Pitchers and catchers reporting!!!

[True Dough]

Many teams required them to check in on Monday. Others on Tuesday or Wednesday. The boys of summer are starting to warm up!


http://www.springtrainingonline.com/reporting-dates/

[MFM008]

1. The boys of spring.. summer and fall.

What sport lasts almost every day for 8 months??
My mom still forces us to watch this and I'm almost 60.

[True Dough]

2. Who's her team? n/t

[MFM008]

3. Mariners

[True Dough]

4. Hmm. Maybe a wild card spot this season?

Maybe with some luck?

[Kingofalldems]

5. We are set to destroy.

[True Dough]

6. Trea Turner

looks like the real deal. Harper is coming off of a subpar season, should bounce back. Murphy's numbers last year were well above his lifetime averages. Can he repeat that sort of performance? Rendon and Werth stand to improve over last year. After that, depth in the line-up drops off, IMO.

Pitching is solid, led by Scherzer and Strasburg. Melanson was a great pick-up and probably has a few more quality seasons left. Middle relief is a question mark.

I'm going to predict the Nationals finish 5 games back of a wild card.

[Kingofalldems]

7. Well first of all--Melancon is with the Giants now.

Middle relief is not the issue--it's the closer.


As far as your prediction---that is exactly what loudmouth Chris Russo predicted last year and again this year too, BTW. We will see.

[True Dough]

9. Oh! Didn't realize Melancon had bolted

That is a big hole. I don't think the Nats' middle relief is all that good either. Better hope the starters go the distance often.

[Kingofalldems]

10. Okay. I concede. Mets win everything.

Greatest team in history.

[True Dough]

11. I think Cleveland has a very good chance this season

Napoli was good but Encarnacion is an upgrade. They have most of the pieces.

[bluedigger]

8. Royals lefty Brian Flynn out 8 weeks after falling through barn roof

Kansas City Royals reliever Brian Flynn won't be coming through the bullpen door anytime soon after falling through a barn roof on his property.

The 26-year-old left-hander was working on his barn and fell through the roof, Royals manager Ned Yost confirmed Tuesday.

Flynn suffered a broken rib and three minor vertebrae fractures in his back and will be out eight weeks, according to the team.

Flynn made 36 appearances last year, with 35 coming in relief, and finished 2016 with a 1-2 record and 2.60 ERA.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18685525/brian-flynn-kansas-city-royals-injured-falling-barn-roof

Aaaaand we're off!

[Kingofalldems]

12. Yep:

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