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He started last night. and did not the 2 days before, thus making it 3 out of 4 Duh. He said 'of', not 'or'. Carry on.

You are not He started last night. In terms of the defensive arrangement, I just assumed Bryant was a better outfielder than Zobrist, and that seemed to be the way they were playing it earlier in the year, with Baez at third and Bryant in one of the corner, and I thought part of that was that we had told Zobrist he'd play mostly at one position. Seemed to have shifted lately, but maybe that's just faulty memory.

I wonder if it's more or less the same thing. Not discomfort, but just looked odd because he had to put a little more effort into the throw than most shortstops with a stronger arm. I've noticed it every now and then too, but he's so smooth with the glove that it's not even worth complaining about.

[tweet] [/tweet] Coghs up, LaStella down. Seems a bit weird that we haven't seen Bryant in the outfield in a while right? Especially those situations where Zobrist is out there and Baez is at second?

Robin (poorly) managing this game like its the last one of the season that matters. Because for them, it is.

How the hell was Eaton ranked as the best defensive right fielder for like the first three months

Joe just needed to get him that out because he knew we were about to play FTC

What's with this double digit garbage

Alright I hate this dude but this is kinda fun. Something about 4 out saves...

JAV

Haha this umpire is the worst

Swing the bat you [expletive]

Lackey strikes me as the type to abuse that super generous outside corner against lefties.

Please let me see Robin coming out in the bottom of the third to take the ball from sale.

Especially in this lineup, where there are 4 righties in a row directly behind him. Maybe he's going off the (admittedly small sample size of) past ABs Zobrist has against Sale.

No, it's fine. At least we are discussing something interesting, instead of whining about the offense or whatever. But, to get back on track... that was very fun. Keep doing that, fellas. Agreed. Ideal game thread is discussions like that (maybe more focused on the game, but whatever) interspersed every few innings with 6-8 people posting some variation of 'DONGGGS'.

Why would they view it like that? They also probably don't want to just pay him that money and lose him. It absolutely doesn't matter. That money is basically just money that is deferred from this year. They have to pay it either way. It won't factor into their thinking at all. But I figure it goes into their 2017 roster budget and so it has to be part of the money we can spend next year. Or no? Who knows how it's budgeted, but it shouldn't affect their specific decision on Fowler any more than any other roster decision they make. Just call it overhead, pretend it's a part of Rizzo's contract, whatever. It's gone.

God it's weird how I like pretty much everyone still posting in this thread right now, ie all the idiots are strangely MIA. We're rocking Sale tomorrow.

The buyout is happening either way, though. It doesn't make a qualifying offer any more difficult. Right but I didn't know if they'd want to invest another 16 on top of the 9 they are already out. Sunk cost, but doubt someone in at that point of their career coming off a career year signs a one year deal.

If Dex finishes the season strong I doubt he takes the QO.

I'm late on this, but this is the first time this season we can say 'horsefeathers the closer' and absolutely mean it.

Surely Baez must bat 8th, batting him 5th, nah. Montero was, is, and remains better than Baez at hitting RHP. Did you not see that last at bat though??? #FireMadden

FA? Felon Acquisition?

ok, umfan I see some of the same handful are still here complaining about others pointing out the cold hard facts, that they apparently don't want to see/hear or acknowledge. Eating their own and telling them how they should conduct their fandom. Now THAT's annoying. WAY more annoying than those venting their justified frustration over this (what is it 2 months worth now..?) garbage and Joe's "maddoningly" idiotic "I'm smarter than the game" routine. There's a reason they're far behind their pythag record...need look no further than the dugout and the clown shoe act coaching the bases for the most part...but hey, they throws a hell of a pajama party. smfh "This team right now is very capable of not winning 90 games" is like barely a fact, it's just a pessimistic sentence in response to a run of frustration (not to pick on Kyle since he's typically one of the better posters here). Being a fan of the team with the best record in baseball, especially one that's endured as much terrible baseball in the last 6 or 7 or 100 years as we have, and opening the thread of a game we're down 3 measly runs and seeing post after post of this misplaced anger and overblown panic is annoying. Oh no if we lose tonight we'll only be 90% favorites to win the division! Unreal. If you can honestly say you think Joe isn't one of, if not the best, manager in the game. Go ahead. Won't have much support there, even amongst the Rondon Fan's of the world. And then you conclude by implying that, in the face of all past evidence, we're going to...continue to underperform our pythag? Solid post.

Reached 19 games over at 27-8. About to still be there 64 games later. This team right now is very capable of not winning 90 games. Sure, if we play entirely below any sort of metric or statistic that predicts future performance. Why stop at 90? Cardinals are projected to win 87.6 wins and are losing tonight.