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Smoltz still had good stuff on the Red Sox, and had a good K/9 and BB:9 rate as well. Red Sox gave up on him too quickly. He was giving up an abnormal amount of homers, which was his downfall.

It was the Red Sox

Wagner came in for the Mets and looked great, had a couple of Ks. The Cubs should definitely contact the Mets about him.

General Cubs fans arguments (If it doesn't apply, don't take offense) Cardinals play a bad team and win: "Cardinals are so lucky, they get to play this crap team while we play *insert over .500 NL team.* Baseball Gods hate us" Cardinals play a good team and win: "I can't believe they beat *insert over .500 NL team here*, they are so lucky. The Baseball God's hate us" The Cardinals are 16 games over .500, yet some of the Cubbie fans are so bitter and pathetic, they can't even acknowledge the Cardinals made the proper trades and now have a good team. Everything is luck on our side (Even though our best starter was out the last 2 years, and missed the first month of this season, our starting third basemen has been out all year, and our third starter was out for over a month). It's the same bull crap everyday with a select few of you. You don't have to give the Cardinals team any credit for being good, that's your prerogative, but it makes you look petty, jealous and stupid. The Cubs were a better team in 2007 and 2008, The Cardinals have a better team then the Cubs, deal with it. It's not luck. It's not the Baseball God's cursing the Cubs. It's simply the Cardinals having superior talent.

Yes, MLBtv is acting all gay on my end too. Disgrace I pay 20 dollars a month for their content, and half the time there's an issue.

I predict it will be the team with the highest OBP Get outta here. I know I really went out on a limb there. I bet it's gonna be teams with them Dunn and Giambi type bastards clogging up all the bases!

got to add Beckett, just turned 29 - 3.27 And Wainwright.

I think he's surpassed Haren for the Cy Young favorite.

So is Hanson's. Wainwright seems to be one of those pitchers that can get good results despite an average WHIP. Know who's 5th in MLB in WHIP? Joel Pineiro and Jarrod Washburn. Randy Wolf is 12th, Haap is 16th. I mean it's an okay stat, but really not all that telling when examining a pitcher's performance over the year. Wainwright in the NL is a lower-level 1 starter, in the AL he'd be a solid number 2.

His FIP is 3.09, his XFIP is 3.67, he's 11th in MLB in VORP. Much more telling stats then his 1.29 WHIP, though his walks could be lowered a little bit, but his K's have jumped a lot this season, offsetting it a bit.

Hanson isn't anywhere near as good as Wainwright, and may never will be, so your sarcasm makes no sense. Pineiro, I understand. But Wainwright?

Jayson Stark says something is brewing with the Angels

So...the Phillies vs. either the Yankees, Sox or Angels...

I really hope I never see Todd Wellemeyer again. Ever. The worst starting pitcher in baseball, possibly.

They got him into the Cardinals offensive scheme damn fast, eh? Cardinals don't steal any bases, though. He's [expletive] with the formula!!!!!