Lurker > WiggumFan267

a lot of players that had a good year last year are struggling this year (Cano, Nimmo, Ramos... Conforto not counting his 2018 b/c he was injured- but his 2017). But almost everyone who struggled last year is not still struggling. So you can't just attribute it to streakiness, else you'd have some players coming back from struggling, and some struggling after a good year last year instead of basically just the latter.

going around the diamond

Ramos - already talked about at length. SLG is way lower than it should be even given the low average for "seemingly no reason" (theres a reason)

Alonso - not here last year (awful idea btw, and theyre paying for it now, since he's having his first real slump)

Cano - down year (age? prob not, age hadn't stopped him before. hitting style?)

Rosario - was good offensively last couple months, and remains pretty good now.

Frazier - bad last year, still bad. shouldnt be starting

McNeil - still doing what he's doing last year, lots of line drives. little mini slump now but is fine overal

Nimmo - suffering horribly from last year. Walk rate is still ok but striking out way more for his already high K rate. Hits aren't coming when he does make contact

Conforto - he is actually a little better than last year RN, but his injury slowed him down badly last year. should be closer to his All Star 2017 numbers, but hes not there yet. injury maybe is still affecting him, 2 years removed. In a small slump right now.

Smith- the only truly improved player from last year, finally finding himself, hitting, thriving in a pinch hitting role. Was demoted last week so the mets could save $1M on Hechavarria

Davis- actually he's improved too, good PH role in hitting lefties. He's proabably going to be sent to the minors once Lowrie comes back next week. Gotta play your sunk costs. (Lowrie should be here instead of Frazier but that will obv never happen).

Lagares - Bad hitter last year. Bad hitter this year. He's a bad hitter. Defensively still great.

Broxton - see lagares.

didn't include the small sample size guys
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That's totally results driven is the issue. You can't just say because the Mets are hitting that they are actually good offensively. They were just getting lucky with BABIP. The #s could tell you what they were doing was not sustainable, specifically because they hit too many groundballs. That is not a recipe for success in this day and age. Maybe for some players it is better, but with the smartness of shifting, and stronger defensive infields , you in general want to be hitting far less groundballs. But that is exactly Chili Davis's MO. And he will not adapt.

It's less so the Mets stopped hitting and moreso the numbers finally regressed to the mean of what was expected to happen given the approach they have taken (or been forced upon them).
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Even in Ramos' worst year , he slugged .358. Why is is slugging so far down this year? Sure he's slumping right now but that's apparent in his AVG. His avg is lower than usual, but even in years when is AVG is down, his SLG is still up (his low OBP this year is consistent with years past so that's not a worry).

The fact his SLG dropped way off with his average instead of remaining high shows really clearly there is an approach issue.
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Chili Davis, the Mets hitting coach, has quite some brunt to bear I think.Guys like Ramos are overhitting groundballs , and guys like him should be trying to drive the ball/hit for launch angle, not trying to have groundball rates, since he's never going to beat out infield hits and has the power to hit the ball off the wall. But Chili is an old-school guy, unwilling to change his ways or adapt to the way the game is now. He is purely emphasized on contact, not launch angle. But this is being too applied to every mets hitter, seemingly regardless of their own strengths, or game situation. This kind of hitting style is not sustainable, its why the Mets offense looked good at first, but eventually just hitting a lot of groundballs is going to kill you, especially in this day and age with infield shifting. The game has changed from when Chili played and his failure to adapt is costly.

The Mets love hiring these old-school , non-data, unwilling to adapt guys though. So it's on them.

If you care, I recommend looking through this short thread- https://twitter.com/PSLToFlushing/status/1125779476321853443

there are some smart bloggers in there who I like to follow with some good, somewhat varying opinions about how he has affected the team, and looking more too at the players themselves (most specifically Ramos) who has struggled this year.

He's a usually consistent year to year .260/.300/.450 kind of hitter- he comes very close to those numbers almost every year, but this year he is .236/.299/.292

He's slugging .292!!! Look at his B-R Page:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ramoswi01.shtml

How is his slugging so far down from every other year? I know it's early but this is enough of a sample size now to show something is up. It's because he has a hitting coach that is trying to get him to hit groundballs. And it's badly affecting him because he isn't that kind of player!
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more no offense today
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I thought it was like Wario's castle got stolen and he's trying to take it back

that might be WL2 though
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The wilpons are literally content to do nothing and watch the captain go down with the ship.

Vargas and Matz are both going to be out a couple weeks minimum, they are going to be at 3 starters and their response to it is to call up the same batch of 4-5 guys they always call up when this happens - Flexen/Gagnon/Oswalt and the likes, and they are always horrible. They're not doing anything about it. This is a team that acted to "win now" by trading away its future and they literally refuse to spend any more. I really don't understand how MLB can allow owners to complete ruin its team like this. If this were a team that was not trying to "win now" it would make sense to do what they are doing. But you don't sell away your whole future and then when you have to fix a leak in the boat , throw it in the trash.
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oh, that was def not obvious to me heh, sorry

Not just Gio. Anyone, during the offseason. Jed Lowrie is finally going to get here this week probably, another middle infielder. His deal was good but it makes no sense when your team is on a significant budget and already has tons of them. So now what? It's probably going to be JD Davis as the roster casualty, because none of the rest of the bench has options remaining (or is a backup catcher). And he's been the best bench bat against lefties, but it doesn't make sense to option anyone else but Hechavarria which they aren't gonna do obv cuz they just brought him up to send down Smith so this really was just awful awful planning in every way.
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~Wigs~ 3-Time Consecutive Fantasy B8 Baseball Champion
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by the way, they said they knew about Matz's issue for 2 weeks. But they still thought that Gio Gonzalez was not worth 3M because "he would not pitch in the rotation"

i shouldn't complain about that though right? Complaining about that means I like to complain.
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~Wigs~ 3-Time Consecutive Fantasy B8 Baseball Champion
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if I didn't let out my suffering and complaints here and bottled it up instead I'd be on suicide watch
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~Wigs~ 3-Time Consecutive Fantasy B8 Baseball Champion
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what about anything i said makes it seem like I enjoy complaining? is it the part where I talk about abject misery and suffering every day I follow this damn team?
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

But Mets are fortunate they're in the division they're in. Despite all the issues they have they'll probably still be competitive for most of the season.

they'll be the 2nd worst team in the NL before the end of the month. they are in a very tough division that has faced mostly itself. it is unfortunate they are in this division, but at this point, it doesn't matter, they're losing to everyone.
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

Do you really want it to get better? You sure do seem to enjoy complaining.

so you think I shouldnt complain about 2 of our pitchers getting hurt on the same day and be ok with our ownership and front office not doing anything to address any depth in the offseason despite the fact that every single starter on the roster is highly injury prone? and when they instead spent what tight budget they have for the biggest market in the world on a glut of middle infielders? you dont think a fan should complain about that?
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"Steven Matz is on his way back to NY. Callaway says he has a nerve issue in his forearm. Mickey says hes been battling it for two weeks, but was unable to throw his most recent bullpen."

lmfao

on top of vargas' hammy issue

good thing that our GM and ownership knew we had no pitching depth and properly addressed i-.

a day will never go by where the mets don't have bad news. everything always happens at the worst possible time, and the results will always be self-inflicted, as it was in this case. this was totally preventable, and now it's too late. they chose to spend 3M on their 8th backup middle infielder instead of a 6th pitcher. every day is rock bottom. every day is the worst case scenario. it will never get better.
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if frazier doesnt bobble a simple throw from nimmo, or broxton doesnt let a fly ball go over his head (or if the mets actually score some gd runs) then the mets probably win this game
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WiggumFan267 posted...

not great news for the brewers either with Cain coming out after that HBP

was a spectacular catch he had before though. he literally makes one every game vs us. (i really wanted the mets to sign him when he was a FA but he costs $). nice for brewers fans they decided to go for it though when they got him and yelich

x-rays neg btw
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not great news for the brewers either with Cain coming out after that HBP

was a spectacular catch he had before though. he literally makes one every game vs us. (i really wanted the mets to sign him when he was a FA but he costs $). nice for brewers fans they decided to go for it though when they got him and yelich
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Callaway before the game "we need to use Vargas to his maximum possible usage today to help save our bullpen"

Vargas is pinch hit for with 50 pitches in the 5th inning because of a hamstring injury.

See this rotten luck? on a day when the bullpen is completely taxed and need everything from their starter, after a huge long game for both teams, the Brewers get to have one of their best pitchers go and the mets have their worst, and he gets injured 50 pitches in and are gonna have to rely on their already taxed bullpen, and this will probably affect them for the next 3-4 games now.

so we got that going for us.
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indeed its a bad idea to give off days to multiple of your best players on the same day. but the mets only do things that are bad ideas.

also Frazier goddamn sucks, I hate his contract so much. He bobbled that throw from Nimmo on the sac fly play, would've had the runner nailed at 2nd if he didn't bobble it and ended the inning, of course yelich went deep very next AB.

and it will forever bother me that runs like these gets attributed to the pitcher and aren't considered "errors"
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Holy shit, this is quite literally the single worst possible lineup the Mets could possibly run out there. Especially after a night like last night. Like I can't fucking even.

Hechavarria 4
Rosario 6
Nimmo 7
Alonso 3
Frazier 5
Broxton 9
Lagares 8
Nido 2
Vargas 1

I just want to be happy is that so much to ask
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

Well that was a pretty brutal loss.

welcome to the life of a mets fan

fuck angel hernandez
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WiggumFan267 posted...

these are the games I actually don't feel extra good either way. It's more like "ah its finally over" once you get to these points. I just marvel in the length cuz weird shit starts to happen. unless of course the loss comes on a frustrating error or something........

jk
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WiggumFan267 posted...

WiggumFan267 posted...

and yeah Rosario has been a mess defensively.

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started up wario land tonight

playing through the first level again my memory of it tells me I remember it as a great sort of "puzzle" platformer in that the platforming itself isn't great but the puzzles and way to do levels is fun. it's very slow but has some fun stuff like the post level puzzles and lots of secret entrances, and how some levels change after you beat them. pretty innovative game for its time.

anyway im gonna try to 100% it since it wont take that much longer i think but its def slower than i remember. wario needs to be able to run or crouch slide.

OH YEAH i forgot all about the treasures too, gotta get all those. though im gonna try to beat it first without getting any if i can so wario gets the shitty house maybe. also like how he runs around the ending goals faster in later levels
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guffguy89 posted...

nothing like a good, long extra inning game on Star Wars night. The kind that feel extra good when you win and extra bad when you lose.

these are the games I actually don't feel extra good either way. It's more like "ah its finally over" once you get to these points. I just marvel in the length cuz weird shit starts to happen. unless of course the loss comes on a frustrating error or something........
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WiggumFan267 posted...

and yeah Rosario has been a mess defensively.

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~Wigs~ 3-Time Consecutive Fantasy B8 Baseball Champion
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and yeah Rosario has been a mess defensively. the offense has been struggling more lately though so now is not the time
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

At least Hechevarria should help out a bit with the Mets' atrocious defense. Dom's just been in an unfortunate situation this year. He's been good as a pinch hitter, but he's shown he deserves more than that. But there's just no room.

he'd settled very nicely into is PH role. He will never be a starter as long as Alonso is here. Putting him in the minors doesn't do anything.
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tag
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Brodie Van Wagenen on sending down Dominic Smith for Adeiny Hechavarria: "This is a tough decision, to send down one of our best players. But I think our roster got better as a result of it."

lol cant make this up
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WiggumFan267 posted...

In case you needed more proof the mets are ownership is nothing but a bunch of chickenshit,

and I know , you didn't. Sorry, but can't help it with the dumb shit that happens every day
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when you have the chance to remove a guy hitting .353 from the bench for a .220 career hitter who is better suited in AAA because he might opt out if you don't put him on the roster, you just gotta take those shots. especially when it leaves you with only righties on your bench. Lefty pinch hitters are never useful huh?

it's so obvious this franchise and the wilpons do not care about winning games.
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In case you needed more proof the mets are ownership is nothing but a bunch of chickenshit, they decided today to option Dom Smith, their best bench bat, and only lefty, and only backup first baseman for Adeiny Hechevarria, career like .230 hitter. Dom has been thriving in a pinch hit role, but they said "he needs to get ABs every day". what a load of bullshit. No you don't when you are thriving as a PH and have been proving it in the minors for years. He's FINALLY seeing success here.

The only logical reason why this move would be made is of course, $. They're paying Hechevarria anyway, and they save $1M by calling him up today. He gets a 1 million dollar bonus for being on the roster 150 days. There are 149 days left in the season. It's so blatant what they're doing. They are clearly not trying to have the best 25 man on the roster.

This is $3M for Hechevarria mind you, that could've gone to Gio Gonzalez or pitching depth instead.

Oh yeah, there's a reminder for you they paid THREE MILLION DOLLARS for a 3rd string shortstop.

Holy fucking hell , this franchise you guys. They clearly do not care about winning.
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yeah, a very metsian win today from the one yesterday. great outing from syndergaard, i believe only 4 hits and a walk , with 10 k. hopefully he's fixed but gonna need a better offense than the reds to see (same for deGrom). At least in reality, they're supposed to have a good one on paper
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(unlucky is also Corey Kluber breaking his arm on a comebacker, double woof... not that he was doing well this year)
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

WiggumFan267 posted...

no one has the s*** luck this team has

The Yankees' 40 WAR injured roster would like to disagree

I'd call being 17-13 with 40 WAR on the IL (still can't get used to that) pretty fortunate. Whether or not that comes undone when you face tougher teams remains to be seen but for now y'all should be thanking your lucky stars you've faced a ton of bad teams and had all these backups no one has ever heard of all become Ted Williams. That sounds like the opposite of bad luck to me. I'd also call being alive to witness multiple championships just slightly fortunate.

What's not fortunate is having Edwin Diaz give up 2 9th inning tiebreaking 2 out home runs the last 2 out of 3 games.

https://twitter.com/ktsharp/status/1123768288352321536

Edwin Diaz Career Tie-Breaking 2-Out HRs Allowed:

Last 2 Games - 2
First 200 Games - 1

woof. Also saw a stat that said opponents hit .336 vs Diaz in tie games and .160 in everything else. Obviously that's probably not meaningful, but those are career numbers so it's not insignificant.

Not blaming him for either loss though, this team just can't get it together all at once, and it's always that way. The pitching is on but the hitting does nothing, or vice versa. We finally got vintage 2018 deGrom again tonight, but of course came with that the 2018 Mets offense behind deGrom. Can't win.
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Not so random, Matz is probably their best hitting pitcher! Syndergaard has the most power , but Matz (and deGrom) have hit at every level... Vargas is also like a career .225 hitter FWIW.
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y'all shoulda brought him up in March!
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they won but at what cost
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this exact thing happened TWICE IN A WEEK TO THE SAME PLAYER

WHAT

only. the. mets.
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~Wigs~ 3-Time Consecutive Fantasy B8 Baseball Champion
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well cano is out of the game
How does this keep happening
how does cano get called TWICE IN A FUCKING WEEK for a swing on a HBP where he didnt swing and he leaves the game with an injury

no one has the shit luck this team has
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by Tim Anderson... great walk-off call by the White Sox announcer.
https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1121992040663912448

HAVE ALL THE FUN YOU WANT TIM ANDERSON, THIS ONE IS DONE
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update: degrom is still broken.
maybe they shouldnt have had him pitch coming off an injury on a 3 hour delay in rainy weather, but it probably didn't matter either way
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

That seems nonsensical. I get why Hoskins was mad, but nobody else has any reason to be. So much drama over what is basically a non-incident. Might actually be a good thing for the Mets though since it keeps Rhame off the mound.

he's appealing (as he should) but he got optioned anyway. Seems like a bit of a loophole, but how it works is if the suspension is upheld (which I imagine it will be b/c I feel like appeals never work, even if it's BS), is he has to serve the suspension once he's called up.

So.... see you in September, I guess when rosters expand.

Either way, it's a terrible precedent to set here, you can't claim to judge intent in a case like this.
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holy fucking shit

MLB Suspended Rhame for 2 games for "intentionally throwing at Hoskins head". What a fucking joke. It's plain as day he did not hit him on purpose. He has NO control. He's a AAA pitcher.

They can't prove intent at all and Rhame categorically denied throwing at him on purpose (I mean of course he would, but he still did , nor did he indicate in any way that he might've tried to hit him and missed or anything). There were no warnings made before, so MLB wasn't policing the call at the time.

And even if it WAS intentional, it should be WAY more than 2 days. The fact they limited it to 2 says to me they really don't think it was intentional and only did something because the Phillies or someone whined about it. Like this happened 2 days ago. Why wait until Thursday night, nearly 48 hours after the pitch?
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

It was devoid of all character sans some corporate slop that new Yankee Stadium also features

Yeah, totally agree with this through 2011. 2012 I think is when Citi added some character to it. It's a much nicer stadium now than 2009-2011. My biggest complaint is theres really a ton of ads on the OF wall and stuff, probably more than most stadiums, but not like a ton more- I've reluctantly accepted that this is the way it is now with basically every stadium or arena.

New Yankee feels more like city hall than a stadium, Citi had this feeling too til 2012
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You are the first person I've seen to not like Citi! You aren't just talking about its first 3 or so years right? I didn't like it at all initially, the first few years or so, until they made some changes- adding more history and Mets banners and stuff around the park (which was somehow completely devoid of it those first 3 years) and making the OF wall blue and orange instead of brown was important.

Have you been to others? I generally will always put anything with a roof or dome below ones that don't. Marlins park is the exception.
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Camden is my favorite I've been to. Citi is also great.
This is my ranking of current ballparks I've been to (I've also been to Shea obv, Old Yankee, Candlestick, Jack Murphy, and Joe Robbie)

1. Camden
2. PNC
3. AT&T
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4. Marlins (pre-changes)
5. Coors
6. Citi
7. SunTrust
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8. Busch
9. Progressive
10. Fenway
11. Miller
12. Citizens Bank
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13. Nationals
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14. Minute Maid
15. Rogers Centre
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16. New Yankee
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29. (Oakland-Alameda)
30. (Tropicana)

I put the A's and Rays on here, even though I've never been to them because they're obviously last.
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

I'm going to the Mets game on Saturday against the Brewers. Still need to get tickets to the Yankees at some point.

enjoy! Looks like you'll get Syndergaard, so enjoy the offense and high pitch counts. Have you been to Citi before?
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"Yet as they sat this week to crunch the numbers, Mets officials deduced that Gonzalez, whom the Yankees recently released, was not a sure upgrade over Vargas."

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. It doesn't matter how much of an upgrade or not he is over Vargas (he is one). He's a HUGE upgrade over the next guy up when someone gets hurt, Flexen. In this spot, you're paying for an EXTRA BODY- Insurance, not an upgrade. This is like saying "Oh we don't want an exact $2M replica of Jacob deGrom whose numbers are slightly worse, we already have one and the replica isn't a sure upgrade" - instead of wanting both.

Also then it poses the question "Well, what about Keuchel, he's for sure an upgrade?"
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