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Ump cost Skenes at least 5 strikes that I saw.

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And just like that the AA debut is over with outs recorded.

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1 strikeout

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2 K's for Skenes. But a very tough inning for him.

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Good that he hit a small speed bump. Will see how he reacts in his next outing.

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Early shower for Skenes. Lol sorry to all those who made the trip to sell out the place.

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What org is Akron? They're having some great ABs.

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The Land of Cleve

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He's throwing a lot of pitches in 1st inning. Too bad I can't get free game of the day to see them.

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Free game ain't working for me. Smh.

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comisky park...

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these constant bullpen games are killing me

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Is the Skenes game on MiLB.TV for free. If so, I promise I won’t miss this one! The wife can go to dinner by herself! 🤞🤞🤞

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The game starts at 6, and he’s only gonna throw 20-30 pitches. You could probably make dinner by 6:30.

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Yes it is

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KEWL!!!!

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Did you go out to dinner with the wife? 😁

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I should have, lol. I was telling John D that we have a farm to table sub shop here. Got a REALLY good Ham sub and some corn on the cob. Wendie went with Turkey. We watched a couple of Seinfeld reruns before the BIG game.

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Nice to finally beat the Cubs. That felt so good, I think we ought to do it again today.

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Potential Starting rotation by June 2024, barring injury:

Keller

Oviedo

Falter?

Skenes?

???????

Not very promising. Or is it? This is Ben’s ‘2012 season’ if comparing him to NH’s rebuild job. How will BC do?

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trade for Gerrit Cole

he is going to opt out of his contract after next season

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My guess is VV will be back, but thats not enough to call it fixed

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I'm hoping BC will sign a legit pitcher to atleast a 2 year deal. I'm not saying go sign a front line starter because we all know that won't happen, but atleast a solid mid rotation guy. Wouldn't be opposed to signing 2 pitcher's but I'll keep my fingers crossed on a decent free agent

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Nutting spend on an outside free agent who is good? I’ll believe it when

I see it. I hope that I see it, but?

We also need a bat in the OF or 1b. Will we go outside to get that? A trade?

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After the Angel's get the somber reality that Ohtani isn't coming back or the instant revenue that comes with him, Rendon and Trout have injury issues, the upper levels of their farm system is barron, a lot of money tied up on contracts that aren't paying off and a pitching staff that still needs help.

Might be a good idea for Ben to get in touch and offer up a few quality prospects, some upper level depth pieces and a couple lottery tickets for an outfielder, pitcher or 2 and maybe a young first basemen at the mlb level.

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If they’ll pay at least half the salary, Trout would look good in our lineup. 😎😎

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It'd be ok if the halos only pick up 10 to 12 mil a year lol. Bob would still have a heart attack.

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Wait! Massey didn’t walk anybody?

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Great outing by Quinn Priester at AAA, and he has now reached 125 innings pitched for the year. I think he topped out around 90+ innings in 2022 and 2021, so what is the magic number for him?

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Skensey day!

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