AL Central Smack Talk

[mr.hockey4242]

Villareal is in the deal too. Idk if that does much though.

 

[CaptO]

Okay, fellas listen up.. here's the latest dirt on our division. Apparantly, a 3 way trade is all but wrapped up between the Red Sox, White Sox, and Tigers. Jake Peavy is said to be headed to Boston, Avisail Garcia is said to be going from Detroit to Chicago, and Iglesias is expected to br coming from Boston to Detroit.

This makes sense for everyone.. the Red Sox want another quality SP for a playoff push, the White Sox want to build for the future, and the Tigers want a solid backup SS in the event Peralta receives a suspension that he doesn't appeal. You can go to mlbtraderumors.com for the latest on this move.

& what do the fargin Indians do? Trade a low level prospect for a RP with 7.godforsaken ERA...

 

[mr.hockey4242]

& what do the fargin Indians do? Trade a low level prospect for a RP with 7.godforsaken ERA...

Never know dude. Sometimes those crappy little deals are the big time ones.


Pavano was a pretty big addition for us when it looked like nothing. He pitched in for a year and half solidly.

 

[tygerphan4ever]

Villareal is a maybe. If he gets his control issues ironed out, he could be lights out, but if the Tigers are including him, they obviously don't believe he will.

 

[tygerphan4ever]

& what do the fargin Indians do? Trade a low level prospect for a RP with 7.godforsaken ERA...

Well, why don't y'all just teach us a lesson and trade Kipnis to the NL??

 

[dougplayer]

Tigers win. Avila grand slam. another Q start by a Tiger pitcher...
Sanchez is dealing!!!! Tigers just refuse to lose

 

[dougplayer]

Iffy.. blaming Leyland for sueing Raburn wrong last year
BAAWWWWHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
what about the year before???
didn't you say never blame Leyland for nuttin??????

Iam sure you Indian fans will be rewarded for your faith in Raburn BAWWWHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. If IFFY loves him...he must be the ANSWER!!!!

 

[dougplayer]

Tigers make another trade. get another go getter type.
they guy they got last night pitched today. he looked real gooooood.
must be a bitch for Indian fans to see the Tigers getting even better.

Iggy will figure a way the Tigers will lose. just listen to him. he is a smart feller.

update.....Rays win again.. of course..they were playing the sad sack D BACKS

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Dbacks have a better record than the Nats who you are getting giddy over beating.

 

[dougplayer]

you must have forgot about the sweep of the Phillies the series before..

Tigers winners 8 of last 9

 

[dougplayer]

see ghe Astro steal home against the Os? awesome play.

Davis honers again..Looks like he will win the HR crown

 

[mr.hockey4242]

you must have forgot about the sweep of the Phillies the series before..

Tigers winners 8 of last 9

Do you want the Phillies record compared with the Dbacks?

Or how about the Rays record their last 25 games?


Why do you always try to play games you will badly lose?

 

[dougplayer]

beating the teams you should beat. you said I was giddy.. just happy.

plus with the tribe winning also. I would say good reason to be happy.
being a twin fan I can understand you not understanding

 

[dougplayer]

you want to just talk about the last 25 games??

how about the RS and RA ?
Tigers RS 533 RA 415 +118
Rays RS 493 RA 420 +73

 

[mr.hockey4242]

you want to just talk about the last 25 games??

how about the RS and RA ?
Tigers RS 533 RA 415 +118
Rays RS 493 RA 420 +73

No. It was you that wanted to yawn at the Rays beating the dbacks. I brought up the Nats record. You then mentioned the Phillies and winning 8/9. I used a better sample and proved the Dbacks as better again. How are you too dumb to understand?


As for the run differential.....the Ray's play in the AL East and have been without Cobb and Price for long periods. With Price back and Archer in the rotation, they are rolling.

Funny you didn't try overall records. Rays in the best division are 64-43. NEXT.

 

[dougplayer]

iam only dissing on Rays because mosfer and his little lacky IFFY have crowned them champs July 28.

still think they wont win AL East. but they could get WC.they just don't have the hitting.

still. Tigers have handle the Rays pretty good last 2 years

 

[mr.hockey4242]

iam only dissing on Rays because mosfer and his little lacky IFFY have crowned them champs July 28.

still think they wont win AL East. but they could get WC.they just don't have the hitting.

still. Tigers have handle the Rays pretty good last 2 years

Tigers just lost a series to the Rays.

Rays have won of the better offenses in baseball

Nobody crowned them. You crown teams early like a dummy. We just know who is the best looking team in the division.

You think the Yanks win it.

As usual...you went 0/4.

 

[dougplayer]

2 months left in the season mojumbo.

lot of baseball to be played..

only one I crowned...also same as las vegas thinks..Tigers.
now tell me iam going to be wrong on that 1..

oo by the way April I said... Tigers VS Dodgers..in the 2013 WS.
iam looking pretty good on that one as of now

 

[dougplayer]

Tigers are 3-3 against the Rays this year...so good try

 

[TrustMeIamRight]

Tigers just lost a series to the Rays.

Rays have won of the better offenses in baseball

No clue what the argument is about as I haven't read this thread. Just came by to check out what people were saying about trading away Avisail Garcia to a division foe.

As for the Rays and Tigers. Very comparable teams. Both have strong offenses, but Detroit ranks better in every offensive category. Both have strong pitching staff. Detroit's starting pitchers rank better in pretty much every category (wins, IP, strikeouts, WHIP, ERA), but TB's bullpen is better than Detroit.

TB has dealt with Cobb and Price missing time. Detroit has dealt with Verlander being terrible for almost 2 months.

Detroit is going to have to more than likely deal with the loss of Peralta pretty soon. So that is going to hurt them offensively, but Iglesias will give them a shortstop with more range they were trying to pick up. Iglesias should help groundball pitchers like Fister and Porcello.

Both teams are very comparable -- I'd say starting rotation is a push. I'd say Detroit has the advantage in the lineups and Tampa has the advantage in the bullpens.