News, Notes, and nonsensical madness

If only a person could forget an entire season and move on, this would be the time to do it. 2011 will forever live in infamy as the Dunn-bacle. For weeks heading into the draft the Killer Eagles were playing heads and tails between selecting Adam Dunn or OF Matt Kemp. When the time came the team went with whom they thought was the safer selection and slotted him into 1B for 3-4 years. 40 Hrs? In Chicago it would be easy. In a better lineup, 120 rbi in reach. What could go wrong? Then, four picks later the team decided to reach a little and take a chance on Kendry (Or is it Kendrys) Morales. The safer selection here would have been Clayton Kershaw. Are you following the trend here? The team couldn't have gotten less out of those two clowns in 2011 even if Dunn had joined Morales in the clubhouse all season. So, for everyone involved here lets take a big deep breath.... hold it in... ok let her go and lets move on. You feel better?

There are a lot of returning players heading into 2012 and lets not kid here this team wants to win now and will do everything to win now and worry about "next season" next winter. Being in the lottery for the first time and having the 2nd pick of each round will help the cause, the highest draft pick the Eagles have ever had each round before this year was 8th.(Other than a deal here or there for a higher pick) There have been thoughts on who the team is looking at with their lottery selection and while the best player(s) available are technically blocked by incumbents it doesn't mean the team will not try to swing something during Winter Meetings in order to grab them in the draft. Obviously Adrian Gonzalez is unlikely because dealing Dunn or Morales will be closer to impossible than Doyel and Reynolds not fighting for a week in-season. Robinson Cano and Troy Tulowitski have been mentioned along with Jose Bautista. Tulowitski is blocked by an untradable Asdrubal Cabrera which will make drafting him extremely difficult but would definitely not say he's been ruled out. Baustista makes the most sense because of his overall numbers the past two seasons and the void the Eagles have at 3b. Cano is the next logical, as the Eagles will likely shop Kelly Johnson during the Winter Meetings.

Winter Meetings:
Even having four outfielders heading into the draft, the Eagles are not especially looking to move any of them. They dealt James Shields at the deadline last summer for Jason Heyward and have read positive reports that he has lost weight and in better shape. Could have been a sophomore slump as well as trying to do way too much given the massive hype. Heyward is one of the bigger keys to any success the Eagles hope to have this upcoming season. Brett Gardner will not be dealt because it'll be nice to have a high steal guy going in, and Swisher is unlikely because of his consistency that would almost for sure not be replaced by whatever draft pick / player is offered for him. GM and CEO Larry D Baker Jr was only quoted recently; "All things considered, the table will be pretty quiet for a change during the winter meetings and a [back to the basics] approach will be utilized this go-round. It's worked for us before and will work again. There's no reason why this team will not compete for the Championship in 2012 given the amount of talent in this draft and where we will be picking each round. Anything less than a championship will be a disappointment" When asked about Adam Dunn; "F%#@ off"

2012 will mark the 10 year anniversary of the 2002 Killer Eagles team that took home the inaugral eMLB Championship. Tickets are being sold for the pep rally being held March 22nd to celebrate. Scheduled to make appearances are Carlos Beltran, eSeries MVP Jason Schmidt, Roy Oswalt, and Jorge Posada