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Gary announced he has done it 7 times so far this season.

Ok. I was asking about the leads the league part. I do appreciate the clarification, though. The giving runs back thing has been a meme around here for some time. Any quantification and how it compares to the rest of the league is appreciated.

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Tillman struggled early last season then settled in to be pretty darn good. He's got a chance to get out of this inning with zero damage. Maybe we can wait a little before throwing dirt on him.

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Its the game thread. You MUST grossly overreact to short term trends. Jimmy Paredes was hitting well as recently as Wednesday, but he has been in a 3 day slump so he needs to be benched or moved down in the order. Tillman has been our best, most consistent pitcher since 2012 but he's off to a poor start this year and we're not even two months into the season, so suddenly he sucks, is a #4 or #5 starter, and we shouldn't think about extending him. On the micro level, he has given up 2 runs in 4 in innings, mostly due to bloop hits and an error, so that means he's terrible and you see crap like "hopefully his pitch count gets him out of the game before he gives up too many runs".

Remember... The baseball season is really short. If you have a bad inning, it means you will have a bad game. If you have a bad 3 day stretch, you should be benched. If you have a bad month or two, your season is lost and you should be cut.

Always remember to overreact to short term trends, especially negative ones. Like the saying goes, you are always as bad as you look when you're losing. That's what it says, right?

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