Hearing #Rays Matt Moore going to DL with left elbow soreness
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Post by ikonos on Jul 31, 2013 14:57:25 GMT -5
RT @tbtimes_Rays: Hearing #Rays Matt Moore going to DL with left elbow soreness Could be the reason he got shelled in his last start by Yankees. But with Cobb coming back, they can endure the DL. Wonder if it is a significant injury.
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Post by chavopepe2 on Aug 1, 2013 19:55:13 GMT -5
You Darvish has 14 strikeouts through 6 innings. He's thrown 98 pitches.
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Post by sammo420 on Aug 1, 2013 21:06:16 GMT -5
You Darvish has 14 strikeouts through 6 innings. He's thrown 98 pitches. God I would've loved to have gotten my hands on him. It seems Theo has an innate ability to swipe top prospects from other peoples farm systems but thanks to him "giving in to the monster" we couldn't even be players on him. Thanks Theo.
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Post by bostonfan04 on Aug 2, 2013 18:34:35 GMT -5
Iglesias starting for the tigers at 3rd tonight, he grounded out to third in his first ab
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Post by ray88h66 on Aug 2, 2013 19:04:50 GMT -5
Iglesias starting for the tigers at 3rd tonight, he grounded out to third in his first ab Base hit and rbi 2nd ab.
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 2, 2013 19:37:28 GMT -5
Iglesias starting for the tigers at 3rd tonight, he grounded out to third in his first ab Base hit and rbi 2nd ab. I read it was a bloop hit too. lol Glad there will be no more BAPIP arguments for us.
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Post by grandsalami on Aug 2, 2013 22:22:07 GMT -5
DAYUM
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