Sep 21
Yesterday, they were all giddy over at the Kansas City Star, because the Royals were no longer the worst team in baseball. Should they have to print a retraction today? Yesterday the Rays finally won a game, and the Royals remembered that they suck, as they were shut out by Kelvim Escobar and the Angels. All of the sudden the Rays and the Royals are tied with 10 games remaining. The Cubs refuse to go quietly and pulled back within 3.5 games, but they are still 4 back in the win column and it is hard to imagine that both the Royals and the Rays can win four more games in their last 10. Especially considering the Rays have six games versus the Yankees and the Red Sox, and the Royals have all 10 games remaining against Detroit and Minnesota, two teams competing for playoff spots…Pittsburgh hurt themselves, and ironically they helped Philadelphia, by beating the Dodgers…Baltimore and Washington are competing for the D. C./Baltimore market, but they are no longer serious contenders for worst record in baseball…Finally, Milwaukee eliminated themselves last night in dramatic fashion.
David Price is a front-runner to be the top pick of Major League Baseball’s 2007 amateur entry draft. Price is a 6’6″ pitcher at Vanderbilt that some scouts have called the left-handed version of Mark Prior. This past season Price went 9-5 with a 4.16 ERA and 155 strikeouts in 110 innings. For Team USA this summer, Price went 5-1 and a 0.20 ERA with 61 strikeouts and 7 walks in 44 innings. He won Baseball America’s Summer Player of the Year award for 2006. Obviously a lot can change in the next 9 months. He could suck next year…He could sign Scott Boras as his agent…his arm could fall off…he could get abducted by aliens…he could get Matt Leinart pregnant…the possibilities are endless. In the meantime, the race is on! May the worst team win.
Sep 20
With only 11 games remaining it is starting to look more and more like a 2-team race between the D-Rays and Kansas City. Still, is it possible the race is already over? There are legitimate concerns that the Rays, may not win another game this season. On top of that, teams in second, third and fourth place all have played wining baseball over their last ten. That is just not going to get it done when you are chasing the pathetic struggling Rays. Last night Tampa Bay lost their ninth straight to drop their magic number to 11. The Royals kept pace by losing the opener to the Angels 5-2. After winning three straight the Cubbies got back to their losing ways and remain alive in the race. However, at 4.5 games back, time is running out on the northside of Chicago. The Brewers stayed mathematically alive for one more day, while Pittsburgh, Washington and Baltimore are on their last breath.
David Price is a front-runner to be the top pick of Major League Baseball’s 2007 amateur entry draft. Price is a 6’6″ pitcher at Vanderbilt that some scouts have called the left-handed version of Mark Prior. This past season Price went 9-5 with a 4.16 ERA and 155 strikeouts in 110 innings. For Team USA this summer, Price went 5-1 and a 0.20 ERA with 61 strikeouts and 7 walks in 44 innings. He won Baseball America’s Summer Player of the Year award for 2006. Obviously a lot can change in the next 9 months. He could suck next year…He could sign Scott Boras as his agent…his arm could fall off…he could get abducted by aliens…he could get Matt Leinart pregnant…the possibilities are endless. In the meantime, the race is on! May the worst team win.
Sep 19
The D-Rays stretched their lead last night to a full game over the idle Kansas City Royals by falling to the Orioles 4-1 for their eighth straight loss. The Rays magic number is now 12. The win may have been the last gasp for Baltimore as they are now barely treading water. The Cubbies and did not do the wildcard-chasing Phillies or themselves any favors, and now have fallen to 4.5 games back. That win may have knocked themselves out of the David Price Sweepstakes. Colorado and Cleveland were both eliminated last night by posting unnecessary victories. Seven teams now remain in contention for the first pick of next year’s draft. Milwaukee faces elimination tonight.
Sep 18
Unfortunately the Devil Rays still have games left at The Trop this season. Otherwise, the race for the first pick in the draft would not be a race at all. The Rays have shown their true metal and have blown past the Royals into “first place” with 7 straight losses including sweeps at the Yankees and the Blue Jays. On the other hand the Royals are playing like…winners? It is supposed to be the Rays that have talent on the verge of contention, instead there now appears to be hope on the horizon for the Royals and the Rays are in shambles. The Royals are actually winning games and now appear to be tanking this race and handing the first pick in next June’s draft to the Rays on a bronze platter. Pittsburgh is another team that is all of the sudden losing winning games at the wrong time. Two weeks ago, the Rays and Pirates were virtually tied, but now Pittsburgh sits 5.5 games back, after sweeping the Mets, with very few games remaining.
Five teams were eliminated over the weekend, including Cincinnati, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle and Arizona. There are still nine teams that are mathematically alive, but it appears to be a 3-team race, with Kansas City, Tampa Bay and the Cubs. We are still keeping our eyes on Baltimore. They are trying, but the D-Rays may be too shitty for the O’s to catch them the last 2 weeks of the season.
Who is David Price? David Price is the front-runner to be the top pick of Major League Baseball’s 2007 amateur entry draft. Price is a 6’6″ pitcher at Vanderbilt that some scouts have called the left-handed version of Mark Prior. This past season Price went 9-5 with a 4.16 ERA and 155 strikeouts in 110 innings. For Team USA this summer, Price went 5-1 and a 0.20 ERA with 61 strikeouts and 7 walks in 44 innings. He won Baseball America’s Summer Player of the Year award for 2006. Obviously a lot can change in the next 9 months. He could suck next year…He could sign Scott Boras as his agent…his arm could fall off…he could get abducted by aliens…he could get Matt Leinart pregnant…the possibilities are endless. In the meantime, the race is on! May the worst team win.
