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not a bad play by vargus.

Maddox'd him.

we have to have someone more interseting than Michael Taylor at this point.

can anybody explain why the IF was in there? I just don't get it. It's a zero zero game try for the double play if you don't get it f*** it at least you tried. IF in just really is a wildcard you don't need imo.

how unlucky. and why the f*** was the IF in anyways?

just bury a changeup he's out.

you can cancel the postgame show.

lol he pulled a beni out there in LF.

Smith right now:

I can't remember a feeling of competing against a tough SP like this recently.

We are honestly putting together some decent ABs, this guy is just tough.

Pretty sure it was just a throwaway comment to kill a little time in the game thread but hey, Moises taking a stray.

Jesus christ it's like if MB had a 98 mph fastball.

the royals scorebug manages to take 1/4 of the screen and by completely unreadable at first glance, impressive.

Hell ya Smith.

this pitcher is nasty, wtf.

Man, had a decent pitch to hit there.

damn nasty changeup.

Cubs fan and a Sox fan walk into a bathroom at Wrigley during the x-town series, both boys and fathers do their business and on the way out the cubs dad says "at wrigley we teach our boys to wash their hands after they pee". Without missing a beat the Sox dad says "at Comiskey we teach our sons not to piss on their hands".

Vaughn will bat 5th until the day I die I guess.

I was slightly negative on the jerseys before seeing the hats and finished product on the players, now I'm slightly positive. I agree the hat will be a big seller, it just has a nice design to it that's unique and nostalgia tinted at the same time.

One data point: highest EV of his career was 115.1 mph and came in his rookie year. I mean just looking at Vaughn he's never put the work in on his body needed. He's the same 5-10 175 he was as a rookie. Vargus put the time in and look how thick he is now, Vaughn not so much.

People should realize a 220/300/400 line as a 3B is now basically a 3 WAR player with solid defense.

It's a problem but he also has one of the best contact rates in MLB so it's not like he's a terrible profile overall. Even with his league worst chase rate he's got a league average xwOBA. I don't think there is any "right" way to find value in MLB, there are a lot of wrong ways but at the end of the day there are dozens of ways to provide value and if he's "just" a 270/290/380 hitter well he's just a utility guy, but if he can improve, and he's 25 so there's some time, he's a decent regular.

Errors will happen but both statcast and fangraphs like his range. I'll take someone with range that needs work in the offseason over someone that can't get to balls and never has a chance to make an error.