Make that 8

Yeah, if you have him on your fantasy team, best to sit him down for a game or two after that arm abuse

SI

What flippin' luck. Detroit tried to give that game away but still won. That's the sweep, right?

And Manny Acta can't leave a pitcher in for more than 80..

Asdrubal Cabrera sure looks good in that leadoff spot.

Ian Snell is not that great and he looks even worse his last few starts. Threw over 120 right before his problems started.

Sheesh, did I see that flash by on ESPN's bottom line correctly?
Twins 20 - 1 ChiSox

?!?!?!?!

/tk

I admit knowing nothing about the guys the White Sox will supposedly give up for Peavy, but I feel comfortable saying that if you're getting back a deal that causes ESPN to state, "Peter Gammons reports Player X is not in the deal" (where in this case, X = Gordon Beckham), it's not enough.

That's significant, too, because Beckham is very nearly Major League-ready because he's coming from a big time college program, Georgia, and won't need much more time in the high minors.

Word is that Peavy has officially vetoed the White Sox trade.

Been watching ESPN most of the afternoon (took the day off), it really doesn't come as much of a surprise it seems, people there were thinking he was 50/50 at BEST to accept it.

/tk

Craig stamon, the Nationals Rookie Pitcher tonight is perfect thru 4.

Disregard the previous post. :)

Smart move for Peav. Staying with a bad team in the NL is preferable than going to a team in the AAAA League.

It's a smart move because he'd be going to a hitter's park in a better hitting league. His numbers would probably jump precipitously.

Suffice to say it was a bad day for the White Sox.

No kidding. :(

Kudos to Kenny Williams for putting his team in position to get Peavy.

As a Cubs fan, I'm elated that Peavy is not going to the South Side. Well, I'll be elated until he goes someplace in NL that hurts the Cubs. But for right now, I'm giving my Sox fan friends the business about their second-rate team.

He needs to just demand a trade to the Dodgers and be done with it.

Peavy would look pretty good in a Mets uniform and he would love pitching at Citifield.

Are you... nuts? I'm a Giants fan, but the quality differential between the AL and the NL is about 5-10 games in favor of the former.

University of Dayton product, Craig Stammen thankyouverymuch.

Nice job in his debut.

Bucc's been a little cranky ever since Crosley wired up for night games. :)

All of my life, I have been a National League fan, esp. since 1973. National League is the Senior League, while the American League is the Arena Baseball League. :)

That's a pretty common argument in different contexts and I never buy it. Just because we used one standard decades ago, that doesn't mean everyone should be bound by it forever. Progress isn't a bad thing. Manny/McGwire are bigger villians in today's society than Cobb/Hornby were back then. Imagine if a domestic batteror or child molester said he should get off because those crimes weren't aggressively prosecuted in the 20s and 30s.

Personally, I'd vote for any steroid user that came clean, but leave out the criminals/liars that have damaged the game (Bonds/Clemens)

:lol:

This team that the Mets have in the field right now is just brutal

First time I've ever seen a ball hit off the shortstop's knee and end up in the LF corner.

Seven homers in the Phils/Yanks tilt, with the bottom of the ninth still to come. Yikes!

Is it too early to start MVP front-runner talk? Ibanez has to be in the National League top three candidates to this point.

With his steal in the 7th tonight, Brian McCann is now tied for the team lead in stolen bases this season ... with TWO.

I had mentally set the over under for the series at 15, and I'm going to be very low.

The best team in the AL so far could do nothing against Kawakami. Nice bounce for Prado's play in the ninth.

The rest of the Braves deserve a medal of honor for being one game above .500 with what has to be the worst hitting outfield of the modern era.

Gavin Floyd went 8 innings of 2 hit ball today as the chisox win 2-0, maybe he can turn his season around, cause the White Sox need pitching.

Dunno where that came from, only his 3rd quality start in 8 outings, and the first time he's lasted more than 6 innings in the majors.

Kawakami has looked much much better in May then he did in April. Today he found it for sure.

Meanwhile, the Braves OF is still pathetic. Is there an outfield that produces less than this one?

Wow... what in the Hell is wrong with Ricky Nolasco this season. You'd think if it was just early season slump, it'd be over by now. This is getting absolutely ridiculous.

Stammen, I believe. ;)

Yeah, the young guys are delivering. It's a bit worrisome that there's not a single vet in the rotation to be an example, but Zimmermann just had a good outing tonight as well (I don't have the line in front of me).

With a league average outfield Atlanta would finish ahead of Philly and the Mets imo.

I was suretyping it on my blackberry. It's horrible when it comes to typing names, especially when I've never seen the guys name spelled out anywhere before.

That was a really hard game to lose. He leaves the non-reliever in a high leverage situation, lets him give up 4 hits before he finally figures he fucked up. Then Russell pinch hits for a guy with a .833 ops this month(with virtually no split) with a guy who has a .494 ops vs righties all year.

Those decisions didn't lose the game, but they sure as hell didn't help.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/st...php?cid=467675

Through May 21st, Matt Diaz was the only Braves outfielder with more than 20 plate appearances with a positive VORP at 4.0

Schafer is (-1.5), Anderson is (-4.2), and Francouer who is second on the team in PA is (-4.9)

In the National League
-- Among regular RF's, only Brian Giles (-13.7) is worse.
-- Among regular CF's, Jody Gerut (-2.1), the Cubs platoon of Gathright/Johnson, and the Marlins duo of Maybin/Amezaga are worse.
-- Among regular LF's, the Arizona combo of Byrnes/Jackson are worse and so is Chase Headley.

Given that info, the Padres probably give the Braves a run for their money in outfield offense suckitude in the NL. A quick look at the AL seemed to have no team quite so consistently low although Detroit would be in the running if Granderson weren't doing so well.

I couldn't find WARP number year to date.

FWIW, GA has always been a second half hitter.

Well at least we are halfway to the second half then.

Heh...in his last few years with the Angels, GA, while never particularly hot in the first half, also was often not healthy to start the year, either nagging injuries or a more major month long injury, so mostly we complained about our need for power, and how GA certainly is not capable of providing what he did 6-7 years ago.

Then the second half would come around, and he would go nuts, get like 75 of his usual 90-95 ribbies from mid-July on. Never really figured out what the deal was with that.

I like GA, and the Braves are inconsequential to me as a fan (meaning I don't root against them), so I hope for the sake of both GA and the Braves that he follows his usual pattern and at least has a strong second half.

So Kazmir, who is pitching like complete shit, is heading to the DL and David Price will be pitching on Monday.

Also, Troy Percival is on the DL and is contemplating retirement. He's been dreadful lately as well, and I kind of hope he stays away.

dola

Jason Bartlett has been a huge surprise for the Rays this year. His defense was really his strength last year, but now he's just been on fire at the plate. He's hitting .375 with 6 home runs. Supposedly he really worked on getting stronger, and it shows. His previous career high in dingers? Five.

If he keeps this up, he's GOTTA be the starter in the all-star game. The next best average from a player with more than 100 AB's is Andrus who is hitting .292.

Going to the Bravos game tonight. Can't wait to see the awesomeness that is Garrett Anderson live. What a waste, but I guess that's better than spending a little more to get Dunn or Abreu.

Imagine if the Nationals had a league-average Bullpen. They have 13 blown saves and are 2-15. Thats a 35% save conversion -- next in the NL is 45% in HOU. The League average is 6-7 with 7 blown saves. So, let's say the Nationals hit the average that means 15 fewer losses (I don't know VORP and all that, so I'm going with what I know), which puts them on top of the division.


The managing has been pretty pathetic. Typically the problem is bullpen management. Puling the starter to early, using a reliever for 1 pitch in relief even when he's looking good. I know some of these are what you're "supposed" to do, but this team has proven that you need to stick with the hot pitchers.