2011 MLB Offseason Discussion - Rangers choking edition

[Cail]

love my pitching staff. right side of my infield is pretty solid. half my outfield is also pretty solid. left side is weak, other half of my OF is too. Need bryce to get his ass up to the majors. Only 2 closers, but theyre pretty good closers on a great team and pretty good team, so im happy
Team by Position instead of draft order:

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C: Posey
1B: Hosmer
2B: Cano
3B: Mike Moustakas
SS: Stephen Drew (hurt til May at least)
MIF: Jemile Weeks
OIF: Freese
OF: Pence
OF: Ichiro
OF: Coco
OF: Michael Brantley
OF: JD Martinez
UTIL: James Loney
B: Harper
B: Aaron Hill

P: Cliff Lee
P: Weaver
P: Matt Moore
P: Strasburg
P: Drew Storen
P: Yu
P: Kuroda
P: Andrew Bailey
P: Pavano
B: Trevor Cahill

[FNH]

That outfield needs work, but otherwise pretty solid.

My strategy involved getting 2 good aces and loading on closers, which put OF on the back burner. In my league it's 5 pts for a W and -5 for L, with 5 for S and -2 for BS. Went with steals, and total bases with low k's on outfielders.

[Demosthenes11]

angel pagan gonna KILL it this year.

.310 25 HR 90 RBI BOOK IT

[Bregor]

angel pagan gonna KILL it this year.

.310 25 HR 90 RBI BOOK IT

no

[*Shinzon*]

Well, Mets settled the Madoff case for like 186m. Far cry from the 1 billion they were seeking. Looks like the failpons get to keep the team.

[BadKarma]

Well, Mets settled the Madoff case for like 186m. Far cry from the 1 billion they were seeking. Looks like the failpons get to keep the team.

i live in queens. everyone is a yankee fan except my dad, this is the sound of 8 million people not caring

[Trichocyst]

It breaks my heart to say so, but I fear Utley is flat out done.

[pohibaba]

angel pagan gonna KILL it this year.

.310 25 HR 90 RBI BOOK IT

No chance. People will be calling for his head by July. I do think that Melky is going to surprise some people, though.

[Demosthenes11]

No chance. People will be calling for his head by July. I do think that Melky is going to surprise some people, though.

I'm joking. I just can't fucking wait to sit front row section 142 and yell "THERES ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD" for 9 innings straight

[Weeks]

No chance. People will be calling for his head by July. I do think that Melky is going to surprise some people, though.

Specifically, everyone who expects him not to go right back to sucking.

[pohibaba]

More importantly:



M-A-R-L-I-N-S! We are the Marlins! GO FISH!
Everything is great in the Sunshine State
We've got the Marlins, the Miami Marlins
So get up and let's go -- let everybody know that we are the Marlins - The Miami Marlins!
Catch the wave! Cheer the boys (We are the Marlins! GO Fish!)
Stomp your feet and let's make some noise!
We are the Marlins, the Miami Marlins
Make a date with the Marlins -- those Miami Darlins
Let's go Marlins!
Black Yellow Orange and Blue - We are coming after you!
Catch the wave! Cheer the boys (We are the Marlins! GO Fish!)
Stomp your feet and let's make some noise!
We are the Marlins, the Miami Marlins
Make a date with the Marlins -- those Miami Darlins
Let's go Marlins!
M-A-R-L-I-N-S! We are the Marlins! GO FISH!

[BadKarma]

What the fuck? thats worse then the mets one from the 80s

[Demosthenes11]

best sports team song:

[Viq]

That LA Rams song is incredible. It certainly tops my contribution: San Diego Super Chargers

[Havocxx]

My money league draft went way better than my auto-picked BG draft thankfully.

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C Alex Avila, Det C
1B Paul Konerko, CWS 1B, DH
2B Dustin Pedroia, Bos 2B
3B Jose Bautista, Tor 3B, OF
SS Erick Aybar, LAA SS
2B/SS Dustin Ackley, Sea 2B
1B/3B Kevin Youkilis, Bos 3B
OF Coco Crisp, Oak OF
OF Jeff Francoeur, KC OF
OF Josh Willingham, Min OF, DH
OF Peter Bourjos, LAA OF
OF Ben Revere, Min OF
UTIL David Ortiz, Bos DH

Bench Chipper Jones, Atl 3B
Bench James Loney, LAD 1B
Bench J.P. Arencibia, Tor C

P Cliff Lee, Phi SP
P Jon Lester, Bos SP
P Craig Kimbrel, Atl RP
P Josh Beckett, Bos SP
P Matt Garza, ChC SP
P Brandon Morrow, Tor SP
P Sergio Santos, Tor RP
P Ryan Dempster, ChC SP
P Koji Uehara, Tex RP

Outfield needs some work, but my pitching staff will strike the world out. Can probably just move Bautista to the OF, and pick up a decent 1B (somebody better than Loney) after moving Youk to 3rd.

Also, repost from MLB The Show 12 thread, but nobody's been looking at that anyways. Spent 1,000 hours in the logo editor to make this :3

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[Pringles]

My team in draft order (Pringles Poppers)

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Matt Kemp CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Felix Hernandez SP
Ben Zobrist 2B
David Price SP
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Mariano Rivera RP
Alexei Ramirez SS
Matt Wieters C
Drew Stubbs CF
Tommy Hanson SP
Andre Ethier RF
Cory Luebke SP
Mark Reynolds 3B
Scott Baker SP
Kelly Johnson 2B
Carlos Quentin RF
Colby Rasmus CF
Bud Norris SP
Edwin Jackson SP
Mark Trumbo 1B
Austin Jackson CF
Omar Infante 2B
Danny Valencia 3B
Andy Pettitte SP

Wifi cut out towards middle and guess it autopicked me more starters than I thought when I got back on. Looks like I need to pick up some relief pitchers.

[Chun Liroy]

Yo dis reel?

[Viq]

http://cdn.styleforum.net/4/4a/350x7...-serious2.jpeg

[Cail]

yes it is, cuz longoria is a fucking boss

[Chun Liroy]

So you're saying there's a black female that's interested in interviewing baseball players??