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Big Mean Jerk posted:Apparently Darvish is officially for sale. Would it be insane for the Astros to go after him? We clearly need another starter, you can't expect our schizophrenic bullpen to carry us through october. Sounds like the Rangers are asking a ton. I don't know what the Astros have to offer but if you're willing to pay that to rent him and go all in, well there's probably no better time than this season to make a move like that.
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Julio Cruz posted:It's really weird how a game that's 95% amazing has such a problem with AI pitchers. They're all super-accurate even in the minors, and a stupid proportion of them throw the same ridiculously good slider. It feels like there's always a few issues that seem to persist from year to year that despite tons of awareness never get resolved. Curveballs are still strictly inferior to sliders because if you bounce a curveball in the dirt (or hell, even remotely close to the dirt) it's a "wild pitch" and the catcher sits there staring at it for five seconds while the runner moves up, when in any real-life game if you tried to advance on a curveball that bounced right in front of the catcher you're dead meat. Also poo poo with perks still not working since the 2016 version or being worded ambiguously. The game is good but it definitely has a lot of niggling gremlins that detract.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Apparently Darvish is officially for sale. Would it be insane for the Astros to go after him? We clearly need another starter, you can't expect our schizophrenic bullpen to carry us through october. The Cubs have been known to be in on him for at least a week, but they have *nothing* to cough up. Although, given its Daniels, he'll flip Darvish with like two seconds before the deadline expires.
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https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/889964211811475457 Uhhh no thanks
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Apparently Darvish is officially for sale. Would it be insane for the Astros to go after him? We clearly need another starter, you can't expect our schizophrenic bullpen to carry us through october. It would not be insane and would in fact be a really good pickup but the Rangers are still in spitting distance of the wild card so they can ask for the moon and reasonably just hang onto him if they don't get it 
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Joey Freshwater posted:This makes me worried that Braves would give up Acuna for Gray. SEE
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Joey Freshwater posted:This makes me worried that Braves would give up Acuna for Gray. I think/hope Acuna is genuinely untouchable right now, maybe just him and Maitan? They could build a package around arms + Christian Pache but I doubt that would do it. Really wish they would just stay the course and see who makes the cut. Hell, Kris Medlen might even make it back.
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This says they want 2 of the Dodgers top 4 for Darvish. http://m.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article/244010516/sources-dodgers-interested-in-yu-darvish/ Even if it's the bottom two, that's #'s 58 and 71 according to MLB's mid season list. Two top-100 guys for a rental is steep as gently caress and I don't see the Dodgers doing that.
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I'd have to assume the asking price for both Darvish and Gray is fairly astronomical at this point. Wasn't it reported last week that the A's straight up named the price for Gray to the Yankees? That Gray is not currently a Yankee means that price must have been pretty hefty.
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If anything I'd love the Astros to help the Marlins relieve themselves of Giancarlo's contract so they can sell the team 
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Intruder posted:If anything I'd love the Astros to help the Marlins relieve themselves of Giancarlo's contract so they can sell the team It would be nice, but kind of a waste. Reddick, Springer, Marisnick, plus Fisher and Tucker in the pipeline and Aoki/Beltran when we're desperate. Even Marwin can play OF.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:It would be nice, but kind of a waste. Reddick, Springer, Marisnick, plus Fisher and Tucker in the pipeline and Aoki/Beltran when we're desperate. Even Marwin can play OF. Giancarlo is way better than all of them though e: A Stanton/Springer/Reddick OF, oh god that makes me drool Intruder fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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When did Hawk make that call so I can listen to it. Also I looked up at the game briefly today to watch some idiot strike out to garbage, wondered if it was Javy. It was Javy.
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Goodpancakes posted:When did Hawk make that call so I can listen to it. Slider low and away?
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John Wilkes Booth posted:
But the Cubs and Sox split last year. 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:But the Cubs and Sox split last year. most recent outright winner keeps the cup, they won 3 of 4 in 2014 and 2015-16 were both splits
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Goodpancakes posted:When did Hawk make that call so I can listen to it. Just listen to the entire 5th inning starting with Abreu's HBP. He's steamin'.
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Poque posted:most recent outright winner keeps the cup, they won 3 of 4 in 2014 and 2015-16 were both splits I just looked up a picture of the Cup and I'm really disappointed it's not in the shape of a Red Line train. 
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Julio Cruz posted:I hate swinging at the first pitch, which is something most of the Mets infield (Reyes, Cabrera, Flores) does repeatedly and it makes me so angry. For all three of them, their OPS on the first pitch is higher than their career OPS. Flores has a career 1.062 OPS on the first pitch. I tell you this to free you from this anger, so that you have some left for the fleecing of the Mets at the trade deadline.
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Jason Benetti, the non-Hawk broadcaster for the Sox, will be doing tomorrow's game of the Crosstown series with David Ross and Rick Sutcliffe on ESPN. Check him out, Benetti is great and will be the permanent PbP guy come next season.
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Intruder posted:Giancarlo is way better than all of them though Not worth the cost though. In terms of non-pitchers, I'd rather they look at another 1B, maybe even a 3B as well depending on Moran's status after this injury. Kevlar v2.0 posted:
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https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/889842504643825665 please trade the Good Strikeout Boy to a team that isn't a hellhole, thanks.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Not worth the cost though. In terms of non-pitchers, I'd rather they look at another 1B, maybe even a 3B as well depending on Moran's status after this injury. Upgrading the lineup is upgrading the lineup and I don't think you're going to easily find a 1B or 3B who's as big an upgrade over what we already have than Giancarlo would be over Marisnick/Aoki
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Big Mean Jerk posted:How was he not ejected? Not only was he not ejected, but no warnings were issued either. Maddon also left him in the game, did not pull him for a PH in the bottom of the inning with RISP and two outs, and then only pulled him the next inning after he allowed a single and a double to put runners at second and third with no outs. The Sox reliever very intentionally drilled Happ in the thigh the very next inning though, and that got the umpire to issue warnings. 
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elentar posted:I think/hope Acuna is genuinely untouchable right now, maybe just him and Maitan? They could build a package around arms + Christian Pache but I doubt that would do it. I would say Acuna is as close to untouchable as you can get in the Braves organization.
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iKickDogs posted:For all three of them, their OPS on the first pitch is higher than their career OPS. Flores has a career 1.062 OPS on the first pitch. I would never have guessed this, feels like every time they do it's just a weak grounder to short. Having said that, when was the last time the Mets were fleeced on a trade? Cespedes, Syndergaard/d'Arnaud, Walker, Wheeler... it feels like the one thing Sandy's unquestionably done well at is trading.
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Chexoid posted:https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/889842504643825665 No way, I want him to be the grizzled vet when Bichette and Vlad Jr are up in 2019.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Javy Baez struck out 5 times Platinum sombrero?
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question has a pitcher ever worn sunglasses while in a game? can they?
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Abel Wingnut posted:question Kent Tekulve (great name BTW) used to wear very tinted glasses but I dunno about straight-up sunglasses.
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Guessing there's no rule against it, but the ump could make you remove them if there's any glare deemed distracting to the batter (like Arthur Rhodes and his earrings)
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White Sox are trading away their last good bullpen piece in Anthony Swarzak, who's going to the Brewers per Heyman. Our best reliever by WHIP is now Dan Jennings at 1.218, who's basically a LOOGY. Better score some runs! Or don't, just tank all the way baby
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Abel Wingnut posted:question Bruce Maxwell has done it plenty of times. Here's a video of him wearing a pair and taking a ball to the face.
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it would be extremely cool to me, if john lackey and hawk harrelson met and hurled each other over the reichenbach falls
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Julio Cruz posted:Having said that, when was the last time the Mets were fleeced on a trade? Cespedes, Syndergaard/d'Arnaud, Walker, Wheeler... it feels like the one thing Sandy's unquestionably done well at is trading. That's true, but despite his success, the Mets are bad. I feel a frustration-driven overspend coming.
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does anyone have audio of Hawk Harrelson calling for John Lackey to get beaten up in a parking lot?
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