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Meg Rowley
2:22
That rotation is still projected to be the 4th best in baseball!
Craig Edwards
2:22
you could look at xwOBA on fly balls. If it is much lower than actual wOBA, they might be missing homers.
Trent
2:22
Cards fan here . . . is Holland available to pitch today?  Bullpen might be getting more work than expected . . . .
Craig Edwards
2:23
I doubt he'll be here for a few weeks.
not going to be in NY for this series for sure.
Mike
2:23
Is everyone associated with Fangraphs a Mariners fan?
Craig Edwards
2:24
I'm not.
Meg Rowley
2:24
Hardly. Jeff has smartly allowed his fandom to fade, which might mean he is better at self care than I am. He's also been doing this full-time longer than I have. Though I've already noticed I care less than I used to.
First Man on the Sun
2:25
Was not expecting to see Cishek bat today...
Craig Edwards
2:25
Good thing Maddon is good with managing lineups, playing time, and players. and that they are playing the Marlins.
Alec Asher Wojciechowski
2:27
So Yuli is serving his suspension, then the Astros will decide if he needs to go to the DL... Does that seem odd to you?
Erik
2:28
Meg, has your Madison Mallards fandom also faded?
Craig Edwards
2:28
Yes, but it was going to be odd regardless. They start him on the DL and then at some point take him off to serve a suspension?
Meg Rowley
2:28
embarrassing confession: I never had the pleasure of going to a Mallards game. I am a horrible failure.
Brian Anderson
2:29
Am I a future all star?
Craig Edwards
2:29
probably not.
Justin
2:30
Thor no longer having amazingly dominant game.
Craig Edwards
2:30
8 Ks, no walks, getting BABIP'd a bit.
Brandon M
2:31
Re: Yuli: so he's not actually missing anytime because he's already hurt?
Craig Edwards
2:31
seems like it.
Forrest
2:31
For a rule 5 guy, does a club risk losing the player if he goes on the DL? If not, would there be a big incentive for a club to DL a guy so he's not taking up a 25-man roster spot?
CarrotJuice
2:32
Say JT Realmuto is traded before the All Star game. Who represents the Marlins at the All Star Game?
Craig Edwards
2:32
yes, he has to stay on the active 25-man roster for most of the year. Too much DL time and he gets offered back to the old team.
Meg Rowley
2:33
Boring answer (NO PUN INTENDED I SWEAR): Justin Bour maybe? Fun answer: Lewis Brinson!
Craig Edwards
2:34
even more boring answer, whoever their best reliever is.
Meg Rowley
2:34
Yeah, that's also probably the right answer.
Justin
2:34
Also, does Starlin Castro hate his life having been traded from the Cubs and the Yankees?
Meg Rowley
2:35
Don't know the guy obviously, but it can't feel great to be thought dispensable. On the other hand, he gets to live in Miami.
Rockie Dangerfield
2:35
Is it too early to start this year's Larry Walker HoF campaign?
Craig Edwards
Meg Rowley
2:35
Yes. We're trying to have a civilization here.
tb.25
2:36
5 innings in 2 hours. Guess limiting mound visits really helped...
Meg Rowley
2:36
Mound visits were geared more toward pace of play not time of game.
Craig Edwards
2:36
Right. it really isn't the time, that's the issue, it is the action.
Erik
2:37
The Marlins' teardown will almost inevitably result in some unheralded prospected turning out to be an above-average player, simply because they'll be starting so many unheralded prospects. Who do you think has the best chance?
Craig Edwards
2:38
I don't know, but this is one of the lesser publicized benefits of a rebuild. You are using roster spots on potential lottery tickets and nobody ever gets blocked.
tb.25
2:39
Mound visits would, in theory, help pitchers. Allowing them to take a breather, collect themselves, strategize, etc. By limiting them, it supports batters. Is that was MLB wanted? Seems a bit unfair to manipulate the pitcher-batter dynamic through limiting visits.
Meg Rowley
2:39
It isn't as if they eliminated them entirely. Each team still gets six, and that doesn't include actual pitching changes.
vivalajeter
2:40
Watching Syndergaard pitch today, how on earth does anyone ever end the season with a sub-2.00 ERA?  He looks filthy, yet he's already given up 3 runs in 3.2 innings and he's a bloop away from another one.
Craig Edwards
2:40
and yet, Clayton Kershaw exists and can pull it off. It's amazing.
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