alejr88 Posted February 23, 2013 Share #1 Posted February 23, 2013 Here you can talk about transactions, who played and who didn't, minor league prospects on the verge of making it to the Majors (Wheeler for the Mets, Sanchez for the Yankees). It was yesterday that preseason baseball has started. Today both NY teams played their first game. The 2013 World Baseball Classic starts soon and you can discuss that as well. Just 37 days away from Opening Day 2013! April 1st 2013. (If you're not a Rangers/Astros fan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 24, 2013 Share #2 Posted February 24, 2013 Seems the baseball stuff has been dead all winter. So Pedro 'Fleece'iano has a heart condition. I guess it won't be all good news for the Mets either after his no show for the Yankees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted February 25, 2013 Other than the Feliciano stuff, Curtis Granderson suffered a broken right forearm after getting hit by a J.A. Happ pitch. It turns out he'll be out for 10 weeks with a fractured right forearm, guess Brett Gardner got the CF job for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 25, 2013 Share #4 Posted February 25, 2013 I think it makes more sense because it still remains to be seen if granderson stays when his contract expires. Cf was gardner's job and that's where he should've been from the start. As for the injury, this sucks, but I do hope the time spent rehabbing will force him to revert back to his first year here and not strikeout so much trying to hit homers. He's still pretty fast and should be using his speed to throw pitchers off balance in stealing bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 25, 2013 Share #5 Posted February 25, 2013 I just feel sorry for the Astros this year. I don't think the Rangers will be competitive this year after losing Hamilton and Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 25, 2013 Share #6 Posted February 25, 2013 And the Astros are going to be a punching bag for the AL West. Just watch them inflate their records and take the 2nd WC spot away from the AL east. I thought the everyday interleague thing was supposed to allow some sort of balance? Why do teams in their own division need to face each other so many times? Spread it out and play the other divisions a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted February 25, 2013 Yeah I agree, so many games against the AL East teams. Other than the Mets, the Yankees will face the entire NL West. I thought they would face more teams from the NL to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 25, 2013 Share #8 Posted February 25, 2013 Kind of sucks that they only play each other 4 times a year now instead of 6. Can you say rip off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 25, 2013 Share #9 Posted February 25, 2013 I havent seen the schedule yet, but I take it the subway series is now a 2 and 2 set up? Also I thought the idea of everyday Interleague was so 1 team plays against 29 other teams at least 3 games? So much for balance... Should've just contracted 2 teams and make it 28 teams again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 25, 2013 Share #10 Posted February 25, 2013 Yes it is. 2 at Yankee Stadium, 2 at Citi Field. Every team has a "natural rival" they face every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted February 25, 2013 Share #11 Posted February 25, 2013 Yes it is. 2 at Yankee Stadium, 2 at Citi Field. Every team has a "natural rival" they face every year Both subway series sets are now weekday evening affairs. Just to show how the appeal of the mets/yanks have dropped none of the games this year will be on Fox Saturday or ESPN Sunday Night national prime time matchups. Although they were officially "sell outs" there was for 1st time ever in last year or two, couple of small pocket of empty seats at both YS and Citifield. In future for a 4 game set up it should be for 1 weekend (Thursday-Sunday)with 2 each at Citifield and the Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 25, 2013 Share #12 Posted February 25, 2013 Yes it is. 2 at Yankee Stadium, 2 at Citi Field. Every team has a "natural rival" they face every year Pity they moved the Astros to the AL West. At least if they were in the NL west, it'd be a Texas rivalry. I would've moved the Rockies or D'Backs instead. Either one of them barely have the history the Astros had and would not have been an issue to move. This move was so bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 26, 2013 Share #13 Posted February 26, 2013 Pity they moved the Astros to the AL West. At least if they were in the NL west, it'd be a Texas rivalry. I would've moved the Rockies or D'Backs instead. Either one of them barely have the history the Astros had and would not have been an issue to move. This move was so bs. This. I would've moved the Diamondbacks to the AL West since they haven't been in the league that long (1998) and you still would've had 2 teams in the NL West not based from California. Now you have 2 from California and 2 from Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejr88 Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share #14 Posted February 26, 2013 Pity they moved the Astros to the AL West. At least if they were in the NL west, it'd be a Texas rivalry. I would've moved the Rockies or D'Backs instead. Either one of them barely have the history the Astros had and would not have been an issue to move. This move was so bs. I agree 100%. Not to mention, Colorado and Arizona are the only two teams with a mountain time zone. (MST -7) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 26, 2013 Share #15 Posted February 26, 2013 Yep, another good point. Those 2 would've been perfect "rivals". I'd still keep the Mariners and Padres since they are the most extreme ends of the West. So I guess with both Texas teams in the AL, they could pair them with Arizona and Colorado and at least keep them all in a closer time zone. Maybe Rockies-Astros and Rangers-Dbacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 26, 2013 Share #16 Posted February 26, 2013 Yep, another good point. Those 2 would've been perfect "rivals". I'd still keep the Mariners and Padres since they are the most extreme ends of the West. So I guess with both Texas teams in the AL, they could pair them with Arizona and Colorado and at least keep them all in a closer time zone. Maybe Rockies-Astros and Rangers-Dbacks? It's actually Texas-Colorado and Houston-Arizona. Add to that, the Mariners and Padres share a Spring Training complex in Peoria, Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted February 26, 2013 Share #17 Posted February 26, 2013 With Spring Trainning just getting underway, here are the odds of most Vegas/Bookmakers on who will win the 2013 world series. Source: http://linemakers.sportingnews.com/mlb/2013-02-21/world-series-odds-2013-las-vegas-yankees-dodgers-red-sox-angels-tigers-giants ODDS TO WIN 2013 MLB WORLD SERIES ANGELS 6 / 1 TIGERS 7 / 1 DODGERS 7 / 1 GIANTS 8 / 1 NATIONALS 8 / 1 BLUE JAYS 10 / 1 YANKEES 12 / 1 REDS 12 / 1 BRAVES 13 / 1 PHILLIES 16 / 1 CARDINALS 16 / 1 ATHLETICS 20 / 1 RAYS 20 / 1 RANGERS 23 / 1 RED SOX 30 / 1 BREWERS 35 / 1 ORIOLES 40 / 1 WHITE SOX 40 / 1 D'BACKS 40 / 1 MARINERS 50 / 1 ROYALS 50 / 1 PIRATES 65 / 1 CUBS 70 / 1 TWINS 70 / 1 PADRES 80 / 1 INDIANS 80 / 1 METS 100 / 1 ROCKIES 125 / 1 MARLINS 300 / 1 ASTROS 300 / 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 26, 2013 Share #18 Posted February 26, 2013 They have the Angels to win the World Series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charles Posted February 26, 2013 Share #19 Posted February 26, 2013 Yankees at 12-1, a gross, gross, overestimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCtrainfan01 Posted February 26, 2013 Share #20 Posted February 26, 2013 They have the Angels to win the World Series? I pretty sure it's because Pujols, Hamilton, and a few other folks I can't remember that's on the team currently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotb16 Posted February 26, 2013 Share #21 Posted February 26, 2013 I pretty sure it's because Pujols, Hamilton, and a few other folks I can't remember that's on the team currently... They also have two more power hitters in Mark Trumbo and one of the best all-around players right now, sophomore Mike Trout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q43LTD Posted February 26, 2013 Share #22 Posted February 26, 2013 What about Morales, Wells, Kendrick and Aybar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Charles Posted February 26, 2013 Share #23 Posted February 26, 2013 What about Morales, Wells, Kendrick and Aybar? Respectively: Traded to Seattle, most expensive sack of sh!t ever, Kendrick's still there but I much preferred the Aybar-Izturis combo over Aybar-Kendrick, and yeah, Aybar's still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted February 27, 2013 Share #24 Posted February 27, 2013 Oh well, doesn't matter what team they think has the best shot. I'll be surprised the Yankees just makes the playoffs. I think it's a good thing the big hr hitters are gone. They can't rely on the hrs forever, they need to manufacture runs the way every other teams do. And I think they should try and help Nunez get developed at ss and make jeter the main dh and late innings defensive replacement. Nunez's hitting is great, but he can't gain confidence if he keeps getting shifted around all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted February 27, 2013 Share #25 Posted February 27, 2013 I'm not in the baseball "mode" yet, so I don't know what's goin on so far.... Well, outside of Granderson's injury or w/e..... Lol about vernon wells.... not exactly sure when it happened, but he went from an all star caliber type player to over-the-hill almost overnight.... kind of like paul pierce with the celtics.... Oh well, doesn't matter what team they think has the best shot. I'll be surprised the Yankees just makes the playoffs. I think it's a good thing the big hr hitters are gone. They can't rely on the hrs forever, they need to manufacture runs the way every other teams do. And I think they should try and help Nunez get developed at ss and make jeter the main dh and late innings defensive replacement. Nunez's hitting is great, but he can't gain confidence if he keeps getting shifted around all over the place. (as a yankee fan), You knew it was gonna eventually get to this point - it was simply a matter of when. I still say they should've kept Russell Martin around, but then again, none of us could've predicted Swisher throwing the tantrum that he did, leading up to him leaving the team.... We lost a lot of HR production in the offseason.... All I gotta say at this juncture is, get used to seeing a shitload of sac' bunts & CS' (caught stealing's) this year... If that's the case, I won't be watching too many yankee games - even if they end up winning playing that way... That style of baseball bores the hell out of me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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