Random MLB chatter
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wildcats20
Sooo....
Roy Halladay works out at 4:45 AM. What the fuck is wrong with this guy?!?!? lol -
karen lotz
wildcats20;688078 wrote:Sooo....
Roy Halladay works out at 4:45 AM. What the fuck is wrong with this guy?!?!? lol
SI had a pretty good article on him last year talking about how he almost quit baseball and turned it around with his work ethic. As much as I hate him being on the Phillies, I have a lot of respect for him. He does it the right way. -
Tiger2003
Reds fans will like this.
Wainwright might be done for the year. He might have Tommy John surgery.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/23/cardinals-fear-adam-wainwright-has-significant-elbow-injury/ -
karen lotz
Big blow to the Cards.
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stroups
Tiger2003;688297 wrote:Reds fans will like this.
Wainwright might be done for the year. He might have Tommy John surgery.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/23/cardinals-fear-adam-wainwright-has-significant-elbow-injury/
I don't like it but I will take it. -
Midstate01
ill say what i said on the other thread....
IS chris carpenter still crying.....and will he have to explain this to his son?? -
Midstate01
i hate the cards..i hope they sign pujols to a HUGE deal and it just totally cripples the organization
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Heretic
karen lotz;688662 wrote:Big blow to the Cards.
Perfectly sets the stage for the Pirates to shock the world!
On a site note, SB Nation's Pirates blog brought the lulz today. Article talking about Jeff Karstens and where he'd be more suited to perform.
But durability really isn't the key question here. It doesn't really matter whether he can get through six innings or not. He shouldn't be starting, since there just isn't any upside. Charlie Morton and Brad Lincoln have upside. Even with Scott Olsen, if you're on the right mixture of psychedelic drugs, you can kind of imagine how he might return to his 2006 form. With Karstens, no. Or, to put it another way, I would rather run the risk of Morton completely blowing a game and having Karstens clean it up than to just let Karstens start the game in the first place.
Also, regarding Karstens' ability to pitch 180-200 innings in a season, there's also the fact that there are only about 1,450 innings per year to distribute to a team's pitching staff. Giving Karstens 200 of them would be a little like consuming 2,000 calories a day, 500 of which come from soda. Yes, you'd survive, but you probably wouldn't feel especially good, so if there's any nutritious food around at all, you should probably eat that instead. -
karen lotz
hahaha that's pretty good. Whose blog is that? Random Pirates fan?
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Heretic
Guy who does it for SB Nation, which is linked to Yahoo Sports. Seems to be a collection of random fans, but those who are intelligent, well-read and not of the "WE RULE/SUCK AND ARE THE BEST/WORST" sort of blowhards. That's where I get most of my Pirates news, as they're constantly posting thoughts, transactions, rumors and whatever.
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darbypitcher22
Wainwright going down is huge for the Cards...
I'm going to assume w/ the Pujols negotiations they don't have the wiggle room to try and make deal to fill that void -
karen lotz
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2011/news/story?id=6154707
Some fine work by the Dayton Daily News. -
karen lotz
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darbypitcher22
karen lotz;692034 wrote:Joe Torre to be named VP of operations for MLB.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6159039
I think this is a good move -
september63
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Bryce Harper to start the season in Class A ball. Anyone see this 18 yr old making the big leagues this year? -
Laley23
september63;692069 wrote:Bryce Harper to start the season in Class A ball. Anyone see this 18 yr old making the big leagues this year?
Nope, I see him as a mid-summer call up to Sept. call up next year. -
karen lotz
september63;692069 wrote:Bryce Harper to start the season in Class A ball. Anyone see this 18 yr old making the big leagues this year?
Don't think so. Nationals took the cautious approach with Strasburg and I see the same thing going on with Harper. No reason to rush him this year, they aren't ready to compete for a division crown anyway. -
jordo212000
karen lotz;692108 wrote:Don't think so. Nationals took the cautious approach with Strasburg and I see the same thing going on with Harper. No reason to rush him this year, they aren't ready to compete for a division crown anyway.
Yeah I don't think they bring him up either. If he is ready, then by all means they should bring him up... but they won't. He'll spend at least one year in the minors -
darbypitcher22
There's not really a need to rush him, like others have said. Let him learn all the nuiances playing at the lower level and advance like we all know he will
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daveNo chance Harper isn't up with the Nats in September IMO. He's already crushed it with a wooden bat in JUCO and in the fall league. He's an outfielder so it's not like he needs to learn much defensively. He also on the 40man.
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grodt
I thought Harper was a catcher -
BCBulldog
karen lotz;690235 wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2011/news/story?id=6154707
Some fine work by the Dayton Daily News.
Hal McCoy, of all people, should know better than to report clubhouse antics and banter. He can backtrack all he wants, but this was McCoy just grasping for headlines. Marty Brenneman was on the local sports radio station yesterday and ripped McCoy for it. He said that McCoy will probably get no interviews or cooperation from the players because of this. -
davegrodt;692387 wrote:I thought Harper was a catcher
They moved him to OF so he can get to the bigs quicker, and obviously they don't want the best hitting prospect in years wearing out his knees at catcher. Too bad the Indians weren't smart enough to do that with Santana. -
Tiger2003
Utley misses 2nd straight game because of knee.