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is schwarber not going to be back until sept? guy can hit and we as a team are not hitting
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I think the need for a corner OF is greatly reduced with Soler back. He's going to be given every opportunity in RF - and, in reality, he's been the recipient of horrible luck since he's been back with balls hit right at guys and some really bad called Ks. As hard as he hits the ball, he should hit for a high BABIP.
I also think Coghlan/Denorfia is actually pretty good as a platoon. The problem with them is when Soler is out and you end up splitting them up and playing Denorfia too much against RHPs.
The big question seems to me to be CF, but given what they are paying Fowler, it's hard to imagine any significant upgrades in CF.
This is not some silly theory that's unsupported and deserves being mocked by photos of Xena.
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If I would've known we'd be 7 games over .500 at the break I would have been over the moon and thought we'd be right there for the division race. Would have never guessed we'd be a fairly distant 3rd with the top two teams having 2 of the top 3 best records in baseball. But overall I'm very happy with where we are.
I really don't like the idea of trading for a bat that much. CF is a problem but I'm still holding out hope Fowler can get back to being at least respectable (still not a great leadoff man though). Like the Coghlan / Denorfia platoon. If we were to trade for anybody, I would want a SP with some years left, but would much rather wait and sign a top-end guy in the offseason. I just don't think we're ready to be selling big chunks out of the farm system quite yet.
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I also don't expect any significant upgrades to the offense by the deadline, at least not from outside the organization anyway. The FO has pretty much said this as well. I'd love an upgrade in the rotation (Ross/Cashner?) and maybe another bench bat (Zobrist), but have no clue how much those would cost. Not interested in mortgaging the future for rentals given that it's really just a 1 game playoff at stake for us.
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I'd be pretty bent if one of our players were saying something similar.
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Holy fuck, didn't realize how good Greinke has been this year. Kind of insane.
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I'm okay with that. One reason I have stopped watching these past few years is it just dragged on too much. Hopefully the new rules at least liven it up a little bit.
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I believe I read they also get one timeout, though I don't know how long it's for.
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The winner gets to go to town on Chris Berman a la DeNiro in The Untouchable.
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BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK BACK GONNNNE.
Does he still come up with silly nicknames too?
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