2014 MLB Season Thread

[NV]

God damn it's good to have baseball back.
 
Even though this one day is a tease and then back to meaningless spring training. 

 

[snipezo]

Trumbo tried robbing a homer that was like 5 feet to the side and hit the wall lmao

http://gfycat.com/JadedEveryHowlermonkey#

great read

 

[Mexi]

He also dove later on and missed by a mile

Going to be a fun year for dback fans...

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

And now Matt Moore was hit with a line drive. Didn't look bad though.

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

Anddddd Jurrickson Profar out 10-12 werks with a torn muscle in his shoulder

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

As new of Scherzer turning down a big extension, Ian Desmond turned down a $90 mill extension

 

[snipezo]

Josh Johnson injured again. Dude is made of glass.

 

[elcheato]

 
nailed it

 

[Mexi]

ian desmond turned it down because the damn rangers gave elvis over 100M

 

[elcheato]

Nyjer Morgan made it onto the Indians roster lul

What a weird guy

 

[Elite]

Tony Plush is back baby

 

[playmaker7]

Nobody told me that Neftali Feliz is basically fighting for a spot on the Rangers.
 
I drafted that dude this year fuck.

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

Nobody told me that Neftali Feliz is basically fighting for a spot on the Rangers.
 
I drafted that dude this year fuck.

So did I in most leagues. One of my favorite pitchers. I believe he will make the cut though

 

[Mexi]

Ranger ptichers are made of glass
He'll make some starts. Idk how effective he'll be though

 

[bosoxlover12]

As new of Scherzer turning down a big extension, Ian Desmond turned down a $90 mill extension

wat

He's above average at best, barely a .280 hitter. $90M?! I wouldn't give him over $40M

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports is reporting that Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond turned down a hefty multi-year contract extension over the winter. Heyman’s sources estimate the extension was at least six years in length and between $80 to $90 million in value. The two sides eventually agreed on a two-year, $17.5 million deal in January to avoid arbitration.
Desmond, 28, has become one of the league’s best shortstops. Over the last two seasons, he has hit at least 20 home runs and stolen 20 bases while posting an aggregate .812 OPS. According to FanGraphs, he has actually been the most valuable shortstop in baseball since the start of the 2012 season, with an even 10.0 WAR. Baseball Reference is a bit less kind, pegging him as third-best with 7.1 WAR, with the discrepancy occurring mostly due to defensive metrics. Either way, he has turned into quite a valuable player.
While it will be nice for the Nationals to lock up a key player at a key position, they’ll eventually have to do the same with Bryce Harper, Stephen Strasburg, and Jordan Zimmermann. The Nationals currently have a $129.5 million payroll according to Cot’s Contracts, and already have $84 million committed for the 2015 season.
 

 

[Teagz]

wat

He's above average at best, barely a .280 hitter. $90M?! I wouldn't give him over $40M

He wants that Andrus money.

 

[elcheato]

wat

He's above average at best, barely a .280 hitter. $90M?! I wouldn't give him over $40M

First of all, above average at best? What? He hits for good power at a position of normally low production, while he strikes out a lot, still hits for good contact and puts the ball in play, good on the base paths, a good defensive player. If you're using the 90 million dollar figure, I'm assuming you're talking about 6 years/40 mill, and you'd have to be insane not to give that to Desmond.

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Tigers are getting rocked in this one with most of the starters playing. Porcello continues to get rocked. 

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

Feliz has been sent down