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Oaktown Blues
1:45
Not playoff related, but: will the FanGraphs mailbag continue now that the season is over? Is it intended to run through the off-season?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:45
I believe we're stiill doing it weekly, so long as people give us questions!
Ignorant Question
1:46
When FG's player page says Skubal is a FA in 2027, does that mean after 2026 season?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:46
yup
gav hater
1:46
isn't gavin williams's WAR better explained by his poor walk and home run rates
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:46
But BABIP is the big disconnect here between the ERA and the FIP
Bad walk rates and homers already in FIP
sodo mojo
1:47
So are the big advantages to having they Bye being able to sequence your starters and a fully rested bullpen?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:47
Certainly helps, but it's like getting to skip red light/green light in Squid Games
Idiotic Failson
1:47
After watching the Red Sox trade away Devers and make the playoffs - and the Giants subsequently miss the playoffs with him - is this just a coincidental turn of events or is there something 'there'?
AvatarDavid Laurila
1:47
This is almost impossible to answer definitively. I'm inclined to say coincidental turn of events, but... maybe?
Victoria
1:47
O/U $300 mil for Skubal
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:47
over
Tacoby Bellsbury
1:47
Victoria, you're going to want a cheddar brat for that.
Go River Cats
1:47
Would hot dog water give someone a better grip on the baseball?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:48
isn't hot dog water kinda gross and slimy?
and you should be grilling hot dogs, monsters
Sonny
1:48
no Guardians are allowed to have a .700 OPS. You can either be .800+ (let’s be real that’s just JRam) or comfortably in the low to mid .600s
Guest
1:49
Per Jon Stewart, the only three things that belong on hot dogs are mustard, relish, and lukewarm hot dog water
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:49
I feel a Chicago dog is the perfect combination
and outside of that formulation: sauerkraut + mustard + onion
Brian
1:49
Is this CLE lineup the worst hitting lineup ever fielded by a playoff team?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:49
no way!
Cameron
1:51
Hoping for a pitching duel here
AvatarDavid Laurila
1:51
Three innings in, this is what we have. Long way to go though, and Williams's pitch count is up to 47.
Sonny
1:51
Our .310 OPB and .340 slug kings
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:52
Lowest OPS+ for a playoff team is 73 Mets and 07 Diamondbacks at 83
Sonny
1:52
Imagine pitching around Austin Hedges
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:52
I understand the fear: if he hits a postseason HR off of you, you never work again!
Ineffectively Tame
1:52
Skubal walking Hedges has to be one of the unlikeliest single PA results possible.
AvatarDavid Laurila
1:55
FWIW: Hedges is 10-for-30 vs the Tigers over the past three seasons.
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:53
(I'd do wRC+ but we don't have an easy playoff filter checkbox, stathead does)
Quarantino Martinez
1:53
Looking at the Guardians runs-created leaders over the last few years shows the JRam reliance:
2021: Ramírez with 109 (Amed Rosario second with 71 
2022: Ramírez with 114 (Andrés Giménez and Kwan second with 89) 
2023: Ramírez with 108 (Kwan second with 87) 
2024: Ramírez with 115 (Josh Naylor second with 80) 
2025: Ramírez with 111 (Kwan second with 85)
Brian
1:53
I meant specific to this game not Team as a whole... This lineup is lower than 83...doing math now
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:54
Guardians vs. lefties is definitely the worst projected lineup/platoon combo in ZiPS among playoff teams thi syera
best estimate based on current lineups is Yankees vs. lefties
baseball_is_life
1:55
not to mention a 4 pitch walk on hedges
Stephen
1:55
Michael Conforto is not on the Dodgers WC Roster. Justin Dean IS, presumably for pinch running and defense. Did you expect this, after keeping him on the team the entire year?
AvatarDan Szymborski
1:55
Not after they kept sending him out there all year
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