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The NL East winner will be (votes close 9/1):

Barves
15 (46.9%)
Phillies
6 (18.8%)
Nats
5 (15.6%)
Mets
2 (6.3%)
do the Marlins still count?
4 (12.5%)

Total Members Voted: 32

Voting closed: September 01, 2018, 02:36:33 pm

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Offline imref

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #50 on: March 14, 2018, 06:22:11 am »
Tim Tebow to the Mets’ minor league camp. He’s hitting .056 this spring.
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #51 on: March 14, 2018, 07:55:58 am »
In a world of instant news, you are the USA Today...  ;)
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #52 on: March 14, 2018, 08:27:16 am »
Quote from: GburgNatsFan on March 13, 2018, 09:00:26 pm
I didn't mean for him necessarily, I meant to pick up  another #3 kind of starter.
Ok

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #53 on: March 31, 2018, 10:47:36 pm »
Having officially set a major legue record for number of pitchers used to start the season, Phillies manager Gabe Kepler turned to shortstop Pedro Florimon to pitch the 8th inning tonight. Florimon gave up 2 runs which is no big deal when you’re already getting killed. It’s 15-2 Braves in the top of the 9th.

The Braves have been playing without manager Brian Snitker since the 3rd inning. He was ejected for arguing with the umpires.  Phillies starter Velasquez melted down (7ER in 2.1 IP), Kepler had not called for anyone to be warming up, so he was trying to stall and dawdled with the lineup card, Snitker freaked and got ejected, and the umps docked Phillies Milner some of his warm up pitches.

 This is Snitker’s second ejection in 3 games, and Kepler’s 4852nd bizarre pitching decision.  Phillies pitchers are in for a rough year.
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Offline UMDNats

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #54 on: April 01, 2018, 12:07:49 am »
Kepler is so busy trying to be the smartest guy in the room that he's forgetting that his job is to run a team of human beings, not a computer simulation. What an jerk.
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #55 on: April 01, 2018, 12:43:24 am »
It’s Kapler but yea, he’s an idiot.
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Offline KnorrForYourMoney

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #56 on: April 01, 2018, 04:04:42 am »
Kepler often was the smartest guy in the room.  Maybe not Newton-level smart, but still amazing for his time.
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #57 on: April 01, 2018, 04:15:34 am »
Braves refuse to lose
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Offline Natsinpwc

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #58 on: April 01, 2018, 08:24:40 am »
Time for Velasquez to head to the bullpen. I'm Lehigh Valley.

Kaplar made a really bad decision in the opener removing Nola when he was cruising.  That was compounded by too many catch up moves. I like what he has done with the lineup. Kingery is real good. The next Utley. Keep Werth away from his wife.
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Offline Count Walewski

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #59 on: April 01, 2018, 08:51:09 am »
Are we spelling Keppler differently in every post? Is that the gimmick in this thread?
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #60 on: April 01, 2018, 10:33:58 am »
You mean Keplarr?
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #61 on: April 01, 2018, 04:26:52 pm »
Caplar or GTFO . . .
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Offline aBaltoNat

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #62 on: April 01, 2018, 05:12:29 pm »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on April 01, 2018, 04:26:52 pm
Caplar or GTFO . . .

I used to not care about W/L this early in the season due to our division...but the Mets and Barves actually have me a bit nervous this year. Every W counts.
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #63 on: April 01, 2018, 06:44:17 pm »
Quote from: KnorrForYourMoney on April 01, 2018, 04:04:42 am
Kepler often was the smartest guy in the room.  Maybe not Newton-level smart, but still amazing for his time.

That’s elliptical reasoning, not circular.
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #64 on: April 01, 2018, 08:20:02 pm »
There are reports that Kapler has been fired, haven’t yet seen it in a mainstream report so might be an April fools joke.
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #65 on: April 01, 2018, 09:49:56 pm »
Quote from: imref on April 01, 2018, 08:20:02 pm
There are reports that Kapler has been fired, haven’t yet seen it in a mainstream report so might be an April fools joke.
didn't he do the same thing (signal for a reliever without having anyone warm) in preseason?  Or was that Boone?  Now that I think of it, boone did this when pulling Betances.  He had to go out and pitch to an extra batter. 
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #66 on: April 01, 2018, 11:48:13 pm »
Quote from: imref on April 01, 2018, 08:20:02 pm
There are reports that Kapler has been fired, haven’t yet seen it in a mainstream report so might be an April fools joke.

I found ONE "article" that said this, and contained within that same article/blog post was a line that said this:

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Luckily for Kapler, all of this is just all in fun on this April Fool’s Day. While the rookie manager is already sitting on the hottest seat among Philadelphia coaches, the organization will certainly keep in their quest to “Be Bold.”

Happy April Fool’s Day!

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #67 on: April 04, 2018, 06:30:55 pm »
When was the last time we were not in 1st place?  Didn't we go wire to wire last year, and then in 2016 we were on top most of the season. 
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« Reply #68 on: April 04, 2018, 07:21:44 pm »
Quote from: rileyn on April 04, 2018, 06:30:55 pm
When was the last time we were not in 1st place?  Didn't we go to wire last year, and then in 2016 we were on top most of the season. 

the Mets series is actually going to be meaningful (at least to the fans).
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #69 on: April 10, 2018, 10:32:25 pm »
Mets pull it out against Miami. Sigh...
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #70 on: April 11, 2018, 02:58:03 pm »
If you had Travis D'Arnaud + Torn UCL in the Mets 2018 Injury Pool, your square has just come up!
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #71 on: April 11, 2018, 03:49:39 pm »
Quote from: dcpatti on April 11, 2018, 02:58:03 pm
If you had Travis D'Arnaud + Torn UCL in the Mets 2018 Injury Pool, your square has just come up!

wow.
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Offline rileyn

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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #72 on: April 11, 2018, 10:23:06 pm »
This season has 2015 written all over it.  That year the Mets ran off 11 in a row early and made us try to catch them all year.
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« Reply #73 on: April 11, 2018, 10:27:45 pm »
Quote from: rileyn on April 11, 2018, 10:23:06 pm
This season has 2015 written all over it.  That year the Mets ran off 11 in a row early and made us try to catch them all year.

And of course the Mets won today. For the first time they have their starting rotation at full strength.
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Re: NL East (2018)
« Reply #74 on: April 11, 2018, 10:28:28 pm »
Quote from: rileyn on April 11, 2018, 10:23:06 pm
This season has 2015 written all over it.  That year the Mets ran off 11 in a row early and made us try to catch them all year.

Gee whiz. They were in first place all of July that year. They lost the lead on a disastrous west coast trip in August.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSN/2015-schedule-scores.shtml
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