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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 9:16:19 AM   
djskillz


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They're going to be good for a long time with the nucleus he's set up there.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 9:16:44 AM   
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Ummm, ya remember, ummm, when, ya know ... ahhhhhh, the SF Giants they uhhhh, couldn't win like a game in spring training? You remember that? Ahhhh, remember when the experts they all, uhhhh, remember when they said that the Giants were, ummmm, ya know ... dead and stuff?
Ahh, uhhhhh, guess not, huh? (in my best Chris Farley)


I see Baumgarner hit another bomb.

Sweet stuff.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 9:16:58 AM   
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 9:17:38 AM   
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Ummm, ya remember, ummm, when, ya know ... ahhhhhh, the SF Giants they uhhhh, couldn't win like a game in spring training? You remember that? Ahhhh, remember when the experts they all, uhhhh, remember when they said that the Giants were, ummmm, ya know ... dead and stuff?
Ahh, uhhhhh, guess not, huh? (in my best Chris Farley)


I see Baumgarner hit another bomb.

Sweet stuff.

Off everyones darling Kershaw
Give me the Mad Bummer any day.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 9:20:11 AM   
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No slobbering over my avatar, people .....


Way too close to Kerry's. You should change it to a picture of Charlotte McKinney just to really throw us off...

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 10:39:35 AM   
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Bumgarner's release point for three of his pitches are all within a half-inch of each other, which leaves hitters with only .25 seconds to determine what pitch is headed their way.



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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 12:12:47 PM   
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Toronto is 19-24 this season. That’s not good at all, in case you wanted a strong take on losing records.

But it has not been the fault, in the least, of the Blue Jays’ offense. Toronto actually leads all of MLB in runs scored with 223 (next-closest is 205 while the Twins are a very solid ninth at 183).

Most of the damage has been done by mashers such as Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, but Toronto is getting some supplementary help from some surprising sources: namely, from three former members of the Twins organization — Chris Colabello, Danny Valencia and Steve Tolleson.

All three were in the lineup Thursday when Toronto bashed its way to an 8-4 win over the Angels. And get this: Colabello started and played right field while batting cleanup for the best offense in baseball; Valencia batted seventh and played left field — and hit a home run. Tolleson went 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored while starting at 2B.

Colabello, you’ll recall, showed some big power (and also big holes in his swing) as a journeyman with the Twins in 2013 and 2014. The Jays picked him up this year, and in a limited sample — Colabello is often best in limited samples — he’s hitting .356 in 59 at bats with a .907 OPS.

Valencia finished third in the AL Rookie of the Year voting as the Twins’ regular third baseman in 2010; by 2011, he had regressed and by 2012 he was dispatched to Boston. He’s since played for Baltimore, Kansas City and now Toronto, gaining a foothold as a situational hitter. Like Colabello, he has exactly 59 ABs this year and has a .339 average with an .858 OPS.

Tolleson was drafted by the Twins in 2005 but never made it to the bigs with Minnesota. Oakland picked him up in 2010, and since then he’s had 326 career at bats with the A’s, Orioles and now the Jays. In limited action this year he has eight runs scored and a .794 OPS in 40 plate appearances.

This is not at all to suggest the Twins should have kept any of these players. Rather, it’s just to note both the oddity that all three found their way into the same lineup for the best offense in baseball … and to point out how some organizations have done well picking up situational hitters and squeezing value out of them.


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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 12:14:03 PM   
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 12:54:20 PM   
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 3:32:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Red Sox have made the long awaited move to bring up outfielder Rusney Castillo, according to multiple reports. He will take the roster spot of Jackie Bradley Jr., who has been optioned back to Triple-A, and be in the lineup tonight.

Castillo, 27, received a brief promotion late last year after signing a seven-year, $72.5MM deal with Boston in late August. His first forty MLB plate appearances went well — .333/.400/.528 with two home runs and three stolen bases — but an outfield logjam and minor injury this spring had left Castillo patrolling the grass for Pawtucket in 2015.

Now that he has returned to health and begun putting up solid numbers again at Triple-A, Castillo was the obvious choice to be called upon in hopes of spurring a surprisingly listless offense. Boston’s most robust batting line, that of Hanley Ramirez, does not even crack an .800 OPS, and a number of regulars and reserves have not quite lived up to expectations.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 3:35:19 PM   
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Greatest thing since sliced bread!
Headed back down!
Say it aint so!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 4:34:35 PM   
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No slobbering over my avatar, people .....


Way too close to Kerry's. You should change it to a picture of Charlotte McKinney just to really throw us off...


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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 4:37:30 PM   
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Eight-game suspension for #Brewers LHP Will Smith.


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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 4:38:08 PM   
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 4:39:59 PM   
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Congrats Skillz; one of your funniest.
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No slobbering over my avatar, people .....


Way too close to Kerry's. You should change it to a picture of Charlotte McKinney just to really throw us off...



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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:15:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		talk in Philly is strong that Ben Revere is on the trade block. Guess he and his gun are gonna have to find a new home soon.


Lowest walk rate (% of PA's) since 2013:

AL Pierzynski 2.9%
Adam Jones 3.3%
Alcides Escobar 3.3%
Ben Revere 3.4%
Salvador Perez 3.6%
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:19:33 PM   
Mr. Ed


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talk in Philly is strong that Ben Revere is on the trade block. Guess he and his gun are gonna have to find a new home soon.


Lowest walk rate (% of PA's) since 2013:

AL Pierzynski 2.9%
Adam Jones 3.3%
Alcides Escobar 3.3%
Ben Revere 3.4%
Salvador Perez 3.6%



Now that he can throw, the sky is the limit

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:20:52 PM   
SoMnFan


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talk in Philly is strong that Ben Revere is on the trade block. Guess he and his gun are gonna have to find a new home soon.


Lowest walk rate (% of PA's) since 2013:

AL Pierzynski 2.9%
Adam Jones 3.3%
Alcides Escobar 3.3%
Ben Revere 3.4%
Salvador Perez 3.6%



Now that he can throw, the sky is the limit


Should throw himself to first base more often .....

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:21:49 PM   
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talk in Philly is strong that Ben Revere is on the trade block. Guess he and his gun are gonna have to find a new home soon.


Lowest walk rate (% of PA's) since 2013:

AL Pierzynski 2.9%
Adam Jones 3.3%
Alcides Escobar 3.3%
Ben Revere 3.4%
Salvador Perez 3.6%



Now that he can throw, the sky is the limit


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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:23:36 PM   
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26 HR, 68 RBI
.190/.249/.387
23 BB, 196 K
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:25:09 PM   
SoMnFan


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I call BS on that article about his improved arm.
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talk in Philly is strong that Ben Revere is on the trade block. Guess he and his gun are gonna have to find a new home soon.


Lowest walk rate (% of PA's) since 2013:

AL Pierzynski 2.9%
Adam Jones 3.3%
Alcides Escobar 3.3%
Ben Revere 3.4%
Salvador Perez 3.6%



Now that he can throw, the sky is the limit



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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:25:14 PM   
twinsfan


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Mike Zunino's last 162 games:

26 HR, 68 RBI
.190/.249/.387
23 BB, 196 K


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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:30:42 PM   
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Miami had an event to benefit inner-cities baseball programs Thursday night with players scheduled to attend. But after their loss to Arizona earlier in the day -- their 7th straight -- no players showed. Fans complained on social media and team president David Samson said he was disappointed.



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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 5:34:32 PM   
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NOT good guys ....

Miami had an event to benefit inner-cities baseball programs Thursday night with players scheduled to attend. But after their loss to Arizona earlier in the day -- their 7th straight -- no players showed. Fans complained on social media and team president David Samson said he was disappointed.




The Marlins.

Loria may be a weasel. But arrogant son-in-law Samson is no joy either.

Saw a good quote about Loria the other day...

"Leaving a trail of slime where ever he goes ..."
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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 5/22/2015 6:40:22 PM   
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Hope our Gordon is one day doing things like that here.

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