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Two missed strikes this AB

I'm really happy with this season so far. Almost all of the young guys we expect to perform are performing (except Lopez). Giolito looks like an ace. The bullpen has been solid. The stopgap players have been garbage but who cares? They're hovering around .500 after losing 100 games last year and the starting pitching has been mostly terrible.

I think some of you need anger management courses.

Oh I'm definitely aware. It's just crazy. I'm not sure even the Astros have this kind of depth.

That team is riddled with injuries and just optioned a guy with an .855 OPS.

Well I'm a little behind.

Abreu is just swinging at everything. It's like he's guessing.

I agree with Jason here. It wasn't intentional but this is what you do to yourself when you play beanball.

That wasn't even a terrible pitch. Vlad Jr is just gonna be a monster.

See? Bunt didn't work.

Well that's the first time I've ever seen that

Please swing at strikes.

That would be my hope. I thought Shingo and Tadahito would help us establish an NPB pipeline but it seems most of them only want to play on the west coast. Or their arms fall off soon after they get here. It also doesn't seem like hitters make the jump at all anymore (besides Ohtani).

https://jballallen.com/iguchi-eyes-sweet-home-chicago/

Kikuchi has solid stuff. He's tough to hit.

Delmon Young was a league average hitter for his career. If Robert does that but with more power he's an above average hitter who plays great defense. Sounds good to me!

The back action on his delivery reminds me a little of Jon Garland

He's a troll. just ignore him.

Yeah, this is a problem but how they got here isn't bad. They built their team well, it got too expensive so now they need to retool. The Red Sox are easily capable of doing this so I don't think they're too worried.

I don't think the big spending will ever happen. They will never be in the running for tier one free agents with their organizational philosophy. The major talent will have to come from within and be supplemented with league average free agents wherever they have holes (and they'll continue to overpay for them). Or they get lucky on reclamation projects or with last gasp 34+ year olds.

Yeah, this is where I'm at. I think the window is more like 2021 at the earliest now. If they go out and make a ton of trades and signings for 2020 to try to become competitive I'm going to be pretty damn frustrated because they'll probably be right back where they were in 2016.

Me too. Seems most relevant right now.

Oof

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If you're basing this on his age 21 and 22 seasons with absolutely no future projection of improvement and not including Kopech or Basabe then yes that is correct.