Gattis with a HR today

astros gonna lose 150 games this season

Gattis, Pastornicky (!), and Terdoslavich are hitting really well this ST.

If think Janish may not be ready by Opening Day. I forgot he had that shoulder issue at the end of the year that required surgery. He should be good close to Opening Day or shortly after, but if he's not I could see the Opening Day bench being: Gattis, Terdoslavich, Pastornicky, Reed Johnson, and Chris Johnson/Juan Francisco.

I'm guessing Gattis all but has the backup C role locked up until Mac gets back, that is unless they just want to start him AAA for development reasons.

Terdo could very well take that last bench spot full time. He's hitting very well, is a switch hitter, and can handle LF and 1B if he needs to play the field.

In other news, Jose Constanza still has reported to camp due to visa issues. What in the world could be the hold up?

Hey, what do you guys think about these bets I made, I hope they are not favored because I heart the Braves.

Josh Hamilton vs Justin Upton (+10 HR, +25 pts BA, +35 RBI's) min ABS 500 ( I took Upton with the handicap.)

Ryan Dempster - 4.15 ERA has the over min 100 innings ( I took over)

Dodgers vs Washington More Wins
Red Sox vs Atlanta More Wins

Heyward + Freeman combine 50 or more HRs.

I like the Upton vs Hamilton bet. The HR portion could be problematic, but you got to figure Hamilton is a bit of an injury risk and he doesn't get to play 81 games at The Ballpark this year.

Dempster bet - probably close to a flip. Moving to AL East should be tougher, but who knows. ERA is a pretty fickle thing.

Dodgers vs Washington - Like Washington. Probably not a huge +EV wager, but you definitely got the best of it there.

Red Sox vs Atlanta - I'll take Atlanta all day, not just because I'm a fan. AL East will be tougher than the NL East this year with the Marlins in tank mode, Mets still too young and with no OF, and the Phillies being old.

Heyward + Freeman bet - lock it up. Without injury they definitely hit > 50 HRs IMO.

Thanks for the reply Tdom, ya, I'm feeling pretty good about those lines. Have a few others too, not Braves related, opinions on these 2?



Mike Trout vs Bryce Harper ( +5 HR, +32 pts BA, +12 RBI's) min ABS 500
[Being from Las Vegas, I'm a big fan of Harper, I just home that isn't getting in the way of this bet]

Yankees will NOT make it to playoffs
[this was a little tougher bet, I made it 2 months ago, feeling better about it now. The extra wild card doesn't help]

Not sure on the HR portion on the Trout vs Harper bet. It would seem to me that just by batting order position that Harper is probably a favorite to get more RBI than Trout, but IDK. Being in the AL should help Trout a bit in the RBI department. As for BA, I feel like Trout will regress a good bit in that department so +32 pt spot looks solid.

Your Yanks bet looks great now. You gained a lot of equity in the last few weeks with their injuries. They are still the Yankees, though, and capable of making a big move to fill a hole (although I don't think Cashman will do much since the injured players should return sometime in May). 2nd WC is tough, but the Rays are still very good and the A's and Angles and Rangers should have a good 3-way battle for the AL West where one (or two) end up in one of the WC spots.

Ya, Harper should get RBI's straight up, especially now that it's looking like he will be in the 3-hole.
HRs.
Harper hit 22 last year, Trout hit what... 30?

For whatever reason I feel like Harper is going to have a breakout season, .300+ 100 RBI's+ and 35+ HRs.

I feel like Trout ran really good last year, not that he isn't a terrific player, I just don't think he is equal to Harper in the long run.

simmonssssssssssssss

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...edint_cubint_1

please don't get hurt

Ya, I saw that play live. I haven't missed any other the Dutch games, I played there back in 2008 and I enjoy watching Current and EX Braves play.

Anyone watching the USA vs Mexico game now? Dickey gave up 2 runs to Mexico in the 1st already.

Braves going to win 100 games. Shot: called.

Do we think there's 10 people and enough interest in this thread for a thread fantasy baseball league?

I'd be happy to set it up.

Definitely on ESPN because all my leagues are there, head to head (roto is boring), 6x6 categories (R, HR, RBI, AVG, SB, OPS and W, L, ERA, WHIP, SV, K)

Sound good?

in. haven't played fantasy in years..it is time for my comeback

I'd play

Could do an NL only league if we can only get like 8 so it's still deep.

Ok I made a league, 10-team mixed.

Draft is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 26 at 8 pm Eastern

Pm me your email address and I'll invite you to the league.

I work all day Sunday but I'll update everything at night.

Two Plus Two Single-Team Season:

1. TJ Eckleburg12
2. hard2tel
3. tdomeski
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Ok, hard2tel and tdomeski are invited!

If we get enough people maybe we can make it a 12 team league... I guess most of the regular posters aren't in midseason form just yet.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/...nkees-Chipper/

CASHMAN! Stay away from Chipper.

Invited Borgland to the league. Slots filling up fast! I guess it will come down to which posters actually check the thread in spring training

1. TJ Eckleburg12
2. hard2tel
3. tdomeski
4. Borgland
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Good chance Heyward goes #1 overall in this league!

#1 Heyward
#2 J. Upton
#3 BJ Upton
#4 Medlen
#5 Kimbrel
#6 Freeman
#7 McCann
#8 Hudson
#9 Simmons
#10 Minor

First round obv

I've never done fantasy baseball, but I'd love to give it a shot if you need a field filler.

lol, fun article. Yankees minors must be completely depleted.

I want in for fantasy. You guys need a doormat.

Would I have to be present during the draft or is it something you can pre arrange?

Seems your confidence is about as high as mine.