Around the MLB 7/8

[nando714]

Oak @ Pit

Tex @ Balti

Thats all I'm paying attention to right now

[seenoevil]

Puig just tied his shoe laces

[nando714]

A lot of rain around the league today

[rageous]

Tigers vs Indians

Royals vs Yankees

Twins vs Rays

are all important games and teams that are ahead of the Angels in the wildcard standings.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Scherzer trying to go to 14-0.

Haren just came off the DL, but his suckage continues.

[Corona]

Bartolo is on that Barry Bonds diet.

[m0nkey]

Manny Machado is so good

[Brent Maguire]

Machado has 39 doubles on the year. Trout is 2nd in the AL and has less than 30. That's nuts. 

[Corona]

Machado is on pace to break the doubles record. 

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Bartolo is on that Barry Bonds diet.

At 40 and six years after it looked like he was washed up, he's having one of the best seasons of his career. That makes sense.

[Troll Daddy]

Guess who? Text to manager: play me or trade me!

[Brent Maguire]

Phillies should be in selling mode now. Howard was heating up and is now out 6-8 weeks. They should be calling up the Dodgers about Cliff Lee and the A's about Chase Utley right about now. If Amaro doesn't try rebuilding that team, then he should be canned at the end of the year. 

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Guess who? Text to manager: play me or trade me!

That was a joke.

[Corona]

Phillies should be in selling mode now. Howard was heating up and is now out 6-8 weeks. They should be calling up the Dodgers about Cliff Lee and the A's about Chase Utley right about now. If Amaro doesn't try rebuilding that team, then he should be canned at the end of the year. 

I think they're shopping Young, Utley and Papelbon, but plan on keeping Lee since they feel that they might contend next year.

[Brent Maguire]

I think they're shopping Young, Utley and Papelbon, but plan on keeping Lee since they feel that they might contend next year.

I can see Detroit taking on some of Papelbon's contract since they desperately need a closer. 

[tdawg87]

****in' AL East.

[fan_since79]

At 40 and six years after it looked like he was washed up, he's having one of the best seasons of his career. That makes sense.

 I believe he's gained about 5 mph on his fastball since 2009. Yeah, lots of sense.

 

edit: Oakland just won, and Colon is now 12-3.

[AZMike]

Both Oakland and Texas are winning and remaining in a dead heat for the division lead. Before the season started I expected AL West to be a close three way race with Oakland ultimately winning, and the Angels ending up in a close third.

 

It now looks like that last prediction will only be half-correct. Angels will end up in third but it will not be close. 

[sneaky_flute]

i think texas will win the division with the angels coming in at a close second

[AZMike]

i think texas will win the division with the angels coming in at a close second

I could easily see Texas winning as they get players back from the DL, but why do you expect Oakland to collapse to the point the Angels will catch them?

[tj_]

Nats vs Phils earlier - Haren lost.

[Corona]

Gomez just robbed a 2 run home run to end the game in Milwaukee. The Reds would've taken a 5-4 lead.

[AZMike]

Watching a bit of Dodgers/DBacks.

 

Dodgers are heating up. They're about to pick up a game on the DBacks (up 5-0 at 7th inning stretch as of now) and appear to be a much better team than they were at the beginning of the season. I could see them winning the NL West this year.

 

edit: Greinke is 3-3 as a batter (averaging >.350 on the season), and is pitching a 2-hit shutout through 7. 

[nando714]

On our day off we lose .5 gm

This is gonna be tough

[AZMike]

On our day off we lose .5 gm

This is gonna be tough

 

We have 13 games each against the A's and the Rangers. We'd only need to 11-2 against both of them directly, and keep pace with them in general, to make up the gap