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I don't think stealing is the right word here more like reverse engineering the information. If you are placing information publicly you have to expect this to happen and really you want it to happen. Most of these blogs or public projects are being used as an example in interviews to land a job. I have used a few of my own public projects to do this as it is extremely difficult to explain what I currently do at my current job without getting someone overly confused.

Not entirely correct. xFIP and FIP in general puts more weight into strike outs. Since Davies doesn't strike out a lot his xFIP and FIP will always be higher. I really like xFIP and FIP but not every pitcher that is not a K machine is bad. Davies is more of a pitcher that has to live on the corners and place his pitches correctly and there is nothing wrong with that but xFIP and FIP are not going to like Davies at all because of the low strike out rate. The big thing for Davies is to keep his BB/9 and his HR/9 rates low if he does that he will be just as successful as someone like Stroman.

No, people are creatures of habits. If you are always carrying something no matter if it is a gun, knife, mace, or anything else you are likely to forget you have it. A lot of times when I am carrying I forget I have mine on me. Unless you are always showing your gun off you shouldn't even know it is there.

The Padres, Mariners and the Rangers are some rather pathetic franchises also. The Mariners have never made it to the World Series and haven't been in the playoffs since 2001.

Yeah another useless PA for Saladino. Can he be removed from the roster already he adds no value to the team at all.

Guerra throws two bad pitches in the zone and gets 2-outs....... Stupid baseball logic

If only the NL had the DH we could hide Braun there but noooooooooooooooooooooooo BaSeBaLl TrAdItIoN!1!111!!!

I would send on that play with the pitcher up next that means you have to score with 2-outs and the percentage is probably less than what it was for sending him.

It would be nice to see Braun dropped to the 6th or 7th in the batting order but I don't see that ever happening.

A hypothetical question, but how would you value draft picks if MLB allowed them to be traded?

I would still stay in Tempe as the light rail takes you to both the stadium and the museums. IMHO there is more places to go to eat in Tempe than there is in downtown Phoenix especially if you have to use ride sharing or want to be within walking distance. Plus I absolutely hate downtown Phoenix as I work down there basically about three blocks from the stadium. Just don't stay at any of the hotels in downtown Phoenix those things are expensive. No idea why either as they are never full unless there is a convention.

Woodruff is starting on Tuesday because it accounts to a skipped start without actually skipping a start. Basically the Brewers are trying to limit the amount of innings on Woodruff's arm this year. Having him start on Tuesday accomplishes this.

Not sure why you would want to stay in downtown Phoenix. Would be better to stay in Tempe and then take the light rail to downtown Phoenix. There is more to do in Tempe than downtown Phoenix which is mostly dead on the weekends at least on Sunday it is. The light rail stops right at the stadium.

Braun can go to the bench if Grisham or Ray are pushing him for playing time. I wouldn't even mind if the Brewers just give him his buyout early and just release him after this season is over.

Young players can be inconsistent. Burnes I expect will rebound from this and will be a better pitcher next year. If the Brewers are to be successful they need Woodruff, Burnes and Peralta to be the pitchers they should be.

Would be nice to score more than 2-runs against a 5 ERA starter!

So swinging at 1 borderline strike and one actual strike is bad? Since when?

I believe the Mets probably will value players closer to the majors than other prospects. Hiura, Burnes and Peralta would be on the top of their list. I believe Burnes and Peralta have a higher value to the Mets than some are giving them. I don't believe the Mets are going to go into the blow it all up rebuild and will be looking for players that are closer to the majors or are already in the majors.

The Rockets theoretically should be better but it all depends on how well Harden plays with Westbrook. Harden and CP3 didn't get along at all on the court. I don't think Harden and Westbrook are a good pairing but who knows maybe they prove everyone wrong. The Thunder go from a 7 or 8 seed with Westbrook and getting swept in the playoffs to becoming a lottery team. It was time to rebuild for them. The Thunder did get some solid young players in the George trade along with the picks. I don't expect them to be bad for very long depending on who they get in the draft. Paul will definitely be traded maybe that Pacers pick plus Ersan for Paul? Not that I want the Bucks to trade for Paul but I could see that happening.

Westbrook to the Rockets. Paul going to the Thunder. Probably won't be on the Thunder for long I assume.

This is not true. Cain's hard hit % is above his career average of 30.5%, for 2019 his hard hit % is at 33.7% he has taken a dip from last year which was his highest of his career in a full season in the majors. Only thing that is alarming about Cain is his IFFB% which is at 11.5% this year. A positive for Cain is that he is having a career year with his LD% at 25.1% the highest he has ever had in the majors. Cain's O-Swing% is up from last year but is still below his career average and his Z-Swing% is up from last year but is below his career average. Cain has been fine with his plate discipline. The biggest reason you are seeing Cain struggle this year is his low BABIP which is significantly below his career average. If Cain can continue his LD% into the second half I expect him to rebound nicely. I wouldn't be surprised if Cain starts hitting closer to his career average during the 2nd half of the season.

Saw the trailer for Midway when seeing Spiderman. Not sure how I feel about this as I liked the original. I really liked Dunkirk and love the war movies and it looks like they are making a little bit of a comeback? Hopefully it will be more like Dunkirk and not like Pearl Harbor please no stupid random love triangle.

At least the Brewers players didn't pull a Dan Uggla at the All Star game.

The Twins front office is now led by Derek Falvey. The Twins have done a masterful job building a competitive roster since his hire in the Fall of 2016. Falvey and Stearns were with the Cleveland Indians at the same time in 2012 (they were co-directors of baseball operations), with Stearns reportedly focused on player contracts, data analysis, and strategy, while Falvey worked on player acquisitions. During 2015-2016 Falvey was the Indians Asst. GM, which included pulling off the Andrew Miller trade at the deadline in 2016 (trading away Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield, Ben Heller, and J.P. Feyereisen) on their way to playing in the World Series. That was the same July that the Brewers and Indians came to terms on a Jonathan Lucroy deal that was ultimately nixed by Lucroy. I wouldn’t completely count out the Twins as a team that may make some big trade headlines at some point. They have the prospect inventory to do it, and if Falvey and company believe they have a legitimate chance to play for the World Series than they may be incentivized to make a big splash. I just don't see the Twins as a match with the Brewers after Alex Kirilloff and Royce Lewis you have Trevor Larnach and Brusdar Graterol who are good but I don't see the Twins giving up Graterol for Hader. Miller is probably the deal you want to get if you are trading Hader. That would mean Graterol, Larnach, and a couple of other pieces from the Twins minor league system. That seems to be light but wouldn't be bad. I still don't see the Twins doing that as it is giving up a lot for a maybe in the playoffs. The Astros have been very stingy with their prospects but if they were to offer a deal it would probably be center around J.B. Bukauskas and Freudis Nova. Again another light return for Hader. The Dodgers probably make the most sense if you could get them to give up Gavin Lux or Dustin May, Josiah Gray, Jeren Kendall and another piece for Hader. The Dodgers would be the closest thing to the Miller trade.