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2023 MLB Thread; Say Hey, Charlie Hustle: Rest In Power, Willie. RIP, Pete.
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I just can’t see it with that lineup - hope so for you but the West is tough
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Just gotta survive to the deadline and if you're in it push all in on a couple of corner outfield bats.
Seattle and Houston are definitely better today assuming health. But the Rangers have at least positioned themselves clearly above LA and Oakland - and I think closer to the top two than the bottom.
Lots of assets to make moves with at the deadline if appropriate. Probably still a year away, though.
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That Rangers lineup is real though, thump up and down that thing. If they slide someone like Yamamoto in after this season the rotation will be really solid.
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Yeah I would agree they are 3rd - bottom of the lineup is rough but excited to see more Jung (who is already 25 I saw!?)
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im sure yall will turn it around before Haniger comes off the IL for us
No fun in slow starts
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Was in attendance for the Gore start. He looked great - struck out Olson and Riley twice and got Acuna later on as well. Not a single ball hit over 90 MPH against him, but did have some command issues. Trying to temper my expectations due to injury history, but he looks the part.
I still like the headliners of the Scherzer/Turner trade, but Gray is gonna have to figure out what he’s doing with his fastball by the All-Star break. Most hittable pitch in baseball.
We might be a team that lines up with you if you look to add bats at the deadline, but only if they, ya know, actually hit for a few months.
(Bellinger, Wisdom, Happ even)
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We might be a team that lines up with you if you look to add bats at the deadline, but only if they, ya know, actually hit for a few months.
Wasn’t Happ a 4+ WAR last year?
3.6, Hoerner was our only 4+.
But Happ is a FA, and if he doesn't get extended, he'd likely be one of the better bats at the deadline, switch hitter etc, he'd fit what Dirk was mentioning.
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The bat was 4.4 - pretty damn solid - Yanks keep being brought up for him
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It'll be interesting to see how tight the Rangers can stay - and then how willing they are to push chips to the middle with some of the arms and farm kids.
But yeah, I think the Cubs match up well as a potential trade partner.
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I just realized they had the same win total - 81.5 - as the Angels this season - hope you took the Over
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He's going to be commissioner someday. I don't see how he couldn't be. (unless he doesn't want to be) But him calling out talking heads is heartwarming.
Agree completely. Theo is smart af and understands the meta of the whole sports landscape. If the bigger sports media won't cover it properly, they should empower other creators to push out good content daily during the season, which really is only done at podcast and some TikTok levels. He's dead on about how baseball has the raw ingredients for good content because they play every damn day.
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Such BS by the ump here.
Cruz fills in at Manny's spot in the batting order and:
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Xander on a tear to start the season
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Xander on a tear to start the season
miss this dude
glad i can at least watch him regularly here
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Padres bullpen today was trash also David Dahl missed a sliding catch that cost us 2 runs.
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I enjoy all sports and know what to expect but baseball in person is boring as hell. But also, depends on the matchup and time.
