A New Era

Why thank you. 8-)

You make wee wee in here, and you'll clean it up !!! Yes sir, Hoh hoh hoh!

some of that is prob sarcasm. I understand and agree with your point. I have Marquis in my signature for gods sake! :wink:

Is there sarcasm here that I am missing? not at all... he's hitting .400 and DeRosa is hititng .125. The answer is clear to me. Sam Horn was a Spring Training All-Star, it doesn't really mean all that much. they haven't even been playing a week yet. I think Patterson has good potential, not great. He will be the 2B sometime soon, hopefuly if he cna improve his defense. I wouldn't write DeRosa off after a handful of Spring Training AB's. Disregard all that if it was sarcasm, btw. Ofcourse all that you said, means nothing if EPatt gets a hit here. :wink:

oh, are you still gonna do updates? just no PBP?

hard hit out for soriano.

wee wee wee.

what for?

duh, DA DA duh duh daaaa. DA da da da da duh Duuuuuh. .

time for another fast 1/2 inning for my man marquis!

awwwww. almost a hit.

ok fearless predition. Marquis will get a hit.

http://www.truthdig.com/images/eartothegrounduploads/pope_350.jpg ok ya got me. :x

da, da duh duh duh da da duh. DA DA DA duh duh duh. .

what's trammel poping out for?

Well I think it's if he can get alot of ground balls this year, wrigely will REALLY help him because of it's high grass.

grounder to THIRD for my man marquis!

1st pitch induced grounder for my man marquis!

YAY my man marquis up!!

Jones ran the bases properly!!

He just called Vargas, Aquino though. Ah so what, they actually call the game. So there.

Announcers acctually applogized and filled us in, in the first. Already much better than the last guys.

ADVICE!! ADVICE!! Not predictions of doom. How do I FIX!

Here is how my team turned out. 10 team H2H. I was 9th and got pick #9 and #12. Beltran and Ramirez were my first 2 picks. If I do some trades, what should I be looking for and who can I afford to deal? OF - Juan Pierre SS - Rafael Furcal 1B - Paul Konerko 3B - Aramis Ramirez OF - Carlos Beltran OF - Bobby Abreu C - Michael Barret 2B - Rickie Weeks Bench - Matt Murton, Moises Alou, A.J. Pierzynski, Craig Biggio SP - Daisuke Matsuzaka SP - Dontrelle Willis SP - Mark Prior SP - Roger Clemens SP - Greg Maddux SP - Jason Marquis RP - Kerry Wood RP - Joe Borowski RP - Ryan Dempster RP - Bob Howry

I'm guessing Santana was pick #1 and Carpenter was probably pick #3 or #4, with one of Morneau, Lee, or Bay being the #2 pick (just guessing) Usually pitchers like Santana go in the first round and no one else. A couple years ago guys like Santana, Schilling, and RJ would go in the first round or two, but now it's really just Santana. Most of the 2nd rate top-tier pitchers like Carpenter, Big Z, Webb, etc. usually go in the 3rd or 4th rounds, sometimes 2nd. It's nearly impossible to find a guy who is a pretty much a guaranteed lock for at least 16 wins and 230+K's and an ERA under 2.90. It's not uncommon to find guys who you can count on for 15 or so wins, a 3.00-4.00ERA and 180-200 strikeouts. When those are the best guys available, you'll likely want to boost your offense a little more, since there's a little more of an abundance to choose from, whereas there is no other pitcher quite like Johan Santana. Turnb back the clock about 3 years and then you have Schilling and RJ who are churning out Santana-esque numbers and then you got some leeway and pitchers like them would typically go in the late 1st round/early 2nd round, because people knew that if they lost out on one, they could still hold out hope of getting the other and instead draft someone like Manny, A-Rod, Vlad, etc. In other news, I have no idea why I went on this tangent. In my league. P and OF players went equally in the first round. With names like Santana, Carpenter, Zambrano, coupled with A-rod, Cabrera, and Pujouls. I nabbed Beltran and A. Ramirez in my first round. And nabbed Matsuzaka as my BEST pitcher. For me, I've got a good offense. But I have questionable pitching, but with great upside.