He's consistently awful in the post-season, save for maybe 2009.

Doesn't mean that Ibanez should be in Rodriguez' spot.

If it was up to me, he would be.

Girardi dropped A-Rod to the 5 spot tonight.

No comeback today for the Oakland A's who I hope can actually build from this experience and not have to act like a college team losing tons of seniors to graduation.


As for the Tigers, Verlander is the man when it comes down to do or die.

I am just glad that IF the Yankees turn out to win game 5 that CC will also have to wait a few games before pitching again.

A-Rod not in the starting lineup tonight.

This Nationals vs Cardinals game is crazy.


I have no problem with the Tigers keeping up with NY offensively and I actually am okay with our starters but if it goes deep into the relief pitchers....

Jose Mesa thinks that is a chokejob.

With the Cards win, every series has gone against my wishes.

Either way, I'd want the NL team to win the Series.

Preference of teams left:
Giants
Cards
Fuck it.

Expos blew it

I just wanted to say how hilarious and awesome it was that the Nationals were eliminated.

Scott Boris is a clown, The Nationals are fucking morons, and I hope the team misses the playoffs for many years to come. They truly pissed away an entire season and a possible chance at a world series because of a stupid decision to shut down their best player to be 'safe'. I hope Strasburg has to have more surgery next year. I hope everything possible that can happen does happen, to show what a huge mistake they made. If i was a Nats fan, I'd be furious.

Fucking idiots.

I know, right? like if the infallible Stephen Strasburg had started their bullpen would like, totally have not blown that lead!

It's impossible to say such things... and i know this... All I'm saying is that when you take perhaps your best player, 'the franchise' so to speak, and shut him down, your team is not as good. The decided that it would better to make their team worse right before the playoffs.

It's stupid... no wonder so many pitchers get injured these days. They are babied like little fucking bitches. If i was Strasburg i would have said "fuck you I'm playing... or I'll be demanding a trade in the off season". If the guy went quietly though, then he may not be a player i even want on my team.

It's one of the stupidest decisions i've heard of in quite a while.

ha ha, The Tigers didn't make that last inning easy on the heart but FINALLY no late heroics for the Yankees!! One more win to get back to the World Series!! Go Get Em Tigers!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fMqnFQRiUs

It's like when the Canucks shut down the Sedins for the playoffs every fucking year

Indians trade reliever Esmil Rogers to Toronto for shortstop Mike Aviles and utilityman Yan Gomes.

Pretty nice haul for a single reliever. Aviles may be Asdrubral Cabrera's ticket out of town.

ORTIZ IN BOSTON FOR TWO MORE YEARS
I'M HEARING THE NATS MIGHT SIGN MICHAEL BOURN

Hamilton signing with the Giants? Not sure I like the sound of that choker signing with my team.

Mike Aviles stinks. He's - at best - mediocre defensively and had a putrid .282 OBP. He's an out machine.

I think they're just refilling their quota of sterioid users on the team.

We'll see. He's a step down from Cabrera, but he's a two-year stop-gap until Francisco Lindor (the top prospect in the organization) is ready, and the team has to explore trading Cabrera (and Choo and Perez) for help. The Indians are bone dry in the upper levels of the system. And they picked up Jimenez' option ( ), so pitching help is sorely needed.

Considering they just gave up a piece from a position of depth for two players who are likely making the roster next year, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Not much else I can put stock into unless I see them put two halves of a season together.

man, Cleveland's depth must really be awful if you think Gomes is likely to make the team. nice story, but not a Major League ball player in any way from what I've seen.

also I'd love it if that trade was just a precursor to a big trade between the teams. Cabrera and Choo are both guys the Jays should be targeting.

They're not giving him spot outright. He can compete for a spot, most likely as a backup catcher. That tells me that they're seriously considering moving Santana to first base full-time. He also has experience in the outfield, and they've been looking for another corner outfielder who can keep out there without a platoon and provide some decent pop here and there.

Considering that they're in a rebuild (again, but they front office doesn't want to admit to it), they're trying to get younger and hoping that whoever comes in actually pans out this time.

It's not an ideal way to go about it from a Indians fan's perspective, but I'm trying to keep an open mind in holding out hope that Francona can develop this team in a way that Acta never could.

Hope sucks. But I'm resigned to it.

And I know nothing about the Blue Jays farm system, so I don't know much about what you have. But we need pitching. Lots of it.

Yes. Cabrera especially... they need both a shortstop and a second baseman. Escobar is still a part of the team, but I think they plan on giving him the boot after that whole fiasco of his, not to mention his big attitude problems. Oh, and he also stinks.

Unless they have plans for either of those positions, I think Anthopolous should have hung onto Aviles for now. Or at least not trade him for a reliever. Fuck... they traded a reliever for him in the first place. (plus gave away a Manager, if you want to look at it that way... )

I'm really starting to not like Alex Anthopolous.

CORRECT

He wants seven years, $175 million. Essentially A-Rod's pay scale.