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Can_of_corn
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Yea, he's had 780 regular season appearances.

Frobby
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Couldn’t disagree more about “too much drama for a closer.”   He has an 0.64 WHIP, a .139 BAA, 0.82 ERA, 13.9 K/9.   You are living in a fantasy world if you think that’s too much drama for a closer.

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He’s a turd. Always has been a turd. And his hair is gross.

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18 minutes ago, SilverRocket said:

Well they ended up taking him out mid-batter...

Well no they didn't. They took him out after he gave up the HR. They claimed injury to take him out after 2 batters. If you're gonna argue, at least have the details right.

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3 minutes ago, spleen1015 said:

Well no they didn't. They took him out after he gave up the HR. They claimed injury to take him out after 2 batters. If you're gonna argue, at least have the details right.

He was taken out after ball one to the 3rd hitter. 

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4 minutes ago, EdwinRip said:

I don’t understand why he didn’t come out after the first mound visit for an injury. Dumbfounding.

My speculation is that Kimbrel could be really greedy/protective over any opportunities for a save, considering how high on the all time save list he is as well as being towards the twilight of his career. And if that might be true, then that would also call into question how much of a team player he is as opposed to patting his career stats.

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1 minute ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

My speculation is that Kimbrel could be really greedy/protective over any opportunities for a save, considering how high on the all time save list he is as well as being towards the twilight of his career. And if that might be true, then that would also call into question how much of a team player he is as opposed to patting his career stats.

These guys don’t accomplish what they have without being hyper competitive and driven. 

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9 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

These guys don’t accomplish what they have without being hyper competitive and driven. 

If anything, Kimbrel just maintained what the overwhelming majority of athletes would maintain - that he feels fine. Guys do it all the time, in every sport. They honestly usually even believe it.

It’s on the staff of a team - be it coaches or medical guys - to identify that hey, maybe this guy is not, in fact, fine. I don’t think anyone involved today was making selfish decisions. Kimbrel thought he was a little off - as players sometimes are - and that he could get back into the groove, and his manager believed him.

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1 minute ago, FlipTheBird said:

If anything, Kimbrel just maintained what the overwhelming majority of athletes would maintain - that he feels fine. Guys do it all the time, in every sport. They honestly usually even believe it.

It’s on the staff of a team - be it coaches or medical guys - to identify that hey, maybe this guy is not, in fact, fine. I don’t think anyone involved today was making selfish decisions. Kimbrel thought he was a little off - as players sometimes are - and that he could get back into the groove, and his manager believed him.

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He looked at the mound dirt about six pitches in a row as if very uncomfortable.  He should have been removed right then. 
 

The larger problem is this bullpen is a dumpster fire .. and it all starts with not having any real shutdown arms.. nobody throws 99-100 .

 

Either they make a trade or we are in for a long summer of too many blown leads/saves. 

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