Official MLB 2006 Thread

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

If the Yanks sweep this series, they may as well just call up the farm team and rest everybody for the next month. The AL East would be over.

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It is over.

It's not over yet; if the Sox salvage the last game and sweep in the next series...they'll have a legit shot...but they need to win every head to head game from here on out.

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Originally Posted by burgundy

Exactly. So everyone needs to stop complaining that the Mets are walking away with their league. I really hope the ALCS winner underestimates them (if they win the NLCS) as bad as all you AL fans are. I really do.

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Depends how many pitchers they have left standing in October.

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Originally Posted by Gohron

I was being conservative, if he comes out firing like the Cole Hamels we've seen lately well he may very well be. I'd at least expect him to be on the ballot.

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You guys are hillarious. Your stupid predictions for 2006 went up in smoke so fast that you've moved on to 2007 in August.

Try telling us the Eagles are going to Super Bowl (and losing of course), because that has a lot better chance of happening than a Philly winning the Cy Young.

Mets acquire RHP Guillermo Mota from Cleveland for PTBNL.

Good low-risk, high-reward move by the team that turned Jorge Julio's career around.

(The only thing is...he's a FA at the end of this year. Is he really gonna turn it around fast enough to help the Mets now? Because otherwise we're just helping him get paid in the offseason.)

Can this guy start games?

No, he's a reliever. He was Gagne's fantastic setup guy in LA two years ago but he's blown up since.

We're big on picking up pitchers who were awesome in 2004.

We need a starter. :cry:

Everyone needs a starter. There isn't anyone available who would represent an improvement on what we have even in the worst case scenario. If Mota turns it around, it could spring Heilman out of the pen and into the rotation, but I think we'd have to exhaust options like Dave Williams, Bannister, Perez and maybe even Pelfrey before that even goes on the table.

The Mets still have the best team in the league without either Pedro or Glavine, and without both I think they could still be competitive.

And on the flip side all of this could amount to nothing more than arm rest for these guys and they could come back by end of September in monster shape.

Nothing we can do but wait.