Comments on: Let a Dickey Be Your Umbrella

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:35:04 +0000

Does anyone else like the Pagan, Beltran, Francouer outfield? You have the enthusiasm and hitting in left, the steady numbers (I think Beltran will pick up soon) in center, and the defense in right. It’s a complete picture.

By: Dak442

Dak442 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:51:52 +0000

Ha! I rejoiced at that news on the MLBTV crawl. Cantu has killed us for YEARS!

By: mikeski

mikeski — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:21:23 +0000

God, I love this guy. God, don’t we all? "We never had any pitchers later on like when we had R.A. Dickey. Jesus, does anyone?" I know that's a reach, but that's the line that came to my mind.

By: oldtimebaseball

oldtimebaseball — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:12:24 +0000

Any trade is a crap shoot. Remember Roberto Alomar? If the price for Oswalt included Jonathon Niese, I wouldn’t have made that deal. Assuming Santana’s first inning on Wednesday night was a hiccup, and expecting Pelfrey to return to better form if not the dominance he showed first third of the season, the rotation looks pretty good with Niese and Dickey in the mix. A fifth starter may be found at Buffalo. Of more concern is the offense, which went into hiding on the west coast. But who would be a sure thing to add to this lineup? I think this team is fun to watch and may even have a pleasant surprise or two in store before the end of the season.

By: CharlieH

CharlieH — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:11:12 +0000

In other good news, Jorge Cantu is now out of the NL!

Now, if we can get the Fish to dump Hanley Ramirez…

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:01:59 +0000

Dickey is an absolute hero, isn’t he?

I think the key to me not going mad this season is to not let myself get too carried away. Hovering around .500,building a team for the future and playing entertaining baseball should be enough, considering how bad things looked prior to the start of the season (and how bad things were last year). Anything more should be a bonus, not an expectation. Underpromise and overdeliver and all that.

By: Andee

Andee — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:18:45 +0000

The Phillies trading for Oswalt makes me larf.

THEY COULD HAVE KEPT CLIFF LEE. Lee did not have to be traded in order to get Halladay; those were two separate deals. So they coughed up a bunch of prospects, in effect, to swap Lee for Halladay, and then gave up Happ plus more prospects to get Oswalt. And Lee was only signed one more year, at a lot less money than Oswalt makes. And is younger and better than Oswalt.

Oy vey.

Besides, who needs Oswalt? We have Dickey! And at a fraction of the cost (although he’ll get more expensive to keep next year).

By: metsilverman.com

metsilverman.com — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:50:42 +0000

I don’t know who I’m standing and cheering for, R.A. Dickey for his yeoman work with a spent pen–and getting every camp kid back in time for 4 o’clock snack–or G.W. Prince for 14 wins in a row. Both feats unexpected and impressive. And here’s hoping JA Happ becomes the next Jason Isringhausen.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:49:27 +0000

He has been the one consistent pitcher for the Mets. Check out http://www.thefantasybaseballguru.com leave comments ask qs and follow me on Twitter at beatboston1995

By: LarryDC

LarryDC — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:48:47 +0000

Man, if every painful, maddening, 13-inning, late-night attitude-wrecker could be followed by a daytime, rubber-game shutout by the good guys, life would be so much more pleasant. I almost feel bad for last night’s game, deprived as it was of a full 24-hour cycle of annoying the crap outta me.