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  1. squally1313
    Thats true, Zobrist is in a nice stretch too You dudes have a HUGE Contreras-shaped blind spot. The best third baseman in baseball says hello too.
  2. squally1313
    Garbage out, garbage in.
  3. squally1313
    Like, there's just no possible way to ever justify Heyward and Almora hitting back to back, unless it's 7 and 8.
  4. squally1313
    If Washington comes back and wins the division, a 20 game winner Max Scherzer would probably get a lot of momentum.
  5. squally1313
    Career high in O-zone (outside of the zone) swing % at 48.7%, which is second in baseball (Sal Perez in first, Almora is in 8th), so probably more perception than reality. His zone swing % is way up though, at 80.4% (career 70.7%), so maybe it's more a matter of not letting good pitches go by. Third in baseball for that, behind Freeman and Albies. Looking at pitch types, he's murdering fastballs, but he's been a plus against them for the last few years. The big change seems to be against curveballs, had never been a positive pitch for him and now he's killing those too. To your point, maybe there have been less swings on curves that bounce in front of the plate.
  6. squally1313
    Come October vs LHP Bryant/Almora/Heyward Bote/Russell/Baez/Rizzo vs RHP Schwarber/Happ/Heyward Bryant/Baez/Zobrist/Rizzo
  7. squally1313
    It seems unlikely We would just need to hold off everyone else in the wild card chase. From what I recall, we're pretty good at one game playoffs in Pittsburgh.
  8. squally1313
    Agreed. Either one of them would have been the mop up man. Rosario can get more innings to see if he can turn into something, Duensing gets a month to see if he has anything left.
  9. squally1313
    Joe must have sobered up in anticipation for Wine Wednesday tonight. [tweet] [/tweet]
  10. squally1313
    Nick Kingham wOBA v LHH: .377 wOBA v RHH: .277 Zobrist Heyward Rizzo Schwarber Baez Happ Contreras Bote Almora: Locked in the video room watching Felipe Vazquez videos.
  11. squally1313
    Post trade Verlander >>> Pre trade Verlander >>> Current version of Cole Hamels. No one is expecting a 1.06 ERA down the stretch, but if Hamels could drop his ERA by 2.7 runs, I think everyone would appreciate it. Mostly because it would bother you: Hamels xFIP: 4.18 Verlander 2017 Tigers xFIP: 4.41
  12. squally1313
    i had forgotten just how bad he was last year, wow 4.15 HR/9, unbelievable.
  13. squally1313
    I really hope there's an extra gear he didn't bother trying to find so far this year. His last few starts have been...rough.
  14. squally1313
    Maybe. But I don't blame them for going this route when I don't think they had a lot to offer other teams in trades without getting into MLB depth. You have 6 starters and like 9 bullpen arms if you include Smyly. Find 12 capable pitchers out of those 15. The problem is you have to give innings to bad ones to find out which ones are hot, so you don’t end up ahead. If this is the price for a WS followed by some pitching bets blowing up, so be it. But it sucks today. We've already given about 100 innings to Rosario/Duensing/Butler/Farrell/Hancock, all of which are pretty objectively bad. If one of these new guys shows he can be reliable in October, awesome. If not, well, we probably still need people to throw those innings anyways to keep our actual good relievers fresh/healthy, and we basically gave up nothing to get them.
  15. squally1313
    Thanks everyone for the Ziegler explanations. Ground ball rate is very attractive, but he's getting hit hard this year. Either way, I woke up looking forward to a Bryce Harper trade, and now we're on like hour 2 of the Brad horsefeathering Ziegler watch. Someone needs to do something cool here.
  16. squally1313
    Can someone tell me why we'd want Brad Ziegler and his 4.58 FIP?
  17. squally1313
    Per FG's 2018 prospect ranks, the Rays #17, #27, and unranked prospect. But yeah sure, probably close to getting Archer.
  18. squally1313
    Tommy Pham to...Tampa??? What the horsefeathers. Delayed revenge for talking horsefeathers about the FO I guess.
  19. squally1313
    After the last few days, I'd be ok totally overpaying for Doolittle. For a lot of reasons.
  20. squally1313
    You'd drop Rosario. 100%.
  21. squally1313
    Per FG, Brewers are projected for 88 wins, and the Diamondbacks are at 86 for the two wildcard spots. Nationals at 52-53 currently would have to go 34-23, or play at a .596 clip the rest of the year. And that's ignoring the Braves, Cardinals, Pirates, and Rockies. The FG projections still really like the Nationals, having them play out the year at a .579 pace, but it's an uphill climb.
  22. squally1313
    I saw on Twitter he's using David Bowie, which is, no offense 1000x cooler.
  23. squally1313
    CAVEAT: I know this probably isn't a real thing. But. Hamels strikes me as the kinda guy who has been more or less playing out the string down in Texas. They haven't been in contention in forever, he got his big contract, etc. Bring him to a playoff team, give him a shot at cracking an October rotation one more time in his career...maybe you'll start to see a little more out of him.
  24. squally1313
    It's quite possible after this game that David Bote will have accumulated more WAR than any of our starters. 326/421/522. This feels like one of those random Cardinals call ups and I horsefeathering love it.
  25. squally1313
    "If Almora would have been batting last like all you NERDS wanted, this never would have happened"
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