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Strop can no longer be trusted in close games or with a five run lead, he will have to be replaced unter further notice.

Strop is definitely becoming an enigma. I can't decide if it is entirely mental (i.e. he is choking when the lights and pressure are on) or whether he is what he always has been and the random vicissitudes of being a wild relief pitcher are just catching up with him.

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Strop is definitely becoming an enigma. I can't decide if it is entirely mental (i.e. he is choking when the lights and pressure are on) or whether he is what he always has been and the random vicissitudes of being a wild relief pitcher are just catching up with him.

They said a couple weeks ago it was a mechanical issue. Opening up too early or some other pitching mechanics jargon.

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PAST mine! I thought we'd fight hard and still fall a game or two back. This is just Twilight Zone crap.

My honest expectations were even lower than that. I think that at one point in February I made some reasoned judgment that we could win about 80 games or so. But in the core of my being I fully expected to be wondering whether we could get the first pick in the draft about this time of year.

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My honest expectations were even lower than that. I think that at one point in February I made some reasoned judgment that we could win about 80 games or so. But in the core of my being I fully expected to be wondering whether we could get the first pick in the draft about this time of year.

Dan Duquette told me that we would win more than we would lose, and the pitching would be better. Much Better.

It was like a Joe Namath guarantee.

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