There are fewer matchups that come to mind than the dominance displayed when Jon Lester takes the hill against the Orange Birds of Baltimore. Pedro against the Mariners anyone?
He goes out in the 7th at over 100 pitches and still shines like the Ace he is. J Les grabbed the bull by the horns and the Red Sox take the first game of the series for the 7th time in 9 series in June.
JD Drew was just a double shy of the cycle. I do however like the move back of moving Pedey back in the two hole. He was pressing and trying to take too many pitches that he normally hammers (and by hammers I mean hits hard in the hole for a single).
That's about all I have for the Sox tonight. But here's a couple questions:
What sort of market is there for Vladimir Guerrero once the season is over? I've gotta think that given his recent injury prone-ness he doesn't command what he used to but is still worth atleast 3 yr 25-30 mil. Let me know what you think in the comments? Please?
The question of the last decade. Why don't the Rangers trade for pitching? They have a Murderer's Row type offense out there with Hamilton Kinsler and Co. and I'm not sure if a damaged Ben Sheets is going to be enough...They have trade chips and I think they need to use them if they want to keep Hamilton in a Rangers Uni longterm.
Time and Time again I'm going to ask this. Who is better than Albert Pujols? This guy is THE MACHINE. ALSO, why would you pitch to him? No disrespect to Mark DeRosa but does anyone scare you in that lineup? Ryan Ludwick? Please, he's a poor-mans Aubrey Huff. The STLers need to get Holliday in their lineup for SOME SORT of protection for the BEST PLAYER IN BASEBALL.
Lastly, When do you think the O's start selling some of their older good players like Brian Roberts or Aubrey Huff? Should be soon! They have some GREAT young talent with Wieters, Reimold, Jones, Markakis, and some young pitching. They are definitely poised to make a run in the future but why not get some more prospects or an arm of the future to solidify your competition in the years to come?
Stay Tuned
Ryan
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hey man dig the blog..im from texas and big rangers fan. I am curious who do you think we could get besides sheets? Im really excited about our young guns. but i dont want daniels to make another jon danks for brandon mccarthy trade? Thanks man keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading man...Texas is someone that will continuously be at the top in all offensive categories, but instead of dealing pitching now they have to deal the lumber. I'm not sure exactly who they will get but one of their catchers SHOULD be gone (I'm a HUGE Teagarden fan, since his days with the Hook 'em Horns) he could be dealt. I've got to think that Arroyo is going to be available from the Reds if they don't turn it around pretty quickly but I don't think that they're going to mortgage the farm for a stop-gag in their rotation. So look for it not to be a number 1 starter but a 2-3-4 starter somewhere in that area.
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