Draft Position Watch Thread Locked into #9 spot

[trwi7]

Richards, Heaney and Skaggs is the beginning of a quality rotation. They are/were all hurt though. Only Skaggs has recently come back but Heaney and Richards will probably miss all of next year, so help isn't exactly on the horizon. Trout is their only really good hitter and after that they have Pujols, Escobar and Calhoun as decent hitters and then a bunch of ****.

So yeah, it might just be best to trade Trout but then you take a gigantic PR hit for trading the best player in the game before he even reached his prime because you're so poorly run you really had no other choice. Tough position to be in.

[dbrodz7]

This has to be the best thing you could possibly read regarding moving up the reverse standings...

"Junior Guerra (elbow) will be placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Guerra was scratched from Tuesday's scheduled start due to a sore elbow and now he'll receive some extended rest. The timetable for his return is unclear. Wily Peralta is expected to take his place in the rotation Tuesday against the Braves. Aug 8 - 4:46 PM
Source: Tom Haudricourt on Twitter"

[coolhandluke121]

This has to be the best thing you could possibly read regarding moving up the reverse standings...

"Junior Guerra (elbow) will be placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Guerra was scratched from Tuesday's scheduled start due to a sore elbow and now he'll receive some extended rest. The timetable for his return is unclear. Wily Peralta is expected to take his place in the rotation Tuesday against the Braves. Aug 8 - 4:46 PM
Source: Tom Haudricourt on Twitter"

Who was it that predicted he would have problems because he was pitching at sustained high effort for too long? Take a bow.

[wichmae]

1 Atlanta Braves 43 72 .374
2 Minnesota Twins 46 69 .400
3 Cincinnati Reds 46 67 .407
4 Tampa Bay Rays 46 67 .407
5 Arizona Diamondbacks 48 66
6 Los Angeles Angels 49 65 .430
7 San Diego Padres 49 65 .430
8 Oakland Athletics 51 64 .443
9 Milwaukee Brewers 51 62 .451
10 Philadelphia Phillies 53 63 .457
11 Chicago White Sox 54 60 .474
12 Kansas City Royals 55 59 .482

[Iheartfootball]

It feels like they are so much worse than that. They will catch up.

[wichmae]

1 Atlanta Braves 44 74 .373
2 Minnesota Twins 47 71 .398
3 Tampa Bay Rays 47 69 .405
4 Arizona Diamondbacks 48 69 .410
5 Cincinnati Reds 48 68 .414
6 Los Angeles Angels 49 68 .419
7 San Diego Padres 50 67 .427
8 Oakland Athletics 52 66 .441
9 Milwaukee Brewers 52 64 .448
10 Philadelphia Phillies 56 63 .471
11 Colorado Rockies 56 62 .475
12 Chicago White Sox 56 61

[coolhandluke121]

All the bad teams keep losing. Seems every day I check, at most 2 or 3 of the teams below the Brewers won their game the day before. And it's a different 2 or 3 teams every time so the Brewers don't gain ground on anyone.

[Eeavers57]

All the bad teams keep losing. Seems every day I check, at most 2 or 3 of the teams below the Brewers won their game the day before. And it's a different 2 or 3 teams every time so the Brewers don't gain ground on anyone.

Don't worry, it will work out in the end!

Arizona: 10 against SD, 4 against Atlanta, 3 against Cin
San Diego: 10 against Ari, 3 against Atlanta
Cincinnati: 6 against us, 3 against Angels, 3 against Ari
Angels: 3 against Cin, 6 against Oak
Oak: 6 agianst Angels

We have that 5th spot locked down, and with a little luck, I feel like we can get top 3.

[wichmae]

1 Atlanta Braves 44 77 .364
2 Minnesota Twins 49 72 .405
3 Arizona Diamondbacks 50 71 .413
4 Tampa Bay Rays 50 69 .420
5 San Diego Padres 51 70 .421
6 Los Angeles Angels 51 70 .421
7 Cincinnati Reds 51 69 .425
8 Oakland Athletics 52 69 .430
9 Milwaukee Brewers 52 68 .433
10 Philadelphia Phillies 57 65 .467
11 Chicago White Sox 57 63 .475
12 Colorado Rockies 58 63 .479

[Sky Bucks]

The 9th pick and 2nd pick are separated by 3 games. Going to be a tight race down the stretch.

[jakecronus8]

I say we just have Garza, Anderson and Nelson continually pitch on 3 days rest. Should make up some ground in no time.

[wichmae]

1 Atlanta Braves 45 79 .363
2 Minnesota Twins 49 75 .395
3 Arizona Diamondbacks 51 73 .411
4 Los Angeles Angels 52 72 .419
5 Tampa Bay Rays 52 70 .426
6 Oakland Athletics 53 71 .427
7 San Diego Padres 53 71 .427
8 Cincinnati Reds 53 70 .431
9 Milwaukee Brewers 53 70 .431
10 Philadelphia Phillies 58 67 .464
11 Chicago White Sox 59 64 .480
12 Colorado Rockies 60 64 .484

That win turning into a loss yesterday woulda made this look a lot better

[tski1972]

3 games out of the 3rd pick. team is trending in the right direction.

[bizarro]

3 games out of the 3rd pick. team is trending in the right direction.

Unfortunately, we have a 10 game homestand with a 4 spot against the Pirates. Let's hope Colorado stays hot, the Cardinals continue their dominance and we split with Pittsburgh.

[trwi7]

Colorado hasn't been hot for a while. They have won 4 of 5 but prior to that lost 8 of 9 including getting swept by the Phillies.

[Thunder Muscle]

I smell a 10 game winning streak on the horizon.

[Sky Bucks]

I smell a 10 game winning streak on the horizon.

[Thunder Muscle]

I smell a 10 game winning streak on the horizon.

7 to go, haha.

12.5 out of wild card with 37 games left.

[Sky Bucks]

I smell a 10 game winning streak on the horizon.

7 to go, haha.

12.5 out of wild card with 37 games left.

Hoping for a reverse jinx now.

[Thunder Muscle]

11.5 out of WC boys! Just trying to figure what pitcher I want in the playoff game. 36 games to decide though.