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Sizzling Summer Reading Selections at the Scholastic Book Fair!
The research on summer reading is clear: Children who don't read during the summer lose reading skills, while those who do read are more likely to be successful in school when school resumes in the fall. So how do you combine your child's need for summer fun with the need to keep them reading? It's easy! Give them ACCESS to many books and the OPPORTUNITY to choose what they want to read.
This week the Southport Media Center is hosting the Scholastic Summer Reading Book Fair! This end of year celebration of reading offers an amazing selection of affordable books, including the newest titles for every reading level. Students could also enter into a raffle to win books, posters, and other summer goodies.
Our Summer Reading Book Fair continues through May 20th from 10:00AM through 3:30PM. The first 75 students who purchase a book receive a free Kids at Hope tote donated by Councilman Bowen and the Port St. Lucie Parks and Recreation Dept! The Media Center thanks you for your support!!Read More
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Southport's young authors will soon celebrate all their hard work and get the chance to share the books they have authored during our annual Young Authors Celebration. On Friday, May 1st at 2:00 PM, award winning children's book author Donna Gephart, will be here to inspire Southport's top writers and answer questions. Ms. Wanda Galey, Southport's YA coordinator, will present students with certificates of participation in the Young Authors' Celebration, as well a copy of Ms. Gephart's latest title, How to Survive Middle School. The top three students' books will be chosen by literacy teachers to receive an invitation to the St. Lucie County Reading Council's Young Author Celebration: "The Academy of Amazing Authors" to celebrate their accomplishment.Read More


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Prototype games are awesome, so this is definitely good news for me. Looking forward to the remaster
Edit: Forgot to say. I thought the first Prototype game was much better than the first Infamous
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Prototype games are awesome, so this is definitely good news for me. Looking forward to the remaster
Edit: Forgot to say. I thought the first Prototype game was much better than the first Infamous
Meh. Didn't find it very funny, but hopefully that's just me.
I don't like kickstarter. Been burnt once, never again. But happy to hear it's coming to vita. IF it turns out to be a good game, I'd definitely buy it one day.
Hand of fate.
My most hated game at the moment. I'm an extremely unlucky guy and this game depends 80% on luck and 20% on skill. Still like it, though.
Don't see what's wrong with Teddie in that video. He's just acting like himself. Though I have to agree the Japanese voice is beyond annoying. I'm so glad they took a different approach with the English dubbing, which overall is the best in any video game I've played or Anime I've watched.
Day 1 for me. Bought the yu-gi-oh game for ps3 that was released last year and was not disappointed. Can't wait!
Still playing Persona 4 golden. I swear to Long Johnson, this game does not have an end. I beat 4 things I thought were the final boss and I'm still in another dungeon trying to fight another.
I hope Knack makes its way to ps+ as I've played it and thought it was awesome.
Remember, for every person trashing it online, there's another who enjoy it but is not as vocal about it. I hope people who are sceptical about it can get the chance to try it out and judge on their own.
There's already so called "girls cross dressing" in the game. It's just that women can wear whatever they want and its fine (as it should be) but somehow for men it's a big deal. Double standards. I say let people and fictional characters dress the way they (/their creators) want and leave the "cross dressing" comments out of the discussion.
Just my two cents.
I don't see anything wrong with the review. It's excellent just like your previous ones. I like the content, but I disagree with the score. That doesn't make the review bad at all. Its purpose is to help someone decide if they want to buy a certain game.
For example, The Unfinished Swan got a perfect 10 and I bought it instantly. It sounded like a gem. Turns out I didn't really like it, but I still thought that the review was great. It just wasn't my cup of tea. Same thing happened with other reviews/games as well. Just because I disagree with the scores, doesn't mean I think I'm right and you're not. I just know what I like, which is not always what reviewers do, especially when it comes to indie games.
I'm with xVAKAR1ANx on this one. I think name calling should have no place here. If you don't agree with him, you can always ban him, but this doesn't look good for your site, Sammy.
Anyway, I somewhat agree with Gemuatro. I feel like pushsquare's scores for indie games have been a bit high, so when I see a score for an indie game I deduct some points, because my score is usually about 2 lower than yours.
Also, I don't care for these retro graphics. They don't have to be mind-blowing or anything. Mutant blobs or Guacamelee are fine for me. Anything else, I avoid since there are other equally good games I could be playing with acceptable graphics.
The way I see it, it shows that SOME gamers want that. Whether they are enough to make a game profitable or truly successful is debatable. There are definitely people who would spend hundreds of dollars to see such a game made, but it seems to me that that's a niche. Of course, I hope I'm wrong because I love platformers. Knack has been my favourite ps4 game so far.
Quite happy we're getting Murasaki and Hohokum. Was planning on buying both of them eventually.
I recently bought Knack and absolutely loved it. It's a really fun and well made game. If they don't offer it for free any time soon, people should at least consider buy it when it's on sale. I got it for 15 quid which is not bad all.
Huge fan of the series, so probably day 1 for me, but yeah... Disappointed like most people about the direction they're taking it, even if it's understandable.
Didn't know it was that cheap. I'm so buying it tomorrow. Can't wait to see if I'll agree with the review or not.
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I'll be back in week just to post that I remember this game.
Now that Destiny of Spirits is gone, I've been playing DmC (ps4), Persona 4 Golden and the glorious Knack. Knack is ace! One of the funnest games I've played in a while.
Same here.
For me that's devastating news as I played it for over 2000 hours (2099 to be exact). It became a huge part of my life, so yeah, worst game related news I've heard in my life.
I get that it was not doing well and that they had to shut it down, but it still hurts like hell. Today I woke up and turning on my vita to play DoS was like muscle memory. Sad...
@dacendarin Yeah, that's definitely the biggest problem, but I think they could take baby steps. The game doesn't have to work perfectly, just well enough to get a bit closer to SAO than the psv games do.
Best one yet, Ben. Absolutely hilarious!
Been playing Justice: Gods among us. Pretty cool game. Loved the main story. Unfortunately, though, when it comes to fighting games, the only gamestyle that I enjoy is Tekken's, which seriously can't come out soon enough.
Destiny of Spirits continues to amaze me. It became incredibly difficult, but not to the point that you can't wait unless you pay real money. I'm loving that game more and more.
Funny thing is, when Ninty copied Activision with Amiibos, there was no backlash. When PS-All stars came out, "OMG rip-off!". Double standards much?
Yes, I would if they were cheap enough. I'd definitely buy Kat, Knack, Kratos, and Sackboy. Even if they weren't implemented well, I wouldn't mind as I just wanna have the action figures and so far I haven't seen any at a good price.
Sales are by no means proof of quality. The psvita sales are just as indicative of what an amazing piece of kit it as wiiu's sales and the quality of its first party games.
In other words, it's like saying "I don't get people who praise Wiiu for its games. The sales are proof that they're not good".
The only two serious problems the vita had were the rise of mobiles/tablets and the lack of enough first party games. In terms of hardware it was and still is "a great piece of kit". I also have a 3ds and that has more big budget games, but in terms of hardware, as far as I'm concerned, it's nowhere near as good as the vita.
Great video and nice to see my favourite game of the year (Stick of Truth) so high.
No love for Soul Sacrifice Delta? I am disappoint.
Yes, this is annoying but let's not act like it's the end of the world. Not defending Sony or anything, as obviously I don't have all the facts, but man, people are acting as if they don't have water to drink.
All I've been playing for months is an online only game (destiny of spirits) and you know what? I'll play something else while it's down. It really isn't the end of the world. And if I couldn't play anything, I'd read a book for a change.
Have all the people calling the movie "garbage" or whatever actually seen it? I haven't but I've been reading only how certain people expected the worst and were pleasantly surprised.
Easily "Tomba!"
Words can't describe just how much I loved this game. I played it again when it became available on the vita and loved every second of it which almost never happens to me with old games/game I have already played.
Just finished the third part of 400 Days and though I get what you mean, I still don't like the characters. I'll try to avoid spoiling it to anyone who hasn't played it yet, but let's just say I didn't really like the black teenager or the Asian criminal, especially the way he escaped. I did find the drug addict's story quite interesting, though.
As for the rest of the comments:
1. I think some of you are using the word "hypocritical" incorrectly. Hypocritical would be if people like Push Square reviewers gave a great score to Drive Club because it's a Sony exclusive and terrible to COD:AW because it's not despite both of them having similar online problems (I heard it's worse with DC). In that case, they would be inconsistent and it would be hypocritical of them to do so. But if at some point the change their review system across the board, then it's a change for the better. What should they do to avoid being called hypocritical? Never change/improve?
2. Bugs/glitches etc. I don't think it's due to lazy developers but because of the little time they have to make the games. Remember when Sony forced Nihilistic (or whatever they were called) to make COD vita in like 6 months? Of course a game made like that will end up being a mess. Same with Ubisoft and AC. Obviously Ubisoft wants to make as much money as possible and they know that by delaying a game and missing the holiday window, they will lose millions. At the same time, with what they are doing they're running their series to the ground.
I'm glad reviewers have finally become less forgiving and hopefully they will affect sales enough to force companies to give developers time to both make and test their games.
The Walking Dead - 400 days (psvita). Heard that it's as good as the first 5 episodes and so far it looks alright, but definitely not as interesting.
Maybe I missed it, but did anyone take into account that since the launch of the ps4 the ps+ subscribers increased by ... like a lot? Last time they made a statement about it, they said that that half the ps4 users had ps+ and suggested that before the launch of the ps4 there were less than a million ps+ subscibers.
Do people understand what these numbers mean at all? No? ok.
Every time Sony was giving away a game, it was was given to less than a million people out of like 70m ps3 and psvita owners. Because it was given to such a small number, it worked as a promotion of the game. People would try it out, recommend it to friends or make positive comments about it online, which leads to more sales for the game.
If now the game is being given to more than 4m people, which company would be willing to give their game for free to that many people? And if they did, how much money would they ask from Sony? The new subscribers also affect the free ps3 games, because they likely also have a ps3 and they are unlikely to purchase an AAA ps3 game if it's given to them for free.
Feel free to yell a Sony all you want. But how about we have some realistic expectations? At any rate, I still think they should give either Knack or Killzone (ps4) this month considering the whole mess with Drive Club. Other than that, it has been an overall good year for me, because as soon as ps subscribers rose, I knew we wouldn't get many AAA titles. I don't have a ps4 and still think it's worth it. Feel free to disagree, but consider the numbers from a business point, for a change.
This is the game I bought a psp for. Also bought the first psvita game, but I always hated that you had to use AR cards. I'm glad they're no longer necessary.
Forgot to say. I have hoard and I think it's an awesome game. For anyone who hasn't tried the demo and has ps+, download the game and give it a try. You might change your mind.
The list would have been awesome for me had I not already owned PSASBR. But velocity 2x is good enough for me to consider it a good month.
Don't people have backlogs? I don't get all the complaining.
Don't like the guy. I gave him a fair chance but I found his voice incredibly annoying. After hearing him scream while playing Deadpool, I decided to never watch any of videos ever again. But they still show up on what's new/popular on youtube. I ended up watching one more titled something along the lines of "I'm leaving". A video in which he explain how he'd be gone for a single week. If that's not incerdibly obnoxious, I don't know what is. Kim Kardshian has huge influence on young girls, but I still have no respect for her.
This is not blind hate. I gave both of them a fair chance and simply found them annoying. I don't think they do actually do anything to deserve any respect.
I disagree. In order to call someone's actions hypocritical you need to compare reactions to a similar situation. It's like saying "killing someone is bad". What if someone kills someone in self defence? Is that the same? Would someone calling both people "murderers" be right? Of course not. Point being: context is everything. When Sony does something similar and people say it's fine, feel free to call the hypocrites.
I, personally, don't like paid third party exclusives whether they are timed, permanent or just dlc. If you feel differently, that's fine but before you call someone a hypocrite consider whether the situation is actually similar enough to warrant such criticism.
That's absolutely fair. Their action is a slap in the face of fans and rewarding them with sales is only sending the wrong message. So don't feel any pressure to buy it. Wait some time and if you feel differently at some point, there will always be (second hand) copies you can buy.
I live in the UK. It was working for me 10 minutes ago and now it's not working again. Definitely not resolved yet.
Not everyone can afford a second console. Fable was a huge miss for me (as ps3/pc gamer) but I didn't buy an entire console for one game.
As for Dreamfall Chapters, can you honestly compare it with Tomb Raider? TR is one of the biggest franchises in video game history with a long success on ps consoles. The other a game some people have heard of, which could turn out to be terrible. Not even remotely the same.
I feel almost the same way. I was never a fan of TR but I find this decision a slap in the face of loyal fans who made TR the franchise that it is today. I would suggest you buy the game used to play it and not give them a penny. That's what I'm planning to do with any Square Enix game from now on, as they are the ones who made that decision. I'm sure Crystal Dynamics had no say in this and are getting a lot of heat because of SE's moronic decision.
Destiny of Spirits as usual. Almost 1000 hours so far. I hope I never beat this record with any other game.
Sigh. And here was I thinking we had a great community here
You don't have to like the game but insulting it the way some people have is pretty disappointing to say the least. Can we just say that it's not your cup of tea and leave it at that?


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OGDEN, Utah – Tricking out luxury SUVs with bullet-proof plating is just one of the many features international armoring corporation offers its clients, including Manny Pacquiao.
The company sells roadside protection to politicians, business leaders, and professional athletes. Lately, their favorite client has been Pacquiao, the world's pound-for-pound boxing king.
Vice President of International Armoring Philippines, Tom Fleenor said, "We built a vehicle for him, for his protection, not necessarily for Manny himself, but for the protection of his family, for his wife and his children."
Eventually, Pacquiao bought two vehicles from international armoring, including a Cadillac Escalade and a Hummer H2, both of which were enhanced with the company's highest protection levels.
"Pacquiao's rides have been accessorized with ballistic materials and 42-mm ballistic glass, which can resist fire from high-powered rifles."
Since he closed the deal, Fleenor said he became good friends with Pacquiao. The friendship opened a lot of doors and led to more high-profile Filipino clients.
"It's nice to be able to build a personal relationship with these individuals and to be able to go into the homes of the governors and the homes of the presidents and the homes of these big politicians and have dinner with their families."
Business has been lucrative in the Philippines. International Armor plans on opening a plant in Subic Bay.
Fleenor said, "We have the ability to go to the Philippines and take up some of that market share as well as put local talent there to work."
When they inaugurate their new factory in the Philippines, Fleenor said, it would be an honor to have Pacquiao do the ribbon cutting. He is, after all, a walking endorsement of how tough the company's vehicles can get.
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Well, so far, this years NBA Championship series is actually living up to the hype surrounding it. The build has been all about Kevin Durant vs. LeBron James and after 2 games you can say that neither has disappointed.
The Miami Heat held off the Oklahoma City Thunder late Thursday night, 100-96. The Thunder did erase a 15 point lead in the 2nd half, but couldn't come all the way back.
And no, we aren't getting into the "Did he" or "Didn't He" alleged foul by James on Durant late in the game when the Thunder had a chance to close. It wasn't called thusly---no debate.
James erased some questions about his ability to finish late in Finals games, he scored 32, Dwyane Wade played more like Dwyane Wade, adding 24 and Chris Bosh was a big factor in the game, grabbing 15 rebounds.
The Thunder struggled early, missing a lot of shot and were often out of control. A lot of that had to do with Russell Westbrook, who was getting into the lane, but was rarely able to make shots while in there.
Already, the experts...or at least the clowns on the 4-letter-word (ESPN) have pretty much given the series to the Heat, and they do now have the home court advantage. But as we all know, advantages are only good until the next game and the next game is Sunday night...in Miami.
We'll see who steps up bigger this time because like we said in the beginning, for the first time in many years, this actually is an NBA Finals that is worth watching.
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26 CALVES STOLEN FROM STANISLAUS COUNTY DAIRY FARM: TURLOCK (AP) - Stanislaus County authorities are investigating the theft of 26 calves from a dairy farm near Turlock.
STOCKTON ADDING 17 POLICE OFFICERS: STOCKTON - Two new Stockton police officers were sworn in Tuesday afternoon and five new recruits were introduced as Stockton received word of the federal "COPS Grant" that will add yet another 17 to their ranks.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Four former California governors on Monday supported a request by Gov. Jerry Brown to delay the release of nearly 10,000 prison inmates by year's end.
SAN JOSE (AP) - In a trial that began Monday, 10 California cities and counties are seeking nearly $1 billion from paint manufacturers to remove lead paint from millions of older homes, arguing that they sold the product despite being aware of its potential health effects.
MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR KILLING 2 OVER DOG: FRESNO (AP) - A Fresno man who shot and killed two people and paralyzed a third in a dispute over a lost dog has been sentenced to 82 years to life in prison, plus two life terms without the possibility of parole.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The nation's two largest public pension funds on Monday reported double-digit annual returns from rising stock and real estate prices, but cautioned against focusing too much on short-term performance.
SAN BERNARDINO (AP) - Police are searching for a man who shot and wounded a dog who ran toward him during a confrontation with a group of transients in San Bernardino.
SAN JOSE (AP) - Police say a 13-year-old girl fought off a man who forced his way into her house after following her home from school.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities have identified 3,000 arrests that could have been influenced and resulted in wrongful convictions as the result of bias by 14 San Francisco police officers being investigated for racist and homophobic text messages, the district attorney announced Thursday.
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DAVIS (AP) - Miguel Davila had reasons to be skeptical when the University of California, Davis dedicated a bright, clearly marked space on campus for students who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
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GARDEN GROVE (AP) - It was with more hope than accuracy that the founder of this Orange County city picked the name Garden Grove in 1874 for what was little more than an open plain under the Southern California sun.
Great Valley Writing Project at CSU Stanislaus will offer summer writing programs in Manteca, Ripon, and Tracy for students who are currently enrolled in grades K-12. Enrollment is open to the public.
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Manteca Unified high school students and their parents now have expanded choices.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton took time out Wednesday from raising money in San Francisco to visit a tea shop in Chinatown.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown took a sarcastic approach to critics of his $15 billion twin tunnel plan Wednesday, saying unless they have invested a million hours working on the problem as his staff has, they should "shut up."
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The other day, we posted a short piece about an exchange between Michael Emmerich and Daniela Hurezanu that took place on the Calque website and centered around a recent interview with Emmerich the striking differences between his unedited version of The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P and the version edited by Elmer Luke.
Thanks to the general awesomeness of St. Mark's Bookshop I was able to pick up the most recent issue of Calque last night. And thanks to the boring, depersonalized nature of airports, I just had a chance to read this entire interview and versions of Emmerich's translation of Matsuura Rieko's novel.
First off, the edited version of the translation reads much better than the unedited one. The concerns Hurezanu expressed in her letter to Calque are completely valid—there are occasions when editors mutilate a translation to fit certain preconceived notions about the reader—but in this case, my personal feeling, and no offense to Emmerich, who is clearly one of the top Japanese translators working today, is that the edited version simply reads better. (For instance, "Roused from my slumbers by a barrage of knocks on the front door, it gradually dawned on me that an hour earlier I had agreed to have a talk with Kazumi, and I made a mad dash for the hall," doesn't read as well as "I was roused by a barrage of knocks on the door, and suddenly remembering Kazumi was coming over, I made a mad dash to the door.")
And Emmerich's description of this book makes it sound wonderfully perverse:
The Apprenticeship of Big Toe P is an unusual sort of masterpiece. Riveting, provocative, funny, disturbing, touching, verbose, explicit, and absurd, it was also a bestseller. I doubt anyone in the United States who can't read Japanese even suspects that Japanese literature contains novels like this, or authors like Matsuura. A novel, that is to say, whose heroine has a penis on her foot and spends much of the book on the road with what amounts to a sexual freak show.
Aside from the excerpts though, the interview with Emmerich is simply amazing and totally worth the cover price. The opening section about Ukigumo—which is considered the "first modern Japanese novel"—is fascinating, since its author, Futabatei Shimei (which is a pseudonym and pun that reflects a Japanese phrase that translates as "drop dead") translated Ivan Turgenev and was heavily influenced by Russian writers.
Futabatei also cites Dostoevsky and Goncharov as the stylistic models that helped him break out of the distinctly "early modern" written style and prose rhythms that dominate Part 1 of Ukigumo, and we know that when he was struggling with Parts 2 and 3, he sometimes wrote in Russian first, then translated his Russian into Japanese [. . .]
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The reader. This sounds like another dodge, I know. But that's the best answer. Unless we're talking about a particular translation, and considering it in relation to the context within which it came into being, trying to determine how well it meets the needs it was designed to meet. [. . .] We tend to assume, for instance, that readers who are able to compare a translation with the work that inspired it are best equipped—are perhaps the only ones equipped—to judge its merits. And yet translations aren't designed to meet the needs of readers who . . . I can't think how to say this without slipping into tautology . . . who don't need a translation.
To tell the truth, I suspect that readers who can compare translations and originals actually tend to be worse judges of the quality of a translation than people who are unable to read the original. [. . .]
Of course, readers who can access both the original and the translation are able to find obvious mistakes, and that's somethign only they can do, and that can be important. But surely that's not what we mean when we ask what distinguishes good translations from bad? We're interested in something that runs deeper, I would hope—not something so superficial that any old multilingual reader can come along and point it out after a hasty comparison of the two texts. [. . .]
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2015 Arizona Diamondbacks Over Under Win Total Analysis
- Updated: February 21, 2015
The disappointing 2014 season for the Arizona Diamondbacks had one very big silver lining. Rather than sit idly by and watch the Diamondbacks fall farther behind their National League West competition, major changes took place in the front office and in the dugout. New Chief Baseball Officer for the Diamondbacks, famed manager Tony La Russa, wasted no time after the season orchestrating changes. Kirk Gibson was unceremoniously fired with three games left in the season and Chip Hale was selected to replace him. General Manager Kevin Towers, whose record of success, or lack thereof, was a major hindrance to the Diamondbacks was also fired and replaced by Dave Stewart. One of the biggest coups of the offseason was La Russa's ability to pluck De Jon Watson from the Los Angeles Dodgers to be the new senior vice president of baseball operations.
The hiring of Hale was almost a no-brainer for the Diamondbacks because of his familiarity with the team and the organization. Hale was a coach in the Diamondbacks organization from 2006-09 and got some additional experience with the New York Mets from 2010-11 and the Oakland Athletics as Bob Melvin's bench coach from 2012-14.
One of the biggest problems with Gibson was his hard-line stance on everything. A lot was made of Gibson's retaliatory bean ball thrown at Andrew McCutchen after Paul Goldschmidt's hand was accidentally broken by a Pirates pitcher. Randall Delgado drilled McCutchen while Goldschmidt looked on with a disappointed expression. This wasn't the only retaliatory hit during Gibson's tenure and he should have been fired as a result of any one of them. In any event, Gibson is now gone and there is a renewed sense of optimism and hope in the organization with some tremendous baseball people in place.
Considering the Diamondbacks were 5-15 after their first 20 games, their 64-98 final record was hardly surprising. The Diamondbacks were not a good team on paper to begin with, but some head-scratching transactions and some bad luck on the injury front led to the second-worst season in franchise history. After 81-81 seasons in 2012 and 2013 and last season's 94-loss disaster, the changes in the front office are good developments for the organization.
Coming off of an awful season, oddsmakers aren't very high on the Diamondbacks. BetOnline is at 72.5 wins, with 5Dimes at the same number. Bovada is a win lower at 71.5.
Key additions: Yasmany Tomas, Jeremy Hellickson, Robbie Ray, Rubby de la Rosa, Allen Webster, Blake Beavan
Key losses: Didi Gregorius, Wade Miley, Miguel Montero, Mike Bolsinger
Former Major League pitcher Dave Stewart wasted no time this offseason in acquiring arms to bolster the Diamondbacks' subpar pitching staff. Judging by the caliber of the pitchers acquired, the Diamondbacks are content to wait on Archie Bradley to develop into an ace and they will strengthen the back of the rotation in the meantime. Rubby de la Rosa and Allen Webster came over in the Wade Miley deal and Robbie Ray was part of the big three-team deal that netted the Yankees Didi Gregorius.
The biggest wild card of the bunch is Yasmany Tomas. Tomas was one of the most sought after Cuban imports this winter and the Diamondbacks were able to get him for a modest investment of six years and $68.5M, with an opt-out clause for Tomas after his fourth season. Hale noted his involvement with Yoenis Cespedes in Oakland and that may have been a big factor in this signing. Tomas has upside, but also concerns.
Many people will forget that the Diamondbacks were getting a quality season from Chris Owings before he went out with an injury, so the Diamondbacks traded from a position of strength in the Gregorius deal. The loss of Miguel Montero will be interesting for the pitching staff, as the Diamondbacks are left Tuffy Gosewich and a question at backup catcher.
Why bet the over?
There's a major philosophical change in the Diamondbacks front office and there are some very well-respected baseball people in positions of power. That will change the dynamic and should give the Diamondbacks a certain level of confidence that they can compete. Before the Diamondbacks went 16-37 to end the season by quitting on Kirk Gibson, they were 48-61, which isn't great, but obviously not 64-98.
Injuries played a major role in Arizona's 2015 season. Paul Goldschmidt played just 1009 games and didn't have an at bat after August 1. Patrick Corbin needed Tommy John surgery before his 2015 season even began. Always dependable Bronson Arroyo finally broke and needed Tommy John surgery. Chris Owings went out, leaving a huge offensive hole at shortstop. A less-publicized injury to AJ Pollock took away one of Arizona's top threats. Injuries limited Mark Trumbo to 14 home runs and 362 plate appearances.
Among players that had at least 250 plate appearances, three were above league average by weighted runs created plus, a sabermetric stat that uses a baseline of 100 to determine how much above or below average a player was using weighted runs created. Those players were Goldschmidt, who was limited to 479 plate appearances, Pollock, who was limited to 287 plate appearances, and David Peralta, who had 348 plate appearances and is a platoon player.
Chase Field rates four percent above average in home run park factor, yet the Diamondbacks were led by Goldschmidt with 19 home runs. Better health and the addition of Tomas, who has a big bat, will help in this instance. As a team, the Diamondbacks ranked 23rd in HR/FB% and they ranked 27th in FB%. Offensively, the team is banking on better health and some different hitting philosophies, which is not a bad approach. There is some offensive talent on this team if it can stay healthy.
Patrick Corbin will likely be out until at least June for the Diamondbacks, but they have better starting pitching depth this season thanks to the additions that Stewart and Watson made this winter. The June prediction was from former manager Kirk Gibson, so Chip Hale and the new front office may have different ideas. In any event, the Diamondbacks should get a boost from Corbin at some point over the summer.
There are some very intriguing pitchers on this team that could have an impact. Josh Collmenter wound up being worth two wins working predominantly as a starter last season. Collmenter harnessed his control and walked less than two batters per nine innings, which is an important development to watch for all Diamondbacks pitchers. To say that the Diamondbacks are not a gifted team defensively is an understatement and the ability to prevent free baserunners will be very important. Collmenter induced a lot of weak contact and posted a quality 3.47 ERA.
Jeremy Hellickson could have a lot more success moving to the National League and with a change of scenery. Believers in sabermetrics had correctly pegged Hellickson for regression during the 2013 season and he delivered. He posted a 2.95 ERA with a 4.44 FIP in 2011 and a 3.10 ERA with a 4.60 FIP in 2012. Those were not sustainable, no matter the defense playing behind the pitcher. In 2013, Hellickson's ERA ballooned well past where sabermetricians thought it would as he climbed to 5.17 with a 4.22 FIP. In 2014, Hellickson's season was cut short to 13 Major League starts and five minor league starts.
There could very well be untapped potential in the right arm of Hellickson. He'll turn 28 during the first week of the season, but he has regularly posted decent strikeout-to-walk ratios as more of a pitch-to-contact guy. Early in his career, Hellickson could neutralize lefties with a quality change-up. A new voice and a new organization could do enough to transform him back into a quality starting pitcher capable of posting an ERA in the 3.50s.
There's a lot of intrigue about Allen Webster and Rubby de la Rosa, the pitchers that Arizona got in the Wade Miley deal. Tommy John surgery caught de la Rosa virtually all of 2012 and he flashed some interesting potential at the Major League level with the Red Sox last season. He sits mid-90s with the fastball and flashes a two-seamer/change-up combo that can induce ground balls. Webster can sit in the low-to-mid 90s with a good fastball and a change-up that flashes plus potential. Like de la Rosa, the refinement just isn't there yet. The raw tools are and for a franchise that needs to bet on optimism, Webster is a good gamble.
Chase Anderson might be the safest bet in the Diamondbacks rotation as a dependable back-end guy that showcases a couple of quality change-ups to get weak contact and whiffs. He also works ahead in the count. His fastball is good enough to allow the change-up to play up a level and the curve is a work in progress that shows potential.
Addison Reed's declining velocity continued to be a hindrance to the bullpen, but he posted a 27.4 percent strikeout rate and a 3.26 xFIP. FIP is fielder-independent pitching, so it takes away batted balls that aren't "true outcomes". For pitchers, the "true outcomes" are things they can "control", like walks, strikeouts, hit by pitches, and home runs. xFIP is "expected FIP" given their expected home run rate based on fly balls allowed and league average home run rates on fly balls. Reed is predominantly a fly ball pitcher and 11 of those fly balls left the yard. Theoretically, his home run rate should lower next season, given how big of an anomaly it was. A 3.26 xFIP would rate in the "great" to "above average" range. Reed's actual ERA was 4.25 and his FIP was 4.03. That would suggest some positive regression.
The Diamondbacks bullpen has some guys capable of missing bats. The Diamondbacks bullpen had the fifth-highest K/9 and sixth-highest K%. All of those relievers are back and the bullpen could get a boost from whoever loses out on the final spot in the rotation.
Why bet the under?
This starting rotation has the potential to be awful. There's no true ace and most of these guys are back-end starting pitchers. There's a chance that Trevor Cahill will steal a spot from Allen Webster or Rubby de la Rosa, which would be a big mistake because there's not a lot of upside left with Cahill. The Diamondbacks got the fifth-fewest innings from their starting pitchers last season and the biggest concern with the current group of contenders for the rotation is walks. They lack command and control. That means that they won't be able to shoulder a big workload and the Snakes will be into the pen early and awful. No matter how much talent a bullpen has, that's not a recipe for success.
The starting staff does show sabermetric signs of improvement, with a 4.44 ERA, but a 4.00 FIP and a 3.70 xFIP. The loss of Brandon McCarthy hurts the rotation. McCarthy was victimized by awful batted ball luck with a 5.01 ERA despite a 3.82 FIP and a spectacular 2.88 xFIP. Wade Miley was another guy that pitched better than his traditional metrics, but he is also out of the picture. Miley threw nearly 600 innings for the Diamondbacks over the last three seasons and replacing that many innings at league average or better is a lot harder than it looks.
Even with somewhat promising arms acquired via trade this season, the rotation is made up of swingmen like Collmenter and Cahill, unknowns in de la Rosa and Webster, and there's no telling what Patrick Corbin, who overachieved in 2013, will bring to the table in his return from Tommy John. Archie Bradley is the great hope for this rotation, but it's unlikely that he will be in the rotation until August at the earliest.
Only the Rockies and Royals walked less than the Diamondbacks last season by percentage of plate appearances. Considering that the Diamondbacks don't hit for a high average and have marginal power, free baserunners would be really helpful. Better fortunes on the health front could help the offense, but A.J. Pollock and Chris Owings don't walk much and neither do guys like David Peralta. The Diamondbacks have to string hits together to score runs without good OBP and SLG guys. That's not easy in today's dwindling run environment.
The biggest area of concern from a position player standpoint is at catcher. Tuffy Gosewich is going to end up with the job, almost by default, after the Miguel Montero trade. Gosewich has exactly 179 plate appearances to his name. He's a strong defensive catcher by most metrics, but he has a clear lack of experience and also doesn't know the hitters around the league. From a game-calling standpoint, there are a lot of moving parts with the rotation and Gosewich will only have Spring Training to prepare. With a lack of polished talent in the rotation, a raw catcher is a major worry. Gosewich can't hit, which is just fine if he is an above average defensive catcher, but continuity will be an issue in the early going.
Outside of the shortcomings on the roster, the NL West is a rough division. The Colorado Rockies look like a team that will struggle again this season, but San Diego Padres are much improved, the Los Angeles Dodgers keep shelling out money, and the San Francisco Giants are still the reigning World Series champions. Arizona was 31-45 against division competition last season and it's hard to see a major departure from that number. The Diamondbacks were 43-44 against sub-.500 teams last season and teams like the Padres (12-7) and Cubs (5-2) will be better.
Pick: Over 71.5
The Arizona Diamondbacks were dealt 2-7 off suit last season with a terrible manager, injuries to their biggest offensive threats, and Patrick Corbin's Tommy John surgery before the start of the season. There's a major change in philosophy and ideology in this organization with the changes that have taken place and that has a trickle-down effect to the field.
By no means are the Diamondbacks going to be an out-of-nowhere surprise team that contends for the playoffs, but there are a lot of guys on this team with something to prove and that provides some over value. They're hardly as bad as they played last season and the awful start impacted their final record, especially after they quit on Kirk Gibson at the end of the season.
Perception is far too low on the Diamondbacks. They were 39-39 from May through July and everything fell apart when Goldschmidt got hurt. The collective middle finger to Gibson was the last straw. This is a team that will play hard for Chip Hale and that's already an upgrade over what happened with Gibson. I'm not sure that a team with this type of offensive upside, if healthy, can lose 90 games.
The 2013 season was a strange one for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Despite trading Justin Upton, leading the league in blown saves, and scoring 49 fewer runs than in the previous season, the Diamondbacks finished with the exact same record as they had the season before – a perfectly mediocre 81-81 mark. Interestingly, the 2012 version severely underachieved, finishing with a Pythagorean Win-Loss record of 86-76. The 2013 version was -10 in run differential, finishing one game better than their Pyth W-L record.
Even with the loss of Upton and a lengthy first half injury to Aaron Hill, the Diamondbacks entered the 2013 All-Star Break with the top record in the National League West at 50-45, largely due to the performance of Patrick Corbin. Corbin went 9-0 with a 2.35 ERA and a 3.17 FIP. It was Corbin that carried a rotation that ranked 18th in wins above replacement player (WAR) and ERA and 19th in fielder independent pitching (FIP) during the first half.
The Diamondbacks spent the first three days after the Break in first place and never stood atop the mountain again, falling as many as 12 games back as the Los Angeles Dodgers burned a path of destruction throughout baseball in the second half. The Diamondbacks finished second, 11 games behind the Dodgers. As Corbin fell apart, the Diamondbacks' rotation suffered, posting the league's sixth-highest FIP in the second half.
The main objective for the Diamondbacks in 2014 will be to find some consistency. Atlantis Sportsbook in Reno has set their season win total at 81, right in line with their win totals in each of the last two seasons. The Superbook at Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has set their win total at 80.
Key additions: Mark Trumbo, Bronson Arroyo, Addison Reed
Key losses: Adam Eaton, Tyler Skaggs, Heath Bell, Willie Bloomquist
The Diamondbacks spent the offseason acquiring proven commodities for some of their high-upside youngsters. General Manager Kevin Towers made it a point to add bullpen relief with the acquisition of Addison Reed from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for third base prospect Matt Davidson. The Diamondbacks led all of baseball in blown saves in 2013 with 29, converting just 57 percent of their save opportunities. Incredibly, the Diamondbacks were 34-21 in one-run games, one year removed from going just 15-27 in one-run decisions.
Towers dug into his pitching depth prior to the 2013 season when he traded Trevor Bauer as part of a three-team trade to add slick fielding shortstop Didi Gregorius from the Cincinnati Reds. This offseason, Towers, again, dug into the team's pitching prospect pool to ship Tyler Skaggs to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to add power hitting 1B/3B/OF Mark Trumbo. Speedy outfielder Adam Eaton, Baseball America's 73rd-best prospect entering the 2013 season, was also included in the trade.
With some of the pitching depth taken out of the equation, Towers added innings eater Bronson Arroyo in early February. Arroyo has made 32 or more starts in nine consecutive seasons. With Brandon McCarthy's spotty health history and Daniel Hudson's attempt to comeback from major surgery, Arroyo was a fairly pricey insurance policy for a rotation in need of average arms.
Why bet the over?
The Diamondbacks project to accumulate the 12th-most WAR according to Fangraphs's projection system with 39.9. A "replacement-level" team is projected to go 48-114 per Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.com. Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference calculate WAR differently, weighing heavier on certain metrics and with some differences in how players are weighted by position, but even if Fangraphs's projected findings are a little high, you may have room to spare on over 81 wins.
The team has a perennial Most Valuable Player candidate at first base in Paul Goldschmidt. Aaron Hill, who had a career year in 2012, amassed just 362 plate appearances and played in just 87 games. In those 87 games, Hill accounted for two WAR, which was more than 13 teams managed from the second base position in 2013. Miguel Montero, once one of the game's top catchers, had a down year. Montero was worth 8.7 WAR in 2011-12, but just 0.9 WAR in 2013. His on-base percentage fell by nearly 80 points and his slugging percentage took an even bigger drop. If Montero returns to his 2011-12 form, he would be worth between two and three additional wins to the Diamondbacks.
Mark Trumbo adds a dimension to the Diamondbacks that they sorely lacked in 2013. With the preseason trade of Justin Upton, coupled with Hill's injury, and exacerbated by Montero's drop in power, the Diamondbacks ranked 25th in home runs with just 130. In Trumbo's three full seasons in the Majors, he has hit 95 home runs. Chase Field is a much friendlier ballpark for hitters than Angel Stadium was, so Trumbo's production could thrive, especially when the Diamondbacks are able to play games with the roof open. Trumbo will get the bulk of his playing time in left field, which gives the Diamondbacks a huge upgrade in power from their group of outfielders. Arizona outfielders combined for just 34 home runs without Upton and had the league's worst isolated power (ISO).
The Diamondbacks led the National League in fielding value, with 86 defensive runs saved (DRS), including 53 defensive runs saved by right fielders, far and away the best mark in baseball. Trumbo will hurt them defensively when he's in left field, but this is still a well above average defensive team.
With shortstop Didi Gregorius in his second Major League season, jack-of-all-trades Martin Prado likely manning third base on a regular basis, and a combination of A.J. Pollock, Gerardo Parra, and prototypical platoon candidate Cody Ross circulating around the outfield, the Diamondbacks offense looks to be in very good shape for the upcoming season. Health is the question mark for this group, but there are players who will have much better 2014 seasons with some good fortune on the health front.
From the pitching side of things, Diamondbacks' ace Patrick Corbin experienced success in his first full Major League season, but also got a crash course in the rigors of 200 high-stress innings. He should be better equipped for it this season and grow into the anchor of the pitching staff. Wade Miley showed tremendous upside last season, a crafty lefty with good stuff and above average control. Unlike fellow southpaw Corbin, Miley got better throughout the season, a good sign in his second full season at the MLB level.
The back of the Diamondbacks' rotation has some upside that oddsmakers may be undervaluing. Randall Delgado, a 24-year-old righty acquired in the Upton trade, showed positive signs in his 19 starts as a guy with above average control and a knack for inducing ground balls. A ghastly 1.86 HR/9 hurt Delgado's overall numbers, but an unsustainably high 17.6 percent home fly per fly ball rate should normalize. If Delgado makes the rotation, he could be a valuable commodity for the Diamondbacks. It may take an injury to McCarthy or Trevor Cahill for that to happen, however.
Trevor Cahill seemed to deal with injury all season long, as his velocity figures were not consistent throughout games and he eventually spent time on the shelf in August. His control sagged, his strikeouts dropped, and his skill-interactive ERA (SIERA) spiked. He induced fewer ground balls and his slugging percentage against jumped 24 points. If healthy, Cahill has a track record of being more effective than he was in 2013.
Bronson Arroyo will give the Diamondbacks a durable innings eater to take some pressure off of the bullpen. Arroyo's control continues to improve as he gets older, even though his fastball may not be fast enough to break a window at age 37. Arroyo is not a sexy addition by any means, but he works deep into games and keeps hitters off balance. With the highest fly ball rate of anybody on the staff, the Diamondbacks can use their outfield versatility to keep Trumbo away from left field in Arroyo's starts to improve the defense.
The Diamondbacks bullpen endured a brutal year from David Hernandez, a year removed from being one of the game's top setup men. Hernandez went from a 2.50 ERA and a 2.08 FIP to an ugly 4.48 ERA and a very ugly 4.36 FIP. A drop in strikeout rate and a spike in home run rate led to Hernandez's struggles, two things that he could improve on in 2013. Hernandez, like so many other relievers, seemed to be effected by pitching in the World Baseball Classic prior to the 2013 season. Without the WBC, Hernandez can go through his normal Spring Training routine and get ready for the season in a reasonable manner.
Outside of Hernandez, the Diamondbacks have a couple more hard throwers in Addison Reed and J.J Putz, who may share closing duties if one guy does not separate himself from the other. Putz is, and has always been, an injury concern, making just 40 appearances last season. He's been effective when healthy, but Reed gives the Diamondbacks a safety blanket, both to protect Putz and also to pitch high-leverage innings when Putz is unavailable.
Durable sidearmer Brad Ziegler could also grab some save opportunities. Ziegler has been very reliable, making 155 appearances over the last two seasons for the Diamondbacks with very good numbers. Josh Collmenter was a very capable long man for the Diamondbacks and Joe Thatcher, acquired in the 2013 Trade Deadline deal of Ian Kennedy, gives the Diamondbacks a very good matchup lefty.
Overall, this is a team with an above average offense ,a starting rotation with an average ceiling, and a bullpen with the potential to be one of the league's best.
Why bet the under?
The Diamondbacks possess versatility, but they do lack depth if injuries arise. Utility players like Cliff Pennington and now free agent Willie Bloomquist were forced into duty with Aaron Hill's injury and that was a major weakness for the team. An injury to Paul Goldschmidt wouldn't cripple the offense completely as it might have last season, but it would be a very difficult hurdle for the team to overcome.
Much of the Diamondbacks' offensive promise is contingent on guys "returning to form". Miguel Montero needs to prove that last season was not a fluke. Aaron Hill needs to stay healthy, but also produce. Didi Gregorius was a below average offensive player whose defense saved his overall value. Cody Ross had offseason hip surgery and he may not be ready for the start of the season and he could deal with lingering effects throughout the season.
The biggest concern for the Diamondbacks is the starting rotation. Corbin stranded nearly 82 percent of his baserunners in the first half, an unsustainable number for a guy with Corbin's strikeout rate. Overall, Corbin is probably a number two forced into being the team's ace. Miley should be a steady starter for the Diamondbacks, but his high contact rate in a historically-friendly hitting environment could lead to inflated numbers for him this season. His FIP was already 0.4 runs above his ERA, signaling that regression certainly seems possible in 2014. He may have been the biggest benefactor of the team's outstanding defense, which means that any drop-off in Arizona's defensive value will negatively affect Miley.
The back of the rotation has a plethora of questions ranging from health to performance. Arroyo should stay healthy, though he is 37 and has thrown a lot of pitches over the last decade. Even if he is healthy, he'll be going to a park that, up until last season, dramatically favored hitters. McCarthy and Cahill are serious injury risks and neither guy is really above average when healthy to begin with.
With the exception of Corbin, every other Diamondbacks starter projects to have a below average strikeout rate. Of the 12 teams whose starters combined for less than seven strikeouts per nine innings, only the Athletics, Orioles, and Royals were over .500.
Without a whole lot of depth, and top prospect Archie Bradley expected to start the season in Double-A, the rotation could certainly be enough to keep you away from backing the over.
The bullpen, while promising on paper, has some red flags as well. Ziegler's 155-game workload over the last two seasons could absolutely catch up with him. Putz is a walking injury risk. Reed, who will likely be the team's closer, has a very low ground ball rate, something that could plague him as a fly ball pitcher in Chase Field. Perhaps more of a concern is that Reed's walk rate spiked tremendously in the second half of last season, going from 5.4 percent to 11 percent. Whether that's a sign of something to come or not, Reed will still have to adjust to a league and park change.
The 2013 Diamondbacks were tremendous in extra innings, going 17-8, and one-run games, going 34-21, two trends that are unlikely to continue in 2014. Because of the volatility of bullpens and the year-to-year variance of those records, the Diamondbacks may not be so fortunate this season.
An external factor to keep the Diamondbacks under the win total is that the National League West appears stronger this season. Teams play 76 games, or 46.9 percent, of the schedule against divisional foes each season. The Diamondbacks went 36-40 against division rivals last season and one-third of those wins came against the hapless Colorado Rockies. They had losing records against the Padres and Giants and went 10-9 against the Dodgers, with nine of the games coming in the first half.
Pick: Under 81
Ever so slightly, the under looks like it has more value on the Arizona Diamondbacks win total. Some very good players had down offensive seasons for Arizona last season and their track records would suggest a bounce back season, but that's not a foolproof theory. The rotation is a major problem. The Diamondbacks should, again, be near the top of the league in most defensive metrics, but depth is a concern and a lot of balls in play lead to bad things.
Ultimately, the National League West looks to be a much more balanced division this season, with the Giants and Padres looking stronger than the 2013 versions. Somebody has to lose games in the NL West and the Diamondbacks, because of their rotation, would appear to be that team.
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