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Christopher McElroy
Joe Maddon as a GM? Could you imagine that? Travel day! The entire Angels organization has dressed up like robots!!
Ian_Smell
I didn’t see CJ Wilson’s name in the beginning, so I thought it just said Holland was going to start the first two games. I thought: “I know he’s good, but I didn’t think he was THAT good.”
MadmanTX 2
So, if we get Darvish, can we still sign other free agents?
MaineSox
Nope. Limit one per customer.
BoSoxSam
Mathis couldn’t hit before the fans started hating him. That’s WHY they started hating them. So I don’t really care about this “emotional drain” crap, he needs to just be better at what he does.
WrigleyTerror37
Real mature man, bringing a guy down bc he cant figure out mlb pitching… Well at least hes Better then you hes in the Majors!!! So sit in your chair and comment on how “poorly” he hits. and im going to laugh in your face when he leaves town and pulls a Mike Napoi(sp?) on you. Good luck Mathis, a change of scenery might help, or a better hitting coach!
NathanielS
Are you high?
start_wearing_purple
Terry Tiffee can also hit better than at least 95% of the people who post on this forum… I still wouldn’t want to see him on my team.
Sniderlover
Pulls a Mike Napoli?
AAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH…
He is probably not even a good Double A hitter but it doesn’t matter since that’s not his game. His game is supposedly his “great” defense which I don’t think is all that great or even good.
CAD_Monkey
Are you the one that convinced Coletti to sign Eugeni0?
I think I hate you…
notsureifsrs
“Nightengale’s scout sources, for the record, unanimously predict “stardom” for Darvish”
as they did with daisuke “four plus-to-plus-plus pitches” matsuzaka
not saying it’s impossible, not doubting darvish’s talent, not saying they’re the same. but we’ve had scouts rave like this before. what i’d be really interested in is a scout’s breakdown of 2011 darvish v. 2006 matsuzaka and why, specifically, he/they are confident he’ll turn out differently
cedarandstone
“scout sources, for the record, unanimously predict ‘stardom for Brien Tayor”
“scout sources, for the record, unanimously predict ‘stardom for Todd Van Poppel”
“scout sources, for the record, unanimously predict ‘stardom for Delmon Young”
YankeeBaseball
I’d say the Yankees win Darvish plus keep Sabathia. They have the greatest need as we just saw… and are especially looking to get a lot younger in the rotation to compensate for their aging lineup… (the Albatross Rodriguez and Jeter extensions are going to be brutal, especially Arod; 10yrs $300million? what were they thinking???)
CC Sabathia
Darvish
Nova
Hughes (until Banuelos is ready. Then he moves to the pen)
Burnett
I could live with that.
KyleB
Yankee fans always think they’re entitled to everyone…
YankeeBaseball
Never said they were entitled to anyone. I just think they’re desperate & mad enough to win on Darvish. They’re certainly not going to go the Garcia/Colon patchwork route again.
KyleB
With as good as Garcia and Colon have done this year why wouldn’t they give at least one of them another short deal (1 year)?
notsureifsrs
…because they can have yu darvish!
Jay
The yankees havent been great with getting players from the Far East
start_wearing_purple
Unless you count that Matsui character.
Encarnacion's Parrot
They can also have Igawa!
NYPOTENCE
The Yankees weren’t the only team in on Igawa. They just happened to have the misfortune of being able to win the posting.
slider32
No, but if they want him they will offer him the most money!
BoSoxSam
Sure you can have Darvish, or, Dice-K Mach II.
Glen Vehige
Mathis? A fine total player? Not sure if trolling.
RepOak
Bring Pujols with you aldrete! đ
KyleB
Y’all need your own ballpark.
RepOak
Build it, and they will come..
Chris Bell
If Mathis read everything Lyle Spencer wrote about him he’d think he’s the next Joe Mauer. Lyle’s nose is so brown it’s quite amazing he’s still able to breathe.
Encarnacion's Parrot
So Nightengale’s scout sources say that Darvish will unequivocally be an MLB star, yet he’s writing for a newspaper and not working in the MLB. Kinda says something about his reputation, and looking at the track record of Japanese pitchers who make the transition to the MLB, it kinda says I should laugh.
Should also mention that Kuroda is probably the only successful Japanese SP ever in the MLB, but if someone can find another for me, I’d like to be proven wrong (seriously).
A
Hideo Nomo.
PRKnight
you kno i keep seeing that Wilson might be going here or there, but how come i don’t see much talks from texas writers or others giving signs that he would sign back with the rangers. Â Why wouldn’t they spend some of the money they were willing to give to Lee to him. Â I feel like he has deserved it. Â Just makes me wonder that a team will win the bid on an unproven talent when they have their ace they can give that money to?
Rangersfan32 2
That’s cause Texas writers have no speculation about things. They know CJ will be back in Arlington next season.
John08Patriot
Because Texas writers are too busy writing about a team that is still alive & well in the playoffs.
bjsguess
Lyle Spencer has such a man crush on Jeff Mathis. It’s comical the stuff he writes.
Look – most Angel fans were pretty excited about Mathis 5 years ago. By now we all realize that he was a super over-hyped prospect that will never amount to more than being a back-up catcher.
NYPOTENCE
Angels can now possibly get better since Reagins left. Maybe they’ll come into their senses and realize you need a somewhat productive catcher.
ryanfea
Lyle Spencer is the worst writer in all of baseball. Why do you link to that hack?
TDKnies
So we can laugh maybe? đ
Diablo 2
Mathis being emotional? Are you serious? The fans stood and waited to see Mathis wake that bat up and he never did.. this isn’t on the fans this is on the player..Like a quote says don’t hate the game..(and the game is everything everyone plus the fans)…. Hate the player…and whoever gets that Darvish guy DAYUM he gona be scary hope it ain’t Rangers