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Hope he found his glove lol.
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With social media and YouTube etc we see a lot more from players than we used to, every little story can be shared . Some players seem really nice, like Seiya, Matthew Boyd etc. and others act like clowns and typical jocks. A hyper-competitive tournament will bring out the clown in the clowns. Disappointed in some of the behaviour of a bunch of players. They're not only representing their countries but the sport also.
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I think Bregman may see Palencia now
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Telecast just said Cubs told them Palencia can only pitch the 9th in a save situation.
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McLean throwing gas holy cow.
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Why hasn't Willson Contreras been playing 1b for Venezuela? He hurt? They have Arraez there.
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But if they told him he could pitch then why be cagey,? Just say yes
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My thinking is Counsell might have been cagey any whether he was allowed to pitch tonight because they may have told Venezeula not to pitch him and Counsell didn't want people to get angry at him/Cubs for that decision in case he's not even needed tonight. Just a guess though
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Counsell said they talked with Venezuela manager today. Palencia wants to pitch badly. Cagey no comment from Counsell on whether he'd be able to pitch tonight.
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Counsell said Seiya played catch today and not shut down from anything. Not shut down from hitting either because no structural damage just pain from swelling but he probably won't start hitting until the weekend.
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It seemed they gave up more than they hit but holy crap
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Guardians announcers mentioned the ball has been flying out of every cactus league park the Guardians have played at this Spring. Good to know not just the Cubs pitchers lol. They said temperatures have also been well-above seasonal and the warmest anyone can ever remember since teams have started playing ST games in AZ. They said it's so warm its like the weather is 2 months ahead of schedule.
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Looked it up, batters hit .115 BA/.154 SLG with 48% whiff% on his change last year.
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Counsell this afternoon said Seiya was getting an MRI today. Hopefully we know more tomorrow. A reporter asked if he were possibly starting the season on the IL regardless but he said he'll wait for the MRI before decisions are made.
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ABS stats this spring show that only 52% of ABS challenges have been successful. 44% for hitters and 59% for catchers, who have a better view than umps. If fans didn't have the K- zone box on TV and tried to call a game we'd probably all be a lot worse. They have a tough job like you said. Balls are moving through the zone too. That pitch looked like a ball, but as people have shown with ABS, any 12-6 breaking ball at the bottom of the zone will show up on K-zone very differently depending if you're measuring the K zone on the front of the plate or middle. They've shown how a curveball clipping the bottom-front of the zone can end up in the dirt. And imagine having a job where hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions in some cases like this, are ready to jump down your throat when you make an error at work. People seeking perfection will have their wish over the next several decades as most of our jobs can/will be replaced by machines. People will disagree and that's fine but I'm on team human.
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Maybe ump thought the breaking ball clipped the zone. Pitching on both teams was sick.
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Maybe they also want to break up the velo RHP and finesse guys.
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I want a pair of those padded batting gloves that Shaw has. They look comfy cozy
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91.6mph avg today. 92.3 avg all of last year.
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Wonder what his velo was last year 1st half vs 2nd half. Or the last month or 2
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Half his pitches have been balls so clearly he's not on today. Not the time to panic yet. He's a command guy and if he's off then he doesn't have the stuff to get away with it. Velo still down a tick today. If he puts up around a 4.50 ERA/xFIP this year they should be happy with that as a #5. Let's just hope Shota does ok.
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Hopefully just a bruise. Counsell said today that Rojas is fine after yesterday, just left for precaution.
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I think Steven Kwan is 1st. When you count guys who move around like Soto, Happ is still 6th. Among all OF he's 15th. He's very consistent and almost never gets injured.
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Happ has put up the 2nd most WAR at LF the last 3-4 seasons and the 11th best OF. Most people like HR they don't care about walks or consistency and defense is often overlooked.
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AZ is weird, let's see how bad Jamo looks in the season. Given injury frequency, if Brown keeps looking good we'll see him in the rotation eventually anyways.
