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  1. We Got The Whole 9
    The blackouts piss me the horsefeathers off. I like all of his suggestions.
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    Pace doesn't really think like that. He'll probably try to get into the 1st or something.
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    Marlins are scoring 2.76 runs a game. If there's a team to help Carl get his feet back under him, it's the Marlins. If the Marlins are looking for a pitcher to help them gain confidence, its Carl.
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    I don't think Happ is close to ready, unfortunately. He's showing improvement of late, but it's not like he's been raking for an extended period of time. That's what I would like to see before he's called up. If he can keep up what he's shown in the last 9 games (including this one) thru the rest of May, then he will have convinced me. I have no idea, of course, what keys the Cubs are looking for. I'm just going off of overall production. I'm in agreement that I'd like Almora to spend some time in Iowa next, though, assuming he doesn't get hot. It's only his last 10 games/41 PA but Happ has been OPSing .924 over that time (.303/.439/.485) with a 7.5% K% and a 17.5% BB%. I'd rather have him up over Almora or Zagunis. Zagunis still looks like the game is too big for him. I always thought he'd at least find ways to get on base but he looks like he's gonna horsefeathers himself at the plate.
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    I've been waiting for this oppo approach for the last few years. We are absolutely crushing outside pitches. We will have the top offense in baseball if we continue to punish those pitches.
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    Shark gave up homers on 3 straight pitches. One of them to Dietrich, who is scorching hot. That dude struts like Griffey Jr when he knows its gone.
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    Seems like it's very hard to pick up the release point. His back is turned to the batter for most of the time and then explodes out of obscurity with high spin. Tough to barrel.
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    Javy hitting oppo bombs like he's Ryan Howard.
  9. We Got The Whole 9
    Holy horsefeathering horsefeathers
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    Here we go, first pitch at Carpenter's feet
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    The Cardinals had a gameplan and they stuck to it. They were hacking early and hit a [expletive] of at-em balls. Only once did I get a little nervous, on that warning track flyout that kept carrying and carrying.
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    so he already had tightness in his elbow and they let him go out and throw 41 pitches in one inning? I guess. Its hard to tell just how unusual that is for pitchers. They feel tweaks and discomfort often throughout the season and just keep trucking along. Before the game today I watched a video on YouTube about Kerry's 20 K game. I was shocked to hear Kerry say that he felt pain in his elbow for the first time after he had struck out #20 and did a fist pump. He said he didn't think much of it because you feel weird aches at different points throughout the season as a pitcher. He said he kept pitching through the rest of the season, basically with a torn UCL.
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    This team has that feel again
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    Well we just gave Flaherty another inning
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    Hendricks going for a Maddux
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    Jizzzzzzzo
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    Jesus that's a nasty HS rotation Giolito Fried Flaherty
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    Too many whiffs
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    Steele threw 4 innings of 1 hit ball yesterday and had a sparkling 45 pitch: 35 strike ratio.
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    It was a continuation of a suspended game. He didn't play yesterday.
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    Seriously? We're talking about Dewees? If KC thought anything of him they wouldn't have traded him back to us for basically a non-prospect (Stephen Ridings) that I had to lookup just now lol. KC is rebuilding right now and wouldn't make this trade if they thought he was any good. He's nothing special and just part of our effort to bolster our depth at AA/AAA. I'm just saying that I don't like any of our options at CF (unless Heyward continues to wOBA over 400 and compensate for what looks like below-average defense; Almora can't get on base; Happ is not a natural there) and if he continues to hit and get on base at a high clip and Happ gets another chance and turns back into the hole that the league turned him into, then I would like to see Dewees get a look. I really don't care if teams have cast him aside. There are numerous examples of players bouncing around before they were given a shot and they have turned out successful careers at dirt-cheap cost. Think of guys like Muncy, Taylor, Beckham, Voit, etc etc I'm not clamoring for him but I will be watching to see if he maintains or maybe even improves as the year goes along.
  23. We Got The Whole 9
    All the talk is about Happ but why is Dewees chopped liver? Dude is raking, has no contact issues, and is a natural CF. Feels like a dude we will trade or release and watch as he becomes a better CF than anyone on our roster.
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    He used runs
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    Also from Smith Anyone know which specific additions to the infrastructure he could be referring to? Is it that pitching lab they built in Arizona? We also added/replaced some of the coaching/trainers/staff through the org that seem to be more forward thinking and analytically inclines. We also hired than former player (who’s name escapes me) who has like a biomechanics degree from MIT as example. Edit: I was thinking of Craig Breslow, he’s “Director of Strategic Initiatives for Baseball Operations” and he went to Yale and has degrees in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. Hmm, pretty awesome stuff. I hadn't realized we made these changes. Could definitely be a major factor in how were getting these breakouts and I've felt like our pitching has taken a noticeable step forward on the farm.
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