Posted Sunday, July 25, 2010 02:45 PM
Matt LaPorta
7 pitches in 2 at bats, 1 foul off, 2 Ks, leaving 2 runners on. A deer in headlights thinks Matt look scared right now
I know Brewers fans, he was your #1 prospect, and it was so difficult to part with him to rent yourself an ace to carry you into the playoffs. I said it back in July '08 here on covers, trading an ace of a staff for no special pitching prospect and also not getting a proven major league commodity position player back is god damn highway robbery.
But don't worry, when if LaPorta does ever figure it out it will be in 2012-2013, he will be traded away as the Indians won't be able to afford him or resign him
Posted Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:22 PM
Teams clearly better than Cleveland on paper:
1) Boston 2) Orlando 3) Miami 4) Atlanta 5) Chicago 6) Milwaukee
After that you have:
NJ - Will be much improved but not so much to be a playoff team today
NY - Even with Amare, I think Cavs are overall better. Depends who else they add in FA.
Philly - Adding Turner helps majorly, but they are not as deep as Cleveland.
Toronto - Please, they might win 20 games.
Detroit - I don't think so, clearly in rebuilding mode.
Indiana - Simply put, they score alot but give up more.
Washington - I would say Wall and Arenas are better, but day 1 Wall is hurt and Arenas trying to get back into NBA level play... not good for chemistry.
Charlotte - the only team that I consider better than CLE in this 2nd list, but in a divison of ATL, ORL, MIA I can see them losing more games.
I think the Cavs are probably a 7/8 seed as currently configured, winning as little as 40 games.