Rest Of Baseball - 2013

[Sgt PSN]

I don't get it. 

[Rome]

Pretty sure those attendance figures are outright lies.  The tipping point has been reached.  When it costs $65 a ticket to sit in reserved box past third base it's time to re-think your pricing structure. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Ike Davis is 1-for his last-40!!

[Dillen]

The Dodgers have a 16 year old pitching prospect in A ball.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Dillen do you still follow the Astros?

[Dillen]

Yep. This season is hard to watch, all the games take forever because their pitching is the worst staff I've ever seen a major league team have.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I was wondering...yeah, the pitching is historically bad. I can't see them all the time because I have directv and they don't carry Comcast SportsNet Houston but I watche last night and saw then in person a couple times...painful.

I like Dominguez and Castro looks like he's developing well.

[ice grillin you]

speaking of painful the marlins are on pace for about 400 runs scored this season....last year five teams had 400 runs at the all star break

[Dillen]

Aside from Norris and maybe Harrell, literally none of the guys on that staff are relevant long-term which makes watching the pitching even worse. The hitting's a different story. Castro looks to be panning out as one of the better hitting catchers in the league. Dominguez glove is slick as hell, and now he has 7 HR in the last 13 games and he's still 23. Still have no idea what to make of Chris Carter.

Their system is what makes watching all of it worthwhile. After all the tanking and trading they finally have good prospects in place. Jay Singleton is back off his suspension and George Springer is one of the best OF prospects in all of baseball. I dunno how close you are to Corpus Christi, but those two might be worth watching more than going to an Astros game.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I'm inside the city of Houston so Corpus is several hours away. I wish it was closer because I'd definitely be there. I love watching minor league ball.

Dominguez is the guy they got from Florida right? If that SS they picked last year develops they'll have a helluva infield. Altuve is very good.

Carter is gonna be an Incaviglia type where he mashes but hits .220-.240. If he can hit .260 he'd be a solid DH for them for awhile.

OF and pitching are their immediate needs.

[Dillen]

Yeah, dealt Carlos Lee for Dominguez. He was the Marlins first rd pick in 2008 I think, I'd say I'm surprised they gave up on him but it's the Marlins..

They have two top-of-the-rotation guys in their system but nobody else is very promising. Springer will probably be the everyday CF next year. He's getting McCutchen comparisons, I also heard him as a much faster (and aesthetically pleasing) Pence. I'm around Saratoga Springs and the Astros rookie ball team is right down the street, so after the draft I'll get to take a look at this years 1st overall pick for a little while too.

[Munson]

More fun with Adrian Beltre

[Geowhizzer]

speaking of painful the marlins are on pace for about 400 runs scored this season....last year five teams had 400 runs at the all star break

And 350 of those will be on Cole Hamels and Roy Halladay.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah, dealt Carlos Lee for Dominguez. He was the Marlins first rd pick in 2008 I think, I'd say I'm surprised they gave up on him but it's the Marlins..

They have two top-of-the-rotation guys in their system but nobody else is very promising. Springer will probably be the everyday CF next year. He's getting McCutchen comparisons, I also heard him as a much faster (and aesthetically pleasing) Pence. I'm around Saratoga Springs and the Astros rookie ball team is right down the street, so after the draft I'll get to take a look at this years 1st overall pick for a little while too.

I'm thinking about buying season tickets as an investment. The amount of visiting fans who go plus the usual Red Sox/Yankee/Ranger games will probably pay for the tix by themselves.

I like Bo Porter and found it funny how players were bitching about him shifting defenses a lot. I'm like "you guys are 14-30 or whatever...shut up and play"

[MDS]

in 2 years the astros might win the al west

they have the 1st pick this year and will have the 1 next year. add in their young talent and some free agent fill ins and theyll be legit.