backwardsk
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Good for him. Shouldn't have to be on the player though.
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Jones goes deep again. Really hot start in Arizona.
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Andujar to the IL. May be lost for the year.
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Beckham is in the leader house for MVP.
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That pitching matchup lived up to its billing. Both were great. De Grom gave up more runners, and was bailed out on a base running mistake, but that was a heck of a performance.
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I took the under on the 59.5 line in Charlestown last week.
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I'd love to see Duke/UNC IV.
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If anyone has The Athletic subscription, Brittany G writes a piece on Brandon Snyder and the expectations of being a first round pick.
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Wait, is Cabrera at $30M, making more than $30M? Do Manny and Bryce not count because part of their competition is bonus?
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Why doesn't Scherzer and his deferred salary not count? I was going to list him until I saw your post. Stanton? Is Pujols making more than 30? okay, not Stanton or Pujols. Stanton won't make over $30 for a few seasons.
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BJ Surhoff, kind of. Came up as a catcher, transitioned to 3B for a few seasons before moving to the OF.
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Hope his knee is okay. I was really looking forward to watching him play UNC tonight.
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I look forward comparing and contrasting the rebuilding efforts of teams like Philly, CWS, Baltimore, SD, and Atlanta over the next several seasons. Chicago had three very attractive pieces: Sale, Quintana, and Eaton. Three guys that they signed to team friendly deals and shipped off for uber-prospects. Moncada was #1 at the time, Giolito was #3 at some point. They timed their rebuild around the "historic" FA class of 2018-2019. But it looks like they'll get shut out. They play in a division that's not very good and they seem unable to capitalize on it.
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Why not? If a team goes a week of games without a save situation, the closer won't pitch at all? Why would that be different than today? Because they could possibly have a close game the next day? The old school philosophy of how to use a closer will morph. I don't see why a closer with two two-inning appearances over the course of five games would be more likely to give up more runs than pitching four games in five days. There were only 12 pitchers who had 20 or more saves and pitched more than 50 innings in 2018.
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Is that provable? Your top bullpen guys are going to pitch the same amount, if your manager is capable, of innings if not more. The delta between your seventh and eighth/ninth guys isn't that great especially when you distribute the 24 pitchers from the contracted teams. Carrying two extra guys in the pen allows you more opportunity to pull your starter in the middle innings. I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that offense will increase under this hypothetical.
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More strategy. I don't know if this plan would actually increase offense.
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It's my idea to bring in more late inning strategy for managers while balancing out the negative impact of the shift against hitters. You want to bring in a one-out lefty guy? That's fine, but now you've burned him for the next game. Up three runs heading into the 9th with the bottom of the order coming up? Want to automatically push the closer button and bring in Jansen? Okay, he's unavailable for the next game. ir would prevent bullpen arms from getting called upon or warmed up three nights + in a row. The idea of the extra roster spots was to keep the same amount of jobs after contraction (net +6) and give more roster construction flexibility to compensate for the rule.
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Yankees and Red Sox. Probably the two Florida teams. It's tough. Possibly Oakland.
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I was just named baseball dictator. These are my changes. Contract two teams. Have four divisions of seven teams again. 159 games. 9 games against teams in your league (9x13=117). 6 games against one division from the other league (6x7=42). 159 games. Alternate other league's opponents each year. Expand rosters by two. Pitchers can't pitch in back to back games.
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Kris Bryant, though not in my top 10, should be someone getting consideration even though he had a down 2018. He'll be 27 next season.
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Trout, Machado, Harper, Acuna, Soto, Betts, Lindor, Bregman, Robles, Correa.
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Wade Miley signs for 4.5M with the Astros.
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1/4 for Markakis returning to Atlanta. $6M option for the second year. $6M guaranteed with $2M buyout of the second year.
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Beckham to the Mariners for 1.75M.
