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Big Texas Butters

8:13

So Szym, did you decide to get a new car yet?

Dan Szymborski

8:14

Yeah, so long as the inspection goes well, I've lined up a swap for Monday!

swampymcgee

8:14

Bullpen Game for both teams by the 5th inning?

Ben Clemens

8:14

Yeah, which these days we just call 'game'

Anderson has thrown five balls so far, that's not a great sign!

Dan Szymborski

8:14

I think first of three consecutive games, they try to stick with starters

Ben Clemens

8:14

Six now

8:15

The Braves particularly need to lean on Anderson, they're trying an opener/bulk combo both of the next two days as of now

Dan Szymborski

8:15

I wasn't new car shopping, but the offers I were getting made it so that I would've been dumb to not consider it

Luke Hooper

8:17

Selling a car in this market sounds great. Until I realized I would need to buy a car in this market too.

peanuts252

8:16

Speaking of triples, congratulations to Owen Wilson for extending his lock on the single-season triples record to 109 years now.

Dan Szymborski

8:16

We all know that Owen Wilson has the record for most triples in a season, but what this book presupposes is, maybe he doesn't?

8:16

is there any worry about putting a guy who usually DHs (with previously bad knees) in the outfield when it's wet? or does the fact that this is the WS mean Yordan is in LF no matter what?

Ben Clemens

8:17

Yeah, it's the World Series, he's gonna be out there

Dan Szymborski

8:17

That's way to clean up your ballsd

wait, that didn't sound right

Ben Clemens

8:17

Anderson didn't even throw a strike to second lol

Trick or TreaTurner

8:17

Trick or Trea, of course

Ben Clemens

8:17

I'm not 100% sure what this was in reference to, but excellent username

Luke Hooper

8:17

Looks like a more than usual choke-up for Bregman?

The Stranger

8:18

It's not the knees you have to worry about... I think I tore a hamstring just thinking about playing OF on wet grass.

Dan Szymborski

8:18

I tore a wrist tripping over a cat. I can injure myself in any way in any conditions.

The Stranger

8:18

I sprained a wrist playing with a cat ~15 years ago and it's still not right

Dan Szymborski

8:19

As I said in another chat, my knee never got over its trip to the city museum in st. louis

swampymcgee

8:19

seems like Braves lack of righties out of the bullpen is going to hurt them these next 3 days...is Kyle Wright going to pitch in a close game?

Ben Clemens

8:19

I think Kyle Wright is going to pitch bulk innings

desertfox9139

8:19

the first time i threw out my back, it was reaching for toilet paper

Michael H.

8:19

Do we know if Houston want to transition Alvarez to being a part-time outfield piece? Or is this solely being done to keep him in the order while in the NL park?

Dan Szymborski

8:19

I think they primarily want him DH

Ben Clemens

8:20

That said, the Astros are pretty great against righties too. Three of their top seven batters are lefty, it's reasonably balanced

Dan Szymborski

8:20

With maybe just enough OF to keep him competent.

8:20

i pulled my shoulder putting a christmas ornament on the tree

Elliot

8:20

Kyle Wright can go through the order once and be okay, it’s after that where things get hairy

Ben Clemens

8:21

Right. I think putting an opener in front of him so that the second time is against a slightly weaker part of the Houston lineup will work well

Dan Szymborski

8:21

I feel like I burned a perfectly good Royal Tenenbaums joke *before* the room filled up

Jimmy Wynn's Toy Cannon

8:21

I think the Astros trotting out Yordan in left this season was mostly a way to get Brantley's old knees some rest (especially in the second half of the year)

Dan Szymborski

8:21

Yeah. The DH spot is too useful to rest sore players over 162 games

8:22

so you want to keep Alvarez at least capable of faking a corner OF position from time to time

The Stranger

8:22

I threw out my back and couldn't walk for three days lifting my daughter out of her crib. The lesson of all this - don't get old, kids.

Dan Szymborski

8:22

Or have kids!

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