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  1. Hell KB and Javy's time may be up soon too!
  2. True but I wish he had a proper send-off 😞
  3. I thought you said running the ball is pointless
  4. Speaking of, I'd be totally cool with Zobrist doing that with us. Even if his time with us was shorter than a leprechaun.
  5. Give me Flaherty all day. Burnes is solid but the K% has steadily decreased. Flaherty will have no QO attached and we have a fellow Westlake chum to entice him. I hope Jed goes hard for him, being the last year of his contract. Still a good age as well. Definitely want Soto. Not going to bat an eye when he signs elsewhere.
  6. They're streaking. Suddenly Benintendi is hitting like Soto.
  7. Credit to Swanson for avoiding the platinum sombrero against Miller
  8. Damn Pete, you had that walk in the bag taking a couple tough pitches. Bad chase.
  9. We are so perfectly setup to accelerate the Sacramento/Vegas build with a Godfather offer for Rooker. He, Vlad, and Soto are the only bats worth pursuing and Rooker will make so little we will still be able spend a ton on pitching.
  10. The Patrick grade definitely annoys the horsefeathers out of me. I believe he's the highest rated C so far, Mustipher was great last year but IDK about this year. It's irritating. Our offensive staff looks inept but that's usually what happens when a DC becomes HC.
  11. All I said is their top producing hitter came from an unexpected source. That's a fact.
  12. Really want to sign Scott and Minter
  13. I'm honestly not sure it's the offense. Is a "big bat" really required? If you look across the league, there are several teams putting up big offensive numbers without the usual suspects carrying them. Sometimes those big offensive seasons come from unexpected sources. Any team can get lucky and stumble onto them at times. AZ has Marte but their best hitter has been Joc inexplicably putting up a 153 Jurickson Profar paces the Padres with a 144 O'Neill leads with a 140 I think you can absolutely be a top offensive team if you have a lineup of 110-130 guys. Just for whatever reason like clockwork our hitters tend to slump in clumps and it goes on for way too long. The pen early-on and our 2 month offensive slump knocked this team out of playoff contention. But I don't believe that if just 1 of those hitters maintained a 150+ bat throughout that time that it would have made a significant difference.
  14. I love that he's so malleable and hungry to adapt. I am curious, what percentage of his HR allowed have come on the fastball? It feels like almost all of them are, and they are typically and unsurprisingly on pitches that catch too much of the heart and not enough edge or shadow.
  15. 2nd inning and Busch is the only Cub without a hit
  16. It's slightly annoying that Chourio is having a better 2nd half surge. Looking like one of the best early extensions handed out with his expected development. Still PCA's progress is so fun to dream on.
  17. Also of note: Heliot Ramos became the first RHB ever to hit a HR into McCovey Cove.
  18. In the top of the 10th with 2 outs and just the ghost runner at 2B last night the DBacks chose to IBB Turang and pitch to Chourio. Chourio ripped a triple to take the lead. What a monumentally stupid decision by a really good Manager. Then the Brewers guy walked the bases loaded with 0 outs in B10, hit the next batter, and Murphy left Williams in the pen as Suarez hit a GW shot off the wall. 2 really dumbfounding decisions.
  19. I never felt that good about the Wright selection so him sucking is just annoying me a ton. Our offense is in big trouble if that OL continues like this. If the OL does belly-up and teams dominate TOP, our defense will get worn out.
  20. Cody opt out, trade for Rooker (Alcantara probably in play, I assume they would want Brown or Horton), sign Flaherty, Robertson, Scott, Minter Plumb every inch of the possible upgrades at C (incl Rushing and other young prospects), but I don't think there's a lot that can be done there. PCA - CF Happ - LF Seiya - RF Rooker - DH Busch - 1B Swanson - SS Paredes - 3B Nico - 2B Amaya or addition Steele, Flaherty, Shota, Taillon, Assad and crew This is a lot of $ to spend on a pen from where I traditionally stand, but I am a huge believer in Robertson and I see LHRP as the staff's biggest weakness, especially if Little doesn't rebound.
  21. Really gotta navigate the Rooker/Butler duo wth great caution. Although
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