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I'm glad Gausman's line looked so good last night, but he didn't really pitch all that well. He still has moments of young/stupid/inexperienced tendencies where he'll blow 98 by someone and make them look silly, then hang a splitter or throw a changeup and speed up the bat. We all know that Nick Markakis can't hit 98, but he got 2 hits last night on off speed stuff. He was middle middle an awful lot last night... that's a no no against playoff caliber teams.

I'm really torn about what to do with Gausman and Bundy. If we can really land a bonafide starter/superstar talent for the remainder of this year and 2 more after that, I'd have to strongly consider it. But I'd rather deal Bundy than Gausman, simply because KG is already here. I'm just not sure what value Bundy could possibly have right now.

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