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Meg Rowley

1:40

give it to deGrom, imo

Erik

1:41

For Sean: can we get combined minor-league stats for one season if a player played at multiple levels? That's pretty much the only reason I go to other stats sites.

Craig Edwards

1:41

use the gamelogs

Scott

1:41

Do Yankees fans complain more frequently or are there just more of them?

Craig Edwards

1:42

there are just more of them, and different people get differing volumes. I personally see more Cubs and Cardinals complaints than any team, but that has to do with me, not the fans of the teams.

Matt

1:42

Is it OK for me to base my rooting interest on the desire for the WC game to not affect my return trip from the airport tomorrow?

Guest

1:42

So can you pop the champagne twice during the regular season? First for clinching the WC and then again for the Division?

Meg Rowley

1:42

There are way goofier reasons to root for a team.

Craig Edwards

1:43

yes, though if the division is a foregone conclusion, there is less reason to do so.

MVPerson

1:43

Why doesn’t award voting wait until AFTER the playoffs conclude? Does the post season not matter even though it is the most important?

Meg Rowley

1:44

I'm not sure if this is the real reason, but there is already a bias toward players on playoff teams among some voters. Why make that worse?

Craig Edwards

1:45

I just realized I never answered the question about parity that I posted above. Anyway, if there is a parity problem, the solution is to get rid of spending caps for the draft, international, and payroll and then have far more regimented revenue sharing.

Guest

1:45

How does the playoff odd graph work today? It looks like all 4 teams playing today have a >50% chance to play in the NLDS

Sean Dolinar

1:45

Yeah, 3 of these 4 teams will make the NLDS so it should add to 300%, which it does.

Nate

1:46

Re: MVP voting after the playoffs, because they probably don't want a guy like David Freese getting votes because of 4 games.

Meg Rowley

1:46

Also this, though I think it factors less. Not many writers would get that caught up.

Jay Jaffe

1:46

Postseason has its own awards, keep them from muddying the regular season waters

Garrett

1:47

Yelich is insane

Jay Jaffe

1:47

And there's Christian Yelich with an RBI single for the game's first run.

5 Run Homer

1:47

Ahhhhh why is Yelich bunting

Craig Edwards

1:47

a hit is a hit, though Yelich spotted them a strike and still got the run in.

5 Run Homer

1:48

Announcer just said, based on nothing, that he thinks Cain has a higher WAR than Yelich

Meg Rowley

1:48

Because he's both very good at baseball and? A nice guy.

Jay Jaffe

1:49

Cain and Yelich are only 0.5 apart in bWAR, 2.0 apart in fWAR. Given the rapidity with which Yelich has added to his over the past week, it's entirely possible he was behind Cain when said announcer last looked.

OddBall Herrera

1:49

Man, you guys are way ahead of ESPN radio

Jay Jaffe

1:49

we are chatting from the future, actually. But we can't tell you how to gamble.

Raymond

1:50

Rizzos worst year since 2013 was almost entirely due to his horrid april - 139 wrc+ since May 1. I keep hearing people talk about his "decline" and I just dont see it.

Craig Edwards

1:51

He's been their best hitter since beginning of May, but we can't just throw out April, either. As he gets older, there is more risk of injury and age-related decline, but overall, yes he's fine and still a good player, even if he's not the 5-win player he was from 2014-2016.

Matt

1:52

Jay, many of us are streaming (assumedly) at work. Let's give a bit of delay on the announcement of game-happenings for the lag, brah.

Jay Jaffe

1:52

I'm not your brah or your bro, but duly noted.

Guest

1:53

Doesn't Verlander sorta kinda deserve the Cy Young?

Sean Dolinar

1:53

Yeah, Kiley's the FG resident bro.

Craig Edwards

1:53

He would get my vote, yes.

Meg Rowley

1:53

He would vote for himself.

John Thacker

1:53

Craig, you don't think that no spending caps plus more revenue sharing would lead to more teams tanking to try the Astros plan, living off revenue sharing in the down years? I guess there would be some kind of spending floor?

Craig Edwards

1:54

It would be a lot harder to rebuild with bad teams if drafted players could get whatever they wanted in terms of a bonus.

All Cats Are Beautiful

1:55

What's the scuttlebutt regarding where the Yankees will set payroll next year? Will they blow past the cap or stay close to it?

Jay Jaffe

1:55

Re Cy Young, at this point I think you can make defensible, advanced stat-based cases for Sale, Verlander and Snell. It's a close race and kind of a shame that two of those three are going to go empty-handed

Craig Edwards

1:55

I don't know why they wouldn't blow past it.

MVPerson

1:56

How soon does MIL start bullpenning this one?

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