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Anonymous

1:56

We need to decide if 'cost-controlled young players' are good or bad for the game

Craig Edwards

1:56

depends on if any lefties come up with runners on base.

Meg Rowley

1:57

The players themselves are great for the game. That they aren't paid much is a bummer to many.

Dominik

1:58

Are the cubs going not all in with Quintana pitching instead of hamels or hendricks trying to save some bullets?

Craig Edwards

1:58

those guys would be on short rest. Quintana is the right call, here.

caesarsolid

1:59

does mlb.tv show actual ads in half innings in the US? i watch from overseas and it's the same 4-5 highlights each time

Meg Rowley

1:59

often the same one several times in a row, which I can only assume is actually a subtle anti-consumerism campaign

Lee

2:00

Who wins the AL MVP? Mookie or Trout?

Craig Edwards

2:00

Mookie for me.

Ryan

2:01

What's the official fangraphs policy on talking about in-progress no-hitters?

Jay Jaffe

2:01

if it's good enough for Vin Scully, we can talk about no-hitters while they're in effect.

Matt

2:01

Is it just statistical noise how much better at hitting LaStella is when he's a pinch hitter? I mean...I don't take to heart any of these "batting stats at X position" things, but at least with PH'ing, you can more cleanly delineate a different mental approach.

Meg Rowley

2:01

The M's broadcast booth started talking about Felix's perfecto in like, the fourth inning.

Craig Edwards

2:02

it's also possible Maddon puts him in a really good position to succeed and pitchers don't spend a lot of time gameplanning for him.

2:02

Mookie leads in fwar, bwar, and is in the postseason. It's Mookie...

Meg Rowley

2:02

It's Mookie for me, too, but I think we really ought to train ourselves not to care about the postseason bit

RyanW

2:03

What should be the pitching plan in a perfect world for MIL? Chacin for 5, Hader for 2? Do they realistically need 6 out of Chacin to really feel good?

Jay Jaffe

2:05

given how rested their bullpen is, I think they'd be happy with 5, but Chacin has faced the minimum through three, on 43 pitches. I can see them trying to get him through the 6th if it's the bottom of the order, but I imagine Counsell will be more proactive than that.

Craig Edwards

2:05

These next two innings are key for Chacin. If he can get to the sixth facing 789, or 891, even 912, you probably let him pitch into trouble, then bring in Hader against a lefty.

Dominik

2:06

Regarding spending floor, isn't a team staying at 76 wins for a decade worse than a team really "tanking" and having a couple hundo loss seasons if this means they can start again?

Craig Edwards

2:09

If you were really a 76-win team for 10 years, you probably win 85 or so games a couple times and make the playoffs. The Mariners the last few decades say otherwise, but teams that lose 100 games for a couple years aren't guaranteed to bounce back and make the playoffs. Generally need a big increase in spending as well. It really depends on the franchise and what sort of tolerance the owners and fans have.

2:09

Mediocrity vs Tanking: any Mets fan would take the tank, methinks

Meg Rowley

2:09

You trust the Mets to manage a tanking team?

2:10

(that was mean, and I am mostly sorry)

Jay Jaffe

2:10

LOL

MVPerson

2:10

Khris Davis hit .247 again. But i was wondering, it seemed like there was real “intent” for him to hit that mark yesterday. Your thoughts on the “integrity” side of this equation? Seems to tread into areas that we should not be going into.

Craig Edwards

2:11

The Mets made the World Series not too long ago. Mets fans shouldn't think of the options as tank or be mediocre when they could easily spend $200 million on payroll and be way better.

Meg Rowley

2:11

Mets fans should consider, for instance, taking to the streets demanding different ownership.

Jay Jaffe

2:12

With the caveats that I didn't see Davis' at-bats on Sunday (I had more important matters to attend to) I think it's a nice little quirk, and that worrying about the "integrity" of it is pretty damn silly. I'm sure he'd have taken a pair of homers to get to 50 if he'd made better contact.

Matt

2:13

Teams have money they spend on rosters, not players. Max Scherzer is only worth $200+ MM because Bryce Harper was underpaid. Harper will only be worth $400+ MM (potentially) because some other schmoe will be underpaid. Fixing the "control" issue will not likely increase payrolls, but more fairly distribute it across rosters. Am I wrong to think this?

Craig Edwards

2:15

Yes and No. Because of a ton of factors like a lack of expansion and PED testing making aging worse, it hasn't been this easy to acquire a lot of young talent in quite some time. We don't know that if control issues were worked out and it was a little more fair, teams might be forced to spend more in order to acquire talented players to win.

Walter Benjamin

2:15

What's the FG policy on No-Hitters in general?

Jay Jaffe

2:15

we have special pants we wear for no-hitters.

Craig Edwards

2:15

Personally, I am pro no-hitters.

Sean Dolinar

2:16

Craig has that awesome of chart of when to care about them!

Meg Rowley

2:16

I think they are the sort of thing that matter more to you if it is your guy

Rockies Fan

2:16

Who do the Rockies/Dodgers root for in this game? On one hand, I'll take a Kyle Freeland vs whomever the Brewers throw tomorrow. On the other hand, I wouldn't be thrilled to have to beat the Cubs three or four times later down the road.

Jay Jaffe

2:16

i have been shown to care overly much about things like hidden no-hitters, combined no-hitters, and failed no-hit bids. Don't @ me

Craig Edwards

2:17

Right now, this isn't the best case for Rockies/Dodgers as the starters are pitching well. Best case is a run-down bullpen/extra innings.

Adam

2:17

Is ratio of payrolls-to-revenue steady or trending down?

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