Major League Baseball: 2012

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February 27, 2011 - 12:20pm

[CENTER][url=http://vevmo.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=9316][img]http://vevmo.com/imagehosting/14d6a83f8cbedb.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] Spring training is underway and I thought it would be a good time to move to a new [strike]unbiased[/strike] thread for discussion about the 2011 [strike]Boston Red Sox[/strike] Major League Baseball season. Current World Series Odds: [url=http://vevmo.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=9315][img]http://vevmo.com/imagehosting/14d6a83eb4274c.jpg[/img][/url] [B]Top 100 Right Now[/B] (as seen on the MLB Network over the last few weeks.) 100. Aroldis Chapman - RP (CIN) 99. Carlos Santana - C (CLE) 98. Grady Sizemore - CF (CLE) [B]97. Jacoby Ellsbury - CF (BOS)[/B] 96. Jose Valverde - RP (DET) 95. Elvis Andrus - SS (TEX) 94. Torii Hunter - RF (LAA) 93. Justin Morneau - 1B (MIN) 92. Vernon Wells - LF (LAA) 91. Brian Roberts - 2B (BAL) 90. Michael Young - Utl (TEX) 89. Colby Rasmus - OF (STL) 88. Yadier Molina - C (STL) 87. Scott Rolen - 3B (CIN) 86. Jason Bay - LF (NYM) 85. Austin Jackson - CF (DET) [B]84. David Ortiz - DH (BOS)[/B] 83. Vladimir Guerrero - DH (BAL) 82. Shane Victorino - CF (PHI) 81. Jay Bruce - RF (CIN) 80. Curtis Granderson – CF (NYY) 79. Jose Reyes – SS (NYM) 78. Justin Upton – RF (ARI) 77. Nick Markakis – RF (BAL) 76. Mike Stanton – RF (FLA) 75. Rafael Soriano – RP (NYY) 74. Mark Reynolds – 3B (BAL) 73. Dan Haren – SP (LAA) 72. Tim Hudson – SP (ATL) 71. Cole Hamels – SP (PHI) 70. Andrew Bailey – RP (OAK) 69. Rickie Weeks – 2B (MIL) 68. Jason Heyward – RF (ATL) 67. Nelson Cruz – RF (TEX) 66. Martin Prado – LF (ATL) 65. Matt Kemp – CF (LAD) 64. Heath Bell – RP (SD) 63. Ian Kinsler – 2B (TEX) 62. Brandon Phillips – 2B (CIN) 61. Carlos Marmol (CHC) 60. Andrew McCutchen – CF (PIT) 59. Johan Santana – SP (NYM) 58. Jered Weaver – SP (LAA) 57. Neftali Feliz – RP (TEX) 56. Andre Ethier – RF (LAD) [B]55. Clay Buchholz – SP (BOS)[/B] 54. Matt Cain – SP (SF) 53. Victor Martinez – C (DET) 52. Clayton Kershaw – SP (LAD) 51. Roy Oswalt – SP (PHI) 50. Jose Bautista – RF (TOR) 49. Joakim Soria – RP (KC) 48. Adam Dunn – 1B (CHW) 47. Paul Konerko – 1B (CHW) 46. Derek Jeter – SS (NYY) 45. Jayson Werth – RF (WAS) 44. Brain Wilson – RP (SF) 43. Dan Uggla – 2B (ATL) 42. David Wright – 3B (NYM) 41. Brian McCann – C (ATL) 40. Trevor Cahill - SP (OAK) 39. Ubaldo Jimenez - SP (COL) 38. Zack Greinke - SP (MIL) [B]37. Dustin Pedroia - 2B (BOS)[/B] 36. Chris Carpenter - SP (STL) 35. Adrian Beltre - 3B (TEX) 34. Shin-Soo Choo - RF (CLE) 33. Josh Johnson - SP (FLA) 32. Justin Verlander - SP (DET) 31. Cliff Lee - SP (PHI) 30. Matt Holliday - RF (STL) 29. Prince Fielder - 1B (MIL) 28. David Price - SP (TB) 27. Ichiro Suzuki - RF (SEA) 26. Chase Utley - 2B (PHI) 25. Ryan Howard - 1B (PHI) 24. Mark Trixeira - 1B (NYY) [B]23. Jon Lester - SP (BOS)[/B] [B]22. Carl Crawford - LF (BOS)[/B] 21. Alex Rodriguez - 3B (NYY) 20. Ryan Zimmerman - 3B (WAS) 19. C.C. Sabathia - SP (NYY) [B]18. Kevin Youkilis - 3B (BOS)[/B] 17. Carlos Gonzalez - OF (COL) 16. Buster Posey - C (SF) 15. Joey Votto - 1B (CIN) 14. Troy Tulowitzki - SS (COL) 13. Hanley Ramirez - SS (FLA) 12. Evan Longoria - 3B (TB) 11. Mariano Rivera - RP (NYY) 10. Josh Hamilton - LF (TEX) 9. Ryan Braun - LF (MIL) 8. Robinson Cano - 2B (NYY) [B]7. Adrian Gonzalez - 1B (BOS)[/B] 6. Tim Lincecum - SP (SF) 5. Felix Hernandez - SP (SEA) 4. Miguel Cabera - 1B (DET) 3. Joe Mauer - C (MIN) 2. Roy Halladay _ SP (PHI) 1. Albert Pujols - 1B (STL) [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVC9b0K1Iis]YouTube - Tessie With Lyrics[/url] p.s. First Red Sox Spring training game on TV is March 4th @ 7:00PM vs. The Evil Empire on NESN.

February 27, 2011 - 12:56pm

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Lionsfan780

Predictions: a.l west- rangers, a.l central- tigers, a.l east- red sox, wild card-yankees. n.l west- giants, n.l central-reds, n.l east- phillies, wild card- braves. Red sox over phillies in 6 for the world series.

February 27, 2011 - 1:03pm

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Bacchus

[QUOTE=Lionsfan780;238252]Predictions: a.l west- rangers, a.l central- tigers, a.l east- red sox, wild card-yankees. n.l west- giants, n.l central-reds, n.l east- phillies, wild card- braves. [B]Red sox over phillies in 6 for the world series[/B].[/QUOTE] I like how you think Lionsfan! Haha.

February 27, 2011 - 1:08pm

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XxJulieCxX

Hands down Giants to repeat there just to good.

February 27, 2011 - 2:48pm

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MF41590

I know it is baseball and anything can happen, but its hard to imagine anything but a Phillies-Red Sox world series in my opinion.

February 27, 2011 - 7:32pm

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Spinner554

Phillies over (in a shocker) Rays in 5.

February 27, 2011 - 8:03pm

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Bacchus

[QUOTE=Spinner554;238296]Phillies over (in a shocker) Rays in 5.[/QUOTE] You made me giggle a little. The Rays lost: Carl Crawford, Rafael Soriano, Carlos Pena, Joaquin Benoit, Lance Cormier, Grant Balfour, Dan Wheeler, Randy Choate, Jason Bartlett, Matt Garza, Fernando Perez, Zach Rosscup, Willy Aybar, Gabe Kapler, Dioner Navarro, Brad Hawpe, Rocco Baldelli, Chad Qualls and Dale Thayer. I don't think a post PEDs Manny and aging Damon are going to make up for what went out the door. They have a lot of young talent, but it is not enough to compete this year in the brutal AL East (at least in my opinion.)

February 27, 2011 - 8:16pm

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Spinner554

[QUOTE=Bacchus;238299]You made me giggle a little. The Rays lost: Carl Crawford, Rafael Soriano, Carlos Pena, Joaquin Benoit, Lance Cormier, Grant Balfour, Dan Wheeler, Randy Choate, Jason Bartlett, Matt Garza, Fernando Perez, Zach Rosscup, Willy Aybar, Gabe Kapler, Dioner Navarro, Brad Hawpe, Rocco Baldelli, Chad Qualls and Dale Thayer. I don't think a post PEDs Manny and aging Damon are going to make up for what went out the door. They have a lot of young talent, but it is not enough to compete this year in the brutal AL East (at least in my opinion.)[/QUOTE] I only said it cause' anybody other than the Red Sox would be fine. ;) Honestly, I think that there are alot of AL teams that can make a run.

February 27, 2011 - 8:29pm

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Kayla99

Rangers make a trade for a sick pitcher at the trade deadline and go the world series again. You heard it here first, Rays won't make playoffs.

February 27, 2011 - 8:30pm

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morris614

[QUOTE=afuNk13;238305]Rangers make a trade for a sick pitcher at the trade deadline and go the world series again. You heard it here first, Rays won't make playoffs.[/QUOTE] Neither will the Rangers if they dont improve their pitching staff.

February 28, 2011 - 12:32am

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jbo29j

[QUOTE=Bacchus;238247][/QUOTE] That's a really weird list mark reynolds, jose verlarde, jacoby ellsbury, shouldnt be considered as part of the top 100.

February 28, 2011 - 7:00am

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Bacchus

[QUOTE=jbo29j;238330]That's a really weird list mark reynolds, jose verlarde, [B]jacoby ellsbury, shouldnt be considered as part of the top 100.[/B][/QUOTE] Because the league is full of guys that can bat over .300 [I]and[/I] steal 70 bags in a season, right? :wink2:

February 28, 2011 - 10:39am

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Lionsfan780

[QUOTE=morris614;238306]Neither will the Rangers if they dont improve their pitching staff.[/QUOTE] The Rangers pitching staff will be just fine, they were good before they got Cliff Lee last year. He helped them tremendously in the playoffs, they would not have defeated the rays or yankees without him but they still would have made the playoffs without him. They were in 1st place the majority of the season. Neftali Feliz is going to be competing for a spot in the rotation and he will be a very good starting pitcher and if he stays at closer thats fine too. Hopefully they can get something out of Brandon Webb but im not holding my breathe on that one.

March 21, 2011 - 1:21pm

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Bacchus

Lester vs. Halladay right now on ESPN.

March 31, 2011 - 10:34pm

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Bacchus

You know what amazes me? All these teams with empty seats on opening day. It was sad... Opening day! If any day, the stadium should be sold out. People wonder why the Red Sox and Yankees have so much money to spend on payroll. I'll solve the mystery. The fans go to the games and watch them on TV. The fans give them money to spend on payroll. I have no sympathy for any team that can't sell out opening day. Especially when the best seats in the house cost less than bleacher seats in the aforementioned team's parks.

March 31, 2011 - 10:59pm

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Bacchus

I don't normally comment on Yankee players, being I hate them as a geographical fact. That said, I applaud the yanks in picking up Burnett off of the waiver wire. I was thinking of grabbing him in the last round but I could not. (i.e. I don't roll with Yankees, yanks.) Burnett might be getting older, but last season was an anomaly. He has the bats of the Yankees behind him and is going to get lots of "tens" (i.e. wins) plus innings to offset his worse than average ERA. I think he is a great sleeper. It was a good move.

April 1, 2011 - 3:56am

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rawrpaula

There is a baseball thread? Awesome! I agree with whoever said, it's sad that they are empty seats on Opening Day. My team (the Giants) play away until next weekend. And that weekend is completely SOLD OUT.

April 1, 2011 - 10:09am

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molds13

I'm pretty sure Tigers opening day sold out in an hour or so. It's impossible to get tickets. Watching the Tigers-Yankees game yesterday was ridiculous seeing all of those empty seats.

April 1, 2011 - 10:39am

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Bacchus

[QUOTE=molds13;242771] Watching the Tigers-Yankees game yesterday was ridiculous seeing all of those empty seats.[/QUOTE] I love to see empty seats at Yankee Stadium (there are kids in kindergarten in the Boston metro that have never seen that at Fenway.) Hey, if you are going to make a baseball game more expensive than a cruise, you deserve to have empty seats. Here is the kicker... The Yankees raked. As they do every game. Can you imagine Tampa Bay Rays fans paying a few grand for seats? Haha.

April 1, 2011 - 1:32pm

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SeanDaniel

2011 will be the year the BIG RED MACHINE returns to power. Mark my words.

April 1, 2011 - 5:01pm

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Bacchus

[QUOTE=SeanDaniel;242786]2011 will be the year the BIG RED MACHINE returns to power. Mark my words.[/QUOTE] You mean the Big Red [I]Sox[/I] Machine. Fixed that for you!

April 1, 2011 - 7:33pm

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tatertots

This game is not going well.

April 1, 2011 - 8:33pm

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Bacchus

[QUOTE=tatertots;242811]This game is not going well.[/QUOTE] Not a good game as a Sox fan, but I saw lots of potential.

April 1, 2011 - 8:54pm

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Lionsfan780

[QUOTE=Bacchus;242823]Not a good game as a Sox fan, but I saw lots of potential.[/QUOTE] Good game for Rangers fans :). The Sox will be fine, Adrian Gonzalez is going to have a monster year. The red sox barring major injuries will be the best team in baseball. I'm just glad the rangers arent going to get swept this weekend.

April 1, 2011 - 11:10pm

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MF41590

Brandon Lyon blowing saves already? I thought he usually had a good week or 2 before he miserably failed...

April 2, 2011 - 5:36am

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V1man

[QUOTE=Bacchus;242823]Not a good game as a Sox fan, but I saw lots of potential.[/QUOTE] Probably the last day this season that the Yankees will be in first and the BSox last. Even as a die-hard Yankee fan, I recognize the dynasty is wheel-chair bound this season, and probably for the next 3-4.

April 2, 2011 - 9:16am

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SeanDaniel

[QUOTE=Bacchus;242742]You know what amazes me? All these teams with empty seats on opening day. It was sad... Opening day! If any day, the stadium should be sold out. People wonder why the Red Sox and Yankees have so much money to spend on payroll. I'll solve the mystery. The fans go to the games and watch them on TV. The fans give them money to spend on payroll. I have no sympathy for any team that can't sell out opening day. Especially when the best seats in the house cost less than bleacher seats in the aforementioned team's parks.[/QUOTE] Some teams seem to hold big blocks of tickets and then only release the extra on game day. I have always assumed they do it out of some combo of selling tickets on mark up through ticket vendors or set aside for possible corporate interest. If you are willing to take the chance, you can sometimes buy really good seats over the dugouts for really cheap prices on game day for day games at the park's ticket window. I have done that a few times at a few different parks when I happened to be in town with nothing to do.

April 3, 2011 - 8:52am

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Bacchus

It has been a brutal two days. I'd like to get out of Texas with a W.

April 3, 2011 - 10:09am

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jbo29j

[QUOTE=Bacchus;242744]I don't normally comment on Yankee players, being I hate them as a geographical fact. That said, I applaud the yanks in picking up Burnett off of the waiver wire. I was thinking of grabbing him in the last round but I could not. (i.e. I don't roll with Yankees, yanks.) Burnett might be getting older, but last season was an anomaly. He has the bats of the Yankees behind him and is going to get lots of "tens" (i.e. wins) plus innings to offset his worse than average ERA. I think he is a great sleeper. It was a good move.[/QUOTE] I was pretty impressed by his opening day performance despite the runs he allowed yesterday i think he's going to be ok much better than last year. He was making batters miss.

April 3, 2011 - 1:04pm

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MF41590

[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/news/story?id=6286342]Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona drops Carl Crawford to 7th in batting order - ESPN Boston[/url] Interesting decision by Francona.

April 3, 2011 - 2:25pm

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Bacchus

[QUOTE=MF41590;242932] Interesting decision by Francona.[/QUOTE] It's the right call. Gonzo should bat 3rd anyway and there is no harm in taking a little of the pressure off of Crawford until he gets rolling.

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