Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

If his team didn't routinely play four-hour games it might help them all catch an earlier flight.

 

Maybe the Yankees soured on Kennedy, but they didn't exactly dump him for pennies on the dollar. They got back the guy who should win the MVP this year (a guy who, yes, got off to a bad start last year, but sure as hell ended the year in a more encouraging fashion than Adrian "God and ESPN hate us" Gonzalez) and the Tigers got their centerfielder and leadoff hitter for the next six years (at least). Everyone gave up quality to get quality there.

There's also a very good case to be made that Kennedy is better suited for the NL and would have a far tougher time in the pitcher's pit that is the AL East. I don't think he's going 21-4 w/a sub-3.00 for the Yankees.

 

Herbert, I MUST have that avatar!

 

You can have it, I'll find something else goofy as shit.

The captain's game face, playoffs edition.

More like me on Saturday with money riding on at least one of these games.

 

Haha no it's OK. It's still baseball season, my homage to spnited is not done yet.

 

I'm sure going to Arizona helped, but the guy can pitch.

That said, I'm certainly happy with the way that worked out. I had Kennedy on three fantasy teams this year, including one that won a championship and one that lost in the finals.

 

NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOUR FANTASY TEAMS! [/RIP]

 

Exactly the response I was hoping for, but it's just not the same.

 

Ken Rosenthal reporting Francona could be out as early as tomorrow.

 

I know Kennedy can't help it, but these are the the teams in his final 15 starts:

SF 3 times
LA 3 times
SD 3 times
PIT
WAS
NYM

PHIL
MIL
STL

In his first 18 starts, he faced four teams over .500, and two were San Fran.

Not exactly a Murderer's Row

 

Pretty much everything I've read, whether it be BA, BP or ESPN, says there is no way Montero stays at catcher. They're only slightly more optimistic on Lavarnway, for what it's worth. If you judge him against Posada, he's acceptable, but that's damning with faint praise. I think he serves mostly at their DH next year, although they could also see if he can play a little first base so you could spell Texeira every couple of weeks.

 

Kennedy has definitely surprised me, because I thought he was, at best, a fifth starter. It kind of shows how difficult it is to accurately scout starting pitchers. For every guy like King Felix or Strasburg, there are others like Johan Santana and Halladay who take years to establish themselves.