Moose Milligan

It's certainly not a bad one. Tanaka is the only one really holding them back. Where would we be with three starters that had ERA's under 4?

Hate to say it, but I like Judge. Fully aware that he's going to be killing us for the next 10 years but there's no one more fun to watch right now. Trout might be a more complete player and the WAR God, Harper is right there in the conversation but Judge is a different beast. On top of that, seems like a good guy. Gotta give credit when it's due.

Heh. Made this post a year ago tomorrow. I must be a psychic.

Looks like people caught on. Not sure, but it's a cause for concern. Someone drafted that high out of a college shouldn't have these issues.

This guy sucks. I'm not saying he can't get better. I'm not saying I give up on him as a prospect. But right now, he sucks.

I hate the Sox and Jays more. I've resigned to the fact that the Yankees are almost always going to be good. What's more, this iteration of the Yankees is hard to REALLY hate. They've got a lot of good young players, they've built themselves the right way. I'm jealous and I don't mind admitting it. I wish we had guys like Judge, Sanchez, Bird. They've got more on the way, too.

Well then. Who's driving him to the dealer, his mom?

Well, I agree with the sentiment (and pulling on the heartstrings, you bastard) of the last paragraph. But IMO, you still gotta hit the ball. I'm not sure if there's much of a difference between the designer drugs and the mass building stuff. From what I know the goal of the PEDs is to recover from workouts faster to build more muscle quicker than you naturally could. Designer drug or mass building, IMO, it's splitting hairs. These guys aren't taking them for any other reasons, right? Again, I'm not sure when Marte started using. Has it been reported?

Well I know you're cool. You're always cool. But I'd like for you to share the evidence that Marte wasn't much of a player before he started the juicing. I do believe Barry, Roger, A-Rod were all quite capable before they started juicing. In Barry and Roger's case, they were able to do extraordinary things into their late 30s and early 40s. A-Rod probably enhanced what was already looking to be a HoF bound career.

Are you sure about that? Is there any definite measure as to how much it added to his production?

Are you more upset about the fact that you thought Marte was a good dude and now he's a known cheater? Or are you more upset that your 2nd favorite team is without a really good player for 80 games?

Nothing. Nothing would have also stopped them from becoming some of the most beloved athletes in this countries history, either....PEDS or not. I also find it interesting that there's an incredible double standard between the NFL and the MLB when it comes to this stuff. We want our NFL players bigger, stronger, faster...capable of incredible speed and incredible power. I've been on the sidelines for those games and I've been in the locker rooms and I can't believe those guys are 100% all real. Sure, they're incredible athletes to begin with but I don't think anyone gets that big and that fast naturally. A football player gets popped for 4 games because of PEDs and no one bats an eye. That's SUPPOSED to happen. And when it does happen, no one really cares because....RAWRRRR FOOTBALL GLADIATOR GRIDIRON WARRIORSRAWWWWRR But baseball? Threaten a vaunted record if you're a muscular guy and it's the biggest crime ever. They'll keep you out of the Hall of Fame because the very people that are rooting for their 6'5 260 8% body fat linebackers that can run a 4.6 on Sunday are the ones who are crying foul when a baseball player uses a chemical they can't pronounce to make themselves stronger. It's a double standard, IMO. We care when one athlete does it, we turn a blind eye when another one does it, too. The issue isn't PEDs, it's making ourselves feel better by damning players who are tarnishing something that we thought was pure when we were growing up.

I don't care anymore. I often wonder if guys like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays would have injected themselves with stuff to aid their efforts. My thoughts often flip-flop.

Tyler Wilson gave up a two run triple in the 6th inning tonight. I'm aware that this is the ex-Oriole thread. I just can't wait until he's one.

Wonder whatever happened to that guy. And Billy Rowell.

Someone explain to me why I should get get excited about an O's pitching prospect?

Anyway, I vote no on electronic strike zones. I like the human element. You can tell me why I'm wrong, I don't care.

Yikes. How do you react when something doesn't go your way in real life?

I think we should take 2/3 from Minny. Hoping the weather holds up, this week is supposed to be bad.

I don't see how he increases power to an impact amount at this point in his career. His final slash line is about what I expected out of him, too. We could have used him for sure. Travis Snider was a joke, so were most of the people we used out in RF this season. I understand him having a high salary compared to what we perceived Snider to bring to the table...but I think it's alright to pay a premium for a steady history and consistency.

I cannot wait to print the standings and put them on my Yankee fan co-worker's desk tomorrow morning.

I'd never heard of Mitchell Page. Looking at the stat lines, he probably should have won the ROY that year. I know OPS wasn't a thing then, but he beat Murray by a good bit. I'm assuming Murray won because he played for a winner?

I mean, there's got to be some correlation between our % chance of making the playoffs and RISP. I think that's the real question here. Anyway, we close out August on the road against the Sox and Yanks. And while Cleveland may have a cupcake schedule the rest of the way, we've got our schedule loaded against the Sox, Rays, Jays and Yanks in September. Our fate squarely lies in our own hands, from Sept 9th until the end of the month we're playing nothing but teams in our division. Now, we've got some fixing to do. Starting p*****ing and the bullpen has to get it together. But we're 6-4 against Boston this year, 7-5 against the Yankees, but 6-7 against the Jays and 6-9 against the Rays. We play relatively well against our division. We've got to take at least 2 of 3 from the A's in this series and we've got to get hot on the road so we can beat up on Cleveland and Chicago headed into September. There's still a lot of baseball to be played.

Could relax in the 9th inning tonight, for sure. Really need to step it up tomorrow, it'd be nice if they could turn it back around on the Astros. Offense is dead and it doesn't look like they're answering the bell anytime soon.