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The little engine that could

mazara plays too much... engel deserves more pt

James has become a better hitter the past couple years... but its still a little bit of smoke and mirrors Before last year he had a career OPS around 630 or something...

madrigals running makes me laugh a bit.. he churns those little legs as hard as he can but just doesn't cover any ground.

He can't hit pitches in the zone at all lately... its ugly.

nah man we have had the strike box for a long time... this year is has been unacceptable for balls and strikes. I've never seen it so bad.

Umpires calling balls and strikes has gone from average to below average to down right dog shit. Way way too many pitches missed on a regular basis. something needs to be done.

I think McCann is a better catcher for sure though... I don't like Grandals pitch selections either.

I'll agree with the factor that Grandal was standing straight up instead of in an athletic stance. Made it a lot harder to catch.

This is just a prime example of a narrative shaping reality. Yeah grandal should probably catch that... but cordero moved slow and out of sorts. Then he is right in front of Grandal but for some reason throws it very softly and at his shoe. And Looks like the runner was safe anyway.

Watch closer because he was going to be safe anyway.

If Cordero is what we have for that situation we aint going anywhere in the playoffs. Our bullpen is a lot of smoke and mirrors.

I put it on rewind a few times.. he looked safe.

6.23 era is pretty good

Look like he beat the throw anyway. The throw was shitty and slow. Don't fall for Stones narrative.

Roberts seems to be swinging a bat made of air lately.

Robert having issues with fast balls down the middle the last few games.

Honestly... I think they suck.

Burdi throws hard.. but they turn him around seemingly effortlessly. Seems to me there are just some guys I watched over the years.. that can throw really hard but people can hit them easily. I hope this isn't burdi... but looked ominous to me.

way too early to make any conclusions... saying he sucks after 40 at bats is dumb... but concluding he is good from 40 at bats is silly also.

day to day with back stiffness.... Yeah hopefully not serious... because that would slam crunch our chances to win in the playoffs.

But I thought it had no effect on young and healthy people?

I like Grandal's patience.. but his pitch direction seems shitty and he is not putting the ball in play much. McCann is a much better facilitator of our pitchers and has a hot bat. He needs to be playing.

lol yeah our bullpen isnt that good people

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