MLB Talk

[Jeffy25]

he is going back to first

[rockiesfan4ever]

You posted the Pitching screenie

[RedsoxRockies]

Van Every HR top of the 10th! 6-5 Boston now!

[BINGLEBOP]

When you switch a batter to a pitcher, you usually have to wait until the next season for the stats to sort themselves out. However, I was going to do this with a batter that I converted to a pitcher, so I edited him to be "injured" for the season and put him on the DL (I suppose to simulate him going to extended spring training), and after a couple of days, he was converted into a "normal" pitcher with normal pitching ratings, instead of the 42/45/25.

[EVEN11323]

11-11 is a respectable record without Mauer. Will be glad to see him back on Friday.

[200tang]

11-11 is a respectable record without Mauer. Will be glad to see him back on Friday.

Now you have to wonder about Francisco Liriano & Scott Baker

[RedsoxRockies]

RED SOX WIN!!! Old Fat Guy, become a Sox fan, we have more wins then the Nats will by year end

[200tang]

RED SOX WIN!!! Old Fat Guy, become a Sox fan, we have more wins then the Nats will by year end

Ooooorrrr...Stay a Nats fan and celebrate when all your first overall draft picks add up and you have one of the best pitching rotations in baseball.

[RedsoxRockies]

Ooooorrrr...Stay a Nats fan and celebrate when all your first overall draft picks add up and you have one of the best pitching rotations in baseball.

Until they rehire Jim Bowden

[EVEN11323]

Now you have to wonder about Francisco Liriano & Scott Baker

I'll worry about them if they are still struggling at the end of May.

[KowboyKoop]

Royals be rakin'. Greinke be dealing...facing a hot offense and a stingy umpire.

[BINGLEBOP]

From Stark's column, if Oakland and/or Tampa Bay's stadium plans don't work out, they could move to San Antonio, Vegas, or Mexico City.

ROOM TO MOVE: It's not a good time to be talking about relocating franchises. But there are potential crises lurking in both Oakland and Tampa Bay if new-ballpark solutions don't emerge at some point in the near future.

So where might those teams move if there are no more local options and MLB gives those teams the thumbs-up to call United Van Lines? MLB had plenty of chances to investigate its options when it looked as if the Marlins' final shot at a ballpark deal might die. And one baseball official tells us these were the prime destinations on their drawing board:

• San Antonio: The Astros and Rangers would have raised a stink. But the source tells Rumblings, unequivocally: "That would have been worked out."

• Las Vegas: There's still no ballpark that could house a big league team. But people within the sport think Vegas would gear up fast if it meant getting a club. One hang-up is that it's a media market the size of Milwaukee, and those pesky gambling issues would be tricky. But we predict you haven't heard the last of those MLB-in-Vegas rumors.

• Mexico: We're not sure where. We're not sure how. We're not sure when. But our source says, flatly: "I think Mexico will have a team. I now think that's going to happen. It might be 20 years from now, but it will happen." Hmm. If that's true, our only request is this: Could they at least wait until somebody develops a swine flu vaccine?

[ragecage]

if Oakland moves to Mexico, im switching teams.

[BINGLEBOP]

LOL, unless you plan to move to Mexico City with them.

[HoustonGM]

Just the same old, same old. Teams threaten to relocate to force city to subsidize their new stadium.