Woooooo! Going to see the Arizona Fall League and my boy DaveWadding!

Will Crazy Edgar join us? Will we need to open a kickstarter account? Stay tuned.

FIST PUMPS AND HIGH FIVES ALL AROUND.

Baseball really sucks

This season has been fun.

Lol Encarnacion is now out for the season. That leaves Adam Lind and J.P Arencibia as the only strting players who haven't missed significant time.

Anyone else taken a look at the rosters for the AFL? Any fun prospects to look out for?

FALL GUYS
The following Top 100 MLB prospects are scheduled to play in the Arizona Fall League this year.
Rank Player Org AFL team
1 Byron Buxton Twins Glendale
9 Javier Baez Cubs Mesa
19 Addison Russell A's Mesa
22 Aaron Sanchez Blue Jays Salt River
23 Albert Almora Cubs Mesa
25 Danny Hultzen Mariners Peoria
27 Jorge Soler Cubs Mesa
33 Alex Meyer Twins Glendale
35 Austin Hedges Padres Peoria
37 Kris Bryant Cubs Mesa
38 Mason Williams Yankees Scottsdale
41 Alen Hanson Pirates Scottsdale
44 Kyle Crick Giants Scottsdale
49 Corey Seager Dodgers Glendale
50 Andrew Heaney Marlins Glendale
57 Jorge Alfaro Rangers Surprise
64 Eddie Rosario Twins Glendale
67 Brian Goodwin Nationals Mesa
69 Tyler Austin Yankees Scottsdale
74 Colin Moran Marlins Glendale
76 Delino DeShields Astros Peoria
85 Garin Cecchini Red Sox Surprise
87 Eduardo Rodriguez Orioles Surprise
92 Jorge Bonifacio Royals Peoria
94 Marcus Stroman Blue Jays Salt Rive

<font color=goldenrod>Haven't watched one second of Mets baseball this week. Doesn't seem like I've missed much other than that they've practically locked up a protected draft pick.

They have zero excuses to not sign a quality free agent this winter. Shin-Soo Choo is the guy I'm hoping for as I think his style of play would be perfect for Citi Field and he'll be much cheaper than Ellsbury. But they have to at least get somebody.</font>

Soriano's got a nice smile. Our babies would be cute.

But would he Fear the Deer?

Pretty big series for the Yankees right now. Get a nice cushion for the Wild Card spot, and play some catch-up with Boston for the AL east.

Next couple weeks are critical.

Undoubtedly.

we had a catcher stay at our folks' place this past christmas by the name of cody clark. 31yo, playing in our offseason league and was off contract at the time and contemplating giving it up...got picked up by the Astros organisation and spent most of the year at their AA affiliate

couple of 7 day DLs to their big league catchers and he gets his brief stint in the bigs. something like crash davis' story in bull durham. point is he nabbed his first hit for the astros today and we're all popping champagne corks down here. nicest guy on the planet

Lol J.P Arencibia is now hitting .203. Worst batting average in Jays history.

Tell me, Gertner... under the Mendoza line or no for J.P. this year?

Weird, I know of one of those dudes who went on the 7 day DL

Small world eh. Tell him we said thanks for getting slightly hurt

<font color=goldenrod>Mets/Marlins in the most pointless double header ever today.</font>

:cool: Red Sox beat the Yanks. Magic number is now just 6 to lock up the division.

<font color=goldenrod>Wright is still working his ass off to get back before the end of the year. I give him credit for it, but I hardly see the point. He'll be at 3rd base next year, and Zack Wheeler will be in the rotation. Those are literally the only guarantees for next year's roster given that Harvey could very well get TJS and d'Arnaud has struggled so mightily they may sign a veteran to push him for the starting job.

Duda is playing for a job right now. He can never go to the outfield again. It'll be either him or Ike at 1B next year. I can't see how both make the roster.</font>

I hate baseball right now

hate baseball

LOS D'BACKS

Caught an inning of the O's/Blue Jays game... sigh...

"Zach Duke" means "handkerchief" in Dutch lol

Might have been shown on the ROOT broadcast, will check later

<font color=goldenrod>Leyland must be on something. Fielder on first base with 2 outs, down 1-0 in the 9th. Infante doubles to left. Fielder unsurprisingly gets thrown out at home to end the game.

Practically everybody in the league is faster than Prince Fielder, so I'd find it hard to believe that there wasn't SOMEBODY that could have pinch run. Especially with expanded rosters.</font>

Highest percentage of team wins saved by a single player:

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Todd Helton is retiring and I am sad

I have seen him play in his rookie and final year (and once in between). He had a good career.

Only saw Todd play once, a few years ago at Yankees Stadium. I hope the Cooperstown contingent doesn't screw him over like they've done with Larry Walker.

Love Todd Helton :(

Mo, Todd Helton, Vladdy...:'(

Ohhhhhhh Blue Jays. What a waste.

J.P will bat .195 for the season.

They will.

Vlad, on the other hand, has a good shot at making it. Not 1st ballot, but eventually.

That's a crock if they shaft Helton like that. Vlad should be a first ballot guy; in his prime there was no one like him in that he was a 40/40 guy with an arm not seen since Clemente and perhaps the best hand-eye coordination we may ever see. 10 great years and arguably the best at his position for that time.

Think I've said it before - Vlad was my favorite non-Cub growing up. Remember being so pissed that the Cubs had Sosa and weren't going to try to sign him prior to his deal with the Angels.

Andrew Cashner with a 1 hit perfect game. 27 up, 27 down.

Which is not a thing. He faced the minimum. Great outing.