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Meg Rowley

3:48

He does a lot of work, which his adorable little son makes harder to do.

Craig Edwards

3:49

Only 14 pitches for Hader there. Rizzo set up to be tying run in the 9th if anybody gets on.

Jay Jaffe

3:49

As a work-from-home dad, I too utilize day care. Caring for a child is a full-time job unto itself.

Meg Rowley

3:49

Very Dramatic

My comment was in response to Craig

Jay's comment was quite reasonable

The Old Buccaneer

3:50

Hader has to pitch the 9th, right?

Meg Rowley

3:50

Does Hader Pitch the Ninth?

Yes (77.3% | 143 votes)

No (22.7% | 42 votes)

Total Votes: 185

Jay Jaffe

3:50

I missed Hader's inning tracking down my postseason credential, the arrival of which had gone underreported in my building. All good on that front, thankfully

Erik

3:51

Are the Cubs the worst 95-win team in recent memory? I know the Cubs fans look stupid when they complain about their team, but the pieces don't seem to add up to that good of a record. Sketchy bullpen, sketchy rotation, Rizzo, Contreras, Bryant all having down years.

Jay Jaffe

3:51

I'd bet they go to Jeffress

Sleeping Beauty

3:51

Why wouldn't he pitch the 9th if the game is still close?

Meg Rowley

3:51

I dunno, we're just chattin' here.

Craig Edwards

3:52

They've got 5 three-win players plus Bryant and Heyward and they have adequate starting pitching made better by a really good defense.

Sleeping Beauty

3:52

Meant as a Q for all the "No" responses from the poll

Meg Rowley

3:52

Roger that.

Julian

3:52

What happened to the low-mid 800s OPS Jason Heyward? Were those couple of early seasons just career years and this is what he really is?

libre

3:53

What happens when the games today overlap?

Guest

3:53

Has there ever been as big a gap between 1st and last place in a division as the 61 games between the Red Sox and Orioles?

Meg Rowley

3:53

Chat-wise, we'll finish off this one I think.

Jay Jaffe

3:54

They broke the 1962 Mets' record of 60.5 games. That was pre-division but for distance from first place <whistles>

Ozzie Ozzie Albies Free

3:54

Any WC game chats lined up?

Craig Edwards

3:54

I don't know. The Cubs changed his swing and then he immediately had a wrist injury. This year, he's been average with the bat, a plus on the bases, pretty close to a three-win player over 600 PA. A three-win player going forward is fine and worth what he'll be paid the next few years, but still well short of his potential. He could still get it back next year. He'll only be 29.

Meg Rowley

3:55

We will chat both Wild Card games. We being FanGraphs.

The Fans o' the Graphs.

Dystiopian Future

3:56

I don't know if Jay's still here but is there any chance Hader makes the HOF as a reliever?

Matt

3:57

Wouldn't FanGraphs represent graphs of fans, and not fans of graphs?

Jay Jaffe

3:57

Considering how few of them there are in the Hall (six) and how far Hader has to go (he's gotta last 10 seasons, and so far he has two), you're better off betting on, say, Willson Contreras.

Meg Rowley

3:57

We do both, we contain multitudes and also stardust.

Craig Edwards

3:57

Brewers had a ton of things go right for them this season to get them to where they are, but Orlando Arcia has not been one of those things. Having a great day today, though.

Odd Van Popeil Pitch in a Can

3:58

As an long time Oakland fan living near Pittsburgh I have to say ... old man Jesse Chávez is AWESOME!

Sean Dolinar

3:58

Pittsburgh is awesome.

Ryan

3:59

When the hell did Jaime Garcia become a Cub??

Craig Edwards

3:59

after the blue jays let him go.

Meg Rowley

4:00

September 1

That Guy from Detroit

4:00

Pardon me if I'm late in asking, but do the stats in today's games count as regular season stats?

Meg Rowley

4:00

They do.

Raymond

4:01

Boston Doves finished 65.5 games behind the pirates in 1909

The Old Buccaneer

4:01

It seems people have been saying Heyward could get it back next year for the last 5 years.

Craig Edwards

4:02

His WAR in 2015 was higher than Javier Baez's this year.

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