Machado wrote:Kill-
How do you like your bullpen to begin the season?
Aceves is closing while Bailey recovers from his injury.
Bard is a starter. Can't count on him to get 3 outs in the 8th anymore.
I dont know yet. Surely the FO expected Bailey to spend time on the DL ( trading for Melancon ). It seems like they fucked up not giving the 12.5m to Pappelbon ( which they didnt have, thank you Theo ). They have 40m in pitchers on the DL.
See Im not sold on Bard as a starter he's a thrower, not a pitcher. I do take solace in the fact that Epstein will never win in Chicago though.
Machado wrote:Kill-
How do you like your bullpen to begin the season?
Aceves is closing while Bailey recovers from his injury.
Bard is a starter. Can't count on him to get 3 outs in the 8th anymore.
I dont know yet. Surely the FO expected Bailey to spend time on the DL ( trading for Melancon ). It seems like they fucked up not giving the 12.5m to Pappelbon ( which they didnt have, thank you Theo ). They have 40m in pitchers on the DL.
See Im not sold on Bard as a starter he's a thrower, not a pitcher. I do take solace in the fact that Epstein will never win in Chicago though.
Unless I read wrong, this morning I read Bailey will be out for 3-4 months after having surgery on that thumb. That is a long time to be without a legit closer.
Something tells me Bard will eventually be placed back in the pen.
question for anybody here that has subscribed to MLB Extra Innings via
Direct TV:
i noticed the recording hours could be up to 6 hours long.
is that how the normal schedule reads?
Thurs., April 5 7:00 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers
@ San Diego Padres
Fri., April 6 2:00 p.m. Chicago White Sox
@ Texas Rangers New York Yankees
@ Tampa Bay Rays (3 p.m.)
Sat., April 7 7:00 p.m. New York Yankees
@ Tampa Bay Rays Philadelphia Phillies
@ Pittsburgh Pirates
Mon., April 9 1:00 p.m. Miami Marlins
@ Philadelphia Phillies
4:00 p.m. L.A. Angels of Anaheim
@ Minnesota Twins San Francisco Giants
@ Colorado Rockies
Tues., April 10 4:00 p.m. Pittsburgh Pirates
@ Los Angeles Dodgers
7:00 p.m. St. Louis Cardinals
@ Cincinnati Reds New York Yankees
@ Baltimore Orioles
10:00 p.m. Kansas City Royals
@ Oakland Athletics Arizona D-backs
@ San Diego Padres
Wed., April 11 12:30 p.m. Boston Red Sox
@ Toronto Blue Jays St. Louis Cardinals
@ Cincinnati Reds**
Thurs., April 12 1:00 p.m. Cincinnati Reds
@ Washington Nationals Tampa Bay Rays
@ Detroit Tigers
7:00 p.m. Miami @ Phillies*
Booth: Bob Costas & Jim Kaat
Fri., April 13 3:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs
@ St. Louis Cardinals Tampa Bay Rays
@ Boston Red Sox (2 p.m.)
7:30 p.m. Milwaukee Brewers
@ Atlanta Braves Houston Astros
@ Miami Marlins** (7 p.m.)
Sat., April 14 8:00 p.m. Arizona D-backs
@ Colorado Rockies Milwaukee Brewers
@ Atlanta Braves
Tues., April 17 7:00 p.m. Rangers @ Red Sox*
Booth: Costas & Kaat Minnesota Twins
@ New York Yankees
10:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies
@ San Francisco Giants Cleveland Indians
@ Seattle Mariners
Thurs., April 19 12:30 p.m. Chicago Cubs
@ Miami Marlins Los Angeles Dodgers
@ Milwaukee Brewers (1 p.m.)
7:00 p.m. Texas Rangers
@ Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins
@ New York Yankees
10:00 p.m. Cleveland Indians
@ Seattle Mariners Oakland Athletics
@ L.A. Angels of Anaheim
Fri., April 20 3:00 p.m. Yankees @ Red Sox*
Booth: Matt Vasgersian & John Smoltz Cincinnati Reds
@ Chicago Cubs (2:15 p.m.)
8:00 p.m. Colorado Rockies
@ Milwaukee Brewers Los Angeles Dodgers
@ Houston Astros
Sat., April 21 9:00 p.m. Baltimore Orioles
@ L.A. Angels of Anaheim Cleveland Indians
@ Oakland Athletics
Tues., April 24 8:00 p.m. New York Yankees
@ Texas Rangers Boston Red Sox
@ Minnesota Twins
Thurs., April 26 8:00 p.m. Boston Red Sox
@ Chicago White Sox Toronto Blue Jays
@ Baltimore Orioles (7 p.m.)
Fri., April 27 7:00 p.m. Tigers @ Yankees*
Booth: Vasgersian & Kaat Chicago Cubs
@ Philadelphia Phillies
Sat., April 28 7:00 p.m. Chicago Cubs
@ Philadelphia Phillies Arizona D-backs
@ Miami Marlins
Tues., May 1 7:00 p.m. Phillies @ Braves*
Booth: Vasgersian & Smoltz Oakland Athletics
@ Boston Red Sox
Wed., May 2 2:00 p.m. New York Mets
@ Houston Astros Kansas City Royals**
@ Detroit Tigers (1 p.m.)
Thurs., May 3 8:00 p.m. New York Yankees
@ Kansas City Royals Cleveland Indians
@ Chicago White Sox
Fri., May 4 7:00 p.m. Philadelphia Phillies
@ Washington Nationals Chicago White Sox
@ Detroit Tigers
Games subject to local blackout unless otherwise announced.
** Denotes blackout lift for that market.
* Denotes an MLB Network-produced game.
Bolded teams are playing their home openers.
Marlins' bats woke up huge tonight. Hanley, Buck and Infante all went yard...Infante fell a single shy of the cycle tonight, damn! And he did a full body extension dive for a ball that resulted in an out. How that was NOT a web gem, I'll never know. And I fucking. LOVE. Jose Reyes. <3
Tigers sweep the Sox and the Rays sweep the Yankees. My weekend can't get much better than that. I know its only 3 games into the season but I still love it.
killeverything wrote:Holy shit. Kendry Morales is 5 - 7 since returning to the team, including 4 - 4 today. Talk about coming out swinging.
He doesn't see to have his power back quite yet but he's making good contact. And yet for some reason - because he always defers to the veterans - Scioscia insists on batting Torii Hunter behind Pujols. Two out of three games so far we've had a lineup of Pujols-Hunter-Wells-Morales. Gah. Hopefully Scioscia is just tinkering with the lineup and will eventually figure out what everybody else knows, Morales belongs behind Pujols.
johnk5150 wrote:Ozzie suspended 5 games. If everyone were suspended for being stupid we'd have 90% unemployment.
Ozzie messed up. In Miami, in Little Havana, Fidel Castro is their "Hitler".
I'm not surprised the protesters are out there, I'm not surprised there has been so much negative reaction from the latin community and cuban americans living in Miami.
Someone should have advised Ozzie that while he is managing the team, never bring up the name Fidel Castro. It's a no win situation.
One thing I'll give Ozzie credit for is he showed some maturity, flew down to Miami and faced the media. He could have done what so many cowards have before and released a statement.
At the very least he faced the media, did not read from a piece of paper and talked from his heart.
tin00can wrote:It looks like the Angels made a mistake in the offseason and signed Albert Wellsjols instead of Albert Pujols.
Its Albert Pujols while I think they massively overpaid, if there is anyone that you dont need to worry about...its him.
Anyone see Seattle come back in the top of the ninth against Texas last night? That was a good game and possibly enough evidence for Wedge to start Jaso over Olivio.
tin00can wrote:It looks like the Angels made a mistake in the offseason and signed Albert Wellsjols instead of Albert Pujols.
Its Albert Pujols while I think they massively overpaid, if there is anyone that you dont need to worry about...its him.
Anyone see Seattle come back in the top of the ninth against Texas last night? That was a good game and possibly enough evidence for Wedge to start Jaso over Olivio.
Yeah, I was just making a funny. I'm much more worried about our bullpen, which just blew its second game in a row, this time in big style. We just called up our hottest pen prospect, hope he helps somehow. And, Scott Downs might be out for a bit. That hurts.
Brian Wilson might need TJ surgery ( his second of his career ). It's crazy about SF's luck really. Go to defend their title and lose Posey for the year. Get Posey back, add Melky Cabrerra ( who might repeat his breakout season in KC ) and now Wilson's gone? Damn.
What a complete 9th inning clusterfuck last night. That was a TEAM meltdown. Bell was bad enough, but he was not helped by 3 errors. THREE ERRORS!! Poor Zambrano. Z pitched well after a 35 pitch 1st inning, thankfully allowed only 1 run. Shitty ass way to lose.
Well, if the Sox suck this year, at least the clubhouse shit will be fun.
Bobby V shits on Youk, Youk (shockingly) keeps his cool and then Pedroia shits on Bobby V.
bonedog wrote:I let Facedown get the better of me
bonedog wrote:My first kid will be born when I am 47.
Facedown wrote:Well, if the Sox suck this year, at least the clubhouse shit will be fun.
Bobby V shits on Youk, Youk (shockingly) keeps his cool and then Pedroia shits on Bobby V.
Valentine's hiring was a PR move after last September. Everything Schilling said about the team hating him is turning out to be true. It's going back to the Wade Yankee days.
Speaking of which Clemens is going to be tried (again) this spring.
Facedown wrote:Well, if the Sox suck this year, at least the clubhouse shit will be fun.
Bobby V shits on Youk, Youk (shockingly) keeps his cool and then Pedroia shits on Bobby V.
Valentine's hiring was a PR move after last September. Everything Schilling said about the team hating him is turning out to be true. It's going back to the Wade Yankee days.
Speaking of which Clemens is going to be tried (again) this spring.
Kill-The drama is getting very good.
Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia backed his fellow infielder in comments to reporters.
"I really don't know what Bobby is trying to do," Pedroia said Monday. "That's not the way we go about our stuff around here. He'll figure that out. The whole team is behind Youk. We have each other's backs here."
Pedroia was then asked whether he thought Valentine perhaps was trying to light a fire under Youkilis, who is hitting .200 on the young season.
"Maybe that works in Japan," Pedroia said, referring to Valentine's successful stints as a manager in that country.
I can't recall the last year that I've given up on an Angels team so quickly. They're off to a typical Scioscia slow start and Texas is ridiculously good. They've already dug themselves an incredibly deep hole.
It's gonna be a long summer, but at least tickets will be cheap on stubhub.
tin00can wrote:I can't recall the last year that I've given up on an Angels team so quickly. They're off to a typical Scioscia slow start and Texas is ridiculously good. They've already dug themselves an incredibly deep hole.
It's gonna be a long summer, but at least tickets will be cheap on stubhub.
Texas is terrifying and will be for a while. BaseballAmerica ranks them with the #1 farm system.
I think everyone knew when Nolan took the helm he was going to turn that team around.
Its Albert Pujols while I think they massively overpaid, if there is anyone that you dont need to worry about...its him.
