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  1. Tryptamine
    Was a change up no?
  2. Tryptamine
    God I love Javy.
  3. Tryptamine
    Not that I've noticed, I think it's just that he's completely unfamiliar with that outfield.
  4. Tryptamine
    and Lackey is suddenly completely broken
  5. Tryptamine
    Gotta start getting some of these hits before there's already 2 outs.
  6. Tryptamine
    Top part of the zone, just like the edges on both sides of the plate have been about 50/50
  7. Tryptamine
    Not the most consistent strike zone.
  8. Tryptamine
    His pitches have really been showing a lot of late life tonight.
  9. Tryptamine
    This is no good.
  10. Tryptamine
    The Met version of Mark Zagunis.
  11. Tryptamine
    I am absolutely shocked the marlins dealt paddack for a half a year of Rodney. That is craziness. edit: I"m also very scared of the precedent this is setting for trade deadline relievers. We're going to pay a lot more than we're comfortable with.
  12. Tryptamine
    His shoulder must be held together with gum and paper clips.
  13. Tryptamine
    Wow, Almora BB. This is a truly great game today.
  14. Tryptamine
    There is no more exciting defender than Javy Baez.
  15. Tryptamine
    Baez is Benny the Jet.
  16. Tryptamine
    Best game ever
  17. Tryptamine
    This is just embarrassing for this supposed juggernaut of an offense which frankly has been at best average since May.
  18. Tryptamine
    You don't dump a top 25 prospect on a guy whose arm has almost fallen off twice in near career ending fashion.
  19. Tryptamine
    His velocity increased to 92 MPH, which isn't impressive in today's game from a RHSP - definitely not "possibly better than Lester and worth more than Teheran" good when combined with his lackluster track record and extreme reliance on a splitter this year. The obvious angle from there is that Teheran doesn't throw hard either - but Teheran at 25 with 3 seasons of 180+ innings under his belt owns a 10.33% career whiff rate on his fastball, high end [expletive], to Shoemaker's 6.87%. Throw in the extremely high prospect pedigree of Teheran just because, arrived at 20 after twice ranking 5th on BA's top 100, and it is not even a contest between the two. Arrieta was a bigger, better talent across the board and acquired at 27. He was the ROY in 2014, his numbers and peripherals were quite strong in 2014, yeah 2015 was a disaster, but the increased velocity and increased usage of the splitter has been successful in 2016. That splitter is creating a lot of swing in miss for him. His contact rates are down across the board, first strike rate is up and so is swinging strike rate. Unless you're worried about the health of his arm throwing that many splitters, I don't see the issue. I'd rather spend on him than a kid sporting a mirage of a 2.46ERA thanks to a .209babip and 82.9% strand rate. That 4.03xFIP just isn't all that appealing to me.
  20. Tryptamine
    Consider what you're sayng - this 29 YO who recently got demoted by a 4th place team and has never top 135 innings in the majors can become better than Lester and might be worth more than Teheran because he's had a good two month run with a new offspeed he's throwing nearly 40% of the time. That seems highly optimistic. Jake Arrieta edit: He's also seen an uptick in velocity of 1.3mph on his fastball.
  21. Tryptamine
    I wouldn't mind going after Matt Shoemaker. He's going to be expensive, perhaps more than Teheran , but with his uptick in velocity and the introduction of a splitter that is getting an enormous amount of swing and misses, he could become the 2nd best pitcher on this staff. He's also under control for 4 more years and with the Angels looking to rebuild without trading Trout, this poses a good opportunity. Since May 11th, return from his demotion to AAA: 2.57ERA 2.35FIP 3.08xFIP 9.99K/9 1.08BB/9
  22. Tryptamine
    Bryant went from 3.3fWAR to 3.9fWAR after yesterday's game. He now trails only Trout, Donaldson,Altuve,Machado and Bogearts for most valuable position player. He is .1fWAR from being 2nd on that list and now on pace for 8.4fWAR this year.
  23. Tryptamine
    That inability to locate a fastball while relying on the slider to get strikes started sending me down Carlos Marmol memory lane.
  24. Tryptamine
    This bullpen is an absolute joke.
  25. Tryptamine
    Well Jake is completely broken.
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