MLB 2013 Season

[cybok0]

Pirates play them in September

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[DodgerKing]

Kershaw vs the Giants in his career is 10-4 with a 1.33 ERA
When Kershaw and Lincecum go head to head, Kershaw is 5-0 with a 1.02 ERA.

 

[Kraven]

Jays' Dickey got his first complete game and shutout of the season. Things are looking up in Toronto.

 

[DodgerKing]

Love the title of this headline from last night's Dodgers game

Yada, yada, Yasiel: Puig does it again

 

[AntAltMike]

I haven't been followiong this Puig thing, except here, but I see that his run production, if extrapolated to 162 games, would only be 106 runs scored and 113 RBI, which is nice, and most years in the top ten, but how can he produce that little with a .427 batting average?

 

[Ramy]

I haven't been followiong this Puig thing, except here, but I see that his run production, if extrapolated to 162 games, would only be 106 runs scored and 113 RBI, which is nice, and most years in the top ten, but how can he produce that little with a .427 batting average?

Does he bat leadoff or second in the lineup? That could be it.

 

[hallrk]

Does he bat leadoff or second in the lineup? That could be it.

I went back and looked at some of his games. Looks like he has been batting 1st or 2nd most games. Not usually many RBI opportunities hitting in that spot. He's been great to this point. The one thing he hasn't done much is walk. Only three times in 23 games. That could be an issue as time goes along.

 

[DodgerKing]

I haven't been followiong this Puig thing, except here, but I see that his run production, if extrapolated to 162 games, would only be 106 runs scored and 113 RBI, which is nice, and most years in the top ten, but how can he produce that little with a .427 batting average?

Because he bats 1 and 2 in the lineup. He doesn't have many RBI opportunities, especially in the NL batting after the pitcher. Even more important is that most of those RBIs are clutch. Most of them tied or gave them the lead.

 

[DodgerKing]

I went back and looked at some of his games. Looks like he has been batting 1st or 2nd most games. Not usually many RBI opportunities hitting in that spot. He's been great to this point. The one thing he hasn't done much is walk. Only three times in 23 games. That could be an issue as time goes along.

He is very agressive. He will eventually be put into the middle of the lineup. He is a #3 or #4 type hitter, not a #1 and #2 type hitter.

 

[Mets82]

This would be a good trade for the pirates.


http://www.piratesprospects.com/201...rlo-stanton-why-the-pirates-should-do-it.html

He would be great for the Pirates. Imagine Marte, McCutchen and Stanton in the same outfield.



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Thats nice, show a clip of them beating my Mets. lol

AND in the toughest division in baseball. The division amazes me sometimes. IF the Blue Jays win tomorrow, everyone in the division is AT LEAST playing .500 ball.

And since we are talking baseball, some of the rookies for the Marlins are playing better. They are not beating themselves...the teams they are losing to are just much better.

Bluejays seem like there out of there funk. Very impressive. Seems like Dickey is turning it around. Has had a couple of good starts lately.

And like I was saying way back in spring training, come mid-season, the Red Sox two most dependable starters will be John Lackey and Alfredo Aceves.

Its like bizzaro world. I remember how bad Aceves was last year and Lackey well was just Lackey.

It is remarkable that the Red Sox have won about 57% of their games with the team that they have, but if Lester isn't gong to find ha control and Buchholz is gong to miss half his starts and if thee Red Sox settle into a closer by committee of people who aren't even locks to keep their jobs of middle reliever or mop-up, they could easily lose 60% of their renaming games and wind up in last place, as many predicted at the start of the season

I think you just roll with it. I don't know if Red Sox Nation thought the Sox were going to be any good but they've been impressive so far. Buchholz and Lester have been nothing short of fantastic.

Go Pirates. Reds are really sucking the last week and now they have to play the Rangers starting Friday @ Arlington. Ugh!

Didnt the Reds get swept last week? I think your Reds will do fine. Look at it this way. Process of elimination. The Brewers and the Cubs are out which leaves the Reds, Cardinals and Pirates. One thing that amazes me is how good the Cardinals are. I mean they lose Pujols, La Russa, Duncan and they haven't skipped a beat. They constantly have guys that they trade for or come up from the minors who do very well. Its incredible.

 

[Jimbo]

Didnt the Reds get swept last week? I think your Reds will do fine. Look at it this way. Process of elimination. The Brewers and the Cubs are out which leaves the Reds, Cardinals and Pirates. One thing that amazes me is how good the Cardinals are. I mean they lose Pujols, La Russa, Duncan and they haven't skipped a beat. They constantly have guys that they trade for or come up from the minors who do very well. Its incredible.

Cards are very similar to the Rangers who also lost thier star Hamilton and haven't missed a beat.

 

[Ramy]

Pitching wins games. And both the Rangers and Cardinals have great pitchers.

 

[Jimbo]

Pitching wins games. And both the Rangers and Cardinals have great pitchers.

If thats the case, the Tigers should be hiding in front of the rest, but they aren't ... Tigers starters have been the best out there all year, but then again they have to let the BULLPEN play for some reason ....

Maybe they should let the Starters FINISH what they start .... Leyland apparently doesn't like that.

 

[AntAltMike]

Red Sox fifth starter Doubront has now given up three or fewer runs in each of his nine most recent starts: 3 runs twice, 2 runs five times and one and zero runs in the other two. His ERA in those games is under 3.00 but his record in them is only 1-2. Whatever pitching deficiencies the Red Sox might have, fifth starter isn't one of them.

Fourth starter Dempster has given up three or fewer runs and pitched six or more innings in each of his last six starts, sporting an ERA of just under 3.4 for that stretch. Not Cy Young contender stuff, but nice for a fourth starter.

 

[cybok0]

Pirates are the first team with 50 wins with their 8th straight win.

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[Jimbo]

Red Sox fifth starter Doubront has now given up three or fewer runs in each of his nine most recent starts: 3 runs twice, 2 runs five times and one and zero runs in the other two. His ERA in those games is under 3.00 but his record in them is only 1-2. Whatever pitching deficiencies the Red Sox might have, fifth starter isn't one of them.

Fourth starter Dempster has given up three or fewer runs and pitched six or more innings in each of his last six starts, sporting an ERA of just under 3.4 for that stretch. Not Cy Young contender stuff, but nice for a fourth starter.

So this must make you look to the Bullpen as the culprit, much like the Tigers, if they get the pen taken care of, they will win alot more games.

 

[DodgerKing]

The Dodgers are hot right now. Hanley Ramirez has been carrying the team on his back as he has been tearing it up since coming off the DL. Everything he has hit has been hard. He credits Puig for his resurgence. They have the same hitting style and by watching Puig, Hanley noticed something in his swing that has helped him with his own swing.

Ramirez HR last night: http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=28467299

Ramirez upper Deck HR in SD: http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=28269237

Ramirez line drive HR in NY that went out quick: http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=28163559

 

[Ramy]

So this must make you look to the Bullpen as the culprit, much like the Tigers, if they get the pen taken care of, they will win alot more games.

The Reds bullpen hasn't been very good either this year. Starters have been great.

 

[BillD1984]

The Red Sox got their 50th win today. It's only the fourth time in their long history that they accomplished this before July 1st.

 

[DodgerKing]

Puig goes 4 for 5 today with a triple, double, 2 singles, and 2 stolen bases.

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