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    you just set off the the logan signal
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    or perhaps more importantly, Alcantara / Matt Szczur / Ryan Sweeney would have had a place to play
  4. sneakypower
    hook a brother up
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    probably Castillo too, i imagine
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    I am aware that my feelings about him and his production don't line up. Like I said I hope I'm wrong, I understand he has exceptional control and that goes a long way but it's just hard to find a ton of guys who've had long term success with similar stuff. I hope he's able to turn into a Bronson Arroyo, without the douche, type pitcher for us (that's the best comp I can think of, at least of recent pitchers). this is admittedly more feelings-ball, but it seems his type of pitcher might be a little better-suited to succeed now in today's offensive environment where hitters mostly watch the middle of the plate and spit on all other offerings, so if you can live on the edges with a competent receiver at C, you'll go 7 IP most times out not a comparison by any means, but Jered Weaver had 6.6 RA9-WAR the last two seasons while failing to average 87 on his fastball...Bartolo Colon, Josh Collmenter, Dan Haren, Doug Fister, Tim Hudson, Hisashi Iwakuma, Mike Fiers all have similar or worse FB velocity and have enjoyed consistent recent success and you can maybe add to that Chris Heston's hot start probably not worth a ton of consideration, but i like seeing that his FB pitch value (per 100 pitches) for last year and this year is a plus, and actually even better than Gerrit Cole's, who has one of the highest radar readings in the game edit: also amusing is that Hendricks and Adam Wainwright have identical FB velo right now
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    i wish all the Kyle Hendricks haters could be cursed into alternate dimensions where their favorite teams have Rubby de la Rosa and Nate Eovaldi throwing smoke and getting mercilessly bombed by hitters
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    Kyle Hendricks aka the starter with the best SIERA right now bold prediction: he's not getting displaced
  10. sneakypower
    so when late-May comes around and they've accepted their fate, we agree to take Broxton and Aram-irez off their hands at minimal prospect cost (Paniagua? Rademacher? Peralta?) and they're only left to pay 4-5 million of dead money owed instead of the full $15-16 left on their commitments at that point
  11. sneakypower
    so the guy who's drawn Barry Larkin comparisons is probably our 9th place hitter right now the 9th spot in the order has hit .190/.261/.190 (.451 OPS)...for comparison, the 8th spot has hit for a .447 OPS
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    now omc's bummed out
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    well this is pretty cool
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    ohhhh yeahhhhhh
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    wouldn't the same apply to the bucs? also len is from detroit so he'd know if that's true i've never once heard that before
  18. sneakypower
    you're so creepy
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    that might be the best play Coghlan's ever made
  20. sneakypower
    what if God was one of us
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    it seems he got pulled quite a few times with relatively low pitch counts last year, and i've wondered if there's an organizational mindset that he won't fare very well the 4th time through the order, even though statistically there seems to be little to support that idea
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    even La Stella i can live with
  24. sneakypower
    Have you seen what Correa is doing this year? It's awfully close. the .444 BABIP? i'll give him more respect when he starts showing more power
  25. sneakypower
    Not until Bryant loses prospect status. to be perfectly clear, i don't consider players who are up in the majors to stay prospects anymore, so Bryant/Pederson/Soler aren't considered
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