Official 2011 MLB Thread

[cyborg ninja 14]

Alright Fish, let's take a bet.

If Wells amasses more WAR over four years compared to Saunders' two years.

You will win a Mr. Bucket

 

[Kingfish]

You know, it kind of looks like Vernon Wells at that.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

 

[Kingfish]

Particularly in the nose.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Wells OPSd .708 last season on the road in which he had a decent year with most of his power coming at home.

Yup, enjoy that 700 OPS (or lower) for another 4 years.

 

[Kingfish]

I won't enjoy any part of Vernon Wells. I despise this deal. Did the Mike Napoli memorial on the last page not convey that?

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Napoli knows how to live it up in LA. Can Wells fill that void?

 

[Kingfish]

Nobody can fill that big of a man****e void.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Galarraga traded to AZ.

Imperfection has reached a new low.

 

[The Riddler]

to be honest, i think the angels will be competitive this year, and that vernon wells will help them be a better team.

however, they will only be marginally better, imo, and they are crippled by his mind-numbing contract.

totally not worth it. but at least you can hope for a good year.

 

[Kingfish]

That's what makes it such a baffling and awful trade. The Angels only marginally improved (if at all), yet they assumed the entire contract AND gave up two useful players that at the very least had positive trade value.

They were going to be competitive anyway but now they've shackled themselves with this behemoth and limited their options going forward. It was a monumentally stupid trade.

 

[Alex The Great]

Hahahaha. Looking at that trade, the Jays GM must be a genius of the highest order. How the hell did he get the Angles to make that trade?

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

That's what makes it such a baffling and awful trade. The Angels only marginally improved (if at all), yet they assumed the entire contract AND gave up two useful players that at the very least had positive trade value.

They were going to be competitive anyway but now they've shackled themselves with this behemoth and limited their options going forward. It was a monumentally stupid trade.

Maybe the Angels should stop living in the dark ages and apply sabremetrics to their scouting and evaluation of players?

 

[Erzengel]

And now Napoli was just traded from the Blue Jays to the Rangers for Frank Francisco and cash.

 

[BlackLantern]

Alright Fish, let's take a bet.

If Wells amasses more WAR over four years compared to Saunders' two years.

You will win a Mr. Bucket

what is WAR??

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

Rangers get Napoli...Trade Francisco
http://trsullivan.mlblogs.com/archives/2011/01/rangers_trade_francisco_to_jay.html

 

[Spidey-Bat]

what is WAR??

Wins Above Replacement

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

what is WAR??

Wins Above Replacement. A measurement of value compared to an "average" player of that position. The Higher WAR you have, the better and more value you have to your team according to the stat. It's different for pitchers and hitters obviously. Halladay lead the NL in WAR and I think Lee lead the AL in pitching WAR.

 

[Kingfish]

The trade that just keeps kicking me in the nuts. First the Angels wind up with that...thing, and then the Blue Jays are able to get a better return for Napoli within 5 days. Of course sending him to the Rangers where I'll get to see him be all awesome against the Angels 19 times a year.

**** Tony Reagins.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Hey, the Yankees are incredibly inefficient! Who knew?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hruby/110126_mlb_payrolls&sportCat=mlb

 

[Gamma Ray]

Yankees are lacking two pitchers at the back-end of their starters. WTF are they waiting for?

 

[Kingfish]

Yankees are lacking two pitchers at the back-end of their starters. WTF are they waiting for?

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/01/yankees-sign-bartolo-colon.html

Enjoy.

In all seriousness, who the hell do you expect them to acquire at this point? It's not like Pettite is actually up to them. Kevin Millwood? John Maine?

 

[Kingfish]

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6068830

At the same time, the Yankees REALLY need to work on this ********* problem they have with the Rangers. It's pretty sad.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

wow thats a *****e move by the yanks.

 

[ShivNasty]

that article just makes levine sound bitter