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SteveA Hangout Grand Counsel

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It didn't prove him wrong.

The tying run stepped up to the plate.

The fact that he hit into a double play doesn't take away from that fact.

But the double play would have been impossible after a HR.

So the walk was not as bad as a HR.

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Il BuonO Hangout Grand Counsel

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Signing Butler.

Trading for Johnson.

Trading Donaldson.

Trading Cespedes. (I had a thread questioning trading offense for pitching in a weak offensive environment.)

That is not a good two years.

I don't disagree with you on the top three but I'll disagree all day long with you on Cespedes. Pitching is always at a premium in the playoffs and they were decimated by injuries down the stretch. And one guy doesn't change the landscape offensively.

And the jury is still out on both the Samardzija and Donaldson trades or the returns, although it's hard to imagine him getting production enough to compensate for JD. Samardzija, he's already got Semien.

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