2016 MLB Regular Season - It's an Even Year...
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He has definitely been the victim of bad luck. He's hit a lot of balls really hard, just right at someone. His defense and arm have made up for it though.
Arrieta is 2 quality starts behind the record of 26 straight held by Bob Gibson.
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They are likely going to lose 100 games, this is coming from a Reds fan.
Hard to tell this early. Their pitching is really bad at the moment, starters & bullpen. The Cubs have been teeing off on everyone so far, 46-7 in five games.
What happened to Brandon Phillips? He doesn't seem to have any range and isn't diving after anything hit near him. He used to get to just about anything.
Damn. Somebody replaced the Reds with a baseball team.
Everybody wins 54 
Age, Reds tried to move him to the Nats for a bag of cheese, he turned it down.
It sure didn't seem that long ago when Darwin Barney was vying with Phillips for the Gold glove at 2nd base (2012), then Phillips won it again in 2013.
Phillips has also put on a not-inconsiderable amount of weight over the past few years. Just eyeballing it, he looks to be about 20 - 25 pounds heavier than he was during his glory days a few years ago. At that age -- he's turning 35 in June -- that kind of difference can have a huge effect upon one's mobility.
I've seen every Cubs game vs the Reds, he's not even trying anymore. He hasn't dived for one grounder. Maybe if they painted the ball to look like a cheeseburger?
I was going to invoke his name, but Phillps isn't quite there yet.
Eovaldi took a no-hitter into the 7th last night in Texas.
His best outing this year by far. Yankees won 3-1.
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/ya...ldi-flirts-with-a-no-hitter-near-his-hometown
His best outing this year by far. Yankees won 3-1.
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/ya...ldi-flirts-with-a-no-hitter-near-his-hometown
Strasburg is going to get out of there like a bat out of hell this winter.
Barney was actually the emergency backup catcher for the Jays a few nights ago, backing up Josh Thole when Russell Martin's neck spasms kept him out of the lineup.
Javier Baez was the emergency backup catcher for the Cubs last night when Montero's stiff back scratched him from the lineup.
Would've been interesting to see if the game wasn't so close.
The Cubs have walked 10+ times in 3 games this year. They only had 3 such games in the previous 6 seasons.
Only in Baseball do players get vilified for taking PEDs when at the same time fans were absolutely loving the Mcguire/Sosa HR race. Talk about hypocritical.
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