gainesvillemarlin

Why doesn't he bat righty full time?? He is only batting .257 against right handed pitchers, which means he's batting lefty, but is batting .430 against left handed pitchers, which means he's batting righty. Don't you think that someone would say go ahead and bat righty full time and see how you do? 917487[/snapback] Because, like you said, those numbers are against the pitchers who are throwing left while he's battintg right, etc. You can't just say he will hit better right handed all the time, because he will face more right handed pitchers. 917491[/snapback] Don't you think it's worth a shot to see how he does batting right against righties?

Why doesn't he bat righty full time? He is only batting .257 against right handed pitchers, which means he's batting lefty, but is batting .430 against left handed pitchers, which means he's batting righty. Don't you think that someone would say go ahead and bat righty full time and see how you do?

Can someone tell me if Olsen is still injured or something?

The West Bank settlements are in violation of countless UN laws, so I see no problem with them supporting the rightful, disengagement of the West Bank.

As long as Vargas keeps his pitch count down, he'll be great down the stretch.

Where is that link to show which markets it will be televised in?

Salt Lake City, Utah 910740[/snapback] KSTU likely will not have the game. 910743[/snapback] Of course not. Is there a reason?

Well, are you in Gainesville? I can't see why WOGX/WOFL would decide not to air this game. But those 2 never fail to amaze me with their anti-Marlins actions. 910738[/snapback] Salt Lake City, Utah

They were advertising it yesterday as the main game during the Sox-Yanks game. 910732[/snapback] Good, so that means it appears FOX has dropped the Twins-Rangers game. This would be the 4th telecast of the Marlins on FOX this season, at least one more game is scheduled. More games may be added on Saturdays by FOX. 910735[/snapback] I just hope that they will show it here, so I won't be SOL on another Saturday due to MLB.tv procedures.

They were advertising it yesterday as the main game during the Sox-Yanks game.

I wonder what the record is for shutouts in a season by a team, does anyone know? 908572[/snapback] Bob Gibson alone threw 13 shutouts in 1968, and he's not even the individual season record holder. Cubs had 32 way back in 1909... 908795[/snapback] there's still time

*in the same predicament* I was thinking of asking what ya'll do on Saturdays when the games are blacked out... mlb gameday audio? -_- 908752[/snapback] cbssportsline game center. It's hell.

Florida in the LL World Series Florida in the College World Series Florida in the MLB World Series??? Everything happens in threes....

7 pitch inning for AJ. Awesome.

Please, no one knock on wood. OMG HOULTON IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!!

We jumped the White Sox after yesterdays game, and Dtrain jumped Oswalt too. TEAM RATING IF OF SP RP WIN% 1. St. Louis Cardinals, 1st NL CENT 133.56 5th 18th 2nd 5th .633 2. Florida Marlins, 4th NL EAST 131.11 12th 3rd 3rd 9th .521 3. Chicago White Sox, 1st AL CENT 130.76 9th 13th 4th 2nd .627 4. Houston Astros, 2nd NL CENT 126.35 6th 26th 1st 6th .533 5. New York Yankees, 2nd AL EAST 121.65 4th 2nd 20th 3rd .546 6. Washington Nationals, 3rd NL EAST 120.23 27th 15th 6th 1st .529 7. Los Angeles Angels, 1st AL WEST 119.90 8th 7th 5th 11th .575 8. Oakland Athletics, 2nd AL WEST 116.00 15th 16th 7th 7th .558 9. Boston Red Sox, 1st AL EAST 112.76 13th 1st 13th 16th .585 10. Toronto Blue Jays, 3rd AL EAST 111.99 7th 12th 8th 13th .525 11. Minnesota Twins, 3rd AL CENT 111.25 28th 9th 10th 8th .525 12. Philadelphia Phillies, 2nd NL EAST 111.14 20th 5th 17th 4th .533 13. Milwaukee Brewers, 3rd NL CENT 110.84 25th 4th 11th 12th .488 14. New York Mets, 5th NL EAST 105.29 17th 8th 9th 20th .513 15. Cleveland Indians, 2nd AL CENT 105.02 14th 11th 15th 14th .533 16. Atlanta Braves, 1st NL EAST 102.86 10th 21st 12th 21st .575 17. Baltimore Orioles, 4th AL EAST 96.76 2nd 25th 18th 18th .500 18. Chicago Cubs, 3rd NL CENT 96.27 3rd 27th 14th 24th .488 19. Texas Rangers, 3rd AL WEST 95.24 1st 22nd 23rd 25th .479 20. San Diego Padres, 1st NL WEST 93.53 26th 14th 21st 15th .496 21. Detroit Tigers, 4th AL CENT 89.00 11th 19th 16th 29th .479 22. Arizona Diamondbacks, 2nd NL WEST 84.84 16th 17th 22nd 28th .463 23. Cincinnati Reds, 5th NL CENT 82.44 18th 6th 27th 23rd .450 24. Seattle Mariners, 4th AL WEST 80.75 29th 28th 25th 10th .437 25. San Francisco Giants, 4th NL WEST 77.64 19th 24th 24th 22nd .445 26. Los Angeles Dodgers, 3rd NL WEST 77.04 21st 29th 19th 30th .454 27. Pittsburgh Pirates, 6th NL CENT 72.68 24th 23rd 26th 26th .425 28. Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5th AL EAST 72.09 22nd 10th 30th 19th .397 29. Colorado Rockies, 5th NL WEST 63.39 23rd 30th 29th 17th .372 30. Kansas City Royals, 5th AL CENT 58.86 30th 20th 28th 27th .319 PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE W L ERA IP BB SO 1. Chris Carpenter, STL 127.26 129.42 -2.16 17 4 2.25 180.1 39 169 2. Roger Clemens, HOU 118.78 121.80 -3.02 11 4 1.32 164.0 44 148 3. Dontrelle Willis, FLA 111.82 104.41 +7.41 16 8 2.64 173.2 36 122 4. Roy Oswalt, HOU 102.56 105.44 -2.88 14 10 2.67 185.2 34 129 5. Pedro Martinez, NYM 94.59 96.21 -1.62 12 5 2.96 170.0 32 172 6. John Smoltz, ATL 90.73 90.31 +0.42 12 6 2.89 183.2 43 136 7. Roy Halladay, TOR 90.15 92.46 -2.31 12 4 2.41 141.2 18 108 8. Jon Garland, CHW 89.11 91.43 -2.32 16 6 3.47 158.1 30 76 9. Mark Buehrle, CHW 88.66 91.18 -2.52 13 6 3.07 181.2 31 109 10. Bartolo Colon, ANA 88.38 90.65 -2.27 15 6 3.44 164.2 33 120 11. Johan Santana, MIN 85.10 78.97 +6.13 12 6 3.37 173.2 32 182 12. Andy Pettitte, HOU 83.34 84.58 -1.24 10 9 2.67 161.2 33 124 13. A.J. Burnett, FLA 81.90 83.30 -1.40 11 6 3.04 162.2 57 144 14. Livan Hernandez, WAS 81.09 75.81 +5.28 14 5 3.45 185.0 64 109 15. Jake Peavy, SD 79.87 81.24 -1.37 10 5 3.14 154.2 34 174 16. Carlos Zambrano, CHC 77.69 71.29 +6.40 10 5 3.07 164.1 69 149 17. Chris Capuano, MIL 75.24 68.14 +7.10 13 8 3.61 162.0 63 125 18. John Patterson, WAS 74.31 75.58 -1.27 7 3 2.44 140.1 45 133 19. Kenny Rogers, TEX 73.49 73.91 -0.42 11 6 3.03 145.1 38 69 20. Josh Beckett, FLA 73.24 74.49 -1.25 11 6 3.31 130.1 40 119 21. Jeremy Bonderman, DET 72.90 71.53 +1.37 14 9 4.02 170.0 53 133 22. Mark Mulder, STL 69.93 61.28 +8.65 14 6 3.87 160.1 55 85 23. Rich Harden, OAK 69.23 71.01 -1.78 9 5 2.78 116.2 40 108 24. Barry Zito, OAK 68.84 70.13 -1.29 11 9 3.65 170.1 65 123 25. Freddy An. Garcia, CHW 67.37 68.73 -1.36 11 5 3.65 175.0 47 117 26. Gustavo Chacin, TOR 67.06 68.94 -1.88 11 6 3.44 146.2 56 88 27. Brett Myers, PHI 66.80 70.31 -3.51 10 6 3.62 159.1 50 152 28. Matt Morris, STL 64.62 65.71 -1.09 12 5 3.83 141.0 25 92 29. John Lackey, ANA 64.33 65.97 -1.64 10 4 3.63 151.1 51 154 30. Tim Wakefield, BOS 61.38 62.98 -1.60 12 9 4.07 161.1 54 105

In the 8th spot, I will definently take last year's version of Alex. Hell, I'd take last years in the 7th spot also....batting ahead of Lowell.

hahahaha, were'nt they ahead of us for a total of like 5 days this season? what a bunch of tards.

Relief Pitchers PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE W L SV ERA IP SO 1. Chad Cordero, WAS 155.20 154.40 +0.80 2 3 38 1.03 61.0 50 2. Mariano Rivera, NYY 134.66 131.50 +3.16 5 3 32 1.30 55.1 61 3. Billy Wagner, PHI 120.15 120.94 -0.79 4 1 27 1.77 56.0 58 4. Dustin Hermanson, CHW 111.35 112.13 -0.78 0 2 30 1.60 45.0 26 5. Todd Jones, FLA 110.88 110.67 +0.21 1 4 25 1.20 52.2 44 6. Eddie Guardado, SEA 110.36 111.13 -0.77 1 1 28 1.32 41.0 35 7. Jason Isringhausen, STL 107.53 107.34 +0.19 0 1 31 1.77 40.2 34 8. Derrick Turnbow, MIL 101.14 101.78 -0.64 4 1 24 2.01 49.1 43 9. Joe Nathan, MIN 99.88 96.36 +3.52 5 3 30 2.66 50.2 63 10. Brad Lidge, HOU 98.24 98.86 -0.62 3 3 29 2.40 48.2 74 11. Huston Street, OAK 91.83 92.41 -0.58 4 1 15 1.42 57.0 55 12. Francisco Rodriguez, ANA 84.35 83.08 +1.27 2 2 27 2.54 46.0 64 13. Brian Fuentes, COL 80.09 80.52 -0.43 2 3 20 2.57 56.0 63 14. B.J. Ryan, BAL 78.66 77.12 +1.54 1 3 26 2.75 52.1 80 15. Mike Timlin, BOS 76.44 74.97 +1.47 4 2 2 1.39 58.1 39 16. Bob Wickman, CLE 74.57 74.36 +0.21 0 4 32 3.09 46.2 25 17. Danys Baez, TB 70.72 71.13 -0.41 5 3 25 2.91 52.2 40 18. Francisco Cordero, TEX 69.08 68.86 +0.22 2 1 26 3.33 51.1 61 19. Miguel Batista, TOR 68.69 69.06 -0.37 5 3 21 3.10 58.0 38 20. Cliff Politte, CHW 66.86 64.68 +2.18 6 0 1 1.95 50.2 43 21. Trevor Hoffman, SD 65.76 65.58 +0.18 1 5 30 3.63 39.2 38 22. Justin Duchscherer, OAK 63.02 63.36 -0.34 6 3 5 1.89 62.0 59 23. Neal Cotts, CHW 58.12 57.17 +0.95 4 0 0 2.05 48.1 49 24. Jose Mesa, PIT 57.98 57.81 +0.17 2 6 27 3.50 43.2 30 25. Dan Wheeler, HOU 57.81 58.08 -0.27 2 3 3 1.87 53.0 56 26. Braden Looper, NYM 56.53 56.33 +0.20 4 6 23 3.33 46.0 23 27. Scot Shields, ANA 54.28 49.71 +4.57 8 8 7 2.35 72.2 74 28. Kyle Farnsworth, ATL 49.24 49.03 +0.21 1 1 6 2.53 46.1 58 29. Al Reyes, STL 48.97 48.76 +0.21 3 2 3 2.51 46.2 49 30. Jesse Crain, MIN 48.00 45.34 +2.66 9 2 1 2.80 54.2 21 Right Field PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Gary Sheffield, NYY 97.68 96.35 +1.33 114 .303 79 25 91 9 2. Vladimir Guerrero, ANA 92.07 91.55 +0.52 100 .327 69 26 88 10 3. Bobby Abreu, PHI 91.91 91.96 -0.05 119 .294 82 21 71 25 4. Ichiro Suzuki, SEA 85.19 83.80 +1.39 117 .307 83 11 47 26 5. Shawn Green, ARI 80.42 80.42 +0.00 118 .294 66 18 61 4 6. Brian Giles, SD 79.26 79.26 +0.00 115 .290 71 12 59 9 7. Jose Guillen, WAS 76.00 75.42 +0.58 109 .303 66 21 65 1 8. Geoff Jenkins, MIL 71.30 71.19 +0.11 110 .291 67 16 58 0 9. Aubrey Huff, TB 70.60 70.89 -0.29 114 .267 50 17 74 8 10. Juan Encarnacion, FLA 70.45 70.45 +0.00 105 .296 51 15 66 2 11. Craig Monroe, DET 68.44 68.50 -0.06 114 .283 49 12 69 7 12. Matt Lawton, CHC 67.90 68.48 -0.58 112 .273 57 11 48 16 13. Jacque Jones, MIN 65.73 66.30 -0.57 106 .261 55 17 57 9 13. Jeromy Burnitz, CHC 65.73 66.53 -0.80 117 .258 63 17 56 4 15. Jermaine Dye, CHW 63.75 64.21 -0.46 104 .263 53 22 62 8 16. Alex Rios, TOR 62.65 63.14 -0.49 110 .282 59 8 52 11 17. Nick Swisher, OAK 58.98 59.49 -0.51 92 .256 49 16 58 0 18. Trot Nixon, BOS 58.50 59.01 -0.51 89 .293 49 11 50 2 19. Jay Gibbons, BAL 58.11 58.45 -0.34 99 .259 54 17 54 0 20. Emil Brown, KC 57.44 57.17 +0.27 105 .283 52 10 56 5 21. Jason Lane, HOU 54.76 54.80 -0.04 103 .264 40 17 55 6 22. Mike Cameron, NYM 51.63 51.63 +0.00 76 .273 47 12 39 13 23. J.D. Drew, LA 51.49 51.49 +0.00 72 .286 48 15 36 1 24. Admin Walker, STL 49.69 49.69 +0.00 73 .271 52 11 40 1 25. Casey Blake, CLE 47.54 47.54 +0.00 103 .245 52 14 37 3 26. Sammy Sosa, BAL 46.85 46.50 +0.35 96 .226 38 14 44 1 27. Richard Hidalgo, TEX 45.30 45.30 +0.00 88 .221 43 16 43 1 28. Jay Payton, OAK 44.81 45.25 -0.44 81 .265 40 13 44 0 29. So Taguchi, STL 42.83 42.83 +0.00 100 .293 31 7 36 8 30. Brad Hawpe, COL 39.47 39.81 -0.34 75 .295 27 8 39 2 Center Field PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Andruw Jones, ATL 93.91 93.91 +0.00 117 .278 72 37 91 2 2. Johnny Damon, BOS 93.28 94.01 -0.73 108 .334 90 8 56 12 3. Ken Griffey, CIN 85.59 84.25 +1.34 110 .286 73 27 81 0 4. Grady Sizemore, CLE 82.15 82.15 +0.00 115 .291 74 14 62 15 5. Vernon Wells, TOR 80.37 80.55 -0.18 113 .284 60 21 69 3 6. Brady Clark, MIL 73.46 74.09 -0.63 113 .311 76 9 40 9 7. Jim Edmonds, STL 72.73 72.73 +0.00 104 .268 61 21 66 2 8. David DeJesus, KC 68.06 68.91 -0.85 112 .289 61 8 51 4 9. Torii Hunter, MIN 66.93 67.50 -0.57 98 .269 63 14 56 23 10. Carlos Beltran, NYM 66.77 66.77 +0.00 107 .267 58 13 59 10 11. Aaron Rowand, CHW 66.37 67.19 -0.82 111 .284 61 10 51 13 12. Preston Wilson, WAS 65.59 63.02 +2.57 99 .257 55 21 65 4 13. Juan Pierre, FLA 65.57 65.57 +0.00 117 .263 75 2 31 41 14. Mark Kotsay, OAK 64.35 65.19 -0.84 104 .268 54 10 56 4 15. Brad B. Wilkerson, WAS 59.63 59.38 +0.25 111 .256 54 8 44 5 16. Willy Taveras, HOU 57.60 56.38 +1.22 114 .301 63 3 22 27 17. Gary Matthews, TEX 52.28 52.28 +0.00 86 .282 45 14 43 6 18. Bernie Williams, NYY 48.46 48.19 +0.27 100 .251 36 9 45 1 19. Milton Bradley, LA 47.71 47.71 +0.00 68 .287 46 12 35 5 20. Dave Roberts, SD 47.47 47.47 +0.00 81 .264 42 7 33 18 21. Jeremy Reed, SEA 44.45 44.94 -0.49 105 .250 42 2 36 4 22. Steve Finley, ANA 43.60 43.97 -0.37 90 .221 33 9 46 8 23. Damon Hollins, TB 40.90 41.24 -0.34 83 .265 36 11 36 7 24. Corey Patterson, CHC 40.60 40.14 +0.46 90 .236 42 12 27 13 25. Xavier Nady, SD 39.22 39.22 +0.00 91 .270 32 12 36 2 26. Jason J. Ellison, SF 39.09 39.49 -0.40 111 .277 46 4 23 13 27. Kenny Lofton, PHI 38.14 37.88 +0.26 78 .307 42 1 20 12 28. Jason Michaels, PHI 37.98 38.30 -0.32 77 .306 39 3 23 2 29. Luis Matos, BAL 36.28 35.88 +0.40 77 .296 33 3 21 13 30. Nook Logan, DET 34.04 34.12 -0.08 102 .266 41 1 15 20 Left Field PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Miguel M. Cabrera, FLA 102.34 102.34 +0.00 116 .341 83 26 83 1 2. Manny Ramirez, BOS 100.70 100.57 +0.13 108 .287 82 32 108 1 3. Hideki Matsui, NYY 95.95 96.72 -0.77 117 .300 78 19 87 2 4. Jason Bay, PIT 95.54 95.54 +0.00 118 .305 85 23 69 14 5. Adam Dunn, CIN 87.13 86.24 +0.89 117 .261 84 34 83 3 6. Carlos Lee, MIL 84.21 85.18 -0.97 119 .264 64 27 91 11 7. Carl Crawford, TB 84.00 84.91 -0.91 117 .286 72 12 64 34 8. Cliff Floyd, NYM 82.33 82.33 +0.00 108 .287 65 26 73 10 9. Pat Burrell, PHI 80.62 80.53 +0.09 111 .284 56 23 87 0 10. Luis E. Gonzalez, ARI 76.79 76.79 +0.00 115 .280 67 16 63 4 11. Kevin Mench, TEX 71.24 71.24 +0.00 108 .272 56 20 57 2 12. Garret Anderson, ANA 69.86 70.46 -0.60 109 .288 54 13 74 0 13. Rondell White, DET 67.65 68.24 -0.59 97 .313 49 12 53 1 14. Randy Winn, SF 67.08 64.65 +2.43 115 .279 57 9 41 13 15. Coco Crisp, CLE 65.78 65.78 +0.00 101 .296 61 9 44 12 16. Pedro Feliz, SF 65.77 65.91 -0.14 115 .259 56 18 70 0 17. Shannon Stewart, MIN 64.26 65.07 -0.81 112 .273 61 10 49 7 18. Moises Alou, SF 60.46 60.98 -0.52 87 .328 51 13 43 3 19. Scott Podsednik, CHW 57.52 58.03 -0.51 99 .282 62 0 19 54 20. Ryan Klesko, SD 57.32 57.32 +0.00 100 .258 49 16 48 2 21. Matt Holliday, COL 56.05 55.34 +0.71 82 .315 42 11 44 8 22. Reggie Sanders, STL 52.22 52.22 +0.00 78 .281 43 18 44 14 23. Bobby Kielty, OAK 51.72 52.23 -0.51 94 .266 48 7 48 3 24. Reed Johnson, TOR 49.70 49.36 +0.34 107 .279 43 8 46 4 25. Frank Catalanotto, TOR 48.50 49.02 -0.52 93 .288 40 6 35 0 26. Terrence Long, KC 45.46 44.90 +0.56 99 .275 41 5 41 3 27. Eric Byrnes, BAL 45.38 46.01 -0.63 90 .251 41 9 37 5 28. Ryan Church, WAS 41.04 41.45 -0.41 82 .294 34 7 33 3 29. Kelly Johnson, ATL 38.22 38.22 +0.00 64 .232 37 9 35 0 30. Ricky Ledee, LA 34.07 34.07 +0.00 72 .296 27 6 29 0 Third Basemen PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Alex Rodriguez, NYY 103.59 102.29 +1.30 117 .320 88 36 97 11 2. Morgan Ensberg, HOU 89.85 86.91 +2.94 117 .300 73 33 91 6 3. Hank Blalock, TEX 82.04 82.04 +0.00 116 .281 69 23 74 1 4. Aramis Ramirez, CHC 76.53 77.51 -0.98 115 .302 67 29 86 0 5. Shea Hillenbrand, TOR 74.06 73.77 +0.29 116 .297 73 16 68 4 6. Eric Chavez, OAK 72.00 71.28 +0.72 118 .279 71 20 74 3 7. David Wright, NYM 70.76 70.76 +0.00 115 .305 71 17 73 13 8. Melvin Mora, BAL 62.16 62.98 -0.82 105 .282 57 16 54 7 9. Jorge L. Cantu, TB 61.72 62.58 -0.86 109 .292 52 18 77 1 10. Troy Glaus, ARI 61.38 61.38 +0.00 109 .257 60 26 74 4 11. Joe Randa, SD 59.46 59.46 +0.00 110 .277 50 13 53 0 12. Adrian Beltre, SEA 58.74 57.86 +0.88 111 .260 54 15 65 2 13. Bill Mueller, BOS 55.52 54.97 +0.55 105 .292 49 6 48 0 14. Brandon Inge, DET 53.22 52.77 +0.45 115 .264 63 10 52 6 15. Vinny Castilla, WAS 49.09 49.38 -0.29 108 .241 41 8 51 4 16. Mike Lowell, FLA 48.42 48.42 +0.00 109 .234 41 6 51 4 17. Rob Mackowiak, PIT 48.23 48.23 +0.00 102 .268 46 9 49 6 18. Chipper Jones, ATL 47.89 47.89 +0.00 66 .306 39 10 41 3 19. Joe Crede, CHW 46.66 47.44 -0.78 107 .246 43 16 48 1 20. Garrett Atkins, COL 44.61 42.43 +2.18 95 .278 43 8 56 0 21. Abraham O. Nunez, STL 43.87 43.87 +0.00 96 .306 45 5 35 0 22. Aaron Hill, TOR 40.09 39.93 +0.16 67 .300 33 3 33 1 23. Aaron Boone, CLE 38.79 38.79 +0.00 102 .234 41 10 42 4 24. Edgardo Alfonzo, SF 38.12 38.45 -0.33 79 .293 30 2 37 1 25. David Bell, PHI 35.30 35.83 -0.53 108 .249 36 6 40 0 26. Michael Cuddyer, MIN 33.55 34.17 -0.62 91 .260 43 8 29 3 27. Freddy Sanchez, PIT 32.60 32.60 +0.00 90 .281 32 1 20 0 28. Russell Branyan, MIL 30.67 29.48 +1.19 66 .271 20 11 29 1 29. Geoff Blum, CHW 29.51 28.84 +0.67 87 .236 27 5 22 3 29. Mark Teahen, KC 29.51 30.06 -0.55 89 .240 40 3 33 5 Shortstops PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Michael Young, TEX 87.54 87.54 +0.00 114 .325 83 17 65 3 2. Miguel Tejada, BAL 82.85 83.26 -0.41 118 .316 68 22 77 5 3. Derek Jeter, NYY 75.90 76.27 -0.37 115 .304 89 14 49 11 4. Jose B. Reyes, NYM 64.03 64.03 +0.00 116 .274 72 3 45 41 5. Felipe Lopez, CIN 62.70 63.26 -0.56 104 .273 67 16 56 12 6. Rafael Furcal, ATL 62.57 62.57 +0.00 114 .271 72 9 40 33 7. Jimmy Rollins, PHI 60.95 61.71 -0.76 115 .267 76 9 32 26 8. Omar Vizquel, SF 57.25 56.91 +0.34 109 .283 54 2 36 19 9. Julio Lugo, TB 56.19 57.09 -0.90 117 .296 63 4 45 30 10. Jhonny Peralta, CLE 55.85 55.85 +0.00 99 .301 50 16 55 0 11. David Eckstein, STL 54.49 54.49 +0.00 114 .273 62 5 41 8 12. Edgar Renteria, BOS 50.64 51.11 -0.47 109 .281 74 6 44 8 13. Bill E. Hall, MIL 48.16 48.11 +0.05 106 .269 49 15 48 13 14. Neifi Perez, CHC 47.28 47.82 -0.54 113 .269 47 8 43 5 15. Khalil Greene, SD 46.52 46.52 +0.00 92 .257 42 10 49 4 16. Orlando Cabrera, ANA 46.47 46.42 +0.05 97 .252 45 5 35 12 17. Carlos Guillen, DET 45.57 45.97 -0.40 81 .318 46 5 23 2 18. Bobby Crosby, OAK 45.47 44.49 +0.98 67 .287 53 6 30 0 19. Adam Everett, HOU 45.38 44.08 +1.30 112 .242 45 9 42 16 20. Royce Clayton, ARI 43.88 43.88 +0.00 103 .275 44 2 37 7 21. Angel M. Berroa, KC 42.09 42.05 +0.04 116 .267 53 8 33 5 22. Cesar Izturis, LA 41.51 41.51 +0.00 99 .265 47 2 30 7 23. Russ Adams, TOR 40.89 42.10 -1.21 97 .272 50 8 50 5 24. Alex Gonzalez, FLA 40.42 40.42 +0.00 107 .273 36 5 42 5 25. Clint Barmes, COL 39.84 40.18 -0.34 54 .329 40 8 34 4 26. Juan Uribe, CHW 38.44 37.91 +0.53 103 .252 36 9 53 3 27. Jack Wilson, PIT 37.94 37.94 +0.00 115 .239 42 8 34 1 28. Marco Scutaro, OAK 31.98 31.60 +0.38 85 .250 34 4 25 3 29. Alex Cintron, ARI 26.90 26.90 +0.00 90 .256 28 4 25 0 30. J.J. Hardy, MIL 24.84 25.05 -0.21 93 .206 28 3 27 0 Second Basemen PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Brian Roberts, BAL 85.37 84.97 +0.40 111 .323 73 17 60 21 2. Alfonso Soriano, TEX 81.97 81.97 +0.00 112 .288 82 29 83 18 3. Jeff Kent, LA 72.84 72.84 +0.00 110 .293 69 22 80 4 4. Marcus Giles, ATL 71.39 71.39 +0.00 109 .308 77 8 44 13 5. Chone Figgins, ANA 71.01 70.96 +0.05 115 .287 83 6 41 40 6. Chase Utley, PHI 69.74 69.98 -0.24 104 .300 58 16 68 12 7. Craig Biggio, HOU 63.44 64.32 -0.88 114 .276 71 17 49 11 8. Mark Grudzielanek, STL 63.17 63.17 +0.00 110 .300 56 7 47 8 9. Placido Polanco, DET 60.79 60.54 +0.25 87 .326 54 5 42 4 10. Craig Counsell, ARI 60.01 60.01 +0.00 111 .275 65 7 36 19 11. Orlando Hudson, TOR 59.63 58.10 +1.53 111 .269 52 10 56 4 12. Tadahito Iguchi, CHW 57.77 58.27 -0.50 96 .279 59 11 46 14 13. Ron Belliard, CLE 55.70 55.70 +0.00 107 .290 51 10 52 2 14. Luis Castillo, FLA 53.72 53.72 +0.00 94 .303 60 3 27 8 15. Ray Durham, SF 50.05 50.48 -0.43 99 .297 49 7 40 3 16. Robinson Cano, NYY 47.59 47.97 -0.38 89 .281 50 8 42 1 17. Adam Kennedy, ANA 46.69 44.97 +1.72 89 .337 35 2 33 13 18. Jose Castillo, PIT 46.00 46.00 +0.00 94 .272 47 11 48 2 19. Rich Aurilia, CIN 44.69 45.06 -0.37 77 .264 42 11 45 0 20. Todd Walker, CHC 43.48 42.69 +0.79 74 .301 37 8 28 1 21. Mark Ellis, OAK 42.05 42.41 -0.36 80 .309 39 3 31 1 22. Tony Graffanino, BOS 41.98 42.34 -0.36 76 .314 45 4 28 5 23. Ryan P. Freel, CIN 40.93 41.53 -0.60 77 .282 51 3 15 29 24. Luis A. Gonzalez, COL 40.18 39.75 +0.43 93 .294 39 7 27 2 25. Jose Vidro, WAS 36.04 36.66 -0.62 62 .278 33 7 27 0 26. Mark Bellhorn, BOS 35.66 35.97 -0.31 85 .216 41 7 28 3 27. Omar Infante, DET 34.81 34.91 -0.10 84 .231 29 7 38 6 28. Nick Green, TB 34.78 35.08 -0.30 91 .244 44 5 27 2 29. Bret Boone, MIN 34.52 34.81 -0.29 88 .221 33 7 37 4 30. Mark Loretta, SD 34.37 34.37 +0.00 62 .287 33 1 22 7 First Basemen PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Derrek Lee, CHC 112.60 112.71 -0.11 116 .348 90 35 89 12 2. Albert Pujols, STL 107.65 107.65 +0.00 117 .336 100 33 93 11 3. Mark Teixeira, TEX 99.60 99.60 +0.00 117 .277 84 31 94 4 4. Paul Konerko, CHW 84.37 84.92 -0.55 114 .271 72 30 77 0 5. Richie Sexson, SEA 84.11 83.23 +0.88 112 .259 73 29 88 1 6. Carlos Delgado, FLA 73.48 73.48 +0.00 100 .293 58 22 78 0 7. Sean Casey, CIN 70.97 71.16 -0.19 111 .318 62 7 47 2 8. Darin Erstad, ANA 70.26 70.10 +0.16 113 .281 75 4 50 8 9. Todd Helton, COL 68.52 66.32 +2.20 102 .304 55 13 48 2 10. Nick Johnson, WAS 67.17 66.59 +0.58 93 .314 53 12 55 3 11. Lyle Overbay, MIL 63.70 63.99 -0.29 115 .281 57 16 58 0 12. Chad Tracy, ARI 60.28 60.28 +0.00 106 .295 50 18 46 3 13. Rafael Palmeiro, BAL 60.21 60.73 -0.52 104 .277 46 18 59 2 14. Tony Clark, ARI 57.29 57.29 +0.00 91 .322 30 21 63 0 15. Eric Hinske, TOR 57.07 57.56 -0.49 109 .249 62 10 50 7 16. Lance Berkman, HOU 57.05 56.74 +0.31 88 .290 49 12 50 2 17. Daryle Ward, PIT 53.11 53.11 +0.00 104 .267 43 11 58 0 18. Justin Morneau, MIN 52.97 53.39 -0.42 100 .246 43 16 56 0 19. Adam A. LaRoche, ATL 52.15 52.15 +0.00 102 .258 35 14 63 0 20. Matt Stairs, KC 50.74 51.18 -0.44 91 .268 43 11 46 1 21. Phil Nevin, TEX 49.09 49.09 +0.00 87 .251 41 10 51 2 22. Kevin Millar, BOS 48.18 48.59 -0.41 102 .273 41 4 40 0 23. Chris Shelton, DET 47.53 46.72 +0.81 66 .322 39 10 38 0 24. Scott Hatteberg, OAK 45.73 46.40 -0.67 97 .275 39 5 47 0 25. Olmedo Saenz, LA 45.60 45.60 +0.00 81 .288 31 12 51 0 26. Ben Broussard, CLE 45.31 45.31 +0.00 100 .257 40 11 42 2 27. Dan Johnson, OAK 44.21 44.44 -0.23 65 .321 38 10 32 0 28. Hee Seop Choi, LA 41.94 41.94 +0.00 103 .248 34 14 36 1 29. Tino Martinez, NYY 41.49 41.89 -0.40 102 .239 39 17 44 1 30. Travis Lee, TB 39.62 40.01 -0.39 89 .270 38 6 25 6 Catchers PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE G AVG R HR RBI SB 1. Jason Varitek, BOS 67.12 67.38 -0.26 96 .305 54 18 54 2 2. Victor J. Martinez, CLE 63.13 63.13 +0.00 105 .285 48 14 56 0 3. Ivan Rodriguez, DET 59.47 59.98 -0.51 98 .290 59 9 41 6 4. Joe Mauer, MIN 57.23 57.24 -0.01 94 .295 44 8 45 10 5. Jorge Posada, NYY 55.34 55.89 -0.55 103 .252 47 15 51 1 6. Mike Piazza, NYM 54.86 54.86 +0.00 96 .261 34 14 55 0 6. A.J. Pierzynski, CHW 54.86 55.46 -0.60 91 .267 47 17 46 0 8. Paul Lo Duca, FLA 52.80 52.80 +0.00 99 .309 40 4 46 4 9. Jason Kendall, OAK 52.65 52.99 -0.34 108 .270 53 0 36 6 10. Michael Barrett, CHC 51.44 51.42 +0.02 102 .282 39 13 50 0 11. Gregg Zaun, TOR 50.35 51.09 -0.74 97 .265 48 8 48 1 12. Bengie Molina, ANA 48.59 48.86 -0.27 81 .303 29 13 52 0 13. Mike Matheny, SF 48.34 47.71 +0.63 93 .256 33 10 46 0 14. Jason L. Phillips, LA 43.31 43.31 +0.00 96 .241 30 10 51 0 15. Brian Schneider, WAS 42.57 41.63 +0.94 92 .291 31 9 34 1 16. Jason LaRue, CIN 41.85 41.90 -0.05 80 .273 27 10 43 0 17. Javy Lopez, BAL 40.94 40.77 +0.17 62 .288 35 10 32 0 18. Rod Barajas, TEX 40.17 40.17 +0.00 89 .259 35 11 39 0 19. Damian Miller, MIL 39.60 39.80 -0.20 84 .257 38 6 32 0 20. Johnny Estrada, ATL 38.08 38.08 +0.00 81 .255 26 3 35 0 21. Ramon Hernandez, SD 37.91 37.91 +0.00 76 .273 27 7 38 1 22. Toby Hall, TB 37.24 37.11 +0.13 95 .286 23 5 37 0 23. Mike Lieberthal, PHI 35.43 35.26 +0.17 87 .243 28 9 33 0 24. John Buck, KC 34.20 35.41 -1.21 87 .229 29 7 31 1 25. Javier Valentin, CIN 32.65 32.93 -0.28 51 .289 25 10 35 0 26. Brad Ausmus, HOU 32.63 32.91 -0.28 93 .246 25 1 31 3 27. Humberto Cota, PIT 30.75 30.75 +0.00 73 .239 24 6 33 0 28. Yadier Molina, STL 30.71 30.71 +0.00 74 .255 28 5 30 0 29. Chris Snyder, ARI 29.43 29.43 +0.00 89 .221 22 6 28 0 30. J.D. Closser, COL 28.15 28.38 -0.23 70 .234 27 7 26 1

I honestly dont see what that hoopla with the Cardinals rotation is, or why they are ranked higher than us in terms of SP...lets compare their #2 ranking of sp to our #3 ranking: Cardinals: 118 GS, 767 IP, 10 CG, 5 SHO, 758 H, 219 BB, 485 K, 5.7 K/9, 2.21 K/BB, 309 ER, 63 W, 34 L, 3.63 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 75 Quality Starts Marlins: 120 GS, 719 IP, 11 CG, 7 SHO, 690 H, 255 BB, 545 K, 6.82 K/9, 2.14 K/BB, 289 ER, 50 W, 39 L, 3.62 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 68 Quality Starts That is with: Mulder, Marquis, Carpenter, Reyes, Morris, and Suppan Beckett, Burnett, Willis, Olsen, Vargas, Valdez, Moehler, Leiter, and Castillo Since we no longer have Leiter nor Valdez or Castillo starting games, I dont think theres any question whose rotation is better. 904295[/snapback] I think the majority has to do with their 13 more wins than our rotation. Individually, the Marlins have 3 in the top 17, while St. Louis only has 2 in the top 27. Of course, Chris Carpenter has a 25 point advantage on Dontrelle alone. PLAYER RATING LAST WEEK CHANGE W L ERA IP BB SO 1. Chris Carpenter, STL 129.62 129.42 +0.20 17 4 2.25 180.1 39 169 2. Roger Clemens, HOU 120.97 121.80 -0.83 11 4 1.32 164.0 44 148 3. Roy Oswalt, HOU 104.76 105.44 -0.68 14 9 2.57 178.2 34 123 4. Dontrelle Willis, FLA 104.62 104.41 +0.21 15 8 2.79 164.2 35 119 5. Pedro Martinez, NYM 96.41 96.21 +0.20 12 5 2.96 170.0 32 172 6. Roy Halladay, TOR 91.84 92.46 -0.62 12 4 2.41 141.2 18 108 7. Jon Garland, CHW 90.84 91.43 -0.59 16 6 3.47 158.1 30 76 8. Mark Buehrle, CHW 90.60 91.18 -0.58 13 5 2.99 174.2 29 102 9. John Smoltz, ATL 90.53 90.31 +0.22 12 6 2.90 176.2 43 130 10. Bartolo Colon, ANA 90.08 90.65 -0.57 15 6 3.44 164.2 33 120 11. Andy Pettitte, HOU 84.07 84.58 -0.51 10 8 2.62 154.2 31 116 12. A.J. Burnett, FLA 83.50 83.30 +0.20 11 6 3.04 162.2 57 144 13. Livan Hernandez, WAS 82.00 75.81 +6.19 14 5 3.45 185.0 64 109 14. Jake Peavy, SD 81.44 81.24 +0.20 10 5 3.14 154.2 34 174 15. Johan Santana, MIN 78.50 78.97 -0.47 11 6 3.48 165.1 31 172 16. John Patterson, WAS 75.13 75.58 -0.45 7 3 2.44 140.1 45 133 17. Josh Beckett, FLA 74.67 74.49 +0.18 11 6 3.31 130.1 40 119 18. Kenny Rogers, TEX 74.09 73.91 +0.18 11 5 2.99 138.1 37 64 19. Jeremy Bonderman, DET 71.13 71.53 -0.40 13 9 3.96 163.2 49 128 20. Carlos Zambrano, CHC 70.89 71.29 -0.40 9 5 3.17 156.0 66 139 21. Rich Harden, OAK 70.56 71.01 -0.45 9 5 2.78 116.2 40 108 22. Barry Zito, OAK 70.23 70.13 +0.10 11 9 3.65 170.1 65 123 23. Gustavo Chacin, TOR 68.41 68.94 -0.53 11 6 3.44 146.2 56 88 24. Freddy An. Garcia, CHW 68.34 68.73 -0.39 11 5 3.64 168.0 46 114 25. Chris Capuano, MIL 67.77 68.14 -0.37 12 8 3.77 155.0 63 117 26. Brett Myers, PHI 67.57 70.31 -2.74 10 6 3.62 159.1 50 152 27. Matt Morris, STL 65.90 65.71 +0.19 12 5 3.83 141.0 25 92 28. John Lackey, ANA 65.62 65.97 -0.35 10 4 3.63 151.1 51 154 29. Tim Wakefield, BOS 62.65 62.98 -0.33 12 9 4.07 161.1 54 105 30. Cliff Lee, CLE 62.57 62.36 +0.21 12 4 4.03 147.1 43 107

TEAM RATING IF OF SP RP WIN% 1. Chicago White Sox, 1st AL CENT 133.51 7th 13th 4th 2nd .638 2. St. Louis Cardinals, 1st NL CENT 132.26 5th 18th 2nd 5th .627 3. Florida Marlins, 4th NL EAST 131.51 10th 3rd 3rd 9th .521 4. Houston Astros, 2nd NL CENT 128.13 6th 25th 1st 6th .542 5. New York Yankees, 2nd AL EAST 123.21 4th 2nd 19th 3rd .556 6. Los Angeles Angels, 1st AL WEST 121.83 12th 7th 5th 10th .585 7. Washington Nationals, 2nd NL EAST 121.19 27th 15th 6th 1st .534 8. Oakland Athletics, 2nd AL WEST 117.38 15th 17th 7th 7th .568 9. Boston Red Sox, 1st AL EAST 115.08 13th 1st 13th 16th .586 10. Toronto Blue Jays, 3rd AL EAST 110.30 8th 12th 8th 14th .517 11. Minnesota Twins, 3rd AL CENT 110.12 28th 9th 9th 8th .517 12. Philadelphia Phillies, 3rd NL EAST 110.07 19th 5th 18th 4th .529 13. Milwaukee Brewers, 3rd NL CENT 109.38 25th 4th 11th 12th .479 14. Cleveland Indians, 2nd AL CENT 105.78 14th 11th 14th 13th .534 15. New York Mets, 5th NL EAST 103.57 17th 8th 10th 21st .504 16. Atlanta Braves, 1st NL EAST 102.68 9th 22nd 12th 20th .576 17. Baltimore Orioles, 4th AL EAST 95.82 2nd 27th 20th 18th .492 18. Texas Rangers, 3rd AL WEST 95.03 1st 21st 24th 24th .479 19. San Diego Padres, 1st NL WEST 94.32 26th 14th 21st 15th .496 20. Chicago Cubs, 3rd NL CENT 93.93 3rd 26th 15th 26th .479 21. Detroit Tigers, 4th AL CENT 92.22 11th 20th 17th 27th .479 22. Arizona Diamondbacks, 2nd NL WEST 88.28 16th 16th 22nd 28th .471 23. Cincinnati Reds, 5th NL CENT 83.53 21st 6th 27th 22nd .458 24. Seattle Mariners, 4th AL WEST 78.93 29th 28th 26th 11th .427 25. Los Angeles Dodgers, 3rd NL WEST 78.21 18th 29th 16th 30th .453 26. San Francisco Giants, 4th NL WEST 77.55 20th 24th 23rd 25th .436 27. Pittsburgh Pirates, 6th NL CENT 75.15 24th 23rd 25th 23rd .432 28. Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 5th AL EAST 71.59 22nd 10th 30th 19th .387 29. Colorado Rockies, 5th NL WEST 64.09 23rd 30th 29th 17th .378 30. Kansas City Royals, 5th AL CENT 60.46 30th 19th 28th 29th .325 The SportsLine Team Rankings are derived by creating an average of each team's positional players as well as top 5 starters and top 3 relievers. These players' averages are then combined to create the overall ranking. Players are penalized for games missed and pitchers need to meet innings pitched criteria to make the list. The Rankings are updated daily.

I think my name explains it, as I've only lived in Utah for 8 months now.

Oh yeah, AJ's ERA is 1.43 in his last 6 starts.

...who the hell can beat us when we are fully healed offensively? Miguel will get back to his usual self once his mini-slump is over, and I would rather he have it now, instead of in September. What's the chance that Olsen can be called up again and thrown in the BP and Messenger sent down? Vargas- 1 ER in 5ip. Moehler- 0 ER in 6.2ip. Dtrain- 1 ER in 8ip. Beckett- 1 ER in 9ip. Burnett- 1 ER in 7ip. I will take our starting pitching into the playoffs against anyone. Like the Giants announcers said, "why the hell aren't these guys in first place?".

This games going to go by quick with this ricockulous strike zone.