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MLB 2017 Regular Season OT - 108 years in the making

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Windu

never heard about the cat, apparently
BA updated top 100

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/risers-fallers-updated-top-100-prospects/

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/top-100-prospects-updated-may-11/

Kolby Allard , lhp, Braves | 28, Up 9 spots

Allard has put himself on the fast track. The lefthander was part of a trio of Braves pitching prospects—along with Max Fried and Mike Soroka—who were chosen to skip over high Class A Florida and go straight to Double-A Jacksonville. Allard is the youngest player in the Southern League and ranked second on the circuit with a 1.38 ERA. He has used his fastball-curveball-changeup combination to strike out 31 hitters against just nine walks.
 
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Malo

Banned
David Lennon

#Mets announce Jeurys Familia diagnosed with arterial blood clot in right shoulder. Going to see Dr Thompson, a TOS specialist, in St. Louis

The Mets are cursed.
 
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CygnusXS

will gain confidence one day
Windu said:
BA updated top 100

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/risers-fallers-updated-top-100-prospects/

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/top-100-prospects-updated-may-11/

Kolby Allard , lhp, Braves | 28, Up 9 spots

Allard has put himself on the fast track. The lefthander was part of a trio of Braves pitching prospects—along with Max Fried and Mike Soroka—who were chosen to skip over high Class A Florida and go straight to Double-A Jacksonville. Allard is the youngest player in the Southern League and ranked second on the circuit with a 1.38 ERA. He has used his fastball-curveball-changeup combination to strike out 31 hitters against just nine walks.
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Lost Swanson, added Gohara. No problem. Mid-season update will be interesting. If no one else graduates or falls backwards off the list, we should get at least 9 players on there with our top draft pick, maybe one or two more depending on Fried/Weigel/Toussaint/Pache/Wentz.
 
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Line_HTX

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Carlos Correa visited Marvel HQ.

Yankees are Thanos. They must be taken down.

I'd like to see them try and get through Keuchel, oh sorry. They won't.
 
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Chris R

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If the yankees could sweep... I'd be so happy


yuck can't believe I want that to happen, but it's the lesser of two evils at this point
 
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BumRush

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Beckx said:
Maeda says he had a video conference with former teammate/Carp pitcher Kris Johnson to get tips on his cut fastball. (Johnson won the Sawamura award in 2015, Maeda's last year with the Carp.)



so this year felt like they were going to be mid-80s in wins with some big questions in pitching. What actually happened:

  • Jung Ho Kang had a 3rd DUI in Korea and currently cannot get a Visa to re-enter the US
  • Starling Marte (the only legitimately decent defensive outfielder we have) got bopped for PEDs
  • McCutcheon and Harrison are mere shells of the players they were in 2015
  • the team defense overall has become jaw-droppingly, mind-bogglingly, how is this a major league team level of bad (in particular, Cutch and Polanco have regressed significantly)
  • I'll re-emphasize it: we probably have the worst defense in MLB.
  • on the pitching side, there have been several positives: Cole is better, Taillon was emerging as a legitimate ace, Nova has been impressive, and Rivero/Watson have been solid. Glasnow has gotten lit up but you can see the stuff that will make him a 1-2 starter in the future.
  • Taillon was diagnosed with cancer earlier in the week and is out indefinitely.

so basically: the unexpected loss of several key players + horrible, horrible defense has offset better than expected pitching. it's going to be a long season in the burgh.
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Funny you didn't mention defense in your post, because I think that's what has done the pirates in this far :p
 
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Chris R

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Tuffy Gosewisch makes Mike Zunino look like motherfucking Babe Ruth.

Who do we have to kill to get a catcher that can hit a ball one time in five?
 
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brianjones

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sf2fanatic said:
Lol doyers radio playing ryu theme
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