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The 6ix

11:14

No free agents get signed until the CBA is settled right?

Kevin Goldstein

11:14

You can. CBA doesn't expire until 12/1.

Phil

11:15

Speaking of offseason, what's the most efficient way for the Red Sox to improve their defense, ideally without getting rid of their best hitters?

Jon Becker

11:15

Having Hernández stick to one position (he's good at both 2B and CF, but pick one) helps, and then filling the other with a good defender at that position, seems easiest

Jon

11:15

What are the chances that Freeman actually becomes a free agent? I'm surprised Atlanta has not locked him in yet

Kevin Goldstein

11:15

Left side defense will still be . . . not ideal, but they get some much offense from those two.

Dan Szymborski

11:15

50/50 I think

Kevin Goldstein

11:15

I'll take the over on Freeman staying in ATL

Jon Becker

11:16

Yeah, I just can't see him anywhere else, and ATL is as aggressive as anyone as locking guys up before they become FA (maybe in his case it's soon after)

Marlin Child

11:17

Won’t be too long until Xander goes to 3b and Devers to 1b, right?

Jon Becker

11:17

I would've agreed with this before Dalbec started mashing but with him around and JD presumably staying, it'll wait until 2023 earliest

Dan Szymborski

11:17

Oh 50/50 is just on him becoming a FA

I expect that most of the times he becomes a FA, he quickly re-signs with Braves

Jon Becker

11:18

Only a couple plays for Odor but he sure does have the arm for 3B, huh?

Pat

11:18

Powerful insight from the booth: "I loved the Anthony Rizzo pickup because he's a baseball player."

Jon Becker

11:18

#technicallythetruth

Dan Szymborski

11:19

Meanwhile, Rockies pick up a foosball player.

Bill

11:19

Kitchen Aid mixer ad for me on the statcast broadcast (YouTube TV). Going for the KLaw cooking/SABR demographic?

Kevin Goldstein

11:19

A MUST HAVE.

Is it just me

11:21

seems like anyone with a brain would look at the Yankees lineup and see high strikeout hitters galore and think, hey, maybe Joey Gallo isn’t a great fit. Looking at this roster and tonight’s lineup, I’m not sure how you’re fine with the team cashman assembled and the moves he made

Kevin Goldstein

11:21

They were desperate for lefty power and got the best lefty power in the game....

Jon Becker

11:21

The Rays led MLB in strikeout rate and it was way, way less of a narrative for them than it was for the Yankees

Marlin Child

11:22

Won’t lie I spent a solid minute trying to figure out if Jon Gray was some pro foosball player and I missed it

Jon Becker

11:22

One of the more Stantonian homers possible there

109.5, 343 feet

Two Dads Playing Catch

11:23

Dylan Cease was a lot of fun to watch this season, I'm really happy for him. What he did this season is probably like 90th percentile outcome for him, right?

Dan Szymborski

11:24

Hey, I took Cease in my breakout piece!

Jon Becker

11:25

If you had the game time at under 3.5 hours, what are tomorrow's lottery numbers?

Kevin Goldstein

11:25

Whee! Thanks everyone for joining us! See you tomorrow for Cardinals/Dodgers!

Dan Szymborski

11:25

And that is that.

Jon Becker

11:25

Thanks everyone for joining us!!!

Dan Szymborski

11:25

Thanks for coming out everyone! And special congrats to Jon to surviving his first FanGraphs chat.

Jon Becker

11:25

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