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Jay Jaffe

1:11

obviously yes.

Meg Rowley

1:11

Yes.

Sean Dolinar

1:11

Depends on the class.

Meg Rowley

1:11

(unless you have an exam, then no)

stever20

1:12

how crazy is it that everyone says how unfair the AL situation is for the Yankees- but yet the NL Central team will be 1 game further ahead than the Yankees?

Jay Jaffe

1:13

I think so much of the whining about this is from Yankees fans. For the most part, it was always seen that in the single wild card era, the WC winner was on too level a footing with the division winners, even if they finished 15 games back. I'd much rather go this way, and penalize a team for not winning the division even if they won 100.

James

1:14

What is the best case scenario for Atlanta over the next couple days?

Craig Edwards

1:14

Rockies winning today.

Matt

1:14

Probably for Sean - Any chance there's an API solution that can allow users to tap into the back-end that's calculating all the different stat splits?

caesarsolid

1:15

it's a small victory anytime Yankees fans complain about fairness

Baseball

1:15

Watch, a team will lose today and end up winning the WS over a much better AL team.

Meg Rowley

1:15

But we all have to hear it (all fanbases complain, JUST RELAX)

Muxosk

1:15

How much is strategy influenced by extended rosters still existing for today?

Jay Jaffe

1:16

As I noted in today's Team Entropy piece (https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/team-entropy-2018-lets-play-two/), no team that's even played in a tiebreaker game has won the World Series since the Yankees did so in 1978. The others: 1946 Cardinals (best-of-three), 1948 Indians, 1959 Dodgers (best-of-three)

Craig Edwards

1:16

Not too much. maybe pinch running and pinch hitting, but the wild card game still has some of the same issues given you only need one starter.

Anonymous

1:16

How did they decide who got homefield today?

Jay Jaffe

1:16

head-to-head season series records. Cubs 11-8, Dodgers 12-7

Sean Dolinar

1:17

Re: API...We've discussed this before, right now there's not really a solution. It comes down to cost/benefit and using our dev resources, and it's just not in the cards now. Now that could change. Obviously, we like to provide as much data as we can.

David

1:17

Why doesn't the MLB just seed the playoff teams by order of W/L record?

Meg Rowley

1:17

Jay, would you like to make the Chacin/Chasing pun, or should I?

stever20

1:17

would it be possible on the monthly splits for players to show WAR?

Craig Edwards

1:18

Divisions and wild cards create incentives for more teams to try in September.

It also should foster a more active trade deadline.

Anon21

1:18

If the Cubs win today, they might end up hosting a Dodgers team that's played four games in five days in four different cities. Have to think the Cubs are favored in that scenario.

Meg Rowley

1:18

Some have argued for a re-seeding after the Wild Card round is over, but I think this format works pretty well most of the time.

Craig Edwards

1:19

Dodgers on the road without a real starting pitcher would probably make the Cubs favorites regardless of recent travel.

Sean Dolinar

1:19

Re: WAR splits.... In general, WAR splits are tough because of defense. The leaderboards do contain month-by-month splits, though. But it might be sometime before we get it on the splits leaderboard.

Aaron

1:19

I can't find a season where so many wins were concentrated with the top teams as the AL in 2018. Thoughts on what this says for league parity?

Craig Edwards

1:21

I'm not sure it says that much going forward. The Blue Jays, Orioles, and Twins all at least sort of tried. I think there was a larger convergence of really bad teams than normal.

Roll Tribe

1:21

Why do people want MLB to be more like the NBA? The NBA is high school drama with a 2.5 hour referee show thrown in. MLB is the elder statesman of North American professional sports leagues. Leave it be.

Meg Rowley

1:21

The "elder" might have something to do with it.

Jay Jaffe

1:21

Parity is cyclical. It's no secret that some teams weren't really competing to win this year, and that it's become the hip thing to go that route because of the success of the Cubs and Astros, but there are other models for retooling that aren't as extreme, and it's not like all of this year's doormats are going to be doormats forever.

Anonymous

1:22

Seems weird to pop champagne for clinching the Wild Card.

Jay Jaffe

1:22

it seems weirder not to. Making the postseason is an accomplishment unto itself. Depriving oneself of the right to appreciate the little things in life is a ticket to being miserable.

Meg Rowley

1:22

Sometimes I eat a cookie after I finish editing a piece, and that's a much smaller accomplishment. Making the postseason is a big deal.

stever20

1:23

re WAR/monthly- I was talking on the individual player splits pages.

Sean Dolinar

1:23

A similar calculation and data set underlies the splits leaderboard and the split pages, so the issue is common both.

I like to pop the champagne _before_ the WC game begins.

Meg Rowley

1:24

Having to put the plastic up does have the unfortunate side effect of making locker rooms look like murder dungeons but otherwise

Man

1:25

I hear more complaining about Yankees fans this Yankees fans complaining

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