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  1. We Got The Whole 9
    Relievers are extremely volatile from season-to-season and are often terrible bets in Free Agency. I don't mind making moves at the TDL for them, but I am glad they don't spend big on them in the winter. The best organizations normally don't dip into those waters.
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    Yeah if Taillon gets shelled again I don't see the offense responding with the way they've hit lately
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    He seriously looks like a Soto type with that discipline + power
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    Pretty sure you are educated enough not to reduce playing Major League Baseball to this.
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    Ran out of gas with 2 out and none on in the 5th. Gave up 3 straight hits and got the hook.
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    Very strong start for Wicks so far. I like that PCA is pushing his walk rate up at each level.
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    Nelly was below average at Iowa this year. Give it some time. I wouldn't be surprised though if he's a 120 bat in his prime, but can he provide any defense?
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    Can't believe my dad never told me about Ken Hubbs. What a tragedy. ROY at 20 and dead at 22. Dang. Like that would crush a young fan. I don't think I have ever heard anybody describe Kris Bryant as a bust. This is so far from the truth. This dude blazed through the minors, won ROY and put up an MVP worthy season in his first 3 seasons, one of which was culled by an organizational philosophy and may have cost them a 100 win season and division title. He won the MVP in his 2nd season, made the final assist to break the most daunting curse in sports history, and went on to make 4 All-Star games. I don't think he is a bust despite the fact that his prime was shorter than expected. Bust in that you expected a Hall of Famer? Or was that all tongue-in-cheek?
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    It would be nice if that serves as an awakening for him. That was probably the shortest swing of his pro career. Let the pitcher's velo work against him.
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    Omg if that doesn't get you horsefeathers out of your malaise nothing will! The signature win we've all been waiting for! Woooooooo
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    I totally called that double play from home
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    Looking like the 5th straight game vs the worst teams in the league where they fail to score 4 runs. Just can't do anything at the plate tonight.
  13. We Got The Whole 9
    We should have seen the gauntlet of David Peterson, Carlos Carrasco, Touki Toussaint, and Mike Clevenger coming
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    Stretch of getting shut down by crappy starting pitching continues
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    Bryant was pretty much built to hit flyballs. That was his MO from the get-go. The reality is that even in this day-and-age not every hitter is geared this way, and the organizations tend to let a player's natural abilities speak before they go trying to fix something that isn't broken, and they try to ease those types of suggestions in gradually rather than pervert the maturation process. I would rather have a high contact guy with strong EVs and talent for the sweet spot and tinker with his attack angle over time, than I would to take a flyball hitter who probably has some swing-and-miss and try to remedy that. But IDK, good players emerge from both scenarios, really. I don't think you should get so hung up on GBs for minor leaguers but I understand your concern. For a dude that was just drafted a couple months ago, though, it's nuts. This is the way he has hit his whole life and it's continuously working. He's doing something right at the plate. It's not like he's gonna be a bust if he's a high GB% guy, either. Just this year Acuna is 15th in GB and Yandy Diaz, Yoshida, Wm Contreras, Yelich, Soto, and Nootbar are all in the top 15, and all are having excellent offensive seasons respectively. There's more than one way to skin a baseball.
  16. We Got The Whole 9
    One thing I will say is that each component of the team has been pretty good to great almost all year with one major exception: The offense in high-leverage spots. I never feel like they're gonna come through and it's backed up in fg's clutch metric. This late push they are making could turn out to be just one big 9th inning tease-fail and end up just like 2018 where the Brewers do just enough to take the division.
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    They've been extremely competitive in the series against the best teams in the league but they followed up winning a series against the Braves by dropping one to the Mets and now have dropped the opener to the Sox after taking the series vs the Blue Jays. Annoying AF. Working on a 4 game streak against sub-500 teams where they score less than 4 runs.
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    DFA Barnhart and Young and call up PCA and Horton. Let's go, the team needs a jolt!
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    Terrible offensive effort. Pretty much felt like it was over after Santos dominated them in the 8th and they wisely kept him in there. Bats aren't doing much and they rarely come back in the 9th. It felt inevitable.
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    Well that was an absolutely perfect throw by Grandal
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    Dammit Seiya. From missing a cookie to committing on a swing you would have done absolutely nothing with if you made contact.
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    All told, that turned out to be a really solid outing from Hendricks. He got 10 groundouts and gave up very little solid contact. You'll take that all day even with the measly 4 Ks.
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    Looks like Schanuel's extraordinary BBK from college is translating quite well to pro ball. 16:6 overall and 11:5 so far at AA.
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    https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/38192234/what-nba-season-tournament-format-schedule-groups $$$$
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