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I'd rather Bryant play the outfield with Coghlan at 1B. I don't want Kris to get Derrek Lee'd.

Travis Wood now has 117 K's in 96 2/3 innings. Dude's a legitimately good relief pitcher.

I mean, yeah, that's weird that the pitcher AND catcher don't know the count. But how do none of the umpires have the stones to tell them it was ball 4 without going to that excessively long review. Were none of them paying attention?

This is really embarrassing in a nationally televised game.

More than anything, I'm surprised by that hit.

God I would be so nervous as a fielder with a perfect game going.

i thought that's exactly what it was Albert Almora and Kris Bryant are living proof that they are different things.

Contact tool does not equal hit tool.

Whoever described Russell as always looking calm and terrified at the same time was so right. Good example there. Slips and throws the ball in a panic/hurry right to Rizzo's chest to get Cervelli by 3 steps.

Aren't umps supposed to get constant feedback after every game? [expletive], how does he not yet know what the strike zone is.

Damn, not even Bryant has hit one that far oppo.

Even though he's well over his career high in innings, Arrieta certainly hasn't lost any velocity. In fact, it's increased as the season has gone on. As good as he was last year, it did dip a little bit later in the year. Great to see.

Burnett and Cervelli vs the umpire could get fun.

hahaha, in the full video, you can just feel how uncomfortable Trea Turner (I think that's the third guy in the frame) is.

God Papelbon is so [expletive] unlikable. Fighting Bryce Harper should be good enough to be kicked off the team. oh nvm, I forgot he was under control though 2016. That's fun.

Sure there is. I'd either skip him or limit him to like 3 innings tonight if they don't want him to have a long layoff. Now that we're not going to catch the Pirates, there's really no point for their hitters to get 3-4 more looks at him.

I think you have to give Baez time to fine tune the new approach. It's clearly something new for him this year, and he had less than 400 PA combined with all the other stuff he went through. The good news is the current version of Baez with a .310ish wOBA and average or better defense is basically Kolten Wong, so giving him that opportunity isn't exactly creating a black hole in the lineup either. Yeah. It's a strange complaint. "I don't like this Javy, who might be giving up power to become a better player." Personally, I'll take this guy -- who is a useful player -- over the one we saw last year. And that's even if the whole reduced power thing maintains into next year. He absolutely needed to change from last year, I'm not questioning that at all. He's not playing pro baseball in the United States very much longer if he didn't/doesn't make adjustments after last season. My fear is that he's not capable of hitting for really good power while also keeping his K rate below historic levels. If we're talking about adding another pitcher through trade, and we have two other very capable second basemen on the roster, Baez is the one I trade, assuming he brings the most back. I'm not complaining that he made adjustments, I just think there are too many flaws that even with those adjustments, he'll never be something we truly miss if traded away.

While I know it shouldn't play into things, my honest guess is we'd be the last team they trade him to, after Jake.... Maybe, but I could see them having interest in Javy as someone who can play either SS or 3B depending on what they're going to do with Machado. Here's my Javy HOT TAKE - he's sacrificed a most of his power to now have a K/BB ratio that is merely terrible instead of historically awful. Yes, I'm probably taking his short stint in the Majors this year too much into consideration, but his ISO took a pretty big hit in AAA this year compared to last season as well. I'm also assuming Theo would like to trade one of Javy/Starlin and that Javy has more trade value. I will be the leader of the TRADE JAVY bandwagon this offseason, and Gausman is a great target. I can see that, but I don't think the power has been compromised myself. Way too small of a major league audition(it was fine in AAA). I think Starlin is the one who gets moved. We won't get anything earth shattering back, but I think it'll be enough to allow us to move him. His power was respectable in Iowa this year, yes, but it dropped from 2014 to a .200 ISO in the PCL, and for someone who's going to have a K rate hovering around 30% and a below average walk rate, it needs to REALLY good for him to be any kind of impact player. I'm not necessarily saying he'll be bad, I just kind of think he'll be an OK player at best. I think he has to choose between being a guy who strikes out around 30% of the time with OK power (and not many walks), or someone who strikes out 35-40% with really good power. It's a weird situation where I'm confident Starlin will be the better player for 2016, but I'm also pretty confident Javy has a lot more trade value. Trading Javy for something good (if possible) instead of Starlin for something "meh," combined with how I think think they'll each perform in 2016, is the much more ideal route for me. btw, I'm completely willing to acknowledge my view on Javy is still hot take-y as we're not dealing with huge samples, but it's still how I feel.

That was some exceptional stuff from Edwards there.

While I know it shouldn't play into things, my honest guess is we'd be the last team they trade him to, after Jake.... Maybe, but I could see them having interest in Javy as someone who can play either SS or 3B depending on what they're going to do with Machado. Here's my Javy HOT TAKE - he's sacrificed a most of his power to now have a K/BB ratio that is merely terrible instead of historically awful. Yes, I'm probably taking his short stint in the Majors this year too much into consideration, but his ISO took a pretty big hit in AAA this year compared to last season as well. I'm also assuming Theo would like to trade one of Javy/Starlin and that Javy has more trade value. I will be the leader of the TRADE JAVY bandwagon this offseason, and Gausman is a great target.

I really want Kevin Gausman. Obviously not as the only pitcher, but man I think he'd benefit from getting out of Baltimore.

There's been no discussion by the Cubs of skipping Arrieta entirely if we lose today, has there? I'd be in favor of skipping him, myself.

haha, Liriano has a short-sleeved wind-breaker on while on the bases. Never seen that before. I wonder how much that's keeping him warm..

Now that Starlin and TLS are good again, can we go back in time and trade Javy for Ross

Easy to say after seeing the throw, but with Soler and Ross due up against a strikeout pitcher, I'm really surprised Bryant wasn't sent.