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Santana's was a little flare to SS. Not hit hard at all.

Official scorers are really, really stupid.

Jay Bruce is so bad.

He was going between 60 and 65 pitches.

I think you can go get him now.

Didn't he swing at a pitch that almost hit him in the head a couple weeks ago?

It was stupid to take Hader out. He's getting a couple days off regardless so let him go one more inning where he's facing Flores and a couple of lefties.

Noice. Smort.

What is firing Coles going to do? Is Arcia suddenly going to learn to take a pitch every once in a while if Coles is fired?

I'm not sure how you think Clark has a better chance of making the team than Allison. Adams, Cobb and Moore (unless he completely bombs in training camp and the preseason) are locks. I'm not going to speculate on Dez Bryant until he signs. With Lewis and Graham I wonder if Clark shows something in camp if they cut Kendricks and make Clark the 3rd TE as a TE/WR hybrid. It's not like Kendricks did much of anything last year. I don't think Davis or Kumerow have a chance of making the team. With kickoffs becoming less and less common and Davis' propensity to try to return punts from inside the 10 as well as no development as a receiver, I wouldn't be shocked if he was one of the first cuts in camp. So that leaves Yancey, St. Brown, Valdes-Scantling and Allison fighting for probably only two spots. I think Allison probably has a leg up just because Rodgers seems to like him. He seems to do well in the intermediate routes. Kind of like a later career Donald Driver. I think St. Brown is the most talented. Maybe they use Valdes-Scantling as the punt returner/gunner like Janis until they see if he can develop more or maybe they try to sneak him onto the practice squad because he is raw. Also forgot about Montgomery who will probably be seeing more time at WR this year with Jones and Williams. Even though I think Williams isn't good he seems to be McCarthy's new pet that he loves for no reason whatsoever. Actually, Valdes-Scantling is older than Yancey and Clark. If he's still this raw as a route runner, is he really worth keeping? My guesses right now. Adams Cobb Moore Allison Yancey St. Brown Graham Lewis Clark Jones Williams Montgomery with Montgomery getting some reps at slot receiver as well. Try to get Valdes-Scantling on the practice squad.

This is not MLB but it's awesome. A Purdue player draws a walk and ends up at 3rd base.

Boy that Braun contract is going to be fun. Hopefully they'll have the balls to bench him at some point.

You think he looks good? No

At least Perez has a dyed man bun so he looks good when he plays like crap.

The Brewers were in 1st place a week before the deadline last year and only 2.5 GB at the deadline. Count me in as Stearns being highly unlikely to go after Machado unless the price is extremely low. Of course if it's low that means more teams will be in to bump the price right back up.

Sabathia also got us a couple of compensation picks when he left. We get nothing when Machado leaves.

Fun fact: Chicago or what we know as Chicago today was almost part of Wisconsin.

No, they're not. They're right. Not excusing it but Knebel probably would've gotten the call if Pina didn't have to reach all the way across the plate. Hardly the first time a call lime that has been missed. Hell, Hernandez missed a pitch earlier in the game that almost cost the D'Backs 3 runs.

Brian and Bill need to calm the hell down. They're as embarrassing as Hernandez.

No joke. There are probably a couple of posters here that could out produce Arcia offensively right now.

Jordan Hicks threw two 105 mph sinkers today. It looks like he's throwing a baseball past a jet engine. https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/998310451225202689] You can see the whole at bat here. https://www.mlb.com/video/statcast-hicks-high-heat/c-2065766983

There's not a lot but you might be able to get like a Freddy Galvis or a Miguel Rojas (probably more expensive with a few years of team control). Neither of them are good but they're upgrades over Arcia currently.

Wait, why isn't Brent Musburger the guy in this meme? He's the one who said that.

He gave himself that nickname, right? Oh, that makes the nickname even worse if it's true.