OT Ohtani Sweepstakes (MLB)

[santeesioux]

Do you really blame Mariner fans for not filling out the ballpark though? That team has been a dumpster fire for like 16 years and has only made the playoffs like twice in 40 something years.

I heard Seattle is maybe getting an expansion Nhl team we should be getting too, watch that be half empty as well.

 

[BonesJones]

I absolutely do not hate Seattle as a city. In fact, I like it very much and consider it second to Portland as a place to live. Seattle is our Pacific Northwest (younger) cousin and it’s us and them against the rest of the country in that regard. Alone or together, we rock. But its’ proximity does not mean I should be expected to root for their cheesy assed teams. I have more pride than that. But again, Seattle is a great city. BG and I are heading that way on Sunday for a couple of days and we’re looking forward to a kickass time. So when I say “fuck Seattle”, I’m really saying “fuck the Mariners, Sea Chickens, Sounders, et al........

Fuck the Seahawks but go Mariners.. Their franchise has has some tough times much like ours.

 

[BonesJones]

@Strenuus What do you think about this as plan B? I don't think Dipoto will do it but I think he should:

Sign Lorenzo Cain, play him in center, and rotate Dee Gordon between his normal position of 2B and LF/RF (which is an easier transition). Rotate Cano between 2B and 1B. Healy would go between 1B and DH. I think this is a better situation than transitioning Gordon to CF.

So a normal lineup would be:
2B Dee Gordon
SS Jean Segura
1B Robinson Cano
DH Nelson Cruz
CF Lorenzo Cain
3B Kyle Seager
LF Mitch Haniger
RF Ben Gamel
C Mike Zunino

Bench:
1B/DH Ryon Healy
OF Guillermo Heredia

Basically Healy would play whenever Haniger, Gamel, Gordon, Cano, or Cruz got rest.

That offense is nasty. Use whatever payroll budget is left for a starting pitcher and a couple relievers:

Paxton
FA
Hernandez
Leake
Kuma or someone else.

 

[Strenuus]

@Strenuus What do you think about this as plan B? I don't think Dipoto will do it but I think he should:

Sign Lorenzo Cain, play him in center, and rotate Dee Gordon between his normal position of 2B and LF/RF (which is an easier transition). Rotate Cano between 2B and 1B. Healy would go between 1B and DH. I think this is a better situation than transitioning Gordon to CF.

So a normal lineup would be:
2B Dee Gordon
SS Jean Segura
1B Robinson Cano
DH Nelson Cruz
CF Lorenzo Cain
3B Kyle Seager
LF Mitch Haniger
RF Ben Gamel
C Mike Zunino

Bench:
1B/DH Ryon Healy
OF Guillermo Heredia

Basically Healy would play whenever Haniger, Gamel, Gordon, Cano, or Cruz got rest.

That offense is nasty. Use whatever payroll budget is left for a starting pitcher and a couple relievers:

Paxton
FA
Hernandez
Leake
Kuma or someone else.

Flop Seager and Cain and Im good with that line up. Our pitching suuuuucks though. Which is weird to say, but it does. That's where my optimism wanes... I'd have to do some research on pitcher FA's and look at splits and other nerdy stuff to see what's out there.

 

[riverman]

Flop Seager and Cain and Im good with that line up. Our pitching suuuuucks though. Which is weird to say, but it does. That's where my optimism wanes... I'd have to do some research on pitcher FA's and look at splits and other nerdy stuff to see what's out there.

every team in baseball needs pitching....it's a universal problem...some say last season it's to blame on juiced balls....lot of home runs and wild pitches...nobody could control a slider and catcher's couldn't hold onto anything in the dirt....good for batting, horrible for pitchers..hope they go back to the old balls..apparently they coated the baseballs with some sort of slick clay...guys said they couldn't even sign the balls for fans...ink wouldn't stick

 

[THE HCP]

Uh Oh........

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2749018-shohei-ohtani-reportedly-dealing-with-elbow-injury

 

[ripcityboy]

Uh Oh........

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2749018-shohei-ohtani-reportedly-dealing-with-elbow-injury

Fairly common. He received a shot for it earlier this year. Masahiro Tanaka, a Japanese star pitcher with the Yankees has been pitching with a partially torn UCL ligament for three years.

Preventive arm care for pitchers is limited, HCP. Even ones that have 200 million dollar contracts are treated like race horses until their flexor tendons give way and their ulnar collateral ligament rip off. There is no way around it because every team needs a certain number of inninga thrown per year.