**The MLB Thread**

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

http://tigers.scout.com/2/612508.html?refid=400

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

my team might be good or they might **** lol good pitching and defense not so sure on how well the 1-2-6-7-8-9 batters will hit lol...boston should have kept damon

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

what BS http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove06/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=2760117

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/powerRankings

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lol

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

how the **** does cleveland get ranked #2? and didn't detroit pwn new york last year. also the tigers play the mets in interleague and if the game is in detroit, im gonna run onto the field and club reyes in the back of the knee if he isn't on my fantasy team //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i wonder if we'll see snb in here this year? since the white sox will do no better then 3rd i doubt it. maybe he'll jump on the cubs bandwaggon since the nl central sucks and he'll get the false illusion that they are good

 

[DragonCub 10+ year member]

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[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

wonder who has the best pitching now...

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

wonder who has the best pitching now...

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[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

based on last year.... muhahahaha

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

based on last year.... muhahahaha

only 3 pitchers on the tigers staff are over 30. verlander and bonderman are both future aces. robertson has been getting better, and should've won more games but didn't get any run support. kenny rogers will have another typical kenny rogers year, the bullpen is deep, so they really only need 5 innings from their starters and they go mesa>rodney>zumya>jones. if i were leyland i'd make ledezma my 5th starter and put maroth in the bullpen. maroth faired better against lefties and with his injury, he maybe better suited out of the pen as the lefty specialist

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

i like my teams rotation now ...and they have an ace that has won 2 world series before... not sure how the new guys will do but if the world championships and what the other did as a closer it should be interesting.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

what team are you talking about?

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

team you laughed at earlier lol red sox. they didnt have a pitching staff last year at all schilling was hurt and their best healthy pitcher was a closer..i dont expect

Daisuke Matsuzaka to win 20 or 30 games but if he goes over 4 or 5 over .500 they will be in the play offs. they got A LOT of arms this year.....

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

team you laughed at earlier lol red sox. they didnt have a pitching staff last year at all schilling was hurt and their best healthy pitcher was a closer..i dont expectDaisuke Matsuzaka to win 20 or 30 games but if he goes over 4 or 5 over .500 they will be in the play offs. they got A LOT of arms this year.....

lmao 30 games? you realize the last pitcher to win 30 games was denny mclain with the 68 tigers? matsuzaka has never thrown a major league pitch, and will more then likely be another hideo nomo. schilling not sure what you'll get from him. injuries only get worse with age. beckett has been injury prone and his 5.01 era is nothing to get excited about. papelbon was a great closer but will that really translate into a great starter? then who is gonna close? not only do the tigers have more good arms, they are young and only have upside wheras boston's pitcher are veterans who have already peaked, except for papelbon