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AvatarJay Jaffe
7:42
Right?
AvatarDan Szymborski
7:43
Has anyone here seen Merrilll? M-e-double-r-i-double-l, has anyone here seen Merrill? Have you seen him smile? He had a great year with the Diamondbacks, good control for the speed he lacks, has anyone here seen Merrill? Merrill of the emerald isle?
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:44
Needed to Schwarb that a lot harder, or just a little less
GoBarves
7:45
That fastball shape looks mighty good
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:45
i don't think i've seen Imanaga pitch before this. Love the hesitation leg kick
Kyle Kishimoto
7:45
yep - avgd 19 in of carry in the 1st inning, the whiff to schwarber had 20
Kwah
7:45
Kyle Schmedium-contact on that one.
Guest
7:45
Is anyone else having serious audio/visual sync issues with FS1? I am using YouTubeTV
AvatarDan Szymborski
7:45
I am. Drives me nuts when Robothal is talking
Floyd
7:45
I’d love Yonder Alonso to take over for Smoltz. Trying to think of another ex-player who would thrive in that role. Chris Archer eventually.
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:45
holy moses, Trea Turner
RTJ
7:45
TURNER
Kyle Kishimoto
7:46
oh my
GoBarves
7:46
Boooooom
Turner!
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:46
5th homer of the tournament for Turner
Kwah
7:46
tHRea tuHRneHR
ryan
7:46
You fucks are like 6 seconds ahead of me, quit spoiling the game!
AvatarDan Szymborski
7:46
I will type slower
Kyle Kishimoto
7:49
anyway before trea turner interrupted me with a blast, here are some stats on Imanaga from last year

2.26 ERA/3.24 FIP
pitch mix: 54% fastball (92 mph), 4% slider, 14% cutter, 10% curve, 18% changeup
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:49
I just wish every time Turner homered he slid into home plate
Lzfreak
7:49
Do they do a tournament mvp? It's gotta be Turner if the US wins, right?
Kyle Kishimoto
7:49
yes, they do an all-tournament team + MVP
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:50
Yes. Daisuke Matsuzaka was MVP in both 2006 and '09, Robinson Canó in 2013 and Marcus Stroman in 2017
AvatarDan Szymborski
7:50
Naturally, Turner would eventually suffer a serious injury on one of the slides and baseball would declare that Fun Time is Over
Chris
7:50
John Smoltz saying he thinks Trea Turner will win an MVP if he cuts down on his strikeouts. Looks at a career 18% K rate...huh
Kyle Kishimoto
7:50
he will win an MVP if he improves his approach and hits the damn ball harder, but we all know smoltz would never advocate for more power
GoBarves
7:52
I will not get mad at Smoltz...
I will not get mad at Smoltz...
I will not get mad at Smoltz...
I will not get mad at Smoltz...
FUCK
Guest
7:52
I will power cycle my Roku and see if that helps, Dan
AvatarDan Szymborski
7:52
I could also train the AI on John Smoltz's voice and make him sound like he enjoys today's game
Floyd
7:52
The all-tournament teams from past WBCs are fantastic “remember some guys” lists
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:52
The whole tournament is just a wonderful mix of International All-Stars and Remembered Guys. Shairon Martis, come on down!
Kyle Kishimoto
7:52
fun fact: both yuli gurriel and yoenis cespedes were on all WBC teams before coming to MLB
Byron Denniston
7:52
As an Englishman and a fan of pop culture, I see the US as the Kim Kardashian to our Kris Jenner. How do you like this comparison?
AvatarDan Szymborski
7:52
Can we not be ANY part of that circus?
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:52
I saw Gurriel with Cuba in 2006!
It was so cool
Floyd
7:53
gurriel made the last out in the final for Cuba in the first WBC
ryan
7:53
Biden should give Trea a Presidential Medal of Freedom
AvatarJay Jaffe
7:54
My (now ex) brother in law convinced me and my wife (his sister) to go see the WBC second round in San Juan in 2006. We saw Puerto Rico-Dominican Republic and DR-Cuba
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