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OT: MLB Thread

Ben Raby ‏@BenRaby31

As colleague @ZacBoyer notes, it was 45yrs ago today, May 27, 1968 that MLB awarded franchises to Montreal & (Stay Classy) San Diego.
 
Tiger's Wood said:
He's immature and selfish, like a lot of ballplayers. Would take him on my team any day.
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Lawrie is a terrific defensive 3B, but his bat is highly overrated. It plays more like 2B, which i think is where he'll end up. I'd take him on my team if

Cabrera, Beltre, Wright, Zimmerman, Longoria, Middlebrooks, Machado, Headley, Sandoval, Seager, Ramirez, and Frazier were not available.
 
Wright is a 15 HR hitter. Middlebrooks is a poor contact hitter and will be a BA liability, which counts for something, if he wants to become a regular. Lawrie has a better contact rate and walks more than Middlebrooks. Middlebrooks owns a little more power than Lawrie but Lawrie has a historically higher flyball rate, which in the cookie-cutter stadium era, compensates for a lack of power.

From that list, Cabrera, Beltre, Longo, Machado. Zimmerman is even more injury-prone than Lawrie, Headley will never hit 31 HRs again (an anomaly, just like Ellsbury hitting 32 HRs in 2011), Sandoval has weight issues and projects as a 1st baseman eventually, Seager owns a marginal skillset, Ramirez getting long in the tooth.
 
Wright has an 887 career OPS and is at 891 this year. Solid defence and consistent. He is what Lawrie should hope to be. I have no problems including Lawrie in the conversation, but he is clearly a product of the TO media at this point in his career. He's been traded once, for the same kind of crap he has pulled in Toronto. I would not be surprised to see the Jays move him as well.
 
Talking about player immaturity ...

The Rays have suspended prospect outfielder Josh Sale for conduct detrimental to the organization.
The suspension comes on the heels of Sale bragging on his Facebook account about throwing money at a stripper. Selected 17th overall in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, Sale was suspended 50 games last August for methamphetamine and an amphetamine and has yet to play a game this season. The Rays will have to hope that he is ready to grow up.
Source: Marc Topkin on Twitter May 29 - 3:02 PM
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So he's suspended for things that a lot of players do. Only issue is that he's been found out.
 
And now for our next segment, "Idiots who are filthy rich":

Carl Pavano's agent, Dave Pepe, told Jon Heyman of CBS Sports that his client is aiming to return next season.
Pavano fell while shoveling snow in his driveway in January and ended up needing his spleen removed.
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Vasquez's itchy balls got in the way of a productive career.

Plus, his cojones shrank further, when he couldn't stomach pitching at Yankee Stadium. Overrated turd.
 
Warren Cromartie ‏@TweetMeHomie

Yes i will be in Toronto July 20th game.Jays vs Rays.should be fun..this will make another point to get our EXPOS BACK!
 
Dave Kaufman ‏@TheKaufmanShow

Just got confirmation that Gary Carter's widow & two daughters will be at the formal dedication of Stade #GaryCarter in Ahuntsic on June 15.
 
Blue Jays purchased the contract of RHP Chien-Ming Wang from Triple-A Buffalo.
Wang opted out of his contract with the Yankees last Friday and quickly latched on with the Blue Jays. The 33-year-old right-hander will make the start Tuesday night against the White Sox
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Wang, Dickey and Johnson, now all on the same team. :eek(16):
 
Stat Fun:

At first I thought Dodgers backup backstop Ramon Hernandez had the least likely stat line imaginable tonight: 1/4 with a HR *and* a SB... but then I did the math:

Since he entered the league (in 1999!), Hernandez has hit a HR on average once every 9.0 games played; he's a far less prolific base stealer: averaging only one SB per 169.6 games... Which means the probability of stealing a base and hitting a home run in the same game is almost infinitesimal: (1/9.0) * (1/169.6) = 0.000655 or approximately 1/1526... In other words, given his rates of production, we should expect him to hit a home run and steal a base on the same night only one time every 1526 games, which is practically never....

Except that last night was Ramon Hernandez's 1526th game as a major league ball-player.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/e...-fun-ramon-hernandezs-highly-improbable-night
 
Interesting picture. Forest fires in Colorada

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