Author Topic: MLB & Division Watching (2012)  (Read 163343 times)

0 Members and 6 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline Kevrock

  • Posts: 13788
  • That’s gonna be a no from me, doge.
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2150: July 18, 2012, 06:21:55 AM »
Ouch.

Offline Sharp

  • Posts: 3582
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2151: July 18, 2012, 07:50:44 AM »
Shaq Green-Thompson, a CF'er on the Red Sox GCL team is 0-32 with 31 strikeouts this season.

 http://m.deadspin.com/5926858/a-red-sox-prospect-is-putting-together-the-most-amazing-season-ever
That's awesome.

Offline sportsfan882

  • Posts: 93631
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2152: July 18, 2012, 11:07:28 AM »
Why aren't the Nats in this:

Quote
Competitive Balance Lottery Takes Place Today
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 18, 2012 at 10:02am CST]
Baseball’s first Competitive Balance Lottery takes place today, when small-market and low-revenue teams will have the chance to win extra selections in next year’s amateur draft. The ten smallest-market teams and ten lowest-revenue teams will have the chance to win extra selections in 2013, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports.

There’s overlap between small-market teams and low-revenue teams, so there are 13 clubs involved in the first-round lottery: the Diamondbacks, Orioles, Indians, Royals, Athletics, Pirates, Padres, Rays, Reds, Rockies, Marlins, Brewers and Cardinals. The first six selections will be made between the first and second rounds of next year’s draft. A second group of six picks will be available to the teams from the first group that didn’t get an early pick, plus the Tigers. The second group of selections will be made after the second round of the draft.

MLB teams can trade the draft picks they obtain in the Competitive Balance Lottery. The picks, which can only be traded once, cannot be sold or traded during the offseason. In theory, the draft picks could be involved in some of this summer’s deadline deals.

The lottery takes place today at 12:30pm CDT/1:30pm EDT in New York and the winners will be announced 75 minutes later. A team’s chances of winning depend on its winning

Offline Kevrock

  • Posts: 13788
  • That’s gonna be a no from me, doge.
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2153: July 18, 2012, 11:08:15 AM »
Because we aren't in a small market.

Offline sportsfan882

  • Posts: 93631
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2154: July 18, 2012, 11:09:47 AM »
And Baltimore and St. Louis are? And Cincinnati? And Milwaukee? These aren't small market teams.


Offline sportsfan882

  • Posts: 93631
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2156: July 18, 2012, 11:14:53 AM »
That's fine but why is Baltimore in it and the other teams I mentioned? They spend far more money than we do and have a much larger fanbase. The whole concept of this competitive balance lottery is idiotic. It's not fair at all.

Online HalfSmokes

  • Posts: 21588
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2157: July 18, 2012, 11:32:12 AM »
That's fine but why is Baltimore in it and the other teams I mentioned? They spend far more money than we do and have a much larger fanbase. The whole concept of this competitive balance lottery is idiotic. It's not fair at all.

because Baltimore is a small market (population ~620,000) so is Cincinnati (~300,000), Milwaukee (~600,000) and St Louis (~300,000). The fact that we got screwed on our tv deal isn't taken into account 

Offline KnorrForYourMoney

  • Posts: 16254
  • pissy DC sports fan
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2158: July 18, 2012, 12:30:50 PM »
Why are you using those numbers?  City limits population != market population, otherwise DC clocking in at ~600,000 is also a small market.

Online HalfSmokes

  • Posts: 21588
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2159: July 18, 2012, 01:10:57 PM »
Why are you using those numbers?  City limits population != market population, otherwise DC clocking in at ~600,000 is also a small market.

because I'm guessing baseball used something similar otherwise, if you use tv markets,  St Louis wouldn't be on the list and we'd be co-equal with Baltimore. If you use statistical areas, Oakland drops off the list

Offline Kevrock

  • Posts: 13788
  • That’s gonna be a no from me, doge.
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2160: July 18, 2012, 01:20:00 PM »
Red Sox shopping Crawford according to Rosenthal.

Offline houston-nat

  • Posts: 19050
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2161: July 18, 2012, 01:21:08 PM »
Red Sox shopping Crawford according to Rosenthal.

Hunh? What do they expect to get back for him?

Offline hammondsnats

  • Posts: 37394
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2162: July 18, 2012, 01:21:44 PM »
haha the crawford for reyes idea is hilarious

Offline MarquisDeSade

  • Posts: 15101
  • Captain Sadness
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2163: July 18, 2012, 01:21:54 PM »
Wow.  Biggest disaster - the Boston Red Sux or the Miami Meltdowns?


Offline JCA-CrystalCity

  • Global Moderator
  • ****
  • Posts: 39277
  • Platoon - not just a movie, a baseball obsession
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2165: July 18, 2012, 01:44:38 PM »
Would not be surprised if the Sox were also shopping Beckett and Lester.  They mispent a ton of cash since 2009, and they are kind of in a straight jacket in terms of being able to fix true holes because they are overspending on areas where they have cheaper system talent or bargain FAs.  Right now, on the merits, their 3 most effective starting pitchers are Aaron Cook, Franklin Morales, and Felix Doubront, but they have had to drop Morales from the rotation because Buchholz, Beckett, and Lester are healthy. They will probably have to eat the rest of 2012 for Dice-K, too, once he is healthy. 

BTW - I'm still convinced that Crawford would be find if you put him in a lefty-friendly ballpark with a big left field.  That way, his natural pull swing would not lead to a ton of frustration and his make up speed would restore him to being a premium defender.  Does not help that he may need TJ on his arm at the end of the year. 

Offline Lintyfresh85

  • Posts: 35128
  • World Champions!!!
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2166: July 18, 2012, 04:53:39 PM »
Shaq Green-Thompson, a CF'er on the Red Sox GCL team is 0-32 with 31 strikeouts this season.

 http://m.deadspin.com/5926858/a-red-sox-prospect-is-putting-together-the-most-amazing-season-ever

0-5 today with 5 more K's.

0/37, 36 K's

Online HalfSmokes

  • Posts: 21588
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2167: July 18, 2012, 04:56:55 PM »
The amazing thing to me is that he got 5 abs yesterday

Offline cmdterps44

  • Posts: 15551
  • Future
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2168: July 18, 2012, 05:03:25 PM »
:rofl: keep it going Shaq

Offline sportsfan882

  • Posts: 93631
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2169: July 18, 2012, 06:21:53 PM »
I hate the Dodgers. About to get swept three in a row by the surging Phils :?

Offline Lintyfresh85

  • Posts: 35128
  • World Champions!!!
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2170: July 18, 2012, 06:43:19 PM »
And the Phillies blow it, at least to tie it up in the ninth.

Offline sportsfan882

  • Posts: 93631
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2171: July 18, 2012, 06:44:25 PM »
Papelbon blows it! Kemp was indeed safe on the infield hit

Offline Kentucky_National

  • Posts: 4612
  • BANG ZOOM
    • My Twitter
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2172: July 18, 2012, 10:32:52 PM »
Braves vs Giants tied 1-1 in the 7th.  Giants have Sandoval on second with 1 out.

Offline sportsfan882

  • Posts: 93631
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2173: July 18, 2012, 10:39:03 PM »
Braves vs Giants tied 1-1 in the 7th.  Giants have Sandoval on second with 1 out.
They get nothing. Brandon Belt is the worst hitter in baseball.

Offline Kentucky_National

  • Posts: 4612
  • BANG ZOOM
    • My Twitter
Re: MLB & Division Watching (2012)
« Reply #2174: July 18, 2012, 10:40:18 PM »
They get nothing. Brandon Belt is the worst hitter in baseball.

Nope, that's Dan Uggla.