Pitchers and Catchers Report - Baseball 2013

[Hayduke]

MLB Pitchers & Catchers report on Feb 11th, position players show up starting the 14th, and pre-season games start ~22nd.

In keeping with longstanding tradition, the Reds start the season at home on April 1. In keeping with Bud Selig's disregard for all that is holy, they host the *$)*& Angels.

College baseball has (in theory) already started, but UT can't be bothered to put up scores or any news AFAICT:
http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-bas...ebl-sched.html

[B-Boy]

And those damn socialist Blue Jays are the odds on faves to win it all.
I am just glad that it looks like the days of A-Rod are coming to an end in the Boogie Down.

[Hayduke]

Team	'13 payroll estimate	'12 opening day payroll	% change
Arizona Diamondbacks	$89,000,000	$74,284,833	19.81
Atlanta Braves	$85,000,000	$83,309,942	2.03
Baltimore Orioles	$92,000,000	$81,428,999	12.98
Boston Red Sox	$150,000,000	$173,186,617	-13.39
Chicago Cubs	$103,000,000	$88,197,033	16.78
Chicago White Sox	$117,000,000	$96,919,500	20.72
Cincinnati Reds	$107,000,000	$82,203,616	30.16
Cleveland Indians	$71,000,000	$78,430,300	-9.47
Colorado Rockies	$73,000,000	$78,069,571	-6.49
Detroit Tigers	$150,000,000	$132,300,000	13.38
Houston Astros moved to AL West	$32,000,000	$60,651,000	-47.24
Kansas City Royals	$78,000,000	$60,916,225	28.04
Los Angeles Angels	$152,000,000	$154,485,166	-1.61
Los Angeles Dodgers	$213,000,000	$95,143,575	123.87
Miami Marlins	$45,000,000	$118,078,000	-61.89
Milwaukee Brewers	$72,000,000	$97,653,944	-26.27
Minnesota Twins	$80,000,000	$94,085,000	-14.97
New York Mets	$84,000,000	$93,353,983	-10.02
New York Yankees	$210,000,000	$197,962,289	6.08
Oakland A’s	$60,000,000	$55,372,500	8.36
Philadelphia Phillies	$158,000,000	$174,538,938	-9.48
Pittsburgh Pirates	$55,000,000	$63,431,999	-13.29
San Diego Padres	$65,000,000	$55,244,700	17.66
San Francisco Giants	$137,000,000	$117,620,683	16.48
Seattle Mariners	$71,000,000	$81,978,100	-13.39
St. Louis Cardinals	$115,000,000	$110,300,862	4.26
Tampa Bay Rays	$60,000,000	$64,173,500	-6.50
Texas Rangers	$120,000,000	$120,510,974	-0.42
Toronto Blue Jays	$115,000,000	$75,489,200	52.34
Washington Nationals	$113,000,000	$81,336,143	38.93
Totals:	$3,072,000,000	$2,940,657,192

[Hayduke]

Google honors Jackie Robinson's 94th birthday today.

[Apeville]

Anybody ever been to a Washington Nationals game in DC? That's on my list this year.

[pages]

I have a friend whose an editor with NPR.org, who goes regularly. He's also a harp player with a couple of bands in the DC area, I should probably get you two together, you would have a lot to talk about while you were watching baseball.

[Gray]

MLB Pitchers & Catchers report on Feb 11th, position players show up starting the 14th, and pre-season games start ~22nd.

In keeping with longstanding tradition, the Reds start the season at home on April 1. In keeping with Bud Selig's disregard for all that is holy, they host the *$)*& Angels.

College baseball has (in theory) already started, but UT can't be bothered to put up scores or any news AFAICT:
http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-bas...ebl-sched.html

What's your take on moving Chapman to the rotation?

[Hayduke]

What's your take on moving Chapman to the rotation?

In a way I hate to see him brought down to mere mortal status. He's not going to be nearly as scary with a high pitch count and a two-digit radar reading. I'm also worried that slowing him down and giving more batters more time to look at him could eat into his advantage in a way that makes him less valuable in the closing role if they have to send him back to the bullpen. I wasn't expecting the decision this early and I'm wondering what he did over the winter to expand his repertoire to convince Dusty that he was ready.

Edit: Another issue is that he's been getting slower year by year and I don't know how much of that is physical and how much is a trade-off for control, but Dusty knows and that might factor into the long view.

[Hayduke]

Curt Schilling says Red Sox officials encouraged him to use PEDs in 2008
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...-peds-in-2008/

[Hayduke]

1912 World Series (probably the Polo Grounds). Who's ready to put on a suit, a bowler hat, and some loose-fitting underwear and go to a game?



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