2009 MLB Thread

[scratchbomb]

I like the mustaches the cards got going.

The real question is how do you feel about that thing on Franklin's chin?  I find it strange that my two most hated teams (Cards/White Sox) both have closers with ridiculous chins.  I think Jenks' dumb dye job is easily the worst of the two.

Franklin's chin-forest drives me up the wall. Although not as much as that red-dyed strip Scott Spiezio used to have.

Whatever happened to Spiezio? I remember he flipped out and hid in a closet, but I don't remember hearing anything else about him after that.

[yesno]

!

[scratchbomb]

!

Is this in response to Spiezio or Mark Buehrle's perfect game? 'Cause Buehrle definitely deserves a few !'s (as does that amazing catch that saved a homer in the ninth).

[nec13]

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Wow, you're really excited at the prospect of Rafael Betancourt joining the Rockies bullpen.

[yesno]

I'm excited by the perfect game and by the prospect of getting to write "Jhoulys Chacin" a lot more.

[nec13]

Buehrle has always been one of the most underrated pitchers in the game. Maybe after today he'll have earned some recognition.

[nec13]

Wow. Matt Holliday was just traded to the Cardinals for Brett Wallace and two other prospects.

Will post more thoughts later.

[jbissell]

Wow. Matt Holliday was just traded to the Cardinals for Brett Wallace and two other prospects.

Will post more thoughts later.

Obviously I'm not thrilled about this but it doesn't concern me as much as if the Cards were to get Halladay or Cliff Lee or another good starter.

[nec13]

I don't like this trade for the Cardinals. Brett Wallace is one of the best pure hitting prospects in the game right now. He could have been their starter at third base for the next five years and he would have been cost-controlled. I don't like trading a player with that much upside for a rental. Holliday, a Scott Boras client, will most certainly test the free agent waters at the conclusion of the season. Moreover, Holliday's just not that great a hitter away from Coors Field, having a sub .800 OPS away from there. He may improve their lineup for the rest of the season, but I don't like the long-term implications of this deal for the Cards. It's an awful lot to give up for a player that is not guaranteed to make the Cardinals any better than the third best team in the NL.

[scratchbomb]

Ditto pretty much everything TRG said in re Holliday. I guess the Cards needed to upgrade their offense, but they'd probably be better off going for somebody who can actually hit outside of Coors Field.

[Stupornaut]

Wait, you can exchange players between teams during the season?! [/Twins fan]

[joe]

Wait, you can exchange players between teams during the season?! [/Twins fan]

As a Mets fan I can tell you, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

[scratchbomb]

Wait, you can exchange players between teams during the season?! [/Twins fan]

As a Mets fan I can tell you, it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Hey, I hear the Rays might wanna trade Kazmir!

[nec13]

Kazmir would be best served coming out of the bullpen as a late innings pitcher, a la Billy Wagner. In fact, Wagner is a close analogue to Kazmir because both have smallish frames and live arms.

[scratchbomb]

Kazmir would be best served coming out of the bullpen as a late innings pitcher, a la Billy Wagner. In fact, Wagner is a close analogue to Kazmir because both have smallish frames and live arms.

Then again, you could say the same about Johan Santana.