MLB Offseason Thread - Pitchers and Catchers Report!

[CajoleJuice]

Mariotti is such a fucking joke and attention whore.

[Mr. Gundam]

I love how a bunch of athletes are deemed HOF worthy by a group of mostly overweight and out of shape dudes.

[CajoleJuice]

I love how a bunch of athletes are deemed HOF worthy by a group of mostly overweight and out of shape dudes.

Hey, that's why they have the Veterans' Committee....which is even worse.

[Flannel Boy]

Cajole is right. Athletes, if it's possible, are often more clueless than the writers who cover them.

[Human Snorenado]

Cajole is right. Athletes, if it's possible, are often more clueless than the writers who cover them.

The worst of all worlds.

[CajoleJuice]

Indeed, the perfect storm of stupid.

[Gruco]

[Flannel Boy]

I said athletes!

[Flannel Boy]

[Mr. Gundam]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/resigned_jason_bay_well_im

[CajoleJuice]

That's actually way too close to the truth.

[Mr. Gundam]

M's resign King Felix to a new 5-year deal!

[Ganhyun]

M's resign King Felix to a new 5-year deal!

gratz.

[Mr. Gundam]

I've been hearing rumors that Washburn is coming back to Seattle, and that they may sign Damon to a one year deal.

[CajoleJuice]

I could see Damon signing with the As.

[Human Snorenado]

I could see Damon signing with the As.

I dunno if they'll have the money after springing for a one year, 10 million deal for... Ben Sheets.  I bet Damon sucks it up and goes back to the Skankees for way less than what Boras wants.  I mean, Melk-dud isn't there clogging up an outfield spot anymore (sigh) so I bet he could get good playing time.  Plus Damon's value drops anywhere where he doesn't have that ridiculous right field porch to hit pop fly homers into.

[Human Snorenado]

Whoops, didn't know the Stankees had just signed Randy Winn to a one year, 2 million deal.  Looks like Damon will be elsewhere for sure this year.

[CajoleJuice]

PECOTA projections are out:

http://baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/

They are...surprising.

[Mr. Gundam]

Oakland winning the AL West?

[CajoleJuice]

Nationals ahead of the Mets.

[Ganhyun]

They have the Braves finishing 2nd in the East and as a WC team. Not too bad. Maybe the Braves can achieve that.

[The Fake Shemp]

Shit, I'd be content with 70 wins!

[Flannel Boy]

The Jays are projected to have the third worst record in baseball. Awesome.

[Human Snorenado]

Shit, I'd be content with 70 wins!

I'd say the Nats should be good for 74ish wins this year.  80+ is pushing the bounds of reality, tho.

I do like where they have the Mets finishing. 

[CajoleJuice]

PECOTA was fucked up. They already fixed up the standings a bit.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/

Yankees in first, Nationals in last.

[The Fake Shemp]

 

[CajoleJuice]

Mets still in second-to-last!

[The Fake Shemp]

We will give the Mets a run for their money!

[Joe Molotov]

PECOTA was fucked up. They already fixed up the standings a bit.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/fantasy/dc/

Skankees in first, Nationals in last.

Hell yeah, the Rangers are gonna go somewhere this year with Nolan Ryan in and broke-ass Tom Hicks out. I hate that they had to get rid of Millwood, but I still think their pitching will be fairly solid (at least by Rangers standards).

[Mr. Gundam]

M's signed Ryan Garko. Not sure what I think of that.

[Mr. Gundam]

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball's licensing wing is calling out a baseball card maker for allegedly stealing trademarks.

Major League Baseball Properties Inc. filed a trademark lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against The Upper Deck Co. Inc. on Monday in federal court in Manhattan.

The lawsuit said Upper Deck is continuing to sell baseball cards featuring professional baseball players even though the company is no longer licensed to show MLB trademarks. Major League Baseball Properties began this year to license only The Topps Co. Inc. in a bid to increase its revenues from the cards.

MLB Properties is indirectly owned by the 30 major league clubs and acts as their licensing agent.

I haven't collected baseball cards since the mid 90s, but that's still pretty "whoa"-inducing.

[CajoleJuice]

God, I have so many fucking baseballl cards. Almost as worthless as Wii games.

[Flannel Boy]

God, I have so many fucking baseballl cards. Almost as worthless as Wii games.

.

I have close to around 5,000 from the late 80s and early 90s. All pretty much worthless.

[Ganhyun]

So apparently the Braves are trying to land Damon to a 1 year deal. Not sure I like him as a pickup or not if he signs.

[Human Snorenado]

If it means that Melkdud plays less, I like it a lot.

[pollo]

Triumph, fire up the EB league. Someone needs to invite all the gaffers we had last year...Cloudy, Alex Anderson, Karakand, Joe, evil solrac, R-GILL.

Lookin' at you Cajole!

[Human Snorenado]

I'll get around to it later today or tomorrow.  I had a such a turrible season last year I'm kind of dreading this one.

[Flannel Boy]

So, Triumph, how many points will an error be worth? 

[The Fake Shemp]

 

[CajoleJuice]

iceburn

And I'll get on that, pollo. Maybe a 12-team league this year? Or two of them again?

[The Fake Shemp]

I'll play with you guys, as long as you let me draft Strasburg and Ryan Zimmerman.

[CajoleJuice]

God, GAF fucking blows asshole. It's barely a functional forum.

"Too many recipients - you are attempting to send to 7 users but you are only allowed to send to 1 users."

Are you kidding me?

[Ganhyun]

God, GAF fucking blows asshole. It's barely a functional forum.

"Too many recipients - you are attempting to send to 7 users but you are only allowed to send to 1 users."

Are you kidding me?

Hey, they seem to be cutting down on functions left and right. Don't like it?



:'(

[Mr. Gundam]

God, GAF fucking blows asshole. It's barely a functional forum.

"Too many recipients - you are attempting to send to 7 users but you are only allowed to send to 1 users."

Are you kidding me?

Hey, they seem to be cutting down on functions left and right. Don't like it?



:'(

I can't believe they disabled the search function.

[The Fake Shemp]

When will you people realize that all you need is THE BORE + Facebook?

[Mr. Gundam]

Not enough Weeaboo Moon Speak game talk on the Bore. Pretty much the only reason I ever check GAF.

[The Fake Shemp]

Just bring those guys here and have them setup residence on the gaming side.

[Ganhyun]

God, GAF fucking blows asshole. It's barely a functional forum.

"Too many recipients - you are attempting to send to 7 users but you are only allowed to send to 1 users."

Are you kidding me?

Hey, they seem to be cutting down on functions left and right. Don't like it?



:'(

I can't believe they disabled the search function.

I hate it too. But hey, we just have to

[Ganhyun]

When will you people realize that all you need is THE BORE + Facebook?

Why would I want to use facebook to talk to EB/GAF members? 

[CajoleJuice]

When will you people realize that all you need is THE BORE + Facebook?

I don't need random MLB gaffers on my Facebook.

[Human Snorenado]

When will you people realize that all you need is THE BORE + Facebook?

I don't need random MLB gaffers on my Facebook.

Yeah, me giving you shit every time the Mets do something stupid or lose in a new and spectacular way is probably all you can handle.

[Human Snorenado]

Oh, and we'll do a head to head and a roto league, same as always.

[The Fake Shemp]

Who wants to play H2H?

[CajoleJuice]

When will you people realize that all you need is THE BORE + Facebook?

I don't need random MLB gaffers on my Facebook.

Yeah, me giving you shit every time the Mets do something stupid or lose in a new and spectacular way is probably all you can handle.

goddamn you

Who wants to play H2H?

Alex Anderson from GAF, apparently. And I don't mind it, even if I prefer roto.

I think we might be able to do two 12-team leagues, Triumph. Genghis expressed interest, too, even though he hasn't posted in here.

[Human Snorenado]

STFU, Federwang.  You don't have to.

Alright, both leagues are registered.  Roto draft is Sunday March 14th at 4 pm Eastern time, H2H is Sunday March 21st at 4 pm. 

***FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, DO NOT FUCKING PM ME FOR THE LEAGUE INFO IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE DRAFT OR IF YOU'RE GONNA FUCKING FORGET ABOUT IT OR IF YOU'RE GONNA LOSE INTEREST 1/3 OF THE WAY THROUGH THE SEASON***

Fucking poofters.  Also, please don't invite Kotex over at gaf- he never makes the drafts and ALWAYS forgets to set his fucking lineups.

[pollo]

I'm an H2H fan myself. I'll probably just do the H2H league. I'm gonna GM a league with friends for Roto.

[CajoleJuice]

Also, please don't invite Kotex over at gaf- he never makes the drafts and ALWAYS forgets to set his fucking lineups.

Oops. Maybe I'll conveniently forget to send him the info.

[Human Snorenado]

I appreciate both forms for their differences, but if I could only choose one it would be H2H.  Something fun about demolishing another person's squad that you just don't get with roto.

[pollo]

  Cmon you know you love Konex triumph. 

[CajoleJuice]

I appreciate both forms for their differences, but if I could only choose one it would be H2H.  Something fun about demolishing another person's squad that you just don't get with roto.

Demolishing the entire league is more satisfying.