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And we are still playing ~.500 baseball in that stretch, which while not "fun," if that's a bad as it gets it isn't that bad.

He seems like he just likes to hear himself talk more than actually caring what the substance and facts are coming out of his mouth

I looks like he got him on the forearm/elbow before the hit the bag

Lester is garbage today

MRI today on his side/stomach/hip, so probably something definitive no later than tomorrow but likely something at least during the game I'd imagine.

Other: The elixir of health

If we don't sign Fowler..... Heyward is playing CF so he's not in that spot tonight to get hurt and maybe Heyward and Schwarber don't collide in LCF in Arizona and Schwarbee's knee is saved and we still have both Schwarber and Heyward healthy. Because why do good things happen

Quite the bunting with our young talented dongsmiths w/RISP

Can Arrieta play the OF on days he doesn't pitch?

horsefeathers

Not that his stuff or results have reflected it or lead you to think anything is wrong but Syndergaard went in for a MRI like a week ago. IDK if it's a routine thing or if he felt he needed to get something checked, but still. Even when they are going great pitchers still suck. Yep. We don't have to worry about stupid MRIs or freak out when our precious babies wince after throwing a pitch. We just stick them in the lineup and let them play. And even when they do go down -- Schwarber -- we just let them heal and come back next year to unleash hell fire on the rest of the league. Look at what they've had to deal with from Harvey since he came back. I just want no part in that. If some rando like Cease turns into Matt Harvey, then great. But, I'm not staking down our future with any pitcher. And the funny thing is that our starters, for the second straight year have had better ERAs, FIPs and xFIPs. Ha, yup. Living in Wisconsin most of my friends who follow baseball are Brewers fans and all they want in the rebuild is to acquire pitching in trades and in the draft, "because you win with pitching" and other similar nonsense saying. I tell them anytime it comes up that, that's a very risky way to try and build a team, especially with where they are at in the rebuild and the resources they have (or don't have) and they have an even smaller margin of error for hitting on players they develop/draft/acquire than the Cubs did so wanting them to build this next team around pitching carries a lot of risk and trying to constantly draft or trade for pitching could leave them rebuilding for a long time.

Not that his stuff or results have reflected it or lead you to think anything is wrong but Syndergaard went in for a MRI like a week ago. IDK if it's a routine thing or if he felt he needed to get something checked, but still. Even when they are going great pitchers still suck.

Harvey is broken

WTF, Montero

Thank horsefeathering God

Nice

I'm hoping he goes full Michael Wuertz on us this year and just throws 98% sliders. That fastball has died

Wow

Joe is the best by far but man this game hasn't been good by him.

That was horsefeathering stupid

Ah, that wouldn't happen in baseball. That happened in the NBA because the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) were owned by the NBA at the time, and that gave unique veto powers to D. Stern. Personally, I think he actually did the right thing. Whether he had the right to do that as Commissioner is another matter...That original trade was pretty bad for the Hornets and was a 3-team trade. Yeah, the Lakers would've gotten C. Paul, but I'm pretty sure they still wouldn't be title contenders so who cares? The M. Trout trade will be different and the Angels will get a good return, if not a GREAT return in prospects and young MLB talent. As a Laker fan, that veto was complete BS. Their trade offer at the time and even now being able to look back on it was better than what the Clippers gave up for Paul. Stern vetoed it for personal reasons against Kupchak and the Buss family after the CBA/strike and wanting to limit "super teams" after LBJ went to Miami. It was not for basketball reasons. Not that I'm still salty about it or anything.

Counter point; the closer role is overrated so if Nathan miraculously comes back and isn't a dumpster fire the trickle down effect is Rondon pitching in higher leverage spots which is a good thing.

We are going to win this game

Zobrist's wife just came down to sit about 3 rows behind me and a row over. Idk what a nice way is to tell her, her music stinks and her husband should change his walk up music