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I saw none of it. But as I’ve come to expect DK to be not much over a .500 pitcher these days, it doesn’t surprise me he’d lose a matchup with Kluber. Let’s win tomorrow and make it all better. 

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Seems like it is sink-or-swim time for JD. The dude is 25 and is hitting .415/.473/.654 in AAA. Granted, he plays in a hitters league and has a .510 BABIP, but he doesn't have anything left to prove at the minor league level, other than maybe improving his contact issues (and he has been striking out less this year). 

I hope he gets consistent ABs at DH, but he and Gattis both hit R, so who knows. As far as I know, Davis hasn't played any OF...

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My guess is the bullpen is going to 12 players or reddick to 10 day DL

Reddick isn’t going on the DL. He pinch hit yesterday. Maybe a reliever but Hinch likes to have 13 pitchers. Fisher has to be the guy. Hitting .176 with a 50% SO/AB ratio.
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We have five guys who are really good at AAA and suck in the majors. We are just bringing up someone we know is going to suck and be sent back in two weeks. But it is a small problem to have. If we are relying on these guys to hit, we have bigger issues.  

Hopefully we can just use these guys to give some rest and do some pinch running. Expect anything more from them is just going to get us aggravated. We just have to wait for the next wave of prospects to come through. 

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2 hours ago, Dr. Teeth said:

We have five guys who are really good at AAA and suck in the majors. We are just bringing up someone we know is going to suck and be sent back in two weeks. But it is a small problem to have. If we are relying on these guys to hit, we have bigger issues.  

Hopefully we can just use these guys to give some rest and do some pinch running. Expect anything more from them is just going to get us aggravated. We just have to wait for the next wave of prospects to come through. 

Maybe. But Davis has had all of 96 big-league plate appearances, and has been a roughly average hitter (94 wRC+). Given that he has been a good offensive player at every level of the minors, I don't think he should be dismissed based on his first 100 MLB PAs. He is at least playable at 3B or 1B (and apparently he's played 6 games in LF). 

Reed has had 147 PAs and has been awful (45 wRC+) and is limited to 1B. 

Tyler White has had 343 PAs and has been below average (89 wRC+). Though he was better in '17 than in '16. Still, he is 2 years older than Davis or Reed. 

I don't disagree that it is difficult to "expect" anything from them, but they aren't worthless. Getting average production from them at the big league level has value, even if it is in a fill-in capacity. I mean, we regularly have Jake Marisnick and/or Evan Gattis in our everyday lineup - any of these three guys outhitting them wouldn't be terribly surprising. 

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I guess he thought he was about to bounce off the wall. Didn’t realize he was going to keep drifting past the line. Regardless, he caught it. Already a good move. 

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4 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Aggressive baserunning bit us on that one. I'm fine with it. It took a perfect throw to get him. 

Bregs hit second as the ball was fielded. A guy with some speed will make third more often than not in that scenario. Took a great throw and a great pick to get him, as noted. 

Were we hitting great, maybe you call that a baserunning error. But we’re not, so it wasn’t. 

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Sure if it is the sixth inning and we have the bottom of order up. First and second with one out and Correa up is different. Not like our offense is revving on all engines. 

 

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Damn. 2 innings, 2 missed opportunities. Good news is that we've been able to hit Carrasco a bit. But more times than not when you don't get to a starter early, when you have a chance, it comes back to bite you. 

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