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If it's Bruce we'll worry who hits leadoff later. Machado/Davis/Jones/Bruce/Trumbo/Wieters sounds like a lot of home runs.

If it's Markakis, it won't take freaking much to get him and our leadoff/RF scenario is solved.

They are both LH bats too.

Well they better than Nolan.

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OK, I am going to offer the theory that we lost Fowler due to the Nick Markakis Curse. We had a RF who was steady and reliable and fit our team, and was beloved by the fan base. Despite his record of durability, we backed off an offer we'd made of a four year deal, and because of that, Nick walked, and now we are under the Curse. Nick will proceed to play 600+ games over the life of his four year deal, playing solid but unspectacular baseball, while we will have an annual parade of guys who look on paper like they might fill the bill, but don't get the job done.

I'm being facetious, of course, but I do miss Nick's steady presence and it sucks that we haven't found an able replacement yet.

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OK, I am going to offer the theory that we lost Fowler due to the Nick Markakis Curse. We had a RF who was steady and reliable and fit our team, and was beloved by the fan base. Despite his record of durability, we backed off an offer we'd made of a four year deal, and because of that, Nick walked, and now we are under the Curse. Nick will proceed to play 600+ games over the life of his four year deal, playing solid but unspectacular baseball, while we will have an annual parade of guys who look on paper like they might fill the bill, but don't get the job done.

I'm being facetious, of course, but I do miss Nick's steady presence and it sucks that we haven't found an able replacement yet.

The sad part is all of that could very easily happen if year 1 was any indication.

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