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The power just isn't there against lefties. But then again, the power just isn't there this year in general.

Yoan is not good against lefties.

Not sure why he's throwing the curveball this inning cause it's gotten hit twice.

When Yoan looks bad it's really really bad. He's a very polarizing player.

I think it's because if they bring in a lefty Yoan and Sheets back to back is way too easy to matchup against. Not saying Leury is some masher in between them to make the opposing manager think twice, but that's probably why Yoan and Sheets aren't hitting back to back.

His xERA and FIP are all in the high 4s. He's not somebody who should have a 3 ERA over a whole season.

Been the story for him all season basically.

Hopefully Tepera gets 2 outings this weekend.

That trade also included Edwin Diaz, who was probably the best reliever in the AL in 2018. And Seattle gave the Mets $20 million.

Harper was always going to age more gracefully because of his elite plate discipline.

They wanted to throw in Robert Hassell to get rid of Hosmer, FWIW.

Wild card teams never get home field unless they face another wild card team in the World Series that had a worse record than them.

What the Rockies got for Arenado is basically the best the Padres can hope for in return for Machado. They also had to eat $50 million to get that return, so you're probably right.

I would feel a lot more comfortable with our pitching if we had a healthy Rodon capable of still throwing in the upper 90s. He absolutely owned the Astros in his 2 starts against them.

There isn't a real frontrunner in the AL. Had Lance not given up 6 runs against Cleveland he might still be in the conversation after Ray and Cole both had bad last outings.

This might cost him the Cy Young.

Timmons was the HP ump tonight. That must have been a little awkward.

We'd be half a game back of Houston had Tampa Bay not blown the game last night.

Pack ya bags Mike Wright. If Tepera gets activated Friday he's the most likely to go.

I really don't get it. If Crochet was available why not just throw him? Why even bother with Wright if you don't trust him to get one more out with a 5 run lead?

To a guy who's probably gone in 3 days? I don't get it.

Wow TLR is really pulling him in the 9th with 2 outs.

Leave it to Mike Wright to ruin the shutout.

If we're gonna save Kopech for a Rodon start we're gonna need Tepera back badly. Hopefully he gets activated for these last 3 games.

Yoan hit .076 last year in the postseason but he was hitting liners right at people. Canha also robbed him of a huge double.