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Jeez, throw strikes to Mejia, he has a .612 OPS, or 100 pts lower than Jon Lester!!
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Haha , Hosmer missed strike 3 by 2 feet
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Someone needs to tell the Cubs they can just waive 4 fingers and give Franmil 1st, they don’t have to throw 4 pitches nowhere near the zone any more.
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Wanted nothing to do with Reyes.
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Thank goodness the Cubs scored, now we'll get Kimbrel time in spite of Strop.
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This is some bizarrely bad defense, by both teams but especially the Padres.
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Shouldn't it be Robel time right now?
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(As a Cubs fan, you have the advantage that their broadcasters don’t seem to trade in these tired cliches—though they’ve got their own problems; right now they’re not actually paying attention to the live game—so “make baseball great again” talk is probably less triggering.)
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Sure, Tatis didn’t do his job, but it’s the “do it like they did in the 70s” approach that’s the cranky part. Run expectancy for the inning goes down, not up, when you give up an out to move a guy from 2nd to 3rd. The ground ball to 2B “productive out” is a myth (that Chip Caray repeats at least twice each broadcast, usually when “professional hitter” Markakis grounds out again).
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Big Franmil reminds me of dave Winfield, may be bigger even
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Bah , lead off doubles or men at 3rd with 1 out or less should always score
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You’re a cranky old man Brew. Joe Simpson is back doing a few Braves games on TV if you’re looking for your tribe.
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Tatis should have advanced runner to 3rd. I sorely miss 1970s nl ball. get him on get him over get him in
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Brew, My assessment is Bat doesn't need any help. Anyway, he needs pitching more than hitting and in case you haven't noticed my team is averaging Mark Reynolds level of pitching excellence. I doubt that I have a single mlb eligible pitcher that could help any team... although Eovaldi comes off the IL soon, and as the Red Sox soon to be closer, he could probably help someone. Bat, who you offering?
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Very Baez like
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Tatis really deserves some sort of credit/points for taking 2nd on that play.
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That’s 2 Wisconsin-area 6-packs, counting Keller.
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Ok..one Georgia area six pack for one wisconsin area six pack. Easy Money...and no going to food bank NGB to bolster your squad
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You’re on Brew. My guys are fucking savages in the fucking box, right? Or something like that. (Checks standings...I thought I had a bigger lead....) It’s kinda funny that the guy with Bellinger, Tatis, and Bryan Reynolds thinks some other team is over-performing—especially a team that’s had the managing and front-office brilliance my guys have had to endure. Or their pitching.
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I will bet Pat though ..imo his squad has overperfofmed
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i wont take that bet , you have the luck of the irish
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Fred a six pack of pernicious vs new glarus says I will finish ahead of you.......
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Kevin is like a bad penny, he wont go away
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Jesus, I’m such an absent-minded idiot. I meant Kirilloff. Not Kepler. If anyone wants my Kirilloff and/or Kelenic, THATS’s who I’m looking to move. Too many K’s on one roster
Houck Trea on
July 19, 2019 7:10 AM
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Last call on Kepler
Houck Trea on
July 18, 2019 8:54 PM
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I’m trending a little heavy on IP. I may not use Tanaka any more. Since SP replacement level has sunk to well below 4 this year, he’s worth something and probably a keeper at $4. He’s available for anything useful to me, like a 2nd-tier prospect or just a few bucks of capspace.
Houck Trea on
July 14, 2019 9:30 PM
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Yes I passed kevin !! Now upstart Pat..4th place and some $$ is mine
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Arguably Kyle Tucker @ 24 HRs and 20 SBs; and impressively only 1 CS.
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18 HRs and 29 SBs, is there a better power/speed combo anywhere in the minors?
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LouBob apparently likes the mlb baseball... 2 HRs in his first AAA game.
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Thanks hitch. Floating the green river today. Back in contact tomorrow
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$6 in taxes received from Hitch for Kevin for a running tally of $222.
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Pony express
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He’s paid up. Trade is good.
Houck Trea on
July 6, 2019 1:34 PM
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Kevin is off the grid in Utah
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As of right now Kevin hasn’t paid his $6 cap penalty. According to the rules we’ve settled on he has until 2:00 eastern to pay before the trade is voided (Cain has a 2:05 game). Unfortunately I won’t have internet access for the rest of the day, so I won’t be able to determine if the payment comes in by then, but Hitch will monitor the situation and have to make a determination on whether it should be voided. Not the best situation, but not sure what else to do.
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Hey Kev did you PayPal Mikey that $6? He’s out of the country and asked I check on it
Houck Trea on
July 6, 2019 8:41 AM
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Edwin Diaz POS
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I have Yelich and Bellinger but can get past F$@#&n Kevin !! Grrrrr
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Vlad, thanks for the Ohtani info, I never had him when he was active.
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.265/.400/.551 in (only 15 games in) in AAA. Not Ohtani but yeah, better than his earlier AA numbers. (Didn’t most teams see him as a hitter?) Anyway, I’ve got him in a league where I’m going nowhere, and I don’t have to sit a real hitter to use him, so why not? Not sure if Mikey is in the same situation.
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Guess I hadn't checked on McKay recently enough to notice he likes hitting that AAA/mlb ball A LOT more than that AA baseball!!
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Actual paid slots get max allocation, but the closer you are to the money the less your salary next year. And a sizeable penalty for last place. Plus, the sooner you make your allocations, the more freedom you have as far as which players to allocate to (Only 3 owners can put an extra dollar on the 6th place team, etc), so there is a small incentive to get your allocations done asap too.
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Of course, begs the question why anyone would want to play McKay as a hitter? Or has he been doing better w/ the bat lately?
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I should have thought of this 6 months ago, but an interesting alternative to protect-a-player (which ultimately doesn't really effect your total allocations), would be to assign fixed allocation totals to all 12 finishing positions. For example: 1st-4th all get max allocations of $33 total. 5th gets the minimum, a buck each or $11 total, and then it goes up from there. 6th - $14, 7th - $17, 8th - $20, 9th - $23, 10th - $25, 11th - $25, 12th - $33.
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It's the same way with Ohtani, he's only swappable into an empty slot.
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Hey Mikey, FG seems to believe McKay is starting as a hitter today (mlb.com says lineups currently unavailable). I couldn’t “swap” him into 1B or U, but once I created a vacancy there I could move him into it. So a 2-step process not the usual 1.
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I have protect-a-player aspirations, but some Weldwerks could ease my worries if I can't climb higher than ninth.
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Vlad-Vlad, Do I sense you have beer aspirations? lol.
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Considering he's only put up 1,998 points over the last 30 days, I wouldn't call that grip too solid.
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