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Frobby
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Ah, another year of second guessing the lineup every single day!  

Fiver6565
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I don’t know why people keep lumping O’Hearn in on posts like this. The guy had one of the few over .800 OPS on the team last year. He’s not remotely the problem. 

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I heard that he was initially scheduled to be DH, but told Hyde, “if Burnes doesn’t want me to catch him, then I don’t wanna play!”  Then he was seen softly sobbing in a corner of the locker room.   

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3 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

Good. Now everyone can stop freaking out over the non existent ‘personal catcher’ thing. 

Well Hyde was finally asked about it last time, so I figured Rustchman would start today since Hyde played the “just a coincidence” game. 

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1 minute ago, baltfan said:

Why isn't Mateo starting over Urias?  Westy is better at third than second and Mateo is better than Westy at second.

Because it’s a RHP, Urias has been hitting well and Mateo offers speed off the bench if needed in late innings.

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10 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

Good. Now everyone can stop freaking out over the non existent ‘personal catcher’ thing. 

“Preferred catcher” then. Would have been insanity to start McCann today.

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1 minute ago, baltfan said:

Why isn't Mateo starting over Urias?  Westy is better at third than second and Mateo is better than Westy at second.

I suspect it's because Urias has been hitting much better. I think Westburg/Mateo is better defensively, but it's not a big gap.

Good chance this will be a close, low-scoring game. I like having Mateo on the bench in a close game so he can create a run, and some havoc, as a pinch-runner (especially when Mullins is in the starting lineup). Though it doesn't show in the boxscore, his feints from first base were a big factor yesterday.

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14 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

“Preferred catcher” then. Would have been insanity to start McCann today.

Does the "insanity" label mean it's something you expected Hyde to do (like using Kimbrel yesterday against the near-bottom of the Phillie lineup with a four-run lead) or not to do?  :rolleyes:

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I just knew that would happen. Hope it doesn't turn into a bad start for Burnes. Oh...and who does Stowers have to kill to get some starts?

Two of Santander, Cowser and Hays.

Might want to get O'Hearn while he's at it. 

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