Thread: MLB 2015 Thread

Originally Posted by King87

I think I've converted to being a Patriots fan.

Originally Posted by King87

Faux rage is faux.

They have exciting offseasons and are more committed to winning than my Bengals are.

Fixed it for you King. You're welcome.

Originally Posted by King87

Faux rage is faux.

They have exciting offseasons and are more committed to winning than my Reds are.

If buying championships is commitment...sure.

2015 MLB Predictions

NL East - Nationals
NL Central - Pittsburgh
NL West - Dodgers
NL Wildcard - Cardinals
NL Wildcard - Cubs

NL MVP - A. Rizzo
NL CY - Kershaw
NL ROY - K. Bryant

AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - Tigers
AL West - Mariners
AL Wildcard - Angels
AL Wildcard - Blue Jays

AL MVP - R. Cano
AL CY - King Felix
AL ROY - T. Walker

MLB2015 hmm... well the Blue Jays showed one thing last season, they need to get deeper in their pitching staff, both starters and the pen. So what did they do in the offseason? Signed a 50 year old catcher for 50 million a season, picked up more offensive players and either traded away or lost in free agency about 8 pitchers. Don't get me wrong, Josh Donaldson is a good player, I just hope he can eat up innings on the mound as well as play 3rd.

Letting Janssen sign elsewhere is retarded., Just another season of horrible ball coming out of Toronto

NFL has a salary cap. MLB doesn't. No real cap equals spend that dough. Reds' can't spend that dough as they don't have it. They also can't run the team well enough to be a small market team.

Originally Posted by weazel

MLB2015 hmm... well the Blue Jays showed one thing last season, they need to get deeper in their pitching staff, both starters and the pen. So what did they do in the offseason? Signed a 50 year old catcher for 50 million a season, picked up more offensive players and either traded away or lost in free agency about 8 pitchers. Don't get me wrong, Josh Donaldson is a good player, I just hope he can eat up innings on the mound as well as play 3rd.

Letting Janssen sign elsewhere is retarded., Just another season of horrible ball coming out of Toronto

I will agree with you 100%. As an O's fan, nothing the Jays did this off-season really impressed me all that much. But...the emergence of guys like Norris, Sanchez and Pompey will help.

Originally Posted by weazel

MLB2015 hmm... well the Blue Jays showed one thing last season, they need to get deeper in their pitching staff, both starters and the pen. So what did they do in the offseason? Signed a 50 year old catcher for 50 million a season, picked up more offensive players and either traded away or lost in free agency about 8 pitchers. Don't get me wrong, Josh Donaldson is a good player, I just hope he can eat up innings on the mound as well as play 3rd.

Letting Janssen sign elsewhere is retarded., Just another season of horrible ball coming out of Toronto

But they're all Canadians now!

Originally Posted by MHCBill

2015 MLB Predictions

NL East - Nationals
NL Central - Pittsburgh
NL West - Dodgers
NL Wildcard - Cardinals
NL Wildcard - Cubs

NL MVP - A. Rizzo
NL CY - Kershaw
NL ROY - K. Bryant

AL East - Red Sox
AL Central - Tigers
AL West - Mariners
AL Wildcard - Angels
AL Wildcard - Blue Jays

AL MVP - R. Cano
AL CY - King Felix
AL ROY - T. Walker

Kind of early for this, but I'll play along...

NL East - Nationals
NL Central - Cardinals
NL West - Dodgers
NL Wildcard - Giants
NL Wildcard - Pirates

NL MVP - Stanton
NL CY - Kershaw
NL ROY - Joc Pedersen

AL East - Orioles
AL Central - Tigers
AL West - Angels
AL Wildcard - Mariners
AL Wildcard - Red Sox

AL MVP - Mike Trout
AL CY - Chris Sale
AL ROY - Alex Meyer

There's your pitchers Buff: David Hale and Gus Schlosser.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

There's your pitchers Buff: David Hale and Gus Schlosser.

Don't know much about them. My first reaction is, typical Rockies - let's go get a RP and try to make him a SP. That said, apparently he was going to compete for a SP slot there too.

Kind of weird that we traded two catcher prospects when that's a position of need.

Originally Posted by Buff

Don't know much about them. My first reaction is, typical Rockies - let's go get a RP and try to make him a SP. That said, apparently he was going to compete for a SP slot there too.

Kind of weird that we traded two catcher prospects when that's a position of need.

Hale had a 3.03 ERA, so he's probably a 4.50 at Coors...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/major...-just-man-van/

ST. THOMAS, Ont.—Yes, Daniel Norris lives in a van, loves the outdoors, has an impressive offseason beard and occasionally participates in photo shoots that accentuate his wilderness-loving lifestyle.

The 21-year-old southpaw agrees that it all makes for an interesting story, but sometimes taking a back seat in the mix of his travel ventures, his pursuit of his favorite hobbies—photography and surfing—and Shaggy, his 1978 Volkswagen Westfalia camper van, is the fact that he’ll compete for a rotation spot with the Blue Jays in spring training.

“Baseball’s been my No. 1 passion my whole life,” Norris said. “All the stuff with the van is cool and (a good story) and that’s fine, but baseball is my main focus. That’s my main passion and what I think about the most.

16 days.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

16 days.

16 days until we wait 45 more days for meaningful baseball!

Originally Posted by Buff

16 days until we wait 45 more days for meaningful baseball!

I rather enjoy the "He's in the best shape of his life!" stories, thank you very much.