yanks on the way back up!!

woot woot!!

oh and tampa leading detriot now 2-1. sucks i cant watch the game

Well it appears the Rockies are who I thought they were. Another team that can probably hit very well, while being a complete and utter fail in the defense and pitching depts. At least all my tickets to the games are free...

I don't know who kidnapped Zito and replaced him with the dude who pitched last night...

... but the ransom for the return of the original sure as shiat is -not- going to be paid!

The Bestest: Meh. Slightly less insane than ESPN's. I'll stick to the one I posted in -that- thread and treat this one as a general gameday thread.

Austin Jackson just tied it up in the 7th with a solo shot.

2-2 Rays-Tigers

Whoops, I forgot I had this game picked on Streak for the Cash..

Go.....Rays!

/also mets 4-0 woohoo

The Braves should be 60th.

What a sad sack of heartless losers in that batting order.

BunkyBrewman: My Phillies are still at #10? The way we're playing, shouldn't even be in the teens, let alone the top ten.

Team batting average of .198! Christ.

The Third Man: BunkyBrewman: My Phillies are still at #10? The way we're playing, shouldn't even be in the teens, let alone the top ten.

Team batting average of .198! Christ.

They have the Braves smashed with that average. Braves average = .165 (tied with the Twins)

Uggla is the Derek Lowe of the Offense for the Braves.

robsul82: Now a power rankings thread after FOUR games out of 162! lol

as bestest said we'll just use it as a gameday thread

skullkrusher: Now I am as realistic as a Mets fan can possibly be (which isn't very realistic) but how the hell are the 4-0 Mets ranked below the 0-4 Braves especially considering that 3 of those 4 Braves losses came at the hands of my favorite squadron?

That is pretty dumb, but I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure that won't last long.

robsul82: skullkrusher: robsul82: Now a power rankings thread after FOUR games out of 162! lol

I shall be submitting it weekly :)

Just saying, lol, kinda silly. Especially when they redlit an NHL pre-playoffs power rankings list yesterday that actually has a whole season behind it - and hockey's actually a popular thing here, so.

What is the difference? Power rankings are never relevant. The standings matter, not network power rankings?

Why are there pre season college football polls when no one has even played a game?

To generate discussion and make sure the right conferences are loading the top before the season starts.

By taking advantage of an off day this week, Ubaldo Jimenez won't have to miss his turn in the rotation by dropping his suspension appeal immediately after Saturday's dominant performance.

THIS IS NOT HOW SUSPENSIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK

OK, I know the White Sox will probably suck this year. But come on - they are not #25.

The team has decent pitching and has a respectable line-up. They also get to play the Twins a lot this year and should come close to a split with the Tribe and Royals in those respective series. The Tigers should handle all of these teams, but the Sox should have around a .500 division record. I expect that trend to carry throughout and expect them to be within +/-5 games of .500 at the end of the season.

That should put them at about 15/16 - as it is right now based on record they should fall there anyway (you know, where they have the Red Sox)

Jays...ugh....we need a closer before we should be ranked in the top ten. Last night was gawd awful.

The Bestest: Miggy double followed by a Fielder single leads to a 3-2 Tigers lead in the 8th

wow. must be a good game to watch

stupid job

The Bestest: Miggy double followed by a Fielder single leads to a 3-2 Tigers lead in the 8th

Valverde better close, I have him in the Fark league and down in saves.

Just when I thought Power Rankings couldn't be more meaningless, we get this one before teams have even gone through their starting rotation.

Gosling: By taking advantage of an off day this week, Ubaldo Jimenez won't have to miss his turn in the rotation by dropping his suspension appeal immediately after Saturday's dominant performance.

THIS IS NOT HOW SUSPENSIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK

For a pitcher who pitches every five games, a five game suspension never does anything but push that next start back a game. He will likely still have the same number of starts he would have otherwise.

I don't think he should have been suspended but they need to do min 10 games for starting pitchers.

I find it funny that the people making the biggest huff about power rankings so early are Yankee fans.

You guys are right. They don't matter...and guess what...after 162 games power rankings don't matter either.

I bet there would be far less.."blah blah after so few games" had the Yankees started off well.

srhp29: Uggla is the Derek Lowe of the Offense for the Braves.

Whatever. Derek Lowe is responsible for more runs than Uggla could ever dream of.


I know that the company line from the Braves this offseason was not to worry about the team not making any changes after the September meltdown. But, I was concerned about it this offseason. I was a little more concerned about it after the Braves were swept by the Mets last weekend. And while it's only four games in, after the tee-ball-esque performance last night (i.e., more errors than runs scored), I am already starting to hover over the panic button.


Maybe the Marlins really were right about Freddie Gonzales.

Let's go padres!! I'll consider this season a success if we can stay out of last place!

Whatever, suns out I'm heading back to the beach. Mmm margaritas on the beach

The_Great_Hambino: Whatever. Derek Lowe is responsible for more runs than Uggla could ever dream of.

HAHAHAHA...Excellent.

The_Great_Hambino:
I know that the company line from the Braves this offseason was not to worry about the team not making any changes after the September meltdown. But, I was concerned about it this offseason. I was a little more concerned about it after the Braves were swept by the Mets last weekend. And while it's only four games in, after the tee-ball-esque performance last night (i.e., more errors than runs scored), I am already starting to hover over the panic button.


Maybe the Marlins really were right about Freddie Gonzales.

I was pretty unimpressed with the uninspired lack of an attempt to make that line up better. It is obvious management has far too much faith in the pitching staff being able to throw gems where the othter team ends up with negative runs all season.

I could see this being a 100 loss team. Definitely having trouble seeing them as anything better than a 4th place team in the NL East.

akula: srhp29: they need to do min 10 games for starting pitchers.

Agreed.

When you only play every 5th game and there's a day off about every week or so, a 5 game suspension for a starter is nothing. At most a day's delay in the rotation. Even the bullpen guys theoretically lose work if they're suspended for a few days.

Now, I do think being out for 5 starts is a bit much; that's a much more significant piece of their season than for a regular position player. So I could get behind a 10 day (2 start) suspension for that position.

But they should only lose the salary for two of the ten games in my scenario.

Restore the roar of '84!

skullkrusher: srhp29: I find it funny that the people making the biggest huff about power rankings so early are Yankee fans.

You guys are right. They don't matter...and guess what...after 162 games power rankings don't matter either.

I bet there would be far less.."blah blah after so few games" had the Yankees started off well.

If there's one thing that we can all agree upon, it's that Yankees fans are the absolute worst people ever to besmirch the good Lord's green Earth

Hey now. I generally like Robsul82