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They were off today, and yesterday they dropped Bobby Witt (234/268/417) down to 5th in the batting order for the first time all year, but on the good side for them Nick Pratto is doing a lot better in his 2nd year, and has been hot enough to take the leadoff role.     The .294 team OBP remains MLB-worst, not that that stopped them from getting a bunch of runs off Orioles pitching the first time.

ESPN has no one listed for Sunday, and earlier this week they used Carlos Hernandez as an opener followed by another middle reliever.     We have a maybe Austin Voth, maybe not scenario for Saturday, so the pitching matchups are as cloudy as the air this week except Wells v. Lynch tomorrow.

Lynch and Singer to open the series have some talent - it will be just Lynch's 3rd game of the year (13 K in first 10 innings) after a March shoulder strain put him out two months.     Brady Singer was a 2022 star and Team USA top dog who got off to a terrible start, but has been better lately.      

They are coming in cold, having dropped a series at home to "road Colorado Rockies" and been swept in Miami.

Ryan Mountcastle's 0-for-4 today took him to 227/264/421 to holy cow hit the exacta on matching Bobby Witt's OPS entering the series.

Rosenthal reported earlier this week KCR have let it be known they wouldn't mind sending $$$ away with Aroldis, and high paid players on their Club are Greinke and Lyles at $8.5mm, assuming franchise icon Sal Perez is staying put.     Otherwise only the closer, Scott Barlow, and an injured SP are at even $5mm+.     

 

 

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Sadly, we didn't dominate them. Won 2 of 3, but IIRC the first game was nip and tuck (too lazy to look it up), the 2nd they dominated us with Gibson starting (6-0), and then we blew the early 8-1 lead to eventually win the roller coaster ride 13-10. 

I don't know much about Lynch but feel good with Wells pitching against a weak hitting team. With Singer having pitched well in his first two starts and our struggles offensively lately, I would expect Saturday to be tough, but we'll see how Irvin pitches. Gibson (who got roughed up by them as mentioned before) v TBD. I think we take two of three before playing a red hot Blue Jays team wanting revenge for us sweeping them. 

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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Gotta take 2/3 here.  No crafty Greinke to contend with.

Bobby Witt looks like he's headed to bustville and I'm okay with that.

This is a bit aggressive.

I'm sorry my friend. It's just my hate of the Royals.

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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:

Gotta take 2/3 here.  No crafty Greinke to contend with.

Bobby Witt looks like he's headed to bustville and I'm okay with that.

This is a bit aggressive.

You know... you single handedly got him hot in our series against them last time... do you have to tempt the baseball Gods again?

Joking aside, this could be a big series for us.  Yankees play the Sux.  Jays play the Twins.  Tampa plays Texas.  If we can sweep, we could be in a good position to pick up ground on Rays and possibly extend our lead on the others.  

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8 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

You know... you single handedly got him hot in our series against them last time... do you have to tempt the baseball Gods again?

Joking aside, this could be a big series for us.  Yankees play the Sux.  Jays play the Twins.  Tampa plays Texas.  If we can sweep, we could be in a good position to pick up ground on Rays and possibly extend our lead on the others.  

You're not the first person to tell me that I don't learn lessons.

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3 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

The Hernandez/Gibson matchup should be good. I think Hernandez is better than the W/L record and ERA indicates. The WHIP is 1.09, he’s striking out over 12 per 9. 

That's true, but he's never pitched more than 2.1 IP this year.  He's an opener, so we just gotta get past him to the rest of their pen and pounce.

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