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  1. Bertz
    Oh man a Rangers RF jumping for a ball and having it go over his head. If I was a Ranger fan I'd be triggered as hell right now
  2. Bertz
    Willson totally would have rolled over that ball in the second half last year
  3. Bertz
    He's always walked a couple more guys than you like because he likes to nibble, but nothing noteworthy. He clearly just has zero fastball command tonight.
  4. Bertz
    We're going to need the "stop stop he's already dead" gif by the fourth inning tonight
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    https://amp.desmoinesregister.com/amp/3310517002 Alzolay is currently throwing and will join Iowa towards the end of April or first week of May
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    I watch every game on delay in my ongoing attempt to never, ever watch commercials again. I'd rather watch commercials than be behind and not know what's going on right horsefeathering now. It's why sports TV contracts are so valuable. Exactly how I am. I'd much rather be able to have Twitter and Gameday and these game threads going and sit through commercials than vice versa.
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    Great news. Surprising too, especially because Tatis was the guy with the most reasonable argument for holding him down. He's yet to even play at AAA.
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    Kyle's one of my favorite guys on the team, so I'm happy for him that he's getting paid, but I don't love this deal on paper. The idea of guaranteeing money to a guy still two years from FA who already only throws 87-88 seems unwise. We already saw in the first half of 2017 what it looks like when he loses a little bit more velo. What happens when it leaves and doesn't come back?
  10. Bertz
    This quite friendly to DeGrom. Good.
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    Given what Maddon has said about there potentially being other moves this could maybe end up involving us. A reliever (Tony Watson?) or one of their second tier catchers could make sense.
  14. Bertz
    Given where we are on the calendar there's a decent chance it's meaningless, but Lester's velocity was way down tonight. His last two pitches in the 2nd were 91.7 and 91.4, but otherwise he didn't crack 91 and was mostly 88-89 on the four seamer. On the positive side, pretty strong framing night from Willson. The whole "quarter turn" thing might actually be something. EDIT: I assumed he was done after 3, but so far in the fourth none of this has changed.
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    Happ has 1 year and 142 days of service time, he’d have to basically spend the whole year in Iowa to get an extra year out of him. Just arbitration. Right now he'll be a super 2 and go through arb next winter, but roughly a month would push him to not getting arb until prior to the 2021 season. I don't actually think it's their motivation, I just thought it was funny.
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    Also, given that the theme of this offseason has been that the Ricketts' are monsters, I can't help but point out that a little more than a month in Iowa would push Happ's arbitration back a year...
  17. Bertz
    Yeah I think this is to get a real backup SS on the roster like TT said. Maybe a third catcher? I don't actually hate the idea though. He was absolutely helpless against even the most mediocre of high fastballs last year, and his RH swing also kind of fell apart. I know he worked on those things over the winter, so spend a month showing that those adjustments worked. This might also be, on another level, a shot across everyone's bow to not get complacent.
  18. Bertz
    Probably ought to assume that this lineup, with Bote in for Lester and Zo DHing, is what we'll see opening day.
  19. Bertz
    Things I learned today: Edinson Volquez is somehow still in the majors
  20. Bertz
    [tweet] [/tweet] I kinda figured they'd go the "horsefeathers defense, hit dongs" route and start Dietrich in his place. Either way, tough break.
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    This has been hell week for the Brewers. Yikes.
  23. Bertz
    I'd guess best case is the All Star Break at this point. They're definitely gonna go grab Kimbrel now.
  24. Bertz
    I'm positive that we're all going to hate Goldschmidt and he's going to absolutely wreck our lefty heavy rotation, but...this seems like a pretty player friendly deal? Like, would he even have gotten $130m this winter? I doubt it, and now the Cards are committing to that a year out. Also, if they were willing to do this, why not just sign Machado and slide Carpenter over to first?
  25. Bertz
    That's ominous as hell. If it's serious that turns their bullpen from great to merely good. Hell even a Kimbrel signing probably only brings them back to even (Kimbrel is better but given the calendar you're not getting a full season of peak Kimbrel anymore). I sort of expected Hader or Jeffress to have issues because they threw so many innings last year, not Knebel.
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