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Sanfran327 last won the day on July 11 2008

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    Gotta go with Cal.

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  1. OP made the assumption that GRod, Eflin, and Kremer would be in the OD rotation. So I actually put Suarez and Povich in the same boat, but Suarez makes the OD roster almost without question because he can pitch effectively out of the bullpen.
  2. I feel like they did it because our pitching sucked. Now it doesn't suck, so let's split the difference. I think it would be a mistake to go into 2025 with the current park dimensions.
  3. Povich is in the rotation for me unless one of two things happens: He's a total flop (like a 8-9+ ERA in the spring) We somehow sign or otherwise acquire 2 arms better than him Neither of those things is impossible, but I think it's fairly unlikely that he'll be that bad in spring training. I like what I saw from him after the demotion/recall, and hope he's able to build on it. We'll never know what we have in him if he doesn't get a long term shot. The tough part is that we are 1,000% in win-now mode, and management may not think we have time to evaluate him for the full season next year, hence, signing or acquiring 2 arms.
  4. One of the big outlets alluded to a mid season hand injury. Though I have watched over 150 games, I can’t pinpoint the incident, though an injury or some sort makes sense. A player of his caliber doesn’t fall off a cliff for no reason.
  5. I’m clearly in a bad mood, but I’ll pose this to the group: 2024 Burns was “not quite good enough”. at times he was fantastic, but you need an ace to carry you when nobody else will. I hope somebody (Frobby) will remind me of a few times he did that that would impact the results of this season for us. He certainly didn’t fail us tonight, but he didn’t carry us either, and that, to me, might be the story of 2024 Corbin Burnes.
  6. Just make it 10. I don’t need to out myself through 10-1. I have a ton of faith in this team, but not tomorrow.
  7. Great question. Royals by 4+. Skip the traffic and save a few bucks.
  8. I have to think they will split the difference this offseason. They made a dramatic change to overcompensate for horrific pitching, but they didn’t fix it over the 23-24 offseason once they knew what they had. Easy fix without changing the seating bowl: just move the fence forward 10’ and lower the wall, then put a row of flowers between the seats and the wall. Looks nice and normalizes the dimensions. Can’t screw your own RH hitters to no end like this anymore.
  9. We knew they had a speedster with a zero bat in the 9 hole. We knew a guy off the street could steal 2nd off of Burnes. We knew the sum of those scenarios would result in Better Gunnar knocking in a KC run. And we knew Ragans would get his shot at redemption. Six basically perfect innings. And our bats were just limp. No tenacity, no snap, no fight. As far as I’m concerned, just go quietly tomorrow and don’t prolong it for those of us that care. Just let the guillotine fall on the 2024 season and let’s start fresh in February. Couldn’t score ONE MF’ING RUN tonight. Sionara, O’s fans.
  10. Why Cal? Because he said Beltre was a better defender than Brooks? Would bet my left nut he’d take that back if he could. He was caught up in the moment. It’s Mussina, Huff, Machado, and Guts for me without putting an ounce of thought into it.
  11. I was wondering what the knee-jerk reaction would be to an ugly game last night, but the truth is that the bullpen is fine, as is the rest of the team. We lack a true lockdown closer, but we have six arms by my count that are very good relievers in Akin, Perez, Coulombe, Webb, Cano, and Domingez. And you can add Suarez to that list next week, and possibly Povich, who should also make the PS roster as a lefty long relief option to mirror Suarez. Anyway, that game could have and would have gone much differently, IMO, if it were a playoff game. Burnes obviously stays in longer and gets at least through the top of the order if not back down to the bottom third to hand it over to the bullpen. Hopefully we'd be able to scratch out some runs, but that's not the bullpen's fault. This is an extremely good team with a lead. Let's hope we get on the board early and often starting tonight.
  12. Jim and Ben made a good point after the game last night. Kremer seems like a guy that likes pitching in big games and seems to fare well, at least in regular season games. Suarez also has experience coming out of the pen, so if Kremer starts getting roughed up 2nd time through the order, Suarez could come in and give you 3+ comfortably. But in a longer series, you'll want/need a 4th SP, so if the Grayson long-man experiment never comes to fruition, both of them will be in the rotation for the ALCS if we get that far.
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