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4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm suggesting that instead of Chapman they could have traded less trade capital for someone like Fuji.

 

And probably not won the WS....

Give up quality to get quality.

That’s a fair point. 

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1 minute ago, DenPA2002 said:

They hit more HRs yesterday than the O's all season.

Against pitchers who didn't make their big league clubs.

There has to be some consideration of that. 

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4 minutes ago, Say O! said:

He’s 100 percentile in sprint speed…literally the fastest player in the game. 

I was wondering if he was, but I didn't want to make some hyperbolic claim without actually knowing for sure. And thankfully Kevin Brown answered the question in my head when he said only Elly De La Cruz is faster.

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2 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

This sure aint the Burnes we saw on OD...I still think the Mateo miscues really hurt Burnes...so many extra pitches...so many high stress situation..

Just missing a diving catch is hardly a ‘miscue’. Though I agree Mullins probably would have caught it. 

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Just now, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Shoulda just let this be a rain out lol

I have a feeling that when we get to the last week of the season (where the schedule alignment was to make this game up), we'll be glad that we have the extra day off, and that we played this game in the first week of April instead. 

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