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Eflin isn't a bad pitcher, but the Phils have a puncher's chance at the postseason if they make a move for a veteran starter, and I'd like to see that happen well before deadline.

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Wall? mlbtraderumors.com/2018/06/jayson…

I’m no hoops expert but I get the Philadelphia 76ers alerts. 67 points is a lot to surrender in a half, right?

Does Case Keenum get $36M and Sam Bradford $20M if Nick Foles doesn't win the Super Bowl and show that dreams really do come true for middling journeyman quarterbacks?

Managing personnel will be harder for Kapler than tactics. He benched the best overall player the last 3 years Opening Day. The club's best prospect also sat. This idea of working him in as super-UT ... easier said than done as others need reps, too, and have upside.

I'm not signing up for daily lineup outrage. My outrage reserves are all tapped out.

Neshek, 37, headed to the DL this soon is troublesome. Maybe Kapler is just cautious and we'll need to get used to it, but a lot of times you see these early season injuries linger into month-long DL stints. Vital piece. Hope it's nothing.

Let me just cut the fat from this ...

My wife caught me looking at Scott Kingery's Insta feed from a few years ago and she and I agreed it was weird, so I stopped.

If the Phils hold, Kapler will only need to jockey four or five more wins like this one to achieve full Opening Day forgiveness.

And to think: If not for signing a long-term deal, he would have just been hanging out at Tosche Station with his friends. x.com/NBCSPhilly/sta…

But guys: Vince Velasquez sits in the top 25 percent in 4-seam fastball RPM. Surely, you're all tantalized by this. TANTALIZED.

Booing Kapler feels right. This isn't Pittsburgh. We don't suffer fools gladly, smile like idiots and skip-skip-skip-to-my-lou to our monthly championship parade.

At risk of being captain obvious ... what a career. Not always top of mind because it happened in Seattle. To put in perspective: 1,221 more career hits than Chase Utley. x.com/Mariners/statu…

Worth tracking: LV pitchers you haven't heard of. Brandon Leibrandt 0.00 in 23 innings, 12 K, 3 BB, Cole Irvin 3.21 42.1 IP, 37/11 K/BB, Enyel De Los Santos 0.84 ERA, 32 IP, 39/13 K/BB.

No one had the Phils eight over .500 on May 16. It might be time to let Opening Day bygones be bygones with Kapler, no?

31-win Brewers. Name a Brewer.