thebiglebowski Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Indians sign Damon. Should be about a week till he is ready to play.Trumbo, Bourjos and Trout would be a scary sight. Bourjos is unreal in the field, puts Hunter to shame at his peak. "Scary"? I'd take Texas, NYY, Detroit, MIA, Zona, Milwaukee, and Cincinatti's outfielders over this lineup. Probably take a team like Toronto, too. Bautista blows away any of these guys production at the plate and has a better arm than any of them. Trout has to prove it at the next level before he scares anyone. Trumbo is a nice player but a .291 obp would put you in the minors if you didn't pair it with 30 HRs. There are players of Bourjos's skill level all over the league (Brett Gardner, Coco Crisp, Ben Revere, Austin Jackson). Maybe not as flashy, but they make at least 95% of the plays that Bourjos does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I guess I should clarify I meant it a defensive level with Trumbo being the power bat of them. Bourjos is one of the best defensive outfielders in the league now, and the ground he covers is remarkable. Trout is also pretty damn good in the field as well, but we need to see where the power and speed go. If he lives up to his projections, then those two alone will make them one of the best OF. Texas OF isnt so hot on the defense. Hamilton alone is projected to cause more than two losses over the year with him in center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Im not sure if the Twins won that game or if the Angels lost it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Get ready to lose today, Travis! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Get ready to lose today, Travis! Even though I have no stake in either team I am really stoked for this series. I think its gonna be a great match up and we're gonna have some amazing baseball! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 bosox... woooo!!! woooooooo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 oh, ya know what? i got friday 13th and opposite day confused again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Waiting for the Indians to stop sucking. Would that be considered a redundant statement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Waiting for the Indians to stop sucking. Would that be considered a redundant statement? Unless at least 2 of Cabrera, Fielder, and Verlander go down for a while, don't hold your breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 With all the Angels and Yankees love in this thread, I'm guessing there will be at least 10 comments on this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Peavy and Scherzer both pitched well today. Peavy hasn't pitched this well in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Having said that, I'm mad he decided to pick today to pitch well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Santana giving up 5 runs in 5 innings killed my fantasy pitching. Should have known that would happen against the likes of a team whos average age is 39. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Im not sure if the Twins won that game or if the Angels lost it. The Angels pen might be the worst in the league. Get ready to lose today, Travis! That was so bad today! Hopefully the rest of the series is more competitive. Angels are off to a super slow start. Im not worried about them yet, its only like 6-7 games into the season, Im sure they'll come around soon enough. They REALLY need to get some help in that bullpen...they should swap a few of these guys they have up now with some guys they have in the minors....they couldnt be any worse. Even the starting pitching hasnt been there and thats suppose to be a major strength of this team. Again, too early to panic though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selfreliable Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Oh I agree with you Travis. Way too early to panic. Everyone around here is freaking about the Sox having a wretched start, but 7 games doesnt really give you a good sample size. The Angels really should trade Abreu to a contender for a RP though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Oh I agree with you Travis. Way too early to panic. Everyone around here is freaking about the Sox having a wretched start, but 7 games doesnt really give you a good sample size. The Angels really should trade Abreu to a contender for a RP though. DiPoto has been trying to do this for months haha. Abreu is hitting like .333 this year so far in the few games he's played in so maybe if he keeps hitting a trade market for him will develop. I kinda doubt it though. Id love to get rid of Abreu, even if it means just flat out releasing him and eating that $8-$9M owed to him this year and put Wells in Abreu's spot of being a bench player who gets the occasional start and just bring up Trout alreadyand start him in LF. It would be great to see him getting experience in the bigs already. He's as much of a "cant miss" prospect as you can get. Plus it would be fun to see him and Bourjos playing together in the OF....they are gonna cover a ridiculous amount of ground in the OF together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Trade Abreu to cleveland for chris perez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Trade Abreu to cleveland for chris perez They had a trade in place with Cleveland that fell through. Couldnt come to an agreement on how much of his contract each team would take on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Oh I agree with you Travis. Way too early to panic. Everyone around here is freaking about the Sox having a wretched start, but 7 games doesnt really give you a good sample size. The Angels really should trade Abreu to a contender for a RP though. DiPoto has been trying to do this for months haha. Abreu is hitting like .333 this year so far in the few games he's played in so maybe if he keeps hitting a trade market for him will develop. I kinda doubt it though. Id love to get rid of Abreu, even if it means just flat out releasing him and eating that $8-$9M owed to him this year and put Wells in Abreu's spot of being a bench player who gets the occasional start and just bring up Trout alreadyand start him in LF. It would be great to see him getting experience in the bigs already. He's as much of a "cant miss" prospect as you can get. Plus it would be fun to see him and Bourjos playing together in the OF....they are gonna cover a ridiculous amount of ground in the OF together. I'm not super into the whole baseball prospecting thing, but I vaguely remember a friend telling me their is a prospect rating that has only been used a couple times by Baseball America. Griffey Jr had it, A-Rod did, and Justin Upton did. This was before Upton was called up (he started the conversation), so maybe 2007? Would be interested to see if guys like Trout, Harper, Heyward, and Strasburg got it. My guess would be that Strasburg did and the others didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I had the Nats being a wildcard this year, but if they continue playing how they are playing (and the Phillies playing how they are playing) they might win the East! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviolentworld Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 how about those indians. that was one crazy cluster fuck of a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 sox scored 57 runs against the rays last year. 25 in the last 2 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
311thrice Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I didn't expect the Angels to get off to such a slow start, especially with their offseason pickups. It'll still be a tight race though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 of course i go to the one game of the yanks/angels series where NY forgets theyre supposed to swing that stick on their shoulder at the ball. but i'll take 2 out of 3 from a team that good any week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Man, is Boston a mess. Ellsbury out for months, Valentine calling out a clubhouse leader for a lack of hustle. At least it looks like Aceves pulled it together but at this point, I'd say they are the 4th best team in the AL East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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