JotCast | FanGraphs White Sox/Astros ALDS Game 4 Chat

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Kevin Goldstein

4:42

I don't even do that.

Ben Clemens

4:42

I perhaps trust myself least of all

I'm a very unreliable narrator

A Rose by any other

4:43

Yimi has got to be a top 10 WAR leader for first names though

Ben Clemens

4:43

I always wish it's short for Yames

It is not

Kevin

4:44

Or Yimothy

Ben Clemens

4:44

This has been a brutal game if you're a Sox fan there in person

Just, not a lot of daylight at any point

Kevin Goldstein

4:45

Yes, it's very cloudy today.

Ben Clemens

4:45

heyyyyyyyy

Kevin Goldstein

4:45

I mean, it is.

Also too cold for just a t-shirt, my guy.

Ben Clemens

4:46

That's some classic Midwest hubris

I've never seen people dress less appropriately for cold weather than in Wisconsin

Kevin Goldstein

4:47

I'm Midwest through and through, and I still love the dude running around in a hoodie and basketball shorts in the middle of a blizzard.

Ben Clemens

4:47

Chas McCormick is also not the chirper we were hoping for

Mick

4:47

Where do you rank CWS among playoff teams for how bright their future is? I assume they gotta be 1 or 2 with the Rays, but it's hard to discount some of the constant juggernauts like the Dodgers

Kevin Goldstein

4:47

That's a fun one.

I think discounting the juggernauts is a huge mistake.

Ben Clemens

4:47

Yeah, I think you have to just jam Dodgers #1 until further notice

Kevin Goldstein

4:48

After all, they ARE juggernauts.

Ben Clemens

4:48

Pick a team to win the 2023 world series

If I have first pick in that draft it's Dodgers and it's not even close

4:48

Bluejays would be up there

Ben Clemens

4:48

I might take the Yankees second

4:49

The willingness to pour a bunch of money into your team is no joke

Bubba

4:49

Reminder that Maldy chirped Tepera on Twitter yesterday...

Morbo

4:49

Red Sox v Astros for the ALDS has to be pretty much the worst case outcome for MLB

Ben Clemens

4:49

Strong disagree

I think Sox/Sox would be their preferred outcome

4:50

Why would they want the Rays in the ALCS if all they care about is audience?

(and I think that all they care about is audience)

Morbo

4:51

Yeah i was saying that with the sign stealing stigma associated with both the Red Sox and the Astros that's the worst outcome for the ALDS but also looking most likely

Ben Clemens

4:51

I think it'd be Astros/Rays

One team who's a villain, one small market team

N. Hornblower

4:53

Never underestimate the appeal of having a grade A villain.

Ben Clemens

4:53

Eh, I think that hte Astros are not the kind of villain MLB would prefer

4:54

I think they like the Yankees/Dodgers style, the juggernaut that keeps coming after you

Not the 'this team cheated, remember when they cheated and former seaons' results may not have been legitimate?' type

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