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  1. DLev
    I guess the answer to the question ā€œHow can a major university like Stanford not have working lights at its baseball fieldā€ is Stanford is, in fact, not a major university. Fuck them.
  2. DLev
    This three on three basketball is unwatchable. If these guys were playing at the local gym I wouldnā€™t stick around to watch.
  3. DLev
    Baseball Savant had like a .900 xBA for the one he fucked up last game, but they said on the TV broadcast that another MLB research tool at it at a 95% catch probability because it hung up so long. So who knows, but your point is well taken. That said, I could see with my own eyes that he had no clue which direction to go off the bat and thatā€™s why he didnā€™t get there.
  4. DLev
    Jake sat out there as a free agent for half the offseason before Cubs signed him. It was such an obvious move. Straw is awful. he has no instincts as an outfielder.
  5. DLev
    Novel plan from Baker tonight of putting better hitters earlier in the lineup. I support it.
  6. DLev
    Thatā€™s the kind of hard contact you have to call for someoneā€™s fifth foul. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. DLev
    ā€œBevo unmoved by the actionā€ Same, Bevo, same.
  8. DLev
    Are you stupid? There were obviously many routes run further downfield that werenā€™t open. Itā€™s called a check down. Thatā€™s how football works.
  9. DLev
    My god this broadcast is worse than the play on the field. And thatā€™s saying something.
  10. DLev
    Weā€™ve gone from advanced analytics on defensive placement to a fucking ESPN announcer saying were lined up wrong before play. Not that where he was standing excuses that garbage from Reddick.
  11. DLev
    Correa putting less pressure on that leg than that masseuse did on his back.
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    I agree with most of this. I donā€™t think Lunhow thought he was selling out the future by getting rid of the current role players for legitimate roster management reasons. But it turns out in retrospect he was selling out the NEAR future because this yearā€™s role players are not up to the challenge. Given this year was also supposed to be part of the teamā€™s window, those moves have to be questioned. Signing someone elseā€™s cheap veterans in the offseason was also an option that wasnā€™t done and is another failure. Basically, very little of the back end hole plugging has worked over the past few years other than Machete x3. Diaz has not been Marwin (maybe he could have if not for injuries), but that wasnā€™t a bad gamble. Not signing some veterans to at least compete was a bad gamble.
  14. DLev
    Iā€™m pretty sure Maldonado was a free agent this offseason. We could have signed him just the same. And Iā€™m not denying the value of Maldonado last year. The issue is Kemp was DFAed before he was traded. This was a pure decision of preferring to lose Kemp outright rather than send Straw to minors. That we got Machete in exchange is a plus, but the two werenā€™t perfectly linked. Keep in mind Kemp is on the Aā€™s because the Cubs didnā€™t have a spot for him on their 26 man roster, so itā€™s not like heā€™s universally valued. But Iā€™d sure like to have him.
  15. DLev
    Why? What long term does Straw bring? Thereā€™s no indication he can develop into an average hitter. And weā€™ve got three outfield spots open next year. And, yes, I do think weā€™d be rolling into a pennant race with Mayfield, Straw, and Toro. 2019 was just as injury-riddled for the position players as this year.
  16. DLev
    How nice would it be to still have Kemp instead of Straw/Mayfield/Toro? Yes, we ultimately traded him for Machete last year, but that was after DFAing him to keep Straw up. That was under the assumption that there would always be plenty of hitting available and backups were just speed/defense. Maybe Iā€™m wrong statistically and just thinking back fondly, but as I sit here Iā€™d much rather be forced to give Jake and Kemp major at bats because of injuries than Straw, Toro, Mayfield.
  17. DLev
    Not a huge fan of Dusyā€™s managing, but the bullpen is on Click. Forget about the restart. In the first spring training the team signed zero bullpen arms. The plan was for Biagini and Devo to have spots. Sure, sucks Joe Smith and Osuna arenā€™t with the team, but no excuse for not bringing in cheap outside options to challenge this garbage.
  18. DLev
    Full article: https://www.mlb.com/news/lance-mccullers-jr-injured-list-neck-injury Unrelated, but in the same article: Verlander, meanwhile, has progressed to the point heā€™s throwing off the mound, Astros general manager James Click said Sunday during his pregame radio segment on 790 AM in Houston.
  19. DLev
    He had pitched three of four days and therefore wasnā€™t available yesterday. Was there other news?
  20. DLev
    How are the Angels not better?
  21. DLev
    At least it didnā€™t go extras...
  22. DLev
    Well thatā€™s ungood.
  23. DLev
    Bunt Toro over with .260 hitter to get to .200 and .215 hitters. Sure. Shocked it didnā€™t work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  24. DLev
    I donā€™t see Justin Tucker. Thatā€™s a problem. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  25. DLev
    Indeed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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