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  1. Gilby
    lol, if you send Fowler you might as well send Bryant there
  2. Gilby
    No more qualifiers of any kind needed. He's just Greg Maddux. The end.
  3. Gilby
    He was running outside the baseline therefore he's out. The thing about those lines though is that it's not even the baseline. Like that's not the direct route at all.
  4. Gilby
    Why? Because Contreras was running directly to the base, and he wouldn't have been had he stayed in that lane thing.
  5. Gilby
    I think that was the correct call, but it's such a silly rule.
  6. Gilby
    I can't believe the A's have won 48 games. This is not a good roster.
  7. Gilby
    Was KB caught not wearing/promoting a product he endorses in public?? That's a first.
  8. Gilby
    If Fowler leaves, it'd probably be Javy who gets upgraded to "everyday" status, though Almora would get a lot of ABs.
  9. Gilby
    Enjoy your 35 hour plane ride home, Mariners.
  10. Gilby
    Joe is scared to death to put Arrieta in games he doesn't start. Which is weird here, because Lester is every bit as important to this franchise as Arrieta, if he's worried about injury.
  11. Gilby
    Good, Lackey's in the pen. Because I was gonna say, if Hendricks has to pitch tonight, we could be staring down a Rob Z (Iowa's Monday SP) start tomorrow.
  12. Gilby
    oh my sweet Jesus. I had that on the rooftop off the bat.
  13. Gilby
    Is Contreras the fastest catcher in major league history?
  14. Gilby
    hahaha, Heyward was so glad that ball clipped him
  15. Gilby
    It's 2016, why are you doing this to yourself, MLB
  16. Gilby
    I was not aware we have 2 scheduled off days in the next 8 days. That makes the decision to start a guy with fringy (at best) major league stuff even more...questionable.
  17. Gilby
    Neither is Orioles hangout.
  18. Gilby
    His velo this year is essentially the same as it's been his entire career as a starter outside of last year. Granted, that doesn't take into account any potential loss in velocity as the season wears on (since this is only a little over half a season). True, it's not as drastic as I thought. But man, his stuff tonight just seems very "blah." This is the first I've seen him this year outside of the one inning ASG appearance, and the peak velocity in clutch/strikeout situations just isn't there. He just threw a 92 mph fastball on an 0-2 pitch with a runner at third. His breaking balls are also very loopy, and he's depending on called strikes with those instead of whiffs. I'm used to seeing Randy Johnson 2.0, and I'm not sure what I'm watching tonight.
  19. Gilby
    So I know Sale said before the season he was gonna scale back his velo, but with runners on base vs the middle of the order up, isn't that the time to show some of your old velo? He threw one pitch above 93 mph to Bryant, Rizzo, and Zobrist. I don't buy this is all by choice. Not at all.
  20. Gilby
    If we have to have a garbage human, I'm glad it's a relief pitcher. I can put my hate on hold for 5-10 minutes while he throws 103 mph by hitters.
  21. Gilby
    Rondon is one cool dude.
  22. Gilby
    Fulmer only throws 92 out of the pen?
  23. Gilby
    When we look back at the careers of these young Cubs, who will end up having the second best career behind Bryant? Your criteria can be whatever, though the easiest is probably just to say total WAR. I'm going with Contreras. He looks like a sure bet to at least stick at catcher, if not become above average. Obviously there's a lot to love with the bat, currently sporting a .369 wOBA with a 10% BB rate. The strikeouts are a bit high, but that's the way it's gone for all of these guys, plus it wasn't an issue for Willson in the minors, so I'm assuming it will come down in a big way. It's hard to be too disappointed in Russell's overall value, but I was expecting a bigger jump from him offensively. And who knows, maybe a post-rehab, svelte Kyle Schwarber can throw up some positive UZRs and make it interesting, though it's hard to imagine him doing that into his 30s. Or maybe Javy does the un-thinkable and develops plate discipline.
  24. Gilby
    I was expecting more of a RHH heavy lineup vs Shields' changeups.
  25. Gilby
    This seems like a strange matchup to rest Contreras while keeping Heyward in the lineup.
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