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Ely: How concerned should we be about Jun-Seok Shim? Even in tiny AFL sample, his stuff doesn’t look right.

Eric A Longenhagen: Looked pretty awful the day I saw him. Sitting 90-91, super short and unathletic stride, breaking ball had okay depth but was easy to spot out of his hand.

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Power Prevails in Playoff Push

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Big win for Guardians. If they beat the odds and comeback to win this series, there will be a lot of moaning and gnashing of teeth in the Bronx Zoo this winter.

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Good for Siani. He might be a slow burner prospect that suddenly figures it all out.

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Hope so, I’ve picked him to be the breakout prospect I think twice now, definitely after he had a good winter in Australia.

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Nice to see Sammy Siani having a good showing in the AFL. Looking forward, the RF position is going to be wide open for the Pirates unless they think that BDLC will adjust to batting while wearing a Pirate uniform. Looking at his K/BB rate of 13/1 after joining the Pirates, while at Miami it was around 4.7/1, makes me think he does not want to play for the Pirates. Good opportunity for Siani.

Like the way you showed the importance of a positive Walk to K Rate in a players OPS numbers in the comparison of batting numbers between Sammy Siani and TJ.

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4.7/1 isn't exactly something to aim for. BDLC's problem wasn't the Pirates, it was baseball.

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