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[QUOTE="tbonezone, post: 5519847, member: 1028"]
early lead but closers blow it. again. that's the nutshell. and  just a reminder , as i posted before his trade to the padres we had a chance to land 26 year old mason miller.
   my post from august 7th...
 [I]"mason miller .3rd season .138 innings. 204 strikeouts. throws 104mph. 
you ask yerself ...do i need an outfielder or a flame throwing closer ?"[/I]

so yes he wouldda cost us some prospects but we are already 2 deep at most positions.
  but lack a true closer. and so now what are the talking heads saying about his trade in october ?
[I][B] "Since his arrival, there’s an argument to be made that Miller has been the best reliever in baseball. Or, maybe there’s no argument at all. Miller has posted a 0.77 ERA, while punching out an absurd 54 percent of the batters he’s faced. In early September, he became the second player in Padres history to [URL='https://www.mlb.com/padres/news/mason-miller-throws-immaculate-inning-against-orioles']record an immaculate inning[/URL], throwing nine straight sliders and getting nine straight strikes -- the last eight of which were swings and misses -- in the eighth inning against the Orioles. And, oh yeah, he throws a 103-mph fastball, too."[/B][/I]

so what we don't have and what will cost us playoff games is not outfielders but a legit closer.  just sayin' .
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