MLB 2013 Season Thread

[greggsand]

Winning games 6 and 7 in Boston seems an impossible task. If somehow it happens, it would be a bigger miracle than 2011. Who would have thought in July that losing the All-Star Game was such a big deal?

Who would of thought in July that the cards couldn't hit in October? Holiday seems to be the only guy who's even swinging 'hard'. And don't get me started on Matt Carpenter - he's turned into a 'soft liner to 2nd' machine all of sudden. Mind blowing.

[10spro]

Congrats Redsox fans. All the bats that were asleep with the Tigers woke up big time during the WS.

Many Jays fans can't stomach probably John Farrell winning it all, but I never had a beef with this guy.

Gotta give the MVP to Papi.

[dbdynsty25]

Wait, it's over? When did the world series start? Wow that was a snoozer.

[MizzouRah]

MVP to Big Juicy?

Congrats Boston fans!!!

[fanatic]

Congrats Redsox fans. All the bats that were asleep with the Tigers woke up big time during the WS.

Many Jays fans can't stomach probably John Farrell winning it all, but I never had a beef with this guy.

Gotta give the MVP to Papi.

Yeah, I've never had a huge beef with him. He certainly seemed like a different person/manager when he was with the Jays, but different circumstances obviously bring out different aspects of people.

A perfect ending to 2013 for Jays fans .........At least R.A. Dickey became the first Jay pitcher to win a Gold Glove

[bulls23]

Saw the writing on the wall from the first pitch, but I stuck with the game til the end. Why did I torture myself? Anyway, congrats Boston. Now I got more free time to play GTA.

[snaz16]

Did not see this coming. The Braves are going to build a new stadium in Cobb County,northwest of Atlanta by 2017.
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/baseball ... obb/nbpNQ/

[10spro]

Juicy rumours going around between a potential trade between the Jays and Phillies. Bautista and Brown involved.

[sportdan30]

Heard on the radio here in St. Louis that LA is supposedly listening to offers for Puig. I highly doubt they're shopping him.

[dbdynsty25]

Heard on the radio here in St. Louis that LA is supposedly listening to offers for Puig. I highly doubt they're shopping him.

Radio guys are BLOWHARDS. NEVER going to happen. He's their most marketable regular position player BY FAR. A phenomenon. I'd bet a LOT of money on that. Ethier and or Kemp are as good as good however.

[greggsand]

In the rank of players to be dealt, Puig would be 4 or 5 down on LA's list, but don't think for a second LA wouldn't love to dish that headache off to Toronto or Texas or somewhere. Mattingly hates the distraction that dude brings. If it was a fair offer, could see them doing it in an instant. Miami would be the obvious choice.

Bottom line: old school guys (like casden, mattingly, even Magic) would rather deal with a lesser (more sane) talent than Puig. Such is baseball.

[wco81]

Yeah but does Mattingly have much clout?

He probably would have lost his job if the Dodgers didn't turn the season around and as it is, his coaches were fired.

If Puig continues to produce, his salary for the next couple of years should be reasonable. I would think the team would choose the player over the manager.

[sportdan30]

Wow. Kinsler for Fielder. Huge trade.

[snaz16]

Yeah but does Mattingly have much clout?

He probably would have lost his job if the Dodgers didn't turn the season around and as it is, his coaches were fired.

If Puig continues to produce, his salary for the next couple of years should be reasonable. I would think the team would choose the player over the manager.

Totally agree,he's a young kid that never even had a pot to piss in. The maturity will come,and when it does this kid can be every bit as good as Mike Trout. On my team he's untouchable.

[tjung0831]

Cardinals have traded hometown boy David Freese to the Angels for Peter Bourjos

[sportdan30]

Cardinals have traded hometown boy David Freese to the Angels for Peter Bourjos

Great trade. Freese seems to be on the decline, has bad ankles, and is a defensive liability.

I like Carpenter at third, Wong at 2nd, and Craig at first. Trade Adams and a pitcher or two for a SS and we're set!

[dbdynsty25]

It's definitely a great trade. I love Bourjos (sp?)...I wanted the Braves to trade for him before they signed BJ Upton (would still like him instead of BJ, lol). I guess Freese just needs a change of scenery. Some guys can't handle playing at home in front of their friends/family they grew up with.

[tjung0831]

It's definitely a great trade. I love Bourjos (sp?)...I wanted the Braves to trade for him before they signed BJ Upton (would still like him instead of BJ, lol). I guess Freese just needs a change of scenery. Some guys can't handle playing at home in front of their friends/family they grew up with.

Oh he handled the pressure well and he took advantage of everything that came his way while he was here...he just really wasn't that great of a player and he had problems staying healthy.

[dbdynsty25]

Peralta to the Cards for four years and 52 million. Wow. What a huge overpay.

[MizzouRah]

Peralta to the Cards for four years and 52 million. Wow. What a huge overpay.

Agreed.. at least we didn't have to give up pitching and it's an upgrade to what we had. The last two years could be killers though.

[Aristo]

Peralta to the Cards for four years and 52 million. Wow. What a huge overpay.

Agreed.. at least we didn't have to give up pitching and it's an upgrade to what we had. The last two years could be killers though.

I don't mind overpaying dollars instead of arms. they can afford the cash because the cards have a ton of cost controlled players contributing in a large way. And they really needed an upgrade at SS. They are now in a position to hold all of those young arms, and teams may be willing to overpay to acquire them themselves. Before Peralta, teams knew the cards were desperate and could try to force the Cards to overpay.

[fatheadX]

You can argue he's overpaid going forward, but the intangibles really light up a room (sorry)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/rudolph.html