Official MLB 2006 Thread

[Gohron]

I guess, but I wouldn't pencil the Cards in for 2nd best NL record or even the NL central yet.

Works for me, West Coast teams have been Phillie fodder more or less and Cinncinatti hasn't faired too well either.

Let me ask you...if you could sign up for a Phils' trip to the NLCS, but with the end result of the Mets winning and celebrating (with their fans of course) at CBP, would you take it at this point?

Probably, it's better then nothing, especially when the Phillies were completely written off in June from being able to make the post-season, plus it would be good for Hamels and Mathieson to get their feet wet in the post-season.

For what it's worth, if the Phils and Mets do indeed battle in the NLCS it's not gonna be a lock win for you guys, maybe a probable win but who knows, crazier things have happened. I'd guess both teams would use a rotation consisting of Pedro, Glavine and Orlando against Myers, Hamels and maybe Wolf or Mathieson. That's not matched up that bad but we'll see...come October I might be in for a post-season let-down without them even getting there.

[burgundy]

Nothing in baseball is a lock but we've beaten you guys up pretty handily this year.

Then again, in 1988 the Mets went 10-1 against the Dodgers and lost the NLCS to them.

[Gohron]

Nothing in baseball is a lock but we've beaten you guys up pretty handily this year.

Then again, in 1988 the Mets went 10-1 against the Dodgers and lost the NLCS to them.

Yeah, I understand. I honestly wouldn't expect the Phillies to come out on top, as much as I love them and bleed red but it sure would be nice.

Hamels has gotten a lot better, I'm looking forward to seeing him next season, I think he has the potential to be a damn near 300 strike-out a year mid-2 ERA pitcher in the future. We'll have to see how he turns out. Mathieson has showed a bit of promise as well, considering he wasn't even supposed to be in the Majors this year but has apparently earned his spot going into next year. Hopefully Gio Gonzalez can pull it together next year and advance to AAA and Mathieson and Hamels can get all the stuff worked out that they need. 2008 sure is looking good, not very sure about 2007 though :P

[SpoDaddy]

Why did Cashman not trade for another bullpen arm? You know the Phils would have loved to shed Gordon's contract as well.

Farnsworth is terrible. Mo is a workhorse but he's getting up there and he can't be relied upon for two-inning saves every night down the stretch.

I wonder about this myself; Farsworth is a turd. Gordon's a choke artist and didn't want to be a setup man anymore, so I guess they just ruled him out. I hope Cashman's not relying on Dotel coming back.

[Othello Harrington]

Yanks will hit their way into the playoffs and then lose in the first series, have I not been saying this all along?

[SpoDaddy]

If Wagner beaned a guy and then gave up a hit to put runners at the corners, you'd call it "almost choking". For Rivera it's "saving the day". He was wild as shit last night. It's a damn good thing for you that Cano made a nice play on Thome's grounder.

I've never trashed a closer for almost blowing a game, don't put words in my mouth. I've only trashed Wagner when he's blown games, and only because you're such a dick about Rivera.

Rivera saved the day because he closed the game after the White Sox got within a run, not because he worked out of a jam he created.

[burgundy]

I wonder about this myself; Farsworth is a turd. Gordon's a choke artist and didn't want to be a setup man anymore, so I guess they just ruled him out. I hope Cashman's not relying on Dotel coming back.

Dotel is the Yankee version of the tooth fairy.

[Othello Harrington]

Dotel is the Yankee version of the tooth fairy.

POTD


Perhaps if this was 2002, Dotel would matter.

[SpoDaddy]

Diff: look at the stats this year, you're wrong. Also, when was the last time Rivera blew a 4-run "save"? When was the last time Wagner got a 2 inning save, or 2 inning saves in back to back days?

[raystorm]

The Red Sox were just swept by the Royals. OUCH!