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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    He's in the first percentile (1%) for whiff rate, and that has gotten worse for non-fastballs this year v. last. I think he has enough patience to be a useful hitter, but I don't see him making dramatic improvements to the K's. Combined with his defensive regression(or if you prefer, exposure of his defensive limitations) it's harder for me to see a path to him being a demonstrably better player than he is today. What he is today is plenty useful, but also is probably a prime opportunity to use to make upgrades elsewhere if you need to pull from the MLB roster.
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    My one complaint of Shaw so far is the lack of walks for a college bat, but considering the Ks aren't high and he's hitting .400 with lasers everywhere maybe he just needs to get promoted to AA to have the chance, which is a crazy signal itself.
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    If Springer is gonna make these catches is it too much to ask that he not take little league routes and get our hopes up
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    He may survive the season but I'm getting an increasing sense he's not in the organization next year
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    FWIW, Lopez isn't a FA and seems to have a fit in Atlanta as just that role that you're describing, so he specifically probably isn't on the market. As for the offseason on the whole, with napkin math I think that roster is probably ~55 million over the LT, which even if there's a more aggressive 'with Ohtani' budget due to his revenue bump, doesn't strike me as particularly realistic. Especially with no huge deals coming off the payroll after 2024, ~25 million thanks to dead money(Mancini + Bote), Smyly, and the catchers. My working assumption is that they'll be willing to go into the LT this year(even without Ohtani), but probably something like ~10 million without him and potentially ~20 million with him. As such, most of the big spending would probably coalesce around something like Ohtani + Candelario or Bellinger + FA SP + bat(e.g. Alonso).
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    Hope with a HR and 2 BB in Mesa
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    Adbert since Memorial Day: 28.2 IP, 23 H, 8 R, 36/4 K/BB, 2 HR
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    I think the plan was for Leiter + Merryweather to get 7 outs given where the lefties are in the order, but when it took Leiter 3 hitters and 15 pitches to get 1 out they decided it wasn't worth it to try and squeeze a little more out of him and went to Cuas.
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    Awareness is a big problem in that neck of the woods
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    amazing how appealing a product looks when it follows the Pooph commercial
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    Nico swinging like he promised a sick kid 2 HR tonight
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    how did he lose his bat and hit the ball in fair territory
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    Vlad Jr isn't gonna play first the rest of the year at this rate
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    I think it's more because he looks like someone put Rowdy Tellez through a can crusher
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    Yes Seiya, he missed the first curve that didn't hit the spot but didn't let him get away with it again
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    He went 83 pitches last time on 4 days rest, and today he's on 5 days rest, so I imagine it'll be more dictated by performance how close he gets to triple digits.
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    This is something I didn't realize until a couple years ago, the Jays are Canada's team and they travel very well. Living in Washington you'd hear grumbles because when the Jays go to Seattle they basically take over the stadium despite being thousands of miles from Toronto.
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    McGwire was more encouraging than his overall line too considering he was perfect through 2 with 4 Ks Hope starting his pro career 6 for 16 with a HR and 5/4 BB/K definitely has my attention.
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    Shaw and Ballesteros both with HR
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    Not sure I've seen two different outfielders overrun a ball on consecutive at bats before.
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    Shaw is in RF tonight, that's interesting
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    If only we had a power hitting lefty 1B with a sub-20 K% in AAA to use as a PH in these situations, amirite
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