Bronson Arroyo diagnosed with a torn labrum, good chance his career is over.

I always liked him with Cincinnati, dude seemed like a great guy to have in the clubhouse.

I am so gonna miss drafting him in the late rounds of my fantasy baseball leagues. 

LOL Yeah they had there 2 year span to make a run. It never panned out.

Steve Nash

You mentioned in the old BTE, I forgot some of it, but is this the last year of shit contracts for the Yankees? Or is there one more after that?

Shit, Jeff deleted it. Oh well, I'll just find the contract info when I get home.

Sabathia being done is the biggest boon imo. He has been horrible, at least Tex was good last year when he was whole.

I don't think that Tanaka is a great pitcher but he's a good enough one to have at the top of the rotation. It'll take more time before we see how good he really is though, he's still relatively new to the league and it can tougher and tougher for pitchers as your opponents see more of you. I expected a lot more from Ellsbury but I don't think he's had a fully healthy season yet so I'll reserve judgement. At the very least he can be a prototypical speedy, contact based lead off hitter.

Losing Greg Bird for the year sucks though. He killed it during his stint in the majors last year. Missing a year hurts him more than it does the team as they probably weren't contending for a division title either way but the extra development would have been great for him going into 2017.

Also, can't say enough about how good Chapman is. He has absolutely dominated as a closer in one of baseball's best divisions while playing in an extremely hitter friendly park, he should have no trouble doing the same in the AL East. The possible effects of the suspension are the only question mark.

I just looked up the vesting option and yankees.lhblogs.com/2015/02/06/looking-ahead-yankees-roster-turnover-next-four-years/


"Alex Rodriguez’s contract doesn’t expire until 2018. Neither does CC Sabathia’s, assuming his vesting option kicks in (which it will unless he suffers a shoulder injury)"

So not exactly totally ideal.

jesus christ E!SPN, I just want to watch a baseball game, not sideline interviews the entire time

Tulo being happy and healthy under the Dome should be the key on the Jays' offensive side. Lacking of a real 1st batter is another minor concern.

I think LaRoche just wants to get out of baseball and he uses his son as the excuse.

Really co-dependent. I thought the team went above and beyond for him and his kid. 

And the faith thing is entirely and completely hilarious reasoning. Like if his kid was dying, had some sort of disease that altered his life but wasn't a threat to end it, I would get Adam's rationale. But instead he's got a completely normal teenager, send your kid to school man. 

What's the deal with those old time baseball guys coming out and lashing on Joey Bats' bat flip this late?

If Joey takes a drill from Rangers' pitcher during their first meeting this season the story should end there, right? What if a brawl follows instead?

It would be fine if he did around right after the game til the end of World Series when the story was still fresh. I get what Goose is trying to say and I think he is partially right but he should have deliver the message a lot earlier.