I came close... Was afraid I’d be punished if I didn’t get a top shelf pitcher, though
MLB Draft Round 16 Last Round
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he was on the short list. not short enough apparently. nice pick.
Really? One mo time with stealing my next pick and somebody is getting a whuppin.
as a fan of the fightin’ phils, i love your pick also. was hoping people would have thought him just good over a long hall. and he was, but in stages he was also the best pitcher in baseball imo. was hoping for him or seaver or possibly one other guy for my 4th pick. oh well they deserve to be off the board by now.
another player probably on everyone’s shortlist except whoever selected ichiro. best leadoff of all time. career .400 obp and the sb champ. he’s a manufactured run waiting to happen. pretty nice to have in a close game.
I think I like this draft more so than the basketball ones I do. Just the different combination of players makes it way more interesting and unpredictable.
that’s the great thing about a baseball draft. the pool is so large every team will be jacked. dynamic and interchangeability and all sorts of interesting topics will emerge.
Probably too early realistically. But my heart loves that pick. He was my favorite too. Always will be. Great player on offense and defense and just a class act all the way.
Thanks now I'm going to spend 30 minutes researching an 18 time allstar that I haven't heard of.
I forget who it was but I read that one of his teammates says once that “he’s the only guy I ever knew who could go 4 for 3.”
A "5.1 home runs:all star" ratio repeated 18 times. Nobody is breaking that record. You heard it hear first.
Been reading some about MT since your post. Admit that I'm not an Angels fan and for that reason have maybe never researched Trout's career until now. Didn't realize how much I would end up agreeing with your prediction. He's ridiculous. Clearly, no doubt, the best player in the game today.
Definitely has a chance at the GOAT... an unreal talent. The fact he plays for the Angels has really diminished his legacy. Put him really on any East coast team and he may be a star among superstars.
GAAAH you rat bastard!!! That was my pick!!!!
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Alright gonna have to think here.
Well, since Im already in a short stop drafting mood and could use another bat...
...the juice is loose baby. Your least favorite ESPN Sunday Night Baseball commentator and mine, but quite possibly the greatest shortstop ever.....
A-Rod....Alex Rodriquez!
@JHannibalSmith giddyup
...the juice is loose baby. Your least favorite ESPN Sunday Night Baseball commentator and mine, but quite possibly the greatest shortstop ever.....
A-Rod....Alex Rodriquez!
@JHannibalSmith giddyup
Baseball
has GOT to learn how to market its stars. If they want fan interest again, theyve got to get back to owning eyeballs. End the idiot blackout rules for MLB.TV. More flash and splash. Make it more appealing. People havent stopped loving going to baseball games with their dad, or having beers amd dogs with their friends. Baseball has just been content to take PR hit after PR hit from 94 on and do absolutely zilch to fix its image. I just dont get it
I love baseball but they lost me in the mid 90's with the second strike. I'd love to really be able to love it again. There is too much money, just like the NFL, NBA. It ruins everything.
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God...this so much. The fact that any baseball fan hasn't heard of Mike Trout is mindblowing to me. He's going to be remembered forever. Basically the perfect outfielder.
Baseball has so many problems to fix. It's a lot closer to the NHL these days than the NFL or NBA.
Only 6 pitchers have won the Cy Young award in both leagues & I now have two of them. He’s won 3 total so far & has finished 2nd once. He’s averaged 11 K & 2 BB/9 IP over his career & has had 5 seasons with a WHIP below 1. Give me Max Scherzer.
@LukaszObrzut OTC
@LukaszObrzut OTC
Do you think your average person knows who Mike Trout is like they knew who Ken Griffey Jr was in the 90s? Or A-Rod in the 2000s?
See....I'm 36 so the 94 strike to me was simply the season where the Reds got royally screwed out of a potential run to the World Series. I know the Expos were probably gonna do it.....which brings about the hypothetical about whether they would have even left Montreal if they had won that World Series? The whole butterfly effect thing as it were.
I guess I just don't understand why people get so pissed about 94. This b.s. going on now pisses me off. The owners are rich. The players are rich. Shut up and play. But I love the sport...what do I care. As long as they play. And if it doesn't happen this year, it'll happen next year.
The NBA lost me in the 90s because of the beginning of OAD ie Garnett, Brown, Kobe, etc. Iso ball was awful to watch. The new uniform designs were effing awful. And all of the high draft picks with European guys no one knew. I understand why the younger generation loves it now, they weren't around in the 80s and 90s when the NBA was amazing. They don't know any better. What I don't get is the older generation that enjoys it. Older folks should know better. It's just not remotely entertaining to me to watch 6'10 guys jack up 3s. Its trickled down to college and has severely dampened my interest in Kentucky basketball to be perfectly honest. Watching our guards crash the boards when a big guy jacks up a 3...what the hell are we doing?!?!?
/drunk rant. I'm up prepping meat for the smoker tomorrow. Gotta put that work in for success boys.
Give me the greatest closer in the game- who in the postseason, under the greatest pressure was nearly perfect. He allowed 1 home run in 141 innings while posting a 0.70 ERA
In his 19 seasons he had over 652 saves which is the best in MLB history
Mariano Rivera
@csrupp youre up.
In his 19 seasons he had over 652 saves which is the best in MLB history
Mariano Rivera
@csrupp youre up.
Hey Lukas, really quick, I wanted to apologize for upsetting you in that other thread. My statement was meant broadly and I had no intention of marginalizing the horrible costs some families have suffered. I hope that helps. Now back to baseball.
Must have been the other Lukas guy- no hard feelings here.
Haha, I think it has a 1 after the name. Threw me off one time as well on a post-- was like someone has hacked my account.
I was about an inch from taking him with one of my last 2 picks. I was hoping people would keep going just for starters for the next 2 rounds
Get this; In 141 innings pitched in the postseason He has a 0.70 ERA. That is just unholy.
