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Just now, ArtVanDelay said:

He shouldn’t have had to pick it.  It was a routine play.  I’m as big a Gunnar fan as anyone but that was inexcusable. 

Sure it was a bad throw, you’d prefer each and every throw hits the first baseman directly in the chest. If that was a reality you and I could play first base. It’s not. Which is why the job of a first baseman is to save those throws and convert them into outs. Mountcastle has done a very poor job of picking throws. 

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Gunnar really looks not quite ready this year.  Last year he was riding the joy of making the club and he looked every inch a big leaguer.  Now even his defense looks suspect.   

He must be pressing big time.   He looks like a totally different player than last year. 

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Just now, Tony-OH said:

Damn, now that was a heck of a play by Santander. That should help his OOA! That ball had a .760 XBA.

Always thought Anthony was good going back on the ball and decent side to side.

It’s those balls in where he seems to be running in quick sand. 

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2 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Gunnar really looks not quite ready this year.  Last year he was riding the joy of making the club and he looked every inch a big leaguer.  Now even his defense looks suspect.   

He must be pressing big time.   He looks like a totally different player than last year. 

plenty of time for him to snap out of it...

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