We Got The Whole 9

Ok that'll work

Eddie looks like horsefeathers

Fast riser describes Rucker and myself at the moment

Well Yadi just gunned down Hamilton at 3rd

His plate discipline being what it will always be, I do appreciate that we are getting more of the full Javy experience offensively. I could see him rocking 30 homers. Now let's hope he gets back to the wizardry he displayed at 2B last year.

Justin Bour has a 242 wRC+ since May 10 Justin. Bour.

I'd be down with a Straily/Phelps package and a Cahill/Hand as well. As far as getting a controllable arm, Gray is probably the most feasible and I would want Hendriks too, if we went that route.

I saw some things that I really like as well. Rizzo hard oppo contact Schwarber, not only the GS, but had a critical 2-out walk to bring Happ up tonight Almora with a huge hit off of a very tough pitch from a RHP Happ crushed a couple pitches that were pretty high in the zone, his big weak spot Good stuff. And the defense played really well. Sucks that Hendricks has had a couple bad innings lately but I'm thinking they are largely anomalous and he will get back into a groove.

They are certainly finding their footing at home. Great series.

Come on Ian, hit a rocket off his face and into the bleachers

No idea who we use as a lead piece, but Caratini, Candelario, Zagunis, and Burks should all be extremely solid complimentary guys in a big deal. My worry with Caratini is that he might be viewed as a 1B with low power. It's questionable if he can even be a back-up C. Feels like Vosler has worked his way into that complementary piece conversation as well.

I was mostly going off of what KB said his motivation was last year for flattening his path a little. Uppercuts are great. But they can be too extreme. I feel like that is what is happening with Kyle at times. KB specifically said that if his bat angle is too steep then it won't stay in the zone long and his margin for error is reduced. I should have been more clear with what I meant. Bryant flattened out his bat angle by 2-3 degrees to help cover the outside corner. Unless you have data on Schwarber's bat angle through the zone, that's a blind criticism. He's not getting beat because his bat angle is too extreme, he's getting beat because he's guessing on every pitch right now. I can't say if that's something that can get straightened out in Iowa or not, but I think I'd rather he work with big league coaching and fight through this mental horsefeathers he's dealing with at the plate. Schwarber's descent has had stages. It wasn't always this blind panic hacking that it's been lately. It started when his exit velocity dropped off a cliff and gradually it became this mental mess. But his exit velocity loss is when I first started to feel like something must be off mechanically. It's not just the whiffs but also the exorbitant amount of pop flies. He has not been getting "through the ball", as they say, from what I see. A basic tenet of Williams' teachings is that the bat head should stay on the same plane as the pitch so as to create a larger impact zone. Just feels like Kyle has struggled to maintain that. Despite his struggles and that I have said I don't think a demotion would be the worst thing in the world for him at this point, I still haven't been nearly as critical of him as many others have. I'm confident that he can get straightened out. But the longer slumps linger, the more the mind cracks. It's a very delicate situation and sometimes simply getting that mental break can be helpful.

Justin Bour played a big role in this game, with his glove The Marlins have 6 no-hitters in their 25 years of existence

Snaggleteeth Hamilton is on pace for 86 steals and only 12 CS, an 88% conversion rate. That type of high volume and high efficiency is extremely rare. Like Rickey and Vince Coleman stuff.

Except uppercut swings stay in the zone longer but whatever, I guess Ted Williams could be wrong. I was mostly going off of what KB said his motivation was last year for flattening his path a little. Uppercuts are great. But they can be too extreme. I feel like that is what is happening with Kyle at times. KB specifically said that if his bat angle is too steep then it won't stay in the zone long and his margin for error is reduced. I should have been more clear with what I meant.

Please let that be the AB that unlocks Kyle

Damn this felt good

Strong throw Addy

Hold your breath for the next 15 minutes

That will horsefeathering work

That was great Pedro!

KB I love ya but your WPA needs a lot of work

That would have been better than the actual result Surely. horsefeathers this sport right now.

You just know Jay is gonna strike out here haha

Up to a 36% K rate. It's just nuts that Joe thinks he should heap this much pressure on the guy.