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  1. davell
    He's definitely interesting. He's got a solid FB, that may play as plus out of the pen. He usually sits in the low 90's with it, so opening it up in shorter stints could even see him hit 95-96, which he's done in the past. He's got a solid changeup too. His curve isn't much, so he's likely not more than a swing guy/spot starter, if given a chance to start. But, I'm pretty interested to see what he's got in a pen role.
  2. davell
    I really see Soler as the odd guy out, if we trade a guy. With his bad D and the injuries, its going to be hard for him to be very valuable, short of becoming an .850 OPS type. If he can bring back a solid mid rotation type(lead piece anyway), I think he's the guy who goes.
  3. davell
    Seal Boy converted to pitching and is being called up.
  4. davell
    Zagunis is out for the year.
  5. davell
    I guess its possible. But my guess is Joe was trying to save everyone for Coors Field next.
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  7. davell
    I just hope his hearts in it. We need a four flap effort out of him.
  8. davell
    The Cubs really liked his tools and he was supposed to be a project, very raw. He's acclimated himself quickly, putting up better numbers than what was expected from him this year.
  9. davell
    Hedges goes 5 4 0 0 1 4. I think he's the most intriguing of guys that weren't truly on the radar. The stuff seems normalish, but I think you have to wonder if he's just got that pitchibility factor, like Hendricks.
  10. davell
    Dex is busting this horsefeathers open
  11. davell
    That should be on the back of his jersey. And he's missed a serious opportunity by not being number 43.
  12. davell
    At this point, its safe to say he's just fakin' the funk.
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  14. davell
    Under .500, which isn't amazin'.
  15. davell
    Barely. And his D and injuries likely will preclude him from becoming anything more than an average starter. But if he plays well the rest of the season, he's a damn good trade piece, considering he's not even a true starter for us.
  16. davell
    Just take the smooth sliding, one piecer with no splash, no wipe needed poo and this controversy dies.
  17. davell
    Why not? Another donging behemoth. Seriously, it absolutely is a mind horsefeathers that no other teams EVEN NOW are taking Theo's lead on hoarding hitting. 29 horsefeathering idiot GM's are still sitting at the fire swapping 100 pitching prospects that 3 of them will pan out, while Theo is busy writing his memoirs, titled horsefeathers Pitching.
  18. davell
    what the fresh [expletive] is this now? I'm so confused. Are we all aware there's a thing called toilet paper? Poo on the hand? How? Why?
  19. davell
    I prefer winning it all.
  20. davell
    David, after reading thru this, I'm pretty sure it was Molina that just flat out leaned directly into a pitch last year.
  21. davell
    Heyward horsefeathering sucks. Jesus Christ.
  22. davell
    - Almora's not currently better than Heyward either - Pompey had one loud season that vaulted him to borderline elite prospect status, but has shown a wide and varied skillset throughout the minors (speed, defense, some pop, good contact skills despite having to put in the work on both sides of the plate). The role I'm looking to fill with this guy, that really makes little to no sense for Almora and was stated already, is a 4th OF/D sub/pinch runner one - basically what Baez is doing this year for the IF, but in the OF. The skillset is there for a valuable bench player, and the pedigree and youth are enough that maybe there's a starter to be mined out. If actually available, there's a fit as far as role and overall he is exactly the kind of post-hype player to take a serious look at. I'm sure there are other candidates as well, he's just one I favor early. I'm pretty confident a full season of Almora THIS year is more valuable than Heyward THIS year, but to each their own. Technically, I'd rather have Almora defensively in CF, but Heyward defensively in RF. Again, if you keep Dex and can grab Pompey off the scrap pile-fine. It allows for a possible trade including Almora. But if I'm losing Dex, I'm not trading Almora too.
  23. davell
    On a much more important note, Clifton goes 6 3 1 0 2 5.....
  24. davell
    Read my initial post. I said CURRENTLY on Heyward. His past horsefeathers doesn't matter, he's fucked up right now. Again, Pompey had one excellent minor league season. He had a 30 game stint back in AA in 2015 that was good too, but he's not had anything outside that noteworthy.
  25. davell
    As opposed to the pop heavy .633 OPS Heyward has or Pompey's .708 in AAA being older and repeating? They're [expletive] mashers. Well Almora is going to have to put up a .350+ BABIP along with a low-mid teens k% rate with his offensive profile to put up even a remotely decent slash line I think you're misconstruing what I'm saying. I'm NOT saying Almora is great, or even good necessarily. I'm comparing him to a .633 OPS, which I do think he'd top and to a guy that outside of an outstanding 2014 rise thru the minors, has basically done very little. He's a bargain basement buy and not likely until he throws up another pedestrian season in 2017.
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