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Oct 26, 2023Liked by NolaJeffy(BnP)

Fielding Bible has not only named Hayes its 3B award winner, but its defensive player of the year, as in, all positions.

If he doesn't get the GG now, that award should be eliminated.

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With no arenado on the list, feels like it shouldnt even be a conversation

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No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of GG voters.

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I'm not ready to give up on a guy like Priester yet just because of his age. I saw a few of his appearances and the homers and hard hits he gave up were on fastballs either mislocated or poor pitch calling from the bench because the hitters were sitting on them. He's only 23 coming into the 2024 season and has all winter and spring to work on things. Maybe we'll get lucky with him and he grabs a spot in the rotation.

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Oct 26, 2023Liked by NolaJeffy(BnP)

Mitch Keller arguably had the same exact issues.

Fastball with sub-optimal shape and a big, looping curveball that was aesthetically pleasing but easily identified by big league batters.

So, 5 ticks on the average fastball and a dirty sweeper is the answer for Quinn, ;)

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TREAD TREAD TREAD

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Very well said. Mitch had the same issues, but much better arm talent.

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Paired with a sinky sinker, and then we're cooking!

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Priester should try to workout with Mitch this off season.

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I almost made the Mitch comparison. I'm glad that you did.

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This summer in Indy, I think I saw more opposing hitters get fooled and just look ridiculous than I have in my life. Priester was amazing. Five or six day later, I watched him pitch again. He looked awful. At this point, Priester's potential seems like a roll of the dice.

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sources say Pirates buying low on Trevor Rogers of the Marlins

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Him and puk for nick

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just him for Nick sounds fair

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Yeah thats probably more realistic

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dude could be a dominant late inning reliever

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Of these "sliders", which could be parsed out as sweepers?

I still hate it (while yelling at kids to get off my lawn) but it seems pretty clear that sweepers are the rising 4seamer to sliders as the paltry sinker.

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I thought the cutter was gonna challenge it, but at the end the “sweeper” won.

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slutter>sweeper

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I dont love the rebranding of what is essentially the same pitch, but I would fully support bringing in the slutter

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Loving these “Best of” articles. I appreciate the work that goes into them.

When a hitter gets beat by a great breaking ball, he doesn’t have a problem tipping his cap and saying “good job of tricking me.” However, when he’s beat by letter high fastball over the meat of the plate, he’s more inclined to think he just “ain’t man enough.”

Same outcome in the box score, but vastly different outcome psychologically.

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