[stevenash]

The Fish are going to steal this division.

National League
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Atlanta	17	13	0.567	-	6-Sep	7-Aug	99	90	9	Lost 6	6-Apr	0
Washington	17	14	0.548	0.5	8-Sep	6-Aug	133	119	14	Lost 2	4-Jun	0
NY Mets	16	14	0.533	1	8-Aug	6-Aug	128	130	-2	Won 1	4-Jun	0
Philadelphia	15	14	0.517	1.5	7-Jun	7-Sep	118	129	-11	Won 2	4-Jun	0
Miami	16	15	0.516	1.5	14-5	10-Feb	149	125	24	Won 1	4-Jun	0

Miami has enough starting pitching, the Cuban Missile Jose Fernandez is a Cy Young contender, is automatic at home, Eovaldi is a legit #2 guy, Koehler's across the board numbers are solid, and Alveraz is an innnings eater.

Look at these numbers, I mean look twice, how good has this front three been so far?
19 starts, 15 of them quality starts. Astounding WH/IP's and ERA's

NAME	GP	GS	QS	W	L	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	K/9	WAR	WHIP	ERA
Jose Fernandez	7	7	5	4	1	46.2	30	9	2	12	65	12.54	1.5	0.9	1.74
Nate Eovaldi	6	6	5	2	1	38.1	34	11	1	5	35	8.22	0.9	1.02	2.58
Tom Koehler	6	6	5	3	2	37.1	26	10	3	16	24	5.79	1.4	1.13	2.41

Cishek the closer has six saves, been lights out 13 out of 16 appearances, is not an elite closer, but is reliable and dependable, more than a K an inning ratio, 2.25 ERA and a 1.14 WH/IP
Rock solid.

Miami Offense

5th in the majors in runs scored
3rd in the majors in batting average.
4th in the majors in on base percentage
3rd in the majors in slugging percentage.

Where are the holes? There are no holes.
They got power with Ozuna and Stanton and Jones and Satly.
They got speed with Yelich, they all get on base.............

NAME	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Giancarlo Stanton	31	123	22	35	9	0	10	36	74	15	41	2	0.285	0.362	0.602	0.964
Christian Yelich	29	120	20	34	5	3	2	10	51	12	30	4	0.283	0.348	0.425	0.773
Casey McGehee	31	118	9	36	9	1	0	20	47	13	24	0	0.305	0.371	0.398	0.770
Marcell Ozuna	30	118	16	33	5	0	5	19	53	9	25	0	0.28	0.328	0.449	0.777
Adeiny Hechavarria	31	114	17	34	7	3	0	8	47	9	20	1	0.298	0.349	0.412	0.761
Garrett Jones	29	111	14	30	6	0	5	15	51	11	35	0	0.270	0.331	0.459	0.790
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	29	89	18	27	6	0	6	11	51	17	29	0	0.303	0.411	0.573	0.984

Met's aren't winning anything, Braves are flawed, Clown boy Harper is out, Stras is so overrated it's not funny, Zimmerman the third baseman is out, Nats can be had, and the Phillies core players are like 1000 years old.

I am on record, right here, right now, saying Miami is going to steal the NL East.

[InTheDrink]

hard to believe everyone over 500

run differential shows them being unlucky

but nasher miami would truly have to steal the AL east because they sure cant do it on the field

[frogsrangers]

I already made a play on the over for their preseason win total of 64.5 I still don't know what the oddsmakers were thinking with that one... I already consider it to be cashed

[jjgold]

I thought this division was over and now Atlanta looks like they are done

Every year goes by and more and more you don't need High price players to win

[stevenash]

^
Fixed, ya half a hump ya

(good eye)

[stevenash]

I already made a play on the over for their preseason win total of 64.5 I still don't know what the oddsmakers were thinking with that one... I already consider it to be cashed

And they go about their business real quiet, Stanton isn't all about him, even though his homers destroy inaimate objects, they believe they can win, and they do win.

The 'x' factor is Casey McGhee, he can both rake, and pick it.
Cubs thought he was crap, had two very solid years with Milwaukee, bad third year, they dump him.......

[No coincidences]

And they go about their business real quiet, Stanton isn't all about him, even though his homers destroy inaimate objects, they believe they can win, and they do win.

The 'x' factor is Casey McGhee, he can both rake, and pick it.
Cubs thought he was crap, had two very solid years with Milwaukee, bad third year, they dump him.......

Typically, if you get dumped by the Cubs, that typically catapults your career.

[Capper1124]

Not out of the possibilities

[bostonboss]

no chance in hell..dumbest thread ever. 2nd half marlins will be losing 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 4 of EVERY series they play.

[MagicDiceFlow]

Maybe , if the Marlins played every game at Miami but this team sucks roosters on the road. They have a .309 team batting average at home but a horrendous .215 average on the road.

You need to win near .500 of your games on the road to win a division and the Marlins will end up at least 30 games under .500 away from Miami......sorry Nash but they are not winning the division.

[No coincidences]

Maybe , if the Marlins played every game at Miami but this team sucks roosters on the road. They have a .309 team batting average at home but a horrendous .215 average on the road.

You need to win near .500 of your games on the road to win a division and the Marlins will end up at least 30 games under .500 away from Miami......sorry Nash but they are not winning the division.

Agree that they need to start winning on the road to prove themselves.

That's definitely a dogshit division, though. 87-75 might win it.

[ItsMeMrMattE]

ya i dont see them winning the division, but much better than last year. so definitely a team to keep an eye on. should have more +ev cashes than most teams this season, is my prediction for them.

[BennyBigNuts]

0% chance of this happening.

And the Marlins are basically my 2nd favorite team.

Fun to watch, Fernandez wins CY Young this year.
Stanton needs a bat in front or behind him, he has neither.

They can't do shit on the road, and their offense, although raking at home, fails to show up away from Miami.

I'm rooting for them, they have some great young talent like they always seem to come up with over the years, but still at least a year away and a couple of veteran signings to help out.

[Down_Goes Bookie]

Great post Nash. Gotta love baseball. It could happen.

Then in 2015, they'll dump every star player...

[easyliving]

knew their pitching was solid but I am very surprised by their offensive production. Atlanta definitely has issues and their pitching will even out, they might not even make playoffs. Hoping Mets are at least in it until the All Star break. With all that being said its still the Nationals division to lose. They should be able to win it.

[Cappinpicks]

Wow, you can laugh at that announce team doing the stretch

[jay89]

how's that trade to the Jays offseason last year looking now? some of the pieces, swapping shortstops hechavarria and reyes. Reyes has been injured for most games and hechavarria is hitting near .300 (and I assume has been a stud on defense as well). Henderson alvarez pitched a no hitter last year. and he's had a few more dominating starts. Josh johnson doesn't even pitch for the jays any more. bonifacio is hitting +300 for the cubs.

I've discounted the marlins early this year and paid for it. but now they definitely have my respect

[stevenash]

2nd half marlins will be losing 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 4 of EVERY series they play.

Why?
For what reasons will the Marlins suck in the second half?

Your Red Sox suck becuase you dumped Ellsbury and now have nothing at the top of the order, than you piece of shit fans of yours boo him, why? He was never offered a contract, what did you expect him to do? Retire?

[bostonboss]

Why?
For what reasons will the Marlins suck in the second half?

Your Red Sox suck becuase you dumped Ellsbury and now have nothing at the top of the order, than you piece of shit fans of yours boo him, why? He was never offered a contract, what did you expect him to do? Retire?

Im not a red sox fan..never was and never will be..so don't know where you get that assumption...they boo ellsbury because he was a complete pussy here..if he had a splinter in his finger he would miss 20 games. 2nd half of the season is a different animal than april and may...(btw salty behind the plate..he cant throw out a cripple at 2nd base.

[pavyracer]

Everything is over after one month of baseball. Lets go to playoffs now.

[stevenash]

(btw salty behind the plate..he cant throw out a cripple at 2nd base.

I know, that may hurt them, I have said this several times in the past.
Mathis has a 30 percent CS ratio, which isn't that bad.
SD is dangling Nick Hundley to any team, but his arm ain't Johnny Bench, or even close either.

You can't get good defensive catchers, today they are all hybrid 1B/3B/DH types like V-Mart, or Santana, or Mauer....
And the ones that play stellar defense and call good games with rifles like Molina, not the fat one in Toronto, are locked up

[stevenash]

Everything is over after one month of baseball. Lets go to playoffs now.

Hey shit for brains.
I said they could steal the divison.

[Cappinpicks]

Yadiiiiiiiiiii tapper dagger

[bostonboss]

I know, that may hurt them, I have said this several times in the past.
Mathis has a 30 percent CS ratio, which isn't that bad.
SD is dangling Nick Hundley to any team, but his arm ain't Johnny Bench, or even close either.

You can't get good defensive catchers, today they are all hybrid 1B/3B/DH types like V-Mart, or Santana, or Mauer....
And the ones that play stellar defense and call good games with rifles like Molina, not the fat one in Toronto, are locked up

id rather have hundley....guy I really like is Clevenger from Baltimore.hes buried behind wieters but can hit and play defense

[jjgold]

Mets are underrated

They are surprising me, hate going against them

[stevenash]

Mets are underrated

They are surprising me, hate going against them

Niese v. Eovaldi tonight, two sound pitchers.
I want the Mets to show me something tonight if they are to be taken seriously.

Niese can steal this one

[James D]

Today was first day I looked at mlb standing in a week. I heard braves have lost six in a row and had to see what the NL east looked like. Amazing all five teams within 1.5 games of each other

[High3rEl3m3nt]

classic overreaction. Look at their starting rotation last year and tell me how many of them logged in a season's worth of innings pitched. Second half of the season likely won't be so hot for the Marlins.

[PorkChop]

Mets TT 0 3 seemed too nice..

[daneblazer]

Only thing the Marlins are stealing is signs

[The Kraken]

Nash the best MLB capper in formville

Great insite

[daneblazer]

They're done

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 8m
Source says that #Marlins' Fernandez just had second MRI and adds, "This isn't promising."

JIM BOWDEN ‏@JimBowdenESPNxm 2m
Jose Fernandez has a tear in his right throwing elbow for those that are trying to debate the injury

[Big Bear]

The Fish are going to steal this division.

National League
EAST	W	L	PCT	GB	HOME	ROAD	RS	RA	DIFF	STRK	L10	POFF
Atlanta	17	13	0.567	-	6-Sep	7-Aug	99	90	9	Lost 6	6-Apr	0
Washington	17	14	0.548	0.5	8-Sep	6-Aug	133	119	14	Lost 2	4-Jun	0
NY Mets	16	14	0.533	1	8-Aug	6-Aug	128	130	-2	Won 1	4-Jun	0
Philadelphia	15	14	0.517	1.5	7-Jun	7-Sep	118	129	-11	Won 2	4-Jun	0
Miami	16	15	0.516	1.5	14-5	10-Feb	149	125	24	Won 1	4-Jun	0

Miami has enough starting pitching, the Cuban Missile Jose Fernandez is a Cy Young contender, is automatic at home, Eovaldi is a legit #2 guy, Koehler's across the board numbers are solid, and Alveraz is an innnings eater.

Look at these numbers, I mean look twice, how good has this front three been so far?
19 starts, 15 of them quality starts. Astounding WH/IP's and ERA's

NAME	GP	GS	QS	W	L	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	K/9	WAR	WHIP	ERA
Jose Fernandez	7	7	5	4	1	46.2	30	9	2	12	65	12.54	1.5	0.9	1.74
Nate Eovaldi	6	6	5	2	1	38.1	34	11	1	5	35	8.22	0.9	1.02	2.58
Tom Koehler	6	6	5	3	2	37.1	26	10	3	16	24	5.79	1.4	1.13	2.41

Cishek the closer has six saves, been lights out 13 out of 16 appearances, is not an elite closer, but is reliable and dependable, more than a K an inning ratio, 2.25 ERA and a 1.14 WH/IP
Rock solid.

Miami Offense

5th in the majors in runs scored
3rd in the majors in batting average.
4th in the majors in on base percentage
3rd in the majors in slugging percentage.

Where are the holes? There are no holes.
They got power with Ozuna and Stanton and Jones and Satly.
They got speed with Yelich, they all get on base.............

NAME	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Giancarlo Stanton	31	123	22	35	9	0	10	36	74	15	41	2	0.285	0.362	0.602	0.964
Christian Yelich	29	120	20	34	5	3	2	10	51	12	30	4	0.283	0.348	0.425	0.773
Casey McGehee	31	118	9	36	9	1	0	20	47	13	24	0	0.305	0.371	0.398	0.770
Marcell Ozuna	30	118	16	33	5	0	5	19	53	9	25	0	0.28	0.328	0.449	0.777
Adeiny Hechavarria	31	114	17	34	7	3	0	8	47	9	20	1	0.298	0.349	0.412	0.761
Garrett Jones	29	111	14	30	6	0	5	15	51	11	35	0	0.270	0.331	0.459	0.790
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	29	89	18	27	6	0	6	11	51	17	29	0	0.303	0.411	0.573	0.984

Met's aren't winning anything, Braves are flawed, Clown boy Harper is out, Stras is so overrated it's not funny, Zimmerman the third baseman is out, Nats can be had, and the Phillies core players are like 1000 years old.

I am on record, right here, right now, saying Miami is going to steal the NL East.

only 3.5 back in the wild card race. I think they can still make the playoffs.

[t-wizzle]

The Bear NEVER forgets a thread.

[You mad bro]

The Bear NEVER forgets a thread.

twizzle never forgets how to lose