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Detroit is tied for first in their Division. :tu

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NY Mets are in first place today!! :wo :wo

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Had to use that to start the thread.. Man I hope this moves fast!

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12 season locked already? No MVP or silver slugger awards given yet. Games are over, but the season hasn't officially wrapped yet till the awards are handed out imho.

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Who wants A-Rod? Trade you for a box of BGM.

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Couldn't pay me to take him!

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No way, BGM's are too good to give up. Maybe a Gurkha?

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That's cold, Bro!!!

:r:D:noon

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:r
Love it!

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Make it a Cremosa and he's yours!

All jokes aside though talks of him being possibly sought after by the Phillies as well now.

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How many posts per page are you set for, Garry? I can head up every page for you if you like. ;)

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Andy, when the awards are handed out I can open 2012 back up for discussion. PM me if I forget.

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Good news for the Mets:

"The Mets made a necessary administrative move on Oct. 30, exercising the 2013 contract options for third baseman David Wright and starting pitcher R.A. Dickey. In theory, Wright will make $16 million next season and Dickey will earn $5 million."

Now management needs to get to work on long-term contracts for both.

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Mets R.A. Dickey wins the NL Cy Young!! :wo :wo

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:noon:wo

R.A. Dickey!!

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Tigers get another piece of the puzzle yesterday signing Torii Hunter. His success versus lefties is one thing the Tigers were missing in 2012. Torii and the return of Victor Martinez is something for this Tigers fan to get excited about.

That, and Miggy's MVP! :wnr

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I'm a little leary about Hunter at this point in his career, but he put up good numbers this past year and his WAR was at 5.5. If I was a GM and had the money, I'd take that gamble.

Hunter leading off, need a two hole hitter, and Miggy and Prince. Looks like a dominant top of the order.

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Or lead off Jackson, and bat Torii second.

1. Austin Jackson (.300 Avg and speed)
2. Torii Hunter
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. Prince Fielder
5. Victor Martinez
6. Andy Dirks
7. Jhonny Peralta
8. Alex Avila
9. Omar Infante


I likes da looks o dat. :)

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Congrats to Cabrera & Posey.

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Jackson's numbers work too. In my book, the number one and two hole hitters shouldn't be much different with the exception of speed. Let the speedster leadoff and the obp hitter bat next. Sounds like the Tigers will be a run producing machine next year barring any injuries. What's next year's pitching for Detroit look like, Admiral? I know Velander will be back, but that's only once every five days. What about the pen?

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The starting rotation will include Verlander, Fister and Scherzer, so I think it will be as strong as any starting 3 in baseball, Andy. The Tigers will pursue Sanchez, but that is not a given right now.

The bullpen and the infield defense will again be the Achille's Heel unless changes are made. Valverde is gone, and I am not sold on Phil Coke as a closer. Benoit scares the crap out of me too, he gives up far too many long balls to pitch set-up in close games. While the offense will set-off the defensive liabilities IMO, the bullpen will need to be addressed if the Tigers are to make the post-season and beyond again.

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Torii Hunter will digress this coming year. .389 BABIP last season. Still, though, I would have like to have had him on my team.

Sounds like the rangers aren't going to be resigning Mike Adams because the Rangers don't sign multi-year deals to relief pitchers. Someone is going to get a stud.

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Hunter will still be an upgrade over Boesch and Berry. :2

Maybe the Rangers would like Berry for Adams? :noon

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Posey and Cabrera. All is right with the world. :tu

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Fixed it for you. And... we accept. :r

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Throw in Yu Darvish, Adrian Beltre, Ian Kinsler, Micahel Young, Nelson Cruz, and we will toss in Joquin Benoit. ;)

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Did anyone see the one writer who gave RAUL IBANEZ a placing vote for MVP? Or the NY beat writer who left Cano off his ballot entirely but included Soriano? How do these people have jobs in sports?

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Tommy Hanson dealt to the Angels for Jordan Walden today. That ATL bullpen is going to be STACKED.

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Wright is locked up for 7 more years. :tu :tu

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At kind of a bargain rate, too, considering the money all the other top stars are getting.

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Angels are reeling. Tommy Hanson's numbers are only going to continue to go down.

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Doesn't that contract match up to his age year 32 through 38? I always struggle with this. To me, paying a 38 year old ~$17MM is NOT a bargain usually. That being said, I understand locking up your franchise player.

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Supposedly the health of Hanson's shoulder is in serious question. That's the reason for the low-sell out of Atlanta

And I think that's right about Wright's deal, but considering what guys like Pujols, Votto, Fielder and all those other guys have gotten in terms of "career" deals/extensions, Wright's looks modest by comparison.

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Wright isn't the same caliber player as those you mentioned, thus his contract shouldn't be of the same caliber, either. :2

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BJ Upton in, Hanson out? Sounds ok to me. I did favor the redhead while he was in Atlanta and only wish him the best with the Angels.

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True. But he is the Mets' franchise, realistically. As a Phillies fan, if you told me I could have David Wright for that contract, I'd be very pleased.

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Tigers took Anibal Sanchez out of the clutches of the Cubs. They overpaid for him, but with a starting 4 of Verlander, Scherzer, Fister and Sanchez, I'm a pretty content Detroit fan.

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Hated to hear that .... :D

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:wo :wnr

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Opening day. Houston putting on a good beating right now.

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Houston still has a team? :confused: :lr

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Opening day for the Twins today. I'm excited for the season even though we'll probably lose close to 90 games. Plenty of offense but no pitching for the third straight year. Going to have some softball scores this year. It'll at least give me plenty of goods for my Twins blog. Baseball is back, and all is right with the world again. :noon

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There's something special about opening day.
Even if your team is "predicted" to finish dead last, the day is still filled with promise.
I'm real excited this year, as almost everyone is predicting the demise of the Yanks.
To quote the immortal Lou Brown - "I'd like to hang around and see if we can give 'em all a nice big $hit burger to eat."
Opening day, truly one of the best days of the year! :tu

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Hey Dom, with two wild cards, maybe we'll both get in.

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Mets are still in first place...at least til 4:00pm. :D Gonna enjoy it while I can.

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After last season and a strong finish by the A's.. Very excited for it to start tonight.

Waiting to see how Cespesdes does after a full season in the American League.

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So are the Cubs....ha ha ha ha

Don't think we'll be hearing "Cubs Win, Cubs Win!!" a whole lot this year.
Oh well there's always next year. Crap I was suppose to wait till August to say that.

Don

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Tigers look great on paper....time to be great on the field.