2016 Random Rumblings Thread!

[HollywoodLeo]

Holy crap, Dontrelle Willis is actually pitching good.

[nick]

He wants his 250 wins!

[nick]

Date: Tuesday, 5/2/2016
Subject: Jake Smolinski learns new position
Jake Smolinski has made noteable progress
learning his new position, First Base.
I would rate his skills as "7" right now.

Regards,
Your scouting director


Eat yer hearts out Brett Lawrie, Ryan Dent...


#32 Jake Smolinski, Second Base, 27 yrs, Los Angeles (N) Dodgers - Out of the Park Baseball Report

[General]

Can someone tell me why Skipworth is sucking such a large penis? He finished last year with an OPS of 900+ for August and September, and yet this year he sucks.

Longoria sucks too.


****.

[Porter]

Batting AVG: .246 (28th)
Homeruns: 33 (T-24th)
Walks: 116 (19th)
Stolen Bases: 43 (9th)
Runs Scored: 165 (28th)

Pitching ERA: 4.14 (11th)
Opponents AVG: .247 (8th)
HRs Allowed: 34 (7th)
Walks Allowed: 108 (8th)
Runs Allowed: 166 (6th)

I finally get some pitching and now my offense wants to suck big time outside of Triunfel and Jones. Ill take the current 20-18 record though. As for Crew and Galloway, at the time i made those deals I was in a position to make a run and it didn't work out. Thats pretty much all I can say. It would be nice to still have Crew at least so I would have 4 solid starters instead of 3 guys and Aumont. Hes another bad month away from be replaced again.

[DiamondDave]

Argggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Even more injuries... gone from the best offense in the league to 24th, and top 5 pitching to 28th.. perennial performers not performing...

Well.. this may be a season where I get a good draft pick

Batting AVG: .244 (30th)
Homeruns: 34 (23rd)
Walks: 142 (T-5th)
Stolen Bases: 53 (4th)
Runs Scored: 167 (T-24th)

Pitching ERA: 6.04 (29th)
Opponents AVG: .267 (19th)
HRs Allowed: 59 (27th)
Walks Allowed: 165 (29th)
Runs Allowed: 245 (T-28th)

Rick Porcello OUT 5 weeks 0 days Ruptured Elbow Ligament
Hong-Chih Kuo Day-to-Day (90%) 1 days 0 days Blister On Finger
Andrew Miller OUT 5 days 0 days Bone Chips Shoulder
Luke Putkonen OUT full season 31 days Torn Bicep Muscle
Joel Zumaya OUT 4 days 0 days Inflamed Bicep Muscle
Pedro Duran OUT 1-2 weeks 0 days Tight Elbow

[Kingdom]

DiamondDave OUT with a hip replacement.

[DiamondDave]

But my Alzheimers makes me forget how I got hurt.. now who are you again?

[Providence A's]

Can someone tell me why Skipworth is sucking such a large penis? He finished last year with an OPS of 900+ for August and September, and yet this year he suck

the same reason Barton's OPS last year was about .100 lower than his career average (.789 in 2015 vs. .887 career). sometimes guys just have random down years. If anything Skipworth had a career year last year in his 2nd season playing full-time. He is below that first year and his career average though. It's only been a month and a half. He should improve, but sometimes guys just have off years.

As for Crew and Galloway, at the time i made those deals I was in a position to make a run and it didn't work out. Thats pretty much all I can say.

you were in a position to win at the time? what? you traded Crew in 2009 after finishing 53 - 109 in 2008...barely finished over .500 at 83 - 79. That's a 30 game turnaround and amazing, but hardly contending or making a run. you traded Galloway in Feb 2010 after that 83 - 79 season and finished with a record of 77 - 85. I wouldn't call that making a run either. In 2011 you made a mini-run with 88 wins, but that's the most you've had (3 games behind me for the division and 4 out in the WC). I wouldn't say you were in a position to win at the time of those deals as your best season happened 2 full seasons after the first trade and a full season after the 2nd trade was made.

[Porter]

My whole farm system was pretty much up and every single one of them badly sucked at once. Francis, Hill, Buchholz, Young and many of my the bullpen guys all never pitched near what they were capable of. The team talent wise was better than a .500 team. And it didn't work out.

[Hammer]

Yeah, but the game was different when you were in high school, Dave. What with the higher mound and segregation and all.

i realize that reply is 2 or 3 days old... but goddamned that was hilarious.

[Hammer]

the dbacks of 3 years ago are back... upton and montero are raking, my starters are sweet and my bullpen SUCKS. business as usual.

[Kingdom]

you were in a position to win at the time? what? you traded Crew in 2009 after finishing 53 - 109 in 2008...barely finished over .500 at 83 - 79. That's a 30 game turnaround and amazing, but hardly contending or making a run. you traded Galloway in Feb 2010 after that 83 - 79 season and finished with a record of 77 - 85. I wouldn't call that making a run either. In 2011 you made a mini-run with 88 wins, but that's the most you've had (3 games behind me for the division and 4 out in the WC). I wouldn't say you were in a position to win at the time of those deals as your best season happened 2 full seasons after the first trade and a full season after the 2nd trade was made.

I manipulated him into thinking my players would be good in Safeco. Hyuk.

[cjkalt]

Date: Tuesday, 5/2/2016
Subject: Jake Smolinski learns new position
Jake Smolinski has made noteable progress
learning his new position, First Base.
I would rate his skills as "7" right now.

Regards,
Your scouting director


Eat yer hearts out Brett Lawrie, Ryan Dent...


#32 Jake Smolinski, Second Base, 27 yrs, Los Angeles (N) Dodgers - Out of the Park Baseball Report

At least Lawrie can play respectable defense at most of his positions, and is hitting .380 on the season.

Losing Bergmann for the season is sick, but I'm not sure if its much worse than Kazmir and Stoffel having ERA's in the 6's

[Kingdom]

Recently signed FA's are being hit with a wave injuries. Interesting.