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« on: June 01, 2012, 09:18:50 pm » |
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First in Mets history, and what a season that guy has had. Definitely a strong contender for comeback player of the year, and it's nice to see showing flashes of what he used to be in Minnesota.
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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2012, 09:30:18 pm » |
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I had no clue until you posted this, did you watch it? man I looked at the box after this post and seen 8k 5w and thought damn thats alot of walks but still he pulled through once he put those runners on
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2012, 09:31:59 pm » |
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I caught the last few innings. His change up is still ridiculous, and it has to be considering the velocity he lost on his fastball after the shoulder surgeries. Beltran had a fair ball that was called foul, so the no hitter should have ended in the 6th, but still an amazing outing none the less. Jonathan Sanchez, Edwin Jackson and Francisco Liriano all had similar no hitters, as in allowing a ton of walks.
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2012, 09:37:56 pm » |
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Thats amazing that is the first one in Mets history, damn good job Johan
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2012, 11:34:01 pm » |
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i only caught the video clips on mlb.com, this guys stuff is amazing. he was supported by some damn good defense too, lots of fine plays by lf (can't remember his name) and david wright (3b)
NL east / AL east are insane
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2012, 11:44:47 pm » |
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The NL East and AL East aren`t really all that comparable. The AL East is much, much stronger.
4 of the 5 NL East teams are posting above average to way above average batting average on balls in play, while the AL East is the opposite, with only 1 above average. Unless they play every game in Coors for the rest of the season, the NL East is going to get some regression there.
Then you look at all the players who are hurt in the AL East or have been for an extended period of time. Ellsbury, Pedroia, Youkilis, Longoria, Upton, Jennings, Pineda, Rivera, Kelly Johnson and Carl Crawford. These are all star players that have missed time.
The AL East has a Pythag record of 17 games over .500, while the NL East has one of 9 games over .500, while playing in a much weaker league. The AL East has 4 of the best 5 teams in the American League, with Texas (the strongest of course) being the other.
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« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2012, 10:00:21 pm » |
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both of them are way ahead of the other divisions, though. miami / atlanta are both really solid, phillies will rebound in a few months, and Washignton/NYM have sick pitching. definitely not a division i'd like to be in
al east is obv better though. orioles aren't a fluke, redsox yankees will forever be contenders with their payroll, tampa bay is the perfect low market team, and the jays are my favourite team to watch, encarnacion + bautista (once he really gets going) will be an absolutely sick 3/4.
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