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Man, that's brutal. Segura's had a terrible 2014 too, I wonder if his son was sick and that weighed on him.

 

Roenicke didn't know much as of last night based on what I saw. Didn't sound like it had been more than a few days though.

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Man, that's brutal. Segura's had a terrible 2014 too, I wonder if his son was sick and that weighed on him.

 

Roenicke didn't know much as of last night based on what I saw. Didn't sound like it had been more than a few days though.

 

My though was S.I.D.S. If his son was in some dire condition for any length of time, I'd have to think he'd have already been on leave.

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Has anyone noticed how good Michael Brantley is this season? Jesus.

 

.326/.386/.524/.911 15 HR 63 RBI 10 SB 0 CS 30 BB 32 SO 157 OPS+ 4.0 rWAR 3.8 fWAR

I just saw that yesterday and wondered how the hell he was having such a good year.

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Has anyone noticed how good Michael Brantley is this season? Jesus.

 

.326/.386/.524/.911 15 HR 63 RBI 10 SB 0 CS 30 BB 32 SO 157 OPS+ 4.0 rWAR 3.8 fWAR

 

Check out Lonnie Chisenhall too

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Has anyone noticed how good Michael Brantley is this season? Jesus.

 

.326/.386/.524/.911 15 HR 63 RBI 10 SB 0 CS 30 BB 32 SO 157 OPS+ 4.0 rWAR 3.8 fWAR

I just saw that yesterday and wondered how the hell he was having such a good year.

Also, I don't think I've ever actually seen Michael Brantley. I just assumed he was Jeff Brantley's kid, so I was shocked when I saw that he's not white.

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Soul

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I don't know why I didn't pay enough attention to it until just now.

 

But holy crap is Texas a dumpster fire.

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Has anyone noticed how good Michael Brantley is this season? Jesus.

 

.326/.386/.524/.911 15 HR 63 RBI 10 SB 0 CS 30 BB 32 SO 157 OPS+ 4.0 rWAR 3.8 fWAR

I just saw that yesterday and wondered how the hell he was having such a good year.

Also, I don't think I've ever actually seen Michael Brantley. I just assumed he was Jeff Brantley's kid, so I was shocked when I saw that he's not white.

 

Close. He's Mickey Brantley's son (Mariners OF in the late 80s).

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Is there gonna be ASG thread?? If not, the classiest team in baseball bing classy.

 

@jaysonst

Matheny on why he went Wainwright over Kershaw: "Have the utmost respect for Clayton." But Wainwright b/c of leadership & performance

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I don't know why I didn't pay enough attention to it until just now.

 

But holy crap is Texas a dumpster fire.

Been watching a little bit if them as FSSW is in with the regular channels here. It's a perfect storm of terribleness. They had quite a few defections and have been decimated by injuries. Fielder, Harrison, Holland, Ogando, Soto and Profar all have had time on the DL.

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im not even gonna fact check this cause it owns so hard it has to be true

Or more succinctly: in 2004, 668 different batters combined for 100,207 plate appearances of .263/.333/.423 (.756 OPS) hitting in the National League. Without Bonds's 617 PA, that line falls to .262/.330/.421 (.751 OPS). Bonds, then 39 years old and responsible for only six-tenths of a percent of the league's plate appearances that year, raised the league OPS five points by himself.

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I don't think it can possibly be correct. I just ran some (inexact) numbers and get .002 of OPS (almost all OBP), which is still impressive.

 

And let me say, that year from a mid-prime first ballot HOFer is beyond impressive, from a 39 year old it is insane.

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Is there gonna be ASG thread?? If not, the classiest team in baseball bing classy.

 

@jaysonst

Matheny on why he went Wainwright over Kershaw: "Have the utmost respect for Clayton." But Wainwright b/c of leadership & performance

 

in his defense, if you're just going purely on performance, wainwright's run-prevention has basically been as good as kershaw, and he's started 5 more games. of course, wainwright has been extremely lucky this year (lowest BABIP, lowest HR/FB rate and highest LOB% of his career) whereas kershaw's luck has been neutral overall, or he's even been slightly unlucky. if you were picking one to start a must-win game it would obviously be kershaw, but in terms of pure run-prevention and value for the first half, it is a close call.

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Is there gonna be ASG thread?? If not, the classiest team in baseball bing classy.

 

@jaysonst

Matheny on why he went Wainwright over Kershaw: "Have the utmost respect for Clayton." But Wainwright b/c of leadership & performance

 

in his defense, if you're just going purely on performance, wainwright's run-prevention has basically been as good as kershaw, and he's started 5 more games. of course, wainwright has been extremely lucky this year (lowest BABIP, lowest HR/FB rate and highest LOB% of his career) whereas kershaw's luck has been neutral overall, or he's even been slightly unlucky. if you were picking one to start a must-win game it would obviously be kershaw, but in terms of pure run-prevention and value for the first half, it is a close call.

 

Yeah. It's a close call and the manager went with a guy from his own team. Not really shocking at all. I'd expect pretty much any manager would do the same thing.

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They're 1A and 1B. Matheny earned the ASG managing gig by getting his team into the ws - so he chooses his pitcher over Kershaw, a choice he earned. Wheres the argument?
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For All-Star game recognition, I have no problem giving it to the guy who started the extra five games in the first half.

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