Let the Smack Talk Continue

Ok I know its just spring training...but my boys in Atlanta are backing up what im saying with what there doin. Check out the current Grapefruit League standings.

GRAPEFRUIT W L GB RS RA Diff
Tampa Bay 7 3 -- 66 54 12
Minnesota 8 4 -- 68 55 13
NY Mets 8 4 -- 45 47 -2
Atlanta 8 5 .5 81 61 20
Detroit 8 5 .5 73 59 14
Florida 9 6 .5 74 58 16
NY Yankees 5 4 1.5 54 52 2
Baltimore 6 5 1.5 71 64 7
Cincinnati 7 6 1.5 88 90 -2
Cleveland 6 6 2.0 70 66 4
LA Dodgers 6 6 2.0 71 57 14
Washington 6 7 2.5 67 62 5
Houston 6 8 3.0 78 95 -17
St. Louis 5 8 3.5 55 76 -21
Pittsburgh 4 8 4.0 76 79 -3
Toronto 4 8 4.0 42 48 -6
Philadelphia 4 9 4.5 60 91 -31
Boston 3 8 4.5 43 68 -25


So the only team to score more runs so far than the braves is the Reds. But the reds have also allowed more runs than they have scored so it doesnt matter. The Braves however have a 20+ run differential, the best in the league. Now take a look at the teams in bold to see how we shape up against the rest of the Division. Florida is the closest with 16+ followed by the Nats at 5+. Now look at the two teams with better pre-season accolades than ¡Los Bravos!. The mets are -2 and the Philbo's are a pitiful -31. I dont know what the better stat is, that the braves are +20 or that the Phillies are -31.

Once again i know this is just spring training, and the mets have had some injuries that have made the mets games farm hand harvests, but -31, for the team with the most NL MVPs/Capita. Sucks.

Let the Smack Talk Begin - Aaron

So I just wanted to get this season goin with a little smack talk for everyone. I know we dont even have teams yet, so there isn't much to talk smack about with our league. I can however talk a some smack about one league that is very far along, the NL East. There hasn't been as much talk about ¡Los Bravos! so far, but there are a smart few, Peter Gammons included, who are giving the NL East to ¡Los Bravos! Not Los Metropolitanos, not Las Pontracas, ¡Los Bravos! I don't know how everybody hasn't seen this yet. The Mets aren't that much better than last year. Santana will prove to be huge if they make it to the playoffs. But they have to get by some good teams to get there. The Phillbos are the same team this year, except for the fact that Howard has an extra $7,200,000.00 in his pocket. I think we all know how this ends up. Like this, or like this, or this.
¡Los Bravos! on the other hand have a lineup that looks a little like this:
1 Kelly Johnson (a bit of an odd leadoff, but good power and speed)

2 Yunel Escobar (MLBs next sensation. Saw this guy have a 4-4, 5RBI night in person)

3 Chipper Jones (MLBs best active switch hitter)

4 Mark Teixeira (The Heir to the best switch hitter Throne)

5 Jeff Francoeur (Got bigger and smarter, I actually saw him lay off some pitches)

6 Brian McCann (One of the top 3 hitting Catchers in the Majors)

7 Mark Kotsay (Great contact hitter that will get pleanty of RBI opp.)

8. Matt Diaz (Finished the season hot and has started the spring just as hot)

9. Tim Hudson (Coming off his best hitting season ever with an average of .263. {Andruw's last year was .222.})

Then of course there is the pitching, which is better than ¡Los Bravos! have had in a few years for sure. As long as they stay healthy you can't say that Smoltz, Hudson, Glavine, Hampton isn't one of the best rotations around. Right now the #5 is Chuck James, who has the best chance out of all of the pitchers on the rotation last year that has the chance of having what you could call a Career, as an MLB pitcher.

Long story short, fuck the Mets and fuckthe Phillies. Fuck em' right in their loser buttholes.

josh keepers 1.3

allright, i think i can stick with this one. i've run a few mocks, and the draft really falls off right at the break of rounds 2-3. i don't love who i could get there, and peavy will be gone, so i am going to keep Santana with round 3, pick 13. sorry for jerking anyone around. I will be, gulp, giving up pence in round 25. that feel dumb too, but i'm in the same boat as the comish; i could legitimately keep 7-8 guys b/c of value or overall nastyness.

and santana can only be traded for reyes or hanley. (or fielder or howard plus a hand job).

justin call me even if that's out of the question. i have something to run by you.

again:
Santana 3rd
Utley 4th
Soriano 8th
VMart 11th
Pronk 22nd

i only have off sunday, and i won't make any changes unless i'm on the phone with all of you or something because it's time for the dust to settle. thanks fellas.

J.West Keepers

So I'm going to try to go ahead and wrap this league up with my keepers.

1st-Hanley Ramirez
3rd-Miguel Cabrera
4th-Ryan Braun
8th- Mark Tex

then either
Carl crawford in the 5th
or Lincecum in the 30th

But i'm trying to work out a trade with Josh for Santana or Webb.

Trying to make a keeper trade

Anyone want Albert Pujols in the 3rd Round of Prince Fielder in the 2nd Round.

Aaron's Keepers 1.1

Ok guys I said it would probably be coming so here it is. I am changing my final keeper.
The new list is as follows:

David Wright - 1
Jose Reyes - 2
Jonathan Papelbon - 8
Fausto Carmona - 9
Chone Figgins - 15

Let me know if there is any protest to this. I want to make sure the league approves before this is set in stone...

keeper change

I've been back and forth for days, and I am going to make a switch. Instead of Gallardo with my last pick, I would now like to keep Victor Martinez in the 11th round. Let me know when the deadline for keepers is, because until that day i will agonize about keeping or leaving Johan. And if you can, confirm that the draft is Sunday March 16th, not that later day it says on Yahoo. thanks