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  1. Danchat
    Well, I definitely did not see this happening to Gibson this season. I thought he was toast last season, but he's a whole different pitcher now. I wonder if Garvin Alston is responsible for some of these changes to his approach? I'm liking him so far as the pitching coach. Well, they definitely could. I do think I see one of our starters being traded by the time the 2019 season starts, but they'd have to get something good for Gibby. We still have another year of control of him so I think I'd prefer to hang on to him, but if someone offers a strong package I'd pull the trigger.
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    I'm just happy we took 2 out of 3 against the Red Sox and our pitchers held them to just 3 runs in the first two games. But yes, as others have said, time to get some AAA arms up here. And I think we can safely say goodbye to Bobby Wilson... people complain about Buxton's bat, but have you seen Wilson at the plate?
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    KEPLER!!!!
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    He absolutely should be, and if a starter goes down, he should be the next up.
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    Well, Berrios was giving up baserunners and he was looking gassed. I'm not sure if he would have been able to take on Benintendi-Bogaerts-Martinez another time.
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    So, Escobar's going to command a deal in FA just a bit smaller than Machado's?
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    I missed that throw, I'll have to go back and take a look. Oh, and that's our 14th runner out at home this season, right? Blech.
  8. Danchat
    One thing is constant about the game of baseball - your expectations and predictions will almost always be wrong and crazy and random things will happen every season. Today's a great example of that.
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    WHAT IS HAPPENING ?!
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    I'm thinking Sale's getting a no-hitter tonight. *cough, cough* I don't think it matters what Berrios does unless our pitching is near perfect, and even then, I still don't think we win.
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    I need to whip up a new Infielders in the Outfield poster with Motter on it... I've read that Motter is a pretty good defensive infielder, so seeing him premier as a starter in the outfield is pretty disappointing. Can we get Cave back up here and DFA Grossman?
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    https://www.wsj.com/articles/major-league-baseball-sees-a-sharp-drop-in-attendance-1529063246 If anyone's got a Wall Street Journal subscription, you can see here that they've just recently written an article about the MLB's dropping attendance. Not-so-fun fact: Toronto's attendance has dropped by 29% this season. Yikes! If you want to hear my opinion, interest in the MLB is clearly on the decline with those of my demographic (17-25 year old guys). I'm just not sure any tweaks are going to help... baseball is simply a slowly paced game that just doesn't connect with people with short attention spans. The NFL has been able to stay on top and at least minimize their decreases in revenue by having booming fantasy football and gambling departments, constant social media and news reporting 24/7, and just having less games that get more attention. The MLB feels a bit antiquated compared to the NFL and NBA, but I think that's just their niche. A quick and easy fix just doesn't exist, in my opinion.
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    Well, the main reason Molitor pulls guys around 100 pitches is because that's when they typically wear out and start struggling. How many times have we seen Molitor send a starter out to start the 6th or 7th and see them allow baserunners just to pull them? Berrios is the only one I'd trust to be effective past 100 pitches.
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    Adrianza is easily having his best season in the majors... but that's due to his track record being bad and also not playing very often.
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    Hopefully Gordon and Gonsalves can reach the majors by the end of the year... though maybe Gonsalves needs to finish the season at AAA. We can afford to be patient with him with the starting pitching in the majors being solid.
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    Well, nice inning for Rogers with 3 Ks. We need more of that from him.
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    Grossman has left the game with an "injured head". I didn't see what happened to him, but something might have happened when he was at 3rd base.
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    Today has been one of the worst RISP days I've ever seen... and we've seen a lot of them this year. That's 18 LOB (left on base) today. Dozier, Morrison, Garver, and Adrianza have been brutal today with at least 3 runners left aboard each. Just terrible offense, even though we've had 10 hits.
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    I don't want to be Negative Nancy, but after seeing both Adrianza and Garver have baserunning blunders on the same play and seeing Dozier fail in that RISP situation, I have the feeling we're going to lose this game. I think Cleveland's offense is going to come alive today, but we'll see if Odorizzi can hold them...
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    Holy cow, Rosario is in 5th place for the AL batting title hitting .323. I never thought he'd be a guy who could hit for average, but he's got a knack for hitting lasers all over the field and he's got legitimate power in that bat. Definitely worthy of being an All-Star. It would be pretty nuts to sweep Cleveland... but I still don't buy this team. They can only beat one team this season, and though that team is in first place, I expect Cleveland to improve. I would be making trades for relievers this very moment if I were Cleveland's GM. Also, can we option Rogers and call up Busenitz/Duffey/Moya? We've seen about a full year of mediocre baseball from him and I think we could use a fresh arm in the bullpen after overusing Pressly and having Magill go 3 innings.
  21. Danchat
    Gee looked broken down? Really? Gee as a reliever for the Twins 2017: 23.2 IP, 1.14 ERA, 7.6 K/9, 1.9 BB/9. He was less effective as a starter (had 3 starts) but he was valuable as a long reliever. In 11 outings out of a reliever, he gave up earned runs once (he gave up 3 runs in that one outing). That doesn't look like broken down to me, but I will concede he's in Japan for a reason.
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    I forsee having Belisle on the roster hurting us in the future... I'd really rather see Busenitz, Curtiss, or Moya up here getting these innings.
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    Well, I guess that's why they were waiting to use Magill. It's nice to have a long reliever who can shut down the opponent. He reminds me of how Dillon Gee did a similar job last season as a long reliever.
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    Oh goody, Grossman in right... I wonder what misadventures he'll have today.
  25. Danchat
    Looking through just the AL, I can tell you he'd be the best starter on the Royals, and debatably on the Orioles and A's.
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