If I get some time this weekend I'll go through and mark out the people that are already taken and who is left maybe get some guidance from you then. I plan on taking cano
You tryin to be a hero fool? You wanna see badass mother fucker?! I'll show ya a badass!!!
the marlins have a knack for winning a championship ever 6-8 years, then dismantling their team. that's the only reason i worry about them this year. they're depending on a lot of players who stay injured a lot this year though.
i don't think the braves bullpen dominance is even debatable. they're going to have vizcaino all year this year to go with o'flaherty, venters and kimbrel...all of which were lights-out last year. it's gonna be a 5 inning game on a nightly basis this year. throw in the fact that we have 8 pitchers that could start just about anywhere else. there's just too much depth.
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams Friday, adding a second wild card in each league.
The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records who are not division winners, meaning a third-place team could win the World Series.
This is the only change in baseball's playoff structure since the 1995 season, when wild-card teams were first added.
"This change increases the rewards of a division championship and allows two additional markets to experience playoff baseball each year," commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.
Had there been additional wild-card teams last season, the Braves would have made the playoffs in the NL, while the Boston Red Sox would have qualified in the AL. Instead, each missed the postseason by a game, both going down with historic September swoons.
"I would've taken it last year," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez joked Thursday.
At Red Sox camp Thursday, several players were wary of the change to the postseason.
"One game? That's kind of crazy," designated hitter David Ortiz said. "You know how many things we've got to move around and pack for one game? It'd make more sense for two wild cards to play at least a two-out-of-three series while the other teams take a break for three days because they won their divisions."
For the 2012 postseason, the five-game Division Series will begin with two home games for lower seeds, followed by home games for the higher seed. After that, it will return to the 2-2-1 format previously used.
"The players are eager to begin playing under this new format in 2012, and they look forward to moving to full realignment in 2013," MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner said.
As part of baseball's labor deal, the Houston Astros will switch to the American League for 2013, creating two 15-team leagues with three divisions each. Players wanted the change to equalize the chances for making the playoffs for every division.
That kinda makes my head hurt looking at it, but if you can get Cano and Reyes with your first two picks that would be huge. I have never done salary cap though, so unfortunately I can't really contribute there.
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i don't think the braves bullpen dominance is even debatable. they're going to have vizcaino all year this year to go with o'flaherty, venters and kimbrel...all of which were lights-out last year. it's gonna be a 5 inning game on a nightly basis this year. throw in the fact that we have 8 pitchers that could start just about anywhere else. there's just too much depth.
The decision establishes a new one-game, wild-card round in each league between the teams with the best records who are not division winners, meaning a third-place team could win the World Series.
This is the only change in baseball's playoff structure since the 1995 season, when wild-card teams were first added.
"This change increases the rewards of a division championship and allows two additional markets to experience playoff baseball each year," commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.
Had there been additional wild-card teams last season, the Braves would have made the playoffs in the NL, while the Boston Red Sox would have qualified in the AL. Instead, each missed the postseason by a game, both going down with historic September swoons.
"I would've taken it last year," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez joked Thursday.
At Red Sox camp Thursday, several players were wary of the change to the postseason.
"One game? That's kind of crazy," designated hitter David Ortiz said. "You know how many things we've got to move around and pack for one game? It'd make more sense for two wild cards to play at least a two-out-of-three series while the other teams take a break for three days because they won their divisions."
For the 2012 postseason, the five-game Division Series will begin with two home games for lower seeds, followed by home games for the higher seed. After that, it will return to the 2-2-1 format previously used.
"The players are eager to begin playing under this new format in 2012, and they look forward to moving to full realignment in 2013," MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner said.
As part of baseball's labor deal, the Houston Astros will switch to the American League for 2013, creating two 15-team leagues with three divisions each. Players wanted the change to equalize the chances for making the playoffs for every division.
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