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His lack of zip on the ball is so evident on outside throws. Rookies make mistakes and he made a few tonight. But his lack of velocity on outside throws really gives him a slim margin of error. I'm glad they tried to showcase his ability to throw deep a few times, but that really isn't his biggest weakness.

And he wanted 20+ million for an extension... I know he's only 21, but he really hasn't improved over the last few years to think he's gonna start anytime soon. Coby White at least improved in a few areas last year (finally).

Wacha really doesn't belong in that group. But yeah, the Cardinals have let a lot go in the past 5 years or so that they really should not have. Weird turn for an org that usually doesn't miss on trades and prospects.

I was just telling my wife they were pitching around him...then they throw him a sinker in the zone.

Adolis Garcia is insane

Both teams took turns doing 20-0 runs in the first half. Super weird game. DeRozan got them back into it, but Caruso won them this game. They still lose without his steal at the end of regulation.

Garcia stealing there was actually dumb since they can just walk Garver to pitch to Hedges.

Seager is so good. He hit that same pitch out against the Astros in game 7. It's not even a bad pitch, especially against a left handed hitter.

The Rangers and Diamondbacks pretty much just proved that spending big on your bullpen is not a wise allocation of your assets. Arizona's bullpen was trash until September. Texas didn't care about their bullpen coming into the year and didn't upgrade it until the trade deadline with Chapman.

Hard to believe the Astros and Phillies had Cave and Singleton take such high leverage ABs that decided their fate.

Manfred must be dreading the idea of a Rangers Diamondbacks World Series. It's probably the 3rd worst matchup scenario after the 2 Florida teams and Minnesota vs. Miami.

Whenever someone tells you it's not worth making the playoffs next time...just remember an 84 win Diamondbacks team with 2 good starters and 3 good position players ended up making the World Series.

Phillies could have won this in 5 had their bullpen held a 4 run lead with 9 outs to go.

Ginkel's breaking stuff is nasty.

This would be quite the choke for the Phillies.

We had the chance to draft him back in 19.

They could have gotten Chapman for $4 million.

I'm sure if they actually spent the money on Harper and Wheeler, Moncada and Eloy most likely don't get the deals they got. Hell, Moncada might not have been as terrible if he actually had to perform for his contract.

I'm sure if Hahn got to spend half a billion dollars on 2 players, this franchise wouldn't be the shape that it's in. jerry's insistence on nickel and diming his way to the money being spent worked about as well as everyone here thought it would. I understand his line of thinking, that spreading out the investment over several players would minimize risk. What he doesn't understand is that those individual players he got for less money also have a much higher risk of not performing than the expensive players.

What JR heard instead: "Spend money on relievers, hire LaRussa"

Dusty Baker is retiring

Pretty cool to see Leclerc and Garcia celebrate after it seemed like they blew it in game 5.

Astros fans get to see an ALCS every year, seems like they really don't care.

Even in a blowout, Altuve still owns Leclerc.

Do you mean Montero?