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  1. Wade Miley notches the 4rh no hitter of the season and Sean Manaea is 7 outs away from another. This is out of control lol
  2. The last 2 games were the horsefeathers. TWTW baby
  3. He horsefeathering did it [expletive] this was a fun series!
  4. I can't take Mills anymore. We have plenty of more interesting guys. Call one of em up.
  5. I'm actually surprised he didn't call a ball since Willy dropped it, as dumb umps are prone to do
  6. Imagine a guy like Counsell managing that team. They probably win 110 games and sweep the playoffs.
  7. Means is a little bit of get-back karma for BAL and how Arrieta turned out. Pretty cool story. Dude is dominating this year.
  8. Looking through BR quickly, looks like they had 4 double headedrs last year (3 of which were thanks to the Cards), split 3, got swept in the 4th. The last I saw was August 16, 2016 against the Brewers unless I missed one. That is correct
  9. So, just so people are clear: Dillon Maples is going nowhere. The guy has walked too many, but, is trending in the right direction with just 4 over his last 7. He has 23 Ks in 13.2 innings and has allowed just 5 hits. Now, 2 of those left the yard, yes, and he has pitched a lot in low leverage... but I think he's finally finding his footing in the MLB. He's 28, cheap, misses a ton of bats, and mostly keeps the ball on the ground. The Cubs clearly have a very strong belief that he is a very good RP that just hasn't had the aha moment yet. But that may have come tonight. He comes out in a really tough spot with the runner on 2nd, gets a GB out, but then throws a wild pitch and allows the go-ahead run. He then falls behind 2-0 and serves up a HR to Turner. You would expect the wheels to completely fall off, yeah? Well he walks Mookie. Mookie then steals 2nd. How does he respond? By striking out Seager and Taylor to end the inning. Big time bounceback from Maples and one that he should take great pride in IMO despite the wild pitch and the HR. But how about Justin Steele? horsefeathering badass. Gutsy performance, to go out there against a team like the Dodgers, an inning after they took all the air out of the stadium with 2 runs, with a runner in SP, to just go out there and shut them down like that. That was exciting. Steele is another keeper. Those spin rates are paying immediate dividends. I mean, we are just 2 games under 500. 5 months to go. I really want this team to shock everyone and compete and force Jed's hand to force Tom's hand to sign some checks.
  10. Rockies, down 2-6, and, down to their last out in a 7 inning game, string 5 straight hits together with Blackmon delivering the coup de grace walkoff bomb to take down the Giants.
  11. Aroldis has 24 Ks in 10 innings. Feels like a result of a usage shift. Last year he fiddled with a splitter to the tune of 1.5% of his offerings. This year that is up to 13%, his 4 seam usage is at a career low and he's ramped up his sinker%. horsefeathering 24 Ks out of 35 batters faced.
  12. Pace got high grades for Herbert, Newsome, and Graham. Herbert looks like a flat out playmaker.
  13. horsefeathers man, our pitching has become very interesting and fun to follow but now our bats collectively aren't that great and I have questions about our development at the ML level also. We are looking at a top 5 pick though. So that could be something great. I expect we'd take a hitter.
  14. Really thought we'd go CB Tweet going around that this dude played 44 snaps vs Alabama and allowed 0 hurries, pressures, or hits to the QB. So that's cool.
  15. Patterson isn't pitching this year. Looks like he had surgery and tweeted he'll see us in 2022.
  16. This is a confident dude. He basically said, I don't care who lines up across from me, I'm going to attack you and impose my will on any man, and wear them out throughout the game. Hes not timid in any of his answers and is highly articulate. He's a good interview.Watching his interview against Fields is so interesting. Obviously Fields is used to a lot more of a spotlight on him given the program and his position. Almost every response was measured. Teven comes off way more honest and almost adolescent in his style. But yea that makes him a more fun interview. Fields was pretty boring. Hes the type who wouldn't get the job because his answers felt disingenuous/not from the heart, and he was fidgety and stammered with just about every response. Now if thats a tick he has, I take it back, and apologize for my ignorance. But it was an off-putting interview in my eyes. Surely he'll get more comfortable as he matures, though.
  17. This is a confident dude. He basically said, I don't care who lines up across from me, I'm going to attack you and impose my will on any man, and wear them out throughout the game. Hes not timid in any of his answers and is highly articulate. He's a good interview.
  18. Yeah, he's a perfect fit. Ballhawking off-man/zone corner with good instincts and obviously bloodlines. Also seems like a guy that would perform well with the talent that would surround him on this defense vs. what he had with a bunch of underachievers at FSU. But I'm a big proponent of after taking a QB early, you either protect him or give him a target with the next pick. Thats usually prudent when a team doesn't already have a Robinson and a Mooney. I'd be totally fine with an OT. But, our CB depth is thin and if Johnson gets hurt again we will get roasted. I put CB above WR as a need easily
  19. I would love for ASJ to fall to us. Loved his father's game.
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