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Farmer1906 said:

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Wabs said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Why the hell is Schwarber in the 5 hole?

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Probably the same reason Tuck is in the 7 hole.

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Manager is drunk?

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I'd lean on the World Champions on the squad. But that's just me.

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Mookie, Tucker, & Pressly? Anyone else?

Farmer1906 said:

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Wabs said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Wabs said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Why the hell is Schwarber in the 5 hole?

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Probably the same reason Tuck is in the 7 hole.

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Manager is drunk?

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I'd lean on the World Champions on the squad. But that's just me.

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Mookie, Tucker, & Pressly? Anyone else?

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Schwarber with Cubs? Wainwright like a decade ago.

Wabs said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Wabs said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Wabs said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Why the hell is Schwarber in the 5 hole?

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Probably the same reason Tuck is in the 7 hole.

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Manager is drunk?

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I'd lean on the World Champions on the squad. But that's just me.

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Mookie, Tucker, & Pressly? Anyone else?

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Schwarber with Cubs? Wainwright like a decade ago.

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2016 feels so so long ago.

Wainwright is seriously the best the usa can trot out to start game #1? My god he's a #5 starter for most MLB teams now a days

Any guess on the font of the lettering on the Great Britain jerseys?

HIS NAME IS KYLE TUCKER🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
pic.twitter.com/LV8aBZsRJY

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) March 12, 2023

Farmer1906 said:

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Why the hell is Schwarber in the 5 hole?

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And he crushes a tater

My "heritage" team - the Czechs - aren't doing so hot early on. I'm surprised, they were supposed to be a juggernaut.

Britain with a guy tossing 101. Has zero command of his breaking stuff though

II said something not nearly as witty to my neighbor when we first saw these jerseys.

The lineup is absolutely stacked but the pitching staff is…lacking.

I was texting my brother about these last night. I'm not one to criticize uniforms and I typically don't care but that is just poor effort. I keep hearing that GB has a small budget but how much would a little bit of creativity actually cost.

Eat Tain? No thanks

Regular fella here. I don't intend to poo-poo the enthusiasm for this "world/global thing," but how does this contest impact Spring Training? Could this effort have been done in the off-season? I mean, if you are on a team, shouldn't you be ...with the team ...in Spring Training?

Venezuela not messing around

Mexico. USA. 🇲🇽🇺🇸

📺: TONIGHT at 10pm ET on FS1 pic.twitter.com/GEoo09mhgV

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 12, 2023

Fair enough, Farmer - No argument here. I know the "heavies" will be ready to go on opening day and these guys need a few months off.

I suppose what I'm getting at is that the teams are in Spring Training and there are Individuals (from those teams) are in this new contest (putting the "I" in TEAM). Teams have their B squad on the ST rosters (normal), but they used to learn to gel as a team and learn/interact from the heavies, who are now off doing this Global thing.

EX: Rook infielder gets called up to field behind Javier. He should be able to anticipate fielding based on upcoming pitch and what Pena/Altuve might do with runners on... but Javier, Pena, and Altuve are not around to do Spring Training things in Spring Training (and there's no more shift). Catchers learning curve could be steep once the SPs come back from this contest.

I'm just looking forward to opening day and hope the lack of "team gel time" doesn't generate too many errors in APR-MAY during REAL baseball season, with zillions of dollars and a real championship at stake in November.

...when the Astros repeat!

Every team is going to experience this with their players missing. It will be evened out across the league from an impact standpoint

Starting pitching is gonna be a big problem for USA

We ain't winning **** with this pitching

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Every team is going to experience this with their players missing. It will be evened out across the league from an impact standpoint

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Exactly, almost every team has a good number of players from their organization playing in the WBC.

MLB club-by-club breakdown of players in 2023 Classic

Of the teams without a large number of players in the tournament, only the Damn Yankees have a legitimate shot in winning it all.

Platinum glove Arenado looking slightly shaky at 3rd? Weird.