Jump to content

Brian Roberts, Jim Johnson and Grant Balfour watch.

Ommaculate

By Ommaculate
in MLB

Recommended Posts

Ommaculate Perennial All-Star

Ommaculate

Posted
Posted

It will be fun to have a thread tracking how these guys do throughout the year. The A's are wildcard competition for the O's, and Yankees are rivals, so I am logically hoping they both fail.

Roberts is doing poorly in ST. He is 2 for 14 batting .143. If he keeps this up what do the Yankees do with him?

Jim Johnson has pitched 4 innings and given up a homer. Not much to go on yet.

Balfour has a 19.29 ERA in ST, maybe the O's made the right decision here. We'll see.

Any other guys I have left off the watchlist we should be keeping tabs on?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 273
  • Created
  • Last Reply
murph Hangout Grand Counsel

murph

Posted
Posted

I think there is a thread already sort of going on (definitely for arroyo's bulging disk) but keeping and eye on Bronson Arroyo and Bartolo Colon as well would be interesting over the course of the season since they were targets.

And probably should track the ones we went after that are doing well as well like Tim Hudson.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ommaculate Perennial All-Star

Ommaculate

Posted
  • Author
Posted
I think there is a thread already sort of going on (definitely for arroyo's bulging disk) but keeping and eye on Bronson Arroyo and Bartolo Colon as well would be interesting over the course of the season since they were targets.

And probably should track the ones we went after that are doing well as well like Tim Hudson.

Almost forgot Nate Mclouth who is faring slightly worse than Roberts. Nate is 2 for 16 batting .158. He did have a homerun today marking his 2nd hit of the spring.

We can add LJ Hoes to the watchlist too batting .300 so far.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

Can_of_corn

Posted
Posted

For the ones that wanted Garza.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Spring box score line du jour: Pretty sure Matt Garza became 1st to allow 10 R this spring -1 2/3 IP 9 H 10 R 6 ER 1 BB 1 K. Did I miss any?</p>— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) <a href="

">March 13, 2014</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Link to comment
Share on other sites
murph Hangout Grand Counsel

murph

Posted
Posted

The chips certainly do seem to be falling our way....so far. Good point about me it will be interesting to see how he compares to Lough by the end of the season.

Garza vs Ubaldo as well. We may have gotten a more erratic pitcher but most likely a more healthier one.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
murph Hangout Grand Counsel

murph

Posted
Posted
Watching how Atlanta's ST is playing out, it really brings home how much health (read luck) plays in a team's season. One step at a time - I'm hoping for no big injuries by opening day, then in DD we trust.

Yeah no kidding it's almost like we won the off-season Powerball and mega millions of the same time.

Albeit the small-market to midmarket Powerball and mega millions

Link to comment
Share on other sites
scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

scOtt

Posted
Posted
It will be fun to have a thread tracking how these guys do throughout the year. The A's are wildcard competition for the O's, and Yankees are rivals, so I am logically hoping they both fail.

Roberts is doing poorly in ST. He is 2 for 14 batting .143. If he keeps this up what do the Yankees do with him?

Jim Johnson has pitched 4 innings and given up a homer. Not much to go on yet.

Balfour has a 19.29 ERA in ST, maybe the O's made the right decision here. We'll see.

Any other guys I have left off the watchlist we should be keeping tabs on?

Opinions vary...

Link to comment
Share on other sites
MurphDogg Hangout Grand Counsel

MurphDogg

Posted
Posted

I have no problem with a former player tracker post on the MLB forum. I was occasionally annoyed at how the ongoing player threads took over the main forum, but they could be useful if they were relegated to a separate sub-forum. The problem is that most of the posts in the ongoing player threads were stat lines with bright fonts. And since everybody watches (or otherwise follows) the games, the stat lines aren't helpful.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

Frobby

Posted
Posted
It would irk me incredibly to see Jim Johnson lead the A's to the World Series after what happened in 2012 playoffs.

If JJ were pitching for the A's in the playoffs (not against the Orioles), I'd be rooting for him 100%.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Dipper9 Hangout Grand Counsel

Dipper9

Posted
Posted
If JJ were pitching for the A's in the playoffs (not against the Orioles), I'd be rooting for him 100%.

This.

I have no interest in seeing past fan favorite Orioles fail. I wish them all luck, unless they are playing against us. Hell, even though BRob is a Yankee, I hope he has a great year...but also hope the Yanks lose every game.

That said, I hope Balfour has a terrible season to justify the Orioles not going through with the deal. Plus a terrible year for Balfour would mean good things for the Orioles in the standings.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing


  • Posts

    • Fiver6565
      Mountcastle activated, Jimenez optioned

      By Fiver6565 · Posted

      Loved seeing Eloy's enthusiasm at joining the team over the summer, but yeah it was way past time for this.  I didn't realize he still had options remaining, so I guess he's still around for a 'break glass in case of emergency' moment - hopefully he's done for the year though.  And declining the option is beyond a no-brainer, so that is in all likelihood it for Eloy as an O.
    • CP0861
      How "fired up" are you with this Yankee series?

      By CP0861 · Posted

      I've been fired up every day since my divorce hearing on 11/12/19. The third best day of my life. In all seriousness, life is good. Remember the 15 straight losing seasons? They're not perfect, but today is a new day and yesterday doesn't matter. Westburg, Urias, et. al. have returned, our BP is stronger and we have our best 3 SP set to go this series. We're 6-4 versus them this year, including taking 2/3 last time we were in NY. Pick your heads up a little bit. Will they win the WS? No, I don't think so. But guess what??! They've got a chance! I was at the game Sunday, and I'll be tuned in to every inning of the last 6 games. LFG.  
    • Aglets
      Mountcastle is back (9/24)

      By Aglets · Posted

      Eloy Jimenez sent to AAA.
    • Too Tall
      I need to be a better fan

      By Too Tall · Posted

      I don't think there is any way to be a sport's fan and not require some form of therapy. For me, OH is my therapy center. If you invest any part of your being in a sport's team, there is no prescription for tranquility. You just have to come to a strategy that best allows you to follow your team. Mine for the most part is to walk away and turn it off. Wife gets mad at me because I won't keep watching a game when we are losing or playing poorly. Says I'm not a real fan. She's probably right but I don't view watching poor performance of any kind as a good use of time. I also don't get too much into second guessing or modern statistical analysis. Not interested in coulda - woulda - shoulda and though I am awed by all the data, it's just too much for me to digest and use. I let you all do that for me. If I think it's over the top I may say something but mostly enjoy the read. In this way, OH has helped me get through the down years and the good ones too. And it's also great in between.  So, in some fashion, we are all addicted to a game - a team. The trick is to remember this is entertainment - not life. And that can be hard. Now beat the Damn Yankees and make me feel better cause the way you've been playing is killing me 😄!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • MurphDogg
      Mountcastle activated, Jimenez optioned

      By MurphDogg · Posted

      This was the correct choice, glad to see them make it.
    • orioles119
      How "fired up" are you with this Yankee series?

      By orioles119 · Posted

      Great, now they're going to go 6-0.
    • Roy Firestone
      How "fired up" are you with this Yankee series?

      By Roy Firestone · Posted

      How about..." we wont win another game in the regular season"?

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...