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  1. Andy
    Bingo. Considering we were coming off postseasons in which we A) won the title in large part because of Chapman's 8-out save in Game 5 of the Series and B) advanced to the NLCS in large part because of Wade Davis' 7-out save in Game 5 against Washington, it was straight-up stupid to then go sign a closer you knew damn well you were never going to be able to use that way even if he didn't break before then. Kimbrel can’t be used that way either and is on the record as saying he doesn’t want to be a multi inning guy, fwiw. I'm not advocating it (obviously in an ideal world Strop would still be good and we could just go Cishek/Strop/Kimbrel), but Chapman was on the record saying he didn't want to do that either, and he still did.
  2. Andy
    Yeah, I still don’t hate that one. Weird, because I've always hated it. I get that the price wasn't a roster-buster, but it still seemed like a doomed acquisition. Even in its most successful version, he was going to be a closer you had to handle like a piece of china. No long saves. No (or infrequent, IIRC) back-to-back days of usage. Bingo. Considering we were coming off postseasons in which we A) won the title in large part because of Chapman's 8-out save in Game 5 of the Series and B) advanced to the NLCS in large part because of Wade Davis' 7-out save in Game 5 against Washington, it was straight-up stupid to then go sign a closer you knew damn well you were never going to be able to use that way even if he didn't break before then. The minute he wasn't able to pitch the day after throwing 2 damn pitches in Miami because he had supposedly warmed up too much, I knew that one was a losing move.
  3. Andy
    Bruce Miles calming the talk of KB being shelved as the corresponding move. [tweet] [/tweet]
  4. Andy
    Descalso is an absolute waste of a roster spot at this point. I'd rather see him go. At least Almora is an OK defender and can occasionally run into one at the plate.
  5. Andy
    What else could it be? Unless its Bryant to the IL, which would really suck Last we'd heard, Bryant said he'd be back in the lineup Friday, so this would be a pretty quick turnaround on that front.
  6. Andy
    Pat and Ron made it sound like he had some words for the home plate umpire after he struck out. Got thrown out immediately. He had some words towards no one in particular (facing the Cubs dugout) and the umpire acted like a pissy little horsefeathers and tossed him for it
  7. Andy
    Bryant had been scalding the ball for way too long, of course he'd get some random ass injury again.
  8. Andy
    Bote would be my guess. Not that that's much better, really.
  9. Andy
    It's probably part that but we're still not very deep in the outfield and I'm guessing they don't want to eat Descalso or Brach's money until they have to - although with the deadline coming, you have to assume they'll have to soon.
  10. Andy
    lmao Talk about bad timing to get sick. Could fall out of first today.
  11. Andy
    Isn't this supposed to be fun? I feel like this is supposed to be fun.
  12. Andy
    It makes me very sad, but Pedro blows now and he can't be put in high leverage spots anymore.
  13. Andy
    Eh, the pitch cast had it as ever so slightly clipping the zone. I'm more annoyed that Mills swung at that last pitch.
  14. Andy
    Been a while since we got a great Javy tag
  15. Andy
    That's this dumb horsefeathers's 5th dumb horsefeathers move in this game, at least we got bailed out of that one
  16. Andy
    Strikeout with flying bat. 50/50.
  17. Andy
    Wonder if 10 will win this one
  18. Andy
    [expletive] Javy is amazing
  19. Andy
    Now you go on contact you stupid horsefeathering horsefeathers
  20. Andy
    If he'd gone on contact it would've taken a really nice Tatis play to get him
  21. Andy
    Javy would've scored there
  22. Andy
    The top 3 in this lineup massacre lefties, so while Q isn't innocent here, they're also very good
  23. Andy
    Gonna have to score a lot today
  24. Andy
    LMAO this is amazing at this point
  25. Andy
    And there's the run back, inevitably
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