A.L. Central Smack Talk 2014

[Fountain City Blues]

If I were constructing an all AL Central team off of current rosters, I think this is what it looks like right now:


1B: Abreu
2B: Kinsler
SS: Ramirez
3B: Plouffe
C: Gomes
LF: Gordon
CF: Cain
RF: Brantley
DH:Miggy


Rotation: Kluber-Price-Sale-Sanchez-Scherzer

 

[Nosferatu]

If I were constructing an all AL Central team off of current rosters, I think this is what it looks like right now:


1B: Abreu
2B: Kinsler
SS: Ramirez
3B: Plouffe
C: Gomes
LF: Gordon
CF: Cain
RF: Brantley
DH:Miggy


Rotation: Kluber-Price-Sale-Sanchez-Scherzer

How bad are the 3rd basemen in the Central, whew!

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

How bad are the 3rd basemen in the Central, whew!

Put Cabrera at 3rd and use the DH for someone else. Not sure of the stats for all the others, but VMart is having a big year.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Put Cabrera at 3rd and use the DH for someone else. Not sure of the stats for all the others, but VMart is having a big year.

Good point. I moved Brantley to RF, so why not.


3B: Miggy
DH: Vmart

 

[gandydancer]

How bad are the 3rd basemen in the Central, whew!

No homerism in Nos...

 

[gandydancer]

Have to say I don't loathe anyone in the division outside of Chicago. Vice when he shows up, sure, but that's it.

Classic when only thing to bug a man is a poster on a forum.

 

[gandydancer]

Rotation: Kluber-Price-Sale-Sanchez-Scherzer

As good as this rotation looks would like to see the pitching matchups against ALWest and NLWest.


Sad 3 of 5 are Tigers and that pen sucks that bad.

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

after watching miggy fail to field that ball to 3rd base -- allowing a run to score. we may be better off with plouffe.

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

They need circus music playing in the background when Detroit is playing nowadays. The inning should be over right now and instead it is 2-1 pittsburgh with 1 out. And since neither player actually got their glove on the ball -- Detroit has no errors.

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

dabums -- funny you mentioned buck farmer -- they just said that he is starting for the tigers tomorrow. hasn't pitched a game above A ball. bet the over in that game.

 

[Nosferatu]

No homerism in Nos...

Yeah, I stick out like a pig in a wedding dress around here huh?

 

[gvsulaker82]

What about the bullpen and manager moose? That would be interesting.

Yeah I would also play miggy at 3rd and vmart at DH. I would also take perez over gomes.

 

[gandydancer]

I almost get full fledged chub imagining KC's bullpen and Tigers rotation.

I could go Yost or Francona.

 

[da55bums]

If I were constructing an all AL Central team off of current rosters, I think this is what it looks like right now:


1B: Abreu
2B: Kinsler
SS: Ramirez
3B: Plouffe
C: Gomes
LF: Gordon
CF: Cain
RF: Brantley
DH:Miggy


Rotation: Kluber-Price-Sale-Sanchez-Scherzer

pretty much dead on.... maybe Carlos Santana or Chisenhall at 3b. Agree on maybe VMart DH and Miggy 3b.

 

[dougplayer]

Royals getting shut out >>>>

 

[dougplayer]

NOW we know>
verlander sore shoulder is the reason for his not being great this year> he went out thrre hurt for his team that's HEART

 

[navamind]

NOW we know>
verlander sore shoulder is the reason for his not being great this year> he went out thrre hurt for his team that's HEART

Considering he risked further injury and cost them the game, I'd say it's stupidity.

 

[navamind]

pretty much dead on.... maybe Carlos Santana or Chisenhall at 3b. Agree on maybe VMart DH and Miggy 3b.

As much as I like Carlos, he's just terrible defensively. Maybe go with Santana at 1B and Miggy at 3rd?

Chisenhall's falling off a cliff. He's batted .195/.282/.305 (.233 BABIP) in his last 196 PA. Almost spanning 2 months.

 

[gandydancer]

NOW we know>
verlander sore shoulder is the reason for his not being great this year> he went out thrre hurt for his team that's HEART

Going out and being ineffective 50% of the time is not heart. It is stupidity. Risking further injury if he knew something was wrong and could hamper his and the teams future

Dougie I rag on you just because... that above statement is the dumbest from you yet IMO. Putting self glory over team is not heart.

 

[Nosferatu]

NOW we know>
verlander sore shoulder is the reason for his not being great this year> he went out thrre hurt for his team that's HEART

I'd give just about anything to find the post where Dougie says the complete opposite about a player from another team in the same situation. If it comes to me who the player was I will find said post!