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Tony Wolfe
8:34
Correa's also gonna be a "who the heck knows" situation though
Derek
8:34
I've resigned myself to never actually knowing if Jose Iglesias is good or not
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:34
He's definitely good with the glove! Would have been viewed far more favorably back in the days when shortstops were defense-first and batting average was bigger than OBP.
Ben Clemens
8:35
Iglesias turning out to be excellent on defense after scuffling at first is very satisfying
8:36
Because I defy you to watch him play defense and not come away thinking "Wow that guy is excellent"
Kevinthecomic
8:37
So, did the Dodgers "know something" when they tried to trade Pederson for Rengifo?
Tony Wolfe
8:37
Iglesias going from a .296 xwOBA in 2019 to .372 this year is absolutely wild considering he still never really hit anything hard
Ben Clemens
8:38
I don't think it's any secret that the Dodgers were down on Joc, they keep not making him a full-time player despite opportunities to do so
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
8:38
Is the dumb in-the-base angle allowed for replay review?
Ben Clemens
8:38
No idea!
8:39
I'm not a big fan of the base cam
Dirt's not that interesting
Tony Wolfe
8:39
Me neither
It doesn't really show anything
Kevinthecomic
8:39
That was a dart by Maldonado
Guest
8:39
Commercial Break Trivia: Who was the first MLB player to earn 10MM or more in a season?
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:39
The base cam is a gimmick, and that's about it.
Ben Clemens
8:40
Hm
Without any real idea of whether this is the right era, I'll say Rickey Henderson
Lzfreak
8:40
Bonds?
Kevin Brown?
Sam
8:40
I think it is of utmost importance to know that Mike Zunino had 3 singles this year
Derek
8:41
I think it's mid-'90s... Pedro maybe?
Ben Clemens
8:41
Answer to come at the end of commercials
Kevinthecomic
8:42
Damn, I remember the hoopla when the Jay's signed Bill Caudill to be their closer for a million per -- '85 I think
Lzfreak
8:42
That seems like a bad challenge
Guest
8:42
Trivia Answer: Albert Belle
Ben Clemens
8:42
I was not even close!
Guest
8:43
I might be inviting the pitchforks, but I won't be *super* upset if the Astros advance. Yeah, they have some arrogant trash humans on their team, but they're also good baseball players and it feels weird to get so worked up over sports in the fire that is 2020.
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:43
I agree with this from the cheating angle. That said, the sub-.500 thing is a big negative.
Guest
8:43
Correa, Lindor, Seager, Story, Baez: Who hits free agency, who gets traded, who gets extended?
Tony Wolfe
8:44
My hunch is Story gets extended, just because the Rockies are weird and tend to do things I don't expect them to
Ben Clemens
8:45
Trying to go inside to Bregman is a mistake
I assume that it was, literally, a mistake pitch
Tony Wolfe
8:45
Kevin Cash looks a lot like Bill Burr to me
AvatarDavid Laurila
8:46
Re the Bill Caudill comment, the Red Sox signed Bill Campbell to a five-year contract worth $200,000 annually in the mid-70s. That was a big-money signing for a closer.
Guest
8:47
Do you guys do fantasy at all?  Where are you looking at Valdez in 2021 drafts?
Ben Clemens
8:47
I do play fantasy, but I would not consider myself a fantasy expert, unlike the fine people at RotoGraphs
8:48
So I'll defer to Paul Sporer's early 2021 rankings:
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