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A couple of weeks? What kind of "illness" does a 28 year-old professional athlete contract that keeps them off the field for "a couple of weeks"? Pneumonia? Shingles?

<t>497E686864783A383A380B0 wrote: Melky hits lefties pretty well.  Marte and hopefully Kang should be could bats against lefties as well.  Same goes for Cervelli.  Fraiser certainly holds his own vs. lefties.<br/> Frazier’s OPS vs LHP < .600. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Maybe Gonzalez and Newman both st...

<t>So, for example, who leads off against LHSPs? Marte? Melky? And who bats 3rd? The one of Marte/Melky not leading off? Diaz/Cervelli? And who is in the 2 spot?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> 4 and 5 are split between Bell and Kang (fingers crossed). <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Frazier, Dickerson, and Newman/G...

<t>So, I was thinking about this earlier today and started trying to put one together. I was flummoxed :-/ and dismayed pretty quickly. I did not come up with anything that will strike fear into LHSPs - assuming no Machado signing ::).<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I'm assuming a bench of Kang/Moran, Gonza...

6B414A7A4D5B5B57380 wrote: Going for Gage Hinsz until he gets in. He's going to have a big year!
His fall/winter was certainly encouraging. You've gotta root for the kid. Let's hope he lives up the potential he had when drafted.

<t>I think the situation at SS is not very appealing for guys looking to be starters. I hope that the FO and CH will make sure that Newman gets enough starts to have a real sense of what he will be as a MLer. I suspect we know, but still need to give the guy a chance. So, we're really talking about ...

<t>62607A7C6A0F0 wrote: That is what's happening right now. He's expected to continue at short this season. They will only move him if he plays himself off the position.<br/> Or if Cole Tucker proves to be a good ML SS. Then he'll move to 3B unless Hayes proves to be a good ML 3B in which case he'll...

<t>I think the Bucs will match up pretty well with the Reds. Gennett and Votto are their only lefty bats while the Bucs will roll out 5 RHSPs. I'm assuming Kemp and Puig will start ahead of Schebler and Winker most of the time with Ervin in CF. They have more SP depth for the moment (pending Keller'...

6864653E373E363B3C23390E0 wrote: Looking like Hayes in a landslide.
I was trying to think of a clever Fleetwood Mac reference or maybe some lyrics to continue the musical references, but I’m too tired and lazy. :-/

<r>416467677259646C6E790B0 wrote: Not sure why this was written for a national pub -- and not sure why I ran into it since I don't read their stuff -- but it is an really interesting take on what the Pirates could do (a fantasy based on our current fiscal realities):<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <URL url=...