2009 Season Ramblings

[General]

-Knock knock
-Who's there?
-Felix Pie, Biatch!

Felix Pie increases his Contact vs Righties from 6 to 8 .
Felix Pie increases his Contact vs Lefties from 6 to 8 .
Felix Pie increases his Overall Contact from 6 to 8 .
Felix Pie increases his Gap vs Righties from 8 to 9 .
Felix Pie increases his Gap vs Lefties from 8 to 9 .
Felix Pie increases his Overall Gap Power from 8 to 9 .
Felix Pie increases his Eye vs Righties from 2 to 4 .
Felix Pie increases his Eye vs Lefties from 2 to 4 .
Felix Pie increases his Overall Eye from 2 to 4 .
Felix Pie increases his Eye Talent from 4 to 6 .
Felix Pie increases his Strikeouts vs Righties from 4 to 5 .
Felix Pie increases his Strikeouts vs Lefties from 4 to 5
Felix Pie increases his Overall Strikeouts from 4 to 5 .

[trevortime101]

And making my Number one overall pick just look plain Sexy for the Surf Dawgs:

Jhonny Peralta increases his Gap vs Righties from 8 to 9 .
Jhonny Peralta increases his Gap vs Lefties from 7 to 9 .
Jhonny Peralta increases his Overall Gap Power from 7 to 9 .
Jhonny Peralta increases his Gap Power Talent from 7 to 9 .
Jhonny Peralta increases his Strikeouts vs Righties from 5 to 6 .
Jhonny Peralta increases his Overall Strikeouts from 5 to 6 .

[General]

And look who's back from the dead, Salty Dog!

Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Contact vs Righties from 3 to 4 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Contact vs Lefties from 4 to 5 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Overall Contact from 4 to 5 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Contact Talent from 4 to 6 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Power vs Righties from 2 to 4 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Power vs Lefties from 2 to 4 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Overall Power from 2 to 4 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Gap vs Righties from 7 to 8 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Gap vs Lefties from 7 to 8 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Overall Gap Power from 7 to 8 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Eye vs Righties from 3 to 5 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Eye vs Lefties from 3 to 5 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Overall Eye from 3 to 5 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Strikeouts vs Righties from 3 to 4 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Strikeouts vs Lefties from 3 to 4 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Overall Strikeouts from 3 to 4 .
Jarrod Saltalamacchia increases his Strikeouts Talent from 2 to 3 .

[Providence A's]

wtf...Jeter out 5 weeks, Witasick out 2 weeks, Douglass out 6 weeks, Curcio gone for the season, and Whisler gone for the season.

[General]

And Martinez STILL out 6 weeks, despite being injured during THE LAST OFFSEASON!

[Hammer]

nobody went down, which is to be expected from a young team, i suppose... joe oliver and donny lucy both progressed, its always nice to have too many catchers. galarraga progressed too, i expect he'll be 2 stars now as well. a few other guys did some nonsense too, but oliver and lucy progressing nicely is more progression than i wouldve expected from this season, so from here on out im a winner.

[Dam8610]

This is going to be a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG season.

[Slyder]

wtf...Jeter out 5 weeks, Witasick out 2 weeks, Douglass out 6 weeks, Curcio gone for the season, and Whisler gone for the season.

It happens, just like Aaron Boone basically blew out his knee playing basketball, the guy from Colorado ended his season when he fell down the stairs carrying his groceries, Jeff Kent hurt his knee in a motorcycle acci... i mean washing his truck, etc.

[Providence A's]

4 of those happened in ST...what happened to taking it easy during ST?

[Raphictor]

My preseason power rankings...

1. Savannah
2. St. Louis
3. Brooklyn
4. Tennessee
5. Boston
6. Puerto Rico
7. Detroit
8. Cooperstown
9. Milwaukee
10. Texas
11. Cleveland
12. Kansas City
13. Baltimore
14. CSKA
15. Anaheim
16. Vancouver
17. San Antonio
18. Limerick
19. Washington
20. Edinburgh
21. Louisville
22. Colorado
23. Arizona
24. Providence
25. Orlando
26. Las Vegas
27. Chicago (A)
28. Houston
29. Alaska
30. Chicago (N)
31. San Diego
32. Israel

Any thoughts? It's based more on potential of the team. Major leagues considered most of course, but with the lower teams the minors were included.

[Providence A's]

I'm not really concered with how my team does record wise this year...maybe even next year. Halladay is gone pending approval, so I'll probably finish below Orlando now. My goal for the year is to get as many players through healthy (off to a great start there with 5 injuries...2 to old players) and to get the young guys to develop.

[Slyder]

time will tell but my team got a huge boost to its chances with ST.
Get Comfortable this is going to take a while.

The Good:
Michael Burton increases his Strikeouts vs Righties from 6 to 7 .
Michael Burton increases his Strikeouts vs Lefties from 6 to 7 .
Michael Burton increases his Overall Strikeouts from 6 to 7 .
Oscar Calderon increases his Stuff vs Lefties from 4 to 5 .
Oscar Calderon increases his Overall Stuff from 4 to 5 .
Oscar Calderon increases his Movement vs Lefties from 4 to 5 .
Oscar Calderon increases his Velocity from 4 to 5 .
Byron Gettis increases his Contact vs Lefties from 6 to 7 .
Carlos Gonzales increases his Eye vs Righties from 5 to 6 .
Edgar Gonzalez increases his Stuff vs Lefties from 8 to 9 .
Edgar Gonzalez increases his Overall Stuff from 8 to 9 .
Kent Hrbek increases his Strikeouts vs Lefties from 7 to 8 .
Joe Mauer increases his Power vs Righties from 6 to 7 .
Joe Mauer increases his Power vs Lefties from 6 to 7 .
Joe Mauer increases his Overall Power from 6 to 7 .
Joe Mauer increases his Power Talent from 6 to 7 .
Lewis Mettler increases his Contact vs Righties from 4 to 5 .
Lewis Mettler increases his Gap vs Lefties from 6 to 7 .
Roy Oswalt increases his Stuff Talent from 9 to 10 .
Chris Sabo increases his Eye vs Righties from 5 to 6 .
Chris Sabo increases his Eye vs Lefties from 5 to 6 .
Chris Sabo increases his Overall Eye from 5 to 6 .
Chris Sabo increases his Eye Talent from 5 to 6 .
Chin-Hui Tsao increases his Stuff vs Righties from 8 to 9 .
Chin-Hui Tsao increases his Overall Stuff from 8 to 9 .
Chin-Hui Tsao increases his Movement vs Lefties from 6 to 7 .
Chin-Hui Tsao increases his Overall Movement from 6 to 7 .
Fernando Villarreal increases his Contact vs Righties from 6 to 7 .
Fernando Villarreal increases his Contact vs Lefties from 7 to 8 . (He can be had for a spect/draft pick)
Delmon Young increases his Eye vs Righties from 8 to 9 .
Delmon Young increases his Overall Eye from 8 to 9 .
Bunch of insignificant development from spects still a ways off.

The Great:
Edgar Gonzalez increases his Stuff vs Lefties from 8 to 9 .
Edgar Gonzalez increases his Overall Stuff from 8 to 9 .
Edgar Gonzalez increases his Movement Talent from 4 to 6 .

The Stupendiliemptious:
Adam Smith increases his Stuff Talent from 9 to 10 .
Adam Smith increases his Movement Talent from 9 to 10 .
Please say Hello to my new closer Rob Dibble...
Rob Dibble increases his Gap vs Righties from 3 to 4 .
Rob Dibble increases his Gap vs Lefties from 3 to 4 .
Rob Dibble increases his Overall Gap Power from 3 to 4 .
Rob Dibble increases his Control vs Righties from 7 to 8 .
Rob Dibble increases his Control vs Lefties from 7 to 8 .
Rob Dibble increases his Overall Control from 7 to 8 .
Rob Dibble increases his Control Talent from 7 to 8 .
Rob Dibble decreases his Movement vs Righties from 10 to 9 .
Rob Dibble decreases his Movement vs Lefties from 10 to 9 .
Rob Dibble decreases his Overall Movement from 10 to 9 .
Rob Dibble increases his Movement Talent from 9 to 10 .
Rob Dibble increases his Velocity from 8 to 9 .
Okay before you think Ive gone crazy.... Please say hello to my new starting pitcher...

Ryan Wagner increases his Duration from 4 to 6 .

*Hey crazy check you pay pal you should see the deposit* .

It should be a very interesting year. BTW Crazy whats up with the injury deal? I thought Rijo had 5 weeks to go BEFORE ST?

[Dam8610]

My preseason power rankings...

1. Savannah
2. St. Louis
3. Brooklyn
4. Tennessee
5. Boston
6. Puerto Rico
7. Detroit
8. Cooperstown
9. Milwaukee
10. Texas
11. Cleveland
12. Kansas City
13. Baltimore
14. CSKA
15. Anaheim
16. Vancouver
17. San Antonio
18. Limerick
19. Washington
20. Edinburgh
21. Louisville
22. Colorado
23. Arizona
24. Providence
25. Orlando
26. Las Vegas
27. Chicago (A)
28. Houston
29. Alaska
30. Chicago (N)
31. San Diego
32. Israel

Any thoughts? It's based more on potential of the team. Major leagues considered most of course, but with the lower teams the minors were included.

My team is better than someone else's? I don't buy it, especially with Roe out for the year.

[RockSports17]

My preseason power rankings...

1. Savannah
2. St. Louis
3. Brooklyn
4. Tennessee
5. Boston
6. Puerto Rico
7. Detroit
8. Cooperstown
9. Milwaukee
10. Texas
11. Cleveland
12. Kansas City
13. Baltimore
14. CSKA
15. Anaheim
16. Vancouver
17. San Antonio
18. Limerick
19. Washington
20. Edinburgh
21. Louisville
22. Colorado
23. Arizona
24. Providence
25. Orlando
26. Las Vegas
27. Chicago (A)
28. Houston
29. Alaska
30. Chicago (N)
31. San Diego
32. Israel

Any thoughts? It's based more on potential of the team. Major leagues considered most of course, but with the lower teams the minors were included.

Surprising picks.

[CrazyEights]

BTW Crazy whats up with the injury deal? I thought Rijo had 5 weeks to go BEFORE ST?

I'm not sure what you mean. ST was 4 weeks long, and Rijo will be out about another week.