AL East Thread

[bksballer89]

Report: Yankees-Red Sox series in London likely for 2019

 

[bksballer89]

 

[molsaniceman]

only question is does hanley get upset platooning at 1st

holt/lin/travis/marrerro aint scaring anyone for playing time

 

[nynasty]

I thought Stanton was a pretty good right fielder in Miami. He rates as an above average defender over his career (+51 rPM, +45 DRS, 28.2 UZR, 4.3 UZR/150).

That's what the stats say. The LF experiment is not going well however.

 

[nynasty]

Report: Yankees-Red Sox series in London likely for 2019

Better than Tokyo, I guess.....

 

[bksballer89]

Cobb to the O's.

 

[molsaniceman]

Red Sox manager Alex Cora has named Chris Sale as his Opening Day starter.

No surprise there. Sale finished second in the American League Cy Young balloting last season after registering a 2.90 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and a ridiculous 308/43 K/BB ratio across 214 1/3 innings. He will take the bump March 29 against the Rays, with David Price and Rick Porcello to follow. Brian Johnson will open as the team's No. 5 starter, and Eduardo Rodriguez (knee) will serve as the No. 4 starter whenever he's ready.

 

[navamind]

Report: Yankees-Red Sox series in London likely for 2019

meh

 

[bksballer89]

Red Sox manager Alex Cora has named Chris Sale as his Opening Day starter.

No surprise there. Sale finished second in the American League Cy Young balloting last season after registering a 2.90 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and a ridiculous 308/43 K/BB ratio across 214 1/3 innings. He will take the bump March 29 against the Rays, with David Price and Rick Porcello to follow. Brian Johnson will open as the team's No. 5 starter, and Eduardo Rodriguez (knee) will serve as the No. 4 starter whenever he's ready.

Absolutely stunning....didn't see that coming

 

[navamind]

Cobb to the O's.

he should improve that rotation from awful to mediocre, but I don't think a 4 year deal is a good idea. He's 30, missed almost all of 2015-16 and has crappy strikeout rates. He should work out much better than Cashner IMO, Cashner seems like a strong candidate to become Ubaldo 2.0.

 

[nynasty]

So the Orioles waited all winter, found themselves in a buyer's market, then gave this guy $60M over 4 years AND a #1?

Nice work.

 

[nynasty]

Red Sox manager Alex Cora has named Chris Sale as his Opening Day starter.

No surprise there. Sale finished second in the American League Cy Young balloting last season after registering a 2.90 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, and a ridiculous 308/43 K/BB ratio across 214 1/3 innings. He will take the bump March 29 against the Rays, with David Price and Rick Porcello to follow. Brian Johnson will open as the team's No. 5 starter, and Eduardo Rodriguez (knee) will serve as the No. 4 starter whenever he's ready.

Did they cut Pomeranz when I wasn't looking?

 

[molsaniceman]

Did they cut Pomeranz when I wasn't looking?

out till may

 

[nynasty]

out till may

Ooof.

Missed that. That's rough with a whole lot of AL East on the early sked.

 

[molsaniceman]

Ooof.

Missed that. That's rough with a whole lot of AL East on the early sked.

if knuckleheads price/porcello do their job should be ok pom could be back mid april

 

[navamind]

out till may

???

I saw this on Rotoworld:

Drew Pomeranz (forearm) threw live batting practice on Sunday.
Pomeranz threw two innings in what was essentially a simulated start, and threw 33 pitches -- 17 in the first and 16 in the second. The next step is seeing how the left-hander feels after the outing, but it's his second time throwing to live hitters, and if everything feels right, he could get a chance to see some spring training action before opening day. Mar 18 - 12:01 PM

I can't find anything indicating Pomeranz will be out till May. Just curious where that comes from, unless they meant Eduardo. I've also been a bit out of the loop lately with college hoops/hockey.

 

[molsaniceman]

???

I saw this on Rotoworld:

Drew Pomeranz (forearm) threw live batting practice on Sunday.
Pomeranz threw two innings in what was essentially a simulated start, and threw 33 pitches -- 17 in the first and 16 in the second. The next step is seeing how the left-hander feels after the outing, but it's his second time throwing to live hitters, and if everything feels right, he could get a chance to see some spring training action before opening day. Mar 18 - 12:01 PM

I can't find anything indicating Pomeranz will be out till May. Just curious where that comes from, unless they meant Eduardo. I've also been a bit out of the loop lately with college hoops/hockey.

if knuckleheads price/porcello do their job should be ok pom could be back mid april

both should be back soon

 

[nynasty]

Well, I think Judge is ready.

 

[bksballer89]

Well, I think Judge is ready.

So am I

 

[bksballer89]

Can't believe the season is a week away