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twb

10:00

as a brewer fan I thought you were saying corbin burnes, and I hope not

Craig Edwards

10:01

I was saying Boo-urnes.

Dan Szymborski

10:01

YOu don't have to actually be good at chatting, just better than me.

10:02

Yeah guys, Rendon's offered Scherzer's contract. *From after the 2014 season*

10:03

"They must really like Jeremy Hellickson, they offered him Pete Rose's contract!"

Greg

10:03

If the Nats can't sign Rendon, do we see a Soto or Robles extension this off-season?

Dan Szymborski

10:03

OK, not an actual quote

Craig Edwards

10:03

I don't see that as mutually exclusive. They can easily do both/all three.

Dan Szymborski

10:03

He's been solid at cleanup because of his batting average? cool story bro

Matt

10:03

Does Rendon sign Machado money??

Craig Edwards

10:03

I think 230-260

Crapshoot

10:04

Wouldn't it be great if baseball had a "league" trophy for best regular-season record and a "tournament" trophy for the playoffs? Kind of like European football where teams can win a double or treble. It would be much more equitable.

Tony Wolfe

10:04

I'm not a fan of multiple trophies

10:05

You get one BIG TROPHY

Dan Szymborski

10:05

I can't see him getting near Machado money

but more than 210

Craig Edwards

10:05

People are too conditioned for the postseason. Hockey has a trophy for it and nobody cares. Baseball is set up really well because only good teams make the playoffs (unlike NHL and NBA), for the most part, and it is still a grind to get through the playoffs (unlike NFL).

Guest

10:06

How’d the Brewers get Pomeranz to throw 3 MPH harder than his highest career mark?

Craig Edwards

10:06

He's in the bullpen.

it happens

Guest

10:06

If Pomeranz dedicated himself to an 80-100 inning role, what would his future value and next contract conceivably look like?

Craig Edwards

10:06

3/30?

Wire Fan

10:08

What can the Red Sox reasonably expect for 1 year of Betts at probably around 28-30M?

Craig Edwards

10:08

This is why he probably won't be traded.

10:10

The Nationals chances of winning right now are roughly the same percentage as games the Astros lost when Verlander, Cole, or Greinke started.

Crapshoot

10:11

Yeah but the ratio of regular season games to playoffs is potentially 8x in MLB compared to less than 3x in NBA and NHL. MLB has more fluke champions than the other sports by far.

Barry G

10:11

Since someone mentioned how this game was moving quickly, you just know we are playing 16 innings now

Craig Edwards

10:11

What I'm saying is that it is not a fluke because the teams making the playoffs have earned it.

Ethan

10:11

Am I the only one who asks every year how Ernie Johnson keeps the postseason announcing gig for baseball? His voice does not encourage excitement, and he referred to Rendon watching strike 3 as getting "tied up". I feel like there are so many deserving candidates to call postseason games

Dan Szymborski

10:12

You know, we can get Vin Scully to announce one last World Series if someone just has a giant net handy

Craig Edwards

10:12

If the Nationals only score one run, the Scherzer/Strasburg decision isn't really going to matter.

Dan Szymborski

10:13

I really appreciate how Jeff Francoeur doesn't let his sentences that go nowhere keep him from finishing his thought.

3cardmonty

10:13

Nats radio announcers on the other hand are excellent

Dan Szymborski

10:13

the average radio announcer > average TV

jkim

10:14

I love Ernie Johnson as the host of INside the NBA but not doing play by play for MLB

Yordan

10:14

Betts' likely surplus value of 25MM or so in 2020 should, per Fangraphs' prospect valuations, net a 50FV batter or pitcher; that would be someone like Alex Kirilloff or Nico Hoerner. Would the Sox not do that?

Craig Edwards

10:14

No way

Strasburger

10:16

Red Sox let Mookie bowl one game, his score for that game is how many million he gets for the next say 7 years, who says no?

Craig Edwards

10:17

Only if the number of strikes in the final frame is the number of opt outs.

Tony Wolfe

10:17

a perfect bowling game still doesn't reach what mookie deserves

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