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It would have been real nice had Mendick got McGuire over to third base there.

Really good base running by Leury.

I think he would have been safe either way at 3rd. Just a dumb move by Chafin.

Obstruction on the third baseman.

You don't want to bunt sliders Reese.

His RH OPS is 200 points higher than his LH OPS.

Bunt with McGuire?

Moncada at least looks like he can hit a ball from the right side. His left handed swing is all kinds of messed up right now.

Get Baez to 2 strikes and then throw him non-competitive sliders. The guy is strictly a mistake hitter. If a right handed pitcher executes, he's an easy out.

What the hell happened to Crick's velocity? He used to throw 96 with the Pirates.

Engel is coming in for defense later.

Sheets is in AAA.

TLR never needed it in St. Louis, so of course he doesn't care about losing it.

We have to lose the DH.

I bet Lynn is still in the game cause TLR wants to get him a win.

Yeah, why wouldn't you walk Abreu with Zavala on deck?

He's getting the high pitches about 4% less this year and also cutting down his swing rate on them by 7%. So there is some real change on his approach. He's whiffing on high strikes, but not any chest or face high fastballs. I think I said last year that Danny has a chance to stick as a starter if he ever learns how to hit high fastballs. It looks like he's learned to lay off them, which is better than what he was doing before.

That looked like it hit the line.

AV is so slow

If he keeps hitting, there's no way you can't give him the job. He's been pretty fortunate on his BIP so far, but it does look like he's made an adjustment in his stance that might be helping him this year.

You served that one up real good.

The upside down is stuck in 1983, much like Tony.

Nice job by Mendick.

I don't think the manager matters for that. Yoan isn't getting sent down to AAA while he's making $13 million.

McGuire should probably be on 3rd base.