Rockies must have assumed Wilin Rosario was further in his progression than he actually is. Struggles to hit curves and making mistakes behind the plate. Not a good way to start off the Spring Training for a spot
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Man...I listened to the Jays/Braves split squad game played at Dunedin and boy um, the Braves pitching and defense completely booted things around in the 7th inning. It was pretty horrible to listen to and i'm sure if a Braves fan were to watch that game they'd be sick to their stomachs. Good thing Freddi Gonzalez wasn't there to see that spectacle.
Brett Lawrie continues to kick butt as he was 3-3 and Ricky Romero looked quite good even though he was a little disappointed in himself as he's working on a changeup but felt he left it out over the plate too much.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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Yeah Brett is scaring me.. makes me wonder what he'll do to the Yankees in the regular season. Here's hoping he does it to the Sox too
But seriously... he's 11 for 19 with 8 RBIs so far in spring.. come onWhy did I move here? I guess it was the weather.Comment
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I really wish the M's would have been able to get Lawrie instead of Jesus Montero for Michael Pineda. Apparently the M's GM Jack Z was pushing Toronto hard for Lawrie but couldn't sweeten the pot enough.Comment
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Chipper says he's hurting and doesn't know if he can make it through the year.
After Chipper Jones discussed encouraging signs he saw from the struggling Braves in a 4-3 loss to St. Louis Monday, the third baseman confided his most difficult spring training has him wondering how much more he can take.
“I’ve said it a million times, it’s hell getting old,” said Jones, who’ll be 40 next month and sounds as if he’s leaning increasingly toward retirement after this season.
His balky right knee is hurting even more than he thought it would. He went 0-for-3 on Monday and is 0-for-8 with three walks in four games this spring, having missed five games with leg soreness after playing the Grapefruit League opener.
“Tomorrow might be my last day,” he said “I don’t know. I don’t really focus on it that much. The body is starting to tell me every morning when I wake up that it’s getting close. I’m signed through the end of this year. If I play in a certain amount of games, I got an option for next year. I don’t know what next year entails.
“I don’t know if I can make it through this year.”
Jones, a likely future Hall of Famer, is entering the last guaranteed year of a contract that will pay $14 million in 2012. The deal includes a $7 million team option for 2013, which vests automatically at $9 million if he plays 123 games in 2012.
He played 126 games in 2011 despite a stint on the disabled list for arthroscopic right knee surgery, which kept him out of the All-Star game. He had reconstructive surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee in 2010, the second time he’s had that procedure.
He hit .275 with a .344 on-base percentage and .470 slugging percentage last season, well off his .304/.402/.533 career line. He had 18 homers and 70 RBIs; the only time he’s had fewer of either was 2010, when he had 18 homers and 46 RBIs in 95 games.
Still, his 33 doubles in 2011 were his second-most since 2003, and his .814 on-base-plus-slugging percentage was third among National League third basemen. But so far this spring, Jones doesn’t look capable of legging out too many more doubles.
“The big reason for me coming back was my teammates wanted me to come back,” he said. “I still feel like I can be a productive major leaguer. We’ll give it this year and see how it feels.”
He’s endured difficult spring trainings before, but this spring has been even tougher than a year ago when he was coming back from major knee surgery.
“Yeah, and I thought I was in pretty good shape,” he said. “Because I knew it was going to be hard coming into spring. But I was nowhere close to being ready. For the first 10 days we were here, it was painful. As long as I can take care of my knees. My knees have given me the most problems through the years. I dare say if I hadn’t had five knee surgeries I’d be getting around a little better and I’d be feeling a better about things going on my 40th birthday.
“As I alluded to earlier, this game is going to wear you down, whether you have major injuries such as two torn ACLs, menisucus tears – I’ve got no meniscus in the right knee. That takes its toll. I’ve got to go when I can go and tell Freddie [Gonzalez, Braves manager] when I can’t.”"You got it man. I don't watch hockey." SidVish"I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score."
Ricky Davis"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." Albert EinsteinComment
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I know i've been talking about him nonstop this spring but man oh man the things i'm hearing about Dustin McGowan has me feeling very good for the guy and by extension for the Jays. Jeff Blair (A guy who has been covering baseball in Canada for a long time now) on his radio show yesterday was talking about McGowan and how he's looking. He said that McGowan's got so much life on his pitches that it's looking like the way Doc Gooden used to look back in the day. Apparently the Jays are so pleased with McGowan that his originally scheduled minor league start has been cancelled in favor of him pitching against major leaguers on Thursday.
If McGowan is healthy and performing the way he is right now than that gives the Jays a scary good 4 starters in Romero, Morrow, Alvarez and McGowan. The big question mark is the 5th starter and Blair said that it wouldn't surprise him that the 5th starter ends up being someone who's not at camp right now though don't buy into the Blanton rumors started by Fox Sports' JP Morosi as Blair said Anthopoulos only went to see Blanton pitch the other day because the Phils were playing close to where the Jays were that day.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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I still think it'll be Cecil.
Travis Snider is raking it. I want him to do well to up his trade value. I don't think he nor Thames are the future at LF.Comment
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I Hope Chipper finishes the season. Even being a Met fan and us being rivals with the Braves a dedicated player like him deserves to finish his last season in the MLB.
In other news; Johan Santana and Adam wainwright seem to be doing good.Comment
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That's stupid, Chipper.Comment
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"You got it man. I don't watch hockey." SidVish"I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score."
Ricky Davis"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." Albert EinsteinComment
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He shouldnt have said he was joking. He should have said he meant it in a "who knows what will happen, I'm old" way rather than "****, I'm really scared I can't make it through the year" way.Comment
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I'm really excited to see Darvish pitch today.Comment
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