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Jack

1:54

Miles mikolas, hot start or real deal

Tim Dierkes

1:55

Real deal in that he's a sub-4.00 ERA guy who goes deep into games. Probably have a hard time maintaining a 1% walk rate.

Derek

1:55

Over/under the Wade Davis contract for Andrew Miller?

Tim Dierkes

1:56

I've got the under. It's just hard to see for a guy who's going to be 34 in Year 1 of the deal. I think he gets three years anyway, but not sure anyone will want to give him an AAV of 18.

#hashtag

1:56

What's up with the Cubs starters? Quintana is walking almost double his career average, Darvish is issuing 1.5ish more walks per 9 than his career average

Tim Dierkes

1:57

And Chatwood is walking tons of guys, and even Lester more than usual. I have no idea what the cause is. But I would imagine that all of these guys have six-start stretches where they walked this many guys, so I'd preach patience. Of course, Chatty and Yu were never known for their control.

YakAttack

1:58

Did you know your name is an anagram for "Irked Items?"

Tim Dierkes

1:58

Quality anagrams always get published.

I once wrote a letter to Spin Magazine that an anagram for "Spin Magazine" is "Name Nazi Pigs." Go find a copy. Weezer was on the cover.

cole

1:58

What kind of contract is pham looking at?

Tim Dierkes

2:00

Such a tough one. By the time he'd be a FA, he'd be past his prime, like 34 or so. I feel like if it were to happen in March 2018, maybe an extension in the $60-70MM range?

Brewers

2:00

Any chance Brewers could get Machado? They have a few really good SP in AAA but don't think the team would want to lose them.

Tim Dierkes

2:02

Maybe a package led by Keston Hiura? I think the Brewers could put something together.

Robot Umps

2:02

How big of a blow is the Yadi injury? He is basically replacement level at this point in his career, but do the cards have anyone worth everyday at bats behind him?

Tim Dierkes

2:03

I think Kelly is an acceptable stopgap as we wait to see how long Yadi will be out. He's not replacement level at this point though.

Donny

2:03

If you could only have one for the rest of their career, who would you take: Acuna or Gleyber?

Tim Dierkes

2:03

Acuna.

Who do you take, rest of career?

Acuna (66.2% | 223 votes)

Torres (16.9% | 57 votes)

Your lack of tildes disturbs me (16.9% | 57 votes)

Total Votes: 337

2:04

Who’s the first Red to get traded away?

Tim Dierkes

2:04

I'll go with Scooter Gennett.

Matt E

2:04

Are the Reds really this bad? This is just.....awful.

Tim Dierkes

2:05

It would be nearly impossible to play .235 ball the rest of the way. You could wipe the roster clean, draft entirely Quad A guys, and play at that level. So, they'll finish with 60+ wins. Woohoo?

2:06

Reds - 60 wins this year?

Over (44.1% | 113 votes)

Under (39.5% | 101 votes)

Exactly 60 dude (16.4% | 42 votes)

Total Votes: 256

cole

2:06

Next 4 hr game?

Tim Dierkes

2:06

Scooter has another one in him.

NL West

2:06

Who do you put your money on to take the NL West? Rockies or Los D-Backs?

Tim Dierkes

2:07

For me it's actually a DBacks-Dodgers toss-up. I'll take the D'Backs by a hair.

SF Giants

2:07

Andrew Suarez has looked great. Can he fill in the shoes of Johnny Cueto?

Tim Dierkes

2:08

If you suggested he could put up an ERA around 4.00 rest of season, I could buy that. That's not quite Cueto though.

Jack

2:08

Do the Cardinals need to make a move to become a serious competitor?

Tim Dierkes

2:09

No, the current team probably reaches the playoffs. But there is a big incentive to win the Central rather than get a WC slot, and certainly they should push everything in toward that effort.

Theo Espstein

2:09

How come I'm not very good at signing Free Agents? Or developing pitching?

Tim Dierkes

2:12

Theo does have a running lost of FA flops - Lackey, J.D. Drew to a degree, EJax, Crawford, Heyward, Julio Lugo, Chatty probably. On the other hand he has a lot of nice one-year deals on his ledger, though those are hard to mess up.

#hashtag

2:12

At what point does Chris Archer stop getting a pass for giving up a lot of runs?

Tim Dierkes

2:13

It's a valid point. We're now about 70 starts into the whole "Well, his peripherals are good" thing. He is legitimately HR prone. The high BABIP only runs about 250 innings, so I don't know what to make of it yet.

Dash

2:14

ETA on vlad jr? will the jays wait till the deadline and trade donaldson to create room or will they release morales asap?

Tim Dierkes

2:15

I don't expect a Donaldson trade while they're in contention, but releasing Kendrys is a valid option. And I do think Vlad Jr is a better player than Kendrys right now. Over four months that could add up. Yet I will note that the projections suggest Vlad Jr is only a touch better hitter at present. It's just hard to ignore those numbers he's putting up.

Luke

2:16

Now that Cueto is diagnosis with elbow, Do you think the Giants will still go for another starting pitcher like Harvey?

Tim Dierkes

2:16

Sure, they're a fit for Harvey. But what are the odds Harvey puts up an ERA under 4.00...maybe 10%?

Jack

2:16

Pujols retire as a Cardinal?

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