My one and only team this year:
C - Brian McCann
1B - Joey Votto
2B - Chase Utley
SS - Ben Zobrist
3B - Pedro Alvarez
2B/SS - Ian Desmond
1B/3B - Albert Pujols
OF - Andrew McCutchen
OF - Matt Kemp
OF - Jose Bautista
OF - Nelson Cruz
OF - Carl Crawford
UTIL - Nolan Arenado
BENCH - Jose Abreu...
Requesting:
Dick Van Slyke
Starlin Fidel Castro
Jason Michael Bay
Aaron Crow/Brandon Lee (@200lbhockeyplayer should do this one)
Kris Benson/Robert Guillaume
Sandy Koufax Duncan
Hank Aaron Paul
Bo Jesse Jackson
Calvin & Hobbes Ripken Jr.
Jack Lemmon/Felix Hernandez (who can make this...
I agree. If Scott Feldman is getting $10 mil per over 4 years, I'm happy with the O's paying $12.5 per over 4 years to Ubaldo. Not overly excited about the signing but we did need somebody and I feel Ubaldo was the best arm left on the market.
A lot of it has to do with money; they simply do not have millions and millions to pony up for their picks. Although they did drop the ball big time with Beckham. Speaking of the 2008 draft, how someone like Craig Kimbrel was left until the 3rd round boggles my mind.
I believe they put Allen Craig in the list b/c he, like Braun is projected to play RF and I believe his amazing clutch hitting last year with RISP put him in the middle of the pact. Not that I agree with his placement, but at least is makes sense to some people unlike Puig at 1.
If I was putting money on anyone to get hit 200 hits, the only two I would put money on are Trout or Machado (if he's back by Opening Day). And Trout may have too much power to do it, so he'll be pitched around. There are dozens of others that could do it of course, I just wouldn't put money on...
I'm surprised we haven't seen Brady in an Expos uni. Come to think of it, I'm surprised Topps hasn't released a set with football players who were drafted in the MLB in their respective unis.
I don't really think too much about the "shredders" list usually but this is just an absolute joke. Here is the list:
Yasiel Puig – Los Angeles Dodgers
Ryan Braun – Milwaukee Brewers
Jose Bautista – Toronto Blue Jays
Giancarlo Stanton – Miami Marlins
Allen Craig – St. Louis Cardinals
Carlos...
It's a more difficult question than OBP hard-ons come to believe. I voted for OBP and overall, I believe it to be true. But I believe the deciding factor here is speed and contact ability. It's why Ichiro will be in the HOF. He could have a swinging bunt in-between the pitcher and the catcher...
Extremely biased opinion here and I know that some already were AT this game, but Sept 6, 1995 for me. Cal Ripken's 2131st game. I was at 2129. He hit the first home run of three consecutive games. It was magical. I can't even fathom what 2131 was like. All In Cards?
Agreed. He could win the next 7 Cy Youngs and not be undervalued. Here's how I look at it. Scott Feldman - freaking Scott Feldman - is being paid $10 million a year for 3 years by the Astros. In that comparison to Kershaw, yes, it makes sense to pay Kershaw $30 million a year b/c Kershaw is THAT...
Don't worry the Dodgers are quickly becoming the NL West Yankees...over $200 payroll and not getting to the World Series, sometimes not even the playoffs.
It could be viewed as hearsay, but tomorrow on 60 Minutes, Bosch will be on and he claims that he personally injected ARod with HGH many times b/c ARod is scared of needles.