2009 MLB Season Thread

[Lake Louise]

I know. When I heard he was 23, I was like "They must be thinking about a different Felix Hernandez"

 

[Mexi]

i know i heard he was 23 and i was like what?

Billgnsley is 24, Kershaw is 21. Felix turned 23 in April too.

He was 19 when he made his debut cheato.

he was 20 when he started opening day for the M's

 

[elcheato]

LaPorta would tee off on all 3 of those guys IMO

 

[Mexi]

whats taking LaPorta so long?
he should be ready, no?

 

[elcheato]

It has more to do with idiots running the franchise and having someone like Wedge running the big club.

 

[Mexi]

he's not good enough then

he's no phenom like Clayton Kershaw.
He's finally getting it too. 3 straight excellent starts. you should see him.
He's gonna be nasty

 

[elcheato]

I've seen him, he was rushed up. He is too wild.

LaPorta is plenty ready, we never call up top prospects, we seem more content with winning in Triple A. And Wedge is clearly a minor league coach. Before he came here he was in the minors, and you can see, by all of his constant lineup changes even though we are top 5 in the MLB in runs scored. They stress consistency from the players, I'd like it from the manager.

 

[Mexi]

he hasnt been wild lately though. but i see where your coming from.

he was kinda rushed up last year, but coming into this season, we had to keep him on the roster.
he was inbetween. to good for AAA but maybe not so ready for MLB

but like i said, he's getting it together. i feel good


as for your indians, he'll be called up soon. i mean you gave up the season trading DeRosa.
and Wedge will be fired wont he?

 

[elcheato]

He doesn't have a lot of fastball command yet, but because he has great stuff he gets away with it.

Even though the season is over, it wasn't necessarily giving up. Asdrubal Cabrera just got activated off the DL, and our batting is still very good without DeRosa. Perez is a decent/good bullpen guy, instantly has become our best arm out of the pen and only 23. So it should help us now and in the future, even though we're done for this year. And LaPorta right now is better then our starting LF, seriously don't understand why he's not up.

 

[Mexi]

i bet it has something to do with money

and your right about kershaw, but his last 3 starts he's been great like i said. he's using his change-up more.

 

[elcheato]

What does he throw, just a fastball-curve mainly?

Probably avoids arbitration longer if he is not up for a certain time period. But whatever, I want to see the man we traded one of the best pitchers in the league for. Not Ben Francisco.

 

[Mexi]

yeah pretty much fastball/curve.

but he's been throwing the change more.
he's still a work in progress, but he's legit

 

[elcheato]

I just can't imagine how good this Indians team could have been this year if we had a good bullpen.. Over 13 blown saves now, it's ridiculous. Not to mention all of the 1 run leads they have turned into 4 for the other team. Cliff Lee should be an all-star despite his win loss record. Choo and Victor should get in as well.

 

[Mexi]

Choo, really?
i havent noticed
Victor will get in.
idk about Lee. i dont think W/L matters as much though. he probably will


idk about Casey Blake. Numbers say he should, but Wright, Zim, and maybe Mark Reynolds of AZ gets in ahead of him
well Wright is a lock, Zim is too. It's between Reynolds and Blake. hopefully Blake gets the nod.
haren could be AZ's only all-star

 

[elcheato]

Choo has been all around great this year, near .300 average, 9 homers, 40+ RBIs, 2nd in the AL in On base percentage, 3rd in the MLB in assists I believe. This guy makes incredible defensive plays, and guns down people as well. 12 for 12 on stolen bases as well. He does EVERYTHING you could want from one hitter.
Just watch this
http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/media/vid...13&c_id=cle
He nearly doesn't get the ball out, but does, and guns down a fairly fast runner.


Yea, Blake prob wont make it cause of competition lol. Glad to see he's doing well though.

 

[Mexi]

he looked like Ichiro right there lol

speaking of Ichiro, he had an error tonight. i was schocked

 

[elcheato]

Yea I saw that, they showed the error on Baseball tonight lol.

 

[Mexi]

eww baseaball tonight

MLB Tonight >>>>>>>>>> baseball tonight

i flipped to baseball tonight the other day, totally jocking MLB tonight.
with the demos. SMH. they never used to do that many demos.

MLB Network is amazing

 

[cruzg24]

Mets looking to salvage series against the yankees. If Wang cant get it done against us then he is done. They should put Hughes back in.

 

[MapleLeaf]

cy young with 6 shutout innings and only 66 pitches