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Eno Sarris

12:46

I think what makes it difficult is that we don't have many views that allow us to see where they are standing in the box with reliability, and we have no measures for league-wide to give us a sense of scope and where a guy fits in.

SignedEpsteinsMother

12:47

What does it mean that when I see the name Chapman I think Mark David.

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

12:47

Peter, I'm a pediatrician. Can't you see you're sitting on a firetruck?

Joel

12:47

waiting for the ludes is far more entertaining than paying attention in my philosophy class

Jucky Bacobson

12:47

Do teams who send players to the AFL send instructions about how they want them used, what they want them to work on, or how often they should play, or is that mostly up to the random manager of that Arizona club?

Eno Sarris

12:48

I've asked them that, and mostly they say that if they've heard anything, it's "keep playing, build up innings/PA, play against other good prospects"

Josh

12:48

Cueto bounce back next season or is he toast?

Eno Sarris

12:48

Health-based bounce back to three-to-four wins? 3.5-3.7 ERA type? I could see that.

JD15

12:49

Where does Strasburg's Changeup rank among changeups? Also...can people now realize that the changeup can be a game changer/strike out pitch rather than complimentary? (Ex. Tanaka/Salazar split, Stras change, etc.)

Eno Sarris

12:50

The changeup's whiff rate has the weakest correlation to overall whiff rate, last time I checked, so you're right to point out that many pitchers use the pitch for weak contact. but there are many different kinds of changeups, and absolutely there are pitchers trying to get to two strike counts to throw their nasty change.

Beastin 25/8

12:50

Gray/Keuchel, Severino/Verlander, CC/Peacock, Tanaka/Morton. Am I crazy or is that a favorable series of match ups for the Yankees?

Eno Sarris

12:50

I'd say even, even to Verlander based on recent performance, even to Peacock, Tanaka.

Chicago Mold Spores

12:51

If Cubs win tonight and use Hendricks and Quintana, like Maddon says he plans to, who do you start in Game 1 since none of the staff would be on more than 2 days rest, and then who do you start on 3 days rest in Game 2?

Eno Sarris

12:51

Woof. Could you do a bullpen game in the first with Montgomery starting?

Cody

12:52

What should the Brewers do for 2B next year?

Eno Sarris

12:52

Should of traded for Lowrie. I guess Villar and see where they need help in season if they're winning.

HappyFunBall

12:53

If you were Dusty, and knew that all of your pitchers would perform to their season averages, how would you plan on deploying them today?

Eno Sarris

12:53

Scherzer starts hahaaha

Jucky Bacobson

12:54

What did Dan Vogelbach do wrong? List of possible crimes: a. Not enough power. b. Whipped Dipoto on Madden and laughed about it. c. Leaves his jock on the pool table in spring training. d. Other.

Eno Sarris

12:55

If you're going to be a strikeout/walk guy with no D, you have to have power, and his power output has not been consistent? Or c.

Jucky Bacobson

12:55

Have you heard anything about the state of Brandon Belt's concussion symptoms?

Eno Sarris

12:56

Supposedly he's ready to work out and be ready for spring...

Fangraphs Juggalo

12:56

Does CarMart have the stuff to be a CY contender in his future, or is he destined to be defined by flashes of brilliance pulled down by inconsistency?

Eno Sarris

12:56

I tend to be suspicious of those mechanics, he flies open a lot, but the stuff is so good I'm not going to say he can't win a Cy.

Nelson

12:56

What do you think of the theory that all these fruited beers a 0 IBU IPAs are because a lot of people want to get into craft beer, but dont actually like the taste of beer?

Eno Sarris

12:57

Beer doesn't *have* to taste bitter!

HappyFunBall

12:57

Next year the Nats put Robles in AAA for development, then run Eaton/Taylor/Harper across the OF. Goodwin can be the 4th OF, and Robles gets called up for any significant injury. Victor looked good in a cup of coffee this year, but that doesn't mean he's ready for 162.

Eno Sarris

12:57

Yeah.

Oddball Herrera

12:57

Am I the only one who gets weirded out when I see players screaming like madmen on TV after a big play? There is an intensity there I just can't relate to and have always found a little disturbing. Maybe this is why I am no good at organized sports...

Eno Sarris

12:57

I've been there in my pickup ball game, maybe not quite all the way there, but it would be a little out of place.

CamdenWarehouse

12:57

Pay attention in your philosophy class! that way you can get a job and wait for ludes while getting paid like the rest of us.

Fangraphs Juggalo

12:57

Your lubes are great, but the best lubes were in the Wolf of Wall Street

Nelson

12:58

I always pick which teams to root for in the playoffs inversly based on what corny stuff gestures the teams do when they get a big hit. Glad the Bosox are out, but the yankees with their dumb thumbs down thing need to go.

Big Joe Mufferaw

12:58

K, anyone who has watched the ALDS knows that the umps really F'd up Judge's Strike Zone

Eno Sarris

12:59

To be fair, they've had a hard time with the low pitch on him all year, because he's so tall.

Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe

12:59

ERIC SOGARD?!

Eno Sarris

12:59

free agent, sadly.