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Count Von Count

8:00

Wow, carson throwing flames tonight!

Crusty Juggler

8:00

Yeah, sit on it, Uncle Jimbo

Eric A Longenhagen

8:00

Carson, when are we podding?

Carson Cistulli

8:00

Uh... Wednesday?

8:01

Wait, when's Wednesday?

Is that tomorrow?

Eric A Longenhagen

8:01

Tomorrow is Wednesday.

Carson Cistulli

8:01

Oh. Right.

How about Thursday?

Eric A Longenhagen

8:01

It's fine as long as we work around Instrux.

Carson Cistulli

8:01

Sure. That's alright.

Eric A Longenhagen

8:02

Carson Cistulli

8:02

Oh! And as someone on Twitter has reminded the public, Darren O'Day was also a Rule 5 pick.

(Apropos our conversation about that from earlier.)

Jeff Sullivan

8:02

Davis just got under that

dgrussel

8:02

Britton was warming in the top of the 9th...he must be hurt

Jeff Sullivan

8:02

Or the other thing!

anonymous

8:02

This chat is now serving as Fangraphs slack channel

Eric A Longenhagen

8:02

Osuna hurt?

Jeff Sullivan

8:03

Oh dear

ChatzMcGee

8:03

Osuna hurt.

Henry

8:03

Ugh.

Jeff Sullivan

8:04

Well that certainly blows

For anyone not watching, Encarnacion signaled for the trainer to come out after Osuna's last pitch. He walked off shortly thereafter

The pitch itself was 96mph

8:06

Liriano is in now and Schoop is now out

8:07

Bourn's out, to the bottom of the 10th. I wonder which non-Britton pitcher will pitch

ChatzMcGee

8:08

Ubaldo!

Sgt. Pepper

8:08

What's Jim Palmer up to these days?

ChiefBigWilly

8:09

This looks like OG Liriano

Jeff Sullivan

8:09

O'Day to face Tulo/Upton/Pillar

Carson Cistulli

8:10

We can take for granted that pitchers tend to produce better numbers in relief than as a starter. I wonder how much a guy like Liriano -- who's maybe not as a dominant or precise as he's been in the past -- how much he benefits from the knowledge that he's working in a limited capacity.

8:11

To be clear: I'm just sitting at this table, wondering that.

Gtrope87

8:11

I always wonder how some of these guys come up with these goofy deliveries

Jeff Sullivan

8:11

There's an answer. O'Day dropped down after getting cut in college!

8:12

Justin Smoak pinch-hitting for Melvin Upton, and the crowd applauds, apparently ignorant of Justin Smoak's statistics

Carson Cistulli

8:13

Is it possible that your experience with Smoak as a Mariner colors that comment at all, Sullivan?

Jeff Sullivan

8:13

Looking at the statistics, no

Eric A Longenhagen

8:13

If anyone wants to follow an O'Day-ish prospect I suggest David Berg.

Jeff Sullivan

8:14

By the way, this year, Britton inherited 53 leads, seven ties, and nine deficits

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