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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 01:47 PM) Technically 1/2 a season. He had an ERA of 5 after the AS Break last year. The stat he cited included your post-ASB ERA

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 01:38 PM) Danks has those stretches of dominance...but this is why I'd call Danks a "Question mark" or at the very least "Less than rock solid" as a #1 pitcher. He also has stretches where that changeup just isn't on, and when that changeup isn't on, he doesn't have a good other way of getting outs. Right, he's not perfectly consistent but "declining" is an unfair and inaccurate descriptor

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 01:35 PM) JDINAA, just sayin'! John Danks Is Not Alex Anthopolous?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 01:22 PM) Danks was unlucky last year, in terms of getting "Wins", that useless stat. He was pretty regularly Danks the rest of the year. xFIP: 3.79 Also, as recently as the middle of last year he had a stretch of pure dominance. Even with a full year of poor numbers, it would be hard to declare with any confidence that Danks is "steadily declining", let alone with a very recent stretch of greatness.

Hahaha, the "4 hits to score a run" days are back with a vengeance!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 01:19 PM) Just in this division alone, I'll take Cleveland's top 2-3, Danks and Floyd, Minnesota's top 2, Detroit's top 3, and maybe now Bruce Chen over Peavy. He's got to learn to pitch the Freddie Garcia route where he no longer has his fastball. And I doubt he's going to do that here. No one who saw Floyd in 2009-2010 would ever call him amazingly consistent. An ERA of 7 followed by an ERA of 1 month to month just isn't normal. And Danks, well, we all saw the last inning. I have no idea where you're coming from on Danks. Last year he posted some of the best peripherals of his career, he was clearly unlucky. He has had two modest outings so far this year, so I'm just not sure why you're so down on him.

I retract my previous statement. Morel is inducing errors from the opposition well so far.

Another warning track shot by Viciedo. Come on, summer, happen already!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:59 PM) Did Morel pull his? Nope, just a little right of dead CF

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:57 PM) I see where play-by-play says there were some deep fly outs. Morel/Viciedo hit it good? Yeah, I think Morel's would have been gone and Viciedo's would have been to the wall if it were July.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:56 PM) hahaa....Hawk gettin' pissed at Morel's throw. "C,mon..." Seriously, though, bad throw by Morel. He's not having a good first week in pretty much any respect.

LOL @ Hawk praising Cleveland's "good young hitters" all the time. Even though nobody's ever heard of them. I guess they're more players for Hawk to jabber to Jebus about in 40 years.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:45 PM) Hit and run with PK running and Aj hitting. #Robinball With 2 out and nobody looking at Paulie, I'm down with it. The ball is really not carrying today. Keep it out of the air!

QUOTE (Capn12 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:42 PM) Man, PK is just locked in right now, even after going down 0-2, works the walk. Remember when a handful of people were worried about him because of a sprinkling of Spring Training appearances? Man, I'm cynical today!

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:39 PM) i just do not understand how people project us to be worse than Cleveland and Minnesota. Neither can hit OR pitch. Our rotation is rock-solid, and if we even get a decent bounceback from Dunn, we've got a relatively potent lineup I think people are mad that their gripes about our system have turned out to be exaggerated, so they can't fathom how we can be decent while simultaneously getting younger. They're also the same people who have been picking the Royals because of the strength of their minor league system.

I know they say it's bad to take your at-bats out to the field, but can Beckham please take his fielding to his at-bats?

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:34 PM) Farmer was saying on Monday that the field at Cleveland is designed for those to roll foul, same as Texas. Makes sense, neither of those teams are set up to bunt for hits a whole lot.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:33 PM) It seems our pitchers have trouble getting past that first inning sometimes without a run being allowed. Must be the cold in Cleveland. Hard to get a feel for the ball maybe? In this case, it's just bad defense behind him (or in front of him in AJ's case)

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:30 PM) 1/2/3 2nd for Sox. That is six in a row retired for Masterson. 4-1 Sox going to bottom of 2nd. A few well-hit balls, though.

Good try on the bunt by De Aza, but barely rolls foul.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:24 PM) was it just me or did AJ have his mitt turned the wrong way? looked very catchable... Shouldn't have even been on base tho. Not just you, he somehow had his hand facing the wrong way when he tried to catch it. Weird stuff. Also, that shouldn't count as an earned run but it somehow does.

Hard to catch a baseball with the back of your glove, AJ. Still, it hit the dirt.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Apr 11, 2012 -> 12:20 PM) I agree. As long as the defense is adequate. Danks is our ace right now and he has to shut down their weak, lefty-filled lineup. Speaking of...

Almost a 2B for AJ, but either way it gets Paulie home. 4-0 with 1 out in the first. Nice!

Hawk almost choked on that "don't stop now boys"