Thursday, June 20, 2013

Pedro Alvarez

I remember on Draft Day my one goal was to get Pedro Alvarez for third base.  My only goal.

But then when Will Middlebrooks went up for auction, I noticed that CBSSports had him rated as BETTER than Pedro Alvarez.  So I figured I'd bid on him with a fallback plan of getting Pedro.

I ended up with Middlebrooks for $9 and later the aptly named Frickin' As grabbed Alvarez for just a buck.

It has come back to haunt me - Pedro has a vendetta against the Flemingos.

Today his line is: 3 for4, 0.750 BA, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, R

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

2014! It Can't Get Here Soon Enough!

With a year going the way 2013 is for the Big Pink Machine, it’s never too early to look to the future. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present the eleven 2014 Flemingo Keepers:

C   Posey – 15/$11
2B Profar – 93/$4
OF Fowler – 14/$9
OF Trumbo – 14/$11
OF Yelich – 91/$4
OF Heyward – 89/$5

P  Fernandez – 92/$5
P  Miller – 90/$4
P Wheeler – 90/$4
P Cueto – 14/$11
P Cole – 90/$4

For a total of $72.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Nice Pitching!

Nice pitching day for the Big Pink Machine:

21 INN, 17 HA, 3 BBI, 21 K, 2 ER, 0.857 ERA, 0.952 WHIP, 3 W

Probably the best we've had in a couple years.  In order of expectation for this sort of pitching performance it was Shelby Miller, Jose Fernandez and Wily Peralta(!).

Wow!