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I do a WICKED Keith Richards impersonation! Has to be somewhere I can have a cigarette. MD sux.

If it's a 1966 Keith Richards impression, OK.

If it's a current Keith Richards impression, your face would have to be about to fall off.

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Whenever I'm not that hungry I have the pizza place cut the pie into six pieces instead of eight. I couldn't eat eight.

I worked in an Italian restaurant in college with pizza/pasta. People would ask the sizes of the pizza. I would tell them 14" and 18". They'd then reply, quite often, "yea, but how many slices?"

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I love Jonathan schoop and would hate to watch him go somewhere else and turn into Robbie cano or even a watered down Robbie cano.

With that said, I think the following trade would make a lot of sense and improve both teams.

The cardinals infield is a mess right now between jedd gyorko and Johnny peralta.

I think even though carpenter is the second baseman, you could slide him over to ss or 3b and let schoop play 2b. Immediately moves gyorko to depth and improves their offense and defense.

We'd probably send another prospect their way, someone like sisco who is completely blocked in Baltimore plus maybe a b prospect.

In return, we ask for kolten Wong who is struggling mightily right now but could be a great rebound candidate in Baltimore and we ask for either a veteran starting pitcher or one of their top prospects that could immediately start for us.

St Louis always has quality starting pitching depth, we have none. Their infield sucks, ours is amazing.

What do you guys think? Make sense or no?

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It will be interesting to see who the O's go after and what they can give up to obtain those pitcher(s). The farm system is weak and good starting pitching is a luxury.

Necessity. Hopefully Gallardo slots #3 and we can find a two. And empty the farm if need be. There is no Manny or Mike Trout there.

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Don't forget

Devin Jones-Brad Brach trade

Steve Clevinger-Mark Trumbo trade

It wasn't a negative post. I enjoyed making the playoffs. I'm pointing out that right now if there's nothing out there better than mediocre then don't make a trade yet.

I'm hoping that Tillman, Gausman, Wilson, Gallardo, Despaigne can work or at least buy us some time until the trade deadline. I'm hoping that a few teams that we're "contenders" fall out of the race and that would make some more guys available.

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Wacha, Martinez, Reyes, weaver or flaherty.

Any of those guys.

They have a ton of pitching depth and could easily lose or replace one of those guys.

Schoop would be a huge upgrade for them and Wong, while a downgrade for schoop, could turn it around in Baltimore.

And they get Mancini plus a b prospect. Maybe little yaz too.

It would be mutually beneficial

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Wacha, Martinez, Reyes, weaver or flaherty.

Any of those guys.

They have a ton of pitching depth and could easily lose or replace one of those guys.

Schoop would be a huge upgrade for them and Wong, while a downgrade for schoop, could turn it around in Baltimore.

And they get Mancini plus a b prospect. Maybe little yaz too.

It would be mutually beneficial

I'd love to get Reyes, but it would take more than Schoop.

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