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tntoriole Hangout Grand Counsel

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Alright. We got out of it. Really Britton had a tough inning, but Davis cost him 3 batters in the 1st and a run and another batter in the 6th.

Still Britton was not anywhere close to a major league pitcher in that inning. Three walks and at least three pitches that bounced three feet in front of the plate.

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hanging_curve Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Well.. after Britton's last decent start I was a proponent of trading the crap out of him. And obviously, I still stand by that. He's clearly effective for 5 innings, but we can afford to use him in a trade.
I just don't get this. Briton pitches well until the 6th. What could we get in trade? Zach has kept us in all the games? Trade Zach for a guy that gets 6 and 1/3 inning for a 5 million dollars more?
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tntoriole Hangout Grand Counsel

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This is the second time in a row he has done this. That's the part which is unacceptable. How do you go from lights out to barley can get an out?

I think Zach's problems are mental, sinilar to Jake. He sails along, but the least bit of trouble and his mechanics just go south and he then cannot throw any strikes at all until the big number comes up. That was an excellent removal by Buck.

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WEAVERMAN Hangout Grand Counsel

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Britton's performance is unacceptable. We have a 9 run lead and he's walking batters. Grow up Zach. I appreciate the first 5 innings, but he needs to do better.

Let's go with Tillman, Hamm, MG, Chen and KG. That's our best bet in the 2nd half.

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