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Mark P
3:09
Ward is the kind of everyday player that would be a nice fit in Cincy, except I'm not sure Rodriguez would be the ideal trade piece.  H-Rod himself could be part of the answer in the Reds' outfield as early as next season.
Barney Coolio
3:09
Seriously, will anyone ever steal 500 bases again?
Mark P
3:14
That was a serious answer!  Who are you to doubt the Mississauga Speed Demon?!

Actual response: only 39 players in MLB history have ever reached the 500-steal plateau, so it's not like it's a common milestone.  I'd say that yes, someone will get there again eventually, but it'll take a special kind of player.  Maybe a Chandler Simpson if he keeps consistently hitting.
3:15
Sorry for the delay there, had a brief internet outage but it seems like everything's up and running again
IM
3:16
What do you make of the O's quantity over quality approach to the deadline?
Mark P
3:17
There was only so much the Orioles were going to get for rental players, so in that sense, the club did well in amassing a lot of lottery tickets and more for their various trade chips.
CardinalRed
3:18
Would it make any sense for the Cards to sign DJ? Yankees are paying him through next year and he could help JJ at 2B, plus the Arenado friendship. Arenado needs to stay in the StL and enter the HoF with a Cards cap
Mark P
3:18
For a Cardinals team that's prioritizing playing time for younger talent, signing LeMahieu wouldn't make any sense
Starryl Drawberry
3:20
Agree or disagree: Buying at the trade deadline is a trap for most teams. Deadline trades usually don't move the needle much and are more likely to harm than hurt; for every Yoenis Cespedes that comes in and saves a season, there are five Pete Crow-Armstrongs.
Mark P
3:21
Pretty much every World Series champion of the last umpteen years has been helped by a deadline acquisition.  Would some of these teams have won a ring without that deadline pickup?  Maybe, but we'll never know, and flags fly forever.

It's a "trap" in the sense that only one team wins every year, but I don't view anything short of a championship as making a deadline push "not worth it" in most cases.
Curt Blefary
3:24
The Scherzer/Kershaw match up, last night, was only the third time in the the last 35 years that two pitchers with 3,000+ strikeouts faced one another.  It happened 20 times in the '80's!  i find this amazing!  The fact that starting pitchers don't go as deep in games seems to be the biggest reason for this phenomena.  What, in your opinion, are some others?
Mark P
3:25
The reason it happened so relatively often in the 80's is because Nolan Ryan was around to face everyone, but you're right, it's a pretty cool feat.  It's fun that the Jays and Dodgers seemed to go a bit out of their way to make sure things lined up for Scherzer and Kershaw to face each other one (last?) time
Kelly Leak
3:26
Are the O's a cautionary tale for all the good young Teams out there? This time last year the O's were expected to dominate for the next 10 seasons.
Mark P
3:27
This is perhaps another reason why the Tigers could've or should've been more aggressive at the deadline....

....and yet, the Kyle Stowers trade is perhaps a counter-example of why trading prospects doesn't always work out.  In fairness, Rogers has looked very good for Baltimore this year, so that trade no longer seems as inexplicable as it did at the time.
Friar Faithful
3:27
What's your opinion on the idea that the Padres may try to turn Mason Miller into a starter next year?
Mark P
3:28
I guess there's no harm in stretching him out for a look in Spring Training, though Miller's injury history makes me think he's just better off as a reliever
Jays Fan
3:29
Is it wrong that I refuse to give Aikins any credit for this 1st place Team. It just seems that my uncle Joe could have stumbled into a quality Team after 10 years and a $240 millions payroll.
Mark P
3:29
If your uncle Joe can develop four (going on five?) playoff teams in 10 years, the Nationals might want his contact info.
Oz
3:31
What is Alex Anthopoulos’ approach this off-season?
Mark P
3:32
I wonder if the Braves might not be a relatively quiet team, if they're chalking 2025 up to extremely bad injury luck.  AA will always make some moves, but in terms of true blockbusters, I'm not sure if any are on the horizon other than perhaps a reorg in the middle infield.
Royals
3:33
Do they make the postseason or miss out?
Mark P
3:33
I think they'll fall short. Just too many AL teams that seem to be playing well, and the Royals dug themselves into too big a hole.
3:34
Time to wrap up the chat.  Thanks so much for all the questions, and the Weekend Chat can hopefully be back on more or less a regular schedule now that the July madness is past.
3:35
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