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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    carved up Paredes, Arozarena, Siri too, really needed an outing like this from Smyly. I'd think about letting him start the 9th, even if only to prefer Smyly v. Rosario/Deluca to Neris v. Palacios.
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    it just hit me, PCA is baseball Jason Williams
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    boy Smyly just cooked them there, very nice to see
  4. Transmogrified Tiger
    you're not gonna believe this but CB missed a call so obvious video review took about 3 seconds
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    That should count for 2 with what the umpires are putting Seiya through
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    This guy got on Bucknor's crew and is taking the 'I don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than the slowest guy' approach to umpiring.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    I don't think they're as comparable as college players, but I kinda think of Happ when I think of Tibbs? Very discerning at the plate, major league pop without being top of scale, corner OF that should stick there but without the bazooka arm, etc.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    Neris has been fine for a while now, his last 15 outings had a 1.80 ERA, and over the last month he's had both excellent ERA and FIP. I don't think it's tonight's cause, but the pen at the moment is just too thin, Wesneski and I guess Miller being 3rd/4th in the pecking order is putting too much pressure on them and Neris/Leiter to be perfect when the offense isn't consistently creating margin for error.
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    No
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    new rule, if the pitcher does the Kershaw Crouch (tm) off the bat it's a HR no matter what actually happens after
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    I actually don't really think that run is on Amaya, that pitch was extremely uncompetitive, and he did well to avoid it going to the screen. Then he just got unlucky that he didn't realize how well he had blocked it and kicked it out of reach.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    we moved past the 'they look like they don't care' stuff a long, long time ago man
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Because PCA is an excellent runner, a single then scores two runs, and teams have largely stopped even throwing down on those plays due to the lower odds of catching the runner combined with risk of the runner scoring from 3rd.
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    Sounds like they will add several outside guys.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    If Nico progresses well, having him for an extra week is more valuable than having Vazquez play a couple games in Iowa and/or having Vazquez be the last man on the bench for a couple days.
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    FWIW I don't know when Vazquez met up with the big league team, but I did notice he has been out of the Iowa lineup since the 6th (the day Hoerner got hit). You could interpret that as status quo on their understanding of Hoerner's status, or you could read it as the hand hasn't improved enough to send him back to Iowa in 4 days.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    1. Bellinger has limited trade value, like Bertz said no team is going to give up significant value to get a partial season of Bellinger at 27 million that becomes 2.5 years only if he underperforms. 2. The alternatives are not ready to replace his productivity. PCA has the same wRC+ as Madrigal, Caissie has zero MLB PA. 3. Even if some of the alternatives were ready, it's a false choice. Injuries, rest, and optimizing matchups mean that there's no actual surplus or problem that needs to be solved with a Bellinger trade. This is doubly true when Bellinger is a good defender at 3 different spots and multiple options around RF and 1B are uncertain defenders that can play DH(Busch, Suzuki). We need to stop thinking about team building as 9 main characters that make up the lineup and the moment you have 4 guys for 3 spots that's an issue requiring changes.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    The Cubs haven't allowed a disproportionate amount of attempts, and the difference in them being in their current spot in SB allowed and being above average is roughly 1 SB every 10 games. There are tactical spots where they may need to make an adjustment like this if a particular team is likely to run them off the bases, but honestly I don't think the scale is a huge concern, certainly not to 'save their season' importance as the headline says.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    That last batter is a great example, managers feel like they need to optimize the matchup and PH a LHH, so Benson gets sent up there and gets dispatched like he's not even there.
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    Don't see this broken down by how he *entered* the inning, but with runners on/off splits like this it feels impossible for your intuition to not be true, at least this year.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    I have no idea how to quantify this but it feels like Leiter is even more valuable than a reliever with equivalent production because he's so good against LHH, you can't plan around him with PH or need to stay away from certain portions of the lineup
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    Go for it man, sports are all about embracing negative emotions at the earliest and most frequent opportunity, after all.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    The Cubs knocked the starter from the game in less than 2 innings, and have led by 3+ runs for the entire game. If your instinct is to be mad that a reliever held them scoreless for 8 outs, you should reflect on what your expectations are and how much you let yourself enjoy your team's successes.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    That's a slider/cutter from a lefty on the outer half and he took it about 400 feet to right center
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