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The Rays remain in contention for a world series. I keep going on about this line-up of Bartlett, Zorbist, Crawford, Longoria, Upton and Pena. For those of you who watch basebal from a distance, be advised that Longoria is a better bat the Alex Rodriguez, and easily a better fielder than Alex Rodriguez. Longoria is without doubt or debate, the greatest 3rd baseman in the game. Crawford is the cheetah of the major leagues, one of the 10 best baseball players in the game. Upton's speed and Pena's power ....they just need to up their batting average a tad. The other story in this division, are the baltimore orioles. Specialists say that the orioles are doomed to battle with the jays for last place, but I guess i just see a little more clear than they do. Jones, Roberts, Tejada, Markakis and young weiters make a serious line-up. Starting pitcher Matusz a lot of people don't know yet, but you'll see just how good this kid is. Meredith and Mike Gonzales should have a good season, making this bullpen a lot more solid than one might think. I still project the Orioles in 3rd place in this division above the red sox. Quote:
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its a bad bet regardless at such a small price. The only mistake i see i've made in my early projections is on the rangers who's line-up looks amazing. I'm not sure if they can contend without starting pitchers though
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Its in regards to the Atlanta Braves I've already given the credit to the pitching, my remark was in regards to their weak bats...umm, yeah, they're bats are not so weak after all. In fact, they are outstanding. Regardless if chipper jones plays this whole season or not, McCann is one of the 3 best catchers in the game. Main course for this season though is Jason Heyward. I've watched a lot of bats in my life....this is the greatest potential i have ever seen. The swing this young man has me baffled. quote me on this please ...... Jason Heyward , in time, will be a greater bat than Albert Pujols Jurrjens is arguably one of the 5 best starting pitchers in the game. Wagner so far has looked pretty good out there so far, can you imagine how elite this bullpen would be if saito finds his form of 2 years ago. The Atlanta Braves can be considered a candidate for the world series Quote:
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If their bats can put up a few runs, they're gonna be winnning a lot more games than they lose.
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Early predictions for the world series:
Atlanta Braves vs Tampa Bay Rays Atlanta Braves vs Chicago White Sox
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Atlanta Braves vs Tampa Bay Rays = 110/1
Atlanta Braves vs Chicago White Sox = 165/1
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These two above that i gave now have a different value Atlanta Braves vs Tampa Bay Rays = 9/1 Atlanta Braves vs Chicago White Sox = 40/1
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Heading towards the last stretch of the season, these are the standings two thirds into it.
Highlighted in Green are my pre-season picks AL East 1)New york Yankees -- 2)Tampa bay Rays -1.5 3)Boston Red Sox -6 4)Toronto Blue Jays -10 5)Baltimore Orioles -31.5 Nothing has changed here at all, 2nd place will clearly be the wild-card. The Red-sox are plagued with injuries as their best bat is out for the season. The jays condemn themselves more by neglecting to draft.....again. The orioles on the other hand, find themselves in a very interesting position as they're in a race for the #1 pick! AL Central 1)Chicago White Sox -- 2)Minnesota Twins -- 3)Detroit Tigers -9 4)Kansas City Royals -16 5)Clevland Indians -16 Nice little battle here between the sox and the Twins. The white sox have the clear edge here, as Morneau is injured for Minnesota. The Tigers have fallen from contention as anticipated. Things are not quite as bad as they look in Kansas and Clevland....the future looks a little brighter with some of the moves that were made, especially in Clevland. AL West 1)Texas Rangers -- 2)Oakland A's -8 3)LA Angels -8.5 4)Seattle Mariners -22 The A's have picked it up a little bit of late, and look pretty good, despite their weaker bats. i would not be suprised if the A's pitching made this division a race by the end of the season. The Rangers usually slow down in the hot months. NL East 1)Atlanta Braves -- 2)Philadelphia Phillies -1 3)New York Mets -8.5 4)Florida marlins -9 5)Washington Nationals -15 The Braves are remarkable. I know i projected them to win the national league, but i must say that i'm more optimistic now. Prado's on his way back to the top of the line-up as we speak, and all aspects of pitching are elite at this time. The phillies find themselves, despite some late form, in a very tough predicament, as both Utley and Howard face health issues. The Bullpen remains a reference to the weakest in the league. The Mets are falling, while the Marlins are probably leaving it a little too late to make a run. Lets see how fast things can change in baseball, as i project the nationals on top of this division by 2013. NL Central 1)Cincinnati Reds -- 2)St.Louis Cardinals -1 3)Milwakee Brewers -11 4)Houston Astros -15 5)Chicago Cubs -16 6)Pittsburgh pirates -24 This remains a two horse race. Experts are NOW jumping on the Reds band-wagon. It will be interesting to watch how this evolves. The reds all round play vs the cardinals elite starters and weak bats. I still give the edge to the Reds. Out of the rest of the teams in this division, the Pirates look to be contending by 2012 NL West 1)San Diego Padres -- 2)San Fransisco Giants -2 3)Colorado Rockies -6.5 4)LA Dodgers -7 5)Arizona Diamondbacks -21.5 Huge leap from the Giants, as Lincecum and Cain find their form. The Padres should be caught here, I can't contemplate them winning this division. I expect the rockies or the dodgers to be close to the giants before the end of the season, making this a 3 horse race.
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The Royals *still* have no fucking bullpen. Blew a five to nothing lead today after 6 shutout innings by Bannister. Our bullpen can't get outs on girl scouts.
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Grienke can certainly go 8 innings, and you can be sure that he'll be winning 75-80% of his starts this season. I was talking about Hochevar last season, If he can go 7 innings, he'll be winning over 60% of his starts. The teams not too bad if you consider the estimated stats of these 2 starters. If Butler lives up to his potential, him and Guillen make up a solid 3-4. The division is not so tough beyond the Sox and twins.
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Heading towards the first third of the season, this is what the standings look like so far.....
AL East 1)Tampa Bay Rays 29-11 2)NY Yankees 25-15 3)Toronto Blue Jays 25-17 4)Boston red sox 21-20 5)Baltimore orioles 13-28 The Rays have the best record in baseball, and they've yet to really start running. David Price leading the AL with his 6 wins and 1.81 ERA. Not to mention Evan longoria leading the AL with 27 RBI's. The Yankees have to be disapointed with the starters who are well under par. The Jays are in the same position they were last year where they had their worst season in decades...you can expext the same this season/or worse. The red sox, as mentioned are not close to contention. The orioles are still waiting for the return of their lead-off man Brian Roberts.....they should have a good 2nd half. AL Central 1)Minesota Twins 24-16 2)Detroit Tigers 23-17 3)Chicago White Sox 16-23 4)Kansas City Royals 17-25 5)Clevland Indians 15-24 Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau lead things for the twins while closer Raunch has been a great replacement for the injured Nathan. AL West 1)Texas Rangers 23-18 2)Oakland A's 20-21 3)LA Angles 19-23 4)Seattle Mariners 14-26 This division looks open, although i would be suprised if texas hangs on to the lead...not that there's some super team in this division waiting to overtake them, its just the rangers have a habbit of falling apart mid-summer. NL East 1)Philadelphia Phillies 24-15 2)Florids Marlins 22-19 3)Washington Nationals 21-20 4)Atlanta Braves 20-20 5)New York Mets 19-22 the Braves 20 Year old Jason Heyward leads his team with 29 RBI's, 8 Homeruns, batting .288, but with a lot of walks leading to a .406 on base percentage.... so yeah, he's got patience. Most outstanding feature of Heyward is his clutch preformance as he's had an overwhelming amount of walk off at bats this season. NL central 1)Cincinnati Reds 23-17 2)St.Louis Cardinals 23-18 3)Chicago Cubs 19-22 4)Milwakee Brewers 18-22 5)Houston Astros 14-26 Look at the Reds! Voted as most suprising team in the major leagues.....no suprise to me, as i began pointing them out last season. NL West 1)San Diego Padres 24-16 2)San Fransisco Giants 22-17 3)LA Dodgers 22-18 4)Colorado Rockies 19-21 5)Arizona Diamondbacks 17-24 The Padres will not remain on top here, this will end up a three horse race at most between the Dodgers, giants and rockies pending injuries.
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Half way through the season now, and this is how the divisions look.
Highlighted in Green are my pre-season picks. AL East 1)New york Yankees -- 2)Tampa bay Rays -2 3)Boston Red Sox -5 4)Toronto Blue Jays -11.5 5)Baltimore Orioles -28 The Rays will end up winning this division. The Yankees should also make the post-season as the wild card, unless the tigers challenge them a little. The Red Sox have not done that bad, but key injuries (Martinez, Ellsbury),and the general age of the players, forbid any hope for anything more than an above .500 record. The Jays simply suck....there's not much more to say about them..... their batting average, their rotation, their bullpen, their closer, their best players age ...there's just nothing there, its a disgrace. The baltimore orioles, since the start of the season, have been without their lead-off man speedster brian Roberts, and without their closer Mike Gonzales, so it looks like another drafting season....and good for them, its the only way they're ever gonna be able to compete in this division. AL Central 1)Detroit Tigers -- 2)Chicago White Sox -0.5 3)Minnesota Twins -2 4)Kansas City Royals -8 5)Clevland Indians -14 After a very weak start, the Chicago White sox have been on a tear, and now have caught up, and will eventually take the lead in this division. It won't be without competition though....i must admit, that i underestimated this tigers team a little bit. Miguel Cabrera is having the season of his life!! Austin Jackson came out of nowhere, and is a very good lead off man. Boesch has also come out of nowhere, and has added a serious bat to this line-up. I can't say they came out of nowhere as they did catch my eye at the start of the season, its just that i didn't expect them both to be in such form early on. All this though will fall short as the Tigers face some serious pitching problems, both in the rotation, as well as their bullpen. 103 mile/per hour throwing relief pitcher Zumaya is out! Other than Verlander and perhaps Sherzer, the tigers simply do not have starting pitchers capable of keeping this team in contention for this season. The Twins are still there, despite their recent slump. Should Mauer find his power again, i wouldn't put it past this team to be around at the end of the season. Royals fans are starting to feel good about this team.....they should start losing some games though as the they should be considering some of these draft targets. The Clevland Indians are rebuilding at this time, but are at a very early stage. AL West 1)Texas Rangers -- 2)LA Angels -5.5 3)Oakland A's -9.5 4)Seattle Mariners -16 I did predict the fall of the Angels, but I thought it would probably be the A's that took them over. For now, early July, its the heavy hitting Rangers, who just added Cliff Lee to their rotation. Lets keep in mind how weak texas has played in late summer these past seasons. This division is still open, even to my injury struck angels. The A's, despite being 9.5 games behind, are a very serious young team, that just keep making the right moves for the future. The Mariners got the right idea adding speedster figgins to the start of the batting order to compliment ichiro suzuki, but they forgot to add some power in there, so there's no one to bring them in. Lets see if this team collapses or rebuilds in the off-season. NL East 1)Atlanta Braves -- 2)New York Mets -4 3)Philadelphia Phillies -5.5 4)Florida marlins -10.5 5)Washington Nationals -12.5 Wow! The Braves are ranked #1 in the National league! ....all this, without their #1 bat Jason Heyward, who has been on the DL these past few weeks...He's on his way back as we speak. The Braves are 5.5 games ahead of their main rivals Philies! The Mets have found some form from some unexpected pitchers in their rotation. I always liked Pagan to be a lead-off man, and here he is doing it. Jose Reyes, still faces some health issues. David Wright is looking pretty good out there, and is the main reason why this team is still around coming into mid-season. I'm not suprised that the Mets are in 2nd, and i won't be suprised if they end up in 2nd. The reason is that the Phillies have some serious issues. Halladay, who always been overated, is proving to be less than people thought. Hamels still has a year or two before he reaches his full potential. J.A Happ has been on the DL since day 1, and despite his rehab, does not look to be his old self. The rest of the rotation have no buisness in the major leagues. The line-up see's the God of 2nd basemen Chase Utley on the DL for another month. Rollins is just a mediocre shortstop, despite his great season a couple years ago. What exactly does that leave in the line-up? Howard? ...sure, but one powerfull strike-out batter is not gonna win any pennant for you. Especially when the team you're playing for has a non-existant bull pen. The Phillies bullpen is sooo weak, that they've got starting pitcher Contreras as the main man....like wtf dudes, get some relief!! So yeah, forget the phillies. The Florida Marlins, despite their under .500 record, are looking pretty good! If this team can hold on to Hanley Ramirez for a couple more years, and fill in some of the holes in their rotation and bullpen, they might just be the team to take command in this division in the up-coming years! Finally some good news in Washington! Young superstar starting pitcher Strasburg is selling out the park in Washington, and wherever else he pitches. He is a strike-out artist who has everyone convinced that he will be one of the absolute elite pitchers in baseball for years to come! Not much else to say about the team, but its a good start. NL Central 1)Cincinnati Reds -- 2)St.Louis Reds -3 3)Chicago Cubs -10.5 4)Milwakee Brewers -11.5 5)Houston Astros -13.5 6)Pittsburgh pirates -18 Now here's something to feel proud about! The Reds are 11 games ahead of the 3rd place cubs, and are currently in a two horse race for the NL central! Phillips, Votto and Bruce are getting it done producing runs like theres no tommorow. The bullpen, as mentioned before is elite, with Cordero, masset and Rhodes. The Reds find themselves in this position, playing half the season without their #1 starter Volquez, who is in re-hab as we speak, and should be returning to the rotation just after the mid-season break! The Cardinals are clearly not the favorite to win this division. The line-up is overall weak despite the 2 heavy bats. It was the rotation that was gonna put them in contention, and its not looking quite as good as it did when the season started. Garcia started off the season as their best starter(Quoting the cardinals general manager), and he was....but he's lost something out there, command, velocity, and i don't think he'll keep it up. Chris Carpenter is clearly not the pitcher he was last season, so, as you can see, this cardinals team is not as strong as they seemed. The rest of the division is kinda weak.....the Cubs, the Brewers, the Astros, all on the decline......while the pirates seem to be doing all the right things(Drafting), and will be above these other teams in the next couple seasons. NL West 1)San Diego Padres -- 2)LA Dodgers -3 3)Colorado Rockies -3 4)San Fransisco Giants -5 5)Arizona Diamondbacks -17.5 I could say that i underestimated the Padres, but i don't think i did. To me, the Padres remain one of the worst teams in baseball, and will finish this season in 4th place in this division. If i ran the team, i would be dead last rubbing my hands together looking at the draft. The Dodgers and the Rockies are the real contenders. I wouldn't be suprised if the rockies won it in the end should Tulowitzki come back from the DL in full form. The Giants depend a lot on Lincecum, who has faced a few problems this season......Giants, get some bats! I'm not fond of the way the Diamondbacks are being run.
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QUIT TALKING ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2010.
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So, ever went to a baseball game and a hockey game broke out?
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Anybody see Joey Votto get thrown out of the game for...WHAT? He may have said something about the crappy call, but in baseball I believe you are allowed to mention your disagreement to the umpire, as long as you're not totally calling him out and showing him up.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb I don't think it was a strike either, but regardless, he must have said something reallllllyyyy snarky to the ump to get thrown from the game. What do you see? In contrast, here is a story about a mistaken call, responsibility, and sportsmanship: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...SectionsArea.5
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The Votto call is probably cause he said something nasty, or cause the ump is a cardinals fan, or simply cause votto's canadian.
Now the gallaraga one is a whole different story. There are countless close calls at first base that always end up being called out...this is done so that the game speeds up. They call them out even when they're evidently safe. ..so this 9th inning no-hitter breaker was totaly unnacceptable. He's out by a mile! Not one person can excuse that call. if it had been close, or even slightly safe, no one would have said anything if he had called him out, based on the calls that are made in the majors, and under the circumstance. it was a heist.
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