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I think Mayo is the guy that gets traded as well. Been thinking that since the season started. Painful, but to get a star it has to be painful.

“I get the Manny comps for Gunnar but the separator for them (for me) is how hard Gunnar works and his fire to be good and the standard that he holds of himself. “

Today 8Ks in 4 ip. 1BB & 1HR.

I saw a 77% while looking through the umpire scorecard thread. I was wondering if last night was the worst of the season.

How often does a DH bat 8th in the lineup?

Santander is pounding everything he hits.

103.1 @ 33 degrees = F8 103.1 @ 30 degrees = F8 wow.

Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn’t realized that. For the record I don’t want either as an impact guy. I wouldn’t be upset if we picked up an innings eater type to absorb some load.

I prefer the guy with 125Ks in 111ip & a 3.60 FIP over the guy with 81Ks in 118ip & a 4.60 FIP. I’m not a believer Andersen’s 6.9 H9 (which is anchoring his whip) is sustainable. His .228 babip points to regression (.060 below career marks). His 3.6 BB9 is up over his career and his 6.2 K9 is down. On the other hand Kikuchi’s SO9, BB9, H9, HR 9 are pretty stable and his .338 babip is up over his career and points to bad luck. I prefer Kikuchi over Anderson.

I would be happy with Kikuchi. I really hate when he pitches against us. I’ve always been impressed.

It was pretty bad. That call he missed that is an entire ball inside the zone was crazy.

Quick and interesting read. https://www.mlb.com/news/complete-history-of-the-mlb-rule-5-draft-c210225288#:~:text=Between 1965 and 2005%2C baseball introduced the amateur,to three or four years%2C depending on age. 2006 was the latest change.

Only 13 CF have more HR than Mullins. Of those 13, 4 have 1 more (11HR) & 6 have 2 more (12). Aaron Judge 34 Brenton Doyle 16 Heliot Ramos 14 JJ Bleday 12 Jazz Chisolm 12 Jackson Merrill 12 Jose Siri 12 Matt Vierling 12 Jarren Duran 12 Jake Meyers 11 Ceddanne Rafaela 11 Luis Robert 11 Julio Rodriguez 11

Hopefully Grayson isn’t in to power boats.

I think people are dismissing how hard Manny worked his entire life and without a father figure around to guide him. From everything I’ve heard about him he busted his backside to get to where he is. His group of Yonder Alonso, Jon Jay and other 305 boys would train all day and all night with the hopes of making it to the league. From sneaking in to Marlins Games & Hurricanes games to get balls so they could train/play (couldn’t afford baseballs) to climbing a rope hung in a tree in their front yard to build forearm muscles, I’ve heard nothing but hard work an determination. I’m not gonna sit here and say who worked harder, but to say Manny was an underachiever and didn’t have the work ethic is absurd IMO.

Santander sure is no Clemente, Santana, Bautista, or Hamilton, but he’s making a case for one of the best (maybe top 10) rule V draft picks of all time.

Bo Duke….Dukes Of Hazard

Twining…

Wow. Great play

Like 3” inside the box. Pretty wild.

I understand he bounced a ball in the grass but dang, he’s getting squeezed.

Cionel bounced that ball in the grass.

I thought for sure he was done. I guess what they say about shoulder injuries are true and recovery is 2-3 years. Perhaps he is just now reaching 100% health.

Crazy how much you miss when you are gone a week or two. Man, I wish that thread had some more steam.