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Pivetta is thinking "They put ME in the pen before this guy?"
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That was .151 hitter.
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Nice signing by Bloom.
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I hope he gives up 10 runs.
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The goal for Kluber to throw 5 innings. Regardless of runs giving up.
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Valdez looks good at 2nd. Another young kid that can definitely make contact. It's a good problem to have.
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I think Mondesi will be better. Chang is better. I want defensive shortstop. My guess is Kike will be moved to 2B when aforementioned players return. I did say 'when everyone returns'. I think Story coming back is much later. I did say it's based on Kike's offensive stat to date. Who knowsmaybe he will get hot like he did in 2021.
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6 of 9 is in my latest core group.
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Youngsters Casa and Duran batting 3rd and 5th. I like it. The guy in clean up spot is relatively young also.
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Moon as you have said often Kike's best position is CF and I agree. That said Duvall will return and Duran just based on his limited PA is one of best offensive players right now. The point being CF is crowded. We have also discussed the fact that we can live with a defense first SS especially one making less than $10M. You can't convince me that Kike is better defender than Chang at ss. Add the possibility of Mondesi and Story coming back. Cora is high on Mondesi' s athleticism and his ability to play short. When Story returns, he will play 2B or SS. Based on Kike's stats to date, my only point was Kike is nothing special from my perspective. As far as I'm concerned he is just a rental. Not part of the core group.
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I think you missed my last sentence. No I do not think he's a good shortstop.
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I am now glad we didn't sign Schwarber.
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JD went from sometime outfielder to full time DH during his 4 year deal. Yoshida is younger and it's nice to know he can play left field even during his 4th and 5th year.
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Kike needs to heat up. His friendship with Cora maybe the only reason he sees playing time when everyone gets healthy.
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Cora has done a good job with platooning. At first glance, you do a double take seeing Refsnyder batting 3rd until you do some research. Here's a guy with no name recognition but he absolutely destroys lefties. He's on his second season doing it. As long as Duran contines to hit, our lineup looks deep. Yes, I love our left handed lineup.
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Tonight is another big game for Chris Sale. I'm calling it his final exam. If he can come close to his last outing, then I think it's safe to say that he's back!
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I think a poster objected to the use of Winckowski for 3 innings last night but disagree with the poster. The game was still too close in my mind to replace Winckowski when he was throwing well. We have everyone available for next 5 games (other than Winckowski) including 'new' arrivals Kutter Crawford and Nick Pivetta. We have another off day before traveling to Arizona thereafter. I believe our pen is well rested and probably in the best shape. With the return of Whitlock (I'm guessing our next homestand vs Cincy), the bullpen will get another boost with a quality arm off the starting rotation. Schreiber should be returning at some point also. It's night and day compared to last year's bullpen.
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Paxton throwing 109 pitches tells me his arm is in good shape. He is capable of going 7/8 innings with a better command.
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With a better commad he can go deep into games.
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My hats off to Cora for letting Paxton throw 107 pitches. Find out what Paxton can do. I like it.
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Is Kike that much better than Chang?
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Xander only has 16 RBI hitting in the clean up spot. His HR total last year was underwhelming for a guy looking for a big payday.
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Wow horrible at bat from #9 hitter.
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Paxton is pitching well. So far so good despite giving up a HR.
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We gave the $$$ to the right guy.
