Bader conned to Yankees last postseason by turning into the ghost of Mickey Mantle in CF for 2 weeks. He immediately reverted to form this season.AustinCountyAg said:same things yanks are doing by DFA'ing BaderFarmer1906 said:Oh its true. They're run so poorly. I think I read / heard someone say that there was major internal conflict on how to move forward. Some wanted Ohtani traded and to start the rebuild. Others refused to trade Ohtani so they had to add.Mathguy64 said:
Interesting article on Fangraphs about why the Angels dumped everyone yesterday. They are just over/at the edge of the CBT level and that can impact the CO draft pick they would get for Ohtani. Its a 33rd round versus 5th. They potentially dumped $6MM in salary in the waived player. How much they same depends on how many get claimed. They need that $6MM off the payroll.
Thats how horribly they have been run.
Regardless, this move is fairly smart. It saves money and helps with the draft pick. A lot of teams would have too much pride to admit defeat weeks later.
Does this become a more regular thing in the future? Do teams shed salary at the waiver deadline who were unsure at the trade deadline? Does baseball like this? Is it good for the game? At least its exciting.
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Mathguy64 said:Bader conned to Yankees last postseason by turning into the ghost of Mickey Mantle in CF for 2 weeks. He immediately reverted to form this season.AustinCountyAg said:same things yanks are doing by DFA'ing BaderFarmer1906 said:Oh its true. They're run so poorly. I think I read / heard someone say that there was major internal conflict on how to move forward. Some wanted Ohtani traded and to start the rebuild. Others refused to trade Ohtani so they had to add.Mathguy64 said:
Interesting article on Fangraphs about why the Angels dumped everyone yesterday. They are just over/at the edge of the CBT level and that can impact the CO draft pick they would get for Ohtani. Its a 33rd round versus 5th. They potentially dumped $6MM in salary in the waived player. How much they same depends on how many get claimed. They need that $6MM off the payroll.
Thats how horribly they have been run.
Regardless, this move is fairly smart. It saves money and helps with the draft pick. A lot of teams would have too much pride to admit defeat weeks later.
Does this become a more regular thing in the future? Do teams shed salary at the waiver deadline who were unsure at the trade deadline? Does baseball like this? Is it good for the game? At least its exciting.
JMo pitched well for STL and got them prospects. Those two weeks were nice but ultimately didn't get them a single win vs Daddy. Yanks lost that trade.
i don't think anyone expects him in the lineup today, do they?gigemJTH12 said:
yall are gonna be pissed when Brantley isnt in that lineup
Since we were told he was DHing. Yes.BMX Bandit said:i don't think anyone expects him in the lineup today, do they?gigemJTH12 said:
yall are gonna be pissed when Brantley isnt in that lineup
Curious what everyone thinks…
How many more wins will it take to win the division?
I got 20-7 penciled down as the target.
How many more wins will it take to win the division?
I got 20-7 penciled down as the target.
23HarryRocket said:
Curious what everyone thinks…
How many more wins will it take to win the division?
1-0 BOS
2-1 NYC
2-1 TEX
3-0 SD
3-0 OAK
3-0 KC
2-1 BAL
3-0 KC
2-1 SEA
2-1 ARZ
HarryRocket said:
Curious what everyone thinks…
How many more wins will it take to win the division?
93 wins I think is the mark.
So 17-11 to finish
Why wouldn't Brantley be in the lineup? We've got things to figure out and we don't have months.
My predictions
0-1 BOS (this could easily be a sweep)
2-1 NYY
2-1 TEX
2-1 SD
3-0 OAK
2-1 KC
1-2 BAL
2-1 KC
1-2 SEA
2-1 ARZ
17-11 finish (.607 win percentage the last 28 games)
0-1 BOS (this could easily be a sweep)
2-1 NYY
2-1 TEX
2-1 SD
3-0 OAK
2-1 KC
1-2 BAL
2-1 KC
1-2 SEA
2-1 ARZ
17-11 finish (.607 win percentage the last 28 games)
Not saying that can't happen. Seattle just did it for Aug. But that is a 120 win pace for a full 162. I don't think we're going to do that or that it's going to take that. I would feel very good with 18 more wins.HarryRocket said:
Curious what everyone thinks…
How many more wins will it take to win the division?
I got 20-7 penciled down as the target.
I'm 100% certain that Maldy is catching today, but it's a really scary proposition to have Diaz catch either JV or Framber in the wild card round for the first time. There is a better than zero chance Diaz doesn't even play in the first two games of the wild card series because JV and Framber are your 1-2. Dusty absolutely needs to get him to catch one of those guys.
Assuming we go through the wild card, you have Yordan and Brantley splitting the LF/DH spot. Is Diaz going to start over Abreu at first base? Nope.
Assuming we go through the wild card, you have Yordan and Brantley splitting the LF/DH spot. Is Diaz going to start over Abreu at first base? Nope.
we have lost one series since Junetjack16 said:
My predictions
0-1 BOS (this could easily be a sweep)
2-1 NYY
2-1 TEX
2-1 SD
3-0 OAK
2-1 KC
1-2 BAL
2-1 KC
1-2 SEA
2-1 ARZ
17-11 finish
guess I should have started further back!AgLA06 said:Since we were told he was DHing. Yes.BMX Bandit said:i don't think anyone expects him in the lineup today, do they?gigemJTH12 said:
yall are gonna be pissed when Brantley isnt in that lineup
20-7 would put us at 96 wins. we win the division by 3 games (at least) with that recordHarryRocket said:
Curious what everyone thinks…
How many more wins will it take to win the division?
I got 20-7 penciled down as the target.
Bag said:we have lost one series since Junetjack16 said:
My predictions
0-1 BOS (this could easily be a sweep)
2-1 NYY
2-1 TEX
2-1 SD
3-0 OAK
2-1 KC
1-2 BAL
2-1 KC
1-2 SEA
2-1 ARZ
17-11 finish
We've lost a few. Two against Seattle (1-6 in those series at home), and one against Tampa
Going 1-2 against Baltimore means we split the season series with the best team in the AL. So not totally unrealistic we drop that series.
i'll go with:
1--0 BOS; framber looks great, bullpen shakey and bats take afternoon off
2-1 NYY
1-2 TEX
2-1 SD
3-0 OAK
2-1 KC
1-2 BAL
2-1 KC
2-1 SEA
1-2 ARZ
93 wins, win division
1--0 BOS; framber looks great, bullpen shakey and bats take afternoon off
2-1 NYY
1-2 TEX
2-1 SD
3-0 OAK
2-1 KC
1-2 BAL
2-1 KC
2-1 SEA
1-2 ARZ
93 wins, win division
HarryRocket said:
Why wouldn't Brantley be in the lineup? We've got things to figure out and we don't have months.
FWIW I thought Dusty was quoted as saying Uncle Mike would play LF yesterday and DH today.
nailed it, had my numbers offtjack16 said:Bag said:we have lost one series since Junetjack16 said:
My predictions
0-1 BOS (this could easily be a sweep)
2-1 NYY
2-1 TEX
2-1 SD
3-0 OAK
2-1 KC
1-2 BAL
2-1 KC
1-2 SEA
2-1 ARZ
17-11 finish
We've lost a few. Two against Seattle (1-6 in those series at home), and one against Tampa
Going 1-2 against Baltimore means we split the season series with the best team in the AL. So not totally unrealistic we drop that series.
day off today for brantley just seems like a very dusty thing to do.
is there a link to him saying he will play?
is there a link to him saying he will play?
It's been posted and talked about here plenty since yesterday.
texasaggie2015 said:
I bet on Seattle last night and told my buddy "This is probably what it takes for Seattle to lose"
A few minutes after I placed the bet, Kirby was scratched and Seattle lost.
Is it time for a Rangers/Mariners parlay?
Did you take it as action ? There is an option to take baseball games with the starting pitchers or it defaults into a no action and you get your money back.
Wagers are official in my book regardles of who pitches
texasaggie2015 said:
Wagers are official in my book regardles of who pitches
That's BS. In mine you can do either or just pick 1 starter if you want.
yes he did
MB might have some soreness
MB might have some soreness
Sometimes it works in your favor, sometimes it doesn't.
I tend to get favorable lines in CFB and CBB from what I've noticed.
I tend to get favorable lines in CFB and CBB from what I've noticed.
Sammy Sosa hit 359 home runs off Jose Lima if I recall correctly.W said:
as expected...quite a few Hall of Famers feasted on the Astros thru the years
- Tony Gwynn had a .355 career BA vs. Houston. 320 hits vs. the Astros -- the most against any opponent
- Willie Stargell had a .922 career OPS vs. the Astros including 43 home runs
- Andre Dawson's OPS vs. the Astros (.857) is 50 points higher than his career OPS (.806)
And Carlos Zambrano was 73-0 with a 0.01 ERA and 15 no-hitters against us.
What were Jim Edmonds stats? I forgot thoseThe Porkchop Express said:Sammy Sosa hit 359 home runs off Jose Lima if I recall correctly.W said:
as expected...quite a few Hall of Famers feasted on the Astros thru the years
- Tony Gwynn had a .355 career BA vs. Houston. 320 hits vs. the Astros -- the most against any opponent
- Willie Stargell had a .922 career OPS vs. the Astros including 43 home runs
- Andre Dawson's OPS vs. the Astros (.857) is 50 points higher than his career OPS (.806)
And Carlos Zambrano was 73-0 with a 0.01 ERA and 15 no-hitters against us.
Jim Edmonds is part of my historical trifecta of centerfielders along with Fred Lynn and George Springer would would be first ballot HOFers, all-time greats if they could just stop getting hurt.JDUB08AG said:What were Jim Edmonds stats? I forgot thoseThe Porkchop Express said:Sammy Sosa hit 359 home runs off Jose Lima if I recall correctly.W said:
as expected...quite a few Hall of Famers feasted on the Astros thru the years
- Tony Gwynn had a .355 career BA vs. Houston. 320 hits vs. the Astros -- the most against any opponent
- Willie Stargell had a .922 career OPS vs. the Astros including 43 home runs
- Andre Dawson's OPS vs. the Astros (.857) is 50 points higher than his career OPS (.806)
And Carlos Zambrano was 73-0 with a 0.01 ERA and 15 no-hitters against us.
Miller and Murphy caught how France was tipping. Encouraging, actually. https://t.co/0VjkyoDkKb pic.twitter.com/TWyeVjqNgP
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texasaggie2015 said:
My guess....
2B Altuve
3B Bregman
LF Yordan
RF Tucker
CF Chas
DH Brantley
1B Singleton
SS Pena
C Maldonado
Wednesday wrap-up.
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Mrs. Marvin is sitting beside Bregman's wife, manager, and hitting coach at Boston Logan. I told her to ask the coach to teach Alex how to not ground into double plays. Will advise response.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
Reagan is an Aggie and she's super cool.
Not bad all things considered
texasaggie2015 said:
Reagan is an Aggie and she's super cool.
Very nice. Talked to my wife a bit.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
Both her and Alex are really good people. She keeps him in line for sure lol
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