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Mike Pelfrey revisited

kershaw_equals_stud — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:19:35 -0000

I apologize if this subject was visited recently and I missed it. I'm just curious what the general consensus is on Mr. Pelfrey. 2008 he goes 13-11 with a 3.73era and 1.36whip through 200.2 inn. A good 110k/64bb ratio. This year the K's and BB's are both up a bit but he's giving up way more hits and runs and has a 5.08era and an awful 1.52whip. I have him in my keeper league and I have him for 6 dollars for the next two years if I so wish. With his 2008 season I am tempted to use one of my 15 valuable keeper spots. So is he just having a sophomore slump and will bounce back next year or is he just not good... Perhaps its the Mets awful luck this year that has sapped his desire. It'd be hard to be motivated on that team this year... Anyways if all of you well eduacted people would give me your opinion that would be great!!

Thanks.

Russell Martin

kershaw_equals_stud — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:29:26 -0000

Hello, I just joined True Blue. Contrary to my screen name I am actually a (blech) Indians fan. Big Dodgers fan though due to all of the exciting youngsters. Rooting for them to take it this year. I'm in a fantasy keeper league and am currently contemplating a trade for Russell Martin for Hunter Pence/Rod Barajas. I basically want to move Martin for salary reasons and will not be able to keep him for next season. Pence and Barajas are both affordable but doubt I will keep them for next year. Basically I'd want Pence to help me out with average/homers. So my question for you Dodger scholars is "Will Russell Martin start hitting?" He's heated up a bit but really... whats wrong?

Thanks and appreciate the input.

Help prove Yahoo wrong

kershaw_equals_stud — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:56:25 -0000

Yahoo has plastered on their front page this article http://www.yahoo.com/s/1070695 It says that Randy Johnson 6'10" vs Daniel Cabrera 6'9" is the tallest pitching matchup in the history of baseball. I thought about it a little bit and suddenly remember another tall pitcher in the NL. Chris Young for the Padres. He is listed at 6'10". However I can't find a site anywhere that shows me pitching matchups over the last couple years. They were in the same division the last 2-3 years and it seems to me they should have met at some point. I'm guessing Yahoo is right but I would love to prove them wrong....

Clayton Kershaw big year?

kershaw_equals_stud — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:34:49 -0000

So far this year in 2 starts. 12inn 19k 5bbi 3ha 1.50era 0.67whip.(no desicions yet though) I remember reading earlier this year (maybe on this site) that Kershaw could be poised for a Tim Lincecum type breakout this year. I realize this is only two starts into the season but man did he look filthy his last start.

When I read about the Lincecum type breakout I thought wow that would be awesome. His next start is Monday night against the Astros. Does he keep on dominating? What kind of a season do you think he is gonna have?

Is this the year Kershaw makes himself a household name? Can you see 2k10 with him on the cover?

By the way I hate 2k baseball games but love the last cover with Lincecum on it...COME BACK TO THE BASEBALL SIDE EA SPORTS!!!

Nick Adenhart tribute

kershaw_equals_stud — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:18:09 -0000

I am a big fan of basebal mogul and play it often. I was playing last night and was in the year 2028. I decided to see what kind of numbers Nick Adenhart had put up for his career. I decided to post this in honor of what Nick Adenhart could have been. May God Bless his family, friends, and the Angels organization.

Career Pitching Record
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	W	L	Pct.	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	BAA	HB	WP	CG	SO	SV	BS	DICE
2025	38	LAA	6	5	1	2	.333	6.75	29.1	22	22	35	5	10	12	.299	0	4	0	0	0	0	5.42
2024	37	LAA	30	28	6	9	.400	5.94	156.0	105	103	191	19	70	116	.298	6	11	0	0	0	0	4.56
2023	36	LAA	21	21	7	6	.538	4.55	118.2	61	60	126	9	53	110	.266	5	10	0	0	0	0	3.60
2022	35	LAA	25	25	10	8	.556	4.08	147.2	70	67	154	12	46	137	.261	3	7	0	0	0	0	3.20
2021	34	LAA	34	34	19	9	.679	2.97	215.0	78	71	178	19	56	205	.217	11	12	1	1	0	0	3.18
2020	33	LAA	34	34	12	13	.480	3.38	199.2	84	75	182	13	46	203	.234	4	10	1	1	0	0	2.56
2019	32	LAA	30	30	19	4	.826	2.54	212.1	65	60	182	10	45	214	.223	5	10	0	0	0	0	2.30
2018	31	LAA	32	32	10	8	.556	4.93	186.1	106	102	215	15	62	181	.284	7	13	0	0	0	0	3.21
2017	30	LAA	33	33	16	6	.727	4.69	188.0	109	98	207	22	58	189	.271	8	10	0	0	0	0	3.56
2016	29	LAA	32	32	13	8	.619	3.84	190.0	88	81	185	21	58	171	.247	9	11	1	0	0	0	3.69
2015	28	LAA	33	33	20	5	.800	3.36	200.2	77	75	174	13	52	191	.225	8	11	0	0	0	0	2.84
2014	27	LAA	31	31	13	8	.619	3.63	178.2	79	72	173	13	53	165	.246	6	9	0	0	0	0	3.09
2013	26	LAA	35	35	13	11	.542	4.24	199.1	98	94	199	15	68	176	.256	3	14	0	0	0	0	3.28
2012	25	LAA	39	30	15	12	.556	3.28	206.0	80	75	171	15	61	187	.219	9	19	0	0	1	0	3.15
2011	24	LAA	39	9	6	7	.462	5.48	113.1	69	69	146	10	46	92	.307	5	11	0	0	3	3	3.87
2010	23	LAA	37	3	3	3	.500	5.38	95.1	57	57	113	12	39	85	.288	2	7	0	0	0	0	4.14
2009	22	LAA	6	0	2	0	1.000	2.25	16.0	8	4	17	2	7	11	.262	0	1	0	0	0	0	4.56
Career			497	415	185	119	.609	4.02	2652.1	1256	1185	2648	225	830	2445	.253	91	170	3	2	4	3	3.30

This is just what Baseball Mogul had him do. I did not have the Angels as my team nor did I ever look at Nick Adenhart while I played. Overall I think he had a solid career. Sort of fizzled out quickly after age 35. He had 5 All-Star years. 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021. 2 Cy Young awards 2015, 2019. Unfortunately the Angels never won the world series while he pitched with them. The best they did was win the ALDS in 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019.

A-Rod admits and apologizes

kershaw_equals_stud — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:12:39 -0000

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-rodriguez-steroids&prov=ap&type=lgns

A-Rod may have let down alot of his fans but at least he is more of a man than most. I must say when I found out I was very disapointed. I always though maybe just maybe A-Rod is a pure baseball player. The fact that he can face the media and his fans and say yes I took steriods and I regret my decisions goes a long way in my opinion. Maybe it wasn't his decision (lawyers, agents, Yankees management) but either way I think this is better than how some other players have taken steroid accusations. aka bonds, palmerio, clemens.

CC To Yankees

kershaw_equals_stud — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:57:19 -0000

I am seeing stuff all over the internet that the Yanks are finalizing their monster deal with CC. Is this true? I am assuming it is and I think it is for 7 years.... wow....

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Vote on awards-AL Cy Young

kershaw_equals_stud — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:30:00 -0000

Ok, so I keep seeing everyone arguing about if CC should win a Cy Young and if Manny should be considered for MVP. Lets vote on a few of these issues... this is how it should be anyways, true baseball fans voting for the awards.... Since I can't put more than one poll in this post (at least I don't think I can) I will just put out 4 seperate posts (hope I don't tick everyone off). I'm really curious to see how the voting goes.

Thanks.

Poll

AL Cy Young

Cliff Lee

260 votes

K-Rod

6 votes

Roy Halladay

87 votes

other

4 votes

357 votes | Poll has closed

Vote on awards-AL MVP

kershaw_equals_stud — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:28:05 -0000

Thanks.

Poll

AL MVP

Dustin Pedroia

97 votes

Justin Morneau

75 votes

Josh Hamilton

48 votes

Carlos Quentin

55 votes

other

93 votes

368 votes | Poll has closed

Vote on awards-NL CY YOUNG

kershaw_equals_stud — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:26:15 -0000

Thanks.

Poll

NL Cy Young

Tim Lincecum

275 votes

Johann Santana

75 votes

CC Sabathia

37 votes

Brandon Webb

15 votes

other

5 votes

407 votes | Poll has closed