i have both and i'm not trading either (lee and volquez)

i hope none of you nuts dropped isringhausen...he just came in and got the three outs in the 9th inning. it looks like he's getting his confidence back.

[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 11:04 PM. Reason : /]

5/14/2008 10:58:12 PM

aaaand Berkman homers again... It's going to suck when he cools off

5/15/2008 12:32:44 AM

Wow I just got Ted Lilly.....had no idea someone cut him....dude has 21 Ks in his last 2 starts.

5/15/2008 1:08:17 AM

i dropped the hell outta lilly

he was sucking hardcore except for the last 3 starts

now I regret dropping him

5/15/2008 6:49:02 AM

Matt Kemp out of the Dodgers starting lineup today

5/15/2008 12:41:37 PM

I've been offered Aaron Harang for Fausto Carmona......should I consider this?

Fausto walks a bunch and Harang has a way better K:BB ratio and surely the Reds will help him out more.

5/15/2008 1:38:07 PM

my take:

they're both good pitchers...Harang is more of a strikeout pitcher, but Fausto has a wicked sinker and a great ground ball percentage that leads to easy outs

Harang pitches to weaker competition (slightly) in the NL, also he pitches to other pitchers (no DH), which is a plus for Harang...however Fausto is more likely to get you an extra inning or two, since the Tribe never has to worry about pinch hitting, again since they're in the AL

what it boils down to is who you think will have better bat support and a better bullpen to support them...I think Cleveland's bats will come around better than Cincy, but who knows

I wouldn't veto the trade if it was in my league because it seems fair

5/15/2008 1:43:06 PM

Cleveland's bats may be better but their bullpen right now is horrendous....that is what I was looking at.

5/15/2008 1:44:43 PM

yeah Borowski led the league in saves last year just because their bats were so good...his ERA and WHIP sucked...I definitely like Fran Cordero for Cincy better even though he blew his first save last night

Rafael Betancourt is a beast for Cleveland though

5/15/2008 1:46:25 PM

I traded paul konerko for carlos pena

I would've accepted a bag of balls

5/15/2008 2:29:42 PM

Quote :

"I've been offered Aaron Harang for Fausto Carmona......should I consider this? "

i would accept this in a mf heartbeat

5/15/2008 2:52:55 PM

lots of rainouts and regular starters with days off today

5/15/2008 5:34:11 PM

I can't remember seeing someone as hot as Lance Berkman is for such an extended period of time

5/15/2008 7:01:36 PM

yeah its crazy...and he always has good seasons, but he usually sucks in april and may...but not this year, wow

5/15/2008 7:02:10 PM

this might be the most dirt trade i've ever seen:

joe saunders (6 wins and sub-3 ERA, george sherrill (8 saves) and cj wilson (15 saves) for clay bucholz (DL) and matt cain (2 wins and 4+ ERA). seriously?? what the fuck

5/15/2008 10:45:44 PM

Umm I am guessing no league veto?

That is bad, but in the long run Cain>Saunders because I don't think Saunders keeps his current pace.

[Edited on May 16, 2008 at 1:27 AM. Reason : WTF Lance Berkman is on roids!]

5/16/2008 1:27:23 AM

^as soon as tejada moves to town as well

5/16/2008 2:13:42 AM

Quote :

"i hope none of you nuts dropped isringhausen...he just came in and got the three outs in the 9th inning. it looks like he's getting his confidence back. "

1 inning does not constitute returning to form

5/16/2008 9:14:14 AM

haha izzy gave up 4 runs in less than an inning yesterday

5/16/2008 10:56:34 AM

yeah i def. jumped the gun on thinking he was on the right track. i had isringhausen and casilla yesterday for a nice round 108 era for an inning...luckily cliff lee, volquez, and marcum have kept it down regardless.

5/16/2008 11:08:04 AM

Quote :

"cliff lee, volquez, and marcum"

1,4,2 overall pitchers in my league...all you're missing is B Webb at 3!

5/16/2008 12:38:34 PM

cliff lee won't keep this up for much longer, BOOK IT

5/16/2008 12:42:16 PM

^ maybe not, but 15-20 wins for somebody you picked off waivers is a steal

5/16/2008 1:54:37 PM

Werth is ridiculous right now.

5/16/2008 9:15:12 PM

i really love josh hamilton (no homo)

just hit his 2nd HR of the game (1st pitch btw)...3 run shot...fucking BEAST

5/16/2008 9:17:09 PM

Haha was just about to add that to my post

5/16/2008 9:17:39 PM

Hamilton is ridiculous right now

5/16/2008 9:17:55 PM

yeah...3/3, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI on the day

i mean damn

AND ITS ONLY THE 4TH INNING!

[Edited on May 16, 2008 at 9:19 PM. Reason : .]

5/16/2008 9:19:20 PM

4/4 then out at home, fuck!

5/16/2008 10:22:17 PM

5/5 with a rbi triple.....a double shy of the cycle!

5/16/2008 10:48:28 PM

Haha soon as he hit the triple I went through the inning by inning on my phone to figure out if he had a double. But noo

5/16/2008 10:56:00 PM

Another hitter who is raking it right now is Dan Uggla. Only Utley and Berkman have hit more homers in the past month and Berkman is the only guy slugging at a higher percentage in that same span.

5/16/2008 11:29:03 PM

i ALMOST dropped uggla because i figured he would suck balls, but i'm glad i held onto him

5/17/2008 12:05:28 AM

Picked Uggla up about a week ago. Best move I've made so far, last week hitting .524 with 4 HR (5 including today)

5/17/2008 1:39:09 AM

I love ryan braun.

5/17/2008 7:02:28 PM

Berkmans homers again

on a related note....Alfonso Soriano has been the hottest hitter in baseball for the last week

he's had at least two hits in his last 8 games that he started and was 5 for 5 today

he's got 7 homers in his last 6 games

5/17/2008 9:29:45 PM

Hamilton down with a leg injury

5/17/2008 10:16:18 PM

even though neither of them are starting today, i have to play 1 in my lineup...Josh Hamilton or Carlos Gomez...I'm thinking about Gomez because I'm up by 2 HRs and tied in steals...I'm also tied in runs and way up in RBIs

5/18/2008 2:13:40 PM

^^He came in and pinch hit so I am starting him this coming week....

And WTF is Roy Halladay doing pitching today? I need him twice this week!

5/18/2008 7:07:51 PM

Is Gary Sheffield worth holding on to?

My bench is deep already (I have Hunter and Kemp on my bench) and I just can't see him outproducing either of those guys. I need pitching help so I want to dump him but I'm afraid he will go on a tear for someone else right after I do. Pitchers I want to pick up are Kershaw or Bonderman who was dropped earlier today.

5/18/2008 10:20:00 PM

personally, i'd drop sheffy for a good P.

5/18/2008 10:23:05 PM

i just dropped derek lowe...ive had too much of his shit...picked up Milton Bradley

also big ups to Carlos Beltran...my weekly lead went from 7-4 to 8-3 when Beltran went from 0/3 to 0/4

[Edited on May 18, 2008 at 11:06 PM. Reason : my avg is .309 this week...opponent was .310 before Beltran's last at bat; dropped to .308]

5/18/2008 10:56:35 PM

I cannot find a damn thing on Josh Hamilton so I am assuming he is good to go this week.

He pinch hit last night so surely it isn't bad....

5/19/2008 12:16:35 PM

i'm playing him this week...i just know the injury had nothing at all to do with his knee that kept him out last season

5/19/2008 12:36:29 PM

Peavy is gonna miss 1 start...at least...this could be very bad

5/19/2008 5:37:14 PM

i'm one day from picking up pence on waivers...i saw he was dropped this weekend and made 6 transactions to bury him in the transaction list.

5/19/2008 5:42:35 PM

lol

Pence is a good young player, he can steal bases and hit for power

but god damn he annoys me...did you see him running in after he made a great catch a couple days ago? I mean it was a great catch but when he ran back in he just looked like a douche...reminds me of Paulus or Redick or Wes Millar or somebody like that

5/19/2008 6:25:44 PM

for those of you who are getting ready to take A-Rod off your disabled list and activate him for tomorrow's game versus the Orioles, you might want to consider adding Pedro Martinez to your now available DL spot (that is of course if he's not already on somebody else's DL)...he is supposed to be back in another ~2 weeks and supposedly he's feeling fine...he's getting up there in age, but he was pretty solid for the last ~month or so last year when he pitched...and if he gets injured again...well oh well thats how it goes

5/19/2008 7:40:06 PM

BJ Upton, Curtis Granderson, Cliff Lee, Connor Jackson, Marmol for Ordonez, Webb, Morneau..

Thoughts?

5/20/2008 12:45:49 PM

um the whoever is on the receiving maggs/webb/morneau side would be committing robbery

[Edited on May 20, 2008 at 12:52 PM. Reason : .]

5/20/2008 12:52:13 PM