# Baseball Spring Training Round-Up **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [March 21, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220 "2008-03-21T14:13:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/81 "2008-03-27T14:16:08Z")
Below the belt! Below the belt! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/82 "2008-03-27T14:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] Carl Pavano! [/QUOTE] Hey, that’s fighting dirty. Bucky, Buckner & Boone back at you. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/83 "2008-03-27T14:29:09Z")
I think Matt Clement would work as well. Pedro was the steal of that offseason. He is only hurt half the time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/84 "2008-03-27T14:35:33Z")
To his credit, Clement only took one ball on his chin, unlike most of the other Sawx. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/85 "2008-03-27T14:40:05Z")
Booooooo! (this thread is getting to be a dirt fight. I love it!) ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/86 "2008-03-27T14:46:29Z")
I was afraid that might have been a little over the top… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/87 "2008-03-27T14:52:33Z")
[QUOTE=bbs2k] (this thread is getting to be a dirt fight. I love it!) [/QUOTE] \ ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/88 "2008-03-27T15:43:54Z")
Hey, **silenus** – any idea what these guys are on about? Sounds like some sort of silly rivalry. Glad we don’t have to deal with any of that. ::keeps an eye out for **TroyMcClureSF** :: ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/89 "2008-03-27T21:51:34Z")
[QUOTE=What the … !!!] This year I can’t find a good ranking of player fantasy values on the net. Last year I came across one that allowed you to filter based on league and position. Anybody know of a good one? [/QUOTE] I couldn’t find one either (not free anyway, there was a s/w DL for $30 one), so I bought a magazine. The mags do a decent job, but come out way too early. Seems not too many leagues do an old fashioned auction anymore. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/90 "2008-03-27T23:38:46Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Hey, **silenus** – any idea what these guys are on about? Sounds like some sort of silly rivalry. Glad we don’t have to deal with any of that. ::keeps an eye out for **TroyMcClureSF** :: [/QUOTE] No clue at all. No idea. By the way, did you read the new _Sports Illustrated_, where they note that the Giants are so bad they’ve been relegated to T-Ball next year? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/91 "2008-03-28T00:24:32Z")
I keep trying to tell you left coasties that the Yankee/RedSux rivalry is much bigger than the Dodgers and Giants. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/92 "2008-03-28T00:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] I keep trying to tell you left coasties that the Yankee/RedSux rivalry is much bigger than the Dodgers and Giants. [/QUOTE] A rivalry has no significance at all to anyone outside it. So, to be honest, no rivalry can be said to be bigger than another. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/93 "2008-03-28T01:02:10Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] A rivalry has no significance at all to anyone outside it. So, to be honest, no rivalry can be said to be bigger than another. [/QUOTE] Not true, the Yankee/Red Sox rivalry has caused massive annoyance for fans of the other 28 teams because of the way Fox and ESPN over covered it for so long. I think that is why they are now\* the two most hated teams in baseball, along with their giants salaries. The Mets seem to finish a distant third despite having a payroll not far behind the Sox. - Well in fairness, hating the Yankees is a tradition that is really older than many sports. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/94 "2008-03-28T02:03:41Z")
Well, hell’s bells, one of my predictions has already come true, and the freaking season hasn’t even started yet. Jim Edmonds of the Padres is already injured. Apparently, he caught a spike in the batter’s box, and he said his knee felt like someone had hit him from behind with a bat… Terrific. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/95 "2008-03-28T02:37:05Z")
The Cards finished spring training on a tear, winning 7 in a row and 12 of their last 14. I know, I know, it’s just spring training. Still, I’m getting excited. They should at least finish the season somewhere north of .500. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/96 "2008-03-28T02:38:26Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] - Well in fairness, hating the Yankees is a tradition that is really older than many sports. [/QUOTE] Including baseball. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/97 "2008-03-28T02:38:49Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Not true, the Yankee/Red Sox rivalry has caused massive annoyance for fans of the other 28 teams because of the way Fox and ESPN over covered it for so long. [/QUOTE] THere’s no question you folks back East have been at it way longer. We just do it better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/98 "2008-03-28T02:42:14Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] THere’s no question you folks back East have been at it way longer. We just do it better. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Actually, historically, yours is the transported remnant of what was once the greatest rivalry in sports. Before the exodus, Giants/Dodgers was way more intense then Yankees/Red Sox or Cubs/Cards ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/99 "2008-03-28T09:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=Fear the Turtle] I couldn’t find one either (not free anyway, there was a s/w DL for $30 one), so I bought a magazine. The mags do a decent job, but come out way too early. Seems not too many leagues do an old fashioned auction anymore. [/QUOTE] Darn!! Anybody care to chime in on this list of players that are available in our league. Those that you think might be worth more/less than the conventional wisdom??? OF----------- J. Jones Scott Drew Owens Gutierrez Francisco Guillen susp Gomez SB Kubel Me. Cabrera Cust HR! Wilkerson Floyd Hamilton Bradley Stairs Gaithright SB Murphy Hollins Utility ----------- Renteria Millar Varitek Pedroia Gload Barton Broussard Overbay 3b ----------- Lamb Blalock Hanahan Iwamura? Rolen DL Marte ml? Starters ---------- Garland Wakefield Willis X Greinke Garland ! Hernandez X Mussina Kennedy Silva Washburn Sonanstine McGowan ! Slowey D. Cabrera Byrd Litsch Closers ----------- Sherrill Percival Reyes Wheeler Guardado Wilson Neshek future Betencourt Fukumori future ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220/100 "2008-03-28T12:43:07Z")
[QUOTE=What the … !!!] Darn!! Anybody care to chime in on this list of players that are available in our league. Those that you think might be worth more/less than the conventional wisdom??? OF----------- J. Jones Scott Drew Owens Gutierrez Francisco Guillen susp Gomez SB Kubel Me. Cabrera Cust HR! Wilkerson Floyd Hamilton Bradley Stairs Gaithright SB Murphy Hollins Utility ----------- Renteria Millar Varitek Pedroia Gload Barton Broussard Overbay 3b ----------- Lamb Blalock Hanahan Iwamura? Rolen DL Marte ml? Starters ---------- Garland Wakefield Willis X Greinke Garland ! Hernandez X Mussina Kennedy Silva Washburn Sonanstine McGowan ! Slowey D. Cabrera Byrd Litsch Closers ----------- Sherrill Percival Reyes Wheeler Guardado Wilson Neshek future Betencourt Fukumori future [/QUOTE] Might help to see your current roster. how many teams in this league? Hamilton is having an awesome spring. Gomez looks like he has won the center field/lead off competition. He is very raw, but can fly. Greinke should not be a free agent, nor Mcgowen. Grab them both if you have room. Garland! is not as good as Garland 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-spring-training-round-up/442220.md?page=6)