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    Chance to gain a half game on Arlington today. They are off and finally back on the road against a winning team this weekend (@SF). I like that lineup a lot.
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    Dubon 4 Pena 6 Yordan DH Tucker 9 Bregman 5 Diaz 2 McCormick 7 Meyers 8 Singleton 3 is my guess
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    KInda comical to see Arlington fans tempting the BBGs like that when they're only two games up in August with the two-time world champs and four-time AL champs right on their heels and a red-hot Seattle team 5.5 out after winning seven straight.
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    we love you wu but please stop doing this weird flex
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    From yesterday's Athletic piece, before today's Julks news:
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    yeah but there are plenty of choices to remove from the 40 man. Looking at you Bligh Madris and Joel Kuhnel.
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    no doubt it's Singleton coming up
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    Aidan Resnick big mad right now.
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    FUCK THA HATERZ!!! lolol
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    Ha Stanton wtf are you doing????
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    DADDY IS HOME
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    whew he went around
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    and this here is the best argument for him playing every day. I'm not Team Maldy, I just repeat what has been reported and said by pitchers and insiders about Machete being the staff's QB and whatnot and how Diaz has to learn how to prepare to call games etc but he's getting there yadda yadda yadda. Diaz can only do this by playing more, not less. You cannot put his bat on the bench with Kessinger's in the lineup. Fuck it, call up Singleton if you need to give Abreu a day off.
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    I came here to post this. Almost like Dusty listens to Wulaw's podcast and said that just for him.
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    Pure greatness
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    he's a weird case though because he sucked so long ago and was probably brought up to the big leagues way before he was ready and now, at the age of 31, he's mashing AAA pitchers and pushing for another promotion. It's hard to draw too many conclusions from his most recent ML stint with Milwaukee because he only had like 29 AB before they DFA'd him because they needed a roster spot for Jesse Winker returning from the IL. He subsequently refused assignment to the minors and became a free agent. The odds aren't great that he's anything but AAAA player, but who knows, maybe he's figured it out now that he's in his early 30's?
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    Agree or nah?
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    correlation is not causation. How many WS rings does Yainer have? CHECK MATE. But in all seriousness, I'm not wholly disagreeing because I want Yainer catching more not less, but he's not very good situationally with the bat and he is terrible against LHP. He needs to get better at working counts and not being such a free-swinger. His power is awesome and his exit velos are impressive so he will hit consistently. Machete is just terrible all around with the bat but he should always start against LHP over Diaz. The belief that you know better than the pitchers who throw to these guys or the coaches/player development/analytics nerds who have built this baseball dynasty is evidence of you sniffing your own farts.
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    It's also a fact that the organization is very analytics-driven and has excelled at player development, so I'm of the opinion they have data and inside info about Maldonado/Diaz we don't. I think Diaz should be catching more but I am also confident that will be that case as he develops his defensive skills and builds rapport with the entire pitching staff and works on the intangibles that make Machete respected in the clubhouse.
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    trust means everything between pitcher and catcher. how do you quantify that? I think the coaches/development staff/FO analysts/pitching staff know what they're doing. Y'all need to stop sniffing your own farts.
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    its pretty damn obvious whose opinions matter in this scenario
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    Maldy is the one calling the pitches dude jfc
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    It's almost like the Machete haters refuse to believe these players when it's been explained many times. Ffs, even Chandler tweeted an aggressive "let me dumb it down for you, stupid" recently in answering the Maldonado vs Diaz question. I'm not saying I want Machete over Diaz, I'm just accepting the reality as explained by Astros pitchers and insiders. It is what it is.

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