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Paul Swydan

9:51

I think I'd hang onto Turner.

Jean-Luc

9:52

Pick three middle infielders from this group for the rest of the season - Happ, Baez, Villar, & Moncada.

Paul Swydan

9:54

Tough - but I'll say Moncada, Happ and Villar. Baez has been a better hitter than Villar, but given the uptick in home runs, I think Villar's SBs are more valuable than Baez's HRs.

9:55

Joey Votto's been awful post-ASG, and tonight he just looked so off, any idea what's going wrong with him?

Paul Swydan

9:55

No, he'll be fine. Again, these guys aren't machines, they have dry spells sometimes.

Tor

9:55

Which team least needs to do anything at the trade deadline?

Paul Swydan

9:55

Houston.

9:56

They're not only a team with very few real holes, but they're also much better than the rest of the pack in the AL.

Who's the second-best team in the AL right now? Do you have an immediate answer? Are you even remotely comfortable with that answer when you get it?

Christian

9:57

Why, oh why, is Ned Yost the only person in the stadium that doesn't know what's going to happen when Jason Hammel pitches in the 6th inning?

Paul Swydan

9:57

He probably does know. He's just hoping it doesn't.

Thanks for the chat!

9:58

Do you think the yankees should do a reverse hair policy for a year? Maybe for charity? No head hair only facial hair?

Paul Swydan

9:58

Wow, no head hair would be tough, both on the players and on our eyes. I don't think you want that.

Mike Humstein

9:59

Boring!

Paul Swydan

9:59

I'm not sure what this is in reference to, but it could probably apply to most questions, haha.

Danger

9:59

Without taking into account 2017, Devers or Acuna.

Paul Swydan

10:01

I think that they're close enough that I can't answer this with statistics, sorry. You should ask Eric.

10:02

On that note, I think I'm going to call it a night. Thanks, as always, for hanging out!

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