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What's a Maddux again? A complete game under 100 pitches? Would be remarkable to see Hendricks accomplish that (Though not surprising as he's pitching like a latter day Maddux right now)
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I'll take runs vOv
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Probably not, no
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Alright Rizzo, here's a spot for you to get fat on, get one up in the air
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This series so far has been excellent revenge for stupid fluky 2015 Phillies vs Cubs
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I would like more runs please
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But seriously \:D/
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His career was over like 4 years ago, just no one told him. I should clarify, it's kinda weird that he'll play mostly every day for the final 3 years of his contract and then the moment it's over be basically out of baseball. Doesn't happen very often for sure. Nobody is forcing the Phillies to play him every day. If they feel resigned to keeping him on the roster, sunk cost be damned, why don't by give him the Paul Konerko treatment and have him ride bench except for some pinch hits here and there.
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Let's see something silly like a Hendricks dinger
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Ben Zobrist has exceeded every one of my fairly high expectations Dude is just killing it
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First inning runs make me a happy boy
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People keep conflating pessimism (a critical pessimism at that, one backed up by stats and evidence) regarding a player with rooting against him. I don't think there's a single poster on this board that *wants* Soler to fail, everyone is rooting very hard for him to succeed. We've just had 500 at bats or so of evidence that he's been a kinda below average hitter. We know for sure he's a really bad defender, and unlikely to improve much, so he's been a negative player for more than a full year. He's made some adjustments (particularly getting the ball in the air, he's hitting flyballs at a rate 15% higher than 2015) and his walk rate is up and his strike out rate is down. His BABIP is 110 points lower than it was last year, so he's also been unlucky. Along with whatever punishments the umps love to dole out against him and his strike zone, for whatever reason. There's reason to hope, and with injuries over the outfield he's gonna get consistent playing time so he has time and very little pressure to figure it out.
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I'm not really worried about it at the end of the day but it would be nice if the Pirates would lose some games I want a near 10 division game lead again
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Park adjustments and 14 more innings will account for it I think. Shockingly, a 4.90 ERA at Coors field is *almost* an ERA+ of 100 (its a 98, I'm horsefeathering astounded to be honest, given this run environment, how a 4.90 ERA even at Coors, is almost league average, but such is life). That would mean positive value over replacement, over 14 more innings, and voila, you get slightly more WAR than Hendricks. It's an imprecise measure after all.
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Butters will continue guiding us to victory until he wills it to end
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Huh, well I guess Soler will strike out on Balls 4 and 5
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Is there some minimum amount of time a delay has to go or something? I swear this game could have resumed 30 minutes ago
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Will this mean poor Strop will be done for the day after throwing one pitch?
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Just call the game, its not like the Phillies have the firepower to come back
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Javy should be 3-3 today to be truly honest
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Lester has thrown magnificently well today
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Is Kris Bryant gonna hit 40 home runs this year? Yes/Absolutely/Of course, Who Are you Kidding?/No, I am a coward
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you miiiiiiiight wanna take this guy out now
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LMAO amazing. Also a little depressing. Get better soon, Riz. He's had a .210 BABIP and peripherally all his stats are about the same (though his line drive percentage is a little lower than usual, but his medium and hard hit contact are higher) His lower WAR also comes from the defensive stats hating him which I kinda sorta don't trust with Anthony because I think he's pretty good from just my eye test? I dunno maybe thats just the fan in me and my bias
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Butters needs to be 3rd in the order for game threads, you know, to slump bust during elimination games.