Series Thread: Rangers Visit Tampa Bay June 28-30

[Kelleyman]

 

[saddles]

That was about the time the system started to break down, right after Kinsler was drafted.

 

[saddles]

Minor is an All Star too.

 

[saddles]

 

[Kelleyman]

That was about the time the system started to break down, right after Kinsler was drafted.

So how was it broke down for position players? But yes it has been a bit.

Wonder the number of home grown all stars this year?

 

[saddles]

So how was it broke down for position players?

Evan kinda explained it.

 

[saddles]

Brick Burke had a decent outing for someone just back from a long layoff.

Young, Ronny Henriquez, had a great outing for Hickory. 5 innings, 4 hits, 1 walk, 1 run and 9 strikeouts.

 

[Bmurph]

Lance Lynn not an All-Star?

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Lance Lynn not an All-Star?

A lot of competition there. I am happy with Pence, Gallo and Minor making the team.

 

[jta4437]

Lance Lynn not an All-Star?

Rough start, ERA is still north of 4... probably kept him out

 

[saddles]

Apostel homers, Leody triples, Henriquez deals

 

[saddles]

New thread is up.

 

[Bmurph]

Rough start, ERA is still north of 4... probably kept him out

Yeah the ERA is high and wins aren't all that highly regarded for pitchers these days, though I believe he is at the top of the AL and NL for that matter. I just thought he was better than some of the other SP that made it. I know these days all teams have at least one representative and that may have factored in it too, along with Minor also making it in. Guess that may have been too many Rangers. I should just be glad he is doing as well lately as he is, considering.

 

[Bmurph]

American League
The subjectiveness of the All-Star Game is either a beautiful or terrible thing, depending on one's perspective. Never is this more evident than when it comes to picking a starting pitcher. There are a lot of ways to evaluate pitchers, and each of them will annoy a large group of people. With that in mind, we're offering a choice for almost every school of thought, as well as our prediction for who Cora will pick. Note that our prediction is more art than science.

The starters on the AL team include Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Charlie Morton, Lucas Giolito, Mike Minor, Jake Odorizzi, Marcus Stroman, and John Means. We like Means and his nasty changeup, but there's almost no way he's going to get the nod. Ditto Charlie Morton, who will instead start for the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Mike Minor, All-Star Game starter? It seems likely. USATSI
Based on how things stand, Minor is probably going to be the pick. He leads the group in Baseball-Reference's WAR, in large part because he also leads them in ERA and pitches in a hitter's park. His peripherals aren't as impressive as some of his counterparts, but oh well. Cora can pick Minor and it's a defensible and fine selection requiring little additional thought.

If Cora wants to dig deeper, he could pick Cole based on his FIP. He could pick Giolito based on his DRA. He could pick Verlander to honor his great career (Verlander has started just one other All-Star Game, and that was in 2012). He could pick Odorizzi to honor the Minnesota Twins' impressive first half. He could pick Stroman to annoy Dennis Eckersely. And so on.

 

[Nightcrawler]

American League
The subjectiveness of the All-Star Game is either a beautiful or terrible thing, depending on one's perspective. Never is this more evident than when it comes to picking a starting pitcher. There are a lot of ways to evaluate pitchers, and each of them will annoy a large group of people. With that in mind, we're offering a choice for almost every school of thought, as well as our prediction for who Cora will pick. Note that our prediction is more art than science.

The starters on the AL team include Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Charlie Morton, Lucas Giolito, Mike Minor, Jake Odorizzi, Marcus Stroman, and John Means. We like Means and his nasty changeup, but there's almost no way he's going to get the nod. Ditto Charlie Morton, who will instead start for the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday.

Mike Minor, All-Star Game starter? It seems likely. USATSI
Based on how things stand, Minor is probably going to be the pick. He leads the group in Baseball-Reference's WAR, in large part because he also leads them in ERA and pitches in a hitter's park. His peripherals aren't as impressive as some of his counterparts, but oh well. Cora can pick Minor and it's a defensible and fine selection requiring little additional thought.

If Cora wants to dig deeper, he could pick Cole based on his FIP. He could pick Giolito based on his DRA. He could pick Verlander to honor his great career (Verlander has started just one other All-Star Game, and that was in 2012). He could pick Odorizzi to honor the Minnesota Twins' impressive first half. He could pick Stroman to annoy Dennis Eckersely. And so on.

I’m just glad it doesn’t determine home field in the World Series anymore.

 

[Bmurph]

Looking back at the stats it appears Stroman's ERA has come down and Means has been better than I noticed when looking at their stats in fantasy so far this season.

 

[Bmurph]

I’m just glad it doesn’t determine home field in the World Series anymore.

That was almost as dumb as not subbing a better defender for Nelson Cruz after taking a lead in the WS.

 

[Nightcrawler]

That was almost as dumb as not subbing a better defender for Nelson Cruz after taking a lead in the WS.

Should’ve been regular season record. Let teams earn it.