The Official 2013 MLB Season Thread

[peanut butter]

Top high school senior prospects in 2007:
1. Matt Harvey
2. Rick Porcello
4. Jason Heyward
11. Pete Kozma
20. Madison Bumgarner
40. Freddie Freeman
43. Mike Stanton
109. Anthony Rizzo

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/cl ... ects-2817/




PEACE

[Reason]

Top high school senior prospects in 2007:
1. Matt Harvey
2. Rick Porcello
4. Jason Heyward
11. Pete Kozma
20. Madison Bumgarner
40. Freddie Freeman
43. Mike Stanton
109. Anthony Rizzo

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/cl ... ects-2817/





PEACE

i will make a best draft poll soon

bur i want to put in some time paramter and with hope not be too arbitrary

what year should i start with is the question

[peanut butter]

Top high school senior prospects in 2007:
1. Matt Harvey
2. Rick Porcello
4. Jason Heyward
11. Pete Kozma
20. Madison Bumgarner
40. Freddie Freeman
43. Mike Stanton
109. Anthony Rizzo

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/cl ... ects-2817/





PEACE

i will make a best draft poll soon

bur i want to put in some time paramter and with hope not be too arbitrary

what year should i start with is the question

I dunno. Maybe limit it to decades? Like "best draft of the 80s/90s/2000s" or something like that? Because perspective is obviously important when evaluating a draft, and its not gonna be fair to compare drafts that include HOF inductees against ones that have guys still playing.

Beyond that, how incredible is it to think that Pete Kozma was ever considered a better baseball player than Mike Stanton?



PEACE

[peanut butter]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Major ... ball_Draft

Barry Bonds, son of Bobby, was drafted by the Pirates the same year that the Orioles selected Dell Curry, father of Stephen.



PEACE

[peanut butter]

Vintage Tim today



PEACE

[Reason]

Top high school senior prospects in 2007:
1. Matt Harvey
2. Rick Porcello
4. Jason Heyward
11. Pete Kozma
20. Madison Bumgarner
40. Freddie Freeman
43. Mike Stanton
109. Anthony Rizzo

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/cl ... ects-2817/





PEACE

i will make a best draft poll soon

bur i want to put in some time paramter and with hope not be too arbitrary

what year should i start with is the question

I dunno. Maybe limit it to decades? Like "best draft of the 80s/90s/2000s" or something like that? Because perspective is obviously important when evaluating a draft, and its not gonna be fair to compare drafts that include HOF inductees against ones that have guys still playing.

Beyond that, how incredible is it to think that Pete Kozma was ever considered a better baseball player than Mike Stanton?



PEACE

perfect idea

timmay is looking prettayyyy prettayyyyy good

[Philaflava]

yeah his control is coming back. last 3 starts have been real nice.

[alpha]

gonna watch the replay in a bit(since I was at work for the day game), but with lower velocity he has to have control to have any shot of staying a starter.

[peanut butter]

gonna watch the replay in a bit(since I was at work for the day game), but with lower velocity he has to have control to have any shot of staying a starter.

He was getting a bunch of ground balls, and as a result threw only 100 pitches in 8 innings, while still managing to strikeout 8. Now granted that was against a pretty anemic Brewers lineup, but that type of efficiency is really promising. Plus Kuiper pointed out that he's working much quicker between pitches. Now obviously there's no guarantee he's gonna be consistent, because that's been his biggest challenge, but these are all pretty good indicators of him developing his ability as a pitcher who no solely longer relies on 95 mph fastballs to strike out everyone.




PEACE

[Tommy Bunz]

Nix and Young send packing and an Utley re-up in three days?
Its like fucking christmas

[Philaflava]

fuck yea

[Tommy Bunz]

Delmon was 9 AB's from earning a 150K bonus.

[Reason]

i can officially say i've never seen anyone quite like miguel cabrera

[Reason]

Delmon was 9 AB's from earning a 150K bonus.

Nix and Young send packing and an Utley re-up in three days?
Its like fucking christmas

RUBEN AMARO READS PHILAFLAVA

[Reason]

ken griffey jr night in seattle

reminded me that faggot arod overtook his spot in the career homerun rankings

1996 49 hr - 140 rbi
1997 56 hr - 147 rbi
1998 56 hr - 146 rbi
1999 48 hr - 134 rbi

[alpha]

i can officially say i've never seen anyone quite like miguel cabrera

better than Barry?

[Philaflava]

you gotta compare barry in pitt vs him then.

[alpha]

barry locked in during the steroid era was something magical. not sure what you mean man?






mind you i'm pretty hungover atm.

[Reason]

i can officially say i've never seen anyone quite like miguel cabrera

better than Barry?

i posted that after seeing him hit a 2 run homer on one leg (he is limping badly even when walking, his other leg is fucked up right now) against the greatest closer ever in a battle that included two foul balls off his leg and a major in-at-bat adjustment after those foul balls of diving into the box instead of waiting back (he is on some hitting science shit right now) then followed that up by watching his next game in which he had 3 hits including another homer, ALL ON ONE LEG

after seeing that specific sequence of events, i can definitely say i've never seen anyone quite like him, doesn't have to mean he's the best ever seen, it just means nobody does it quite like he does

[Tommy Bunz]

Miggy is amazing but he's still not coming close to Bonds 4 straight MVP seasons.
He's never done anything like a 73 home run season or put up a .600 OBP.

[Reason]

Miggy is amazing but he's still not coming close to Bonds 4 straight MVP seasons.
He's never done anything like a 73 home run season or put up a .600 OBP.

agreed

but gloss ain't all wrong either

as far as hitting,

miggy > pre-giants barry

[Myjah]

Miggy is amazing but he's still not coming close to Bonds 4 straight MVP seasons.
He's never done anything like a 73 home run season or put up a .600 OBP.

Barry Bonds was incredible.


Twins trade Jamey Carroll to the Royals. I'm gonna miss that lego-headed dude.

[Homer Simpson]

Twins trade Jamey Carroll to the Royals. I'm gonna miss that lego-headed dude.

kinda bummed about this.
annoyed that it's some player to be named later or cash bullshit. Tejada goes down an the Twins come to the rescue for they're playoff push and we get nothing in return?...fuck that.

[Tommy Bunz]

that mindbender gif is freaking me the fuck out

[Philaflava]

damn it does look like him

[Raphael De La Ghetto]

[Reason]

back story?

[Jayou Ayen]

back story?

http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_2383 ... n-punchout



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[capable_keL]

[Positive A]

No hitter watch.