The draft is coming up, everyone seems to have a mock draft...here is mine
Agree/disagree? Let me know on twitter https://twitter.com/KingScally
The 2014 season saw the Cardinals win 94 games, and win the division by 6 games. The Pirates made the playoffs as a wild card team, but lost the one game playoff to the eventual World Series Champs. The Brewers were the only other team to finish above .500 in the Central, as the Reds and Cubs sloshed their way to poor seasons. This year, I think the 2-5 spots in this division can finish in any order. The Cubies added Jon Lester, Dexter Fowler, and Miguel Montero, not to mention the surplus of power hitting prospects ready to step up. Milwaukee basically kept the same team intact, and with a few surprises could build on their 82-80 finish from 2014. Cincinnati made some questionable trades, but healthy and productive seasons from Joey Votto and Jay Bruce could really boost the Reds. Let's walk the plank and jump into the predictions:
<span style="\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"font-family:" georgia,="" \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'times="" new="" roman\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\',="" \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'bitstream="" charter\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\',="" times,="" serif;="" font-size:="" 16px;="" line-height:="" 24px;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"="">
Hey baseball fans, the calendar tells me its March, so that must mean spring is in the air! Could have fooled me, because Indiana is could as shit right now, but Arizona and Florida look good as ever. Spring games have just gotten underway, so its time for us to kick off our divisional previews. The NL West is first, and that division might have had more turnover than any other in the league this winter. Lets jump in with my 2015 projected standings:
After the combine and after some franchise tags is where I like to kick off some mock drafts. The combine has come and gone and there were some risers and and guys who are falling. If you didn't read the risers of the combine take a look before reading this. For the most part though many first round guys did what was expected at the combine. Enough of he chit-chat and let's get mocking!
Yup. The combine is history and now, you might have a slightly better vision regarding most of this year’s prospects. So why not do a mock draft after all, huh? Let’s stick to the first round for now, as there’s a lot of things to cover and a lot of teams with plenty of needs, including teams willing to trade-up to snatch some high profile prospects.
And after a long layoff, IBN Sports Wrap is coming back with UFC previews and boy we are starting with a good one (but sadly not as great as it should have been) ! UFC 184, headlined by a HUGE fight for the women’s bantamweight division between champion and pound for pound queen Ronda Rousey and undefeated contender Cat Zigano is going down this Saturday. And here’s the preview.
After an already tough season regarding player violence off the field, one of the superstars in football might be the next in line and this time, it could get really ugly.
There is still a day left of the combine with the defensive backs going, but there has been a lot of risers already. Most of the big names did what was expected. Then there were guys that made themselves some big money. Out of the 3 groups to already go, these guys came to play;
<span style="\\\\\\\\"font-family:" georgia,="" \\\\\\\\'times="" new="" roman\\\\\\\\',="" \\\\\\\\'bitstream="" charter\\\\\\\\',="" times,="" serif;="" font-size:="" 16px;="" line-height:="" 24px;\\\\\\\\"="">
Yesterday was as crazy as a trade deadline can get. We had a podcast to recap the madness that went on, but we had technical problems uploading it, so we apologize for that. Yesterday's trade deadline was actually quiet for a while, until about 2 hours or so left. The clock was ticking down and then the crazy started happening. There had to be about four trades to happen within minutes of each other. The NBA world was put on fire and twitter erupted. There were some bigger trades that went down that we can focus on more than the others.
Every year in Indianapolis, the NFL holds its Combine for players to perform on and off field evaluations. GMs, coaches and owners get to watch and interview players, and draft boards start getting formed. As a fan, I love watching the players do the broad jump, run a 40, and go through the positional drills. It's a chance for me to be an armchair GM, and decide way to early who I want my Jets to draft. Some players excel in these drills and shoot up the draft board, others run a slow 40 or drop a few balls and their stock plummets. Today, I'm going to shed some light on offensive skill players who have the ability to move up and cement themselves as Round 1, Round 2 or even a Top 10 pick. Here's who my 12 pack of Coors Light as I will be keeping a close eye on come Saturday morning/afternoon.
If you haven't paid attention to the MLB offseason, then you missed the San Diego Padres going crazy. They have went out and got Matt Kemp, Wil Myers, Justin Upton, Will Middlebrooks, and now James Shields. I don't know where all this active shopping is coming from. Maybe the Cartel is backing them, or counterfeiting straight cash homie, who the hell knows. Now most of those guys were straight trades, but still it's weird to see the Padres, go big.
Have the superpower teams switched in the NBA? As of right now they look like they might have. To be honest, it is a better look for the NBA. Right now the top 3 teams in the East and West look like this;
East:
1.Hawks
2. Wizards
3. Raptors
West:
1. Warriors
2. Trailblazers
3. Memphis
So here's the deal with doing a mock draft this early, no one knows ANYTHING yet.
A few teams with top 10 picks just got a new coach,which means there is no way to know what will happen.
However, i LOVE mock drafts, they give me something to get excited about. Today, I'm going to give a crack at how the first 10 picks could play out.