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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:N: Aaron Nola 
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:N: Aaron Nola 
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The Rays are both what everyone says is wrong and what actually is wrong about baseball. They trade away anyone making even a modicum of money, have like two good players and a bunch of scrap heap and AAAA guys because they don't have to pay them anything and then cry poverty in the name of market efficiency. They run all the matchups, constant pitching changes, openers, shifts etc. that the casuals and boomers hate. But they get away with it largely unscathed because they just shrug their shoulders and go we are poor 
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Nodoze posted:The Rays are both what everyone says is wrong and what actually is wrong about baseball. They trade away anyone making even a modicum of money, have like two good players and a bunch of scrap heap and AAAA guys because they don't have to pay them anything and then cry poverty in the name of market efficiency. They run all the matchups, constant pitching changes, openers, shifts etc. that the casuals and boomers hate. But they get away with it largely unscathed because they just shrug their shoulders and go we are poor The Rays had the best record in the AL last year and went to the World Series, and they won 90+ games in 2018 and 2019. That's pretty good for a team with two good players.
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Seems like they pretty reliably rebuild competently and keep the cycle going as designed though  Maybe hate on the 10-20 other teams who try to replicate the model but suck all the time rather than on fairly planned, predictable cycles
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The Pussy Boss posted:The Rays had the best record in the AL last year and went to the World Series, and they won 90+ games in 2018 and 2019. That's pretty good for a team with two good players. They made it through last season the way they did because it was a 60 game season. They went to the World Series and then go yeah we are trading our best pitcher because he makes too much money
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Apr 18, 2021 22:29
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imagine thinking Marcus Stroman wasn't a really good pitcher
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Julio Cruz posted:imagine thinking Marcus Stroman wasn't a really good pitcher He was really, really great today. Loved the enthusiasm on that behind the back play/dribbler to first. He was feeling himself today, as well he should. He's quickly become one of my favorite Mets.
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Inspector_666 posted:I shan't, but I also don't expect any sympathy. Ohhh banished to the wall. 10th year anniversary poo poo!
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wrigley field as a "bart man" situation developing
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Apr 19, 2021 02:17
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to be fair i don't think "what if i am inexplicably completely washed up by Age 28" is compatible with Pro Athlete Mindset
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Apr 19, 2021 02:20
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Is there a theory as to why Baez has fallen off so hard since 2019?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Is there a theory as to why Baez has fallen off so hard since 2019? His plate discipline is all over the place and pitchers know this. Probably doesn't help that the entire team lives and dies by the launch angle. Can players view previous at bats mid game anymore? I knew he'd watch those to help adjust but couldn't in 2020.
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Apr 19, 2021 02:30
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my Javy Theory is that there are just awful vibes around the cubs and no one wants to be there anymore
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FlamingLiberal posted:Is there a theory as to why Baez has fallen off so hard since 2019? they can't have ipads in the dugouts anymore so he doesn't have access to realtime analysis of his swing or something I forget the whole thing but this was a thing that cubs fans brought up last year
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Yeah Javy whined about no video in the dugout being the cause for his 2020 but I fail to see how footage of him swinging at a slider five feet off the plate is going to help him next AB. Also players apparently did get video back, but it's in the clubhouse now on a dedicated terminal or something. FlamingLiberal posted:Is there a theory as to why Baez has fallen off so hard since 2019? Scouts finally put together a decent playbook on him that involved just never throwing him a strike ever, and Javy responded to this by swinging even more and even harder. He's always been a free swinger but it's gotten to the point now where he won't shorten up for anything: he'll whiff on back to back 96 MPH heaters right through the zone because the only swing he uses now his his big loopy HR swing, and then inexplicably try the exact same swing a third time on another fastball. The only way to get beat by Javy right now is to hang a breaking pitch in the zone.
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please don't trade my close personal baseball friend https://twitter.com/TheBlogfines/status/1383964174498238464?s=20
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Did he like strain an ab or something I am now a doctor
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given the off days they need to just send him on back to Atlanta, even if he avoids the IL there's really no reason to put him through the two games in New York when he could get four days of rest for the next home series.
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elentar posted:given the off days they need to just send him on back to Atlanta, even if he avoids the IL there's really no reason to put him through the two games in New York when he could get four days of rest for the next home series.
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The thing about baseball is it's chaotic and weird but it's nonetheless comforting because someone out there at least knows how often particular types of chaotic weirdness turn up: https://twitter.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1383976479680196614?s=20
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Apr 19, 2021 04:04
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I concur with Dr. Wilson's clinical assessment https://twitter.com/mlbbowman/status/1383979311472857101
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Apr 19, 2021 04:07
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The Seattle Mariners won a series against the Houston Astros 
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Apr 19, 2021 04:27
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Acuna diagnosed with tummy ache, rehab assignment in Gwinnett coming soon.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Is there a theory as to why Baez has fallen off so hard since 2019? What everyone else has said is true, but Fangraphs did a piece last week with some scary names as comps. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/its-probably-time-to-be-concerned-about-javier-baez/
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GoatSeeGuy posted:What everyone else has said is true, but Fangraphs did a piece last week with some scary names as comps. i believe in javier baez
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davecrazy posted:This is insanity. Awesome player. Full time DH who still can’t stay healthy and looks just horrible in like 85% of his ABs swinging at pitches way outside. But he does hit a 450 foot homer every other week or so!
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IcePhoenix posted:they can't have ipads in the dugouts anymore so he doesn't have access to realtime analysis of his swing or something As a matter of fact, the iPads are back, so teams do have access to video in the dugout this season.
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The White Sox have a game at 10am? Wtf?
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Bird in a Blender posted:The White Sox have a game at 10am? Wtf? It’s the Boston marathon today!
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https://twitter.com/metsrewind/status/1384132614525652992?s=21 What could of been....if they traded him in 2015 for an absolute haul.
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davecrazy posted:https://twitter.com/metsrewind/status/1384132614525652992?s=21 He went to the big city and drank himself out of his job. Pretty funny.
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Carlosologist posted:It’s the Boston marathon today! here comes the peetzur
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Feels odd to be settling in to watch a White Sox game at 10am on a Monday, but here we are. Good thing I don't have to work until 2pm today! If this thing goes to extras I could be in trouble, though. 
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It's weird reading people talk about Baez like he's fallen off a cliff somehow. His OPS+ is 100! That is, by definition, not too bad. And his career OPS+ is 102! This is normal for him.
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chilihead posted:Stanton is already a shell of himself and was never even Pujols That's quite a bar to set as a bare minimum
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Patrick Spens posted:It's weird reading people talk about Baez like he's fallen off a cliff somehow. His OPS+ is 100! That is, by definition, not too bad. And his career OPS+ is 102! This is normal for him. It's fun to watch the Cubs collapse though
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:It's fun to watch the Cubs collapse though I think I’m in the acceptance phase
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