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Aer

8:17

that's the second time gary has stepped out of the box before the pitch is caught. why?

Jeff Sullivan

8:17

Taking all the way and preventing himself from swinging

Travis Sawchik

8:17

Severino would be on regular rest for Game 3 and is probably pitching only once in the series, regardless

Jeff Sullivan

8:17

No outs and two runners in scoring position now for the Yankees. Verge of spiraling out of control, here

AdamZ

8:18

The best part about caring about one team is going onto message boards and bitching about how horrible they are all the time regardless of their record.

MaxRobespierre

8:18

I’m so detached from individual MLB teams that I usually cheer along with the home team’s fans whenever I attend a game, regardless of where it is. I can get pumped for that, and the experience is fun.

Travis Sawchik

8:18

Maybe we need individual team message boards at FanGraphs

NtflxnRichHill

8:18

Which one of you could name more players on the Padres' 25 man roster?

Jeff Sullivan

8:19

Probably me, but I keep obsessive track of the depth charts

Travis Sawchik

8:19

Jeff is your man on depth charts

And Padres

Jeff Sullivan

8:19

Did you know Craig Stammen is around and quite good

Tim

8:20

Do you guys remeber when Travis said Judge wasn't clutch and Gary wasn't that good?

Jeff Sullivan

8:20

We all say lots of things

One time I wrote a positive article about Carlos Peguero

There's one important out for the Twins. If they want to have any chance...

Guest

8:21

Is there a reason that the black box stats can't and won't ever exist in the playoffs? Something about controlling for the league environment? Or do they just currently not5 happen to exist?

Travis Sawchik

8:21

I didn't say Judge wasn't clutch ... He wasn't 'clutch' in 2017 regular season. That's probably not predicative. But it is history

Jeff Sullivan

8:21

I don't think they exist, and we're not in control of them

Important point there by Travis. Whenever we point to Clutch, we are smart enough to know it's not predictive. But what's happened has happened

Travis Sawchik

8:21

What I mean, is I wasn't having an opinion ... I was writing about history that happened

caesar_solid

8:22

is there a way to search for games in the regular season with the biggest swings in win-probability? I was hoping there would be something like that for each team on their team page

Travis Sawchik

8:22

Sanchez, well, I've been eating crow for several months. That's fine.

Jeff Sullivan

8:22

No :(

Babe Lincoln

8:22

Jeff, any recommendations for a good volcano book (besides Krakatoa)?

Jeff Sullivan

8:23

No Apparent Danger

AdamZ

8:23

Jeff and Travis, what are your worst takes (in hindsight) you ever put into writing?

Jeff Sullivan

8:23

In a fit of frustration I accused Daisuke Matsuzaka of being a mercenary in violation of international law

Travis Sawchik

8:24

I suggested the Columbia class of nuclear submarines were a poor investment

Jeff Sullivan

8:24

For shame!

Bryan

8:24

I still don't get why Didi's wRC is only 115 or so. Dude has been one of the top 3 or 4 offensive SS in the league. And is top 5 in almost all categories. Seems to me your putting too much stock in walks

Jeff Sullivan

8:24

Low OBP, hitter-friendly ballpark

8:25

This is how it works http://www.fangraphs.com/guts.aspx?type=cn

NtflxnRichHill

8:25

My wife just looked at aaron judge and said, if I cover his face, that's what your body looked like when we got married.

Jeff Sullivan

8:25

What a huge strikeout by Rogers. Twins might escape this yet!

They really can't afford to give up another run

Crusty

8:25

Yankees fans: ready your pitchforks for the march on Travis!

Travis Sawchik

8:26

What's amusing to me is I have actually been very pro-Yankee this year in postings

Babe Lincoln

8:26

In an argument with a friend about whether a Clutch Player exists, came across some great *anecdotal* evidence that it does not: Derek Jeter: .310 (career) BA regular season, .308 BA playoffs; Andy Pettitte: 3.84 ERA regular season, .381 ERA playoffs

Jeff Sullivan

8:26

Of course, in Jeter's defense, hitting in the playoffs is much harder

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