SK790 wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:he was basically the only movable contract worth anything for an old, injured team that had nothing in the farm system. Keeping him would have gotten us to 79 wins this year. That would be much better!

Ideally, you'd give them money instead of howard. Idk, I prefer to be better.

yeah, if we could have traded Pence for a time machine i'd have done that instead

how Puig celebrated the division title

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Gibson and Trammell got the ax

Abreu retired

Stewart and LaRussa get their revenge

swishnicholson wrote:

Ace Rothstein wrote:

SK790 wrote:never got the pence or victorino hate.

Pence basically played one full year for us and put up a 126 OPS+. It would be nice to have one of those guys. I can understand being pissed off at what was given up for him or what was received back, but they got a quality offensive guy on a team that needed it.

His defense and throwing arm went into the crapper in that second year for some reason. He has returned to being a plus guy in regards to those things I believe. Makes a big difference in my view. A frustrating player at times, but overall, he's good. Wish we had him.

Apparently the NYTimes assigned a North Carolina grad student to attend games at, and take pictures capturing, the feel of a game day at each ML park this summer.

I'm sorry, NC grad student, but...boo

Brewers miss the playoffs. I guess most people figured this would happen.

2015 Draft Order
1 Diamondbacks
2 Astros
3 Rockies
4 Rangers
5 Astros
6 Twins
7 Red Sox
8 White Sox
9 Cubs
10 PHILLIES
11 Reds
-------------------------PROTECTED ^^^^
12 Marlins
13 Padres
14 Rays
15 Mets
16 Braves
17 Brewers
18 Blue Jays
19 Yankees
20 Indians
21 Mariners
22 Giants
23 Pirates
24 Athletics
25 Royals
26 Tigers
27 Cardinals
28 Dodgers
29 Orioles
30 Nationals
31 Angels

BigEd76 wrote:2015 Draft Order
1 Diamondbacks
2 Astros
3 Rockies
4 Rangers
5 Astros
6 Twins
7 Red Sox
8 White Sox
9 Cubs
10 PHILLIES
11 Reds
-------------------------PROTECTED ^^^^
12 Marlins
13 Padres
14 Rays
15 Mets
16 Braves
17 Brewers
18 Blue Jays
19 Yankees
20 Indians
21 Mariners
22 Giants
23 Pirates
24 Athletics
25 Royals
26 Tigers
27 Cardinals
28 Dodgers
29 Orioles
30 Nationals
31 Angels

I predict that in 2020, the Reds' 2015 draft pick will win the MVP and the Phillies' will be out of baseball.

So we would lose pick #41 if we sign a Type A guy? Or lower than that because of comp picks?

Probably closer to the upper 50s depending on how many Type As switch teams and the Competitive Balance A picks that get added

Gardenhire is out as Twins manager

End of an era there

Passan says an NL team that wears red is about to get a front office shakeup

BigEd76 wrote:Passan says an NL team that wears red is about to get a front office shakeup

[Reveal] Spoiler:

The Reds. Who else would it be?

Guessing it won't be jocketty or that extension they gave him on Saturday would look a little silly.

AJ Hinch is the new Astros manager.

Gardenhire out in Minny.

stevelxa476 wrote:AJ Hinch is the new Astros manager.

Weird that the crappy Padres now have four former employees getting managing jobs elsewhere in the past year (Rick Renteria CHC, Brad Ausmus DET, John Gibbons TOR)

Jon lester did not attempt a pick off this season. Sounds absurd.

During the NLCS (and maybe the World Series?), while FOX will have the usual Joe Buck broadcasts, FS1 will broadcast the games with an emphasis on statistics, sabermetrics, graphics and debate/conversation. Kevin Burkhardt, Gabe Kapler, CJ Nitkowski and Rob Neyer will be doing those, with special guests calling or video conferencing in